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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 03, 2018
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| US 09930883 | Elliott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of North Carolina Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLLINA CHARLOTTE (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria Elliott (Harrisburg, North Carolina); Babak Bagheri (Shorewood, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods and compositions including a sugar and a choline hydrogen phosphate salt for preservation and stabilization of materials in the amorphous state. The compositions and methods suppress the formation of crystals in materials in the amorphous state. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/969624 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/0231 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 3/3553 (20130101) A23L 3/3562 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09930893 | Freel Meyers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Caren L. Freel Meyers (Towson, Maryland); Francine Morris (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ryan J. Vierling (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel inhibitors of DXP synthase and methods of use thereof are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/618589 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 57/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/4065 (20130101) C07F 9/4078 (20130101) C07F 9/4087 (20130101) C07F 9/6539 (20130101) |
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| US 09931031 | Hamrah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedram Hamrah (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Yureeda Qazi (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of diagnosing meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), determining the severity of meibomian gland dysfunction in a subject, evaluating efficacy of treatment of MGD in a subject, selecting a subject for treatment of MGD, and selecting a subject for participation in a clinical study. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/379360 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/13 (20130101) A61B 3/101 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 3/1025 (20130101) A61B 5/44 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/7052 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0028 (20130101) |
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| US 09931032 | Davis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LKC Technologies, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LKC TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Quentin Davis (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device providing an indication of eye disease in a patient comprises a light emitter; an optical assembly arranged so that light emitted from the light emitter reaches an eye of the patient; a camera arranged to image the eye of the patient; and a controller. The controller measures the eye's pupil area using images received from the camera and adjusts the luminance of the light emitted from the light emitter as a non-constant function of the eye's pupil area so as to create a plurality of stimulus intervals. At least two of the stimulus intervals differ in their average retinal illuminance. The controller analyzes the pupil measurements and/or an electrical response in at least two of the stimulus intervals to provide an indication of eye disease based. In some embodiments, the patient's age is also used in the analysis. Methods of using said device are also contemplated. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/125766 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/112 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0496 (20130101) |
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| US 09931298 | Heath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | COMFORT CARE FOR ANIMALS LLC (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | COMFORT CARE FOR ANIMALS LLC (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy D. Heath (Madison, Wisconsin); Lisa Ann Krugner-Higby (Belleville, Wisconsin); Amy Lautenbach (Cottage Grove, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is technology relating to incorporation of drugs into liposomes and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods for incorporating drugs into liposomes using a weak base and related compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/165421 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/485 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) Y10S 977/907 (20130101) |
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| US 09931315 | Piazza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ADT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Orange Beach, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADT Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Orange Beach, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Piazza (Daphne, Alabama); Xi Chen (Hoover, Alabama); Adam B. Keeton (Gardendale, Alabama); Michael R. Boyd (Orange Beach, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds, for example, a compound of formula I, wherein R, R0, R1-R8, n, X, Y, Y′, and E are as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods of treating or preventing a disease or condition for example, cancer, mediated by the ras gene. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/056202 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/401 (20130101) A61K 31/421 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/4402 (20130101) A61K 31/4406 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2800/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 235/34 (20130101) C07C 311/29 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/14 (20130101) C07D 207/335 (20130101) C07D 213/40 (20130101) C07D 213/75 (20130101) C07D 307/52 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5748 (20130101) |
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| US 09931322 | Yen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yun Yen (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of treating cancer in a subject, by administering COH29 ((N-(4-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-phenylthiazol-2-yl)-3,4-dihydroxybenzamide)). The methods of treating include treating a BRCA1-defective subject, a PARP1 inhibitor-resistant subject or a DNA-damaging anti-cancer agent resistant subject. The methods include treating cancer by administering COH29 and a DNA-damaging anti-cancer agent in a combined synergistic amount. |
| FILED | Friday, August 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/242249 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09931332 | Chaudhary et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Preet M. Chaudhary (Toluca Lake, California); Ramakrishnan Gopalakrishnan (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Preet M. Chaudhary (Toluca Lake, California); Ramakrishnan Gopalakrishnan (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) are provided. The methods include administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of an immunomodulatory compound. Suitable immunomodulatory compounds include compounds having the formula: wherein X in Formula IV may be independently selected from the group that includes hydrogen, a halide, an aliphatic group and an amine group. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/814149 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) |
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| US 09931333 | Arora et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanson, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rishi Arora (Chicago, Illinois); David E. Zembower (La Grange, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating or preventing atrial fibrillation (AF). In particular, the present invention provides administration of muscarinic receptor antagonists (e.g., M2-selective muscarinic receptor blockers), administered alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents (e.g., beta-adrenergic receptor blockers) to treat and/or prevent atrial fibrillation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/333953 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/132 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) |
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| US 09931335 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); The United States of America As Represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Robinson (Palo Alto, California); Jeremy Sokolove (Mountain View, California); Qian Wang (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for inhibiting or treating the early and established stages of inflammatory diseases by administration of an effective dose of the desethylhydroxychloroquine (DHCQ). A benefit of the methods is the ability to deliver a dose of agent that is effective in treating inflammation while sparing the individual from retinal toxicity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/446860 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09931342 | Pendergast |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Marie Pendergast (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer, relating to the specific inhibition of Abelson (ABL) kinases. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/422725 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09931345 | Strum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Copeland Strum (Hillsborough, North Carolina); John Emerson Bisi (Apex, North Carolina); Patrick Joseph Roberts (Durham, North Carolina); Francis Xavier Tavares (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is in the area of improved compounds, compositions and methods of transiently protecting healthy cells, and in particular hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) as well as renal cells, from damage associated with DNA damaging chemotherapeutic agents. In one aspect, improved protection of healthy cells is disclosed using disclosed compounds that act as highly selective and short, transiently-acting cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects undergoing DNA damaging chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of proliferative disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/288878 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/527 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09931359 | Fuchs et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ephraim Joseph Fuchs (Owings Mills, Maryland); Heather Jill Symons (Annapolis, Maryland); Lode Swinnen (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for administration of allogeneic lymphocytes as an exogenous source of CD4+ T cell help for endogenous, tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells. Depletion of CD8+ T cells from the donor lymphocyte infusion reduces the risk of sustained engraftment and graft-versus-host disease. Removal of regulatory T cells from the infused population may augment the ability of non-regulatory T cells to provide help for endogenous effectors of anti-tumor immunity. Allogeneic T cell therapy is typically given in the context of allogeneic stem cell transplantation, in which the patient receives highly immunosuppressive conditioning followed by an infusion of a stem cell graft containing unselected populations of mature T cells. In the treatment described here, the graft is engineered to minimize the possibility of sustained donor cell engraftment, and the anti-tumor effector T cells derive from the host. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398724 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/664 (20130101) A61K 35/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0087 (20130101) C12N 5/0638 (20130101) |
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| US 09931361 | Gause et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Gause (Chester, New Jersey); Fei Chen (Denville, New Jersey); Zhugong Liu (Boyds, Maryland); Pankaj Mishra (Harrison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a field of tissue repair and regeneration. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition for promoting cutaneous wound healing. In one embodiment, the composition is composed of one or more metazoan parasites or a mimic thereof sufficient to promote helminth-induced type-2 immune response. Preferably, the composition contains N. brasiliensis excretory/secretory antigen (NES) or an immune triggering portion thereof. The invention also relates to a method of accelerating wound healing in a subject in need of such treatment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/218189 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0003 (20130101) |
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| US 09931377 | Pavlakis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland); John N. Vournakis (Charleston, South Carolina); Barbara K. Felber (Rockville, Maryland); Sergio Finkielsztein (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland); John N. Vournakis (Charleston, South Carolina); Barbara K. Felber (Rockville, Maryland); Sergio Finkielsztein (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to agents that modulate interleukin-15 (“IL-15”) signal transduction or function (“Therapeutic Agents”) and the use ol″ those agents to modulate immune function. The Therapeutic Agents target the interaction between IL-15 and its receptor and modulate IL-15-induced signal transduction. The Therapeutic Agents may be formulated with polymers, such as poly-β-1-♦4-N-acetylglucosamine. for administration to a human subject to modulate IL-15-mediated immune function. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/666052 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1793 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 2039/5152 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) A61K 2039/55527 (20130101) |
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| US 09931379 | Lin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Buffalo, New York); California Institute for Biomedical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Buffalo, New York); California Institute for Biomedical Research (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Lin (Getzville, New York); Avinash Muppidi (San Diego, California); Weijun Shen (San Diego, California); Huafei Zou (San Diego, California); Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California); Yulin Tian (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are oxyntomodulin analogs. The peptide analogs have at least two cysteines. The two cysteines are separated by six amino acids such that they can be crosslinked using suitable crosslinking moieties. The crosslinked peptides have long half-lives and/or efficacy. For example, peptide analog compositions are used for inducing weight loss and/or reducing blood glucose levels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/451503 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/605 (20130101) |
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| US 09931384 | Turtle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cameron J. Turtle (Seattle, Washington); Stanley R. Riddell (Sammamish, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides, among other things, methods for the identification and isolation of viable putative long-lived antigen-specific memory CD8+ T cell subsets (CMhi and EMhi) with high surface expression of CD161 and/or IL-18Rα and the capacity to rapidly efflux the fluorescent dye Rh123. |
| FILED | Monday, July 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/810286 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/515 (20130101) A61K 2039/572 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/505 (20130101) G01N 2333/54 (20130101) G01N 2333/70557 (20130101) |
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| US 09931390 | Pascual et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Pascual (Bozeman, Montana); Massimo Maddaloni (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to therapeutic compositions comprising recombinant bacteria. Further, the disclosure elaborates upon methods of utilizing the taught therapeutic compositions to treat autoimmune and inflammatory disease. The present teachings also relate to the disclosed recombinant bacteria and methods of producing the recombinant bacteria utilized in the compositions and methods. Further taught herein are dietary supplements and food additive compositions comprising the taught recombinant bacteria. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/247297 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 33/135 (20160801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/744 (20130101) A61K 35/747 (20130101) A61K 39/0258 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/523 (20130101) |
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| US 09931393 | Buck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher B. Buck (Bethesda, Maryland); Upasana Ray (Bethesda, Maryland); Diana V. Pastrana (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of eliciting an immune response to a JC polyomavirus (JCV) by administering an effective amount of an immunogenic composition including an isolated JCV VP1 polypeptide or a nucleic acid encoding the VP1 polypeptide to a subject are provided. VP1 polypeptides and immunogenic compositions suitable for use in the methods are provided, including JCV genotype 2 VP1 polypeptides and/or JCV genotype 3 polypeptides. Methods of identifying a subject at risk of developing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) are also provided. In some embodiments, the methods include obtaining a biological sample from a subject, detecting presence or absence of JCV neutralizing antibodies in the sample from the subject, and identifying that the subject is at risk of developing PML if there is an absence of detectable JCV neutralizing antibodies in the sample from the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/106074 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/025 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/22023 (20130101) C12N 2710/22034 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/025 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) G01N 2800/28 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09931395 | Diamond et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Don J. Diamond (Glendora, California); Felix Wussow (Duarte, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, an expression system for expressing a UL128 complex is provided herein. The expression system may include a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) construct, wherein the BAC construct comprises a viral vector inserted with a set of DNA sequences that encode a UL128 complex. In another embodiment, a vaccine composition for preventing HCMV infection is provided. The vaccine composition may include a viral or bacterial vector capable of expressing a UL128 complex and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant, additive or combination thereof or additional vector expressing a protein adjuvant. The viral vector may be an MVA and the UL128 complex includes five HCMV proteins or antigenic fragments thereof: UL128, UL130, UL131A, gL, and gH. In some embodiments, the viral vector is further inserted with one or more additional DNA sequences that encode one or more additional HCMVHCMV proteins or antigenic fragments thereof such as pp65, gB or both, or such as gM/gN or gO. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/606973 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/16122 (20130101) C12N 2710/16134 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) C12N 2799/023 (20130101) C12N 2800/204 (20130101) |
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| US 09931404 | von Recum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horst A. von Recum (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Adonis Hijaz (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical composition for sustained release of a chemokine is described that includes a polymer bonded to a sulfated glycosaminoglycan and loaded with a chemokine having affinity for the sulfated glycosaminoglycan. The pharmaceutical composition can be used in a method for providing sustained release of a chemokine to subject by contacting the subject with the pharmaceutical composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/300641 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0036 (20130101) A61K 38/195 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09931410 | Valencia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pedro M. Valencia (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eric M. Pridgen (Boston, Massachusetts); Suresh Gadde (Brookline, Massachusetts); Rohit Karnik (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Stephen J. Lippard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Omid C. Farokhzad (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions that contain a nanoparticle containing a plurality of polymers, wherein at least a fraction of the polymers comprise a hydrophobic polymer, a topoisomerase inhibitor, and a Pt-containing chemotherapeutic agent, where the polymers self-assemble in an aqueous liquid to form the nanoparticle, and where the Pt-containing chemotherapeutic agent and the topoisomerase inhibitor are present within the hydrophobic core of the nanoparticle in a ratio of between about 24:1 to about 1:24. Also provided are methods of reducing the proliferation of a cancer cell and methods of treating cancer in a subject that include the use of these compositions. Also provided are methods of making these nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/434300 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/14 (20130101) A61K 9/51 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) A61K 47/482 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/593 (20170801) A61K 47/6869 (20170801) A61K 47/6937 (20170801) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09931418 | Torchilin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Torchilin (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Swati Biswas (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a co-polymer of formula A-L-D, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A is a linear, branched or dendritic polyamine; D is a lipid; and L is a linker comprising a water soluble polymer; wherein L is connected to A at a first end through a first covalent bond and connected to D at a second end through a second covalent bond. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/420143 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1075 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/785 (20130101) A61K 31/795 (20130101) A61K 47/488 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/595 (20170801) A61K 47/6907 (20170801) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0206 (20130101) C08G 81/00 (20130101) C08G 83/004 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09931419 | Fujii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC. (Rancho Dominguez, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC. (Rancho Dominquez, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to liposomal vaccine compositions, methods for the manufacture thereof, and methods for the use thereof to stimulate an immune response in an animal. These compositions comprise dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (“DMPC”); either dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (“DMPG”) or dimyristoyltrimethylammonium propane (“DMTAP”) or both DMPC and DMTAP; and at least one sterol derivative providing a covalent anchor for one or more immunogenic polypeptide(s) or carbohydrate(s). |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/181028 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 39/07 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 47/543 (20170801) A61K 47/554 (20170801) A61K 47/6911 (20170801) A61K 47/6913 (20170801) A61K 47/48815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/60 (20130101) A61K 2039/627 (20130101) A61K 2039/6018 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Steroids C07J 9/00 (20130101) C07J 41/0055 (20130101) C07J 43/003 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2770/00011 (20130101) C12N 2770/00034 (20130101) |
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| US 09931432 | Romero-Ortega et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mario I. Romero-Ortega (Coppell, Texas); Parisa Lotfi (Houston, Texas); Benjamin R. Johnston (Arlington, Texas); Swarupnarayan Dash (Arlington, Texas); Joselito Razal (Wollongong, Australia); Gordon Wallace (Wollongong, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, apparatuses for providing chemical gradients are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus described herein comprises a conduit having a first end and a second end, one or more microchannels disposed in the conduit and extending from the first end toward the second end, and a fiber coiled around the exterior of at least one microchannel, wherein the fiber comprises an active agent that is operable to diffuse into the interior of the microchannel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/768820 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 2430/32 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/12 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09931434 | Bellas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evangelia Bellas (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kacey Marra (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania); J. Peter Rubin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); James J. Yoo (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventions provided herein relate to compositions, methods, delivery devices and kits for repairing or augmenting a tissue in a subject. The compositions described herein are injectable such that they can be placed in a tissue to be treated with a minimally-invasive procedure (e.g., by injection) and/or be molded flexibly into a tissue void of any shape and/or size. In some embodiments, the composition described herein comprises a plurality of silk fibroin particles, which can retain their original volume within the tissue for a period of time. The compositions can be used as a filler to replace a tissue void, e.g., for tissue repair and/or augmentation, or as a scaffold to support tissue regeneration and/or reconstruction. In some embodiments, the compositions described herein can be used for soft tissue repair or augmentation. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/357443 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3604 (20130101) A61L 27/3834 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) A61L 2430/34 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09931507 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Jordan Neysmith (Mountain View, California); Kevin Wilkin (Valencia, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Da-Yu Chang (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is an improved hermetic package for a retinal prosthesis implanted in the human body. The retinal prosthesis includes a flexible circuit electrode array suitable to stimulate the retina while connected to a hermetic package on the outside of the eye, the hermetic package including a cover and a base where the cover is bonded to the base such that the cover and base form the hermetic package. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/207425 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/375 (20130101) A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/3758 (20130101) A61N 1/3787 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 2224/16227 (20130101) H01L 2224/32225 (20130101) H01L 2224/73253 (20130101) H01L 2924/15311 (20130101) H01L 2924/16251 (20130101) H01L 2924/19104 (20130101) H01L 2924/19107 (20130101) |
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| US 09931508 | Burdick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Louisville, Kentucky); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); NEURORECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel W. Burdick (Pasadena, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); John F. Naber (Goshen, Kentucky); Robert S. Keynton (Louisville, Kentucky); Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Susan J. Harkema (Louisville, Kentucky); Jonathan Hodes (Louisville, Kentucky); Claudia A Angeli (Louisville, Kentucky); Mandheerej S. Nandra (Pasadena, California); Thomas Anthony Desautels (Pasadena, California); Steven L. Upchurch (Louisville, Kentucky); Douglas J. Jackson (New Albany, Indiana); Nicholas A. Terrafranca (Laguna Niguel, California); Yangsheng Chen (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Neurostimulator devices are described comprising: a stimulation assembly connectable to a plurality of electrodes, wherein the plurality of electrodes are configured to stimulate a spinal cord; one or more sensors; and at least one processor configured to modify at least one complex stimulation pattern deliverable by the plurality of electrodes by integrating data from the one or more sensors and performing a machine learning method implementing a Gaussian Process Optimization on the at least one complex stimulation pattern. Methods of use are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/199580 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/407 (20130101) A61B 5/0492 (20130101) A61B 5/1106 (20130101) A61B 5/4076 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 2505/09 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) A61N 1/0553 (20130101) A61N 1/3611 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) A61N 1/36007 (20130101) A61N 1/36067 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) A61N 1/36103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36107 (20130101) A61N 1/36114 (20130101) A61N 1/36125 (20130101) A61N 1/36139 (20130101) |
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| US 09932297 | Boons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geert-Jan Boons (Athens, Georgia); Jun Guo (Wuhan, China PRC); Xinghai Ning (Watkinsville, Georgia); Margaretha Wolfert (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | 1,3-Dipole-functional compounds (e.g., azide functional compounds) can be reacted with certain alkynes in a cyclization reaction to form heterocyclic compounds. Useful alkynes (e.g., strained, cyclic alkynes) and methods of making such alkynes are also disclosed. The reaction of 1,3-dipole-functional compounds with alkynes can be used for a wide variety of applications including the immobilization of biomolecules on a substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/657601 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/61 (20170801) A61K 47/542 (20170801) A61K 47/6803 (20170801) A61K 49/0021 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 35/37 (20130101) C07C 49/683 (20130101) C07C 211/42 (20130101) C07C 251/44 (20130101) C07C 251/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 271/34 (20130101) C07C 2603/36 (20170501) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 249/16 (20130101) C07D 261/20 (20130101) C07D 271/12 (20130101) C07D 307/94 (20130101) C07D 311/90 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2/00 (20130101) C07K 14/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09932300 | Aktas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bertal Huseyin Aktas (Newton, Massachusetts); José A. Halperin (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael Chorev (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for inhibiting translation initiation are provided. Compositions, methods and kits for treating (1) cellular proliferative disorders, (2) non-proliferative, degenerative disorders, (3) viral infections, and/or (4) disorders associated with viral infections, using N,N′-diarylureas and/or N,N′-diarylthiourea compounds are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/216057 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 275/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 275/34 (20130101) C07C 275/38 (20130101) C07C 275/40 (20130101) C07C 2601/02 (20170501) C07C 2602/08 (20170501) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/75 (20130101) C07D 213/81 (20130101) C07D 215/06 (20130101) C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 233/36 (20130101) C07D 237/30 (20130101) C07D 239/34 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 249/14 (20130101) C07D 261/14 (20130101) C07D 271/12 (20130101) C07D 277/18 (20130101) C07D 277/66 (20130101) C07D 285/14 (20130101) C07D 295/088 (20130101) C07D 295/135 (20130101) C07D 295/192 (20130101) C07D 307/88 (20130101) C07D 317/66 (20130101) C07D 319/08 (20130101) C07D 333/20 (20130101) C07D 333/38 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09932310 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Binghui Shen (La Verne, California); Judith Campbell (Pasadena, California); Li Zheng (Arcadia, California); Hongzhi Li (Duarte, California); David Horne (Duarte, California); Jun Xie (Duarte, California); Kenneth Karanja (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for inhibiting DNA2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/428021 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09932349 | Wentland |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure I in which A is —CH2—OH, —CH2NH2, —NHSO2CH3, and Y is O, S or NOH are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. 8-Carboxamides, thiocarboxamides, hydroxyamidines and formamides are preferred. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/260610 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 489/00 (20130101) C07D 489/08 (20130101) C07D 489/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 491/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09932370 | Barouch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan H. Barouch (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph Patrick Nkolola (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features isolated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope (Env) trimers, in which the amino acid sequence of the Env polypeptides is optimized to stabilize formation of the trimers. The invention also features vaccines, nucleic acids, and vectors to deliver and/or facilitate production of the stabilized HIV Env trimers. In addition, the invention features methods of making and using the stabilized HIV Env trimers of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/149549 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/162 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16111 (20130101) |
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| US 09932378 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anjana Rao (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Stefan Feske (New York, Massachusetts); Patrick Hogan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yousang Gwack (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of identifying an agent that modulates an NFAT regulator protein. One such method comprises contacting at least one test agent with a recombinant cell comprising at least one NFAT regulator protein or fragment or derivative thereof, assessing the effect of the test agent on an activity, interaction, expression, or binding to the NFAT regulator protein or fragment or derivative thereof, and identifying the test agent that has an effect on an activity, interaction, expression, or binding to the NFAT regulator protein or fragment or derivative thereof, whereby the identified test agent is characterized as an agent that modulates an NFAT regulator protein. Methods of identifying an agent that modulates intracellular calcium, methods to screen for an agent that modulates NFAT regulator function, methods to diagnose unexplained immunodeficiency in a subject, and methods for identifying an agent for treating or preventing a disease or disorder associated with a NFAT regulator protein or calcium signaling are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/832922 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/18 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/16 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/907 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5041 (20130101) |
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| US 09932382 | Aizenman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elias Aizenman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Meghan McCord (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides capable of interfering with the Kv2.1-mediated apoptotic K+ current surge that leads to neuronal cell death are described. The disclosed peptides are derived from the C-terminal region of Kv2.1, which mediates binding to the SNARE protein syntaxin. Disruption of Kv2.1 binding to syntaxin inhibits the apoptotic K+ current surge that leads to neuronal cell death. The present disclosure provides methods of inhibiting binding of Kv2.1 to syntaxin in a cell (in vitro or in vivo), such as for neuroprotection following cerebral ischemia, stroke, or traumatic brain injury, or during the course of a neurodegenerative disease, or any other condition associated with neuronal cell death. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/126966 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09932383 | Julius et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Julius (San Francisco, California); David D. McKemy (Seal Beach, California); Werner M. Neuhausser (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to regulation of cold sensation and pain. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding a member of the transient regulatory protein family, CMR1, which is involved in modulation of the perception of cold sensations and pain. In some embodiments, an isolated or recombinant CMR1 polypeptide is directly or indirectly attached to a detectable label or fused to a second polypeptide. In some embodiments, an isolated or recombinant CMR1 polypeptide is directly or indirectly bound to a solid support. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/266016 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/00 (20130101) C12N 15/09 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/58 (20130101) G01N 33/5041 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) |
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| US 09932387 | Lefrancois et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo Lefrancois (West Hartford, Connecticut); Thomas A. Stoklasek (Bristol, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a therapeutic polypeptide and methods for its creation and use for modulating an immune response in a host organism in need thereof. In particular, the invention relates to the administration to an organism in need thereof, of an effective amount of a pre-coupled polypeptide complex comprising a lymphokine polypeptide portion, for example IL-15 (SEQ ID NO: 5, 6), IL-2 (SEQ ID NO: 10, 12) or combinations of both, and an interleukin receptor polypeptide portion, for example IL-15Ra (SEQ ID NO: 7, 8), IL-2Ra (SEQ ID NO: 9, 11) or combinations of both, for augmenting the immune system in, for example, cancer, SCID, AIDS, or vaccination; or inhibiting the immune system in, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, or Lupus. The therapeutic complex of the invention surprisingly demonstrates increased half-life, and efficacy in vivo. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/158210 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1793 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/02 (20130101) C07K 14/55 (20130101) C07K 14/5443 (20130101) C07K 14/7155 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 2317/52 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) |
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09932389 — Silk-elastin like protein polymers for embolization and chemoembolization to treat cancer
| US 09932389 | Cappello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Cappello (San Diego, California); Hamidreza Ghandehari (Salt Lake City, Utah); Azadeh Poursaid (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemoembolic agent is disclosed that includes an injectable, recombinantly synthesized silk-elastin like protein copolymer and one or more chemotherapeutic agents. Upon injection, the chemoembolic agent blocks the tumor vasculature, including the capillary bed, and may optionally release chemotherapeutic agents. The chemoembolic agent may be used to treat cancer, including hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/064142 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/1767 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/43586 (20130101) |
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| US 09932391 | Ko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Fundaçäo Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert I. Ko (Salvador, Brazil); Mitermayer Galvão Reis (Salvador, Brazil); Julio Henrique Rosa Croda (Salvador, Brazil); Isadora Cristina Siqueira (Salvador, Brazil); David A. Haake (Los Angeles, California); James Matsunaga (Los Angeles, California); Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Michele Barocchi (Los Angeles, California); Tracy Ann Young (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in the Leptospira sp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection with Leptospira species that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/334128 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/20 (20130101) C07K 16/1207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09932406 | Ho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell Ho (Urbana, Maryland); Mingqian Feng (Rockville, Maryland); Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is the identification of human monoclonal antibodies that bind GPC3 or heparan sulfate (HS) chains on GPC3 with high affinity. The antibodies described herein are capable of inhibiting HCC cell growth and migration. Provided are human monoclonal antibodies specific for GPC3 or HS chains on GPC3, including immunoglobulin molecules, such as IgG antibodies, as well as antibody fragments, such as single-domain VH antibodies or single chain variable fragments (scFv). Further provided are compositions including the antibodies that bind GPC3 or HS chains on GPC3, nucleic acid molecules encoding these antibodies, expression vectors comprising the nucleic acids, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acids. Methods of treating cancer and/or inhibiting tumor growth or metastasis are also provided. Further provided are methods of detecting cancer in a subject and confirming a diagnosis of cancer in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/090873 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 47/48484 (20130101) A61K 47/48561 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/21 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 16/303 (20130101) C07K 16/3076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/3092 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/41 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) G01N 2400/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09932564 | Matassov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas); PROFECTUS BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas); PROFECTUS BIOSCIENCES, INC. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Demetrius Matassov (Forest Hills, New York); Rodion V. Gorchakov (Houston, Texas); Stefan Hamm (Somers, New York); Rebecca Nowak (Campbell Hall, New York); Robert L. Seymour (Galveston, Texas); John H. Eldridge (Bethel, Connecticut); Robert B. Tesh (Galveston, Texas); David K. Clarke (San Diego, Texas); Theresa E. Latham (Mamaroneck, New York); Scott Weaver (Galveston, Texas); Farooq Nasar (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments are directed to recombinant vesiculovirus encoding a heterologous polynucleotide and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/122695 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2740/16071 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) C12N 2760/20221 (20130101) C12N 2760/20222 (20130101) C12N 2760/20243 (20130101) C12N 2760/20262 (20130101) C12N 2760/20271 (20130101) C12N 2770/36134 (20130101) C12N 2770/36171 (20130101) |
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| US 09932583 | Friedman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua R. Friedman (Ardmore, Pennsylvania); Nicholas J. Hand (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for detecting, inhibiting, treating, and/or preventing a liver disease or disorder such as cholestasis or fibrotic liver disease are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/119036 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2800/085 (20130101) |
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| US 09932585 | Bassell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Bassell (Snellville, Georgia); Xiaodi Yao (Decatur, Georgia); Christina Gross (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to manipulating microRNA for the management of neurological disorders and compositions related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates inhibition of miR324 or miR324-5p, e.g., the use of nucleobase polymers for antisense disruptions or RNA interference of miR-324 expression or for miR324-5p binding in order to increase Kv4.2 expression. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing a neurological disease or condition comprising administering an effective amount of an inhibitor to a subject in need thereto. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/243604 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2310/3515 (20130101) |
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| US 09932588 | Arora |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rishi Arora (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for inhibiting oxidative stress in a subject having atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, ventricular failure or heart failure. The methods include administering an effective amount of a NOX2 inhibitor agent to the subject, wherein said administering is under conditions such that a level of oxidative stress in myocardial tissue is reduced or eliminated. The pharmaceutical compositions include a NOX2 inhibitor agent. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/542501 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/4848 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 106/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09932621 | Lin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hening Lin (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hening Lin (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Sirt5, a mitochondrial Sirtuin, has been identified herein as an efficient demalonylase and desuccinylase. Disclosed herein are assays to identify Sirt5 modulators based on this robust enzymatic activity. Sirt5-specific modulators can be used study the biological function of Sirt5 and to target Sirt5 activities in treating human diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/808706 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/197 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/70 (20130101) C07D 233/80 (20130101) C07D 233/84 (20130101) C07D 233/90 (20130101) C07D 235/04 (20130101) C07D 239/56 (20130101) C07D 239/70 (20130101) C07D 243/04 (20130101) C07D 285/24 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 491/052 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) C07D 513/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/25 (20130101) C12Q 1/34 (20130101) C12Q 1/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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09932635 — Method for exosomal biomarker detection by electric field-induced release and measurement
| US 09932635 | Wong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David T. Wong (Beverly Hills, California); Fang Wei (North Hills, California); Wei Liao (North Hills, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Wong (Beverly Hills, California); Fang Wei (North Hills, California); Wei Liao (North Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The molecules harbored in exosomes play important roles in biological science. A highly desirable goal for exosome research is the rapid, simple, simultaneous tracking and quantification of exosome harbored molecules. Disclosed herein are methods and devices for inducing the release and measurement of biomolecules harbored in exosomes. The disclosed method, Electric Field Induced Release and Measurement (EFIRM) technique, uses an electrical field to simultaneously disrupt exosomes to release the contents and measure the harbored exosomal RNA/proteins. The exosome vesicle contents can be released within minutes. This provides a potential on-site method for the detection of exosome-harbored biomolecules. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/119843 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1013 (20130101) C12N 15/1013 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2563/131 (20130101) C12Q 2563/131 (20130101) C12Q 2563/143 (20130101) C12Q 2563/143 (20130101) C12Q 2563/161 (20130101) C12Q 2563/161 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/49 (20130101) G01N 33/5005 (20130101) G01N 33/5076 (20130101) G01N 33/54326 (20130101) G01N 33/56966 (20130101) |
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| US 09932641 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianhua Luo (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Yangping Yu (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Joel B. Nelson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); George Konstantine Michalopoulos (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Chien-Cheng Tseng (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ying Ding (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for determining whether a subject having prostate cancer is at greater risk of developing progressive disease, and methods of treating the subjects. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that approximately 90% of men carrying at least one of the following fusion genes: TRMT11-GRIK2, SLC45A2-AMACR, MTOR-TP53BP1, LRRC59-FLJ60017, TMEM135-CCDC67 and CCNH-C5orf30 experienced prostate cancer recurrence, metastases and/or prostate cancer-specific death after radical prostatectomy (each examples of “progressive prostate cancer”), while these outcomes occurred in only 36% of men not carrying any of these fusion genes. It is also based, at least in part, on the discovery that no patient studied survived five years without recurrence if their primary prostate cancer contained a TRMT11-GRIK2 or MTOR-TP53BP1 fusion gene. It is also based, at least in part, on the discovery that the protein encoded by the MAN2A1-FER fusion gene exhibits kinase activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/199056 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09932642 | Fields et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia Fields (Decatur, Georgia); John R. McQuiston (Decatur, Georgia); Collette Fitzgerald Leaumont (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for the serotype specific detection and identification of one or more Salmonella serotypes are provided. A family of specific primers and probes are provided that allow screening of biological or environmental samples for robust, rapid, and reproducible detection and identification of one or more Salmonella serotypes in the sample. |
| FILED | Monday, July 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/803194 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/255 (20130101) |
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| US 09932687 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High throughput screening of crystallization of a target material is accomplished by simultaneously introducing a solution of the target material into a plurality of chambers of a microfabricated fluidic device. The microfabricated fluidic device is then manipulated to vary the solution condition in the chambers, thereby simultaneously providing a large number of crystallization environments. Control over changed solution conditions may result from a variety of techniques, including but not limited to metering volumes of crystallizing agent into the chamber by volume exclusion, by entrapment of volumes of crystallizing agent determined by the dimensions of the microfabricated structure, or by cross-channel injection of sample and crystallizing agent into an array of junctions defined by intersecting orthogonal flow channels. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880168 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00274 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/06 (20130101) B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 7/54 (20130101) B01L 9/527 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/025 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2200/0642 (20130101) B01L 2300/14 (20130101) B01L 2300/18 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2400/049 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0638 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) B01L 2400/0688 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 2535/125 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 7/14 (20130101) Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 43/043 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0001 (20130101) F16K 99/0015 (20130101) F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0034 (20130101) F16K 99/0059 (20130101) F16K 2099/008 (20130101) F16K 2099/0074 (20130101) F16K 2099/0078 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) F16K 2099/0094 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 117/1004 (20150115) Y10T 117/1008 (20150115) Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 137/0396 (20150401) |
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| US 09933339 | Briggman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin L. Briggman (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of microtome devices and methods of their use. In some embodiments, a microtome can be mounted on the built-in stage of a scanning electron microscope and used to perform serial block-face scanning electron microscopy. In some cases, a microtome installed in a scanning electron microscope can cut the sample at a location off the electron beam axis of the scanning electron microscope. In some cases, a microtome can include a capacitive sensor which can measure the location of a blade of the microtome, and the microtome can be computer-controlled by program implemented in MATLAB. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/308522 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 23/225 (20130101) G01N 2001/061 (20130101) G01N 2001/066 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/20 (20130101) H01J 37/26 (20130101) H01J 37/28 (20130101) H01J 37/222 (20130101) H01J 2237/20207 (20130101) H01J 2237/20214 (20130101) |
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| US 09933434 | Kipps et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Kipps (San Diego, California); George F. Widhopf, II (San Diego, California); Bing Cui (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Therapeutic antibodies having binding specificity for ROR-1 expressed on cancer cells (particularly leukemic and lymphomic cells) and pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such antibodies for use in treating cancer. Methods for diagnosing such cancers through in vitro detection of binding to ROR-1 protein expressed on putative cancer cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/346967 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09933435 | Merali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salim Merali (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Camilo Moncada (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Steven G. Kelsen (Rydal, Pennsylvania); Carlos A. Barrero (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Oscar Mauricio Perez Leal (Barranquilla, Colombia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method for diagnosing and/or staging COPD based on detection of one or more histone proteins. In some embodiments, the histone protein is an H3.3 protein comprising a post-translational modification. In some embodiments, the histone protein is H2B, H3, H3.3 or H4. Kits for practicing the methods of diagnosis and/or staging are provided as well. Further provided is a method for treating COPD. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/044649 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/6875 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2440/12 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) G01N 2800/122 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0027 (20130101) |
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| US 09936574 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Rak-Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois); TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Rak-Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are flexible and stretchable LED arrays and methods utilizing flexible and stretchable LED arrays. Assembly of flexible LED arrays alongside flexible plasmonic crystals is useful for construction of fluid monitors, permitting sensitive detection of fluid refractive index and composition. Co-integration of flexible LED arrays with flexible photodetector arrays is useful for construction of flexible proximity sensors. Application of stretchable LED arrays onto flexible threads as light emitting sutures provides novel means for performing radiation therapy on wounds. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046191 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/6806 (20130101) A61B 5/6867 (20130101) A61B 5/6883 (20130101) A61B 2562/02 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/066 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) A61B 2562/0257 (20130101) A61B 2562/0271 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) A61N 1/18 (20130101) A61N 1/36 (20130101) Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3121 (20130101) H01L 23/3192 (20130101) H01L 27/1218 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/3011 (20130101) H01L 2924/3025 (20130101) H01L 2924/09701 (20130101) H01L 2924/12044 (20130101) H01L 2924/19041 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/147 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/323 (20130101) H05K 2201/09263 (20130101) H05K 2201/10106 (20130101) H05K 2203/1316 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49128 (20150115) |
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| US 09936590 | Ok et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a biocompatible hermetic housing including electrical feedthroughs, the method comprises providing a ceramic sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, forming at least one via hole in said ceramic sheet extending from said upper surface to said lower surface, inserting a conductive thick film paste into said via hole, laminating the ceramic sheet with paste filled via hole between an upper ceramic sheet and a lower ceramic sheet to form a laminated ceramic substrate, firing the laminated ceramic substrate to a temperature to sinter the laminated ceramic substrate and cause the paste filled via hole to form metalized via and cause the laminated ceramic substrate to form a hermetic seal around said metalized via, and removing the upper ceramic sheet and the lower ceramic sheet material from the fired laminated ceramic substrate to expose an upper and a lower surface of the metalized via. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/626437 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/14 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 37/00 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0306 (20130101) H05K 3/005 (20130101) H05K 3/12 (20130101) H05K 3/0044 (20130101) H05K 3/0047 (20130101) H05K 3/1225 (20130101) H05K 3/4061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/4614 (20130101) H05K 3/4623 (20130101) H05K 2201/096 (20130101) H05K 2201/0376 (20130101) H05K 2201/09609 (20130101) H05K 2203/1147 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Google LLC (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to measure reaction times and/or responses for head, eye, eyelid movements, and/or changes in pupil geometry. The system includes eyewear or headwear including one or more eye-tracking cameras for monitoring the position and geometry of at least one eye and its components of the user, one or more scene cameras for monitoring the user's surroundings, and one or more processors to determine reaction times. Optionally, the system may include one or more of a multi-axis accelerometer to monitor head movements, light sources to trigger visual evoked responses, and/or electronic inputs that may be used to indicate the time of occurrence of external reference events. Measured reaction times and other measurements may be monitored for use in a range of applications. Responses and reaction times may be measured continuously over extended periods, even over a lifetime to measure consequences of the aging process. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/569303 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/0008 (20130101) A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/112 (20130101) A61B 3/113 (20130101) A61B 5/162 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1103 (20130101) A61B 5/1114 (20130101) A61B 5/6803 (20130101) A61B 2560/0242 (20130101) A61B 2562/0204 (20130101) |
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| US 09931434 | Bellas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evangelia Bellas (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kacey Marra (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania); J. Peter Rubin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); James J. Yoo (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventions provided herein relate to compositions, methods, delivery devices and kits for repairing or augmenting a tissue in a subject. The compositions described herein are injectable such that they can be placed in a tissue to be treated with a minimally-invasive procedure (e.g., by injection) and/or be molded flexibly into a tissue void of any shape and/or size. In some embodiments, the composition described herein comprises a plurality of silk fibroin particles, which can retain their original volume within the tissue for a period of time. The compositions can be used as a filler to replace a tissue void, e.g., for tissue repair and/or augmentation, or as a scaffold to support tissue regeneration and/or reconstruction. In some embodiments, the compositions described herein can be used for soft tissue repair or augmentation. |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/357443 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3604 (20130101) A61L 27/3834 (20130101) A61L 2400/06 (20130101) A61L 2430/34 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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| US 09931573 | Fang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fei Fang (Los Angeles, California); Albert Jiang (Los Angeles, California); Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The following information may be read from a memory system: an identification of each of multiple moving targets that are each expected to move in accordance with a schedule of when and where the target will move; the schedule; an identification of each of multiple mobile defense resources that each have a maximum movement speed and a maximum protection radius; and the maximum movement speed and the maximum protection radius of each mobile defense resource. A computer system may determine where each mobile defense resource should be at each of a sequential set of different times so as to optimize the ability of the mobile defense resources to protect each of the mobile targets from a single attack by an attacker against one of the targets at an unknown time based on the information read from the memory system. The determining may take into consideration that the attacker may observe and analyze movements of the mobile defense resources prior to the attack in formulating the attack. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176953 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Card, Board, or Roulette Games; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing Bodies; Video Games; Games Not Otherwise Provided for A63F 13/40 (20140902) A63F 13/57 (20140902) A63F 13/67 (20140902) A63F 13/358 (20140902) A63F 13/822 (20140902) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0481 (20130101) |
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| US 09931592 | Billingsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Reresented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Britton G. Billingsley (St. Paul, Minnesota); Larry A. Brey (Woodbury, Minnesota); William Buechter (Fairfax, Virginia); Pierre Legare (Brockville, Canada); Derek M. Maanum (St. Paul, Minnesota); Gregory W. Peterson (Belcamp, Maryland); Joseph A. Rossin (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A filtration device including a fluid-impermeable housing having a gas inlet and outlet, and containing within the housing first filter media particles of an extended surface area substrate and containing at least one metal impregnant, and second filter media particles of an extended surface area zirconium hydroxide substrate and zinc (hydr)oxide. The device may be used in atmospheres containing various harmful gases, and may provide particularly useful improvements in NOx breakthrough times compared to a device containing only the first filter media particles or only the second filter media particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/462755 |
| ART UNIT | 3778 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices, Apparatus or Methods for Life-saving A62B 7/10 (20130101) A62B 19/00 (20130101) A62B 23/02 (20130101) Separation B01D 39/2058 (20130101) B01D 39/2072 (20130101) B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/82 (20130101) B01D 53/0407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2251/604 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2253/102 (20130101) B01D 2253/112 (20130101) B01D 2253/1122 (20130101) B01D 2257/302 (20130101) B01D 2257/404 (20130101) B01D 2257/406 (20130101) B01D 2258/06 (20130101) B01D 2259/4143 (20130101) B01D 2259/4146 (20130101) B01D 2259/4541 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/06 (20130101) B01J 20/3204 (20130101) B01J 20/3236 (20130101) B01J 20/28052 (20130101) B01J 2220/56 (20130101) |
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| US 09931632 | Irmscher |
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| APPLICANT(S) | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthias Irmscher (Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic system includes a magnetic source (150) and two chambers (110) that are connected by a channel. The chambers and the channel are filled with different fluids such that a non-zero surface tension is created at the associated fluidic interfaces. Moreover, the magnetic source (150) is arranged to provide at least two separate magnetic gradient regions (GR) and to allow for the attraction of magnetic particles (MP) present in one of the chambers into these different regions. The magnetic forces (F) generated by at least one of the gradient regions (GR) is strong enough to allow for pushing or pulling magnetic particles through the fluidic interfaces. The magnetic source may be realized by a permanent magnet (150) of hexahedral shape. A method achieves dispersion and re-accumulation of an ensemble of magnetic particles in the microfluidic system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/322554 |
| ART UNIT | 1778 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) |
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| US 09931753 | Rizzi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Dynamics, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred Anthony Rizzi (Mountatin View, California); Kevin Blankespoor (Mountain View, California); Matthew David Malchano (Mountain View, California); Mathew Livianu (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Examples method and devices for automatic gait transition are described herein. In an example embodiment, a computing system may identify gaits for the robotic device to perform in response to receiving an input for the robotic device to move at a velocity. The system may determine criteria for selecting a gait from the identified gaits for the robotic device to perform based on sensor data of the environment (e.g., slope and terrain) and based on the state of the robotic device. The system may modify the set of criteria based on prior operation of the robotic device in respective environments similar to the environment. Responsive to determining the criteria for selecting a gait, the computing system may determine whether the identified gaits include a gait that enables the robotic device to move at the velocity according to the set of criteria, and provide instructions to operate based on the determination. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/807018 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 13/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 19/02 (20130101) Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/032 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/008 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) Y10S 901/09 (20130101) |
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| US 09932117 | Grenga |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Grenga (Cumberland, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A parachute canopy release assembly includes a frame assembly with first and second upstanding members. A latching member has a pivot end and a latch end, the pivot end pivotally coupled to a bottom portion of the first upstanding member. A riser bar has a pivot end and latch engaging end, the pivot end of the riser bar pivotally coupled to a top portion of the second upstanding member, the latch engaging end retained by the latch end of the latching member in the locked state. A release linkage assembly includes a lock member configured to transition from a first state to a second state, retain the latching member in a first position in the first, locked state and retain the latching member in a second position in the second, unlocked state. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/945799 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 17/32 (20130101) B64D 17/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64D 17/383 (20130101) |
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| US 09932279 | Wright et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California); Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Wright (Ridgecrest, California); Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved process and apparatus for the selective reaction of terpenes (including mono-, sesqui-, di-terpenes, and others in the terpene family), alpha-olefin oligomers (OOA's), and related olefins to their respective dimeric product in high purity using heterogeneous acid catalyst concurrent with full utilization of energy created in the process. Embodiments of the invention carry out a unique and highly efficient dimerization of terpenes, alpha-olefin oligomers (OOA's), and olefins using cost effective catalysts and low cost equipment that are ideally suited for commercialization of jet/turbine and diesel biofuel processes producing fuels with high flashpoints and superb cold flow properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/426294 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/04 (20130101) B01J 2219/0004 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 2/08 (20130101) C07C 2/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2/28 (20130101) C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 9/22 (20130101) C07C 11/02 (20130101) C07C 2531/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09932310 | Shen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Binghui Shen (La Verne, California); Judith Campbell (Pasadena, California); Li Zheng (Arcadia, California); Hongzhi Li (Duarte, California); David Horne (Duarte, California); Jun Xie (Duarte, California); Kenneth Karanja (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for inhibiting DNA2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/428021 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09932420 | Ho |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janet Sau-Han Ho (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified fluoropolymers, and methods for manufacturing modified fluoropolymers are provided. According to at least one embodiment, chemically modified fluoropolymers, via radical generation and subsequent reaction, produce fluoropolymers having fluorinated moieties and/or non-fluorinated moieties, disrupting highly coherent polar domains, wherein the non-fluorinated moieties include, for example, at least one of carbonyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, and/or aromatic chemical groups. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/013004 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 14/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 7/12 (20130101) C08J 7/123 (20130101) C08J 2327/16 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 3/445 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09932445 | Tan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio); David Huabin Wang (Beavercreek, Ohio); Richard A. Vaia (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | New diamine monomers bearing sulfone terminated pendant groups, as well as methods for making the same, are provided. The diamine monomers are useful toward making polyamide, polyimide, and poly(amide-imide) polymers and copolymers, which possess hygromorphic properties and demonstrate humidity driven motility. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/076810 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 229/56 (20130101) C07C 315/00 (20130101) C07C 315/04 (20130101) C07C 317/44 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/32 (20130101) C08G 73/14 (20130101) C08G 73/1085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09932455 | Laskoski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for the destruction of chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals having a polyoxometalate (POM) attached to an amine, carboxylic acid, or ammonium substituted porous polymer. Also disclosed is a method for attaching a POM to an amine, carboxylic acid, or ammonium substituted porous polymer by (1) dissolving the POM in water or an organic solvent, adding the functionalized porous polymer, whereby the POM ionically attaches to the amine, carboxylic acid or ammonium group, or (2) heating the POM and functionalized polymer in the presence of a dehydrating agent whereby an imide bond is produced between the POM and the functionality on the porous polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/824112 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/30 (20130101) A62D 3/38 (20130101) A62D 2101/02 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/28 (20130101) B01J 23/30 (20130101) B01J 27/188 (20130101) B01J 27/199 (20130101) B01J 35/002 (20130101) B01J 37/031 (20130101) B01J 37/0209 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 73/0694 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08J 2325/06 (20130101) C08J 2345/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 79/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09932484 | Aizenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Benjamin Hatton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Donald Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Super (Lexington, Massachusetts); Tak Sing Wong (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Benjamin Hatton (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Donald Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Super (Lexington, Massachusetts); Tak Sing Wong (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-healing, scratch resistant slippery surface that is manufactured by wicking a chemically-inert, high-density liquid coating over a roughened solid surface featuring micro and nanoscale topographies is described. Such a slippery surface shows anti-wetting properties, as well as exhibits significant reduction of adhesion of a broad range of biological materials, including particles in suspension or solution. Specifically, the slippery surfaces can be applied to medical devices and equipment to effectively repel biological materials such as blood, and prevent, reduce, or delay coagulation and surface-mediated clot formation. Moreover, the slippery surfaces can be used to prevent fouling by microorganisms such as bacteria. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/980858 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/24 (20130101) A61L 15/24 (20130101) A61L 15/34 (20130101) A61L 15/42 (20130101) A61L 15/46 (20130101) A61L 27/28 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 33/064 (20130101) A61L 33/064 (20130101) A61L 33/0094 (20130101) A61L 2400/12 (20130101) Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 5/083 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 27/12 (20130101) C08L 27/12 (20130101) C08L 27/12 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/1656 (20130101) C09D 5/1681 (20130101) C09D 5/1693 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fluid Dynamics, i.e Methods or Means for Influencing the Flow of Gases or Liquids F15D 1/02 (20130101) F15D 1/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09932485 | Zarras et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Zarras (Ridgecrest, California); John Stenger-Smith (Ridgecrest, California); William Lai (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A film, coating, appliqué and method to eliminate paint removal via hazardous methods and maintain effective corrosion inhibition via employment of a re-useable coating. Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a multilayer film having a first layer constructed of at least one electro-active polymer, a second layer constructed of at least one flexible electrically-conductive solid, and a third layer constructed of at least one inert polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/001803 |
| ART UNIT | 1759 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/08 (20130101) C09D 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 5/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09932587 | Kang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yibin Kang (Princeton, New Jersey); Guohong Hu (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to methods for identifying cancer patients with a poor prognosis, and to therapeutic modalities for improving prognosis by combating metastasis and abrogating chemoresistance in cancer cells. Embodiments of the present invention provide an objective means of prognostication regarding the long-term outcome of an incident of cancer, breast cancer in particular. Therapeutic modalities include immunotherapy and anti-sense therapy. Prognosis is determined by measuring the number of copies of the metadherin gene in the patient's cells. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/004706 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 09932844 | Sutterfield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Sutterfield (Greenwood, Indiana); Gregory W. Zeaton (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A sealing assembly may include a support, an engine component, and a seal. The engine component may be mounted relative to the support to define a gap between the engine component and the support. The seal may be arranged between the support and the engine component to block gasses from passing through the gap. The seal may be adapted to compress and expand to fill the gap during expansion and contraction of the adjacent components that occurs during operation of a gas turbine engine including the sealing assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/227333 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/28 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/28 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/805 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2230/60 (20130101) F05D 2240/55 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/104 (20130101) F16J 15/0812 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49297 (20150115) |
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| US 09932845 | Cowan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Curtis C. Cowan (E. Hampton, Connecticut); Jorge I. Farah (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis C. Cowan (E. Hampton, Connecticut); Jorge I. Farah (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle liner for a rotatable nozzle includes a seal land and a rotatable seal for moving with the nozzle. The seal has a first diffusion hole for distributing cooling air if the rotatable seal is in a first position and a second diffusion hole for distributing cooling air if the rotatable seal is in a first position and if in a second position. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/173903 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/18 (20130101) F01D 11/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/28 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/006 (20130101) F02K 1/12 (20130101) F02K 1/822 (20130101) F02K 1/1223 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/025 (20130101) F16J 15/027 (20130101) F16J 15/0893 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/675 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Lo (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cooled cooling air heat exchanger includes a fuel injector and an airflow body. The fuel injector has a fuel flow passage formed therein that includes a fuel inlet port and a fuel outlet port. The airflow body is coupled to and surrounds at least a portion of the fuel injector. The airflow body has an inner surface that is spaced apart from the fuel injector to define an airflow passage between the airflow body and the fuel injector, and the airflow passage includes an air inlet port and an air outlet port. |
| FILED | Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/673066 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/14 (20130101) F02C 7/185 (20130101) F02C 7/222 (20130101) F02C 7/224 (20130101) Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 31/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2240/128 (20130101) F05D 2250/15 (20130101) F05D 2250/70 (20130101) Burners F23D 11/24 (20130101) F23D 11/44 (20130101) F23D 2206/10 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/005 (20130101) F23R 3/28 (20130101) F23R 3/283 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/126 (20130101) Y02T 50/675 (20130101) |
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| US 09932988 | Maliniak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Maliniak (Branford, Connecticut); Nathan F. Champion (Enfield, Connecticut); Kenneth A. Frisk (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable area vane arrangement includes a stator vane, a bushing and a vane platform with an aperture. The stator vane rotates about an axis, and includes a shaft that extends along the axis into the aperture. The bushing is connected to the shaft, and is arranged within the aperture between the vane platform and the shaft. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/107660 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/162 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/14 (20130101) F05D 2250/73 (20130101) |
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| US 09933017 | Long et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wesley Paul Long (Vernon, Connecticut); Grace E. Szymanski (Burlington, Connecticut); Julie Marquis (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A bearing support includes a squirrel cage including a fenestrated portion with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart windows defined therethrough. A bearing support cage inboard of the squirrel cage defines a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart windows therethrough. The bearing support cage is operatively connected to the squirrel cage to support a bearing from within the squirrel cage. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/106621 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/164 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2230/642 (20130101) Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 19/06 (20130101) F16C 27/04 (20130101) F16C 33/581 (20130101) F16C 35/077 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16C 2204/60 (20130101) F16C 2360/23 (20130101) |
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| US 09933264 | Monterroza et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fredy Monterroza (Canoga Park, California); Kyungnam Kim (Oak Park, California); Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a robotic system for detecting obstacles reliably with their ranges by a combination of two-dimensional and three-dimensional sensing. In operation, the system receives an image from a monocular video and range depth data from a range sensor of a scene proximate a mobile platform. The image is segmented into multiple object regions of interest and time-to-contact (TTC) value are calculated by estimating motion field and operating on image intensities. A two-dimensional (2D) TTC map is then generated by estimating average TTC values over the multiple object regions of interest. A three-dimensional TTC map is then generated by fusing the range depth data with image. Finally, a range-fused TTC map is generated by averaging the 2D TTC map and the 3D TTC map. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/429153 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 23/00 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0055 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00201 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/08 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/11 (20170101) G06T 7/70 (20170101) |
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| US 09933343 | Menon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ChromoLogic LLC (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CHROMOLOGIC LLC (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Naresh Menon (Pasadena, California); Peter Bui (Pasadena, California); Cheryl Tan (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The apparatus of the present invention comprises an integrated membrane for separation and preservation of biomolecules. Biomolecules, such as those in blood, can be separated and preserved. The apparatus includes a housing having a matrix portion, and a fluid collection portion disposed within an inner cavity. The housing further includes an aperture permitting access to the inner cavity. The apparatus also includes a matrix disposed within the matrix portion. The matrix includes a first layer for collecting cells from the fluid, a second layer for protein adsorption, and a third layer for nucleic acid adsorption. Fluid enters the housing through the aperture, passes through the matrix, and into the fluid collection portion. Cells from the fluid in a layer of the matrix are collected; adsorbing protein from the fluid in a layer of the matrix; and adsorbing nucleic acid from the fluid in a layer of the matrix. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/829824 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/31 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 1/405 (20130101) |
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| US 09933449 | Frey, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Frey, Jr. (Bolton, Massachusetts); David J. Schorr (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for calculating airspeed and dynamic pressure comprises a system body, an internal accelerometer, located within the system body, an internal pressure sensor, located in the system body, the internal pressure sensor being not hermetically sealed within the system body and capable of measuring the static pressure of the ambient atmosphere, and a processor in reception of the internal accelerometer, and the internal pressure sensor, capable of calculating Mach number via an axial acceleration, and capable of calculating a dynamic pressure and a true airspeed via the Mach number. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/818432 |
| ART UNIT | 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/02 (20130101) G01P 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01P 15/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09933554 | Santis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); TELARIS INC. (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California); TELARIS INC. (Santa Monica, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christos T. Santis (Pasadena, California); Scott T. Steger (Pasadena, California); Amnon Yariv (Pasadena, California); Naresh Satyan (Pasadena, California); George Rakuljic (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser resonator includes an active material, which amplifies light associated with an optical gain of the resonator, and passive materials disposed in proximity with the active material. The resonator oscillates over one or more optical modes, each of which corresponds to a particular spatial energy distribution and resonant frequency. Based on a characteristic of the passive materials, for the particular spatial energy distribution corresponding to at least one of the optical modes, a preponderant portion of optical energy is distributed apart from the active material. The passive materials may include a low loss material, which stores the preponderant optical energy portion distributed apart from the active material, and a buffer material disposed between the low loss material and the active material, which controls a ratio of the optical energy stored in the low loss material to a portion of the optical energy in the active material. A Vernier grating and tuning mechanism can be used to tune the low-noise laser. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/017560 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/0014 (20130101) H01S 5/021 (20130101) H01S 5/0224 (20130101) H01S 5/1032 (20130101) H01S 5/1203 (20130101) H01S 5/1209 (20130101) H01S 5/2063 (20130101) H01S 5/2224 (20130101) H01S 5/2231 (20130101) H01S 5/02272 (20130101) H01S 5/02415 (20130101) H01S 5/34306 (20130101) H01S 2301/02 (20130101) H01S 2301/163 (20130101) |
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| US 09933574 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chaoqi Zhang (Atlanta, Georgia); Hiren D. Thacker (San Diego, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for assembling an optical connector. During the assembly process, the system first fabricates the optical connector, wherein the optical connector is precut and includes a fiber coupler for connecting to an external optical fiber. Next, the system bonds the optical connector to a photonic chip, wherein the photonic chip includes an optical coupler, which is coupled to one or more optical components within the photonic chip. Finally, after the optical connector is bonded to the photonic chip, the system uses a laser to write a coupling waveguide in the optical connector, wherein the coupling waveguide is routed through the optical connector to connect the optical coupler in the photonic chip with the fiber coupler for connecting to the external optical fiber. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/388200 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 65/16 (20130101) B29C 65/48 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2011/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4214 (20130101) G02B 6/4224 (20130101) G02B 6/4239 (20130101) |
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| US 09933788 | Thielman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gerhard W. Thielman (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerhard W. Thielman (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A spherical modular autonomous robotic traveler (SMART) is provided for rolling along a surface from a first position to a second position. The SMART includes an outer spherical shell; an inner spherical chamber disposed within the outer shell; a plurality of weight-shifters arranged within the inner chamber; and a controller therein. The chamber maintains its orientation relative to the surface by a gyroscopically homing stabilizer. Each weight-shifter includes a mass disposed in a default position, and movable to an active position in response to activation. The controller selectively activates a weight-shifter among the plurality to shift the mass from the default position to the active position. The outer shell rolls in a direction that corresponds to the weight-shifter activated by the controller. For the spherical electromagnetically initiated traveling excursor (SEMITE), each weight-shifter includes a channel containing an armature and an electromagnet activated by the controller. For the symmetrical configuration, the channel is oriented from bottom periphery to lateral radial periphery of the inner chamber. The electromagnet is disposed proximal to the channel at the lateral radial periphery. The armature travels from the bottom periphery within the channel to the lateral radial periphery upon activation of the electromagnet. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/661389 |
| ART UNIT | 3668 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/00 (20130101) Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 3/00 (20130101) F03G 3/08 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0011 (20130101) G05D 1/0891 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09933836 | Allen-Ware et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malcolm S. Allen-Ware (Austin, Texas); Charles R. Lefurgy (Austin, Texas); Karthick Rajamani (Austin, Texas); Todd J. Rosedahl (Zumbrota, Minnesota); Guillermo J. Silva (Austin, Texas); Gregory S. Still (Raleigh, North Carolina); Victor Zyuban (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for adjusting a frequency of a processor is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes inhibiting one or more processor cores from exiting an idle state. The method further includes determining a number of processor cores requesting exit from the idle state and a number of non-idle processor cores. The method also includes selecting a maximum frequency for the inhibited and non-idle processor cores based on the number of inhibited processor cores requesting exit from the idle state and the number of non-idle processor cores. The method includes setting the maximum frequency for both the inhibited and the non-idle processor cores, and then uninhibiting the processor cores requesting exit from the idle state. |
| FILED | Monday, August 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/833335 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/324 (20130101) G06F 1/3234 (20130101) G06F 1/3243 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 1/3287 (20130101) G06F 1/3296 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1217 (20130101) Y02B 60/1239 (20130101) Y02B 60/1282 (20130101) Y02B 60/1285 (20130101) |
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| US 09934146 | Steely, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon C. Steely, Jr. (Hudson, New Hampshire); Samantika S. Sury (Westford, Massachusetts); William C. Hasenplaugh (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses to control cache line coherency are described. A processor may include a first core having a cache to store a cache line, a second core to send a request for the cache line from the first core, moving logic to cause a move of the cache line between the first core and a memory and to update a tag directory of the move, and cache line coherency logic to create a chain home in the tag directory from the request to cause the cache line to be sent from the tag directory to the second core. A method to control cache line coherency may include creating a chain home in a tag directory from a request for a cache line in a first processor core from a second processor core to cause the cache line to be sent from the tag directory to the second processor core. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/498946 |
| ART UNIT | 2137 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0811 (20130101) G06F 12/0824 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/1024 (20130101) G06F 2212/1048 (20130101) G06F 2212/2542 (20130101) |
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| US 09934153 | Clemons et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Lavar Clemons (Leander, Texas); Chih-Chi Cheng (Santa Clara, California); Daniel Robert Johnson (Austin, Texas); Stephen William Keckler (Austin, Texas); Iuri Frosio (San Jose, California); Yun-Ta Tsai (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A patch memory system for accessing patches from a memory is disclosed. A patch is an abstraction that refers to a contiguous, array of data that is a subset of an N-dimensional array of data. The patch memory system includes a tile cache, and is configured to fetch data associated with a patch by determining one or more tiles associated with an N-dimensional array of data corresponding to the patch, and loading data for the one or more tiles from the memory into the tile cache. The N-dimensional array of data may be a two-dimensional (2D) digital image comprising a plurality of pixels. A patch of the 2D digital image may refer to a 2D subset of the image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/788593 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/454 (20130101) G06F 2212/455 (20130101) |
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| US 09934434 | McCloskey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott McCloskey (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An image forensics system estimates a camera response function (CRF) associated with a digital image, and compares the estimated CRF to a set of rules and compares the estimated CRF to a known CRF. The known CRF is associated with a make and a model of an image sensing device. The system applies a fusion analysis to results obtained from comparing the estimated CRF to a set of rules and from comparing the estimated CRF to the known CRF, and assesses the integrity of the digital image as a function of the fusion analysis. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/198810 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/629 (20130101) G06K 9/6202 (20130101) G06K 9/6289 (20130101) G06K 2009/00583 (20130101) G06K 2209/27 (20130101) |
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| US 09934437 | Cao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongqiang Cao (Newton, Massachusetts); Deepak Khosla (Camarillo, California); Yang Chen (Westlake Village, California); David J. Huber (Calabasas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for collision detection. The system divides an image in a sequence of images into multiple sub-fields comprising complementary visual sub-fields. For each visual sub-field, motion is detected in a direction corresponding to the visual sub-field using a spiking Reichardt detector with a spiking neural network. Motion in a direction complementary to the visual sub-field is also detected using the spiking Reichardt detector. Outputs of the spiking Reichardt detector, comprising data corresponding to one direction of movement from two complementary visual sub-fields, are processed using a movement detector. Based on the output of the movement detector, an impending collision is signaled. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/795884 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00624 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/2006 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/30252 (20130101) |
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| US 09934453 | Hammoud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Riad Hammoud (Woburn, Massachusetts); Cem S Sahin (Concord, Massachusetts); Erik Blasch (Rome, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-source multi-modal activity recognition for conducting aerial video surveillance comprising detecting and tracking multiple dynamic targets from a moving platform, representing FMV target tracks and chat-messages as graphs of attributes, associating FMV tracks and chat-messages using a probabilistic graph based mapping approach; and detecting spatial-temporal activity boundaries. |
| FILED | Monday, June 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/727074 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6212 (20130101) G06K 9/6215 (20130101) G06K 9/6256 (20130101) G06K 9/6277 (20130101) G06K 2009/6213 (20130101) G06K 2209/21 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/246 (20170101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10032 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30232 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 51/046 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09934590 | Cheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huaining Cheng (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus are provided to characterize low-resolution partial point clouds for object recognition or query. A partial point cloud representation of an object is received. Zero and first order geometric moments of the partial point cloud are computed. A location of a center of a point cloud mass is computed using the geometric moments. A cubic bounding box is generated centered at the location of the mass center of the point cloud, with one side of the box bounding the point cloud at its longest semi-axis. The bounding box is divided into a three dimensional grid. A normalized voxel mass distribution is generated over the three dimensional grid. Tchebichef moments of different orders are calculated with respect to the voxel mass distribution in the grid. Low-order moments are collected to form TMSDs. Similarity is compared between the TMSD of the point cloud with TMSDs of other point clouds. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/283853 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/6215 (20130101) G06K 9/6276 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0081 (20130101) G06T 7/606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10028 (20130101) G06T 2207/20021 (20130101) |
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| US 09934983 | Ring et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoltan Ring (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Donald A. Gajewski (Cary, North Carolina); Scott Thomas Sheppard (Carrboro, North Carolina); Daniel Namishia (Wake Forest, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor device is configured to reduce stress in one or more film layers in the device. According to one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a substrate, a discontinuous dielectric layer on a first surface of the substrate, and a substantially continuous encapsulation layer over the first surface of the substrate and the discontinuous dielectric layer. Notably, the dielectric layer may be broken into one or more dielectric sections in order to relieve stress in the semiconductor device. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/170878 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/762 (20130101) H01L 21/768 (20130101) H01L 21/31105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/76829 (20130101) H01L 23/291 (20130101) H01L 23/562 (20130101) H01L 23/3157 (20130101) H01L 23/5221 (20130101) H01L 23/53295 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) |
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| US 09935208 | Holme et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Holme (Mountain View, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California); Andrei T. Iancu (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High density energy storage in semiconductor devices is provided. There are two main aspects of the present approach. The first aspect is to provide high density energy storage in semiconductor devices based on formation of a plasma in the semiconductor. The second aspect is to provide high density energy storage based on charge separation in a p-n junction. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/060239 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 7/06 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/0008 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| US 09935240 | Supran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey J. S. Supran (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Katherine W. Song (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gyuweon Hwang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Raoul Emile Correa (West Hartford, Connecticut); Yasuhiro Shirasaki (Tachikawa, Japan); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jennifer Scherer (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey J. S. Supran (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Katherine W. Song (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gyuweon Hwang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Raoul Emile Correa (West Hartford, Connecticut); Yasuhiro Shirasaki (Tachikawa, Japan); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jennifer Scherer (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A near-infrared light emitting device can include semiconductor nanocrystals that emit at wavelengths beyond 1 μm. The semiconductor nanocrystals can include a core and an overcoating on a surface of the core. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101867 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 31/055 (20130101) H01L 31/035218 (20130101) H01L 33/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/426 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/5008 (20130101) |
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| US 09935332 | Epps, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas H. Epps, III (Bear, Delaware); Wei-Fan Kuan (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Epps, III (Bear, Delaware); Wei-Fan Kuan (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Copolymers useful as components of polymer electrolytes are provided in which the copolymer comprises at least one block sequence represented by formula (I): A—(T)—B (I) wherein A is a vinyl aromatic block, T is a tapered copolymer region copolymerized from a vinyl aromatic monomer and an oligo(oxyalkylene) acrylate monomer and B is an oligo(oxyalkylene) acrylate block. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/592441 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 212/08 (20130101) C08F 293/005 (20130101) C08F 2220/285 (20130101) C08F 2438/01 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 53/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) |
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| US 09935349 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J. Johnson (Bedford, New Hampshire); Jack Chuang (Avon, Ohio); Dimitrios Peroulis (West Lafayette, Indiana); Eric Naglich (Alexandria, Virginia); Souleymane Gnanou (Salem, New Hampshire); Curtis M. Grens (Manchester, New Hampshire); Mark Hickle (Lafayette, Indiana); Michael D. Sinanis (West Lafayette, Indiana); Mark E. Stuenkel (Goffstown, New Hampshire); Paul D. Zemany (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire); Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Johnson (Bedford, New Hampshire); Jack Chuang (Avon, Ohio); Dimitrios Peroulis (West Lafayette, Indiana); Eric Naglich (Alexandria, Virginia); Souleymane Gnanou (Salem, New Hampshire); Curtis M. Grens (Manchester, New Hampshire); Mark Hickle (Lafayette, Indiana); Michael D. Sinanis (West Lafayette, Indiana); Mark E. Stuenkel (Goffstown, New Hampshire); Paul D. Zemany (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An evanescent-mode cavity filter with an improved MEMS tuner design is disclosed. The MEMS tuner design allows for the independent control of individual poles in a multi-pole filter, which increases the adaptability of the filter in a crowded RF environment. The filter is further designed to minimize tuning voltages and hysteresis effects. A closed loop control system provides highly responsive tuning of the filter. The closed loop control allows for accurate and stable tuning that compensates for temperature and vibrational effects, while the tuner design enables fast tuning and significantly increases the resolution of the feedback measurement by eliminating charge buildup in the tuner substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/974324 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/219 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 7/065 (20130101) Tuning Resonant Circuits; Selecting Resonant Circuits H03J 3/04 (20130101) H03J 3/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09935354 | Boglione et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luciano Boglione (Alexandria, Virginia); Joel I. Goodman (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and method are provided for making a balun's operational bandwidth tunable around multiple distinct center frequencies by using switches to vary the balun's dimensions. An embodiment of the present disclosure uses a pass gate structure for the switches, and the switches connect additional lengths of line in or out of the balun to change its frequency response. A balun in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure is able to switch its response between 2 or more adjacent bands by switching additional length of lines in and out of the balun's core windings. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/131903 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 5/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09935424 | Zheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California); Kannan Raj (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated circuit includes an optical source (such as a laser) with a lens, which is disposed on an isolator. This isolator is disposed on a semiconductor layer in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform that includes an optical coupler and an optical waveguide. During operation, the optical source generates an optical signal that propagates toward the isolator so that the lens focuses the optical signal. Furthermore, the isolator reduces or eliminates back reflection of the optical signal toward the optical source, and the optical coupler couples the optical signal into the optical waveguide. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/821453 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/42 (20130101) G02B 6/124 (20130101) G02B 6/4208 (20130101) G02B 6/12004 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2224/48091 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/18 (20130101) H01S 5/021 (20130101) H01S 5/026 (20130101) H01S 5/0228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/0267 (20130101) H01S 5/0268 (20130101) |
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| US 09935608 | Rinaldi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matteo Rinaldi (Boston, Massachusetts); Cristian Cassella (East Boston, Massachusetts); Zhenyun Qian (Boston, Massachusetts); Yu Hui (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator includes a piezoelectric plate and interdigitated electrode(s). The interdigitated electrode includes a plurality of conductive strips disposed over a top surface of the piezoelectric plate. A two-dimensional mode of mechanical vibration is excited in a cross sectional plane of the piezoelectric plate in response to an alternating voltage applied through the interdigitated electrode. The two-dimensional mode of mechanical vibration is a cross-sectional Lamé mode resonance (CLMR) or a degenerate cross-sectional Lamé mode resonance (dCLMR). |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/652954 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/44 (20130101) G01J 5/046 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/18 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/02 (20130101) H03H 9/13 (20130101) H03H 9/15 (20130101) H03H 9/17 (20130101) H03H 9/02244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 2003/027 (20130101) H03H 2009/155 (20130101) H03H 2009/241 (20130101) |
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| US 09935724 | Cooper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reginald L. Cooper (London, Ohio); Leonard E. Lightfoot (Miamisburg, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An emulator for modeling a network of K transmitters, L receivers, and M multipath components using a product distribution modeling system. The emulator determines for each of MLK paths defined between the transmitters and receivers respective delay, loss, and fading components. The fading component (e.g., attenuation-based, multipath, or both) is determined by calculating a weight value of a time-varying random variable type for each input impulse associated with the K transmitters and for each output impulse associated with the L receivers (including multipath). The modeling subsystem determines a signal propagation value for a modeled communication channel among the MLK paths by combining the delay component, the loss component, and the respective weight values of the input and output impulses associated with the modeled communication channel. The testing subsystem uses the signal propagation value to emulate the modeled communication channel using one or more computer processors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/602595 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 17/3911 (20150115) H04B 17/3912 (20150115) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09936106 | Nazemi |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Nazemi (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of correcting pixel non-uniformity for varying temperature includes determining an FPA temperature and calculating a non-uniformity correction map on a pixel by pixel basis for the FPA, wherein the non-uniformity correction for each pixel is a function of the FPA temperature and empirically derived coefficients. The method also includes applying the non-uniformity correction map at the FPA temperature to condition output of the FPA to produce temperature dependent non-uniformity corrected image data. An imaging system includes a focal plane array (FPA). A temperature sensor is operatively connected to measure FPA temperature. A module is operatively connected to the FPA and temperature sensor to calculate and apply a non-uniformity correction map as described above. There need be no temperature control device for the FPA. The FPA can include a buffered current mirror pixel architecture, and can include an InGaAs material for infrared imaging. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/939449 |
| ART UNIT | 2481 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/33 (20130101) H04N 5/2176 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/3651 (20130101) |
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| US 09936421 | Tranquilli, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Tranquilli, Jr. (Amherst, New Hampshire); Sean F. Mason (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Amber L. Dolan (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The system and method of utilizing frequency waterfilling and implicit coordination to mitigate signal jamming in Link 16 systems. The system and method of utilizing frequency waterfilling for Link 16 includes updates to both software and firmware. The frequency waterfilling approach for Link 16 modifies the process by which data bits are allocated to hops based on an assessment of hops affected by jamming, thus avoiding portions of the spectrum occupied by a jammer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/141887 |
| ART UNIT | 2464 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 2001/7152 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 3/1694 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 49/3081 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/12 (20130101) H04W 24/04 (20130101) H04W 28/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 28/048 (20130101) |
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| US 09936574 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Rak-Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois); TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Rak-Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are flexible and stretchable LED arrays and methods utilizing flexible and stretchable LED arrays. Assembly of flexible LED arrays alongside flexible plasmonic crystals is useful for construction of fluid monitors, permitting sensitive detection of fluid refractive index and composition. Co-integration of flexible LED arrays with flexible photodetector arrays is useful for construction of flexible proximity sensors. Application of stretchable LED arrays onto flexible threads as light emitting sutures provides novel means for performing radiation therapy on wounds. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046191 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/6806 (20130101) A61B 5/6867 (20130101) A61B 5/6883 (20130101) A61B 2562/02 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/066 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) A61B 2562/0257 (20130101) A61B 2562/0271 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) A61N 1/18 (20130101) A61N 1/36 (20130101) Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3121 (20130101) H01L 23/3192 (20130101) H01L 27/1218 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/3011 (20130101) H01L 2924/3025 (20130101) H01L 2924/09701 (20130101) H01L 2924/12044 (20130101) H01L 2924/19041 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/147 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/323 (20130101) H05K 2201/09263 (20130101) H05K 2201/10106 (20130101) H05K 2203/1316 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49128 (20150115) |
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| US 09931419 | Fujii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC. (Rancho Dominguez, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC. (Rancho Dominquez, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to liposomal vaccine compositions, methods for the manufacture thereof, and methods for the use thereof to stimulate an immune response in an animal. These compositions comprise dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (“DMPC”); either dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (“DMPG”) or dimyristoyltrimethylammonium propane (“DMTAP”) or both DMPC and DMTAP; and at least one sterol derivative providing a covalent anchor for one or more immunogenic polypeptide(s) or carbohydrate(s). |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/181028 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 39/07 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 47/543 (20170801) A61K 47/554 (20170801) A61K 47/6911 (20170801) A61K 47/6913 (20170801) A61K 47/48815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/60 (20130101) A61K 2039/627 (20130101) A61K 2039/6018 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Steroids C07J 9/00 (20130101) C07J 41/0055 (20130101) C07J 43/003 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2770/00011 (20130101) C12N 2770/00034 (20130101) |
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| US 09931612 | Begag et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Redouane Begag (Hudson, Massachusetts); Wendell E Rhine (Belmont, Massachusetts); Wenting Dong (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The current invention describes methods and compositions of various sorbents based on aerogels of various silanes and their use as sorbent for carbon dioxide. Methods further provide for optimizing the compositions to increase the stability of the sorbents for prolonged use as carbon dioxide capture matrices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/951795 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/62 (20130101) B01D 2253/20 (20130101) B01D 2253/25 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/22 (20130101) B01J 20/103 (20130101) B01J 20/3085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/3248 (20130101) B01J 20/3272 (20130101) B01J 20/28011 (20130101) B01J 20/28047 (20130101) B01J 20/28059 (20130101) B01J 20/28061 (20130101) B01J 20/28071 (20130101) B01J 20/28073 (20130101) B01J 20/28076 (20130101) B01J 20/28083 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09931634 | Costes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of The University of California (Oakland, California); Exogen Biotechnology, Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Univeristy of California (Oakland, California); Exogen Biotechnology, Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvain V. Costes (Albany, California); Jonathan Tang (San Francisco, California); Steven M. Yannone (Concord, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Kits, methods and systems for providing a service to provide a subject with information regarding the state of a subject's DNA damage. Collection, processing and analysis of samples are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/634266 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/15105 (20130101) A61B 5/15142 (20130101) A61B 5/150022 (20130101) A61B 5/150305 (20130101) A61B 5/150343 (20130101) A61B 5/150412 (20130101) A61B 5/150503 (20130101) A61B 5/150755 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/021 (20130101) B01L 3/5082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/185 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) |
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| US 09931695 | Lacy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greenville, South Carolina); David Edward Schick (Greenville, South Carolina); Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An article and a method for making shaped cooling holes in an article are provided. The method includes the steps of depositing a metal alloy powder to form an initial layer including at least one aperture, melting the metal alloy powder with a focused energy source to transform the powder layer to a sheet of metal alloy, sequentially depositing an additional layer of the metal alloy powder to form a layer including at least one aperture corresponding to the at least one aperture in the initial layer, melting the additional layer of the metal alloy powder with the focused energy source to increase the sheet thickness, and repeating the steps of sequentially depositing and melting the additional layers of metal alloy powder until a structure including at least one aperture having a predetermined profile is obtained. The structure is attached to a substrate to make the article. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/496766 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/1055 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B22F 5/009 (20130101) B22F 7/08 (20130101) Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/342 (20151001) B23K 2201/001 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 67/0077 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/01 (20130101) Additive Manufacturing, i.e Manufacturing of Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects by Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration or Additive Layering, e.g by 3-d Printing, Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering B33Y 10/00 (20141201) B33Y 80/00 (20141201) Alloys C22C 19/07 (20130101) C22C 19/057 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 24/106 (20130101) C23C 28/02 (20130101) C23C 28/022 (20130101) C23C 28/34 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 10/295 (20151101) |
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| US 09931814 | Lacy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Paul Lacy (Greenville, South Carolina); David Edward Schick (Greenville, South Carolina); Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam (Simpsonville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An article and a method for making shaped cooling holes in an article are provided. The method includes the steps of providing a metal alloy powder; forming an initial layer with the metal alloy powder, the initial layer having a preselected thickness and a preselected shape, the preselected shape including at least one aperture; sequentially forming an additional layer over the initial layer with the metal alloy powder, the additional layer having a second preselected thickness and a second preselected shape, the second preselected shape including at least one aperture corresponding to the at least one aperture in the initial layer; and joining the additional layer to the initial layer, forming a structure having a predetermined thickness, a predetermined shape, and at least one aperture having a predetermined profile. The structure is attached to a substrate to make the article. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/496828 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/24 (20130101) B22F 3/1055 (20130101) B22F 7/08 (20130101) B22F 2003/248 (20130101) Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/0012 (20130101) B23K 26/345 (20130101) B23K 35/0238 (20130101) B23K 35/308 (20130101) B23K 35/3046 (20130101) B23K 35/3053 (20130101) B23K 35/3086 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Additive Manufacturing, i.e Manufacturing of Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects by Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration or Additive Layering, e.g by 3-d Printing, Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering B33Y 10/00 (20141201) B33Y 80/00 (20141201) |
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| US 09932237 | Bistrika et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregeon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander A. Bistrika (Corvallis, Oregon); Michael M. Lerner (Corvallis, Oregon); Alexandre F. T. Yokochi (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a device, or a component of a device, including a stabilized graphite surface, methods of stabilizing graphite surfaces, and uses for the devices or components are disclosed. The device or component includes a surface comprising graphite, and a plurality of haloaryl ions and/or haloalkyl ions bound to at least a portion of the graphite. The ions may be perhaloaryl ions and/or perhaloalkyl ions. In certain embodiments, the ions are perfluorobenzenesulfonate anions. Embodiments of the device or component including stabilized graphite surfaces may maintain a steady-state oxidation or reduction surface current density after being exposed to continuous oxidation conditions for a period of at least 1-100 hours. The device or component is prepared by exposing a graphite-containing surface to an acidic aqueous solution of the ions under oxidizing conditions. The device or component can be exposed in situ to the solution. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/423391 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning in General; Prevention of Fouling in General B08B 17/02 (20130101) Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 59/04 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/1618 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/96 (20130101) H01M 4/8668 (20130101) H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 09932251 | Crooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Crooks (Austin, Texas); Kyle N. Knust (Austin, Texas); Robbyn K. Perdue (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are microfluidic devices and systems for the desalination of water. The devices and systems can include an electrode configured to generate an electric field gradient in proximity to an intersection formed by the divergence of two microfluidic channels from an inlet channel. Under an applied bias and in the presence of a pressure driven flow of saltwater, the electric field gradient can preferentially direct ions in saltwater into one of the diverging microfluidic channels, while desalted water flows into second diverging channel. Also provided are methods of using the devices and systems described herein to decrease the salinity of water. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136541 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/4604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/4696 (20130101) C02F 2001/46128 (20130101) C02F 2103/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09932414 | Quinlan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason Quinlan (Woodland, California); Feng Xu (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Quinlan (Woodland, California); Feng Xu (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of degrading or converting a cellulosic material pretreated with a composition comprising one or more GH61 polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/882833 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/002 (20130101) C12P 5/02 (20130101) C12P 5/026 (20130101) C12P 7/02 (20130101) C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 13/04 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 2201/00 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09932440 | Schrock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Royce Schrock (Winchester, Massachusetts); Benjamin Autenrieth (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention, among other things, provides highly syndiotactic poly(dicyclopentadiene) and/or hydrogenated poly(dicyclopentadiene), compositions thereof, and compounds and methods for preparing the same. In some embodiments, a provided compound is a compound of formula I, II or III. In some embodiments, a provided method comprises providing a compound of formula I, II or III. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/452505 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 2261/418 (20130101) C08G 2261/3325 (20130101) |
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| US 09932531 | Lilga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Lilga (Richland, Washington); Richard T. Hallen (Richland, Washington); Karl O. Albrecht (Richland, Washington); Alan R. Cooper (Kennewick, Washington); John G. Frye (Richland, Washington); Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy (West Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, processes, and catalysts are disclosed for obtaining fuel and fuel blends containing selected ratios of open-chain and closed-chain fuel-range hydrocarbons suitable for production of alternate fuels including gasolines, jet fuels, and diesel fuels. Fuel-range hydrocarbons may be derived from ethylene-containing feedstocks and ethanol-containing feedstocks. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/494758 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/04 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) B01J 29/7615 (20130101) B01J 2208/027 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 50/00 (20130101) C10G 69/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10G 2300/1092 (20130101) C10G 2300/4081 (20130101) C10G 2400/02 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09932571 | Hallen-Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather E. Hallen-Adams (Lincoln, Nebraska); John S. Scott-Craig (East Lansing, Michigan); Jonathan D. Walton (East Lansing, Michigan); Hong Luo (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods comprising genes and peptides associated with cyclic peptides and cyclic peptide production in mushrooms. In particular, the present invention relates to using genes and proteins from Galerina species encoding peptides specifically relating to amatoxins in addition to proteins involved with processing cyclic peptide toxins. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention also relates to methods for making small peptides and small cyclic peptides including peptides similar to amanitin. Further, the present inventions relate to providing kits for making small peptides. |
| FILED | Monday, February 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/437359 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/64 (20130101) C07K 14/375 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/06 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 304/21026 (20130101) |
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| US 09932601 | Bart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rebecca Bart (Berkeley, California); Mawsheng Chern (Davis, California); Pamela Ronald (Davis, California); Miguel Vega-Sanchez (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rebecca Bart (Berkeley, California); Mawsheng Chern (Davis, California); Pamela Ronald (Davis, California); Miguel Vega-Sanchez (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of the gene Snl6 in plants. Plants with inhibited expression of Snl6 have use in biofuel production, e.g., by increasing the amount of soluble sugar that can be extracted from the plant. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/704969 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8246 (20130101) |
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| US 09932648 | Bhave et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramesh R. Bhave (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lee Lynd (Meriden, New Hampshire); Xiongjun Shao (White River Junction, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is provided. The process generally includes flowing water through a pretreatment reactor containing a bed of particulate ligno-cellulosic biomass to produce a pressurized, high-temperature hydrolyzate exit stream, separating solubilized compounds from the hydrolyzate exit stream using an inorganic nanoporous membrane element, fractionating the retentate enriched in solubilized organic components and recycling the permeate to the pretreatment reactor. The pretreatment process provides solubilized organics in concentrated form for the subsequent conversion into biofuels and other chemicals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/354230 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/027 (20130101) B01D 71/024 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 2201/00 (20130101) Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources or by Hydrolysis of Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides or Polysaccharides C13K 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C13K 1/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09932808 | Sheng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Sheng (Lubbock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of producing liquid oil from shale gas condensate reservoirs and, more particularly, to increase liquid oil production by huff-n-puff in shale gas condensate reservoirs. The process includes performing a huff-n-puff gas injection mode and flowing the bottom-hole pressure lower than the dew point pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/318281 |
| ART UNIT | 3674 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/164 (20130101) E21B 43/168 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09932974 | Sprouse |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth M. Sprouse (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A pump system includes a particulate consolidator pump that has a pump outlet. A duct is coupled to the pump outlet. The duct has a wall that is coupled with an oscillator. The oscillator is operable to oscillate the wall at a controlled frequency. The controlled frequency is selected with respect to breaking static bridging of particulate in the duct due, at least in part, to consolidation of the particulate from a downstream check valve. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/296761 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Pumps F04B 19/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04B 19/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09933206 | Klett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lynn Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for maintaining the temperature of an article at a temperature that is below the ambient air temperature includes an enclosure having an outer wall that defines an interior chamber for holding a volume of sealed air. An insert is disposed inside of the chamber and has a body that is made of a porous graphite foam material. A vacuum pump penetrates the outer wall and fluidly connects the sealed air in the interior chamber with the ambient air outside of the enclosure. The temperatures of the insert and article is maintained at temperatures that are below the ambient air temperature when a volume of a liquid is wicked into the pores of the porous insert and the vacuum pump is activated to reduce the pressure of a volume of sealed air within the interior chamber to a pressure that is below the vapor pressure of the liquid. |
| FILED | Friday, February 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/047939 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/0252 (20130101) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 3/00 (20130101) Kitchen Equipment; Coffee Mills; Spice Mills; Apparatus for Making Beverages A47J 41/00 (20130101) Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 1/165 (20130101) Cooling of Machines or Engines in General; Cooling of Internal-combustion Engines F01P 9/06 (20130101) F01P 11/14 (20130101) Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 23/006 (20130101) F25B 49/005 (20130101) Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 31/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/046 (20130101) |
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| US 09933407 | Brigmon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robin Brigmon (North Augusta, South Carolina); Mark T. Kingsley (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin Brigmon (North Augusta, South Carolina); Mark T. Kingsley (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and process of using existing process water sources such as cooling towers, fountains, and waterfalls is provided in which the water sources are utilized as monitoring system for the detection of environmental agents which may be present in the environment. The process water is associated with structures and have an inherent filtering or absorbing capability available in the materials and therefore can be used as a rapid screening tool for quality and quantitative assessment of environmental agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/311765 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/04 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/021 (20130101) G01N 2001/022 (20130101) G01N 2001/2217 (20130101) G01N 2333/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09933844 | Bose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pradip Bose (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alper Buyuktosunoglu (White Plains, New York); Hans M. Jacobson (White Plains, New York); Augusto J. Vega (Barcelona, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments relate to clustering execution in a processing system. An aspect includes accessing a control flow graph that defines a data dependency and an execution sequence of a plurality of tasks of an application that executes on a plurality of system components. The execution sequence of the tasks in the control flow graph is modified as a clustered control flow graph that clusters active and idle phases of a system component while maintaining the data dependency. The clustered control flow graph is sent to an operating system, where the operating system utilizes the clustered control flow graph for scheduling the tasks. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/953705 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/329 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/32 (20130101) Y02B 60/144 (20130101) |
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| US 09934469 | Jau et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico); STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuan Yu Jau (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Grant Biedermann (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ivan Deutsch (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing an entangled quantum state of an atomic ensemble is provided. The method includes loading each atom of the atomic ensemble into a respective optical trap; placing each atom of the atomic ensemble into a same first atomic quantum state by impingement of pump radiation; approaching the atoms of the atomic ensemble to within a dipole-dipole interaction length of each other; Rydberg-dressing the atomic ensemble; during the Rydberg-dressing operation, exciting the atomic ensemble with a Raman pulse tuned to stimulate a ground-state hyperfine transition from the first atomic quantum state to a second atomic quantum state; and separating the atoms of the atomic ensemble by more than a dipole-dipole interaction length. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/370224 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09935190 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Transphorm Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Transphorm Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mo Wu (Goleta, California); Rakesh K. Lal (Isla Vista, California); Ilan Ben-Yaacov (Goleta, California); Umesh Mishra (Montecito, California); Carl Joseph Neufeld (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a III-N device includes forming a III-N channel layer on a substrate, a III-N barrier layer on the channel layer, an insulator layer on the barrier layer, and a trench in a first portion of the device. Forming the trench comprises removing the insulator layer and a part of the barrier layer in the first portion of the device, such that a remaining portion of the barrier layer in the first portion of the device has a thickness away from a top surface of the channel layer, the thickness being within a predetermined thickness range, annealing the III-N device in a gas ambient including oxygen at an elevated temperature to oxidize the remaining portion of the barrier layer in the first portion of the device, and removing the oxidized remaining portion of the barrier layer in the first portion of the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/065597 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02241 (20130101) H01L 21/02255 (20130101) H01L 21/3081 (20130101) H01L 21/28264 (20130101) H01L 21/30617 (20130101) H01L 21/30621 (20130101) H01L 21/31144 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/518 (20130101) H01L 29/1066 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/4232 (20130101) H01L 29/4236 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7786 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 09935208 | Holme et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Holme (Mountain View, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California); Andrei T. Iancu (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High density energy storage in semiconductor devices is provided. There are two main aspects of the present approach. The first aspect is to provide high density energy storage in semiconductor devices based on formation of a plasma in the semiconductor. The second aspect is to provide high density energy storage based on charge separation in a p-n junction. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/060239 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 7/06 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/0008 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| US 09935214 | Haight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Haight (Mahopac, New York); James B. Hannon (Lake Lincolndale, New York); Satoshi Oida (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a back contact on an absorber layer in a photovoltaic device includes forming a two dimensional material on a first substrate. An absorber layer including Cu—Zn—Sn—S(Se) (CZTSSe) is grown over the first substrate on the two dimensional material. A buffer layer is grown on the absorber layer on a side opposite the two dimensional material. The absorber layer is exfoliated from the two dimensional material to remove the first substrate from a backside of the absorber layer opposite the buffer layer. A back contact is deposited on the absorber layer. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880808 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0324 (20130101) H01L 31/0326 (20130101) H01L 31/1892 (20130101) H01L 31/03923 (20130101) H01L 31/03925 (20130101) H01L 31/03926 (20130101) H01L 31/022441 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09935240 | Supran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Geoffrey J. S. Supran (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Katherine W. Song (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gyuweon Hwang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Raoul Emile Correa (West Hartford, Connecticut); Yasuhiro Shirasaki (Tachikawa, Japan); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jennifer Scherer (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey J. S. Supran (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Katherine W. Song (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gyuweon Hwang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Raoul Emile Correa (West Hartford, Connecticut); Yasuhiro Shirasaki (Tachikawa, Japan); Moungi G. Bawendi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Vladimir Bulovic (Lexington, Massachusetts); Jennifer Scherer (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A near-infrared light emitting device can include semiconductor nanocrystals that emit at wavelengths beyond 1 μm. The semiconductor nanocrystals can include a core and an overcoating on a surface of the core. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101867 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 31/055 (20130101) H01L 31/035218 (20130101) H01L 33/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/426 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/5008 (20130101) |
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| US 09935314 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); Hui Xiong (Woodridge, Illinois); Tijana Rajh (Naperville, Illinois); Elena Shevchenko (Riverside, Illinois); Sanja Tepavcevic (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a nanostructured metal oxide material for use as a component of an electrode in a lithium-ion or sodium-ion battery. The material comprises a nanostructured titanium oxide or vanadium oxide film on a metal foil substrate, produced by depositing or forming a nanostructured titanium dioxide or vanadium oxide material on the substrate, and then charging and discharging the material in an electrochemical cell from a high voltage in the range of about 2.8 to 3.8 V, to a low voltage in the range of about 0.8 to 1.4 V over a period of about 1/30 of an hour or less. Lithium-ion and sodium-ion electrochemical cells comprising electrodes formed from the nanostructured metal oxide materials, as well as batteries formed from the cells, also are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/227341 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 9/08 (20130101) C25D 9/10 (20130101) C25D 11/26 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/13 (20130101) H01M 4/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/139 (20130101) H01M 4/0442 (20130101) H01M 4/0445 (20130101) H01M 4/0452 (20130101) H01M 4/483 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) |
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| US 09935315 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BASF Corporation (Florham Park, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BASF Corporation (Florham Park, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwo Young (Troy, Michigan); Lixin Wang (Ypsilanti, Michigan); William Mays (Commerce, Michigan); Benjamin Reichman (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Hu Chao-Ian (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Diana Wong (Sterling Heights, Michigan); Jean Nei (Southgate, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain nickel hydroxide active cathode materials for use in alkaline rechargeable batteries are capable of transferring >1.3 electrons per Ni atom under reversible electrochemical conditions. The specific capacity of the nickel hydroxide active materials is for example ≥325 mAh/g. The cathode active materials exhibit an additional discharge plateau near 0.8 V vs. a metal hydride (MH) anode. Ni in an oxidation state of less than 2, such as Ni1+, is able to participate in electrochemical reactions when using the present cathode active materials. It is possible that up to 2.3 electrons, up to 2.5 electrons or more may be transferred per Ni atom under electrochemical conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/614753 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/32 (20130101) H01M 4/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/30 (20130101) H01M 10/345 (20130101) |
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| US 09935318 | Surdoval et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wayne A. Surdoval (Monroeville, Pennsylvania); David A. Berry (Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania); Travis Shultz (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne A. Surdoval (Monroeville, Pennsylvania); David A. Berry (Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania); Travis Shultz (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a SOFC comprised of an electrolyte, anode, and cathode, where the cathode comprises an MIEC and an oxygen-reducing layer. The oxygen-reducing layer is in contact with the MIEC, and the MIEC is generally between and separating the oxygen-reducing layer and the electrolyte. The oxygen-reducing layer is comprised of single element oxides, single element carbonates, or mixtures thereof, and has a thickness of less than about 30 nm. In a particular embodiment, the thickness is less than 5 nm. In another embodiment, the thickness is about 3 monolayers or less. The oxygen-reducing layer may be a continuous film or a discontinuous film with various coverage ratios. The oxygen-reducing layer at the thicknesses described may be generated on the MIEC surface using means known in the art such as, for example, ALD processes. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/318880 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8657 (20130101) H01M 4/9025 (20130101) H01M 4/9033 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/12 (20130101) H01M 8/1213 (20130101) H01M 8/1246 (20130101) H01M 2004/8689 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) H01M 2250/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09935319 | Friesen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fluidic, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLUIDIC, INC. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cody A. Friesen (Fort McDowell, Arizona); Derek Wolfe (Scottsdale, Arizona); Paul Bryan Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of preparing hetero ionic complexes, and ionic liquids from bisulfate salts of heteroatomic compounds using dialkylcarbonates as a primary quaternizing reactant are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making electrochemical cells comprising the ionic liquids, and an electrochemical cell comprising an alkaline electrolyte and a hetero ionic complex additive. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/357727 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/08 (20130101) C07D 487/08 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 6/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 12/06 (20130101) H01M 2300/0014 (20130101) |
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| US 09936574 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Rak-Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois); TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Rak-Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are flexible and stretchable LED arrays and methods utilizing flexible and stretchable LED arrays. Assembly of flexible LED arrays alongside flexible plasmonic crystals is useful for construction of fluid monitors, permitting sensitive detection of fluid refractive index and composition. Co-integration of flexible LED arrays with flexible photodetector arrays is useful for construction of flexible proximity sensors. Application of stretchable LED arrays onto flexible threads as light emitting sutures provides novel means for performing radiation therapy on wounds. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046191 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/6806 (20130101) A61B 5/6867 (20130101) A61B 5/6883 (20130101) A61B 2562/02 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/066 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) A61B 2562/0257 (20130101) A61B 2562/0271 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) A61N 1/18 (20130101) A61N 1/36 (20130101) Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3121 (20130101) H01L 23/3192 (20130101) H01L 27/1218 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/3011 (20130101) H01L 2924/3025 (20130101) H01L 2924/09701 (20130101) H01L 2924/12044 (20130101) H01L 2924/19041 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/147 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/323 (20130101) H05K 2201/09263 (20130101) H05K 2201/10106 (20130101) H05K 2203/1316 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49128 (20150115) |
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| US 09936607 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); David P. Graybill (Staatsburg, New York); Madhusudan K. Iyengar (Foster City, California); Vinod Kamath (Raleigh, North Carolina); Bejoy J. Kochuparambil (Apex, North Carolina); Roger R. Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York); Mark E. Steinke (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for facilitating cooling of an electronic component. The methods include providing a liquid-cooled cold plate and a thermal spreader associated with the cold plate. The cold plate includes multiple coolant-carrying channel sections extending within the cold plate, and a thermal conduction surface with a larger surface area than a surface area of the component to be cooled. The thermal spreader includes one or more heat pipes including multiple heat pipe sections. One or more heat pipe sections are partially aligned to a first region of the cold plate, that is, where aligned to the surface to be cooled, and partially aligned to a second region of the cold plate, which is outside the first region. The one or more heat pipes facilitate distribution of heat from the electronic component to coolant-carrying channel sections of the cold plate located in the second region of the cold plate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/564265 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/02 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/20336 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 7/20509 (20130101) H05K 7/20772 (20130101) H05K 7/20936 (20130101) |
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| US RE46771 | Worsley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Theodore F. Baumann (Discovery Bay, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California); Michael Stadermann (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising: at least one porous carbon monolith, such as a carbon aerogel, comprising internal pores, and at least one nanomaterial, such as carbon nanotubes, disposed uniformly throughout the internal pores. The nanomaterial can be disposed in the middle of the monolith. In addition, a method for making a monolithic solid with both high surface area and good bulk electrical conductivity is provided. A porous substrate having a thickness of 100 microns or more and comprising macropores throughout its thickness is prepared. At least one catalyst is deposited inside the porous substrate. Subsequently, chemical vapor deposition is used to uniformly deposit a nanomaterial in the macropores throughout the thickness of the porous substrate. Applications include electrical energy storage, such as batteries and capacitors, and hydrogen storage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/164567 |
| ART UNIT | 3991 — Central Reexamination Unit (Chemical) |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/18 (20130101) B01J 21/185 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) B01J 35/1028 (20130101) B01J 37/0201 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/00 (20130101) C01B 31/02 (20130101) C01B 31/0233 (20130101) C01B 33/02 (20130101) C01B 33/027 (20130101) C01B 2202/06 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09930877 | Loudon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Catherine Loudon (Irvine, California); Robert Corn (Corona del Mar, California); Megan Szyndler (Irvine, California); Kenneth F. Haynes (Lexington, Kentucky); Michael F. Potter (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/269859 |
| ART UNIT | 3638 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Catching, Trapping or Scaring of Animals; Apparatus for the Destruction of Noxious Animals or Noxious Plants A01M 1/10 (20130101) A01M 1/103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01M 99/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09931230 | Sikdar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siddhartha Sikdar (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph J. Pancrazio (Boyds, Maryland); Ira A. Hunt (McLean, Virginia); Andrew J. Nelson (Burke, Virginia); Abdullah Al-Imran (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siddhartha Sikdar (Washington, District of Columbia); Joseph J. Pancrazio (Boyds, Maryland); Ira A. Hunt (McLean, Virginia); Andrew J. Nelson (Burke, Virginia); Abdullah Al-Imran (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The artificial body part control system using ultrasonic imaging includes of an ultrasonic transducer coupled with an ultrasonic image analyzer which may be adapted to transmit a control signal to an artificial body part. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/564084 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1107 (20130101) A61B 8/085 (20130101) A61B 8/4227 (20130101) A61B 8/5223 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/583 (20130101) A61F 2002/6809 (20130101) A61F 2002/7615 (20130101) |
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| US 09931300 | Bilgili et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ecevit Bilgili (Woodbridge, New Jersey); Rajesh Dave (Princeton, New Jersey); Anagha Bhakay (Harrison, New Jersey); Mohammad Azad (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides improved systems and methods utilizing colloidal/ultrafine superdisintegrant-based composite particles for dispersion and/or dissolution of active pharmaceutical agents. In general, the present disclosure utilizes a surfactant-free or near surfactant-free formulation by incorporating a wet milled SDI as a dispersant in the formulation. As such, the present disclosure provides for the preparation of surfactant-free or substantially surfactant-free formulations (e.g., nano-composite micro-particle formulations) by incorporating a wet-milled superdisintegrant (SDI) as the dispersant in the formulations. The advantageous SDI particles (e.g., colloidal/ultrafine SDI particles) of the present disclosure can be used to break-up the aggregates (e.g., nanoparticle aggregates) of the active agents (e.g. poorly water-soluble drugs) in the formulations (e.g., micro-particle formulations) and enhance the recovery of the nanoparticles of active agents during aqueous re-dispersion and their dissolution rate in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Friday, August 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/235397 |
| ART UNIT | 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers Specially Adapted for Medical or Pharmaceutical Purposes; Devices or Methods Specially Adapted for Bringing Pharmaceutical Products into Particular Physical or Administering Forms; Devices for Administering Food or Medicines Orally; Baby Comforters; Devices for Receiving Spittle A61J 3/00 (20130101) A61J 3/02 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 9/5161 (20130101) A61K 31/216 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 7/24 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09931404 | von Recum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horst A. von Recum (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Adonis Hijaz (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical composition for sustained release of a chemokine is described that includes a polymer bonded to a sulfated glycosaminoglycan and loaded with a chemokine having affinity for the sulfated glycosaminoglycan. The pharmaceutical composition can be used in a method for providing sustained release of a chemokine to subject by contacting the subject with the pharmaceutical composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/300641 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0036 (20130101) A61K 38/195 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09931609 | Habiba et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Khaled Habiba (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Vladimir Makarov (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Brad R Weiner (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Gerardo Morell (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khaled Habiba (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Vladimir Makarov (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Brad R Weiner (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Gerardo Morell (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composite of silver nanoparticles decorated with graphene quantum dots (Ag-GQDs) using pulsed laser synthesis. The nanocomposites were functionalized with polyethylene glycol (PEG). A concentration of 150 μg/mL of Ag-GQDs, a non-toxic level for human cells, exhibits strong antibacterial activity against both Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/096235 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/38 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/915 (20130101) |
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| US 09932233 | Powers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin William Powers (Gainesville, Florida); Jiaqing Zhou (Waycross, Georgia); Parvesh Sharma (Gainesville, Florida); Spyros A. Svoronos (Gainesville, Florida); Brij M. Moudgil (Gainesville, Florida); Gary Wayne Scheiffele (Gainesville, Florida); Ajoy K. Saha (Kolkata, India); Paul Louis Carpinone (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuous reaction system (CRS) allows a method to prepare quantum dots (QDs) in a continuous manner with high precision. The CRS pumps a plurality of reagent fluids into one or more mixing sites to form a reaction fluid that is carried through a heating chamber at elevated pressures to carry out hydrothermal growth of the QDs. The pumps and heating chamber are controlled with a high precision by employing a detector downstream of the heating chamber to provide a signal that is dependent on the composition and size of the QDs. The signal is provided to a signal processor that provides a signal that control the flow rates and temperature parameters in the system. The QDs produced in this manner are consistent in size and composition and can be of a single semiconductor composition or can be core-shell QDs with a shell semiconductor formed on a core semiconductor. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/766157 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 4/008 (20130101) B01J 19/004 (20130101) B01J 19/0033 (20130101) B01J 2219/00054 (20130101) B01J 2219/00162 (20130101) B01J 2219/00186 (20130101) Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 9/24 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 33/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/84 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2004/80 (20130101) Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 11/04 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) |
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| US 09932360 | Phillips et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Thomas Phillips (State College, Pennsylvania); Gregory Gerald Lewis (Syracuse, New York); Jessica Sloane Robbins (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are “equipment-free” flow-through assay devices based on patterned porous media, methods of making same, and methods of using same. The porous, hydrophilic media are patterned with hydrophobic barriers for performing assays on liquids. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/311036 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/025 (20130101) C07F 5/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/26 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/525 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/206664 (20150115) |
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| US 09932421 | Durant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Itaconix Corporation (Stratham, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Itaconix Corporation (Stratham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yvon Durant (Lee, New Hampshire); Bo Jiang (Newmarket, New Hampshire); John Tsavalas (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a method for the emulsion polymerization of itaconic acid containing ester functionality, for example, the alkyl esters of itaconic acid known as alkylitaconate. More specifically, an ester of polyitaconic acid polymer is produced via emulsion polymerization and contains greater than 50% by weight of an ester of itaconic acid along with a selected particle size and levels of molecular weight and syndiotactacticity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/151960 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 22/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 220/06 (20130101) C08F 220/06 (20130101) C08F 220/06 (20130101) C08F 222/16 (20130101) C08F 222/16 (20130101) C08F 222/16 (20130101) C08F 222/16 (20130101) C08F 222/16 (20130101) C08F 222/16 (20130101) C08F 222/16 (20130101) C08F 265/04 (20130101) C08F 265/04 (20130101) C08F 265/06 (20130101) C08F 265/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09932591 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelvin Lee (Newark, Delaware); Abraham Lenhoff (Newark, Delaware); Kristin Valente (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania); Nick Levy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Yatin Gokarn (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelvin Lee (Newark, Delaware); Abraham Lenhoff (Newark, Delaware); Kristin Valente (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania); Nick Levy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Yatin Gokarn (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates a method for producing a stable recombinant protein, comprising growing a non-naturally occurring host cell in a culture medium to produce a recombinant protein, and making a composition comprising the recombinant protein and a polysorbate. The production of endogenous lipoprotein lipase by the host cell is reduced. The endogenous lipoprotein lipase is present in the composition in a small amount, and is capable of degrading the polysorbate. The invention also relates to the relevant host cells and compositions, and preparation thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/105925 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/42 (20130101) A61K 38/44 (20130101) A61K 38/45 (20130101) A61K 38/52 (20130101) A61K 38/443 (20130101) A61K 38/482 (20130101) A61K 38/488 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1741 (20130101) A61K 38/1761 (20130101) A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 38/4813 (20130101) A61K 47/26 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/20 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/10 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/20 (20170501) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101) C12P 21/005 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 104/03013 (20130101) C12Y 111/01015 (20130101) C12Y 205/01018 (20130101) C12Y 207/04006 (20130101) C12Y 207/11001 (20130101) C12Y 301/01034 (20130101) C12Y 304/21 (20130101) C12Y 304/16005 (20130101) C12Y 304/23005 (20130101) C12Y 502/01008 (20130101) C12Y 503/04001 (20130101) |
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| US 09933255 | Beuth, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jack Lee Beuth, Jr. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack Lee Beuth, Jr. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Conducting a plurality of tests of a manufacturing process, with each test conducted at a different combination of a first process variable and a second process variable. Each test includes locally heating a region of a part, wherein the local heating results in the formation of a thermal field in the part, and assessing a dimension of the thermal field. In some cases, based on the results of the plurality of tests, a process map of the dimension of the thermal field is generated as a function of the first process variable and the second process variable. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/235664 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 37/005 (20130101) B29C 64/20 (20170801) B29C 64/106 (20170801) B29C 2037/90 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09933680 | Taya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minioru Taya (Mercer Island, Washington); Nishita Ananadan (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to relates to heat-resistant gel electrolyte materials and their uses, for example, in electrochromic devices such as electrochromic windows. In certain embodiments, the disclosure provides an electrolyte material including a polymer of ethyleneimine, optionally at least partially crosslinked (e.g., with an epoxide crosslinker such as the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A); a lithium salt (e.g., lithium perchlorate); and a high-boiling solvent (e.g., DMSO). The electrolyte materials can be used in electrochromic devices, such as electrochromic windows, e.g., for use as automobile sunroofs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/693642 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/15 (20130101) G02F 1/0018 (20130101) G02F 1/153 (20130101) G02F 1/155 (20130101) G02F 1/157 (20130101) G02F 1/161 (20130101) G02F 1/163 (20130101) G02F 1/1523 (20130101) G02F 1/1525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/1533 (20130101) G02F 2001/1512 (20130101) G02F 2001/1515 (20130101) G02F 2001/1555 (20130101) G02F 2201/44 (20130101) |
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| US 09933825 | Hanumaiah et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinay Hanumaiah (Campbell, California); Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An example process for controlling a processor may include: (i) obtaining parameters associated with operation of a processor, where each of the parameters has a different time scale; (ii) performing an iterative process to identify ones of the parameters that achieve a particular energy efficiency in the processor, where the energy efficiency of the processor corresponds to a quasi-concave function having a maximum that corresponds to the ones of the parameters; and (iii) controlling the processor using the ones of the parameters. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/207859 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/206 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 1/324 (20130101) G06F 1/3296 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 60/1217 (20130101) Y02B 60/1275 (20130101) Y02B 60/1285 (20130101) |
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| US 09934379 | Monrose et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fabian Monrose (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Teryl Taylor (Carrboro, North Carolina); Srinivas Krishnan (Berkeley, California); John McHugh (Saluda, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting a compromised computing host are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes receiving one or more domain name system (DNS) non-existent domain (NX) messages associated with a computing host. The method also includes determining, using a host score associated with one or more unique DNS zones or domain names included in the one or more DNS NX messages, whether the computing host is compromised. The method further includes performing, in response to determining that the computing host is compromised, a mitigation action. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/773660 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/57 (20130101) G06F 21/562 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/034 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1441 (20130101) H04L 2463/144 (20130101) |
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| US 09934927 | Qazilbash et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Mumtaz Qazilbash (Williamsburg, Virginia); David J. Lahneman (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for generating infrared light includes a sealed housing and a noble gas filling the housing. A window disposed in a wall of the housing is transparent to infrared radiation. Two electrodes, disposed in the housing, are aligned along a common longitudinal axis adapted to be approximately perpendicular to a local force of gravity. A gap is defined between the electrodes along the longitudinal axis. Obstruction(s), disposed in the housing adjacent to the gap between the electrodes, extend along the length of the gap. The obstruction(s) define a convection space between the electrodes. The convection space has a dimension, measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, in the range of 2 to 10 times the length of the gap. An electric current source is coupled to the electrodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/666974 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 17/06 (20130101) H01J 17/10 (20130101) H01J 17/16 (20130101) H01J 17/20 (20130101) H01J 17/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09935608 | Rinaldi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matteo Rinaldi (Boston, Massachusetts); Cristian Cassella (East Boston, Massachusetts); Zhenyun Qian (Boston, Massachusetts); Yu Hui (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator includes a piezoelectric plate and interdigitated electrode(s). The interdigitated electrode includes a plurality of conductive strips disposed over a top surface of the piezoelectric plate. A two-dimensional mode of mechanical vibration is excited in a cross sectional plane of the piezoelectric plate in response to an alternating voltage applied through the interdigitated electrode. The two-dimensional mode of mechanical vibration is a cross-sectional Lamé mode resonance (CLMR) or a degenerate cross-sectional Lamé mode resonance (dCLMR). |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/652954 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/44 (20130101) G01J 5/046 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/18 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/02 (20130101) H03H 9/13 (20130101) H03H 9/15 (20130101) H03H 9/17 (20130101) H03H 9/02244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 2003/027 (20130101) H03H 2009/155 (20130101) H03H 2009/241 (20130101) |
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| US 09936358 | Gruteser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (New Brunswick, New Jersey); STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marco Gruteser (Princeton, New Jersey); Richard P. Martin (Metuchen, New Jersey); Yingying Chen (Hoboken, New Jersey); Yan Wang (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining the position in a vehicle of a first device in communication with a microprocessor may include receiving, at the microprocessor, a first set of inertial data from at least one sensor of the first device; receiving, at the microprocessor, a second set of inertial data from at least one sensor of a reference device disposed within the vehicle; and determining, using the microprocessor, the position of the first device in the vehicle by comparing the first set of inertial data with the second set of inertial data. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/751086 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09936574 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Rak-Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois); TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Rak-Hwan Kim (Champaign, Illinois); Dae-Hyeong Kim (Urbana, Illinois); David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Fiorenzo G. Omenetto (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are flexible and stretchable LED arrays and methods utilizing flexible and stretchable LED arrays. Assembly of flexible LED arrays alongside flexible plasmonic crystals is useful for construction of fluid monitors, permitting sensitive detection of fluid refractive index and composition. Co-integration of flexible LED arrays with flexible photodetector arrays is useful for construction of flexible proximity sensors. Application of stretchable LED arrays onto flexible threads as light emitting sutures provides novel means for performing radiation therapy on wounds. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/046191 |
| ART UNIT | 3769 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/6806 (20130101) A61B 5/6867 (20130101) A61B 5/6883 (20130101) A61B 2562/02 (20130101) A61B 2562/12 (20130101) A61B 2562/066 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) A61B 2562/0257 (20130101) A61B 2562/0271 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/05 (20130101) A61N 1/18 (20130101) A61N 1/36 (20130101) Non-electric Light Sources Using Luminescence; Light Sources Using Electrochemiluminescence; Light Sources Using Charges of Combustible Material; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices as Light-generating Elements; Light Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F21K 9/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/3121 (20130101) H01L 23/3192 (20130101) H01L 27/1218 (20130101) H01L 29/7869 (20130101) H01L 29/78603 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/3011 (20130101) H01L 2924/3025 (20130101) H01L 2924/09701 (20130101) H01L 2924/12044 (20130101) H01L 2924/19041 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/147 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/323 (20130101) H05K 2201/09263 (20130101) H05K 2201/10106 (20130101) H05K 2203/1316 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49128 (20150115) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 09931023 | Shahinian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hrayr Karnig Shahinian (Beverly Hills, California); Youngsam Bae (Los Angeles, California); Harish M. Manohara (Arcadia, California); Victor E. White (Altadena, California); Kirill V. Shcheglov (Los Angeles, California); Robert S. Kowalczyk (Valencia, California) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Hrayr Karnig Shahinian (Beverly Hills, California); Youngsam Bae (Los Angeles, California); Harish M. Manohara (Arcadia, California); Victor E. White (Altadena, California); Kirill V. Shcheglov (Los Angeles, California); Robert S. Kowalczyk (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual objective endoscope for insertion into a cavity of a body for providing a stereoscopic image of a region of interest inside of the body including an imaging device at the distal end for obtaining optical images of the region of interest (ROI), and processing the optical images for forming video signals for wired and/or wireless transmission and display of 3D images on a rendering device. The imaging device includes a focal plane detector array (FPA) for obtaining the optical images of the ROI, and processing circuits behind the FPA. The processing circuits convert the optical images into the video signals. The imaging device includes right and left pupil for receiving a right and left images through a right and left conjugated multi-band pass filters. Illuminators illuminate the ROI through a multi-band pass filter having three right and three left pass bands that are matched to the right and left conjugated multi-band pass filters. A full color image is collected after three or six sequential illuminations with the red, green and blue lights. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/946839 |
| ART UNIT | 2483 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/05 (20130101) A61B 1/045 (20130101) A61B 1/00183 (20130101) A61B 1/00188 (20130101) A61B 1/00193 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 1/0607 (20130101) A61B 1/0638 (20130101) A61B 1/0646 (20130101) A61B 1/0684 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/021 (20130101) H04N 13/0214 (20130101) H04N 13/0253 (20130101) H04N 13/0257 (20130101) |
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| US 09931609 | Habiba et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Khaled Habiba (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Vladimir Makarov (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Brad R Weiner (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Gerardo Morell (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khaled Habiba (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Vladimir Makarov (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Brad R Weiner (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Gerardo Morell (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a composite of silver nanoparticles decorated with graphene quantum dots (Ag-GQDs) using pulsed laser synthesis. The nanocomposites were functionalized with polyethylene glycol (PEG). A concentration of 150 μg/mL of Ag-GQDs, a non-toxic level for human cells, exhibits strong antibacterial activity against both Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/096235 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/38 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48884 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/847 (20130101) Y10S 977/915 (20130101) |
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| US 09932563 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loren D. Williams (Atlanta, Georgia); Po-Yu Fang (Atlanta, Georgia); Chiaolong Hsiao (Atlanta, Georgia); Justin Williams (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A combined packing and assembly method that efficiently packs ribonucleic acid (RNA) into virus like particles (VLPs) has been developed. The VLPs can spontaneously assemble and load RNA in vivo, efficiently packaging specifically designed RNAs at high densities and with high purity. In some embodiments the RNA is capable of interference activity, or is a precursor of a RNA capable of causing interference activity. Compositions and methods for the efficient expression, production and purification of VLP-RNAs are provided. VLP-RNAs can be used for the storage of RNA for long periods, and provide the ability to deliver RNA in stable form that is readily taken up by cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/911645 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 57/16 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/88 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2795/18123 (20130101) C12N 2795/18142 (20130101) C12N 2795/18151 (20130101) C12N 2795/18152 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Stephen (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An optimized wavelength-tuned nonlinear frequency conversion process using a liquid crystal clad waveguide. The process includes implanting ions on a top surface of a lithium niobate crystal to form an ion implanted lithium niobate layer. The process also includes utilizing a tunable refractive index of a liquid crystal to rapidly change an effective index of the lithium niobate crystal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/433128 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/353 (20130101) G02F 1/365 (20130101) G02F 1/3544 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/3551 (20130101) G02F 1/3558 (20130101) G02F 2001/3546 (20130101) |
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| US 09934929 | Martinez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael A. Martinez (Redmond, Washington); John D. Williams (Fort Collins, Colorado); Joel A. Moritz, Jr. (Fort Collins, Colorado); Casey C. Farnell (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature Hall current plasma source apparatus having magnetic shielding of the walls from ionized plasma, an integrated discharge channel and gas distributor, an instant-start hollow cathode mounted to the plasma source, and an externally mounted keeper, is described. The apparatus offers advantages over other Hall current plasma sources having similar power levels, including: lower mass, longer lifetime, lower part count including fewer power supplies, and the ability to be continuously adjustable to lower average power levels using pulsed operation and adjustment of the pulse duty cycle. The Hall current plasma source can provide propulsion for small spacecraft that either do not have sufficient power to accommodate a propulsion system or do not have available volume to incorporate the larger propulsion systems currently available. The present low-power Hall current plasma source can be used to provide energetic ions to assist the deposition of thin films in plasma processing applications. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/424385 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing a Reactive Propulsive Thrust, Not Otherwise Provided for F03H 1/0075 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 27/146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Wollen (Murietta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC. (Murietta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Wollen (Murietta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A propellant flow actuated piezoelectric igniter device using one or more hammer balls retained by one or more magnets, or other retaining method, until sufficient fluid pressure is achieved in one or more charging chambers to release and accelerate the hammer ball, such that it impacts a piezoelectric crystal to produce an ignition spark. Certain preferred embodiments provide a means for repetitively capturing and releasing the hammer ball after it impacts one or more piezoelectric crystals, thereby oscillating and producing multiple, repetitive ignition sparks. Furthermore, an embodiment is presented for which oscillation of the hammer ball and repetitive impact to the piezoelectric crystal is maintained without the need for a magnet or other retaining mechanism to achieve this oscillating impact process. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/562697 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 3/12 (20130101) Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 3/002 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02N 2/185 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/7905 (20150401) Y10T 292/11 (20150401) Y10T 292/14 (20150401) Y10T 292/0809 (20150401) |
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| US 09935791 | Sevilla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Spencer Sevilla (Saratoga, California); Priya Mahadevan (Sunnyvale, California); Jose J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for resolving a name request in a network comprising a plurality of groups that use different name-resolution schemes. During operation, the system receives, at a first group, the name request; identifies a parent group of the first group, which is a member of the parent group; and in response to failing to resolve the name request within the first group, forwards the name request to the identified parent group. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/898339 |
| ART UNIT | 2454 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 61/1511 (20130101) H04L 67/16 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/008 (20130101) H04W 4/08 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | LKC Technologies, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LKC TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Quentin Davis (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device providing an indication of eye disease in a patient comprises a light emitter; an optical assembly arranged so that light emitted from the light emitter reaches an eye of the patient; a camera arranged to image the eye of the patient; and a controller. The controller measures the eye's pupil area using images received from the camera and adjusts the luminance of the light emitted from the light emitter as a non-constant function of the eye's pupil area so as to create a plurality of stimulus intervals. At least two of the stimulus intervals differ in their average retinal illuminance. The controller analyzes the pupil measurements and/or an electrical response in at least two of the stimulus intervals to provide an indication of eye disease based. In some embodiments, the patient's age is also used in the analysis. Methods of using said device are also contemplated. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/125766 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/112 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0496 (20130101) |
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| US 09931335 | Robinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); The United States of America As Represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Robinson (Palo Alto, California); Jeremy Sokolove (Mountain View, California); Qian Wang (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for inhibiting or treating the early and established stages of inflammatory diseases by administration of an effective dose of the desethylhydroxychloroquine (DHCQ). A benefit of the methods is the ability to deliver a dose of agent that is effective in treating inflammation while sparing the individual from retinal toxicity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/446860 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09932391 | Ko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); Fundaçäo Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert I. Ko (Salvador, Brazil); Mitermayer Galvão Reis (Salvador, Brazil); Julio Henrique Rosa Croda (Salvador, Brazil); Isadora Cristina Siqueira (Salvador, Brazil); David A. Haake (Los Angeles, California); James Matsunaga (Los Angeles, California); Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Michele Barocchi (Los Angeles, California); Tracy Ann Young (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in the Leptospira sp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection with Leptospira species that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/334128 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/20 (20130101) C07K 16/1207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 09931419 | Fujii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC. (Rancho Dominguez, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MOLECULAR EXPRESS, INC. (Rancho Dominquez, California); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Fujii (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Francis C. Szoka, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Douglas S. Watson (Harrisonburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to liposomal vaccine compositions, methods for the manufacture thereof, and methods for the use thereof to stimulate an immune response in an animal. These compositions comprise dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (“DMPC”); either dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (“DMPG”) or dimyristoyltrimethylammonium propane (“DMTAP”) or both DMPC and DMTAP; and at least one sterol derivative providing a covalent anchor for one or more immunogenic polypeptide(s) or carbohydrate(s). |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/181028 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 39/07 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 39/385 (20130101) A61K 47/543 (20170801) A61K 47/554 (20170801) A61K 47/6911 (20170801) A61K 47/6913 (20170801) A61K 47/48815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/60 (20130101) A61K 2039/627 (20130101) A61K 2039/6018 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Steroids C07J 9/00 (20130101) C07J 41/0055 (20130101) C07J 43/003 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2770/00011 (20130101) C12N 2770/00034 (20130101) |
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| US 09931573 | Fang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fei Fang (Los Angeles, California); Albert Jiang (Los Angeles, California); Milind Tambe (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The following information may be read from a memory system: an identification of each of multiple moving targets that are each expected to move in accordance with a schedule of when and where the target will move; the schedule; an identification of each of multiple mobile defense resources that each have a maximum movement speed and a maximum protection radius; and the maximum movement speed and the maximum protection radius of each mobile defense resource. A computer system may determine where each mobile defense resource should be at each of a sequential set of different times so as to optimize the ability of the mobile defense resources to protect each of the mobile targets from a single attack by an attacker against one of the targets at an unknown time based on the information read from the memory system. The determining may take into consideration that the attacker may observe and analyze movements of the mobile defense resources prior to the attack in formulating the attack. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/176953 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Card, Board, or Roulette Games; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing Bodies; Video Games; Games Not Otherwise Provided for A63F 13/40 (20140902) A63F 13/57 (20140902) A63F 13/67 (20140902) A63F 13/358 (20140902) A63F 13/822 (20140902) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0481 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09933437 | Hansen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Hansen (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jessica Prenni (Fort Collins, Colorado); Torrance M. Nett (Bellvue, Colorado); Kevin McSweeney (Loveland, Colorado); Jared Romero (Alamosa, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for detection schemes for ascertaining pregnancy status of an animal. The compositions and methods employ interferon-tau (IFNT) and/or antibodies specific for IFNT. Methods of the present invention detect the presence of IFNT in samples obtained from animals as an early indicator of pregnancy. Methods are provided to identify non-pregnant animals so that management decisions regarding rebreeding can be made earlier compared to existing approaches. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/523615 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 29/005 (20130101) A01K 67/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6866 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/26 (20130101) H01J 49/0027 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09931069 | Publicover et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Google LLC (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson G. Publicover (Reno, Nevada); William C. Torch (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to measure reaction times and/or responses for head, eye, eyelid movements, and/or changes in pupil geometry. The system includes eyewear or headwear including one or more eye-tracking cameras for monitoring the position and geometry of at least one eye and its components of the user, one or more scene cameras for monitoring the user's surroundings, and one or more processors to determine reaction times. Optionally, the system may include one or more of a multi-axis accelerometer to monitor head movements, light sources to trigger visual evoked responses, and/or electronic inputs that may be used to indicate the time of occurrence of external reference events. Measured reaction times and other measurements may be monitored for use in a range of applications. Responses and reaction times may be measured continuously over extended periods, even over a lifetime to measure consequences of the aging process. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/569303 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/0008 (20130101) A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/112 (20130101) A61B 3/113 (20130101) A61B 5/162 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1103 (20130101) A61B 5/1114 (20130101) A61B 5/6803 (20130101) A61B 2560/0242 (20130101) A61B 2562/0204 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 09932251 | Crooks et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Crooks (Austin, Texas); Kyle N. Knust (Austin, Texas); Robbyn K. Perdue (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are microfluidic devices and systems for the desalination of water. The devices and systems can include an electrode configured to generate an electric field gradient in proximity to an intersection formed by the divergence of two microfluidic channels from an inlet channel. Under an applied bias and in the presence of a pressure driven flow of saltwater, the electric field gradient can preferentially direct ions in saltwater into one of the diverging microfluidic channels, while desalted water flows into second diverging channel. Also provided are methods of using the devices and systems described herein to decrease the salinity of water. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/136541 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/4604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/4696 (20130101) C02F 2001/46128 (20130101) C02F 2103/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09934146 | Steely, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTEL CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simon C. Steely, Jr. (Hudson, New Hampshire); Samantika S. Sury (Westford, Massachusetts); William C. Hasenplaugh (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses to control cache line coherency are described. A processor may include a first core having a cache to store a cache line, a second core to send a request for the cache line from the first core, moving logic to cause a move of the cache line between the first core and a memory and to update a tag directory of the move, and cache line coherency logic to create a chain home in the tag directory from the request to cause the cache line to be sent from the tag directory to the second core. A method to control cache line coherency may include creating a chain home in a tag directory from a request for a cache line in a first processor core from a second processor core to cause the cache line to be sent from the tag directory to the second processor core. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/498946 |
| ART UNIT | 2137 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0811 (20130101) G06F 12/0824 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/1024 (20130101) G06F 2212/1048 (20130101) G06F 2212/2542 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09935564 | Wollen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark A. Wollen (Murietta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC. (Murietta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Wollen (Murietta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A propellant flow actuated piezoelectric igniter device using one or more hammer balls retained by one or more magnets, or other retaining method, until sufficient fluid pressure is achieved in one or more charging chambers to release and accelerate the hammer ball, such that it impacts a piezoelectric crystal to produce an ignition spark. Certain preferred embodiments provide a means for repetitively capturing and releasing the hammer ball after it impacts one or more piezoelectric crystals, thereby oscillating and producing multiple, repetitive ignition sparks. Furthermore, an embodiment is presented for which oscillation of the hammer ball and repetitive impact to the piezoelectric crystal is maintained without the need for a magnet or other retaining mechanism to achieve this oscillating impact process. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/562697 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 3/12 (20130101) Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 3/002 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02N 2/185 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/7905 (20150401) Y10T 292/11 (20150401) Y10T 292/14 (20150401) Y10T 292/0809 (20150401) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09934498 | Jung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elwha LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elwha LLC (Bellevue, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward K. Y. Jung (Bellevue, Washington); Richard T. Lord (Tacoma, Washington); Robert W. Lord (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are example embodiments for facilitating guaranty provisioning for an exchange. For certain example embodiments, at least one device, such as a mobile device or a server device or an electronic apparatus: (i) may facilitate a matching of at least one proffered guaranty transaction with one or more proffered transaction characteristics; or (ii) may participate in at least one guaranty transaction marketplace to produce at least one guaranty transaction associated with at least one guaranty for a proposed product transaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/066580 |
| ART UNIT | 3684 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 20/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 30/0609 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09933012 | Grillo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Grillo (Bloomfield, Connecticut); Kevin Duffy (Hartford, Connecticut); Ronnie K. Kovacik (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A bearing centering spring includes a cylindrical body with outer rings at each end, wherein each outer ring has outer raceways on the inner surface of the body. There is also a retaining feature on an end of the body and ports through the body that are positioned between the outer rings. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/616990 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 27/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09935797 | Lang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W Lang (Wayne, New Jersey); Michael J Berry (North Haledon, New Jersey); John H Chongoushian (Emerson, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for implementing interference mitigation in wireless network such as a Link 16 network does not require interference recognition and does not degrade signal detection even in the absence of interference. An unmitigated correlation score is obtained by correlating received, unmitigated preamble symbols with expected symbols. At least one of the input signals is also correlated after mitigation to obtain a mitigated signal. A mitigated correlation sore is obtained from the mitigated signals, and a mixed correlation score is obtained by combining mitigated and unmitigated signals. A signal is detected if any of the correlation scores exceeds a corresponding threshold. Embodiments use the unmitigated correlation for subsequent message time of arrival determination if the unmitigated correlation score is above its detection threshold. In embodiments, mitigation is applied to only one of the message frequencies. Implementation of the disclosed method does not require excessive additional electronic resources. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 05, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/479890 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 27/2663 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 72/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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