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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 01, 2018
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 09956107 | Blanck |
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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) | Ryan Vaughn Blanck (Schertz, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An exoskeletal orthosis includes a proximal cuff includes a hinge along an upper edge of the cuff; an ankle section/footplate; and at least one posterior strut connecting the proximal cuff to the ankle section and foot plate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/773776 |
| ART UNIT | 3772 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 5/0127 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09956276 | Lyerly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert K. Lyerly (Durham, North Carolina); Michael A. Morse (Durham, North Carolina); Takuya Osada (Durham, North Carolina); Timothy M. Clay (Waterloo, Belgium); Zachary C. Hartman (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of reducing the likelihood of a cancer or precancer developing resistance to a cancer therapeutic or prevention agent are provided herein. The methods include administering the cancer therapeutic or prevention agent and a vaccine comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide whose expression or activation is correlated with development of resistance of the cancer or precancer to the cancer therapeutic or prevention agent to a subject. The vaccine may include a polynucleotide encoding a HER3 polypeptide. Methods of using the vaccine including the polynucleotide encoding the HER3 polypeptide to treat a cancer or precancer are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, January 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/373103 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/734 (20130101) |
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| US 09956587 | Zaldivar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael J. Zaldivar (Huntington Beach, California); Geena L. Ferrelli (Los Angeles, California); Hyun I. Kim (Brea, California); Dhruv N. Patel (Cerritos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fabrication assembly comprises an apparatus that receives a composite substrate and a glass substrate having a surface with a release coating layer. A resin layer is deposited between the composite and glass substrates such that a first portion of the resin layer is positioned adjacent to a surface of the composite substrate and a second portion of the resin layer is positioned adjacent to the surface with the release coating layer to prevent aperture(s) from forming. A curing of the resin layer is conducted using electromagnetic radiation. A post-processing chamber receives the resin layer positioned between the composite substrate and the glass substrate and conducts another curing of the resin layer. The resin layer and the composite substrate are released from the glass substrate. Another deposition apparatus receives the resin layer and the composite substrate. A metallic coating is deposited to form a composite mirror object. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/250823 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05C 9/02 (20130101) Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B05D 3/145 (20130101) |
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| US 09956745 | Galloway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Soft Robotics, Inc. (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Soft Robotics, Inc. (Cambrdige, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin C. Galloway (Somerville, Massachusetts); Ryan Knopf (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joshua Aaron Lessing (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite structural element is described, including: a first laminate layer comprising a plurality of first material layers; a second laminate layer comprising a plurality of second material layers; and an inflatable bladder configured for connection with a fluid inflation or deflation source and disposed in-between the first and second laminate layers. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/688210 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 5/012 (20130101) A61F 5/0102 (20130101) A61F 5/0106 (20130101) A61F 5/0118 (20130101) A61F 13/04 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B32B 27/40 (20130101) B32B 2307/581 (20130101) B32B 2535/00 (20130101) B32B 2571/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09956932 | McBeth |
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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) | Michael S. McBeth (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for neutralizing electrostatic charge comprising the steps of placing a first conductive body in contact with a second conductive body, wherein the first conductive body is proximate to a charged object; inducing a positive charge on the first conductive body and an equal amount of negative charge on the second conductive body; electrically isolating the first and second conductive bodies; connecting the first conductive body to the negatively charged object long enough to neutralize excess positive charge; placing the second conductive body in contact with an electrical receiver; transferring excess charge into the electrical receiver; discharging and isolating the conductive bodies; and bringing the conductive bodies back into contact with each other. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/251519 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for B60R 16/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/44 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0052 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 9/0007 (20130101) |
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| US 09957040 | Darrow, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Darrow, Jr. (Stratford, Connecticut); Thomas L. Tully (Oxford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A propeller system includes a propeller located at a tail section and a drive shaft operably connected to the propeller to drive the propeller about a propeller axis. A propeller gearbox connects the propeller to the drive shaft and a propeller gearbox lubricant cooler is operably connected to the propeller gearbox and disposed circumferentially about the drive shaft. The propeller gearbox lubricant cooler transfers thermal energy from a flow of lubricant flowing therethrough to a flow of air flowing through the tail section across the propeller gearbox lubricant cooler. A method of cooling a gearbox for a propeller includes circulating a volume of lubricant through a propeller gearbox and flowing the lubricant into a propeller gearbox cooler. Thermal energy is transferred from the lubricant to a flow of air flowing across the propeller gearbox cooler and the flow of air is vented from the tail section of the rotorcraft. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/915156 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/10 (20130101) B64C 27/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 27/82 (20130101) B64C 2027/8236 (20130101) Gearing F16H 57/0416 (20130101) |
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| US 09957044 | Keennon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AeroVironment, Inc. (Monrovia, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AEROVIRONMENT, INC. (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Todd Keennon (Simi Valley, California); Karl Robert Klingebiel (Simi Valley, California); Alexander Andryukov (Simi Valley, California); Bart Dean Hibbs (Simi Valley, California); John Peter Zwaan (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/247062 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 19/00 (20130101) B64C 33/02 (20130101) B64C 33/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2201/10 (20130101) B64C 2201/025 (20130101) B64C 2201/146 (20130101) |
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| US 09957053 | Almond |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan D. Almond (El Cajon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan D. Almond (El Cajon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a signal monitor to monitor a time rate of change of a revolutions per minute (RPM) trim signal that is received from an RPM command path to control a velocity of a helicopter rotor. An icing detector detects for the presence of ice accumulation on the helicopter rotor by comparing the time rate of change of the RPM trim signal to a predetermined threshold for the time rate of change. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/465448 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/141 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 15/20 (20130101) B64D 15/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64D 31/06 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0816 (20130101) |
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| US 09957065 | Fisher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AeroVironment, Inc. (Simi Valley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AEROVIRONMENT, INC. (Simi Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Eugene Fisher (Leo, Indiana); John Peter Zwaan (Simi Valley, California); David R. Thompson (Simi Valley, California); Marc L. Schmalzel (Simi Valley, California); Karl R. Klingbiel (Simi Valley, California); Tyson R. Jensen (Simi Valley, California); Pavel Belik (Simi Valley, California); Eric James Aagaard (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Liquid dispensing assemblies including adhesive anchoring assemblies configured to adhere to a support surface external to a device such as a vehicle. An air vehicle includes (a) a fluid adhesive container assembly detachably attached to the air vehicle, wherein the fluid adhesive container assembly comprises: (i) an adhesive container comprising fluid adhesive; and (ii) one or more fibers, wherein the one or more fibers are configured, or a brush of fibers, or a fabric of fibers, is configured to conduct the fluid adhesive and to structurally support an adhesive bond between the one or more fibers and a surface; and (b) means for dispensing the fluid adhesive from the fluid adhesive container, to the one or more fibers. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/156077 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/02 (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 65/48 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/3076 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) Ground or Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted for Use in Connection With Aircraft; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining or Repairing Aircraft, Not Otherwise Provided For; Handling, Transporting, Testing or Inspecting Aircraft Components, Not Otherwise Provided for B64F 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64F 1/16 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 156/1788 (20150115) |
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| US 09957157 | Gunaratne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gemunu H. Gunaratne (Houston, Texas); Girish Nathan (Houston, Texas); Donald J. Kouri (Richmond, Texas); Pradeep Sharma (Sugar Land, Texas); Fazle Hussain (Houston, Texas); Feng Shi (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houtson System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gemunu H. Gunaratne (Houston, Texas); Girish Nathan (Houston, Texas); Donald J. Kouri (Richmond, Texas); Pradeep Sharma (Sugar Land, Texas); Fazle Hussain (Houston, Texas); Feng Shi (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new approach to fabricating regularly patterned nano-scale structures, by self assembly of the structures is disclosed, where a pattern of nano-lines are deposited on a substrate and nano-structures are grown by self assembly in regions between the lines to form regular or patterned nano-scale structures, which are ideally suited for the construction nano-scale materials, nano-scale electronic devices and other nano-scale objects, apparatuses or devices. The invention also relates to methods of making and using same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857967 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24628 (20150115) |
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| US 09957159 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Evigia Systems, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Weibin Zhu (Saline, Michigan); Navid Yazdi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to an ovenized platform and a fabrication process thereof. Specifically, the invention relates to an ovenized hybrid Si/SiO2 platform compatible with typical CMOS and MEMS fabrication processes and methods of its manufacture. Embodiments of the invention may include support arms, CMOS circuitry, temperature sensors, IMUs, and/or heaters among other elements. |
| FILED | Monday, March 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/470670 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/0019 (20130101) B81B 2201/0228 (20130101) B81B 2201/0278 (20130101) B81B 2207/07 (20130101) B81B 2207/99 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/0069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 2201/0126 (20130101) B81C 2201/0132 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1207 (20130101) |
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| US 09957199 | Keller 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) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Andrew P. Saab (Washington, District of Columbia); Matthew Laskoski (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition having nanoparticles of a boron carbide and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising boron and an organic component. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining boron and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight, and heating to form boron carbide or boron nitride nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/429767 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/64 (20130101) C04B 35/76 (20130101) C04B 35/83 (20130101) C04B 35/522 (20130101) C04B 35/524 (20130101) C04B 35/563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 35/591 (20130101) C04B 35/806 (20130101) C04B 2235/46 (20130101) C04B 2235/48 (20130101) C04B 2235/80 (20130101) C04B 2235/95 (20130101) C04B 2235/386 (20130101) C04B 2235/421 (20130101) C04B 2235/422 (20130101) C04B 2235/524 (20130101) C04B 2235/602 (20130101) C04B 2235/604 (20130101) C04B 2235/656 (20130101) C04B 2235/658 (20130101) C04B 2235/3821 (20130101) C04B 2235/3856 (20130101) C04B 2235/3886 (20130101) C04B 2235/5216 (20130101) C04B 2235/5248 (20130101) C04B 2235/5288 (20130101) C04B 2235/5454 (20130101) C04B 2235/6562 (20130101) C04B 2235/6567 (20130101) C04B 2235/6581 (20130101) C04B 2235/9661 (20130101) |
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| US 09957618 | Bhattacharyya et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dhiman Bhattacharyya (Arlington, Massachusetts); Karen K. Gleason (Lexington, Massachusetts); Miles C. Barr (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dhiman Bhattacharyya (Arlington, Massachusetts); Karen K. Gleason (Lexington, Massachusetts); Miles C. Barr (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are reactors capable of sequentially or simultaneously depositing thin-film polymers onto a substrate by oxidative chemical vapor deposition (oCVD), initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD), and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The single-unit CVD reactors allow for the use of more than one CVD process on the same substrate without the risk of inadvertently exposing the substrate to ambient conditions when switching processes. Furthermore, the ability to deposit simultaneously polymers made by two different CVD processes allows for the exploration of new materials. In addition to assisting in the deposition of polymer films, plasma processes may be used to pretreat substrate surfaces before polymer deposition, or to clean the internal surfaces of the reactor between experiments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/407075 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 16/509 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09957808 | Slavens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas N. Slavens (Vernon, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Cromwell, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first cooling hole with a first cooling passage arranged at a first angle relative to a chordwise axis and a second cooling hole with a second cooling passage arranged at a second different angle relative to the chordwise axis. A radial projection of the first cooling passage intersects a radial projection of the second cooling passage. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/687974 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/186 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) F01D 9/02 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) F01D 25/24 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09957815 | Waite et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Alan Waite (South Windsor, Connecticut); Benjamin F. Hagan (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow path component for a gas powered turbine includes a flow path component body having cross sectional profile having a leading edge and a trailing edge. The leading edge is connected to the trailing edge by a first side and by a second side opposite the first side. A serpentine cooling passage includes a plurality of segments, each of the segments being generally radially aligned. A first subset of the segments is disposed along one of the first side and the second side of the cross sectional profile, and a second subset of the segments spans the flow path component body from the first side to the second side. A cavity is positioned internal to the flow path component body. The cavity is at least partially shielded from one of the first side and the second side by at least one of the plurality of segments. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/639165 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/185 (20130101) F01D 5/186 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) F01D 5/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 9/065 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/185 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09957820 | Hagan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin F. Hagan (Manchester, Connecticut); Ryan Alan Waite (Glastonbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat shield is provided for use in an inner cavity of a gas turbine engine component. The heat shield comprises a heat shield body comprising opposed side portions defining an inner channel. An inner section of a side portion of the opposed side portions is inwardly sloped such that a cross-section of the heat shield body is smaller in an inner body portion relative to a cross-section of an outer body portion thereof. An aperture is disposed through the side portion in a selected radial position. A vane assembly including the heat shield is also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/728723 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/188 (20130101) F01D 5/189 (20130101) F01D 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 9/023 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/15 (20130101) F05D 2240/121 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09957830 | McCaffrey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. McCaffrey (Windsor, Connecticut); Mark Borja (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Brandon T. Rouse (Anacortes, Washington); John R. Farris (Bolton, Connecticut); Brian R. Pelletier (Berwick, Maine); Thomas Almy (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Igor S. Garcia (Salem, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A control ring extends circumferentially about a central axis. A plurality of circumferentially spaced carrier portions have a cavity receiving the control ring. There are circumferential gaps between the carrier portions. A blade outer air seal is mounted on the carrier portions radially inwardly of the control ring. The control ring maintains the carrier portions at a radially outwardly expanded position when heated by an electric heater. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/765117 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/02 (20130101) F01D 11/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/22 (20130101) F01D 11/24 (20130101) F01D 25/24 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/55 (20130101) F05D 2270/52 (20130101) F05D 2270/62 (20130101) |
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| US 09957897 | Clark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Clark (Sanford, Maine); Jeffrey Vincent Anastas (Kennebunk, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A gimbal tube system for an onboard injector (OBI) includes a transfer tube having a first transfer tube end that can be mounted to an inner diameter of a stator platform and a second transfer tube end defining a transfer tube pivot connector. The system also includes a gimbal tube including a first gimbal tube end that defines a gimbal tube pivot connector that can movably mount to the transfer tube pivot connector such that the gimbal tube and the transfer tube can move relative to each other at a pivot joint defined between the transfer tube and the gimbal tube. The gimbal tube further includes a second gimbal tube end defining a nozzle that can be inserted into the OBI. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/662581 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/081 (20130101) F01D 9/06 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/18 (20130101) F02C 7/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 2240/10 (20130101) F05D 2240/81 (20130101) F05D 2260/30 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09957917 | Cawthorne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew H. Cawthorne (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania); Evan J. Filter (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle including a frame having a plurality of deflecting elements arranged in an array, the array extending about a longitudinal axis, and a skin positioned over the frame. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/455063 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/16 (20130101) Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/008 (20130101) F02K 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/42 (20130101) F05D 2250/90 (20130101) F05D 2250/121 (20130101) F05D 2250/141 (20130101) F05D 2260/52 (20130101) F05D 2300/501 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) |
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| US 09958023 | Wetzel et al. |
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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) | Eric D. Wetzel (Baltimore, Maryland); Paul T. Nenno (Murrysville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Rate-dependent, elastically-deformable devices according to various embodiments can be stretched and recovered at low elongation rates. Yet they become stiff and resistive to stretching at high elongation rates. In one embodiment, a rate-dependent, elastically-deformable device includes an elastically-deformable confinement member; one or more filaments placed inside the elastically-deformable confinement member; and a fluid that substantially fills the remaining volume inside the elastically-deformable confinement member. The resistance force to extension of the device is designed to increase as the extension rate of the device increases. At low elongation rates the filaments can readily slide past each other. At high elongation rates, the fluid transforms to a less flowable material that greatly increases the force and energy required for elongation; or transforms to a non-flowable material that resists elongation. The devices thus can be stretched and recovered at low elongation rates, but become extremely stiff and resistive to stretching at high elongation rates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/057944 |
| ART UNIT | 3657 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 5/0109 (20130101) A61F 5/0123 (20130101) A61F 5/0125 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 13/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09958159 | Smallwood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana); Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michel S. Smallwood (Greenwood, Indiana); Mindi D. Wigal (Plainfield, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a hanger and a combustor liner fixed to the hanger such as, for example, by an annular weld joint. The combustor liner has an inner surface extending along an axis and is operable to define either a radial outer boundary or a radial inner boundary of the combustion chamber. The combustor assembly also includes a heat shield at least partially overlapping and confronting the inner surface of the combustor liner along the axis, with the heat shield releasably engaged with the hanger. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/102929 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 3/005 (20130101) F23R 3/60 (20130101) F23R 2900/00017 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/675 (20130101) |
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| US 09958238 | Thouless et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Thouless (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tanaz Rahimzadeh (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony M. Waas (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective device and method of design to protect against multiple blast and impact events for use in any application in which a delicate target has to be protected. The protective device for mitigating the effects of blast or impact employs a first layer having a first acoustic impedance and a second layer having a second acoustic impedance. The second acoustic impedance is different than the first acoustic impedance. The second layer is proximate to the first layer. The first layer and the second layer are chosen collectively to tune the stress waves from the blast or impact events to one or more specific tuned frequencies. A third layer of a visco-elastic material is employed having a critical damping frequency that matches one or more specific tuned frequencies to dissipate the stress waves of the blast and impact event. The third layer is proximate to the second layer. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/036293 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 7/02 (20130101) B32B 15/08 (20130101) B32B 2250/03 (20130101) B32B 2307/10 (20130101) B32B 2571/00 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 1/04 (20130101) F41H 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Blasting F42D 5/045 (20130101) |
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| US 09958397 | Peterson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory W. Peterson (Belcamp, Maryland); Joseph A. Rossin (Columbus, Ohio); Jennifer R. Soliz (Baltimore, Maryland); Kathryn L Killops (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for sensing a variety of toxic chemicals and/or processes for determining the residual life of a filter or filtration system are provided. Exemplary process for sensing a toxic chemical include contacting a toxic chemical, or byproduct thereof, with a sorbent that includes a porous metal hydroxide and a transition metal reactant suitable to react with a toxic chemical or byproduct thereof. The sorbent is contacted with the toxic chemical or byproduct thereof for a sampling time. A difference between a post-exposure colorimetric state of the sorbent and a pre-exposure colorimetric state of the sorbent or control is determined to thereby sense exposure to, or the presence of, the toxic chemical or byproduct thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/743425 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/29 (20130101) G01N 21/78 (20130101) G01N 21/783 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0036 (20130101) G01N 33/0037 (20130101) G01N 33/0042 (20130101) G01N 33/0044 (20130101) G01N 33/0049 (20130101) G01N 33/0052 (20130101) G01N 33/0054 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) G01N 33/203 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/184 (20150115) Y10T 436/186 (20150115) Y10T 436/255 (20150115) Y10T 436/175383 (20150115) Y10T 436/178459 (20150115) |
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| US 09958442 | Angelo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | R. Michael Angelo (Berkeley, California); April S. Brown (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Scott Wolter (Hillsborough, North Carolina); William V. Lampert (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Michael Angelo (Berkeley, California); April S. Brown (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Scott Wolter (Hillsborough, North Carolina); William V. Lampert (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor comprising an electronic circuit electrically coupled to a type III-V semiconductor material, for example indium arsenide (InAs) and an antibody contacting the type III-V semiconductor material. The sensor produces measurable N changes in the electrical properties of the semiconductor upon antibody-antigen binding events. Electrical properties measurable by the electronic device may include resistivity, capacitance, impedance, and inductance. A method of detecting an antigen using sensors of the invention. A method of detecting a reaction of an analyte to a stimulus using sensors of the invention. Sensor arrays comprising multiple sensors of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/201181 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/41 (20150115) |
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| US 09958510 | Sideris et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine Sideris (Pasadena, California); Seyed Ali Hajimiri (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic spectrometer is integrated in a semiconductor substrate and provides high sensitivity without using an external magnet field. The spectrometer includes one or more highly stable on-chip oscillator and LC resonator. A current caused to pass through the inductor generates a magnetic field and polarizes the nanoparticles placed in its proximity, thereby changing the effective inductance of the inductor, and in turn, modifying the oscillation frequency of the LC resonator. The shift in the oscillation frequency is used to characterize the nanoparticles and measure their magnetic susceptibility frequency profile. The spectrometer operates at multiple frequencies over a diverse range without using a reference sensor thereby effectively increasing its spatial multiplexing density. The magnetic spectrometer uses the relationship between the sizes of the particles and the resonance frequency Fres and/or the magnetic frequency spectrum of the particles as a spectroscopic means of differentiating between the particles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/028484 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/1269 (20130101) |
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| US 09958524 | Frasch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lydell L. Frasch (Dardenne Prairie, Missouri); Nathaniel P. Roman (Ballwin, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe calibration device that includes a first offset element having a substantially rectangular first aperture. The probe calibration device includes a tuned pass element disposed adjacent to the first offset element. The tuned pass element has a non-rectangular second aperture. The probe calibration device includes a second offset element disposed adjacent to the tuned pass element and on a side opposite the first offset element. The second offset element has a substantially rectangular third aperture. The probe calibration device includes a backing element disposed adjacent to the second offset element. The first offset element, the tuned pass element, the second offset element and the backing element form a cavity. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/737229 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/085 (20130101) G01B 21/042 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 22/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 3/00 (20130101) G01R 23/07 (20130101) G01R 23/165 (20130101) G01R 27/06 (20130101) G01R 35/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 5/082 (20130101) |
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| US 09958526 | Kumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Swarun Suresh Kumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Directional characterization of a location of a target device makes use of multiple radio transmissions that are received from the target device. In some examples, each radio transmission is received at a first antenna at a fixed location, and is also received at a second moving antenna. The received transmissions are combined to determine the directional characterization, for example, as a distribution of power as a function of direction. In some examples, the received radio transmissions are processed to determine, for each of a plurality of directions of arrival of the radio transmissions, a most direct direction of arrival, for example, to distinguish a direct path from a reflected path from the target. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/579232 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 3/04 (20130101) G01S 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 3/46 (20130101) G01S 3/48 (20130101) G01S 3/52 (20130101) G01S 3/72 (20130101) G01S 5/0273 (20130101) G01S 13/48 (20130101) G01S 13/9023 (20130101) G01S 19/14 (20130101) G01S 19/24 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/2601 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 64/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09958529 | Katabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Deepak Vasisht (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jue Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for localization of a radio frequency source in a region includes a first plurality of antennas disposed about the region, a second plurality of antennas disposed about the region, a first radio frequency positioning module in communication with the first plurality of antennas and configured to determine a plurality of spatially separated candidate locations in the region for the radio frequency source, a second radio frequency positioning module in communication with the second plurality of antennas and configured to determine a sub-region of the region, the sub-region including the radio frequency source, and a resolution module for identifying a subset of the candidate locations in the sub-region of the region. |
| FILED | Friday, April 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/683516 |
| ART UNIT | 2414 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 5/04 (20130101) G01S 5/06 (20130101) G01S 5/12 (20130101) G01S 5/0036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 5/0294 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0433 (20130101) G06F 2203/04101 (20130101) |
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| US 09958544 | Lanham 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) | Robert S Lanham (Bedford, Indiana); William R Stocke, Jr. (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment can include a vessel-towed system that includes a first towing/communication interface system, e.g., a first tow cable with a fiber optic system, and spaced apart buoys for supporting the first tow cable. A first mobile structure including a first control system and first type of emitter, e.g., an attraction system, is connected to the first tow cable. A second mobile structure is provided that can include an underwater towed emitter such as an audio emulation system. The first and second emitters can be configured emit a first and second plurality of emissions for inducing a receiving entity response. The second mobile structure is coupled with the first mobile structure with a second tow cable that comprises another fiber optic cable. An automated response or manual control systems can be provided on the towing vessel and the first mobile structure adapted to operate the first and second emitters. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/075084 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 21/66 (20130101) B63B 22/00 (20130101) B63B 43/18 (20130101) Launching, Hauling-out, or Dry-docking of Vessels; Life-saving in Water; Equipment for Dwelling or Working Under Water; Means for Salvaging or Searching for Underwater Objects B63C 11/48 (20130101) Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 8/38 (20130101) B63G 8/42 (20130101) Marine Propulsion or Steering B63H 25/04 (20130101) B63H 25/38 (20130101) B63H 2025/045 (20130101) Targets; Target Ranges; Bullet Catchers F41J 9/06 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/02 (20130101) G01S 7/003 (20130101) G01S 13/862 (20130101) G01S 15/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 15/88 (20130101) G01S 15/8902 (20130101) |
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| US 09958549 | Psiaki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York); Mark L. Psiaki (Ithaca, New York); Steven P. Powell (Ithaca, New York); Brady W. O'Hanlon (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark L. Psiaki (Brooktondale, New York); Steven P. Powell (Ithaca, New York); Brady W. O'Hanlon (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems that can detect GNSS spoofing attacks and that do not require explicit or implicit knowledge of exact position or attitude and that provide hypothesis test statistics, threshold values, and probabilities of false alarm and missed detection. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/429197 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/13 (20130101) G01S 19/21 (20130101) G01S 19/43 (20130101) G01S 19/215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 3/22 (20130101) H04K 3/65 (20130101) H04K 3/90 (20130101) |
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| US 09958561 | Bellinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven L. Bellinger (Manhattan, Kansas); Simon Bolding (Garden City, Kansas); Anthony N. Caruso (Overland Park, Kansas); Brian Cooper (Manhattan, Kansas); Joseph A. Crow (Raytown, Missouri); James Currie (Kansas City, Missouri); Ryan G. Fronk (Manhattan, Kansas); Cory B. Hoshor (Kansas City, Missouri); Douglas S. McGregor (Riley, Kansas); William H. Miller (Rocheport, Missouri); Eliot R. Myers (Kansas City, Missouri); Thomas M. Oakes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brent J. Rogers (Columbia, Missouri); John K. Shultis (Manhattan, Kansas); Philip B. Ugorowski (Manhattan, Kansas); Stephen M. Young (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri); Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. Bellinger (Manhattan, Kansas); Simon Bolding (Garden City, Kansas); Anthony N. Caruso (Overland Park, Kansas); Brian Cooper (Manhattan, Kansas); Joseph A. Crow (Raytown, Missouri); James Currie (Kansas City, Missouri); Ryan G. Fronk (Manhattan, Kansas); Cory B. Hoshor (Kansas City, Missouri); Douglas S. McGregor (Riley, Kansas); William H. Miller (Rocheport, Missouri); Eliot R. Myers (Kansas City, Missouri); Thomas M. Oakes (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brent J. Rogers (Columbia, Missouri); John K. Shultis (Manhattan, Kansas); Philip B. Ugorowski (Manhattan, Kansas); Stephen M. Young (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutron detection apparatus includes a neutron detector and an analyzer. The neutron detector includes a plurality of neutron detector assemblies, where each of the neutron detector assemblies includes a plurality of neutron detection devices. The neutron detector also includes a moderating volume. The plurality of neutron detector assemblies are disposed within the moderating volume so as to form a three-dimensional array of neutron detection devices within the moderating volume. The analyzer is communicatively coupled to each of the neutron detection devices of the plurality of neutron detector assemblies. The analyzer configured to receive one or more measured response signals from each of the neutron detection devices, and perform one or more analysis procedures to determine one or more characteristics associated with the one or more neutron sources based at least on the received one or more measured response signals. |
| FILED | Monday, October 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/289955 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 3/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/085 (20130101) |
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| US 09958582 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea); CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seunghoon Han (Suwon-si, South Korea); Yu Horie (Pasadena, California); Andrei Faraon (Pasadena, California); Sungwoo Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | An image sensor includes an optical sensor layer including a plurality of light-sensitive cells configured to sense light to generate electrical signals, and a color filter array layer disposed on the optical sensor layer and including a plurality of color filters respectively facing the plurality of light-sensitive cells. Each of the plurality of color filters includes a nanostructure in which a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index are arranged. The first material and the second material are alternatively positioned at an interval less than a central wavelength of a color of the color filter. Thus, a thin image sensor having good wavelength selectivity and suitable for obtaining high resolution images is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/953569 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 33/16 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14621 (20130101) H01L 27/14625 (20130101) H01L 27/14685 (20130101) |
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| US 09958608 | Qi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minghao Qi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Li Fan (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jian Wang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Leo Tom Varghese (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an optical device includes forming on a semiconductor substrate a first optical cavity, a second optical cavity, a first light guide and a second light guide. The first light guide has an input, and is optically coupled to the first optical cavity by a first coupling strength. In addition, the first light guide is optically coupled to the second optical cavity by a second coupling strength. The second light guide has an output, and is coupled to the second optical cavity by a third coupling strength. The first coupling strength is greater than the second coupling strength, and the third coupling strength is greater than the second coupling strength. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/627335 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/2746 (20130101) G02B 6/12007 (20130101) G02B 6/29343 (20130101) |
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09958624 — Apparatus providing simplified alignment of optical fiber in photonic integrated circuits
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| APPLICANT(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gurtej Sandhu (Boise, Idaho); Roy Meade (Boise, Idaho); Lei Bi (Boise, Idaho); John Smythe (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure for optically aligning an optical fiber to a protonic device and method of fabrication of same. The structure optically aligns an optical fiber to the protonic device using a lens between the two which is moveable by actuator heads. The lens is moveable by respective motive sources associated with the actuator heads. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/640041 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/30 (20130101) G02B 6/32 (20130101) G02B 6/4206 (20130101) G02B 6/4225 (20130101) G02B 6/4226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09958707 | Atwater |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement electrically tunable metasurfaces. In one embodiment, an electrically tunable metasurface reflectarray includes: a mirrored surface; a conductive layer; a dielectric layer; where the conductive layer and the dielectric layer are in direct contact, and thereby define a conductor-dielectric interface; a plurality of subwavelength antenna elements; and an electrical power source configured to establish a potential difference between at least one subwavelength antenna element and the mirrored surface; where a potential difference between a subwavelength antenna element and the mirrored surface applies an electric field to a corresponding region of the electrically tunable metasurface reflectarray; where any applied electric fields in conjunction with the geometry and the material composition of each of the subwavelength antenna elements, the conductive layer, and the dielectric layer, enable the electrically tunable metasurface reflectarray to measurably augment the propagation characteristics of incident electromagnetic waves. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/124017 |
| 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 1/0018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/0121 (20130101) G02F 2202/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09958875 | Paduano et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Paduano (Boston, Massachusetts); John B. Wissler (Waltham, Massachusetts); Michael D. Piedmonte (Stow, Massachusetts); David A. Mindell (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An autonomous aerial system for delivering a payload to a waypoint. The autonomous aerial system may comprise an aerial vehicle to transport the payload to the waypoint and an onboard supervisory control system operatively coupled with the aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle may be configured to navigate to the waypoint and to land at a designated touchdown zone within a landing zone at the waypoint. The onboard supervisory control system having a processor operatively coupled with a non-volatile memory device and a sensor package. The processor may be configured to generate flight control signal data based at least in part on data received via the sensor package, the sensor package configured to (1) dynamically sense and avoid obstacles along a flight route to the waypoint, and (2) perceive physical characteristics of the landing zone. The processor may be configured to autonomously navigate the aerial vehicle to the waypoint and to determine whether to touchdown at the designated touchdown zone based at least in part on physical characteristics of the designated touchdown zone perceived via said sensor package. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/678871 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/042 (20130101) G05D 1/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05D 1/0202 (20130101) |
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| US 09959430 | Hamilton 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) | Brett J. Hamilton (Heltonville, Indiana); Andrew M. Howard (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for detecting counterfeit integrated circuits are provided. One exemplary embodiment of a method can include: providing an integrated circuit for testing; and characterizing capacitive and inductive loading of the integrated circuit power for a specified frequency range; wherein the characterizing step further comprises applying a low level alternating current to a power pin while measuring for capacitance characterization conditions created by the integrated circuit's internal capacitance and inductance responses, wherein by sweeping the alternating current signal across a specified frequency range one or more capacitance related device signature can be created and used to identify a component as originating from a trusted source or not. A system can include components and machine readable instructions for operating the components using exemplary methods. Exemplary embodiments can include automated systems that can also be used with the device signature on a production line or in a supply chain verification location. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/615030 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/26 (20130101) G01R 31/2837 (20130101) G01R 31/2839 (20130101) G01R 31/2851 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/73 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09959455 | Young et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (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) | Shiqiong Susan Young (Bethesda, Maryland); Jinwei Ye (Elkton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for facial recognition comprising at least one processor; at least one input operatively connected to the at least one processor; a database configured to store three-dimensional facial image data comprising facial feature coordinates in a predetermined common plane; the at least one processor configured to locate three-dimensional facial features in the image of the subject, estimate three-dimensional facial feature location coordinates in the image of the subject, obtain the three-dimensional facial feature location coordinates and orientation parameters in a coordinate system in which the facial features are located in the predetermined common plane; and compare the location of the facial feature coordinates of the subject to images of people in the database; whereby recognition, comparison and/or likeness of the facial images is determined by comparing the predetermined common plane facial feature coordinates of the subject to images in the database. A method is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/647238 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — 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 9/00228 (20130101) G06K 9/00268 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/00288 (20130101) |
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| US 09959501 | Modha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a method comprising creating a structural description for at least one neurosynaptic core circuit. Each core circuit comprises an interconnect network including plural electronic synapses for interconnecting one or more electronic neurons with one or more electronic axons. The structural description defines a desired neuronal activity for the core circuits. The desired neuronal activity is simulated by programming the core circuits with the structural description. The structural description controls routing of neuronal firing events for the core circuits. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/418609 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) G06N 3/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09959612 | Cauble et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Galen D. Cauble (San Diego, California); David T. Wayne (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galen D. Cauble (San Diego, California); David T. Wayne (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for characterizing atmospheric turbulence along an optical path from a laser transmitter to a laser receiver can include the steps of counting the number of laser speckles at the receiver imaging plane, and then finding Fried's parameter r0 using the counting result to characterize the turbulence along the path. Before counting speckles, images at the receiver image plane can be preprocessed by capturing the images. The captured images at the image plane can then be blurred and a threshold can be chosen so that only certain pixels in the image are further processed. The thresholding can be via Otsu's methods or via variants of a Gaussian fit. Kostelec's method can then be used to count speckles in the portions of the image that have made it through the thresholding step. Other counting methods could be used. Fried's can then be found using the speckle count. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/252345 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1463 (20130101) G01N 2015/0065 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1465 (20130101) G01N 2015/1486 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 7/0004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0087 (20130101) G06T 2207/20148 (20130101) G06T 2207/30242 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/07 (20130101) H04B 10/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09959625 | Seetharaman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESETNED 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) | Gunasekaran Seetharaman (Alexandria, Virginia); Kannappan Palaniappan (Columbia, Missouri); Hadi Ali Akbarpour (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for fast, robust and efficient BA pipeline (SfM) for wide area motion imagery (WAMI). The invention can, without applying direct outliers filtering (e.g. RANSAC) or re-estimation of the camera parameters (e.g. essential matrix estimation) efficiently refine noisy camera parameters in very short amounts of time. The method is highly robust owing to its adaptivity with the persistency factor of each track. The present invention highly suitable for sequential aerial imagery, particularly for WAMI, where camera parameters are available from onboard sensors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/982030 |
| ART UNIT | 2487 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00208 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/30244 (20130101) |
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| US 09959747 | Zupan 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) | Garrett C. Zupan (Hermosa Beach, California); Lanetta D. Lewis (Tooele, Utah); Rachel S. Mamroth (Layton, Utah); Chaekyung Yoo (Salt Lake City, Utah); Weston Lay (Layton, Utah); Christopher L. Benson (Hill AFB, Utah); Justin Moore (Smithfield, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for assessing a threat level associated with a distress signal. The method may include linking a first communication device on a client side communication system with a second communication device on a provider side communication system over a communications network. The method may include transmitting a distress signal from the first communication device to the second communication device, and mapping, via the provider side communication system, a geographic origin of the distress signal. The method may also include transmitting an audio signal in a one-way communication link from the first communication device to the second communication device, and attributing a threat level associated with any of an audio level, a frequency, and a duration of the transmitted audio signal via the provider side communication system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/585192 |
| ART UNIT | 2643 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 13/00 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 5/22 (20130101) G08B 7/06 (20130101) G08B 21/02 (20130101) G08B 25/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 25/14 (20130101) Telephonic Communication H04M 1/82 (20130101) |
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| US 09959974 | Baechle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel M. Baechle (Rosedale, Maryland); Daniel J. O'Brien (Hydes, Maryland); Eric D. Wetzel (Baltimore, Maryland); Oleg B. Yurchak (Montgomery Village, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A structural capacitor having a plurality of planar dielectric layers and a plurality of positive and negative electrodes with the positive and negative electrodes alternating between each dielectric layer and methods for making structural capacitors are provided. First and second spaced apart holes are provided through each dielectric layer as well as the electrodes so that the first holes in the electrodes register with the first holes in the dielectric layer and likewise for the second holes. The capacitor is formed by stacking the dielectric layers and electrodes on two spaced apart alignment pins with a positive alignment pin extending through the first holes and a negative alignment pin extending through the second holes in the dielectric layers and electrodes. These alignment pins maintain layer alignment during subsequent thermal and pressure processing to bond together the dielectric and electrode layers into an integral structural material. After processing, the alignment pins are removed and replaced with electrode pins, where the positive electrode pin is in electrical contact only with the positive electrodes and the negative electrode pin is in electrical contact only with the negative electrodes. The electrode pins are used for subsequent electrical and mechanical connectorization to the structural capacitor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/633616 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/16 (20130101) H01G 4/18 (20130101) H01G 4/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 4/203 (20130101) H01G 4/232 (20130101) |
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| US 09960037 | Chahal 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) | Premjeet Chahal (Okemos, Michigan); Tim Hogan (East Lansing, Michigan); Amanpreet Kaur (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a compound on a substrate is provided. The method includes depositing a composition onto a surface of a substrate; illuminating the composition and the substrate with pulsed energy; melting the substrate and decomposing the composition simultaneously; and forming a compound on the substrate. A first component of the compound is derived from the substrate and a second component of the compound is derived from the composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/227216 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02118 (20130101) H01L 21/02345 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02529 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/02658 (20130101) H01L 21/02667 (20130101) H01L 21/02686 (20130101) H01L 21/02689 (20130101) H01L 31/065 (20130101) H01L 31/0745 (20130101) H01L 31/1812 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09960204 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunbo Zhang (Manhattan Beach, California); Peter Ngo (Cypress, California); Gershon Akerling (Culver City, California); Kevin M. Leong (Los Angeles, California); Patty Chang-Chien (Redondo Beah, California); Kelly J. Hennig (Torrance, California); William R. Deal (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for integrating individual III-V MMICs into a micromachined waveguide package is disclosed. MMICs are screened prior to integration, allowing only known-good die to be integrated, leading to increased yield. The method and apparatus are used to implement a micro-integrated Focal Plane Array (mFPA) technology used for sub millimeter wave (SMMW) cameras, although many other applications are possible. MMICs of different technologies may be integrated into the same micromachined package thus achieving the same level of technology integration as in multi-wafer WLP integration. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/272913 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/76254 (20130101) H01L 23/055 (20130101) H01L 23/66 (20130101) H01L 23/147 (20130101) H01L 24/13 (20130101) H01L 24/16 (20130101) H01L 24/81 (20130101) H01L 24/97 (20130101) H01L 27/14685 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/14687 (20130101) H01L 31/186 (20130101) H01L 31/1876 (20130101) H01L 2223/6633 (20130101) H01L 2223/6677 (20130101) H01L 2223/6683 (20130101) H01L 2224/03 (20130101) H01L 2224/81 (20130101) H01L 2224/94 (20130101) H01L 2224/94 (20130101) H01L 2224/97 (20130101) H01L 2224/97 (20130101) H01L 2224/0401 (20130101) H01L 2224/13109 (20130101) H01L 2224/13109 (20130101) H01L 2224/16225 (20130101) H01L 2224/16235 (20130101) H01L 2224/81022 (20130101) H01L 2224/81054 (20130101) H01L 2224/81191 (20130101) H01L 2224/81192 (20130101) H01L 2224/81204 (20130101) H01L 2224/81805 (20130101) H01L 2224/81815 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/157 (20130101) H01L 2924/01079 (20130101) H01L 2924/1423 (20130101) H01L 2924/10329 (20130101) H01L 2924/10335 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/13064 (20130101) H01L 2924/14215 (20130101) H01L 2924/15313 (20130101) H01L 2924/37001 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 11/002 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/02 (20130101) H01Q 23/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (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) | Pankaj B Shah (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of substantially offsetting polarization charges in an electronic device having a heterobarrier comprising providing a substrate; providing at least one pair of stacks of semiconductor materials; one of the pair of stacks having one or more of spontaneous and piezoelectric polarity where the total polarization charge is opposite to the other of the pair of stacks; whereby due to the opposing polarities, the polarization is balanced and the pair of stacks operate to store electrical energy. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/801919 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/93 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/2003 (20130101) H01L 29/66174 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09960266 | Tadjer 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) | Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Andrew D. Koehler (Alexandria, Virginia); Travis J. Anderson (Alexandria, Virginia); Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Passivated AlGaN/GaN HEMTs having no plasma damage to the AlGaN surface and methods for making the same. In a first embodiment, a thin HF SiN barrier layer is deposited on the AlGaN surface after formation of the gate. A thick HF/LF SiN layer is then deposited, the thin HF SiN layer and the thick HF/LF Sin layer comprising bi-layer SiN passivation on the HEMT. In a second embodiment, a first thin HF SiN barrier layer is deposited on the AlGaN surface before formation of the gate and is annealed. Following annealing of the first SiN layer, the gate is formed, and a second HF SiN barrier layer is deposited, followed by a thick HF/LF SiN layer, the three SiN layers comprising tri-layer SiN passivation on the HEMT. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/592248 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/32091 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0217 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/02274 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 29/518 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66462 (20130101) |
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| US 09960305 | Olsen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall B. Olsen (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wafer precursor for creating photovoltaic (PV) concentrator modules and a method for fabricating solar concentrator modules using the wafer precursor. The method includes providing a crystalline silicon wafer substrate that can be used to make multiple concentrator cells to be incorporated into concentrator modules. The method also includes applying fingers as horizontal grid lines onto the crystalline silicon wafer substrate. The method also includes applying bus bars onto the crystalline silicon wafer substrate to form separate top grid structures. The number of separate top grid structures is at least two when the concentrator module is part of an optical system that has a concentration ratio of between about 8 and about 16 times sunlight. The number of top grid structures is at least three when the concentrator module is part of an optical system that has a concentration ratio of between about 17 and about 50. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/271985 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/048 (20130101) H01L 31/0201 (20130101) H01L 31/0508 (20130101) H01L 31/0512 (20130101) H01L 31/0521 (20130101) H01L 31/0547 (20141201) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1876 (20130101) H01L 31/02013 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 20/32 (20141201) |
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| US 09960484 | Chieh 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 Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh (San Diego, California); Lu Xu (San Diego, California); Albert Ryu (Fremont, California); John D. Rockway (San Diego, California); Diana Arceo (San Diego, California); Justin A. Church (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna comprising: a driven element; an input feed coupled to the driven element wherein the input feed is configured to be connected to a receiver; a non-Foster circuit having a negative impedance, wherein the non-Foster circuit is configured to actively load the antenna at a location on the antenna other than at the input feed; and wherein the antenna fits within an imaginary sphere having a radius a, and wherein the product ka is less than 0.5, where k is a wave number. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/793547 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 5/35 (20150115) H01Q 7/005 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 11/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09960568 | Tassev |
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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) | Vladimir Tassev (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a quasi-phase-matching (QPM) structure comprising the steps of: applying a pattern to a substrate to define a plurality of growth regions and a plurality of voids; growing in a growth chamber a crystalline inorganic material on only the growth regions in the pattern, the crystalline inorganic material having a first polarity; applying an electric field within the growth chamber containing the patterned substrate with the crystalline inorganic material, wherein the electric field reaches throughout the growth chamber; and growing a crystalline organic material having a second polarity in the voids formed in the inorganic material under the influence of the electric field to influence the magnitude and the direction of the second polarity of the crystalline organic material, wherein the second polarity of the crystalline organic material is influenced to be different from the first polarity of the crystalline inorganic material in magnitude and/or direction. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/350369 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 25/04 (20130101) C30B 30/02 (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 5/0604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 2304/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09960571 | Meyer 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) | Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Igor Vurgaftman (Severna Park, Maryland); Chadwick Lawrence Canedy (Washington, District of Columbia); William W. Bewley (Falls Church, Virginia); Chul Soo Kim (Springfield, Virginia); Charles D. Merritt (Fairfax, Virginia); Michael V. Warren (Arlington, Virginia); Mijin Kim (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel ICL layering designs, ridge waveguide architectures, and processing protocols that will significantly lower the optical losses and improve the power conversion efficiencies of interband cascade lasers designed for both DFB single-mode and high-power applications. The semiconductor top cladding and metal contact layers are eliminated or significantly reduced. By instead using a dielectric or air top clad, or dielectric or air layers to supplement a thin top clad, in conjunction with lateral current injection and weak index-guiding, the present invention will substantially reduce the internal loss of such ICLs, resulting in lower lasing threshold, higher efficiency, and higher maximum power. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/631040 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 5/12 (20130101) H01S 5/22 (20130101) H01S 5/0224 (20130101) H01S 5/305 (20130101) H01S 5/0421 (20130101) H01S 5/2063 (20130101) H01S 5/2206 (20130101) H01S 5/02236 (20130101) H01S 5/3401 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/3402 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kasemsan Siri (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Optimum power tracking for distributed power sources may be provided by a family of power system architectures having distributed-input series-output (DISO) converters. The DISO converters may be controlled to achieve uniform input voltages across their respective distributed power sources while also tracking an optimum power point of the power system. Each DISO converter may be operably connected to a corresponding power source to form a power-processing channel. A controller may be operably connected to the plurality of DISO converters to control the operation thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313527 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/385 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/58 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 307/625 (20150401) |
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| US 09960715 | Larraza 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) | Andres Larraza (Salinas, California); David M. Wolfe (Texarkana, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a light activated piezoelectric converter comprising a cantilever vane coupled to a foundation. The vane comprises a first surface and a second surface. The first and second surfaces are generally co-planer and adjacent to a common boundary and have differing emissivities. A piezoelectric material is additionally coupled to the vane, arranged such that a deflection of the free end of the vane generates stress acting on the piezoelectric material. When the piezoelectric converter is illuminated with a radiant flux, the differing emissivities of the first and second surfaces produce a temperature gradient across the vane and a thermal creep force across the planar surface generates a deflection of the vane, and a subsequent voltage induced by the stress on the piezoelectric material generates a voltage between a first electrode and second electrode in electrical contact with the piezoelectric material. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/147568 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/1136 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/181 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09960734 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Changyao Chen (Evanston, Illinois); James Hone (New York, New York); Sunwoo Lee (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) oscillator can include an insulating substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a metal local gate electrode, and a micron-sized, atomically thin graphene resonator. The source electrode and drain electrode can be disposed on the insulating substrate. The metal local gate electrode can be disposed on the insulating substrate. The graphene resonator can be suspended over the metal local gate electrode and define a vacuum gap between the graphene resonator and the metal local gate electrode. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/522534 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 29/00 (20130101) H01L 29/84 (20130101) H01L 29/165 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 41/18 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 5/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03B 2200/0022 (20130101) H03B 2200/0048 (20130101) H03B 2201/0266 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/02 (20130101) H03H 9/17 (20130101) H03H 9/02244 (20130101) H03H 9/02433 (20130101) |
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| US 09960853 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Collins (Toms River, New Jersey); Glenn Shevach (Lakewood, New Jersey); Mark Blair (Lumberton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Collins (Toms River, New Jersey); Glenn Shevach (Lakewood, New Jersey); Mark Blair (Lumberton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method using Differential Pulse Position Modulation (DPPM) to encode digital data so that it can be transmitted using an infrared (IR) link. The digital data is then decoded upon receipt. This invention can be implemented in software and run on an FPGA (or the like) for prototyping and integration with existing designs. The encoding, decoding and sensitive timing are handled by dedicated hardware, which greatly increases the speed of these processes because it frees up the processor to accomplish other tasks. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/284680 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/60 (20130101) H04B 10/524 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09960901 | Gorgen 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 (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin Gorgen (San Diego, California); Lee Lemay (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method involve using sferic signals to synchronize clocks and/or determine relative receiver positions within a communications network. A sferic signal is detected, encoded, and then identified. A time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) for the sferic signal is then calculated. A clock error estimate is determined from the TDOA. The clock error estimate is then used to synchronize clocks and/or determine relative receiver positions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/189721 |
| ART UNIT | 2461 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/241 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/18504 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 7/0016 (20130101) H04L 43/106 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 56/0075 (20130101) |
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| US 09960956 | Johnson 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 (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jamie Lynn Johnson (Mission Viejo, California); Thomas Parker (Monterey, California); Murali Tummala (Monterey, California); John C. McEachen (Carmel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining flow rules in a software defined network (SDN) of a plurality of forwarding devices includes determining, by a controller device, a network adjacency matrix of the SDN, wherein the network adjacency matrix represents a topology of the SDN; placing, by the controller device, a phantom node in the network adjacency matrix, wherein the phantom node does not physically exist within the topology of the SDN and the phantom node is attached to a first node with maximum degree in the network adjacency matrix to create a phantom adjacency matrix, wherein the first node corresponds to a first forwarding device in the SDN; and determining, by the controller device, an adverse condition in the SDN using the phantom node, wherein the controller device is separate from the plurality of forwarding devices. |
| FILED | Monday, September 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/852734 |
| ART UNIT | 2455 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 41/0659 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 45/28 (20130101) H04L 47/11 (20130101) H04L 47/125 (20130101) H04L 49/557 (20130101) |
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| US 09961495 | Katabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Deepak Vasisht (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swarun Suresh Kumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system enables a single WiFi access point to localize clients to within tens of centimeters. Such a system can bring indoor positioning to homes and small businesses which typically have a single access point. A key enabler underlying the system is a novel algorithm that can compute sub-nanosecond time of flight using commodity WiFi cards. By multiplying the time of flight with the speed of light, a Wifi access point computes the distance between each of its antennas and the client, hence localizing it. An implementation on commodity WiFi cards demonstrates that the system's accuracy is comparable to state-of-the-art localization systems, which use four or five access points. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/072592 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 11/02 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/0852 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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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); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Wouter-Jan Rappel (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to generate a representation of a rhythm disorder includes a plurality of sensors disposed at multiple locations spatially in relation to the heart, wherein cardiac information signals are sensed. A processor receives and analyzes the activation onsets of the cardiac information signals to determine an arrangement of activation onsets. A representation that indicates the clinical source of the rhythm disorder is generated based on the arrangement of the activation onsets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/177317 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02 (20130101) A61B 5/04 (20130101) A61B 5/042 (20130101) A61B 5/044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0245 (20130101) A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/02416 (20130101) A61B 5/04007 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/04525 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6857 (20130101) A61B 5/6858 (20130101) A61B 5/6859 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7405 (20130101) A61B 7/04 (20130101) A61B 8/0883 (20130101) A61B 18/1206 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 2018/00214 (20130101) A61B 2018/00351 (20130101) A61B 2018/00357 (20130101) A61B 2018/00375 (20130101) A61B 2018/00839 (20130101) A61B 2018/1435 (20130101) |
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| US 09955892 | Arora et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rlshi Arora (Chicago, Illinois); Jason Ng (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of targeting fibrosis or autonomic nerve tissue for ablation in a subject is provided. The method includes performing at least one EGM analysis of a plurality of recorded atrial EGMs for a tissue in a region suspected of having fibrosis or autonomic nerve tissue. With regard to targeting fibrosis for ablation, the method includes determining one or more correlations of at least one AF EGM characteristic to a region having fibrosis from the plurality of recorded atrial EGMs for the tissue and determining whether the tissue contains dense fibrosis that would preclude effective ablation of the analysis region of the tissue. With regard to targeting autonomic nerve for ablation, the method includes determining whether one or more significant changes in EGM characteristics with autonomic blockade exist that would indicate the need to perform ablation of the analysis region of the tissue. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/836833 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/4035 (20130101) A61B 5/4887 (20130101) A61B 5/4893 (20130101) A61B 18/00 (20130101) A61B 18/14 (20130101) A61B 34/10 (20160201) A61B 2018/00351 (20130101) A61B 2018/00434 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00839 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/395 (20130101) |
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| US 09956043 | Farritor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane Michael Farritor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Mark Rentschler (Boulder, Colorado); Amy Lehman (York, Nebraska); Stephen R. Platt (Urbana, Illinois); Jeff Hawks (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices. Certain embodiments include various actuation system embodiments, including fluid actuation systems, drive train actuation systems, and motorless actuation systems. Additional embodiments include a reversibly lockable tube that can provide access for a medical device to a patient's cavity and further provides a reversible rigidity or stability during operation of the device. Further embodiments include various operational components for medical devices, including medical device arm mechanisms that have both axial and rotational movement while maintaining a relatively compact structure. medical device winch components, medical device biopsy/stapler/clamp mechanisms, and medical device adjustable focus mechanisms. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/454035 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/00234 (20130101) A61B 19/2203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 34/30 (20160201) A61B 34/70 (20160201) A61B 34/71 (20160201) A61B 34/72 (20160201) A61B 34/73 (20160201) A61B 2017/00278 (20130101) A61B 2017/00539 (20130101) A61B 2017/00544 (20130101) A61B 2034/302 (20160201) A61B 2034/306 (20160201) |
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| US 09956113 | Santa Maria et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Santa Maria (Redwood City, California); Brian Hsueh (Pacifica, California); Brian Kannard (Mountain View, California); Ritu Lal (Palo Alto, California); Abhinav Ramani (Herndon, Virginia); John Paderi (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for maintaining and/or increasing body temperature of a patient may involve delivering heat to a first location on a limb of the patient, delivering heat to a second location on the limb, apart from the first location, and applying intermittent compression to a third location on the limb, located between the first location and the second location. A device for maintaining and/or increasing body temperature of a patient may include a sleeve for positioning over at least part of one of the patient's limbs, first and second heat delivery members coupled with the sleeve, and an intermittent compression member coupled with the sleeve between the first and second heat delivery members. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/197518 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 7/03 (20130101) A61F 2007/023 (20130101) A61F 2007/0042 (20130101) A61F 2007/0043 (20130101) A61F 2007/0045 (20130101) A61F 2007/0047 (20130101) A61F 2007/0055 (20130101) A61F 2007/0065 (20130101) A61F 2007/0086 (20130101) A61F 2007/0088 (20130101) A61F 2007/0091 (20130101) A61F 2007/0226 (20130101) A61F 2007/0239 (20130101) A61F 2007/0268 (20130101) A61F 2007/0288 (20130101) Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 9/00 (20130101) A61H 9/005 (20130101) A61H 9/0057 (20130101) A61H 9/0078 (20130101) A61H 9/0092 (20130101) A61H 39/04 (20130101) A61H 2201/02 (20130101) A61H 2201/0103 (20130101) A61H 2201/164 (20130101) A61H 2201/165 (20130101) A61H 2201/0184 (20130101) A61H 2201/0207 (20130101) A61H 2201/0214 (20130101) A61H 2201/0228 (20130101) A61H 2201/0242 (20130101) A61H 2201/0278 (20130101) A61H 2201/501 (20130101) A61H 2201/1619 (20130101) A61H 2201/1635 (20130101) A61H 2201/5007 (20130101) A61H 2201/5097 (20130101) A61H 2209/00 (20130101) A61H 2230/50 (20130101) A61H 2230/505 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36042 (20130101) A61N 7/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc. (Tampa, Florida); Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eduardo M. Sotomayor (Tampa, Florida); Joel Bergman (Chicago, Illinois); Alan Kozikowski (Chicago, Illinois); Karrune Veeraprasert Woan (Gainesville, Florida); Alejandro V. Villagra (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are selective histone deactylase inhibitors (HDACi) that having Formula (I). Methods of making and using these inhibitors for the treatment of cancer, in particular melanoma are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/231187 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/42 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/505 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 275/28 (20130101) C07C 275/34 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/14 (20130101) C07D 213/75 (20130101) C07D 239/42 (20130101) |
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| US 09956214 | Fan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington Through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkang Fan (Seattle, Washington); Wesley C. Van Voorhis (Seattle, Washington); Zhongsheng Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Wenlin Huang (Seattle, Washington); Kayode K. Ojo (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions and methods for treating apicomplexan protozoan related disease, such as toxoplasmosis and cryptosporidiosis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/351525 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/14 (20130101) C07D 231/38 (20130101) C07D 235/08 (20130101) C07D 235/12 (20130101) C07D 311/20 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09956226 | Wagner 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) | Gerhard Wagner (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Ricard A. Rodriguez-Mias (Seattle, Washington); Patrick R. Hagner (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inhibiting translation, treating a cellular proliferative disorder, and inhibiting proliferation of cells using the compounds disclosed herein are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/767102 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/5365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09956233 | Kanthasamy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anumantha Kanthasamy (Ames, Iowa); Balaraman Kalyanaraman (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides modified metformin compounds, particularly mito-metformin compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods of using the compounds to provide neuroprotection and in the treatment and/or prevention of neurodegenerative diseases are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/294083 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/662 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4425 (20130101) |
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| US 09956249 | Bernstein 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) | Irwin D. Bernstein (Seattle, Washington); Brandon K. Hadland (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods, kits and compositions for expansion of embryonic hematopoietic stem cells and providing hematopoietic function to human patients in need thereof. In one aspect, it relates to kits and compositions comprising a Notch agonist, one or more growth factors, and, optionally, an inhibitor of the TGFp pathway. Also provided herein are methods for expanding embryonic hematopoietic stem cells using kits and compositions comprising a Notch agonist, one or more growth factors, and, optionally, an inhibitor of the TOPβ pathway. The embryonic hematopoietic stem cells expanded using the disclosed kits, compositions and methods include cells derived from an embryo (e.g., aorta-gonad-mesonephros region of the embryo), embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, or reprogrammed cells of other types. The present invention also relates to administering the embryonic hematopoietic stem cells expanded using a combination of a Notch agonist, one or more growth factors, and, optionally, an inhibitor of the TGFp pathway to a patient for short-term and/or long-term in vivo repopulation benefits. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/759631 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/54 (20130101) C07K 14/475 (20130101) C07K 14/5403 (20130101) C07K 14/5412 (20130101) C07K 14/5431 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0606 (20130101) C12N 5/0647 (20130101) C12N 2501/10 (20130101) C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/26 (20130101) C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2501/125 (20130101) C12N 2501/145 (20130101) C12N 2501/2301 (20130101) C12N 2501/2303 (20130101) C12N 2501/2306 (20130101) C12N 2501/2311 (20130101) C12N 2533/52 (20130101) |
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| US 09956252 | Tseng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TissueTech, Inc. (Doral, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TISSUETECH, INC. (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scheffer Tseng (Pinecrest, Florida); Hua He (Miami, Florida); Wei Li (Shenzhen, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions having a combination of specific biological components have been found to exert a number of useful effects in mammalian cells, including modulating TGF β signaling, apoptosis, and proliferation of mammalian cells, as well as decreasing inflammation in mice. These components can be obtained commercially, or can be prepared from biological tissues such as placental tissues. Placental amniotic membrane (AM) preparations described herein include AM pieces, AM extracts, AM jelly, AM stroma, and mixtures of these compositions with additional components. The compositions can be used to treat various diseases, such as wound healing, inflammation and angiogenesis-related diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/848143 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0014 (20130101) A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/738 (20130101) A61K 35/48 (20130101) A61K 35/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/4886 (20130101) A61K 38/4886 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) 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 15/44 (20130101) A61L 2300/64 (20130101) A61L 2300/412 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/4702 (20130101) C07K 14/4718 (20130101) C07K 14/8114 (20130101) |
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| US 09956276 | Lyerly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert K. Lyerly (Durham, North Carolina); Michael A. Morse (Durham, North Carolina); Takuya Osada (Durham, North Carolina); Timothy M. Clay (Waterloo, Belgium); Zachary C. Hartman (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of reducing the likelihood of a cancer or precancer developing resistance to a cancer therapeutic or prevention agent are provided herein. The methods include administering the cancer therapeutic or prevention agent and a vaccine comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide whose expression or activation is correlated with development of resistance of the cancer or precancer to the cancer therapeutic or prevention agent to a subject. The vaccine may include a polynucleotide encoding a HER3 polypeptide. Methods of using the vaccine including the polynucleotide encoding the HER3 polypeptide to treat a cancer or precancer are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, January 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/373103 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/734 (20130101) |
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| US 09956278 | Lee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. 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) | Che-Hung Robert Lee (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are meningococcal immunogenic conjugates which can elicit immune responses against meningococcal polysaccharides (PS) from groups A, C, W-135, and Y and group B factor H binding protein (fHbp). The disclosed conjugates also exhibit bactericidal activity against meningococcal A, C, W-135, Y, B, and X serogroups. Also disclosed are improved methods for preparing conjugates, such as immunogenic conjugates, including activation of a polysaccharide with a cyanylation agent at about 4° C. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/225102 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/646 (20170801) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/572 (20130101) |
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| US 09956297 | Bachovchin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Bachovchin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hung-sen Lai (Andover, Massachusetts); Sarah E. Poplawski (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are proteasome inhibitors, fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-activated prodrugs of proteasome inhibitors, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the inhibitors and prodrugs. Also disclosed are related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the inhibitors and prodrugs and compositions thereof, for example, in treating cancer or other cell proliferative diseases. In vitro and in vivo methods of quantifying the expression of FAP in a biopsy sample and a mammal, respectively, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/167109 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/07 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/54 (20170801) A61K 47/48361 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/081 (20130101) C07K 5/0806 (20130101) C07K 5/0808 (20130101) C07K 5/0812 (20130101) C07K 5/0821 (20130101) C07K 5/1016 (20130101) C07K 5/06026 (20130101) C07K 5/06034 (20130101) C07K 5/06078 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) |
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| US 09957225 | Gottesfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel M. Gottesfeld (Del Mar, California); Ann-Kristin Jenssen (Frankfurt am Main, Germany); David M. Herman (San Diego, California); Ryan Burnett (San Diego, California); C. James Chou (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of treating Friedreich's ataxia and other neurodegenerative or neuromuscular conditions using histone deacetylase inhibitors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/480899 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| 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 1/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/167 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 225/10 (20130101) C07C 231/00 (20130101) C07C 231/02 (20130101) C07C 231/02 (20130101) C07C 231/02 (20130101) C07C 231/02 (20130101) C07C 233/07 (20130101) C07C 233/07 (20130101) C07C 233/25 (20130101) C07C 233/25 (20130101) C07C 233/29 (20130101) C07C 233/43 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 233/43 (20130101) C07C 233/44 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/75 (20130101) C07D 215/38 (20130101) C07D 215/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09957242 | Cisar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Abide Therapeutics, Inc. (San Diego, California); THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California); ABIDE THERAPEUTICS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin S. Cisar (San Diego, California); Cheryl A. Grice (Encinitas, California); Todd K. Jones (Solana Beach, California); Micah J. Niphakis (San Diego, California); Jae Won Chang (San Diego, California); Kenneth M Lum (San Diego, California); Benjamin F. Cravatt (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides compounds and compositions which may be modulators of MAGL and/or ABHD6 and their use as medicinal agents, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions that include disclosed compounds as at least one active agent. The disclosure also provides for method of treating a patient in need thereof, where the patient is suffering from indications such as pain, solid tumor cancer and/or obesity comprising administering a disclosed compound or composition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/272313 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 271/10 (20130101) C07C 271/12 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 205/04 (20130101) C07D 207/09 (20130101) C07D 207/14 (20130101) C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 213/40 (20130101) C07D 213/55 (20130101) C07D 215/42 (20130101) C07D 215/46 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 231/16 (20130101) C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 241/04 (20130101) C07D 261/08 (20130101) C07D 263/32 (20130101) C07D 271/06 (20130101) C07D 295/26 (20130101) C07D 295/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 307/79 (20130101) C07D 317/46 (20130101) C07D 317/58 (20130101) C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/10 (20130101) C07D 403/10 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 407/06 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 413/10 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 471/10 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 491/107 (20130101) |
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| US 09957247 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Binghe Wang (Marietta, Georgia); Phang-Cheng Tai (Atlanta, Georgia); Jinshan Jin (Atlanta, Georgia); Yinghsin Hsieh (Atlanta, Georgia); Ying-Ju Ritter (Marietta, Georgia); Jianmei Cui (Kennesaw, Georgia); Arpana S. Chaudhary (Atlanta, Georgia); Chaofeng Dai (Atlanta, Georgia); Krishna Damera (Smyrna, Georgia); Weixuan Chen (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Inhibitors of SecA, and methods of making and using thereof, are described herein. The compounds described herein can be used to treat or prevent microbial infections, such as bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/406085 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 63/331 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/20 (20130101) C07D 239/22 (20130101) C07D 239/38 (20130101) C07D 239/56 (20130101) C07D 239/60 (20130101) C07D 249/12 (20130101) C07D 311/58 (20130101) C07D 311/74 (20130101) C07D 311/82 (20130101) C07D 311/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 403/14 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) C07D 471/10 (20130101) C07D 491/20 (20130101) C07D 493/10 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) C07D 497/04 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 11/24 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6872 (20130101) G01N 2333/4706 (20130101) |
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| US 09957267 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunfei Zhu (San Diego, California); Jian Zhao (San Diego, California); Zhiyong Chen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/186086 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09957272 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VICTORIA LINK LIMITED (Wellington, New Zealand); ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC. (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Victoria Link Limited (Wellington, New Zealand); Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Brian Evans (Normandale, New Zealand); Alistair Ian Longshaw (Nottingham, United Kingdom); Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Peter Charles Tyler (Northland, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to 3-hydroxypyrrolidine compounds of the general formula (1) which are inhibitors of 5′-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase or 5′-methylthioadenosine nucleosidase. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds in the treatment of diseases or conditions in which it is desirable to inhibit 5′-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase or 5′-methylthioadenosine nucleosidase including cancer, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/347944 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09957276 | Tavares et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | G1 THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GI Therapeutics, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis X. Tavares (Durham, North Carolina); Jay C. Strum (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formulae I, II or III, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful as CDK inhibitors. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/348770 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/499 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 487/20 (20130101) C07D 498/14 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09957289 | Janetka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Janetka (St. Louis, Missouri); Zhenfu Han (St. Louis, Missouri); Scott Hultgren (St. Louis, Missouri); Jerry Pinkner (St. Louis, Missouri); Corinne Cusumano (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses compounds and methods for treating and preventing bacterial infections specifically urinary tract infections and those caused by bacteria containing type 1 pili and FimH. The present invention also encompasses compounds and methods for treating inflammatory bowel disease specifically Crohn's Disease. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/894927 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/706 (20130101) A61K 31/7034 (20130101) A61K 31/7042 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) A61K 31/7064 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/26 (20130101) C07H 15/203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09957295 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Wang (Roslyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a CIRP inhibitor. Methods of treating a subject suffering from an inflammatory condition comprising administering to said subject a CIRP inhibitor are also described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/023555 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09957300 | Compans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Compans (Atlanta, Georgia); Chinglai Yang (Decatur, Georgia); Qizhi Yao (Houston, Texas); Sang-moo Kang (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Briefly described, virus-like particles, methods of preparing virus-like particles, immunogenic compositions that include virus-like particles, and methods of eliciting an immune response using immunogenic compositions that include virus-like particles are described herein. A virus-like particle (VLP) can include a viral core protein that can self assemble into the VLP core and at least one viral surface envelope glycoprotein expressed on the surface of the VLP. The VLP can also optionally include at least one adjuvant molecule expressed on the surface of the VLP. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/703342 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/55511 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/14043 (20130101) C12N 2740/15022 (20130101) C12N 2740/15023 (20130101) C12N 2740/15034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16023 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16222 (20130101) C12N 2760/12022 (20130101) C12N 2760/12223 (20130101) C12N 2760/12234 (20130101) |
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| US 09957303 | Deverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin E. Deverman (Pasadena, California); Paul H. Patterson (Altadena, California); Viviana Gradinaru (La Canada-Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of selective screening. In addition, various targeting proteins and sequences, as well as methods of their use, are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/422237 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/005 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/33 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2750/14122 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2750/14145 (20130101) |
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| US 09957304 | Chakrabarty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ananda Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois); Tapas Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Tohru Yamada (Oak Park, Illinois); Anita Chaudhari (Clifton Park, New York); Arsenio Fialho (Lisbon, Portugal); Yonghua Zhu (Chicago, Illinois) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ananda Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois); Tapas Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Tohru Yamada (Oak Park, Illinois); Anita Chaudhari (Clifton Park, New York); Arsenio Fialho (Lisbon, Portugal); Yonghua Zhu (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods of use of cupredoxins, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents of cupredoxins that interfere with the ephrin signaling system in mammalian cells. Specifically, the invention relates to compositions and methods that use cupredoxins, such as azurin, rusticyanin and plastocyanin, and variants, derivatives and structural equivalents thereof to treat cancer in mammals. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/130705 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/164 (20130101) A61K 38/168 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) |
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| US 09957305 | Ballard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jimmy D. Ballard (Norman, Oklahoma); Jordi M. Melton (Norman, Oklahoma); Latisha Heinlen (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Elaine E. Hamm (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jimmy D. Ballard (Norman, Oklahoma); Jordi M. Melton (Norman, Oklahoma); Latisha Heinlen (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Elaine E. Hamm (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention are directed to a composition comprising a recombinant protein in soluble form wherein said recombinant protein comprises a portion of the Clostridium difficile toxin B sequence that comprises an epitope for anti-toxin B antibody. Other embodiments of the invention are directed to the generation of antibodies using peptide fragments of C. difficile toxin B. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/344749 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/08 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/33 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1282 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/33 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09957333 | Salomon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio); The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert G. Salomon (Cleveland, Ohio); John W. Crabb (Cleveland, Ohio); Yalun Cui (Cleveland, Ohio); Nicholas D. Tomko (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated anti-carboxyethylpyrrole (anti-CEP) antibody or antigen binding portion thereof includes a heavy chain variable domain that includes three CDRs having at least 90% sequence identity to the three heavy chain CDRs of SEQ ID NO: 7, and a light chain variable domain that includes three CDRs having at least 90% sequence identity to the three light chain CDRs of SEQ ID NO: 8. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689948 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) |
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| US 09957472 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwanghun Chung (Menlo Park, California); Catherine Rivet (Atlanta, Georgia); Hang Lu (Atlanta, Georgia); Melissa Kemp (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic platform for single-cell capture, stimulation, and imaging. It passively traps 4,000 single cells on a 4.5 mm2 footprint in 30 seconds, with a single-cell loading efficiency of 95%. The array format and optimized geometry allows for easy, robust and efficient single-cell loading, while maintaining captured cells in a low shear stress environment for long-term studies. Because cells are captured sequentially, the system is adequate for rare cell samples. Trapped cells can be exposed to various environmental conditions and chemical stimulus and their dynamic response can be monitored over time. The information gained from high-throughput, single-cell time lapsed imaging presents new opportunities in quantifying cellular responses, as averaged information by other measurement methods eliminates sub-population phenotypes. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/625836 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09957480 | Sentman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sentman (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to modified T cells, methods of making and using isolated, modified T cells, and methods of using these isolated, modified T cells to address diseases and disorders. In one embodiment, this invention broadly relates to TCR-deficient T cells, isolated populations thereof, and compositions comprising the same. In another embodiment of the invention, these TCR-deficient T cells are designed to express a functional non-TCR receptor. The invention also pertains to methods of making said TCR-deficient T cells, and methods of reducing or ameliorating, or preventing or treating, diseases and disorders using said TCR-deficient T cells, populations thereof, or compositions comprising the same. |
| FILED | Friday, November 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/934256 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) A61K 2039/585 (20130101) A61K 2039/5156 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2510/02 (20130101) C12N 2511/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09957486 | Collins 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); The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Research Foundation For the State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter L. Collins (Silver Spring, Maryland); Cyril Le Nouën (Bethesda, Maryland); Linda G. Brock (Bethesda, Maryland); Ursula J. Buchholz (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joshua Marc DiNapoli (Lexington, Massachusetts); Steffen Mueller (Kings Point, New York); Eckard Wimmer (E. Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are RSV polynucleotide sequences that make use of multiple codons that are containing silent nucleotide substitutions engineered in multiple locations in the genome, wherein the substitutions introduce a numerous synonymous codons into the genome. Due to the large number of defects involved, the attenuated viruses disclosed herein provide a means of producing attenuated, live vaccines against RSV. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/766620 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/155 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/55 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (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) Original (OR) Class C12N 2760/00021 (20130101) C12N 2760/00034 (20130101) C12N 2760/00062 (20130101) C12N 2760/18522 (20130101) C12N 2760/18534 (20130101) C12N 2760/18561 (20130101) C12N 2760/18562 (20130101) |
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| US 09957506 | Cubillos-Ruiz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz (New York, New York); Laurie H. Glimcher (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a previously unknown function of XBP1 in controlling anti-tumor immunity. It is shown that inhibiting XBP1 in tumor-associated dendritic cells inhibits tumor growth and induces protective anti-tumor immune responses. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/024215 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (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 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/11 (20130101) |
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| US 09957508 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OREGON HEALTH and SCIENCE UNIVERSITY (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhengfeng Zhou (Portland, Oregon); Qiuming Gong (Portland, Oregon); Matthew Stump (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Oligonucleotides with activity in preventing poly(A) adenylation at intron 9 of the KCNH2 gene, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the oligonucleotides and methods of using the oligonucleotides to treat long QT syndrome in a subject are disclosed. The oligonucleotides include antisense sequences corresponding to sites termed DSE-1 and DSE-2 in intron 9. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/230718 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/3233 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) |
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| US 09957509 | Mirsky 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) | Ethan Mirsky (San Francisco, California); Karsten Temme (San Francisco, California); Christopher A. Voigt (Belmont, Massachusetts); Dehua Zhao (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for making synthetic gene clusters are described. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/288916 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/26 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0095 (20130101) C12N 15/635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 118/06001 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/20 (20130101) G06F 19/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09957511 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Kuan-Ta Lu (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Robert James Citorik (Kingston, New Hampshire); James Collins (Newton, Massachusetts); Russell-John Krom (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Various aspects and embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and compositions for functionalizing endogenous bacteria in vivo. The methods include delivering to endogenous bacterial cells a recombinant bacteriophage or phagemid that is engineered to contain at least one genetic circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/320965 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2795/14132 (20130101) C12N 2795/14143 (20130101) C12N 2795/14171 (20130101) C12N 2830/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09957527 | Ajikumar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); National University of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); National University of Singapore (Singapore, Singapore) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Parayil K. Ajikumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Heng Phon Too (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the production of one or more terpenoids through microbial engineering, and relates to the manufacture of products comprising terpenoids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/208099 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — 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 15/70 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/42 (20130101) C12P 9/00 (20130101) C12P 15/00 (20130101) C12P 17/02 (20130101) C12P 19/56 (20130101) C12P 23/00 (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 1/689 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09957550 | Yeakley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BioSpyder Technologies, Inc. (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BIOSPYDER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanne M. Yeakley (Encinitas, California); Bruce Seligmann (Tucson, Arizona); Joel McComb (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for detecting nucleic acid sequences, where attenuator oligonucleotides are provided to reduce the number of detection products resulting from highly abundant sequences. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/480525 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — 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 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 2533/107 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) |
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| US 09957567 | McAllister et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania); VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (Richmond, Virginia); THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janette M McAllister (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Jerome F Strauss (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compositions and methods for use in polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis (PCOS). The method involves a sample from a subject for a DENND1A Variant 2 mRNA or DENND1 A Variant 2 protein to make or aid in a diagnosis of PCOS. Also provided are methods for selecting an individual as a candidate for therapy for polycystic ovary syndrome by testing a biological sample from an individual for DENND1 A Variant 2 mRNA or DENND1 A Variant 2 protein and designating the individual as a candidate for the PCOS based on determining DENND1 A Variant 2 mRNA or DENND1 A Variant 2 protein in the sample. Also provided are products for use in aiding diagnosis of PCOS which contain reagents for detecting DENND1 A Variant 2 mRNA or DENND1 A Variant 2 protein, and packaging containing printed material describing use and indications for the product. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/402134 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — 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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/561 (20130101) |
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| US 09957569 | Chinnaiyan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Bo Han (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Chandan Kumar (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arul M. Chinnaiyan (Plymouth, Michigan); Bo Han (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Chandan Kumar (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer of androgen regulated genes or housekeeping genes and ETS family member genes are described. Compositions and methods having utility in prostate cancer diagnosis, research, and therapy are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/272865 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09957570 | Mori et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yuriko Mori (Baltimore, Maryland); Stephen Meltzer (Lutherville, Maryland); Ajay Goel (Dallas, Texas); Clement Boland (Dallas, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuriko Mori (Baltimore, Maryland); Stephen Meltzer (Lutherville, Maryland); Ajay Goel (Dallas, Texas); Clement Boland (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of biomarkers to detect colorectal cancer. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods for qualifying colorectal cancer status including, but not limited to, diagnosis, prognosis, and risk stratification, in patients. In one embodiment, a method for diagnosing colorectal cancer (CRC) in a patient comprises the steps of (a) collecting a sample from the patient; (b) measuring the methylation levels of one or more biomarkers in the sample collected from the patient; and (c) comparing the methylation levels of the one or more biomarkers with predefined methylation levels of the same biomarkers that correlate to a patient having CRC and predefined methylation levels of the same biomarkers that correlate to a patient not having CRC, wherein a correlation to one of the predefined methylation levels provides the diagnosis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/876568 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 09957572 | Vogelstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland); Luis Diaz (Ellicott City, Maryland); Rebecca J. Leary (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Clinical management of human cancer is dependent on the accurate monitoring of residual and recurrent tumors. We have developed a method, called personalized analysis of rearranged ends (PARE), which can identify translocations in solid tumors. Analysis of four colorectal and two breast cancers revealed an average of nine rearranged sequences (range 4 to 15) per tumor. Polymerase chain reaction with primers spanning the breakpoints were able to detect mutant DNA molecules present at levels lower than 0.001% and readily identified mutated circulating DNA in patient plasma samples. This approach provides an exquisitely sensitive and broadly applicable approach for the development of personalized biomarkers to enhance the clinical management of cancer patients. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/790833 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — 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 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 09958402 | Ebstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven M. Ebstein (Newton, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Ebstein (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method are provided for performing Quality Assurance of complex beams of penetrating radiation inside a patient. A detector with a transverse scintillating screen images the radiation inside a tissue phantom with high spatial resolution. The scintillator is comprised of a mixture of two or more scintillators emitting different spectra of light and having different characteristic responses as a function of the beam LET value. The optics relaying the scintillation output have variable transmission with wavelength, further shaping the spectrum of light transmitted to the imaging sensor which also has spectrally varying sensitivity. Parameters of the scintillator construction, the optics, and the imaging sensor are chosen so the output of the composite detector is proportional to a characteristic of the input beam, for example the dose deposited as a function of depth inside the tissue phantom. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/775325 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1075 (20130101) A61N 2005/1076 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09958416 | Weissleder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph Weissleder (Peabody, Massachusetts); Hakho Lee (Acton, Massachusetts); David Issadore (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining a presence of a target analyte in a fluid sample includes mixing multiple magnetic particles with the fluid sample, in which the magnetic particles are each bound to one or more binding moieties that specifically bind to the target analyte, flowing the fluid sample containing the magnetic particles through a fluidic channel, exposing the fluid sample in the fluidic channel to a magnetic field, measuring a signal from a Hall effect sensor while the fluid sample flows through the fluidic channel, and determining whether the target analyte is present in the fluid sample when the measured signal is in a first range of values. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/360090 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/745 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 33/56916 (20130101) G01N 33/56938 (20130101) G01N 33/56966 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09958432 | Pak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lynx Biosciences, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LYNX BIOSCIENCES, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chorom Pak (Madison, Wisconsin); Edmond Wai Keung Young (Toronto, Canada); Natalie Callander (Madison, Wisconsin); David James Beebe (Madison, Wisconsin); Shigeki Miyamoto (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to systems and methods for studying patient cancer samples in cis-co-culture with stromal cells from the same patient. For example, the invention provide systems and methods for testing therapeutic agents in vitro in an environment that simulates an in vivo environment to identify agents that are therapeutically effective for the patient. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/491701 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/0472 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 33/57426 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09958436 | Vunjak-Novakovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Leo Qun Wan (Watervliet, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Leo Qun Wan (Watervliet, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for determining cell chirality using micropatterned substrates are disclosed. Also provided are methods for diagnosing diseases such as genetic diseases or cancer by comparing the chirality of sample cells from a subject with normal cells, and determining a difference in chirality between the sample cells and normal cells. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/126902 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — 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 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 2503/00 (20130101) C12N 2535/10 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09958451 | Strongin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Michael Strongin (Portland, Oregon); Martha Sibrian-Vazquez (Portland, Oregon); Jorge Omar Escobedo-Cordova (Portland, Oregon); Mark Allen Lowry (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of near-infrared (NIR) dyes are disclosed, along with methods and kits for detecting analytes with the NIR dyes. The NIR dyes have a structure according to the general structure At least one of R1/R2, R2/R3, R3/R4, R5/R6, R6/R7, and/or R7/R8 together forms a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl or aryl. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/969904 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/82 (20130101) C07D 493/10 (20130101) Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes C09B 11/12 (20130101) C09B 11/22 (20130101) C09B 11/24 (20130101) C09B 57/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 33/49 (20130101) G01N 33/493 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/141111 (20150115) |
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| US 09958454 | Kozlov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Prognosys Biosciences, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Prognosys Biosciences, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor A. Kozlov (San Diego, California); Mark S. Chee (Encinitas, California); Petr Capek (San Diego, California); David A. Routenberg (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for constructing peptide construct sets and methods of use of these peptide construct sets in assay systems for peptide analysis, and in particular for use in high throughput peptide analysis. The methods allow for analysis of large sets of peptide constructs in a cost-effective manner, employing molecular biological techniques that are both robust and easily parallelized. Thus, the methods allow for the construction of peptide construct sets encompassing, e.g., the human proteome. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/068921 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1062 (20130101) C12N 15/1062 (20130101) C12N 15/1075 (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 2521/537 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6803 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09958458 | Amenta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alison R. Amenta (Pawtucket, Rhode Island); Atilgan Yilmaz (Providence, Rhode Island); Beth A. McKechnie (Franklin, Massachusetts); Justin R. Fallon (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alison R. Amenta (Pawtucket, Rhode Island); Atilgan Yilmaz (Providence, Rhode Island); Beth A. McKechnie (Franklin, Massachusetts); Justin R. Fallon (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods for predicting a patient's response to biglycan therapy for diseases or conditions associated with an abnormal level or activity of biglycan; disorders associated with an unstable cytoplasmic membrane, for example, due to an unstable dystrophin associated protein complex (DAPC); disorders associated with abnormal synapses or neuromuscular junctions, including those resulting from an abnormal MuSK activation or acetylcholine receptor (AChR) aggregation. Examples of such diseases include muscular dystrophies, such as Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, Becker's Muscular Dystrophy, neuromuscular disorders and neurological disorders. This application also provides combination therapeutics, such as a biglycan therapeutic and a utrophin therapeutic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/996951 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/635 (20130101) A61K 31/635 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1719 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/2878 (20130101) G01N 2800/2885 (20130101) G01N 2800/2892 (20130101) |
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| US 09958608 | Qi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minghao Qi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Li Fan (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jian Wang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Leo Tom Varghese (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an optical device includes forming on a semiconductor substrate a first optical cavity, a second optical cavity, a first light guide and a second light guide. The first light guide has an input, and is optically coupled to the first optical cavity by a first coupling strength. In addition, the first light guide is optically coupled to the second optical cavity by a second coupling strength. The second light guide has an output, and is coupled to the second optical cavity by a third coupling strength. The first coupling strength is greater than the second coupling strength, and the third coupling strength is greater than the second coupling strength. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/627335 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/2746 (20130101) G02B 6/12007 (20130101) G02B 6/29343 (20130101) |
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| US 09959868 | Patel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jignesh M. Patel (Madison, Wisconsin); Navneet Sankara Potti (Madison, Wisconsin); Rogers Jeffrey Leo John (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Domain specific programming is facilitated through the use of a conversational interface using natural language commands from the user and natural language cues to the user. The natural language conversation provides the actual program and thus can be saved and edited for future use. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/454764 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/24 (20130101) G06F 17/289 (20130101) G06F 17/2809 (20130101) G06F 17/2881 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/19 (20130101) G10L 15/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G10L 2015/223 (20130101) |
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| US 09961495 | Katabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Deepak Vasisht (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swarun Suresh Kumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system enables a single WiFi access point to localize clients to within tens of centimeters. Such a system can bring indoor positioning to homes and small businesses which typically have a single access point. A key enabler underlying the system is a novel algorithm that can compute sub-nanosecond time of flight using commodity WiFi cards. By multiplying the time of flight with the speed of light, a Wifi access point computes the distance between each of its antennas and the client, hence localizing it. An implementation on commodity WiFi cards demonstrates that the system's accuracy is comparable to state-of-the-art localization systems, which use four or five access points. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/072592 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 11/02 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/0852 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lianjie Huang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Yassin Labyed (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for super-resolution ultrasound imaging using a windowed and generalized TR-MUSIC algorithm that divides the imaging region into overlapping sub-regions and applies the TR-MUSIC algorithm to the windowed backscattered ultrasound signals corresponding to each sub-region. The algorithm is also structured to account for the ultrasound attenuation in the medium and the finite-size effects of ultrasound transducer elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/339780 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/13 (20130101) A61B 8/0825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/5207 (20130101) A61B 8/5253 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/52046 (20130101) G01S 7/52095 (20130101) G01S 15/8915 (20130101) G01S 15/8977 (20130101) G01S 15/8997 (20130101) |
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09955944 — Time reversal and phase coherent music techniques for super-resolution ultrasound imaging
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lianjie Huang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Yassin Labyed (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for super-resolution ultrasound imaging using a windowed and generalized TR-MUSIC algorithm that divides the imaging region into overlapping sub-regions and applies the TR-MUSIC algorithm to the windowed backscattered ultrasound signals corresponding to each sub-region. The algorithm is also structured to account for the ultrasound attenuation in the medium and the finite-size effects of ultrasound transducer elements. A modified TR-MUSIC imaging algorithm is used to account for ultrasound scattering from both density and compressibility contrasts. The phase response of ultrasound transducer elements is accounted for in a PC-MUSIC system. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/339791 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 8/13 (20130101) A61B 8/0825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/5207 (20130101) A61B 8/5253 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/52046 (20130101) G01S 7/52095 (20130101) G01S 15/8915 (20130101) G01S 15/8977 (20130101) G01S 15/8997 (20130101) |
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| US 09956520 | Perry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York); Grigorii Lev Soloveichik (Washington, District of Columbia); Malgorzata Iwona Rubinsztajn (Ballston Spa, New York); Michael Joseph O'Brien (Niskayuna, New York); Larry Neil Lewis (Scotia, New York); Tunchiao Hubert Lam (Clifton Park, New York); Sergei Kniajanski (Clifton Park, New York); Dan Hancu (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A carbon dioxide absorbent composition is described, including (i) a liquid, nonaqueous silicon-based material, functionalized with one or more groups that either reversibly react with CO2 or have a high-affinity for CO2, and (ii) a hydroxy-containing solvent that is capable of dissolving both the silicon-based material and a reaction product of the silicon-based material and CO2. The absorbent may be utilized in methods to reduce carbon dioxide in an exhaust gas, and finds particular utility in power plants. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/261262 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/1475 (20130101) B01D 53/1493 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2252/202 (20130101) B01D 2252/504 (20130101) B01D 2252/2025 (20130101) B01D 2252/2026 (20130101) B01D 2252/2028 (20130101) B01D 2252/2041 (20130101) B01D 2252/2056 (20130101) B01D 2252/20415 (20130101) B01D 2252/20421 (20130101) Removal or Treatment of Combustion Products or Combustion Residues; Flues F23J 2215/50 (20130101) F23J 2219/40 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09956532 | Haden et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Haden (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania); Donald G. Lorentz (Jeannette, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for generating a swirl is disclosed that is used to induce an axi-symmetric swirling flow to an incoming flow. The disclosed subject matter induces a uniform and axi-symmetric swirl, circumferentially around a discharge location, thus imparting a more accurate, repeatable, continuous, and controllable swirl and mixing condition of interest. Moreover, the disclosed subject matter performs the swirl injection at a lower pressure drop in comparison to a more traditional methods and devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/534263 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/0865 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 5/0057 (20130101) B01F 2215/0409 (20130101) B01F 2215/0431 (20130101) B01F 2215/0481 (20130101) |
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| US 09957103 | Tamburello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Tamburello (Aiken, South Carolina); Anthony J. McWilliams (Aiken, South Carolina); Bruce J. Hardy (Graniteville, South Carolina); Matthew R. Kesterson (Lexington, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Vessel assemblies, heat transfer units for prefabricated vessels, and methods for heat transfer prefabricated vessel are provided. A heat transfer unit includes a central rod, and a plurality of peripheral rods surrounding the central rod and connected to the central rod. The plurality of peripheral rods are movable between a first collapsed position and a second bowed position, wherein in the second bowed position a midpoint of each of the plurality of peripheral rods is spaced from the central rod relative to in the first position. The heat transfer unit further includes a heat transfer element connected to one of the plurality of peripheral rods. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/947239 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 88/744 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 88/748 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 13/00 (20130101) F17C 2209/22 (20130101) F17C 2221/012 (20130101) F17C 2227/0309 (20130101) F17C 2227/0341 (20130101) F17C 2227/0379 (20130101) F17C 2270/05 (20130101) F17C 2270/0178 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 13/12 (20130101) F28F 2255/02 (20130101) F28F 2275/20 (20130101) F28F 2280/02 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/321 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4935 (20150115) |
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| US 09957438 | Doherty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York); University of Pittsburgh Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Daniel Doherty (Watervliet, New York); Michael Joseph O'Brien (Halfmoon, New York); Jason Lee (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert James Perry (Niskayuna, New York); Robert Enick (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound represented by the following formula is provided: Also provided is a solution including a compound disclosed herein, a volume of dense carbon dioxide (CO2), and a co-solvent, where the solution has an increased viscosity greater than the viscosity of dense CO2. Methods of increasing the viscosity of dense CO2 and natural gas liquids (NGLs) by, for example, dissolving a compound disclosed herein to form a solution, are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/006201 |
| ART UNIT | 1768 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 7/21 (20130101) C07F 7/0854 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 8/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 8/82 (20130101) |
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| US 09957460 | Qu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Qu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Huimin Luo (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionic liquid composition having the following generic structural formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are equivalent and selected from hydrocarbon groups containing at least three carbon atoms, and X− is a phosphorus-containing anion, particularly an organophosphate, organophosphonate, or organophosphinate anion, or a thio-substituted analog thereof containing hydrocarbon groups with at least three carbon atoms. Also described are lubricant compositions comprising the above ionic liquid and a base oil, wherein the ionic liquid is dissolved in the base oil. Further described are methods for applying the ionic liquid or lubricant composition onto a mechanical device for which lubrication is beneficial, with resulting improvement in friction reduction, wear rate, and/or corrosion inhibition. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/184754 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 137/04 (20130101) C10M 137/10 (20130101) C10M 137/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10M 171/00 (20130101) C10M 2203/1025 (20130101) C10M 2203/1025 (20130101) C10M 2223/04 (20130101) C10M 2223/06 (20130101) C10M 2223/045 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2210/02 (20130101) C10N 2220/022 (20130101) C10N 2230/06 (20130101) C10N 2230/08 (20130101) C10N 2230/10 (20130101) C10N 2230/70 (20130101) |
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| US 09957491 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Zhang (Beijing, China PRC); Lan Tang (Beijing, China PRC); Svend Hostgaard Bang Henriksen (Aalborg, Denmark) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/086904 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/37 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/82 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01 (20130101) |
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| US 09957510 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brady D. Lee (West Richland, Washington); David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); William A. Apel (Jackson, Wyoming); Vicki S. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David W. Reed (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jeffrey A. Lacey (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods of modulating transcription or transcription or transcriptional control using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/347936 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/74 (20130101) C12N 15/635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09957514 | Martienssen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rob Martienssen (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Almudena Molla-Morales (New York, New York); Alex Cantó-Pastor (New York, New York); Evan Ernst (New York, New York); John Shanklin (Shoreham, New York); Yiheng Yan (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for genetic transformation of Lemnaceae species. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/913057 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8218 (20130101) C12N 15/8251 (20130101) |
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| US 09957532 | Hermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Myriant Corporation (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Myriant Corporation (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theron Hermann (Arlington, Massachusetts); James Reinhardt (Columbus, Ohio); Xiaohui Yu (Woburn, Massachusetts); Russell Udani (Somerville, Massachusetts); Lauren Staples (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to improvements in the fermentation process used in the production of organic acids from biological feedstock using bacterial catalysts. The improvements in the fermentation process involve providing a fermentation medium comprising an appropriate form of inorganic carbon, an appropriate amount of aeration and a biocatalyst with an enhanced ability to uptake and assimilate the inorganic carbon into the organic acids. This invention also provides, as a part of an integrated fermentation facility, a novel process for producing a solid source of inorganic carbon by sequestering carbon released from the fermentation in an alkali solution. |
| FILED | Friday, May 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/702187 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09957554 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meiye Wu (Tracy, California); Anup K. Singh (Daniville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a microfluidic device and platform configured to conduct multiplexed analysis within the device. In particular, the device allows multiple targets to be detected on a single-cell level. Also provided are methods of performing multiplexed analyses to detect one or more target nucleic acids, proteins, and post-translational modifications. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/575886 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502776 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/0636 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/14 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0633 (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 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 30/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09957593 | Cockeram |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian V. Cockeram (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A ductile alloy is provided comprising molybdenum, chromium and aluminum, wherein the alloy has a ductile to brittle transition temperature of about 300 C after radiation exposure. The invention also provides a method for producing a ductile alloy, the method comprising purifying a base metal defining a lattice; and combining the base metal with chromium and aluminum, whereas the weight percent of chromium is sufficient to provide solute sites within the lattice for point defect annihilation. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/191691 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 1/02 (20130101) C22C 1/03 (20130101) C22C 27/02 (20130101) C22C 27/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/18 (20130101) |
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| US 09957621 | Albrecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calera Corporation (Moss Landing, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Albrecht (Sunnyvale, California); Dennis Solas (San Francisco, California); Margarete K. Leclerc (Mountain View, California); Michael Joseph Weiss (Los Gatos, California); Ryan J. Gilliam (San Jose, California); Kyle Self (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided electrochemical methods and systems to form one or more organic compounds or enantiomers thereof selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted dioxane, substituted or unsubstituted dioxolane, dichloroethylether, dichloromethyl methyl ether, dichloroethyl methyl ether, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, phosgene, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/855262 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/02 (20130101) C25B 3/02 (20130101) C25B 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 9/06 (20130101) C25B 9/203 (20130101) C25B 11/00 (20130101) C25B 11/0405 (20130101) C25B 11/0478 (20130101) C25B 11/0489 (20130101) C25B 15/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09957623 | Gilliam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALERA CORPORATION (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calera Corporation (Moss Landing, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan J Gilliam (San Jose, California); Bryan Boggs (Newbury, Ohio); Kyle Self (San Jose, California); Margarete K Leclerc (Mountain View, California); Alexander Gorer (Los Gatos, California); Michael J Weiss (Los Gatos, California); John H Miller (Woodside, California); Samaresh Mohanta (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided methods and systems for an electrochemical cell including an anode and a cathode where the anode is contacted with a metal ion that converts the metal ion from a lower oxidation state to a higher oxidation state. The metal ion in the higher oxidation state is reacted with hydrogen gas, an unsaturated hydrocarbon, and/or a saturated hydrocarbon to form products. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919281 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/00 (20130101) C25B 1/02 (20130101) C25B 1/20 (20130101) C25B 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/035 (20130101) C25B 11/0442 (20130101) C25B 15/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09957636 | Kellerman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter L. Kellerman (Essex, Massachusetts); Brian Mackintosh (Concord, Massachusetts); Frederick M. Carlson (Potsdam, New York); David Morrell (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Ala Moradian (Beverly, Massachusetts); Nandish Desai (Waltham, Massachusetts); Dawei Sun (Nashua, New Hampshire); Frank Sinclair (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A crystallizer for growing a crystalline sheet from a melt may include a cold block having a cold block surface that faces an exposed surface of the melt, the cold block configured to generate a cold block temperature at the cold block surface that is lower than a melt temperature of the melt at the exposed surface. The system may also include a nozzle disposed within the cold block and configured to deliver a gas jet to the exposed surface, wherein the gas jet and the cold block are interoperative to generate a process zone that removes heat from the exposed surface at a first heat removal rate that is greater than a second heat removal rate from the exposed surface in outer regions outside of the process zone. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/226991 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 15/00 (20130101) C30B 15/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 35/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09957818 | Martin, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas F. Martin, Jr. (York, South Carolina); David J. Wiebe (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A removably attachable snubber assembly for turbine blades includes a turbine blade airfoil including a trailing edge and a leading edge joined by a pressure side and a suction side to provide an outer surface extending in a radial direction to a tip. At least one snubber attachment platform is integrally formed onto the outer surface of the turbine blade airfoil. The at least one snubber attachment platform includes an interlocking mechanism. A snubber is removably attachable to the at least one snubber attachment platform, the snubber including a first end, a second end, a trailing edge, a leading edge, a snubber length, and a snubber width. The snubber also includes a removable attachment mechanism on at least one of the first end and the second end that connects with the interlocking mechanism on the at least one snubber attachment platform. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/838645 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/18 (20130101) F01D 5/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/225 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/3215 (20130101) F05D 2230/60 (20130101) F05D 2260/20 (20130101) F05D 2260/96 (20130101) |
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| US 09957911 | Sczomak et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan); U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Sczomak (Troy, Michigan); Kushal Narayanaswamy (Troy, Michigan); Edward J. Keating (Ortonville, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An engine control system of a vehicle includes a fuel control module that controls fuel injection of a first cylinder of an engine based on a first target air/fuel ratio that is fuel lean relative to a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio and that controls fuel injection of a second cylinder of the engine based on a second target air/fuel ratio that is fuel rich relative to stoichiometry. The first cylinder outputs exhaust to a first three way catalyst (TWC), and the second cylinder outputs exhaust to an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve. An EGR control module controls opening of the EGR valve to: (i) a second TWC that reacts with nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the exhaust and outputs ammonia to a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst; and (ii) a conduit that recirculates exhaust back to an intake system of the engine. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/046580 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Machines or Engines in General; Gas-flow Silencers or Exhaust Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines F01N 3/2066 (20130101) F01N 3/2073 (20130101) Controlling Combustion Engines F02D 35/0015 (20130101) F02D 41/005 (20130101) F02D 41/008 (20130101) F02D 41/0052 (20130101) F02D 41/0065 (20130101) F02D 41/1463 (20130101) F02D 41/3011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 26/05 (20160201) F02M 26/15 (20160201) F02M 26/35 (20160201) F02M 26/38 (20160201) F02M 26/43 (20160201) F02M 26/71 (20160201) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/22 (20130101) Y02T 10/47 (20130101) |
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| US 09958516 | Sillerud et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); ABQMR, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ABQMR, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurel Sillerud (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Todd M. Alam (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Andrew F. McDowell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A biological detector includes a conduit for receiving a fluid containing one or more magnetic nanoparticle-labeled, biological objects to be detected and one or more permanent magnets or electromagnet for establishing a low magnetic field in which the conduit is disposed. A microcoil is disposed proximate the conduit for energization at a frequency that permits detection by NMR spectroscopy of whether the one or more magnetically-labeled biological objects is/are present in the fluid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/226572 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/08 (20130101) G01N 33/553 (20130101) G01N 33/54326 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/281 (20130101) G01R 33/302 (20130101) G01R 33/341 (20130101) G01R 33/465 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) G01R 33/34007 (20130101) G01R 33/34046 (20130101) G01R 33/34092 (20130101) |
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| US 09959647 | Brost et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Strip (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randolph Brost (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William C. McLendon, III (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ojas D. Parekh (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark Daniel Rintoul (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jean-Paul Watson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Strip (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carl Diegert (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies pertaining to modeling patterns of activity observed in remote sensing images using geospatial-temporal graphs are described herein. Graphs are constructed by representing objects in remote sensing images as nodes, and connecting nodes with undirected edges representing either distance or adjacency relationships between objects and directed edges representing changes in time. Activity patterns may be discerned from the graphs by coding nodes representing persistent objects like buildings differently from nodes representing ephemeral objects like vehicles, and examining the geospatial-temporal relationships of ephemeral nodes within the graph. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/848165 |
| 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 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/6267 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/30 (20130101) G06T 7/0085 (20130101) G06T 7/0091 (20130101) G06T 7/608 (20130101) G06T 11/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/10044 (20130101) G06T 2207/20036 (20130101) G06T 2207/30232 (20130101) |
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| US 09959920 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junwei Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kai Chang (Halle/Saale, Germany); Shuai-Hua Ji (Beijing, China PRC); Xi Chen (Beijing, China PRC); Liang Fu (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junwei Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kai Chang (Halle/Saale, Germany); Shuai-Hua Ji (Beijing, China PRC); Xi Chen (Beijing, China PRC); Liang Fu (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory device includes a semiconductor layer with an in-plane polarization component switchable between a first direction and a second direction. A writing electrode is employed to apply a writing voltage to the semiconductor layer to change the in-plane polarization component between the first direction and the second direction. A reading electrode is employed to apply a reading voltage to the semiconductor layer to measure a tunneling current substantially perpendicular to the polarization direction of the in-plane polarization component. The directions of the reading voltage and the writing voltage are substantially perpendicular to each other. Therefore, the reading process is non-destructive. Thin films (e.g., one unit cell thick) of ferroelectric material can be used in the memory device to increase the miniaturization of the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/453548 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/22 (20130101) G11C 11/221 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G11C 11/2273 (20130101) G11C 11/2275 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/11507 (20130101) H01L 28/60 (20130101) |
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| US 09959949 | Zidan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina); Joseph A Teprovich, Jr. (Aiken, South Carolina); Hector R. Colon-Mercado (Chicago, Illinois); Scott D Greenway (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A LiBH4—C60 nanocomposite that displays fast lithium ionic conduction in the solid state is provided. The material is a homogenous nanocomposite that contains both LiBH4 and a hydrogenated fullerene species. In the presence of C60, the lithium ion mobility of LiBH4 is significantly enhanced in the as prepared state when compared to pure LiBH4. After the material is annealed the lithium ion mobility is further enhanced. Constant current cycling demonstrated that the material is stable in the presence of metallic lithium electrodes. The material can serve as a solid state electrolyte in a solid-state lithium ion battery. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/295987 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/152 (20170801) C01B 32/156 (20170801) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 6/188 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0562 (20130101) H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) |
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| US 09960008 | McMorran et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin J. McMorran (Eugene, Oregon); Tyler R. Harvey (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for measuring electron orbital angular momentum states in an electron microscope includes the following components aligned sequentially in the following order along an electron beam axis: a phase unwrapper (U) that is a first electrostatic refractive optical element comprising an electrode and a conductive plate, where the electrode is aligned perpendicular to the conductive plate; a first electron lens system (L1); a phase corrector (C) that is a second electrostatic refractive optical element comprising an array of electrodes with alternating electrostatic bias; and a second electron lens system (L2). The phase unwrapper may be a needle electrode or knife edge electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/632131 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09960287 | Shumate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PICASOLAR, INC. (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PICASOLAR, INC. (Fayettevile, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth Daniel Shumate (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Douglas Arthur Hutchings (Elkins, Arkansas); Hafeezuddin Mohammed (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Matthew Young (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Scott Little (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A passivation layer is deposited on a first portion of a region of the solar cell. A grid line is deposited on a second portion of the region. The passivation layer is annealed to drive chemical species from the passivation layer to deactivate an electrical activity of a dopant in the first portion of the region of the solar cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/178216 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/1868 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/02168 (20130101) H01L 31/022433 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09960310 | Voss 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) | Lars Voss (Livermore, California); Adam Conway (Livermore, California); Art Nelson (Livermore, California); Rebecca J. Nikolic (Oakland, California); Stephen A. Payne (Castro Valley, California); Erik Lars Swanberg, Jr. (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A combination of doping, rapid pulsed optical and/or thermal annealing, and unique detector structure reduces or eliminates sources of electronic noise in a CdZnTe (CZT) detector. According to several embodiments, methods of forming a detector exhibiting minimal electronic noise include: pulse-annealing at least one surface of a detector comprising CZT for one or more pulses, each pulse having a duration of ˜0.1 seconds or less. The at least one surface may optionally be ion-implanted. In another embodiment, a CZT detector includes a detector surface with two or more electrodes operating at different electric potentials and coupled to the detector surface; and one or more ion-implanted CZT surfaces on or in the detector surface, each of the one or more ion-implanted CZT surfaces being independently connected to one of the two or more electrodes and the surface of the detector. At least two of the ion-implanted surfaces are in electrical contact. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/343081 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/1832 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/02161 (20130101) H01L 31/02966 (20130101) H01L 31/022408 (20130101) |
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| US 09960341 | Daw et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua Earl Daw (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Cheney Taylor (Ammon, Idaho); Joy Lynn Rempe (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua Earl Daw (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Steven Cheney Taylor (Ammon, Idaho); Joy Lynn Rempe (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A high frequency magnetostrictive transducer includes a magnetostrictive rod or wire inserted co-axially into a driving coil, wherein the driving coil includes a coil arrangement with a plurality of small coil segments along the magnetostrictive rod or wire; wherein frequency operation of the high frequency magnetostrictive transducer is controlled by a length of the small coil segments and a material type of the magnetostrictive rod or wire. This design of the high frequency magnetostrictive transducer retains the beneficial aspects of the magnetostrictive design, while reducing its primary drawback, lower frequency operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/554159 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/20 (20130101) H01L 41/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09960428 | Gerdes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Energy, United States Department of (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Gerdes (Morgantown, West Virginia); Shiwoo Lee (Morgantown, West Virginia); Regis Dowd (Lone Jack, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein is a method for electrocatalyst infiltration of a porous substrate, of particular use for preparation of a cathode for a solid oxide fuel cell. The method generally comprises preparing an electrocatalyst infiltrate solution comprising an electrocatalyst, surfactant, chelating agent, and a solvent; pretreating a porous mixed ionic-electric conductive substrate; and applying the electrocatalyst infiltration solution to the porous mixed ionic-electric conductive substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/208912 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — 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 4/8605 (20130101) H01M 4/8842 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/12 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) H01M 2250/10 (20130101) H01M 2250/20 (20130101) H01M 2300/0074 (20130101) |
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| US 09960443 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wei Wang (Kennewick, Washington); Liyu Li (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Wang (Kennewick, Washington); Liyu Li (Richland, Washington); Zhenguo Yang (Richland, Washington); Zimin Nie (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Introducing multiple redox reactions with a suitable voltage range can improve the energy density of redox flow battery (RFB) systems. One example includes RFB systems utilizing multiple redox pairs in the positive half cell, the negative half cell, or in both. Such RFB systems can have a negative electrolyte, a positive electrolyte, and a membrane between the negative electrolyte and the positive electrolyte, in which at least two electrochemically active elements exist in the negative electrolyte, the positive electrolyte, or both. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/246444 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — 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 2/1653 (20130101) H01M 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 09960447 | Long 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) | Jeffrey R. Long (Oakland, California); Jeffrey Van Humbeck (Watertown, Massachusetts); Rob P. Ameloot (Diepenbeek, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides for polymer networks that can effectively conduct single ion electrolytes. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/102851 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/122 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) |
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| US 09960712 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SunPower Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fernando Rodriguez (Austin, Texas); Hengsi Qin (Austin, Texas); Patrick Chapman (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An inverter includes a transformer that includes a first winding, a second winding, and a third winding, a DC-AC inverter electrically coupled to the first winding of the transformer, a cycloconverter electrically coupled to the second winding of the transformer, an active filter electrically coupled to the third winding of the transformer. The DC-AC inverter is adapted to convert the input DC waveform to an AC waveform delivered to the transformer at the first winding. The cycloconverter is adapted to convert an AC waveform received at the second winding of the transformer to the output AC waveform having a grid frequency of the AC grid. The active filter is adapted to sink and source power with one or more energy storage devices based on a mismatch in power between the DC source and the AC grid. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/080110 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/34 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/12 (20130101) H02M 1/15 (20130101) H02M 5/16 (20130101) H02M 5/458 (20130101) H02M 7/493 (20130101) H02M 7/797 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 7/4807 (20130101) H02M 7/5387 (20130101) H02M 2001/007 (20130101) H02M 2001/123 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 70/1441 (20130101) |
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| US 09961000 | Nichols |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pollere Inc. (Montara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pollere Inc. (Montara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen Marie Nichols (Montara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimation of a network path segment delay includes determining a scaled time stamp for each packet of a plurality of packets by scaling a time stamp for each respective packet to minimize a difference of at least one of a frequency and a frequency drift between a transport protocol clock of a host and a monitoring point. The time stamp for each packet is provided by the transport protocol clock of the host. A corrected time stamp for each packet is determined by removing from the scaled time stamp for each respective packet, a temporal offset between the transport protocol clock and the monitoring clock by minimizing a temporal delay variation of the plurality of packets traversing a segment between the host and the monitoring point. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/134805 |
| ART UNIT | 2414 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/03859 (20130101) H04L 43/0852 (20130101) H04L 47/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/283 (20130101) H04L 2012/6489 (20130101) |
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| US 09961108 | Coleman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jody Rustyn Coleman (Aiken, South Carolina); Richard W. Poland (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for the secure storage and transmission of data is provided. A data aggregate device can be configured to receive secure data from a data source, such as a sensor, and encrypt the secure data using a suitable encryption technique, such as a shared private key technique, a public key encryption technique, a Diffie-Hellman key exchange technique, or other suitable encryption technique. The encrypted secure data can be provided from the data aggregate device to different remote devices over a plurality of segregated or isolated data paths. Each of the isolated data paths can include an optoisolator that is configured to provide one-way transmission of the encrypted secure data from the data aggregate device over the isolated data path. External data can be received through a secure data filter which, by validating the external data, allows for key exchange and other various adjustments from an external source. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/249762 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/1408 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/00 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0827 (20130101) H04L 63/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/0492 (20130101) |
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| US 09956176 | Nagy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California); Nanovalent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Bozeman, Montana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California); Nanovalent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Bozeman, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon O. Nagy (Bozeman, Montana); Timothy Triche (Los Angeles, California); Hyung-Gyoo Kang (Buena Park, California); Sheetal Mitra (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof. The methods include using hybrid polymerized liposomal nanoparticles comprising, both polymerizable lipids and non-polymerizable lipids. The nanoparticles further comprise targeting agents and therapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/413267 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/573 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 48/0058 (20130101) A61K 48/0066 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/3061 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/626 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 09956300 | Lopez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke Univerity (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel P. Lopez (Durham, North Carolina); Ashutosh Chilkoti (Durham, North Carolina); Ali Ghoorchian (Durham, North Carolina); Joseph R. Simon (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to compositions, methods, and systems (e.g., platforms) comprising the same, the systems comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of micro- and macro-hydrogels that are formed from polypeptide micelles. The systems have enhanced mechanical properties that can be useful in a wide variety of applications, can be used for controlled release of drug-loaded micelles, and can be designed to reversibly assemble and disassemble on demand. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/074132 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 47/64 (20170801) A61K 47/488 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/6907 (20170801) 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 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/626 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/075 (20130101) |
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| US 09956720 | Dow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Dow (Cary, North Carolina); Erik Zdanowicz (Pullman, Washington); Alexander Sohn (Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina); Ron Scattergood (Cary, North Carolina); William John Nowak, Jr. (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject matter described herein relates to methods and systems for fast imprinting of nanometer scale features in a workpiece. According to one aspect, a system for producing nanometer scale features in a workpiece is disclosed. The system includes a die having a surface with at least one nanometer scale feature located thereon. A first actuator moves the die with respect to the workpiece such that the at least one nanometer scale feature impacts the workpiece and imprints a corresponding at least one nanometer scale feature in the workpiece. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/431348 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| 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 33/424 (20130101) B29C 33/3878 (20130101) B29C 59/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 2059/023 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2995/0018 (20130101) B29K 2995/0093 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2011/00 (20130101) B29L 2031/7562 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 99/0025 (20130101) B81C 2201/0153 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/02325 (20130101) |
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| US 09957157 | Gunaratne et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gemunu H. Gunaratne (Houston, Texas); Girish Nathan (Houston, Texas); Donald J. Kouri (Richmond, Texas); Pradeep Sharma (Sugar Land, Texas); Fazle Hussain (Houston, Texas); Feng Shi (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houtson System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gemunu H. Gunaratne (Houston, Texas); Girish Nathan (Houston, Texas); Donald J. Kouri (Richmond, Texas); Pradeep Sharma (Sugar Land, Texas); Fazle Hussain (Houston, Texas); Feng Shi (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new approach to fabricating regularly patterned nano-scale structures, by self assembly of the structures is disclosed, where a pattern of nano-lines are deposited on a substrate and nano-structures are grown by self assembly in regions between the lines to form regular or patterned nano-scale structures, which are ideally suited for the construction nano-scale materials, nano-scale electronic devices and other nano-scale objects, apparatuses or devices. The invention also relates to methods of making and using same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 19, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/857967 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 2201/0149 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24628 (20150115) |
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| US 09957163 | Fan 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) | Donglei Fan (Austin, Texas); Jing Ning (Austin, Texas); Xiaobin Xu (Austin, Texas); Jianhe Guo (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes an apparatus and a method of making a three dimensional graphite structure with a controlled porosity comprising: plating a metal layer on at least one of a nickel, an iron or a cobalt foam substrate; annealing the metal and the nickel, iron or cobalt foam into a porous metal-nickel, iron or cobalt catalyst, wherein the catalyst has a smooth and a porous surface; etching the smooth surface of the annealed porous metal-nickel, iron or cobalt catalyst; growing a carbonaceous layer on the porous surface of the annealed porous metal-nickel, iron or cobalt catalyst; and completely etching the porous metal-nickel, iron or cobalt catalyst to obtain the graphite layer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/738301 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/32 (20130101) H01G 11/86 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09957218 | Tessonnier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Philippe Tessonnier (Ames, Iowa); Jack M. Carraher (Ames, Iowa); Toni Pfennig (Ames, Iowa); Brent Shanks (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments disclosed relate to isomerization of muconic acid. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of forming trans,trans-muconic acid. The method includes heating a starting material composition to form a product composition including trans,trans-muconic acid. The starting material composition includes cis,cis-muconic acid, cis,trans-muconic acid, or a combination thereof. The starting material composition also includes an electrophilic compound, an organic solvent, or a combination thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/347985 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/09 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 51/353 (20130101) C07C 57/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09957383 | MacFarlane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. MacFarlane (Pasadena, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to brush block copolymer compositions comprising first and second homopolymers or random copolymers whose presence provides access to photonic bandgaps in the infrared frequency range, their use in this capacity, and methods of making the same. The specific parameters associated with these compositions are described within the specification. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/850178 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 81/024 (20130101) C08G 2261/35 (20130101) C08G 2261/90 (20130101) C08G 2261/136 (20130101) C08G 2261/418 (20130101) C08G 2261/3324 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/04 (20130101) C08L 25/04 (20130101) C08L 25/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08L 25/06 (20130101) C08L 25/06 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 65/00 (20130101) C08L 65/00 (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 5/004 (20130101) C09D 125/06 (20130101) C09D 153/00 (20130101) C09D 165/00 (20130101) C09D 165/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09957443 | Youngblood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Paul Youngblood (Crawfordsville, Indiana); John Alan Howarter (West Lafayette, Indiana); Gamini Patrick Mendis (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are flame retardant materials, and in particular materials and processes for phosphorylating materials for flame retardant applications. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/016313 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of Unknown Constitution C07G 1/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 21/12 (20130101) C09K 21/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09957472 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwanghun Chung (Menlo Park, California); Catherine Rivet (Atlanta, Georgia); Hang Lu (Atlanta, Georgia); Melissa Kemp (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic platform for single-cell capture, stimulation, and imaging. It passively traps 4,000 single cells on a 4.5 mm2 footprint in 30 seconds, with a single-cell loading efficiency of 95%. The array format and optimized geometry allows for easy, robust and efficient single-cell loading, while maintaining captured cells in a low shear stress environment for long-term studies. Because cells are captured sequentially, the system is adequate for rare cell samples. Trapped cells can be exposed to various environmental conditions and chemical stimulus and their dynamic response can be monitored over time. The information gained from high-throughput, single-cell time lapsed imaging presents new opportunities in quantifying cellular responses, as averaged information by other measurement methods eliminates sub-population phenotypes. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/625836 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09957509 | Mirsky 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) | Ethan Mirsky (San Francisco, California); Karsten Temme (San Francisco, California); Christopher A. Voigt (Belmont, Massachusetts); Dehua Zhao (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for making synthetic gene clusters are described. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/288916 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/26 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0095 (20130101) C12N 15/635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 118/06001 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/20 (20130101) G06F 19/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09957520 | Pereira et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andy Pereira (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Ramegowda Venkategowda (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of increasing the resistance of a crop plant to heat stress and in particular methods of improving the grain yield and quality of crop plants grown under heat stress in the form of increased minimal temperatures are provided. The methods include selecting plants with increased expression of HYR and growing these plants in regions expected to experience minimal temperatures above 25° C. during the growing season. Methods of screening plants for increased resistance to heat stress and methods of producing grain in regions having minimal temperatures of 25° C. or more are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/776329 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8261 (20130101) C12N 15/8271 (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 1/6895 (20130101) C12Q 2600/13 (20130101) |
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| US 09957557 | Sinha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Life Genetics Lab, LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LIFE GENETICS LAB, LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudhir Sinha (Metairie, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of quantifying the extent of degradation present in a human DNA sample is described. The process makes use of a real time PCR system to separately quantitate within a sample a first retrotransposon interspersed element and a relatively longer second retrotransposon interspersed element, where the longer element is expected to be disrupted at a faster pace than is the shorter element as the sample degrades. In one embodiment, the process makes use of the appearance of the relatively young (on an evolutionary scale) Alu Yb-lineage subfamily sequences appearing in every human genome and their virtual absence in non-human samples. In a preferred embodiment, the process quantifies longer 290 bp sequences of “SVA” elements and shorter 80 bp sequences of Alu Yb8-lineage. Newly designed primers and TaqMan probes that are useful in the process are presented. A related process additionally quantifies male specific human DNA. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964970 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — 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 1/6851 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/166 (20130101) |
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| US 09958251 | Brock et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Neal Brock (Tucson, Arizona); Goldie Goldstein (Tucson, Arizona); Brad Kimbrough (Tucson, Arizona); Erik Novak (Tucson, Arizona); James Millerd (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal Brock (Tucson, Arizona); Goldie Goldstein (Tucson, Arizona); Brad Kimbrough (Tucson, Arizona); Erik Novak (Tucson, Arizona); James Millerd (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A cycloidal diffraction waveplate is combined with a pixelated phase mask (PPM) sensor in a dynamic fringe-projection interferometer to obtain phase-shifted interferograms in a single snap-shot camera operation that provides the phase information required to measure test surfaces with micrometer precision. Such mode of operation enables a portable embodiment for use in environments subject to vibration. A shifting mechanism coupled to the cycloidal waveplate allows temporal out-of-phase measurements used to remove noise due to test-surface characteristics. Two or more pixels of each unit cell of the PPM are combined to create super-pixels where the sum of the phases of the pixels is a multiple of 180 degrees, so that fringes are eliminated to facilitate operator focusing. By assigning colors or cross-hatch patterns to different ranges of modulation measured at the detector, the areas of best focus within the field of view are identified quantitatively to ensure measurements under best-focus conditions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/227837 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/0201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 11/2441 (20130101) G01B 2290/70 (20130101) |
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| US 09958605 | Wei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Board of Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tao Wei (West Kingston, Rhode Island); Zhen Chen (Kingstown, Rhode Island); Gerald Hefferman (Warwick, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a novel fiber optic sensing device using ultra-weak, terahertz-range reflector structures. A fiber optic sensor device for distributed measurements (strain/temperature) includes an optical fiber detection arm having an inner core extending along a length of the optical fiber, an outer cladding surrounding the inner core, and at least one ultra-weak, terahertz-range reflector structure. Each reflector structure is comprised of two or more ultra-weak range reflectors (gratings) written at a spacing corresponding to the terahertz range and formed along a length of the inner core of the optical fiber. A narrow bandwidth, tunable laser interrogation system interrogates the optical fiber and measures changes in reflections and interference patterns caused by physical changes in the optical fiber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/955132 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/161 (20130101) G01B 11/2441 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/0208 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09958608 | Qi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minghao Qi (West Lafayette, Indiana); Li Fan (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jian Wang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Leo Tom Varghese (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an optical device includes forming on a semiconductor substrate a first optical cavity, a second optical cavity, a first light guide and a second light guide. The first light guide has an input, and is optically coupled to the first optical cavity by a first coupling strength. In addition, the first light guide is optically coupled to the second optical cavity by a second coupling strength. The second light guide has an output, and is coupled to the second optical cavity by a third coupling strength. The first coupling strength is greater than the second coupling strength, and the third coupling strength is greater than the second coupling strength. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/627335 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/2746 (20130101) G02B 6/12007 (20130101) G02B 6/29343 (20130101) |
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| US 09959205 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hao Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Nam Sung Kim (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture for improved memory access in asymmetric memories provides a set of shared row buffers that may be freely allocated between slow and fast memory banks of the asymmetric memory. This permits allocation of row buffers dynamically between the slow and fast memory banks to improve execution speeds and also permits a lightweight memory swap procedure for moving data between the slow and fast memory banks with low processor and memory channel overheads. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/710770 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/0604 (20130101) G06F 3/0611 (20130101) G06F 3/0638 (20130101) G06F 3/0647 (20130101) G06F 3/0683 (20130101) G06F 12/0802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/60 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/005 (20130101) G11C 13/0004 (20130101) G11C 13/0021 (20130101) G11C 13/0023 (20130101) G11C 2207/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09959271 | Goyal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kartik Goyal (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alon Lavie (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Michael Denkowski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gregory Alan Hanneman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew Ryan Fiorillo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert Thomas Olszewski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ehud Hershkovich (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William Joseph Kaper (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alexandre Alexandrovich Klementiev (Berlin, Germany); Gavin R. Jewell (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies are disclosed herein for statistical machine translation. In particular, the disclosed technologies include extensions to conventional machine translation pipelines: the use of multiple domain-specific and non-domain-specific dynamic language translation models and language models; cluster-based language models; and large-scale discriminative training. Incremental update technologies are also disclosed for use in updating a machine translation system in four areas: word alignment; translation modeling; language modeling; and parameter estimation. A mechanism is also disclosed for training and utilizing a runtime machine translation quality classifier for estimating the quality of machine translations without the benefit of reference translations. The runtime machine translation quality classifier is generated in a manner to offset imbalances in the number of training instances in various classes, and to assign a greater penalty to the misclassification of lower-quality translations as higher-quality translations than to misclassification of higher-quality translations as lower-quality translations. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/868083 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/24 (20130101) G06F 17/289 (20130101) G06F 17/2818 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/2854 (20130101) |
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| US 09959868 | Patel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jignesh M. Patel (Madison, Wisconsin); Navneet Sankara Potti (Madison, Wisconsin); Rogers Jeffrey Leo John (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Domain specific programming is facilitated through the use of a conversational interface using natural language commands from the user and natural language cues to the user. The natural language conversation provides the actual program and thus can be saved and edited for future use. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/454764 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/24 (20130101) G06F 17/289 (20130101) G06F 17/2809 (20130101) G06F 17/2881 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/19 (20130101) G10L 15/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G10L 2015/223 (20130101) |
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| US 09960028 | Ouyang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng Ouyang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Xiao Wang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Xiaoyu Zhou (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for analyzing a sample from a surface. In certain aspects, the invention provides systems that include a sample introduction member that has an inlet, an outlet, and an opening along a wall of the sample introduction member. The sample introduction member may be configured such that the opening couples with a surface that includes a sample in a manner in which molecules of the sample enter the sample introduction member via the opening and exit the sample introduction member via the outlet. A mass spectrometer is configured to receive the molecules of the sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/318846 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0013 (20130101) H01J 49/24 (20130101) H01J 49/0468 (20130101) |
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| US 09960175 | Liang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaogan Liang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hongsuk Nam (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sungjin Wi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mikai Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a non-volatile memory device may comprise: applying plasma for a preset time period to an exposed surface of a channel of a field effect transistor such that a plurality of charge-trapping sites are formed at the channel. The channel is comprised of a multi-layer structure of atomically thin two-dimensional sheets. |
| FILED | Friday, March 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/123693 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| 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 59/02 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/467 (20130101) H01L 21/3065 (20130101) H01L 27/11568 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/792 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 29/4234 (20130101) H01L 29/66833 (20130101) H01L 29/78681 (20130101) H01L 31/18 (20130101) H01L 31/032 (20130101) H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/1884 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09960287 | Shumate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PICASOLAR, INC. (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PICASOLAR, INC. (Fayettevile, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth Daniel Shumate (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Douglas Arthur Hutchings (Elkins, Arkansas); Hafeezuddin Mohammed (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Matthew Young (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Scott Little (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A passivation layer is deposited on a first portion of a region of the solar cell. A grid line is deposited on a second portion of the region. The passivation layer is annealed to drive chemical species from the passivation layer to deactivate an electrical activity of a dopant in the first portion of the region of the solar cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/178216 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/1868 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/02168 (20130101) H01L 31/022433 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 09960719 | Ghule et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aditya N. Ghule (Madison, Wisconsin); Baoyun Ge (Madison, Wisconsin); Daniel Colin Ludois (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable speed drive for an electrostatic motor provides feedback control by conversion of measured current phases provided to the motor into a vector in a rotating rotor framework. This vector is used for evaluating corrective voltages and then reconverted to a non-rotating framework for application to the motor electrodes. Current-source drive circuits provide current stabilized outputs making such sophisticated control tractable. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/453347 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 1/004 (20130101) Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 6/085 (20130101) H02P 21/50 (20160201) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09961495 | Katabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dina Katabi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Deepak Vasisht (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Swarun Suresh Kumar (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system enables a single WiFi access point to localize clients to within tens of centimeters. Such a system can bring indoor positioning to homes and small businesses which typically have a single access point. A key enabler underlying the system is a novel algorithm that can compute sub-nanosecond time of flight using commodity WiFi cards. By multiplying the time of flight with the speed of light, a Wifi access point computes the distance between each of its antennas and the client, hence localizing it. An implementation on commodity WiFi cards demonstrates that the system's accuracy is comparable to state-of-the-art localization systems, which use four or five access points. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/072592 |
| ART UNIT | 2641 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 11/02 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/0852 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09961547 | Molina-Markham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andres D. Molina-Markham (Woburn, Massachusetts); Shrirang Mare (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Ronald Peterson, Jr. (Brattleboro, Vermont); David Kotz (Lyme, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique performs a security operation. The technique includes receiving first activity data from a mobile device, the first activity data identifying activity by a user that is currently using the mobile device. The technique further includes receiving second activity data from an electronic wearable apparatus, the second activity data identifying physical activity by a wearer that is currently wearing the electronic wearable apparatus. The technique further includes, based on the first activity data received from the mobile device and the second activity data received from the electronic wearable apparatus, performing an assessment operation that provides an assessment result indicating whether the user that is currently using the mobile device and the wearer that is currently wearing the electronic wearable apparatus are the same person. With such a technique, authentication may be continuous but without burdening the user to repeatedly re-enter a password. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/281694 |
| ART UNIT | 2645 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3053 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/22 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/008 (20130101) H04W 12/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US RE46817 | Bazan 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) | Guillermo C. Bazan (Santa Barbara, California); Brent S. Gaylord (San Diego, California); Shu Wang (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and articles of manufacture for assaying a sample for a target polynucleotide are provided. A sample suspected of containing the target polynucleotide is contacted with a polycationic multichromophore and a sensor polynucleotide complementary to the target polynucleotide. The sensor polynucleotide comprises a signaling chromophore to receive energy from the excited multichromophore and increase emission in the presence of the target polynucleotide. The methods can be used in multiplex form. Kits comprising reagents for performing such methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/473316 |
| ART UNIT | 3991 — Central Reexamination Unit (Chemical) |
| 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 1/6813 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6825 (20130101) C12Q 1/6834 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2523/313 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) C12Q 2565/107 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America 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 NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Wohl, Jr. (Portsmouth, Virginia); Pacita I. Tiemsin (Newport News, Virginia); Paul M. Danehy (Newport News, Virginia); Jason E. Danley (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments provide dye-doped polystyrene microspheres generated using dispersion polymerization. Polystyrene microspheres may be doped with fluorescent dyes, such as xanthene derivatives including kiton red 620 (KR620), using dispersion polymerization. Certain functionalities, such as sodium styrene sulfonate, may be used to shift the equilibrium distribution of dye molecules to favor incorporation of the dye into the particles. Polyelectrolyte materials, such as poly(diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride), PolyDADMAC, may be used to electrostatically trap and bind dye molecules within the particles. A buffer may be used to stabilize the pH change of the solution during dye-doped polystyrene microsphere generation and the buffer may be selected depending on the pKa of the dye being incorporated. The various embodiments may provide dye-doped polystyrene microspheres, such as KR620-doped polystyrene microspheres that are non-toxic and non-carcinogenic. These non-toxic and non-carcinogenic dye-doped polystyrene microspheres may be suitable for use in wind tunnel testing. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/706585 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 12/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 212/08 (20130101) C08F 212/14 (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 11/50 (20130101) C09D 11/328 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 11/025 (20130101) C09K 2211/1007 (20130101) C09K 2211/1096 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 9/04 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Quest Thermal Group LLC (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quest Thermal Group LLC (Arvada, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Anthony Dye (Morrison, Colorado); Phillip Nolan Tyler (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer insulation is provided that includes radiant barrier layers separated by one or more spacers. The spacers are configured to maintain separation and provide a low conductivity thermal path between adjacent radiant barrier layers of the multilayer insulation. In certain implementations, the spacers have a shape defined by the intersection of three orthogonally oriented discs and are disposed between two radiant barrier layers of the multilayer insulation. In other implementations, the spacers are mechanically coupled to and extend from a radiant barrier layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/743278 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 81/3823 (20130101) Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 59/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09958162 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongtao Dai (Manchester, Connecticut); Jeffrey M. Cohen (Hebron, Connecticut); Kristin Kopp-Vaughan (East Hartford, Connecticut); James B. Hoke (Tolland, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor assembly includes a first wall, a second wall, a bulkhead and a plurality of fuel injectors. The bulkhead forms a combustion chamber with the first and the second walls. The fuel injectors are configured with the first wall in a unique and/or a fluctuating pattern. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/335334 |
| 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 7/22 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/06 (20130101) F23R 3/34 (20130101) F23R 3/50 (20130101) F23R 3/346 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 2900/00013 (20130101) F23R 2900/00014 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Christopher Daniels (Akron, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Akron (Akron, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Daniels (Akron, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, the present invention provides an improved apparatus and method for quantification of fluid loss from a nominally closed system using a pressure decay with mass point leak rate analysis methodology, which avoids the need for repetitive testing due to test configuration incompatibilities and allows for real time analysis and test control based upon desired results. The novel apparatus and methods of the present invention utilize a control system to maintain a desired pressure differential across the test article throughout the test by automatically raising or lowering the downstream pressure as the fluid leaks through the test article. In various embodiments, the apparatus and method of the present invention improves the efficiency of existing test methods by shortening otherwise long test durations, right-sizing the amount of data collected, providing quantifiable and controllable measurement uncertainty, reducing statistical variance, and eliminating post-process data analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/013212 |
| ART UNIT | 2854 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 3/2853 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09958549 | Psiaki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York); Mark L. Psiaki (Ithaca, New York); Steven P. Powell (Ithaca, New York); Brady W. O'Hanlon (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark L. Psiaki (Brooktondale, New York); Steven P. Powell (Ithaca, New York); Brady W. O'Hanlon (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems that can detect GNSS spoofing attacks and that do not require explicit or implicit knowledge of exact position or attitude and that provide hypothesis test statistics, threshold values, and probabilities of false alarm and missed detection. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/429197 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 19/13 (20130101) G01S 19/21 (20130101) G01S 19/43 (20130101) G01S 19/215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 3/22 (20130101) H04K 3/65 (20130101) H04K 3/90 (20130101) |
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| US 09958891 | Furth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arrowhead Center, Inc. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Furth (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Anurag Veerabathini (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-voltage micro-ampere current regulator which can provide stable current regulation to a corona discharge without requiring a portion of that corona discharge to be sampled. The current regulator can optionally include a first feed-back circuit which provides rapidly-adapting current regulation, and an optional second feedback circuit which provides slowly-adapting current regulation to avoid changes in corona discharge due to oxidation of the corona emitter. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/166070 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables G05F 1/575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/155 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09960288 | Kang et al. |
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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 State of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin Ho Kang (Newport News, Virginia); Chase Taylor (Lincoln, Nebraska); Cheol Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Godfrey Sauti (Hampton, Virginia); Luke Gibbons (Williamsburg, Virginia); Iseley Marshall (Papillion, Nebraska); Sharon E. Lowther (Hampton, Virginia); Peter T. Lillehei (Yorktown, Virginia); Joycelyn S. Harrison (Hampton, Virginia); Robert G. Bryant (Poquoson, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Some implementations provide a device (e.g., solar panel) that includes an active layer and a solar absorbance layer. The active layer includes a first N-type layer and a first P-type layer. The solar absorbance layer is coupled to a first surface of the active layer. The solar absorbance layer includes a polymer composite. In some implementations, the polymer composite includes one of at least metal salts and/or carbon nanotubes. In some implementations, the active layer is configured to provide the photovoltaic effect. In some implementations, the active layer further includes a second N-type layer and a second P-type layer. In some implementations, the active layer is configured to provide the thermoelectric effect. In some implementations, the device further includes a cooling layer coupled to a second surface of the active layer. In some implementations, the cooling layer includes one of at least zinc oxides, indium oxides, and/or carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/962784 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided For F24J 2/485 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/052 (20130101) H01L 31/02168 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/28 (20130101) H01L 35/30 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09955673 | Wattiaux |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michel Andre Wattiaux (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods and systems for optimizing a cost efficiency or a nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) for a feeding regimen of a herd of interest of milk-producing animals, for monitoring a urinary urea-N excretion (UUNE) for a herd of interest of milk-producing animals, and for monitoring a NUE for a herd of interest of milk-producing animals. The methods include use of a milk urea-N yield (MUNY) value or a ratio of MUNY to a protein yield (PY) in milk produced by the herd of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/794187 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| 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) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/483 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09957443 | Youngblood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Paul Youngblood (Crawfordsville, Indiana); John Alan Howarter (West Lafayette, Indiana); Gamini Patrick Mendis (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are flame retardant materials, and in particular materials and processes for phosphorylating materials for flame retardant applications. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/016313 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds of Unknown Constitution C07G 1/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 21/12 (20130101) C09K 21/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09957518 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Luo (Clemson, South Carolina); Ning Yuan (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for regulation of gene expression in plants. In particular, the invention provides nucleic acids that can confer tissue specific and constitutive expression to operably linked polynucleotides of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/002819 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8216 (20130101) C12N 15/8222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8225 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09957520 | Pereira et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andy Pereira (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Ramegowda Venkategowda (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of increasing the resistance of a crop plant to heat stress and in particular methods of improving the grain yield and quality of crop plants grown under heat stress in the form of increased minimal temperatures are provided. The methods include selecting plants with increased expression of HYR and growing these plants in regions expected to experience minimal temperatures above 25° C. during the growing season. Methods of screening plants for increased resistance to heat stress and methods of producing grain in regions having minimal temperatures of 25° C. or more are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/776329 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8261 (20130101) C12N 15/8271 (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 1/6895 (20130101) C12Q 2600/13 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP29267 | Deng |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. (Marianna, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhanao Deng (Riverview, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana camara plant named ‘UF-1011-2’, characterized by its moderate vigor, mounding growth habit, dense branching, round plant form and canopy, free flowering, bright yellow and magenta flowers, little fruiting, few seeds, high level of female infertility, low level of pollen stainability, high level of male infertility, and lack of hybridization with Lantana depressa. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/530166 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/227 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09957267 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunfei Zhu (San Diego, California); Jian Zhao (San Diego, California); Zhiyong Chen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/186086 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09957557 | Sinha |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Life Genetics Lab, LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LIFE GENETICS LAB, LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudhir Sinha (Metairie, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of quantifying the extent of degradation present in a human DNA sample is described. The process makes use of a real time PCR system to separately quantitate within a sample a first retrotransposon interspersed element and a relatively longer second retrotransposon interspersed element, where the longer element is expected to be disrupted at a faster pace than is the shorter element as the sample degrades. In one embodiment, the process makes use of the appearance of the relatively young (on an evolutionary scale) Alu Yb-lineage subfamily sequences appearing in every human genome and their virtual absence in non-human samples. In a preferred embodiment, the process quantifies longer 290 bp sequences of “SVA” elements and shorter 80 bp sequences of Alu Yb8-lineage. Newly designed primers and TaqMan probes that are useful in the process are presented. A related process additionally quantifies male specific human DNA. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/964970 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — 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 1/6851 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/166 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09960287 | Shumate et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PICASOLAR, INC. (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PICASOLAR, INC. (Fayettevile, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth Daniel Shumate (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Douglas Arthur Hutchings (Elkins, Arkansas); Hafeezuddin Mohammed (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Matthew Young (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Scott Little (Fayetteville, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A passivation layer is deposited on a first portion of a region of the solar cell. A grid line is deposited on a second portion of the region. The passivation layer is annealed to drive chemical species from the passivation layer to deactivate an electrical activity of a dopant in the first portion of the region of the solar cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/178216 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/1868 (20130101) H01L 31/02167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/02168 (20130101) H01L 31/022433 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/547 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09955879 | Narayan 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); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Wouter-Jan Rappel (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to generate a representation of a rhythm disorder includes a plurality of sensors disposed at multiple locations spatially in relation to the heart, wherein cardiac information signals are sensed. A processor receives and analyzes the activation onsets of the cardiac information signals to determine an arrangement of activation onsets. A representation that indicates the clinical source of the rhythm disorder is generated based on the arrangement of the activation onsets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/177317 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02 (20130101) A61B 5/04 (20130101) A61B 5/042 (20130101) A61B 5/044 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0245 (20130101) A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/02416 (20130101) A61B 5/04007 (20130101) A61B 5/04011 (20130101) A61B 5/04012 (20130101) A61B 5/04525 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6857 (20130101) A61B 5/6858 (20130101) A61B 5/6859 (20130101) A61B 5/7203 (20130101) A61B 5/7405 (20130101) A61B 7/04 (20130101) A61B 8/0883 (20130101) A61B 18/1206 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 2018/00214 (20130101) A61B 2018/00351 (20130101) A61B 2018/00357 (20130101) A61B 2018/00375 (20130101) A61B 2018/00839 (20130101) A61B 2018/1435 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Lynn Vesely (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida); United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Lynn Vesely (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | C-natriuretic peptide (CNP) has been shown to regulate proliferation of mouse and rat osteoblasts. Genetic deletion of CNP results in dwarfism. CNP effects on bone growth involve inhibition of MEK 1 and ERK 1/2 kinases mediated via the intracellular messenger cyclic GMP. Vessel dilator is another natriuretic peptide synthesized by the atrial natriuretic peptide gene whose biologic half-life is 12 times longer than CNP. Vessel dilator's biologic effects on proliferating cells are mediated via inhibiting MEK 1/2 and ERK 1/2 kinases via cyclic GMP. Vessel dilator was not studied previously on osteoblasts. CNP and vessel dilator were tested in dose-response studies enhanced human osteoblasts' proliferation, showing that vessel dilator has identical mechanisms of action to CNP but much longer biologic half-life and effects at lower concentrations. Vessel dilator exhibited therapeutic effect for use in human achondroplasia, short stature and osteoporosis by stimulating osteoblast proliferation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/757770 |
| 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 38/22 (20130101) A61K 38/2242 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/58 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 09958317 | Zong |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yuqin Zong (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A differential goniophotometer includes: an integrating sphere including an interior bounded by an interior wall and that receives, in the interior, a primary light source that provides primary light; and a fisheye lens disposed in the interior of the integrating sphere in optical communication with the primary light source such that the fisheye lens: receives the primary light from the primary light source, and provides a curvilinear image of the interior of the integrating sphere and the primary light. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/423216 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — 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 1/42 (20130101) G01J 1/0266 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 1/0295 (20130101) G01J 1/0411 (20130101) G01J 2001/4247 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09957383 | MacFarlane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. MacFarlane (Pasadena, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to brush block copolymer compositions comprising first and second homopolymers or random copolymers whose presence provides access to photonic bandgaps in the infrared frequency range, their use in this capacity, and methods of making the same. The specific parameters associated with these compositions are described within the specification. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/850178 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/00 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 81/024 (20130101) C08G 2261/35 (20130101) C08G 2261/90 (20130101) C08G 2261/136 (20130101) C08G 2261/418 (20130101) C08G 2261/3324 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 25/04 (20130101) C08L 25/04 (20130101) C08L 25/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08L 25/06 (20130101) C08L 25/06 (20130101) C08L 53/00 (20130101) C08L 65/00 (20130101) C08L 65/00 (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 5/004 (20130101) C09D 125/06 (20130101) C09D 153/00 (20130101) C09D 165/00 (20130101) C09D 165/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09958877 | Irwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Irwin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Nan K. McKenzie (Garrett Park, Maryland); William A. Tartal (Baltimore, Maryland); Victoria K. Stephen (Burke, Virginia); Michael J. Amato (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, apparatus, and method for use in delivery of items to a storage unit. The storage unit can include one or several storage receptacles and a control unit that controls and monitors the status of the one or several storage receptacles. The storage unit may be included in a storage unit system that can include one or several storage units and a central control unit. The central control unit can communicate with the one or several storage units, and can receive status and availability updates from the one or several storage units. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/638198 |
| ART UNIT | 2682 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Transport or Storage Devices, e.g Conveyors for Loading or Tipping, shop Conveyor Systems Or pneumatic Tube Conveyors B65G 1/0485 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/00 (20130101) 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 10/0836 (20130101) Coin-freed or Like Apparatus G07F 7/08 (20130101) G07F 17/10 (20130101) G07F 17/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09957624 | Masel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dioxide Materials, Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dioxide Materials, Inc. (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard I. Masel (Boca Raton, Florida); Zengcai Liu (Boca Raton, Florida); Brian Rosen (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrochemical devices comprising electrocatalyst mixtures include at least one Catalytically Active Element and, as a separate constituent, one Helper Catalyst. The electrocatalysts can be used to increase the rate, modify the selectivity or lower the overpotential of chemical reactions. These electrocatalysts are useful for a variety of chemical reactions including, in particular, the electrochemical conversion of CO2. Chemical processes employing these catalysts produce CO, HCO−, H2CO, (HCOO)−, HCOOH, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO−, CH3COOH, C2H6, (COOH)2, or (COO−)2. Devices using the electrocatalysts include, for example, a CO2 sensor and a CO2 electrolyzer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/226894 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/02 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/40 (20170801) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 45/00 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/00 (20130101) C25B 3/00 (20130101) C25B 3/04 (20130101) C25B 9/08 (20130101) C25B 11/04 (20130101) C25B 11/0405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/0415 (20130101) C25B 11/0447 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/48 (20130101) G01N 27/416 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/90 (20130101) H01M 8/00 (20130101) H01M 8/0612 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/135 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 09958434 | Ahn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | POSTECH ACADEMY FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyo Han Ahn (Pohang-si, South Korea); Dokyoung Kim (Geoje-si, South Korea); Sungjee Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea); Ki Hean Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluorescent probe for detecting a tyrosine kinase using a compound having an ortho-hydroxy-benzaldehyde structure, and use thereof are provided. The fluorescent probe can show a change in fluorescence when the compound binds with a tyrosine kinase. The compound can be readily synthesized and has high stability and low cytotoxicity in vivo. The fluorescent probe can be used to image cells or tissues overexpressing the tyrosine kinase, the fluorescent probe can be effectively used in a composition for imaging the tissues and a method of imaging the tissues. Also, the fluorescent probe can be used to image cancer cells or tissues since the fluorescent probe can exhibit fluorescence when the fluorescent probe binds to the cancer cells or tissues overexpressing the tyrosine kinase. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/888883 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 223/06 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (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 1/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/9121 (20130101) G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2018/fedinvent-patents-20180501.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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