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| US 09993149 | Chung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaebum Chung (Pasadena, California); Roarke W. Horstmeyer (Palo Alto, California); Changhuei Yang (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments pertain to Fourier ptychographic retinal imaging methods and systems that focus on a retina of an eye to acquire a sequence of raw retinal images, construct a full-resolution, complex retinal image from the sequence of raw retinal image and correct the aberration in the full-resolution, complex retinal image to generate a substantially aberration-free retinal image. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/081659 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/12 (20130101) A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/02 (20130101) G02B 26/0833 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 11/003 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/30041 (20130101) |
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| US 09993206 | Alexander et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Lafayette Alexander (Madison, Wisconsin); Douglas Carl Dean, III (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Gregory Russel Kirk (Madison, Wisconsin); Brittany Gail Travers (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensitive measure of brain condition simultaneously evaluates multiple measurements of water diffusion in brain tissue combined so as to correct for covariance between the different data types of the multipoint measurements and compares the multipoint measurements to a corresponding multipoint measure representing normal brain tissue to provide a distance indicating a likelihood of atypical brain conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/342391 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0042 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4828 (20130101) G01R 33/5602 (20130101) G01R 33/56341 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/11 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/6202 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/0081 (20130101) G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) G06T 2207/30016 (20130101) |
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| US 09993211 | Tokuda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junichi Tokuda (Newton, Massachusetts); Sang-Eun Song (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Nobuhiko Hata (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junichi Tokuda (Newton, Massachusetts); Sang-Eun Song (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Nobuhiko Hata (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for automatic registration of medical images includes accessing image data of a subject and plurality of elongated fiducial markers arranged in an asymmetrical orientation and analyzing the image data to detect the elongated fiducial markers by applying a line filter to treat the elongated fiducial markers as lines within the image data. The system and method also includes matching the elongated fiducial markers within the image data to a model of the elongated fiducial markers, registering the image data with a coordinate system based on the matching, and generating a report indicating at least the registered image data. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/491872 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 6/5211 (20130101) A61B 34/10 (20160201) A61B 90/37 (20160201) A61B 2090/3983 (20160201) A61B 2576/00 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/0068 (20130101) G06T 7/344 (20170101) G06T 2207/10072 (20130101) G06T 2207/30081 (20130101) |
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| US 09993219 | Hsieh |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Hsieh (Anaheim, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Hsieh (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for estimating scatter in X-ray imaging is described. An anti-scatter grid with varying grid ratio is used in conjunction with an X-ray detector. The anti-scatter grid comprises attenuating lamellae that block scattered radiation. The anti-scatter grid contains regions of lesser or greater scatter rejection efficiency, which can be achieved by variations in the grid ratio. Contrast between these regions can be used to estimate residual scatter content. A method for estimating scatter from this device is further described. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/073909 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/4291 (20130101) A61B 6/5282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/008 (20130101) G06T 2207/10081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30168 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09993367 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayan (La Canada, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayan (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a retinal implant device to stimulate a retina of an eye thereby producing a specific effect in the eye, such as a vision or drug treatment of a chronic condition. The retinal device is made of a retinal implant that is positioned subretinally and that contains a multitude of stimulation sites that are in contact with the retina. A connection carries a stimulating electrical signal or a drug. The connection passes transretinally through the retina and into a vitreous cavity of the eye, thereby minimizing damage to a nutrient-rich choroid. A lead is attached to a source of drugs or electrical energy, which is located outside the eye. The lead passes through a sclera at a point near a front of the eye to avoid damage to the retina. |
| FILED | Monday, July 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/496919 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| 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 9/0008 (20130101) A61F 9/08 (20130101) A61F 9/0017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 9/0026 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 31/00 (20130101) A61M 31/002 (20130101) A61M 37/00 (20130101) A61M 2210/0612 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/30 (20130101) A61N 1/303 (20130101) A61N 1/306 (20130101) A61N 1/0543 (20130101) |
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| US 09993429 | Elfar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Elfar (Rochester, New York); Kuang-Ching Tseng (Rochester, New York); Mark Noble (Brighton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods of treating a peripheral nerve injury in a subject. The methods include administering to the subject at or near the site of the peripheral nerve injury an effective amount of a composition comprising an agent that promotes remyelination of the peripheral nerve. Also provided are methods of determining whether a peripheral nerve injury has a capacity for recovery. The methods include selecting a subject with a peripheral nerve injury, administering to the subject a first dose of a composition comprising and agent that promote remyelination and detecting after the first dose one or more characteristics of peripheral nerve recovery, the presence of one or more characteristics of peripheral nerve recovery indicating a peripheral nerve injury has a capacity for recovery and the absence of characteristics of peripheral nerve recovery indicating a peripheral nerve injury without a capacity for recovery. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777080 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 9/1647 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/7007 (20130101) A61K 31/4409 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09993437 | Liong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Monty Liong (Los Angeles, California); Jie Lu (Los Angeles, California); Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Los Angeles, California); Jeffrey I. Zink (Sherman Oaks, California); Andre Nel (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monty Liong (Los Angeles, California); Jie Lu (Los Angeles, California); Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Los Angeles, California); Jeffrey I. Zink (Sherman Oaks, California); Andre Nel (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A submicron structure includes a silica body defining a plurality of pores that are suitable to receive molecules therein, the silica body further defining an outer surface between pore openings of the plurality of pores; and a plurality of anionic molecules attached to the outer surface of the silica body. The anionic molecules provide hydrophilicity to the submicron structure and are suitable to provide repulsion between other similar submicron structures, and the submicron structure has a maximum dimension less than one micron. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/746375 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5094 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) A61K 49/0093 (20130101) A61K 49/183 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09993440 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yunfeng Lu (Culver City, California); Tatiana Segura (Los Angeles, California); Suwei Zhu (Los Angeles, California); Jing Wen (Culver City, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunfeng Lu (Culver City, California); Tatiana Segura (Los Angeles, California); Suwei Zhu (Los Angeles, California); Jing Wen (Culver City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of making and using compositions comprising a polymer shell designed to deliver polypeptides to selected environments. In embodiments of the invention, different environmental conditions are harnessed to allow the selective degradation of the polymer shell and the consequential release of one or polypeptides encapsulated therein. In illustrative embodiments, polymer components of the shell are interconnected by peptide-containing crosslinker moieties, linkages which maintain the integrity of the polymer shell under certain environmental conditions, but can also be cleaved when combined with a selected protease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/342524 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/19 (20130101) A61K 9/5138 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 38/1866 (20130101) A61K 47/65 (20170801) |
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| US 09993449 | Silverman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Silverman (Winnetka, Illinois); Kenji Takaya (Osaka, Japan); Hoang V. Le (Evanston, Illinois); Jose I. Juncosa (Salisbury, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Cyclopentene carboxylic acid-related compounds as GABA-AT inhibitors for treatment of various addictions, disorders and disease states. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/586730 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/196 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09993450 | Snodgrass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC. (South San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. Ralph Snodgrass (San Jose, California); Allen E. Cato (Durham, North Carolina); Jack S. Hicklin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenine are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurological dysfunction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/762015 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09993453 | Snodgrass et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC. (South San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. Ralph Snodgrass (San Jose, California); Allen E. Cato (Durham, North Carolina); Jack S. Hicklin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of L-4-chlorokynurenine are provided, as are methods for the treatment of neurological dysfunction. |
| FILED | Monday, February 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/018219 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09993456 | Compadre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BioVentures, LLC (Little Rock, Arkansas); Universidad Tecnica Particular De Loja (Loja, Ecuador); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); Universidad Tecnica Particular De Loja (Loja, Ecuador); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cesar M. Compadre (Little Rock, Arkansas); Philip Breen (Little Rock, Arkansas); Nukhet Aykin-Burns (Little Rock, Arkansas); Martin Hauer-Jensen (Little Rock, Arkansas); Raul G. Enriquez (Coyoacan, Mexico); Sujay Kharade (Little Rock, Arkansas); Omar Malagon (Loja, Ecuador); Yadira Ordonez (Loja, Ecuador); Edgar Ojeda (Loja, Ecuador); Shraddha Thakkar (Little Rock, Arkansas); E. Nathalie Pineda (Little Rock, Arkansas); Darin Jones (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Plant extracts, compositions, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided herein. The compositions comprise γ-tocotrienol (GT3) and δ-tocotrienol (DT3) in ratios wherein the DT3 is predominate. The compositions are useful for radioprotection and radiomitigation in subjects in need thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/021376 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/355 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 36/185 (20130101) A61K 2236/00 (20130101) A61K 2236/35 (20130101) A61K 2236/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09993465 | Xiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yingxian Xiao (Potomac, Maryland); Kenneth J. Kellar (Bethesda, Maryland); Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Mikell A. Paige (Fairfax, Virginia); Yong Liu (Rockville, Maryland); Edward D. Levin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Amir H. Rezvani (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The compounds are useful for treating a mammal suffering from any one of a range of therapeutic indications, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dyskinesias, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, pain, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, obesity, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, disorders of sleep, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, and hypothermia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/091128 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/006 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0043 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 31/4427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4439 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09993472 | Laberge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Buck Institute for Research on Aging (Novato, California); Unity Biotechnology, Inc. (Brisbane, California); Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. (Brisbane, California); BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING (Novato, California); THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland); MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Remi-Martin Laberge (Novato, California); Judith Campisi (Berkeley, California); Albert Davalos (San Rafael, California); Marco Demaria (Groningen, Netherlands); Nathaniel David (San Francisco, California); Alain Philippe Vasserot (Carlsbad, California); James L. Kirkland (Rochester, Minnesota); Tamar Tchkonia (Rochester, Minnesota); Jan M. A. van Deursen (Rochester, Minnesota); Jennifer Elisseeff (Baltimore, Maryland); Chaekyu Kim (Pikesville, Maryland); Okhee Jeon (Baltimore, Maryland); Yi Zhu (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided herein for selectively killing senescent cells and for treating senescence-associated diseases and disorders by administering a senolytic agent. Senescence-associated diseases and disorders treatable by the methods using the senolytic agents described herein include cardiovascular diseases and disorders associated with or caused by arteriosclerosis, such as atherosclerosis; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; osteoarthritis; senescence-associated ophthalmic diseases and disorders; and senescence-associated dermatological diseases and disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/114762 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 09993490 | Metcalf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Metcalf (Savoy, Illinois); Kou-San Ju (Champaign, Illinois); Jiangtao Gao (Fuzhou, China PRC); James R. Doroghazi (Urbana, Illinois); Wilfred A. van der Donk (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a phosphonic acid compound, such as a natural product. Such compounds can include, such as an antibiotic or compound with other activity, derived from an Actinobacteria strain having a gene encoding pepM (phosphoenolpyruvate phosphomutase) or a pepM-dependent biosynthetic pathway. The present invention also relates to methods for treating or preventing or reducing the risk of a bacterial infection by administering a therapeutically effective or prophylactically effective amount of a phosphonic acid antibiotic, or a pharmaceutical composition containing such an antibiotic, to a patient or subject in need thereof. The present invention further relates to methods for isolating, purfying, and identifying such phosphonic acid compounds from Actinobacteria strains. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/326529 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/66 (20130101) A61K 31/662 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/1651 (20130101) C07F 9/2483 (20130101) C07F 9/3808 (20130101) |
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| US 09993505 | Bitar |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalil Bitar (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of generating an innervated muscle structures are disclosed as well as bioengineered structures for tissue repair or regeneration. The methods can include the steps of obtaining populations of smooth muscle cells and neuronal progenitor cells and then seeding the cells together onto a matrix material, followed by culturing the seeded cells to form an innervated smooth muscle cell construct of directionally oriented smooth muscle cells. In one embodiment, the neuronal progenitor cells can be seeded first as neurospheres in a biocompatible solution, e.g., a collagen/laminin solution, and allowed to gel. Next, a second suspension of smooth muscle cells can be deposited as separate layer. Multiple layer structures of alternating muscle or neuron composition can also be formed in this manner. Differentiation of the neuronal progenitor cells can be induced by exposure to a differentiation medium, such as Neurobasal A medium and/or exposure to a differentiating agent, such as B-27 supplement. The innervated muscle structures can be disposed around a tubular scaffold, e.g., a chitosan-containing tube and further cultured to form tubular, bioengineered structures and two or more innervated muscle structures can be joined together to form an elongate composite structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/375812 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 2/04 (20130101) A61F 2/08 (20130101) A61F 2002/045 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/3826 (20130101) A61L 27/3873 (20130101) A61L 2430/30 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 5/08 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0623 (20130101) C12N 5/0661 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) C12N 2533/72 (20130101) |
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| US 09993517 | Vavvas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Demetrios G. Vavvas (Boston, Massachusetts); Joan W. Miller (Winchester, Massachusetts); Maki Kayama (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for maintaining the viability of retinal ganglion cells in a subject with an ocular disorder including, for example, glaucoma and optic nerve injury. The viability of the retinal ganglion cells can be preserved by administering a necrosis inhibitor either alone or in combination with an apoptosis inhibitor to a subject having an eye with the ocular condition. The compositions, when administered, maintain the viability of the cells and/or promote axon regeneration, thereby minimizing the loss of vision or visual function associated with the ocular disorder. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/093480 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 31/40 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/401 (20130101) A61K 31/403 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 38/005 (20130101) A61K 38/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09993527 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE (Medford, Massachusetts); MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Rina Sears (Pine Meadow, Connecticut); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Lorenz Meinel (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides processes for producing porous silk fibroin scaffold material. The porous silk fibroin scaffold can be used for tissue engineering. The porosity of the silk fibroin scaffolds described herein can be adjusted as to mimic the gradient of densities found in natural tissue. Accordingly, methods for engineering of 3-dimensional tissue, e.g. bone and cartilage, using the silk fibroin scaffold material are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680570 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (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 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) A61L 27/3604 (20130101) A61L 27/3847 (20130101) A61L 27/3852 (20130101) A61L 27/3895 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/00 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 4/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/29 (20150115) |
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| US 09993534 | Klein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Steven Klein (Madison, Wisconsin); Theodore Tristan Brandhorst (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas Sullivan (Madison, Wisconsin); Marcel Wuethrich (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A vaccine comprising Calnexin fragment and a method of using the vaccine to immunize a patient against fungi are disclosed. The Calnexin fragment may be either a full-length native version or a functionally equivalent version of full-length Calnexin. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/203898 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/37 (20130101) C07K 16/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09993537 | Decker 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) | William K. Decker (Houston, Texas); Elizabeth J. Shpall (Houston, Texas); Krishna V. Komanduri (Village of Palmetto Bay, Florida); Dongxia Xing (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the invention are directed to methods for inducing an immunologic response to a tumor in a patient using mature dendritic cells transfected with a nucleic acid composition encoding one or more tumor antigens and loaded with a corresponding tumor antigen composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/133204 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/5154 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 5/0639 (20130101) C12N 2500/46 (20130101) C12N 2501/02 (20130101) C12N 2501/22 (20130101) C12N 2501/23 (20130101) C12N 2501/25 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2502/1114 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09993546 | August et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas August (Baltimore, Maryland); Ernesto Marques, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides chimeric proteins and nucleic acids encoding these which can be used to generate vaccines against selected antigens. In one aspect, a chimeric protein comprises an antigen sequence and a domain for trafficking the protein to an endosomal compartment, irrespective of whether the antigen is derived from a membrane or non-membrane protein. In one preferred aspect, the trafficking domain comprises a lumenal domain of a LAMP polypeptide. Alternatively, or additionally, the chimeric protein comprises a trafficking domain of an endocytic receptor (e.g., such as DEC-205 or gp200-MR6). The vaccines (DNA, RNA or protein) can be used to modulate or enhance an immune response against any kind of antigen. In one preferred aspect, the invention provides a method for treating a patient with cancer by providing a chimeric protein comprising a cancer-specific antigen or a nucleic acid encoding the protein to the patient. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/353847 |
| 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) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/70596 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) C07K 2319/06 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 09993570 | Mach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Mach (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Wenhua Chu (Saint Louis, Missouri); Dong Zhou (Ballwin, Missouri); Loren Michel (Clayton, Missouri); Delphine Chen (Brentwood, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are PARP-1 inhibitors, which can be 18F-labeled for use as tracers in positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging. Further disclosed are methods of synthesis. Of the compounds synthesized, 2-[p-(2-Fluoroethoxy)phenyl]-1.3.10-triazatricyclo[6.4.1.04,13]trideca-2,4(13),5,7-tetraen-9-one (12) had the highest inhibition potency for PARP-1 (IC50=6.3 nM). Synthesis of [18F]-12 is disclosed under conventional conditions in high specific activity with 40-50% decay-corrected yield. MicroPET imaging using [18F]-12 in MDA-MB-436 tumor-bearing mice demonstrated accumulation of [18F]-12 in a tumor. Binding, can be blocked by olaparib. The compounds have utility for tumor imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/201765 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/037 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/0468 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 235/18 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 09993577 | Grinstaff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Grinstaff (Brookline, Massachusetts); Cynthia Ghobril (Reyersviller, France); Michel Christophe Wathier (Allston, Massachusetts); Marlena Dagmara Konieczynska (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The inventions provided herein relate to dissolvable hydrogel compositions and methods of uses, e.g., but not limited to, in wound management. Accordingly, methods for wound management involving the dissolvable hydrogel compositions are also provided herein. In some embodiments, the dissolvable hydrogel composition comprises an adhesive thioester hydrogel, which can facilitate adherence of the dissolvable hydrogen composition to a surface (e.g., a wound) and can be controllably dissolved later upon addition of a thiolate compound to release the dissolvable hydrogel composition from the surface (e.g., the wound). |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/901858 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 15/60 (20130101) A61L 15/64 (20130101) A61L 24/0015 (20130101) A61L 24/0031 (20130101) A61L 24/0042 (20130101) A61L 26/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 26/009 (20130101) A61L 26/0028 (20130101) A61L 26/0066 (20130101) A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) |
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| US 09993642 | Gerasimenko 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) | Yury Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California); Victor Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Daniel C. Lu (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, non-invasive methods to induce motor control in a mammal subject to spinal cord or other neurological injuries are provided. In some embodiments the methods involve administering transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) to the mammal at a frequency and intensity that induces locomotor activity. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/775618 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/197 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0456 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36014 (20130101) Apparatus for Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, or Fencing; Ball Games; Training Equipment A63B 2213/004 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/34 (20130101) |
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| US 09993656 | Fried et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shelley Fried (Boston, Massachusetts); Seungwoo Lee (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shelley Fried (Boston, Massachusetts); Seungwoo Lee (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electromagnetic neural stimulation device includes a biocompatible shaft and one or more microcoil systems inside the shaft. A microcoil system includes a microcoil (driven externally) that is complemented with a metallic element juxtaposed against the microcoil as a shield to non-uniformly affect spatial distribution of the strength of the magnetic field generated by the microcoil. The microcoil system is oriented at a position inside the shaft that is predetermined to place the microcoil system in the vicinity of target neurons once the shaft is inserted into the biological tissue. The angular orientation of the microcoil system is optionally varied to selectively stimulate different regions of the neural network. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/895757 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/3787 (20130101) A61N 1/36067 (20130101) A61N 2/02 (20130101) A61N 2/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09993765 | Galbraith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SEPARATION DESIGN GROUP LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SEPARATION DESIGN GROUP LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania); David K. Walker (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Kenneth J. McGowan (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Elise N. DePetris (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Judith C. Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Lightweight, small, portable devices and methods are disclosed that provide oxygen-enriched air using an ultra rapid adsorption cycle based on advanced molecular sieve materials. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/248630 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 2/54 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (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 2/22 (20130101) A61L 2/0094 (20130101) A61L 9/14 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 16/10 (20130101) A61M 16/101 (20140204) A61M 35/00 (20130101) A61M 2205/8206 (20130101) A61M 2205/8237 (20130101) A61M 2205/8262 (20130101) A61M 2205/8293 (20130101) A61M 2209/086 (20130101) Separation B01D 53/047 (20130101) B01D 53/053 (20130101) B01D 53/0446 (20130101) B01D 53/0473 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2253/108 (20130101) B01D 2253/116 (20130101) B01D 2256/12 (20130101) B01D 2257/40 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2259/4533 (20130101) B01D 2259/4541 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/78 (20130101) C02F 2303/04 (20130101) Pipe-line Systems; Pipe-lines F17D 3/01 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) |
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| US 09994514 | Pelletier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aeromics, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AEROMICS, INC. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc F. Pelletier (Shaker Heights, Ohio); George William Farr (Rocky River, Ohio); Paul Robert McGuirk (Spring Hill, Florida); Christopher H. Hall (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Walter F. Boron (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of selective aquaporin inhibitors, e.g., of aquaporin-4 or aquaporin-2, e.g., certain phenylbenzamide compounds, for the prophylaxis, treatment and control of aquaporin-mediated conditions, e.g., diseases of water imbalance, for example edema (particularly edema of the brain and spinal cord, e.g., following trauma or ischemic stroke, as well as the edema associated with glioma, meningitis, acute mountain sickness, epileptic seizures, infections, metabolic disorders, hypoxia, water intoxication, hepatic failure, hepatic encephalopathy, diabetic ketoacidosis, abscess, eclampsia, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and lupus cerebritis, as well as edema consequent to microgravity and/or radiation exposure, as well as edema consequent to invasive central nervous system procedures, e.g., neurosurgery, endovascular clot removal, spinal tap, aneurysm repair, or deep brain stimulation, as well as retinal edema), as well as hyponatremia and excess fluid retention, and diseases such as epilepsy, retinal ischemia and other diseases of the eye associated with abnormalities in intraocular pressure and/or tissue hydration, myocardial ischemia, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, myocardial infarction, myocardial hypoxia, congestive heart failure, sepsis, and neuromyelitis optica, as well as migraines, as well as to novel assays for identifying aquaporin inhibitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398947 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/24 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 31/6615 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 235/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 295/185 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09994535 | Bergeron, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Bergeron, Jr. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds represented by structural formulas described herein, such as Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are useful in treating conditions such as metal overload, oxidative stress, and neoplastic and preneoplastic conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/428232 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/426 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 277/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994548 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia); Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milton L. Brown (Brookeville, Maryland); Mikell A. Paige (Fairfax, Virginia); Yingxian Xiao (Potomac, Maryland); Kenneth J. Kellar (Bethesda, Maryland); Venkata M. Yenugonda (McLean, Virginia); Edward D. Levin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Amir H. Rezvani (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds and methods of using them to treat a disorder selected from the group consisting of addiction, pain, obesity, schizophrenia, epilepsy, mania and manic depression, anxiety, Alzheimer's disease, learning deficit, cognition deficit, attention deficit, memory loss, Lewy Body Dementia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inflammation, stroke, spinal cord injury, dyskinesias, obsessive compulsive disorder, chemical substance abuse, alcoholism, memory deficit, pseudodementia, Ganser's syndrome, migraine pain, bulimia, premenstrual syndrome or late luteal phase syndrome, tobacco abuse, post-traumatic syndrome, social phobia, chronic fatigue syndrome, premature ejaculation, erectile difficulty, anorexia nervosa, autism, mutism, trichotillomania, hypothermia, and disorders of sleep. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/162237 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/65 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994555 | Bannister 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) | Thomas D. Bannister (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Hui Wang (Jupiter, Florida); Chao Wang (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); John L. Cleveland (Land O'Lakes, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compounds effective as inhibitors of monocarboxylate transporters such as MCT1 and MCT4, which can be used for treatment of medical conditions wherein treatment of the condition with a compound having an inhibitor effect on MCT1, MCT4, or both is medically indicated. Compounds of the invention can have antitumor, antidiabetes, anti-inflammatory, or immunosuppressive pharmacological effects, and can be effective for treatment of cancer and of type II diabetes. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/545117 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/453 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4433 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) A61K 31/4725 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/22 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 417/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09994556 | Zhao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinbo Zhao (Lawrence, Kansas); Huiping Zhao (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Brian S. J. Blagg (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds of the formulas: which are 90-kDa heat shock protein inhibitors. Pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds are also provided. In some aspects, these compounds may be used for the treatment of diseases, including cancer, e.g., cancers of the breast, the prostate, and the head & neck. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/318351 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994564 | DiSanto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael E. DiSanto (Burlington, New Jersey); Karl P. Dresdner, Jr. (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. DiSanto (Burlington, New Jersey); Karl P. Dresdner, Jr. (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to Myosin II ATPase inhibitor compounds, including substituted 3a-hydroxy-1,2,3,3a-tetrahydro-4H-pyrrolo [2,3b] quinolin-4-one compounds which are blebbistatin derivatives. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/254517 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994585 | Alexander et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | APHIOS CORPORATION (Woburn, Massachusetts); For the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aphios Corporation (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Steven Alexander (Shreveport, Louisiana); April C. Carpenter (Cincinnati, Ohio); Trevor Percival Castor (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and dosage forms for treating inflammation and rejection in transplantation injuries with Bryostatin-1, Bryostatin-1 analogs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/502311 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/365 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994586 | Gangjee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleem Gangjee (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a compound of Formula XXVIII: werein R1is H or CH3, and optionally including a salt or a hydrate of said compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/239080 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994625 | Shorter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Shorter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Meredith E. Jackrel (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein misfolding underpins several fatal neurodegenerative disorders. The application is directed to recombinant Hsp104 proteins comprising missense mutations aimed at correcting these events, and methods for expressing and delivering same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/630785 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994629 | Weiner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Weiner (Merion, Pennsylvania); Karuppiah Muthumani (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Niranjan Sardesai (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania); Seleeke Flingai (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a composition including a recombinant nucleic acid sequence that encodes an antibody. Also disclosed herein is a method of generating a synthetic antibody in a subject by administering the composition to the subject. The disclosure also provides a method of preventing and/or treating disease in a subject using said composition and method of generation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/651740 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/1063 (20130101) C07K 16/1081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/14 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/36034 (20130101) |
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| US 09994805 | Allbritton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy Allbritton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Yuli Wang (Cary, North Carolina); Christopher Sims (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated device having at least one gas-entrapping feature formed therein in a configuration that entraps air bubbles upon wetting the feature with a solvent or solution is described. The device includes a sacrificial residue in contact with the gas-entrapping feature, the dissolution of which guides the wetting of the gas-entrapping feature. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/404225 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/0684 (20130101) B01L 2300/161 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2201/058 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00206 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/12 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 29/20 (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 1/02 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2035/00158 (20130101) |
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| US 09994813 | Gregory |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard I. Gregory (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The 3′-5′ exonuclease, Dis3l2, is responsible for the decay of uridylated pre-let-7 miRNA. Biochemical reconstitution assays revealed that 3′ oligouridylation stimulates Dis3l2 activity in vitro, and knockdown of Dis3l2 in mouse embryonic stem cells leads to the stabilization of pre-let-7 miRNA. These Dis3l2-depleted stem cells displayed elevated expression of pluripotency genes and delayed differentiation. The present disclosure establishes 3′ oligouridylation as an RNA decay signal for Dis3l2 and identifies the first physiological RNA substrate of this exonuclease. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/776700 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0607 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2501/40 (20130101) |
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| US 09994818 | Riley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Riley (Downingtown, Pennsylvania); Chrystal Paulos (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Carl H. June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Bruce L. Levine (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions and methods for generating and expanding therapeutic Th17 cells. The invention includes contacting T cells with a composition comprising a first agent that is capable of providing a primary activation signal to T cells and a second agent that is capable of activating ICOS on T cells in the presence of Th-17 polarizing agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/823281 |
| 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 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 5/0637 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/51 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2501/599 (20130101) C12N 2501/2301 (20130101) C12N 2501/2302 (20130101) C12N 2501/2306 (20130101) C12N 2501/2321 (20130101) C12N 2501/2323 (20130101) |
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| US 09994819 | Hematti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peiman Hematti (Middleton, Wisconsin); Jaehyup Kim (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to purified, tissue-specific progenitors, methods of making and using such tissue-specific progenitors. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/154653 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0647 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0676 (20130101) C12N 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 5/0694 (20130101) C12N 2502/1157 (20130101) C12N 2502/1358 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/22 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5073 (20130101) |
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| US 09994823 | Yoon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young Sup Yoon (Atlanta, Georgia); Gang Bao (Mableton, Georgia); Kiwon Ban (Dectaur, Georgia); Brian Wile (Grayson, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure is in the area of research and therapeutics. In certain embodiments, it provides methods to assist in the purification of cell mixtures, e.g., cardiomyocytes, using molecular beacons targeting cell-type specific RNA, e.g. mRNA. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/273164 |
| 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 5/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/16 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2501/155 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (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 1/6881 (20130101) C12Q 1/6888 (20130101) |
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| US 09994825 | Gerecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon Gerecht (Baltimore, Maryland); Sravanti Kusuma (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods for differentiating mammalian pluripotent stem cells towards a population of cells that can self-organize into vascular networks in vitro when harvested cells of the present invention are embedded into a hydrophilic matrix such as a hydrogel. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777258 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0691 (20130101) C12N 5/0692 (20130101) C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/17 (20130101) C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2501/165 (20130101) C12N 2501/905 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/03 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) C12N 2533/80 (20130101) |
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| US 09994885 | Sherman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Sherman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Marie Kaufman-Schofield (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sunit Jain (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gregory Dick (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to the biosynthetic pathway for a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) derived drug and analogs thereof. The invention provides polynucleotide sequences useful for heterologous expression in a convenient microbial host for the synthesis of the NRPS-derived drug, the polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides, expression vectors comprising the polynucleotides, host cells comprising the polynucleotides or expression vectors, and kits comprising a host cell. Also provided is a method for the production of ET-743, the NRPS-derived drug. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/603032 |
| 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 9/0051 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/0095 (20130101) C12N 9/1007 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 17/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 108/01004 (20130101) C12Y 118/01002 (20130101) C12Y 402/01001 (20130101) |
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| US 09994886 | Dorsky |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Isaac Dorsky (Avon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified Epstein Barr Virus DNA polymerase for use in nucleic acid amplification, including isothermal nucleic acid amplification, in vitro are provided. Methods using and kits comprising Epstein Barr Virus DNA polymerase and its variants of this invention for nucleic acid amplification in vitro, including isothermal DNA amplification, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/466426 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1252 (20130101) C12N 2710/16222 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994893 | Tischfield et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Tischfield (Martinsville, New Jersey); Andrew Brooks (New York, New York); Stephanie Frahm (Flemington, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for assessing the integrity of an RNA sample from a given tissue or blood type are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/365060 |
| 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 1/6851 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 2600/166 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/20 (20130101) G06F 19/24 (20130101) |
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| US 09994901 | Hartney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado); National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (Denver, Colorado); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Hartney (Arvada, Colorado); Raul M. Torres (Denver, Colorado); Roberta Pelanda (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Treatment and diagnostic methods are provided for pulmonary disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Various pro-inflammatory mediators are elevated in a model of COPD that can be used predict the presence of COPD and/or subtypes of COPD in human patients. Profiles of these mediators can also predict the responsiveness of some patients to certain therapies, including thromboxane receptor antagonist treatment. Methods are provided for diagnosing a subject as a pulmonary disease candidate that include determining leukocyte expression in the subject of at least one pro-inflammatory mediator and identifying the subject as a pulmonary disease candidate when leukocyte expression in the subject of the pro-inflammatory mediator is increased compared to leukocyte expression of the pro-inflammatory mediator in a healthy individual. The pulmonary disease candidate can also be treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a thromboxane receptor antagonist. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/391484 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/5575 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/122 (20130101) |
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| US 09994903 | Chan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deva Chan (Chicago, Illinois); Jun Li (Chicago, Illinois); Anna H. K. Plaas (Chicago, Illinois); John D. Sandy (Chicago, Illinois); Vincent Wang (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the Invention provides methods for classifying the quality of a repair response after injury to a joint of a subject. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a tissue sample from the injured region of the joint and determining expression levels in the sample of a plurality of genes, including at least those genes listed in Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3, Another aspect of the Invention provides methods of treating a human or veterinary subject having an injury to a joint based on the classification of the quality of the repair response. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/916817 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| 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 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09994904 | Philibert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Philibert (Iowa City, Iowa); Anup Madan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Behavioral Diagnostics, LLC (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Philibert (Iowa City, Iowa); Anup Madan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides screening kits, compositions, and diagnostic methods for determining whether a subject has a predisposition to, or likelihood of having, a substance use disorder by determining a nucleic acid methylation profile from a biological sample from the subject, wherein a given profile indicates that the subject has a predisposition to a substance use disorder. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/011830 |
| 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 | 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 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2523/125 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/124 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 09994905 | Elias et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BROWN UNIVERSITY (Providence, Rhode Island); YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack A. Elias (Providence, Rhode Island); Yang Zhou (Providence, Rhode Island); Chun Geun Lee (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods, assays, and systems related to the prognosis, diagnosis, and treatment of Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) and, e.g., pulmonary fibrosis in a subject. As described herein, subjects with HPS who have, will develop, or are most at risk or developing pulmonary fibrosis have elevated levels of CHI3L1. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering an agonist of IL-13Rα2 or an inhibitor of CRTH2 to the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/305393 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01014 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 2333/924 (20130101) G01N 2800/12 (20130101) |
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| US 09994915 | Perera |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranjan Perera (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for the diagnosis of human melanoma by assessing MITF, miR-211, TRPM1, and/or KCNMA1 and methods for the diagnosis of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents by assessing the regulatory pathways of PGC1α. Methods for treating melanoma, including drug-resistant melanoma, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/130856 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) |
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| US 09994917 | Engelthaler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRANSLATION GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Phoenix, Arizona); ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix, Arizona); Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Engelthaler (Flagstaff, Arizona); Elizabeth Driebe (Flagstaff, Arizona); Erin Kelley (Flagstaff, Arizona); Paul Keim (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a method of genotyping a C. gattii sample, which can include forming a plurality of mixtures for nucleic amplification. The method can include amplification of specific sequences within the C. gattii genome that can provide definitive genotype information to distinguish between one or more types or subtypes of C. gattii. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/819529 |
| 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 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 09995412 | Laser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wave 80 Biosciences, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wave 80 BioSciences, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Laser (San Francisco, California); Amy Droitcour (San Francisco, California); Hailemariam Negussie (San Francisco, California); Radu Raduta (San Francisco, California); Jared Frey (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device includes a three-dimensional slat structure having a plurality of interstices configured to generate a high power, high flow rate of fluids by electroosmotic flow. The microfluidic device includes a housing for holding and moving fluids through the slat structure, and a plurality of electrodes that generate an electric field within the plurality of interstices. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/771636 |
| ART UNIT | 1758 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 11/0071 (20130101) B01F 13/0059 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/12 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0858 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/0418 (20130101) B01L 2400/0478 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1006 (20130101) C12N 15/1013 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/02 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6846 (20130101) C12Q 1/6846 (20130101) C12Q 2527/107 (20130101) C12Q 2565/607 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0017 (20130101) F16K 99/0051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 2099/008 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) F16K 2099/0086 (20130101) F16K 2099/0094 (20130101) F16K 2099/0096 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/30 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) G01N 2021/6432 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) |
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| US 09995679 | Waggoner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Waggoner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marcel P. Bruchez (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brigitte F. Schmidt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Subhasish K. Chakraborty (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Waggoner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marcel P. Bruchez (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brigitte F. Schmidt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Subhasish K. Chakraborty (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Biosensor comprising an activatable acceptor fluorogen linked via a linker to a donor which transfers energy to the fluorogen on detecting an analyte wherein the fluorogen component reacts and a 100 fold increase in intensity results when the fluorogen interacts non-covalently with an activator e.g. fluorogen activator peptide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/696877 |
| ART UNIT | 1678 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/90 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/533 (20130101) G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 09995680 | Easley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Easley (Auburn, Alabama); Joonyul Kim (Opelika, Alabama); Juan Hu (Auburn, Alabama); Mark D. Holtan (Auburn, Alabama); Subramaniam Somasundaram (Auburn, Alabama); Curtis Shannon (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods including the step of thermally scanning a sample that can be used and implemented to detect the presence of and/or concentration of a molecule in a sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/932678 |
| 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 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 2527/107 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 2021/6432 (20130101) |
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| US 09995719 | Swager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Kelvin Mitchell Frazier (Savannah, Georgia); Katherine A. Mirica (Waltham, Massachusetts); Joseph Walish (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for depositing materials on patterned substrates, and related devices, are generally provided. In some embodiments, a material is deposited on a patterned substrate. In certain embodiments, the substrate comprises a first portion with a material deposited on the first portion and a second portion of the substrate essentially free of the material. The methods described herein may be useful in fabricating sensors, circuits, tags, among other devices. In some cases, devices for determining analytes are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/831679 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 1/00373 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09995748 | Chadha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kailash Chadha (Williamsville, New York); Willie Underwood (Williamsville, New York); Austin Miller (Amherst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides methods of using biomarkers to improve diagnosis of forms of prostate. The method includes testing a biological sample from an individual for a interleukin-8 (IL-8), Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) and soluble tumor necrosis factor-α receptor 1 (sTNFR1), and may further include testing for prostate serum antigen (PSA). Use of these markers in combination provides tests that are more sensitive and specific than PSA in differentiating benign versus malignant prostate disease and/or localized CaP versus metastatic CaP and show that the specificity and sensitivity of a PSA-based CaP diagnosis can be significantly enhanced by measuring IL-8, TNF-a and sTNFR1. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/911580 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/525 (20130101) G01N 2333/5421 (20130101) G01N 2333/70578 (20130101) |
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| US 09995752 | Denson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (Cincinnati, Ohio); Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (Muenster, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio); Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster (Muenster, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee A. Denson (Wyoming, Ohio); Bruce C. Trapnell (Liberty Township, Ohio); Jan Däbritz (Berlin, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods and compositions for evaluating the relapse risk n subjects having an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Some embodiments include selecting a treatment for an evaluated IBD relapse risk in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/890257 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/564 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/7153 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/54 (20130101) G01N 2800/065 (20130101) |
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| US 09995756 | Saffitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey E. Saffitz (Waban, Massachusetts); Angeliki Asimaki (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are, inter alia, methods for diagnosing and treating arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) by detecting cardiac intercalated disk proteins, e.g., desmosomal proteins, mechanical and gap junction proteins, in buccal cells. Exemplary desmosomal and gap junction proteins that can be evaluated in the methods described herein include plakoglobin, plakophilin 1, desmoplakin, and Cx43. The methods can also include selecting and/or administering a treatment for ACM to the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/277609 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/60 (20130101) G01N 2800/325 (20130101) |
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| US 09995759 | Rodriguez Oquendo |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Annabelle Rodriguez Oquendo (Farmington, Connecticut) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Annabelle Rodriguez Oquendo (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining whether a subject has or is predisposed to abnormal expression of inflammasomes and/or to dysfunctional HDL suitable for use in diagnosing atherosclerosis, chronic inflammatory disease, Incident Cardiovascular Disease (ICD) and other pathologies characterized by an inflammatory response. Specifically, a protein assay that measures LAG-3 can be used as a diagnostic predictor of pathologies such as infection, inflammation, chronic inflammatory disease, and coronary artery disease. The diagnostic is combined with the therapeutic use of a remediating drug for treatment. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689547 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/70596 (20130101) G01N 2800/24 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/2871 (20130101) |
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| US 09995766 | Reed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason C. Reed (Santa Monica, California); Bhubaneswar Mishra (Great Neck, New York); Andrew Sundstrom (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. Reed (Santa Monica, California); Bhubaneswar Mishra (Great Neck, New York); Andrew Sundstrom (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides methods of measuring a property of a macromolecule. The methods generally involve applying an empirically learned correction term to a test metric to generate a high-accuracy measurement. The present disclosure further provides a computer program product and a computer system for carrying out a subject method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 16, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/817004 |
| ART UNIT | 3686 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 35/00 (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 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 2521/301 (20130101) C12Q 2525/204 (20130101) C12Q 2563/131 (20130101) C12Q 2565/601 (20130101) C12Q 2565/601 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 30/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/16 (20130101) G06F 19/24 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/60 (20130101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20036 (20130101) G06T 2207/20072 (20130101) G06T 2207/30004 (20130101) |
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| US 09995800 | Schwindt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY and ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schwindt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cort N. Johnson (Arlington, Massachusetts); Yuan-Yu Jau (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An atomic magnetometer includes an atomic vapor cell, an optical system conformed to transmit pump radiation and probe radiation through the vapor cell, and an optical detection system arranged to receive and detect probe radiation after it exits the vapor cell. Improvements in the separation of spatial channels are achieved by using a a diffractive optical element arranged to divide at least the pump radiation into a plurality of separate diffracted beams that traverse the vapor cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692936 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/00 (20130101) Time-interval Measuring G04F 5/14 (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 1/06 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09997342 | Jackson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen P. Jackson (Morgantown, West Virginia); William D. Hoffmann (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods of CTD mass spectrometry analysis of biomolecules. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/269573 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997344 | Chiu 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) | Daniel T. Chiu (Seattle, Washington); Dingsheng Liu (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure describes devices and methods capable of generating multi-phase emulsions, including double emulsion droplets in a gas phase. The present disclosure also describes interfaces for coupling a multi-phase emulsion droplet source to an analytical instrument such as a mass spectrometer. The present disclosure further describes methods, systems, and apparatuses for using the devices and interfaces described to perform analysis, including mass spectrometry. The present disclosure also describes methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating and using multi-phase emulsions to perform analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/891620 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 5/025 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/0445 (20130101) |
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| US 09997845 | Schantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Big Cove, Alabama); Christopher David Pittman (Huntsville, Alabama); James Lee Richards (Fayetteville, Tennessee); Stephen A. Werner (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure pertains to a rotationally triply symmetric three axis magnetic antenna system having substantial isolation among the three axes, including a three axis skew orthogonal magnetic antenna system and device utilizing the antenna system. The antenna system comprising three substantially identical magnetic antenna elements disposed symmetrically about a reference point such that the magnetic axes from the three antenna elements are orthogonal to one another in direction and do not intersect one another. The three antenna elements are positioned in a substantial cross coupling null from one another to minimize cross coupling. The arrangement yields packaging efficiency for compact electronic devices. A 1, 1, diameter embodiment is disclosed. A location system utilizing the antenna system is disclosed. Methods for producing the antenna are disclosed. A moldable triple coil holder for the antenna system is described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313932 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 5/14 (20130101) G01S 5/0252 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/273 (20130101) H01Q 1/276 (20130101) H01Q 7/00 (20130101) H01Q 7/08 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) H01Q 21/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49018 (20150115) |
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| US 09998658 | Ou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoze Ou (Pasadena, California); Roarke W. Horstmeyer (Palo Alto, California); Guoan Zheng (Vernon, Connecticut); Changhuei Yang (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain aspects pertain to Fourier ptychographic imaging systems, devices, and methods such as, for example, high NA Fourier ptychographic imaging systems and reflective-mode NA Fourier ptychographic imaging systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/209604 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/06 (20130101) G02B 21/084 (20130101) G02B 21/086 (20130101) G02B 21/125 (20130101) G02B 21/361 (20130101) G02B 21/367 (20130101) G02B 27/58 (20130101) G02B 27/1066 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/32 (20130101) H04N 5/2256 (20130101) H04N 5/23232 (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) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ting Guo (Davis, California); Zane B. Starkewolfe (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to the field of nanoscale materials, and more specifically to the field of nanoscale materials for activating delivered molecules at a target location. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/213148 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/6923 (20170801) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09993660 | Millenbaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nancy Millenbaugh (San Antonio, Texas); Mauris DeSilva (Austin, Texas); Jonathan Baskin (San Antonio, Texas); William R. Elliot (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as rep. by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy Millenbaugh (San Antonio, Texas); Mauris DeSilva (Austin, Texas); Jonathan Baskin (San Antonio, Texas); William R. Elliot (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is related to novel functional antibody coated nanoparticles, and the preparation method thereof. The functional antibody coated nanoparticles according to the present invention can be used as photothermal agents to effectively inhibit the growth of microbes including drug-resistant strains and biofilm with laser irradiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/900994 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0052 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/6835 (20170801) A61K 47/6923 (20170801) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 5/0624 (20130101) A61N 2005/067 (20130101) |
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| US 09993778 | Grayson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary D. Grayson (Huntington Beach, California); Martin E. Lozano (Whittier, California); Victor J. Barackman (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A diffuser is disclosed and includes a channel with an inner portion having an inlet and an outlet through which a gaseous substance enters and exits the diffuser, respectively. The inner portion includes a first conical section that has an increasing cross-sectional area, taken along a plane perpendicular to a central axis, in a first direction. The inner portion also includes a second conical section that has a decreasing cross-sectional area, taken along a plane perpendicular to the central axis, in the first direction. The second conical section is communicatively coupled with the first conical section. The outer portion includes a first annular section that has an increasing cross-sectional area, taken along a plane perpendicular to the central axis, in a second direction opposite the first direction. The diffuser further includes a plurality of orifices that communicatively couple the second conical section with the first annular section. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/177169 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/04262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01F 2003/04361 (20130101) |
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| US 09993921 | Lessing 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) | Joshua Aaron Lessing (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ramses V. Martinez (Somerville, Massachusetts); Alok Suryavamsee Tayi (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jason Ming Ting (Katy, Texas); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A soft robot having an integrated electrical component includes an expandable or collapsible body, the body comprising an inlet that is configured to communicate with a fluid source and a flexible strain limited layer secured to a portion of the expandable or collapsible body, wherein the strain limited layer includes at least one electrical component. |
| FILED | Friday, August 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/832071 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0012 (20130101) B25J 9/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 13/08 (20130101) B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 15/12 (20130101) B25J 19/028 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09994298 | Osvog |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Andrew J. Osvog (Castaic, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Osvog (Castaic, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a septum sleeve, an aperture fitting, and a removable aperture. The septum sleeve is substantially hollow and is configured to be positioned at least partially within a core of an assembly of an aircraft. The aperture fitting is configured to provide an interface to mechanically fasten the removable aperture. The removable aperture is configured to contain one or more electronic components and to be removably positioned at least partially within the septum sleeve. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/755818 |
| 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 1/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 3/00 (20130101) B64C 3/185 (20130101) B64C 2211/00 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/287 (20130101) |
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| US 09994307 | Nguyen 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) | Hoa G. Nguyen (San Diego, California); Aaron B. Burmeister (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for landing, comprising a vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) having landing gear, wherein the landing gear is telescopic and comprises a sensor, and wherein the landing gear is compressed upon landing on a surface, and the compression causes a signal to be sent to a system that computes the slope of the ground surface using the length of the compressed landing gear and the attitude of the UAV. If the center of gravity falls within the support area, the legs are locked and the UAV power is turned off. If the center of gravity falls outside the support area, the UAV is forced to take off and find a safer landing spot. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/081163 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 25/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 25/32 (20130101) B64C 25/52 (20130101) B64C 29/00 (20130101) B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2025/008 (20130101) B64C 2201/18 (20130101) B64C 2201/088 (20130101) B64C 2201/141 (20130101) |
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| US 09994335 | Been |
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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 Joseph Been (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides a rapid UAV launcher comprising an upper shuttle assembly and typically a plurality of rail systems. Each rail system comprises a lower shuttle assembly extending into a rail channel and translating over a rail surface. The rail channels of each rail system e generally parallel. The lower shuttle assembly of each rail system is coupled to a winch strap at a first end and an intermediary rope toward the intended direction of launch. The intermediary rope extends through the rail channel, through a brake disposed in the rail channel, around a pulley, and couples to a forward bungee connector coupled to an elastic unit. During a launch sequence, a rear mounted winch reels the winch strap to pull the lower shuttle assembly toward the winch, elongating the elastic unit, and providing individual tension forces to the lower shuttle assembly of each rail system. |
| FILED | Monday, April 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/131733 |
| 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 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/084 (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 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994430 | Hooper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Government (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph David Hooper (Lemon Grove, California); Jeffery Towns Gilchrist (Cardiff, California); William A. Chambers (Jamul, California); James Benjamin Penney (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A snap-hook comprising: a hook-shaped body having a throat opening and a shank end, wherein the hook-shaped body includes a primary aperture located at the shank end suitable for attaching a primary line and a secondary aperture located approximately opposite the throat opening suitable for attaching a secondary line; and a dual-direction latch pivotally attached to the hook-shaped body such that the dual-direction latch spans the throat opening when in a neutral position and is capable of pivoting into and out of the throat of the hook-shaped body, wherein the dual-direction latch comprises a bent wire having two free ends, each end inserted in a different hole of two holes in the hook-shaped body that are non-axially-aligned resulting in a spring force that biases the dual-direction latch toward the neutral position and resists pivotal movement of the dual-direction latch both into and out of the throat. |
| FILED | Monday, January 08, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/864151 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 21/54 (20130101) Cranes; Load-engaging Elements or Devices for Cranes, Capstans, Winches, or Tackles B66C 1/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 45/025 (20130101) |
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| US 09994457 | Siegel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason M. Siegel (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Wen-teh Chen (Costa Mesa, California); Steven J. Adam (Orange, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for ammonia distillation may include a condenser to condense ammonia vapor into liquid anhydrous ammonia, a flush tank to receive a flushed portion of the liquid anhydrous ammonia, a collection tank to receive a collected portion of the liquid anhydrous ammonia, and a corrosion inhibitor dispenser to transfer a corrosion inhibitor to the collected portion of the liquid anhydrous ammonia to form corrosion-inhibiting liquid anhydrous ammonia. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/246513 |
| ART UNIT | 1779 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01C 1/022 (20130101) C01C 1/024 (20130101) |
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| US 09994498 | Harvey 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) | Benjamin G. Harvey (Ridgecrest, California); Heather A. Meylemans (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel and method for conversion of sesquiterpenes to high density fuels. The sesquiterpenes can be either extracted from plants or specifically produced by bioengineered organisms from waste biomass. This approach allows for the synthesis of high performance renewable fuels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/676541 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 5/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 5/2506 (20130101) C07C 7/00 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/00 (20130101) C10G 3/42 (20130101) C10G 3/44 (20130101) C10G 3/45 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) C10G 2400/04 (20130101) C10G 2400/08 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 1/04 (20130101) C10L 1/08 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/678 (20130101) |
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| US 09994516 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of The University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Abhishek Bang (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel urethane-acrylate (UAC) Star monomers and polyurethane-acrylate (PUAC) aerogel polymers derived therefrom are described herein, along with other novel, related monomers and polymers. Also described herein are processes for preparing the UAC Star monomers, the PUAC aerogel polymers, and the other related monomers and polymers. The PUAC and related polymers herein are useful in various applications including in structural and thermal insulation. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/339176 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 67/30 (20130101) C07C 69/74 (20130101) C07C 69/753 (20130101) C07C 69/757 (20130101) C07C 269/02 (20130101) C07C 271/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2602/42 (20170501) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 122/10 (20130101) C08F 122/26 (20130101) C08F 222/10 (20130101) C08F 222/26 (20130101) C08F 222/1006 (20130101) C08F 2222/1066 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/28 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2335/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09994532 | Sabatini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jesse J. Sabatini (Bel Air, Maryland); Gregory W Drake (Madison, Alabama); Leah A. Wingard (Landenberg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and compound includes mixing a salt compound to 2-butyne-1,4-diol in an alcohol to create a mixture; adding a solution of dichloroglyoxime in an alcohol to the mixture to create 3,3′-bis-isoxazole-4,4′,5,5′-tetryltetramethanol; and nitrating the 3,3′-bis-isoxazole-4,4′,5,5′-tetryltetramethanol to create 3,3′-bis-isoxazole-4,4′,5,5′-tetrylbis(methylene) tetranitrate, which has the structural formula: The alcohol may include ethanol, wherein the adding may occur at 60° C., or alternatively the adding may occur at 80° C. The alcohol may include n-butanol, wherein the adding may occur at 100° C., or alternatively the adding may occur at 120° C. The mixing may occur at 120° C. The method may further include cooling the nitrated 3,3′-bis-isoxazole-4,4′,5,5′-tetryltetramethanol to 0° C.; stirring the cooled nitrated 3,3′-bis-isoxazole-4,4′,5,5′-tetryltetramethanol for at least four hours creating a precipitate; warming the precipitate; pouring the precipitate onto ice while stirring creating a solid material; collecting the solid material; and drying the solid material to yield the 3,3′-bis-isoxazole-4,4′,5,5′-tetrylbis(methylene) tetranitrate. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/686521 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 25/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 261/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994725 | Svoboda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation, Inc. (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vojtech Svoboda (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Wei (Huntsville, Alabama); Sameer Singhal (Huntsville, Alabama); Yevgenia Ulyanova (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides an aqueous based electrically conductive ink, which is essentially solvent free and includes a nano-scale conducting material; a binding agent; and an enzyme. In one embodiment, the ink includes at least one of a mediator, a cross-linking agent and a substrate as well. In one further embodiment, the present disclosure provides electrically conductive ink including a single walled, carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotube; 1-Ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) ester; polyethyleneimine; an aqueous buffer; and glucose oxidase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198035 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — 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) 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 11/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC. (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sharp (Scardale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for inhibiting or treating metastasis based on discoveries regarding Kif19 and Cep192. Methods and compositions are provided for enhancing wound healing, treating fibrosis, reducing scarring and treating nerve pain. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/023869 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/4738 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 306/04004 (20130101) |
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| US 09994947 | Walker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd David Walker (Keller, Texas); Gregory William Lundeen (Lake Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a Ti-6Al-4V article, includes providing a work piece of a Ti-6Al-4V alloy having a beta-transus temperature; subjecting the work piece to a beta solution heat treatment process in a furnace with a vacuum at a temperature above the beta transus; quenching the work piece in the furnace using high pressure inert gas following the subjecting of the work piece in the beta solution heat treatment process; and subjecting the work piece to an overage heat treatment process in the furnace with a vacuum to overage the work piece following the quenching of the work piece. The work piece can be a bolt blank that is further manufactured into a titanium bolt with pre-machined wave form threads and wave form rolling process utilized to manufacture threads into the bolt blank. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/711291 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 14/00 (20130101) Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/002 (20130101) C22F 1/02 (20130101) C22F 1/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994951 | Bekele et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robel Y. Bekele (Washington, District of Columbia); Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia); Jesse A. Frantz (Washington, District of Columbia); Vinh Q. Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Sunlight Photonics Inc. (Edison, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robel Y. Bekele (Washington, District of Columbia); Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia); Jesse A. Frantz (Landover, Maryland); Vinh Q. Nguyen (Fairfax, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Allan J. Bruce (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Michael Cyrus (Summit, New Jersey); Sergey V. Frolov (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of: providing one or more spent sputtering targets comprising a photovoltaic compound and grinding the photovoltaic compound in an inert environment to form a powder. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/211354 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| 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 14/0623 (20130101) C23C 14/3414 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994956 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Judy Z. Wu (Lawrence, Kansas); Rongtao Lu (Lawrence, Kansas); Alan Elliot (Lee's Summit, Missouri); Allen Hase (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawerence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judy Z. Wu (Lawrence, Kansas); Rongtao Lu (Lawrence, Kansas); Alan Elliot (Lee's Summit, Missouri); Allen Hase (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for in situ fabrication of multilayer heterostructures is provided comprising a first vacuum chamber adapted for atomic layer deposition and comprising a first stage docking assembly configured to dock a detachable stage configured to support a substrate; a second vacuum chamber adapted for ultra-high vacuum physical or chemical vapor deposition and comprising a second stage docking assembly configured to dock the detachable stage; a load lock vacuum chamber between the first and second vacuum chambers and comprising a third stage docking assembly configured to dock the detachable stage, the load lock vacuum chamber coupled to the first vacuum chamber via a first shared valve and coupled to the second vacuum chamber via a second shared valve; and a substrate transport vacuum chamber comprising a substrate transfer device, the substrate transfer device configured to detachably couple to the detachable stage and to transfer the substrate supported by the detachable stage in situ between the first vacuum chamber, the second vacuum chamber and the load lock vacuum chamber. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456397 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — 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 14/566 (20130101) C23C 16/46 (20130101) C23C 16/54 (20130101) C23C 16/4401 (20130101) C23C 16/45544 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/67173 (20130101) |
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| US 09994968 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lian Guo (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Shu-Jen Han (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Xuesong Li (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electroplating etching apparatus includes a power to output current, and a container configured to contain an electrolyte. A cathode is coupled to the container and configured to fluidly communicate with the electrolyte. An anode is electrically connected to the output, and includes a graphene layer. A metal substrate layer is formed on the graphene layer, and is etched from the graphene layer in response to the current flowing through the anode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/666887 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 38/10 (20130101) B32B 2037/246 (20130101) B32B 2307/202 (20130101) B32B 2311/02 (20130101) B32B 2457/14 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/186 (20170801) Processes for the Electrolytic Removal of Materials From Objects; Apparatus Therefor C25F 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25F 5/00 (20130101) C25F 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09995145 | Propheter-Hinckley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); Stephanie Santoro (Wolcott, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for providing cooling fluid holes in an airfoil portion of a turbine engine component comprising: positioning a first core with metering/tripping features that form a row of protrusions, and teardrop features that form a fluid passageways, the teardrop features including a central teardrop feature having a trailing edge, a first teardrop feature located on a first side of and spaced from the central teardrop feature, the first teardrop feature having a longitudinal axis and being non-symmetrical about the longitudinal axis, and a second teardrop feature located on a second side of and spaced from the central teardrop feature, the second teardrop feature having a longitudinal axis and non-symmetrical about the longitudinal axis; joining the core to a ceramic core; forming the turbine engine component; removing the core, forming a cooling microcircuit with fluid outlets; and drilling a central portion of the cooling microcircuit forming a converging/diverging outlet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/526860 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Casting of Metals; Casting of Other Substances by the Same Processes or Devices B22D 25/02 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/186 (20130101) F01D 9/041 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/185 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) F05D 2260/204 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49337 (20150115) |
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| US 09995162 | Snyder |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Snyder (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal and damper system is provided. The system comprises a blade assembly seal with a central portion defining a recess and a depression. The system also includes a damper comprising a center body and an arm extending from the center body and configured to engage the depression. A blade assembly is also provided comprising a blade platform, a seal configured to press against the blade platform, and a damper clipped onto the seal. |
| FILED | Monday, September 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/852856 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/10 (20130101) F01D 11/006 (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 2240/55 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/064 (20130101) |
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| US 09995163 | Chuong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Conway Chuong (Manchester, Connecticut); Ross Wilson (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Joey Wong (Enfield, Connecticut); Christpher J. Peters (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal sub-assembly may comprise a spacer, at least one secondary seal, and a secondary seal cover. At least a portion of the at least one secondary seal are located axially between the spacer and the secondary seal cover. The spacer is attached to the secondary seal cover. The spacer may comprise a first flange and a second flange. The at least one secondary seal may be located axially in line with and radially inward from the first flange. At least a portion of the secondary seal cover may be located axially in line with and radially inward from the second flange. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/256134 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/083 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2230/237 (20130101) F05D 2230/238 (20130101) |
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| US 09995165 | Joe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher R. Joe (Wethersfield, Connecticut); Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine); Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr. (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A blade outer air seal member includes a distinct body that has two circumferential sides, a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a gas path side and a radially outer side opposite the gas path side. A ceramic coating is initially disposed on a portion of the gas path side. The ceramic coating includes a forward coating portion and an aft coating portion. The gas path side has a bare area axially separating the forward coating portion and the aft coating portion. The bare area excludes any of the ceramic coating. One or more cooling passages have an outlet that opens at the bare area. The cooling passage extends in the body in an axial direction under the ceramic coating. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/735415 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/90 (20130101) F05D 2250/292 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 09995217 | DiBenedetto |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Enzo DiBenedetto (Kensington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a gas turbine engine including a compressor section in communication with a bleed flow path. A rotary valve is provided in communication with the bleed flow path to selectively regulate a flow of fluid within the bleed flow path. |
| FILED | Monday, February 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/765738 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — 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 6/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 3/029 (20130101) |
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| US 09995321 | Lynn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Other Lab, LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OTHER LAB, LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pete Lynn (Oakland, California); Kevin Albert (San Francisco, California); Giancarlo Nucci (San Francisco, California); Tim Swift (Clovis, California); Maria Telleria (Redwood City, California); Loren Russell (Berkeley, California); Jonathan Pompa (Long Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A poppet valve system that includes a valve body having a first and second end and defining a valve cavity and a poppet assembly extending from the first end to the second end and through the valve cavity. The poppet assembly can include a movable poppet head disposed at the first end of the poppet assembly and configured generate a seal by contacting a portion of the valve body and configured to define an opening between the valve cavity and a pressure cavity. The poppet assembly can also include a movable guiding element disposed at the second end of the valve body and a shaft extending from the first end to the second end and coupled to the poppet head and guiding element. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/083015 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/142 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 15/103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 15/202 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 17/06 (20130101) F16K 17/048 (20130101) F16K 31/0693 (20130101) |
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| US 09995355 | Hassler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle A. Hassler (Pittsboro, Indiana); Sean Warrenburg (Avon, Indiana); Joseph A. Swift (Indianapolis, Indiana); Kevin Mock (Martinsville, Indiana); Mark Winely (Avon, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary cone brake device includes a brake drum and a thermal sprayed coating deposited and bonded to the outer surface. The thermal sprayed coating is configured to engage a friction lining when one of the brake drum and the friction element is moved toward the other of the brake drum and the friction element, so as to decrease the speed of an aerospace propeller. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/991725 |
| 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 11/00 (20130101) Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 25/0632 (20130101) F16D 49/00 (20130101) F16D 55/28 (20130101) F16D 69/027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16D 2055/0058 (20130101) F16D 2065/024 (20130101) F16D 2069/003 (20130101) F16D 2200/0026 (20130101) F16D 2250/0046 (20130101) |
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| US 09995581 | Yoo |
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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) | Sung-Joo Ben Yoo (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system that performs heterodyne optical imaging across multiple platforms gathers an optical signal from an optical sensor at each of the multiple platforms. At the same time, an optical frequency comb local oscillator (LO) at each of the platforms generates a reference comb signal comprising a set of optical frequency comb lines at different frequencies, wherein each optical frequency comb LO is locked to a local atomic clock at each of the platforms. Next, a mixer, at each of the platforms, is used to mix the optical signal gathered from the optical sensor with the reference comb signal generated by the optical frequency comb LO to generate a mixed signal. The system then communicates the mixed signals generated at each of the platforms to a central location. Finally, the system correlates the mixed signals received from each of the platforms and generates a reconstructed optical image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/377754 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 11/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09995628 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUTECH VENTURES (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Han (Lincoln, Nebraska); Guigen Liu (Lincoln, Nebraska); Weilin Hou (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber optic sensor, a process for utilizing a fiber optic sensor, and a process for fabricating a fiber optic sensor are described, where a double-side-polished silicon pillar is attached to an optical fiber tip and forms a Fabry-Pérot cavity. In an implementation, a fiber optic sensor in accordance with an exemplary embodiment includes an optical fiber configured to be coupled to a light source and a spectrometer; and a single silicon layer or multiple silicon layers disposed on an end face of the optical fiber, where each of the silicon layer(s) defines a Fabry-Pérot interferometer, and where the sensor head reflects light from the light source to the spectrometer. In some implementations, the fiber optic sensor may include the light source coupled to the optical fiber; a spectrometer coupled to the optical fiber; and a controller coupled to the high speed spectrometer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/155773 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/661 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/26 (20130101) G01J 3/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 11/32 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 5/26 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2766 (20130101) G02B 6/29359 (20130101) |
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| US 09995719 | Swager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Kelvin Mitchell Frazier (Savannah, Georgia); Katherine A. Mirica (Waltham, Massachusetts); Joseph Walish (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for depositing materials on patterned substrates, and related devices, are generally provided. In some embodiments, a material is deposited on a patterned substrate. In certain embodiments, the substrate comprises a first portion with a material deposited on the first portion and a second portion of the substrate essentially free of the material. The methods described herein may be useful in fabricating sensors, circuits, tags, among other devices. In some cases, devices for determining analytes are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/831679 |
| ART UNIT | 2894 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00031 (20130101) B81C 1/00373 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/0009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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09995746 — Rapid dual direct fluorescent antibody assay for the identification of Bacillus antrhacis
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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) | Teresa Abshire (Frederick, Maryland); Wilson J Ribot (Hanover, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In this application is described a method for rapidly and accurately identifying B. anthracis in a sample by simultaneously detecting the presence of cell wall antigen and capsule antigen in the same sample culture grown under capsule inducing conditions. Other uses and advantages of the method of the invention are described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/125910 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 16/1278 (20130101) C07K 2317/52 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/70 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56911 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/32 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09995761 | Libbey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washingtion, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley W. Libbey (Alexandria, Virginia); James D. Perea (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A laboratory system has demonstrated the measurement of three degrees of vibrational freedom simultaneously using a single beam through heterodyne speckle imaging. The random interference pattern generated by the illumination of a rough surface with coherent light can be exploited to extract information about the surface motion. The optical speckle pattern is heterodyne mixed with a coherent reference. The recorded optical data is then processed to extract three dimensions of surface motion. Axial velocity is measured by demodulating the received time-varying intensity of high amplitude pixels. Tilt, a gradient of surface velocity, is calculated by measuring speckle translation following reconstruction of the speckle pattern from the mixed signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/485261 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09995858 | Caldwell 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) | Joshua D. Caldwell (Nashville, Tennessee); Virginia D. Wheeler (Alexandria, Virginia); Marc Currie (Washington, District of Columbia); Igor Vurgaftman (Severna Park, Maryland); Jon-paul Maria (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | IR emission devices comprising an array of polaritonic IR emitters arranged on a substrate, where the emitters are coupled to a heater configured to provide heat to one or more of the emitters. When the emitters are heated, they produce an infrared emission that can be polarized and whose spectral emission range, emission wavelength, and/or emission linewidth can be tuned by the polaritonic material used to form the elements of the array and/or by the size and/or shape of the emitters. The IR emission can be modulated by the induction of a strain into a ferroelectric, a change in the crystalline phase of a phase change material and/or by quickly applying and dissipating heat applied to the polaritonic nanostructure. The IR emission can be designed to be hidden in the thermal background so that it can be observed only under the appropriate filtering and/or demodulation conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/835513 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/24 (20130101) H01L 49/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09995859 | Kamali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyedeh Mahsa Kamali (Pasadena, California); Ehsan Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Amir Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Andrei Faraon (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Structures for scattering light at multiple wavelengths are disclosed. Scattering elements are fabricated with different geometric dimensions and arrangements, to scatter or focus light at the the same focal distance for each wavelength, or at different focal distances according to the desired application. The scattering elements fabricated on a substrate can be peeled off with a polymer matrix and attached to a lens to modify the optical properties of the lens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/097101 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) G02B 5/021 (20130101) G02B 5/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/0257 (20130101) G02B 5/0263 (20130101) G02B 5/0268 (20130101) G02B 5/0278 (20130101) G02B 27/0025 (20130101) |
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| US 09995930 | Arbabi 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) | Amir Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Seunghoon Han (Seoul, South Korea); Andrei Faraon (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A focusing device includes a substrate and a plurality of scatterers provided at both sides of the substrate. The scatterers on the both sides of the focusing device may correct geometric aberration, and thus, a field of view (FOV) of the focusing device may be widened. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/093987 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/0087 (20130101) G02B 5/0263 (20130101) G02B 5/0294 (20130101) G02B 5/3083 (20130101) G02B 23/00 (20130101) G02B 27/005 (20130101) G02B 27/0031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/0927 (20130101) G02B 27/0955 (20130101) |
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| US 09996374 | Sieffert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Assured Information Security, Inc. (Rome, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ASSURED INFORMATION SECURITY, INC. (Rome, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Joseph Sieffert (Whitesboro, New York); Jonathan Einstoss (Syracuse, New York); Stephen Raymond Pape (Ithaca, New York); Adam T. Meily (Whitesboro, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An update is deployed to a guest virtual machine of a hypervisor during runtime of the guest virtual machine. An executing thread of the guest virtual machine is identified and execution of the thread is redirected to a function to open a handle to a file, of the guest virtual machine, to which data of the update is to be written. The data is provided to a component of the guest virtual machine, and then execution of the thread is redirected to a function to write the data provided to the component to the file. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/740605 |
| ART UNIT | 2191 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/60 (20130101) G06F 8/67 (20130101) G06F 9/45545 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09996525 | Ackermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher F. Ackermann (Chantilly, Virginia); Charles E. Beller (Baltimore, Maryland); Stephen A. Boxwell (Columbus, Ohio); Stanley J. Vernier (Grove City, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments can provide a computer implemented method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory comprising instructions which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement a mixed-language question answering supplement system, the method comprising receiving a question in a target language; applying natural language processing to parse the question into at least one focus; for each focus, determining if one or more target language verbs share direct syntactic dependency with the focus; for each of the one or more verbs sharing direct syntactic dependency, determining if one or more target language entities share direct syntactic dependency with the verb; determining one or more Abstract Universal Verbal Types associated with each verb; for each of the one or more Abstract Universal Verbal Types, determining whether a dependency between a source language entity and a source language verb is of the same type as the dependency between the target language verb and the target language entity; if the dependency is similar, returning the source language entity as a member of a set; and if the set is full, returning an answer in the target language to the question in the target language. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/297761 |
| ART UNIT | 2657 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/274 (20130101) G06F 17/275 (20130101) G06F 17/278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/2715 (20130101) G06F 17/2785 (20130101) G06F 17/30976 (20130101) |
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| US 09996526 | Ackermann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher F. Ackermann (Chantilly, Canada); Charles E. Beller (Baltimore, Maryland); Stephen A. Boxwell (Columbus, Ohio); Stanley J. Vernier (Grove City, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments can provide a computer implemented method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory comprising instructions which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement a mixed-language question answering supplement system, the method comprising receiving a question in a target language; determining the question cannot be answered using a target-language only corpus; applying natural language processing to parse the question into at least one focus; for each focus, determining if one or more target language verbs share direct syntactic dependency with the focus; for each of the one or more verbs sharing direct syntactic dependency, determining if one or more target language entities share direct syntactic dependency with the verb; determining one or more Abstract Universal Verbal Types associated with each verb; for each of the one or more Abstract Universal Verbal Types, determining whether a dependency between a source language entity and a source language verb is of the same type as the dependency between the target language verb and the target language entity; if the dependency is similar, returning the source language entity as a member of a set; populating the set of returned source language entities for each focus in the target language question; identifying one or more parallel passages wherein all core arguments are matched; for each parallel passage: identifying the presence or absence of oblique nominal arguments; and measuring the precision of the oblique nominal arguments in the parallel passages against those present in the target language question; and returning an answer to the target question in the target language based on a scoring of the parallel passages based on the accuracy of their respective oblique nominal arguments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/297763 |
| ART UNIT | 2657 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/274 (20130101) G06F 17/275 (20130101) G06F 17/278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/2715 (20130101) G06F 17/2785 (20130101) G06F 17/3043 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/006 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) |
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| US 09996694 | Sethumadhavan 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) | Lakshminarasimhan Sethumadhavan (New York, New York); Adrian Tang (New York, New York); Salvatore Stolfo (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are devices, systems, apparatus, methods, products, media and other implementations, including a method that includes obtaining current hardware performance data, including hardware performance counter data, for a hardware device executing a first process associated with pre-recorded hardware performance data representative of the first process' normal behavior, and determining whether a malicious process is affecting performance of the first process based on a determination of an extent of deviation of the obtained current hardware performance data corresponding to the first process from the pre-recorded hardware performance data representative of the normal behavior of the first process. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/778043 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/552 (20130101) G06F 21/566 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/034 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3239 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) |
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| US 09996743 | Smith 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) | Brian Anthony Smith (Brentwood, New York); Qi Yin (New York, New York); Shree Kumar Nayar (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and media for detecting gaze locking are provided. In some embodiments, methods for gaze locking are provided, the methods comprising: receiving an input image including a face; locating a pair of eyes in the face of the input image; generating a coordinate frame based on the pair of eyes; identifying an eye region in the coordinate frame; generating, using a hardware processor, a feature vector based on values of pixels in the eye region; and determining whether the face is gaze locking based on the feature vector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/646632 |
| 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 9/0061 (20130101) G06K 9/00248 (20130101) G06K 9/00604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/4604 (20130101) G06K 9/4671 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/73 (20170101) G06T 2207/30201 (20130101) |
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| US 09996778 | Church |
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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) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of storing data using one or more nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/175430 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/22 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/00 (20130101) G06K 19/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/123 (20130101) |
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| US 09996803 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lingjun Li (Tempe, Arizona); Xinxin Zhao (Tempe, Arizona); Guoliang Xue (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for authenticating a user through an unobservable re-authentication process are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/476364 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/44 (20130101) G06F 21/316 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/0421 (20130101) |
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| US 09996913 | Beck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven D. Beck (Austin, Texas); Derek T. Robison (Waltham, Massachusetts); Michael S. Chan (Medford, Massachusetts); John H. Koltookian (Medford, Massachusetts); Mark R. Mallalieu (Westford, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Houle (Nashua, New Hampshire); Kari M. Karwedsky (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Beck (Austin, Texas); Derek T. Robison (Waltham, Massachusetts); Michael S. Chan (Medford, Massachusetts); John H. Koltookian (Medford, Massachusetts); Mark R. Mallalieu (Westford, Massachusetts); Christopher M. Houle (Nashua, New Hampshire); Kari M. Karwedsky (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for two color image fusion blending co-registered low light level images in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum with thermal infrared images maximizes the information content of the scene by detecting in which of the two image types, IR and visible, there is more structural information and increasing the weight of the pixels in the image type having the most structural information. Additionally, situational awareness is increased by categorizing image information as “scene” or “target” and colorizing the target images to highlight target features when raw IR values are above a predetermined threshold. The system utilizes Red, Green and Blue (RGB) planes to convey different information such that for targets the Red plane is used to colorize regions when raw IR exceeds the predetermined threshold. For scene images, the Green plane provides improved situational awareness due to the above weighted blend of the two image types. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/896421 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/3241 (20130101) G06K 9/6289 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/4061 (20130101) G06T 5/001 (20130101) G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 5/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/10048 (20130101) G06T 2207/20221 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/181 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 5/026 (20130101) G09G 2320/066 (20130101) G09G 2320/0271 (20130101) G09G 2340/10 (20130101) G09G 2340/14 (20130101) G09G 2360/16 (20130101) |
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| US 09996976 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | AVIGILON FORTRESS CORPORATION (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AVIGILON FORTRESS CORPORATION (Vancouver, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shirley Zhou (Herndon, Virginia); Don Madden (State College, Pennsylvania); Tae Eun Choe (Reston, Virginia); Andrew W. Scanlon (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for augmenting video feed obtained by a camera of a aerial vehicle to a user interface. The method can include obtaining a sequence of video images with or without corresponding sensor metadata from the aerial vehicle; obtaining supplemental data based on the sequence of video images and the sensor metadata; correcting an error in the sensor metadata using a reconstruction error minimization technique; creating a geographically-referenced scene model based on a virtual sensor coordinate system that is registered to the sequence of video images; overlaying the supplemental information onto the geographically-referenced scene model by rendering geo-registered data from a 3D perspective that matches a corrected camera model; creating a video stream of a virtual representation from the scene from the perspective of the camera based on the overlaying; and providing the video stream to a UI to be render onto a display. |
| FILED | Monday, May 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/703633 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0038 (20130101) G06T 7/0046 (20130101) G06T 7/0057 (20130101) G06T 17/05 (20130101) G06T 19/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10028 (20130101) G06T 2207/10032 (20130101) G06T 2207/30212 (20130101) G06T 2207/30241 (20130101) |
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| US 09997435 | Karidis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Karidis (Ossining, New York); Mark D. Schultz (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A heat sink includes a plurality of layers being disposed substantially parallel with a surface of a heat source. The layers include a plurality of pin portions spaced apart from each other in a planar arrangement wherein the pin portions of the layers are stacked and bonded to form pin fins extending in a transverse direction relative to the heat source to sink heat. A compliant layer is disposed between the pin fins and a mechanical load. The compliant layer provides compliance such that the pin fins accommodate dimensional differences when interfacing with the heat source. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/243255 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 1/0014 (20130101) B23K 31/02 (20130101) B23K 2201/14 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4882 (20130101) H01L 21/4885 (20130101) H01L 23/467 (20130101) H01L 23/473 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997555 | Christophersen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc Christophersen (Berwyn Heights, Maryland); Bernard F. Phlips (Great Falls, Virginia); Michael K. Yetzbacher (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes a surface profile optical element, including a substrate and a plurality of bi-layer stacks on the substrate. Each bi-layer stack of the plurality of bi-layer stacks includes a plurality of bi-layers. Each bi-layer of the plurality of bi-layers includes an etch-stop layer and a bulk layer. The etch stop layer includes an etch stop layer index of refraction. The bulk layer includes a bulk layer index of refraction. A ratio of the etch stop layer index of retraction and the bulk layer index of refraction is between 0.75 and 1.25. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 17, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/597222 |
| ART UNIT | 2893 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/136 (20130101) G02B 2006/12085 (20130101) G02B 2006/12102 (20130101) G02B 2006/12176 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02104 (20130101) H01L 21/31144 (20130101) H01L 27/14625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/14685 (20130101) |
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| US 09997667 | Shatalov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Alexander Dobrinsky (Loudonville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A solution for designing and/or fabricating a structure including a quantum well and an adjacent barrier is provided. A target band discontinuity between the quantum well and the adjacent barrier is selected to coincide with an activation energy of a dopant for the quantum well and/or barrier. For example, a target valence band discontinuity can be selected such that a dopant energy level of a dopant in the adjacent barrier coincides with a valence energy band edge for the quantum well and/or a ground state energy for free carriers in a valence energy band for the quantum well. Additionally, a target doping level for the quantum well and/or adjacent barrier can be selected to facilitate a real space transfer of holes across the barrier. The quantum well and the adjacent barrier can be formed such that the actual band discontinuity and/or actual doping level(s) correspond to the relevant target(s). |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/495169 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/0075 (20130101) H01L 33/145 (20130101) H01L 33/325 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Debra R Rolison (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debra R Rolison (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an article having: a porous thermally insulating material, an electrically conductive coating on the thermally insulating material, and a thermoelectric coating on the electrically conductive coating. Also disclosed is a method of forming an article by: providing a porous thermally insulating material, coating an electrically conductive coating on the thermally insulating material, and coating a thermoelectric coating on the electrically conductive coating. The articles may be useful in thermoelectric devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/433620 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/16 (20130101) H01L 35/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997705 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Gunuk Wang (Houston, Texas); Yang Yang (Beijing, China PRC); Yongsung Ji (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A porous memory device, such as a memory or a switch, may provide a top and bottom electrodes with a memory material layer (e.g. SiOx) positioned between the electrodes. The memory material layer may provide a nanoporous structure. In some embodiments, the nanoporous structure may be formed electrochemically, such as from anodic etching. Electroformation of a filament through the memory material layer may occur internally through the layer rather than at an edge at extremely low electro-forming voltages. The porous memory device may also provide multi-bit storage, high on-off ratios, long high-temperature lifetime, excellent cycling endurance, fast switching, and lower power consumption. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/033726 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/2409 (20130101) H01L 27/2436 (20130101) H01L 29/413 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/1606 (20130101) H01L 45/04 (20130101) H01L 45/145 (20130101) H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) H01L 45/1608 (20130101) H01L 45/1641 (20130101) H01L 45/1675 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997775 | Ordonez 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) | Richard C. Ordonez (Mililani, Hawaii); Nackieb M. Kamin (Kapolei, Hawaii); David Garmire (Honolulu, Hawaii); Cody K. Hayashi (Waipahu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A device includes an electrolyte disposed between a layer of graphene and liquid metal. A system based upon the device includes a substrate having first and second layers of graphene and an enclosure disposed thereon. The enclosure encases the first and second layers of graphene and has a channel formed therein. A first end of the channel is disposed over at least a portion of the first layer of graphene and a second end of the channel is disposed over at least a portion of the second layer of graphene. An electrolyte disposed within the channel. Liquid metal is disposed within the electrolyte such that the liquid metal is separated from the first layer of graphene and the second layer of graphene by the electrolyte. The liquid metal is movable within the electrolyte to reconfigure power delivery to different connected loads. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/233071 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/04 (20130101) H01G 11/22 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/30 (20130101) H01M 2/0277 (20130101) H01M 2/0285 (20130101) H01M 4/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) |
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| US 09997784 | Su et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanotek Instruments, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Sheng Su (Dayton, Ohio); Jun Yin (Miamisburg, Ohio); Qing Fang (Dayton, Ohio); Aruna Zhamu (Springboro, Ohio); Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing an anode layer, comprising: (a) dispersing catalyst metal-coated Si particles, graphene sheets, and an optional blowing agent in a liquid medium to form a graphene/Si dispersion; (b) dispensing and depositing the dispersion onto a supporting substrate to form a wet layer and removing the liquid medium from the wet layer to form a dried layer of graphene/Si mixture material; and (c) exposing the dried layer to a high temperature environment, from 300° C. to 2,000° C., to induce volatile gas molecules from graphene sheets or to activate the blowing agent for producing the graphene foam and, concurrently, to enable a catalyst metal-catalyzed growth of multiple Si nanowires emanated from Si particles as a feed material in pores of the foam to form the anode layer; wherein the Si nanowires have a diameter of 5-100 nm and a length-to-diameter aspect ratio of at least 5. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/287078 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — 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 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/0416 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2004/027 (20130101) |
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| US 09997845 | Schantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Big Cove, Alabama); Christopher David Pittman (Huntsville, Alabama); James Lee Richards (Fayetteville, Tennessee); Stephen A. Werner (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure pertains to a rotationally triply symmetric three axis magnetic antenna system having substantial isolation among the three axes, including a three axis skew orthogonal magnetic antenna system and device utilizing the antenna system. The antenna system comprising three substantially identical magnetic antenna elements disposed symmetrically about a reference point such that the magnetic axes from the three antenna elements are orthogonal to one another in direction and do not intersect one another. The three antenna elements are positioned in a substantial cross coupling null from one another to minimize cross coupling. The arrangement yields packaging efficiency for compact electronic devices. A 1, 1, diameter embodiment is disclosed. A location system utilizing the antenna system is disclosed. Methods for producing the antenna are disclosed. A moldable triple coil holder for the antenna system is described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313932 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 5/14 (20130101) G01S 5/0252 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/273 (20130101) H01Q 1/276 (20130101) H01Q 7/00 (20130101) H01Q 7/08 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) H01Q 21/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49018 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry Kendall Warden (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | In an example, a first connector is associated with a first component and a second connector is attached to a cable that is subjected to a pulling force to effect decoupling, and an example apparatus for reducing risk of binding between the two connectors during decoupling of the two connectors includes a bracket that is rigidly affixed to the first component and that supports the first connector so as to enable the first connector to automatically align with the pulling force. An example method for reducing risk of binding between the two connectors during decoupling of the two connectors includes securing a bracket to the first component, and the bracket includes a pivot bracket. The method also includes aligning the first connector with the pulling force via one or more of translational or rotational movement of the pivot bracket. |
| FILED | Friday, April 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/481638 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/633 (20130101) H01R 35/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997889 | Tiemann |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOCKHEED MARTIN COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LOCKHEED MARTIN COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Louisville, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce G. Tiemann (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser device includes a gain medium configured to receive an excitation light and emit a fluorescence signal based on an amount of stored excitation light accumulated in the gain medium. The laser device includes a pump source configured to pump the excitation light to the gain medium using a supply voltage. The laser device includes one or more photodetectors configured to detect the fluorescence signal. The laser device also includes a comparator configured to generate an alert signal indicating an intensity of the detected fluorescence signal is greater than a threshold. The alert signal can trigger certain actions to occur for disrupting a destructive lasing action including one or more of ceasing output of the supply voltage to the pump source, spoiling an optical cavity to obstruct lasing action through the gain medium, or inserting a seed light to extract gain from the gain medium in a non-destructive manner. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626901 |
| 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 3/00 (20130101) H01S 3/11 (20130101) H01S 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/067 (20130101) H01S 3/1127 (20130101) H01S 3/06716 (20130101) H01S 3/06754 (20130101) H01S 3/06762 (20130101) H01S 3/06795 (20130101) H01S 3/094003 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stavros Georgakopoulos (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stavros Georgakopoulos (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Wireless power transfer systems including wireless transmitter and receivers, which are insensitive to misalignment, are provided. A wireless power transfer system can include a first conductive loop that has cylindrical, conical, or spherical symmetry. The wireless power transfer system can further include a second conductive loop that is formed around the first conductive loop, and can also share the same type of symmetry as the first conductive loop. The wireless transfer system can be a wearable device or an implantable device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/084836 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 27/2804 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 50/12 (20160201) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/028 (20130101) |
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| US 09998073 | Ferriss et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Ferriss (Tarrytown, New York); Daniel J. Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Bodhisatwa Sadhu (White Plains, New York); Alberto Valdes-Garcia (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A voltage controlled oscillator comprises a negative resistance, a first inductor, a fixed capacitor, and a frequency control component. The frequency control component comprises at least one varactor and at least a second inductor connected in series with the at least one varactor. A magnitude of an inductance of the second inductor is selected such that the frequency control component has an effective capacitance range larger than a capacitance range of the at least one varactor. |
| FILED | Monday, July 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/791621 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 5/124 (20130101) H03B 5/1206 (20130101) H03B 5/1215 (20130101) H03B 5/1225 (20130101) H03B 5/1228 (20130101) H03B 5/1243 (20130101) H03B 5/1265 (20130101) H03B 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03B 2200/004 (20130101) H03B 2200/009 (20130101) H03B 2201/0216 (20130101) Tuning Resonant Circuits; Selecting Resonant Circuits H03J 3/20 (20130101) H03J 3/22 (20130101) H03J 3/185 (20130101) H03J 5/0218 (20130101) H03J 2200/10 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/099 (20130101) H03L 7/0991 (20130101) |
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| US 09998106 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiangfei Xia (Amherst, Massachusetts); Joseph Bardin (Amherst, Massachusetts); Shuang Pi (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A memristive radio frequency (RF) switch circuit comprises a first metal electrode and a second metal electrode arranged on an insulating substrate and separated by an air gap, wherein the air gap is fifty nanometers (50 nm) or less, and wherein applying and removing an enabling voltage to the memristive RF switch enables the memristive RF switch to pass RF signals between the first electrode and the second electrode even when the enabling voltage is removed from the memristive switch, and wherein applying and removing a disabling voltage to the memristive switch disables the memristive switch. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689198 |
| ART UNIT | 2892 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1203 (20130101) H01L 45/16 (20130101) H01L 45/085 (20130101) H01L 45/1226 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 17/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09998130 | Pilly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California); University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anna Balazs (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California); University of Pittsburg Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Praveen K. Pilly (West Hills, California); Jose Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California); Narayan Srinivasa (Hillsboro, Oregon); Steven P. Levitan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Donald M. Chiarulli (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to perform convolutions between arbitrary vectors includes estimating a first degree of match for a difference between a first vector having a plurality of first elements and a second vector having a plurality of second elements using a first cluster of coupled oscillators, estimating a second degree of match for the first vector using a second cluster of coupled oscillators, estimating a third degree of match for the second vector using a third cluster of coupled oscillators, deriving a first squared L2 norm from the first degree of match, deriving a second squared L2 norm from the second degree of match, deriving a third squared L2 norm from the third degree of match, adding the second squared L2 norm and the third squared L2 norm, and subtracting the first squared L2 norm to form a sum, and dividing the sum by two. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/203596 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/20 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 3/20 (20130101) G09G 5/001 (20130101) Demodulation or Transference of Modulation From One Carrier to Another H03D 7/14 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/0315 (20130101) H03K 4/50 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/66 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/12 (20130101) H04L 9/0838 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 19/156 (20141101) |
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| US 09998199 | Learned et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rachel E. Learned (Waltham, Massachusetts); Paul David Fiore (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A receiver includes multi-user detection (MUD) functionality and a cognitive engine. The receiver may also be coupled to multiple antennas and have analog beamforming capability. The cognitive engine is operative for selecting a beam or beams associated with the multiple antennas to enable successful demodulation by the MUD. The receiver has application in multiple access channels and in other communication scenarios. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/648049 |
| ART UNIT | 2469 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 3/228 (20130101) H04K 2203/32 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/08 (20130101) |
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| US 09998206 | Janson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Siegfried W. Janson (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of spacecraft may be dispersed into a ring constellation or structure. Data may be wirelessly relayed between spacecraft similar to data flowing in a ring network. The ring structure minimizes inter-spacecraft velocities and tracking angle motion to allow use of fixed high-gain radio frequency (RF) antennas or medium-divergence lasers for crosslinks. Data may flow between spacecraft to be downloaded by the next spacecraft that will be passing over a ground station. This reduces data latency when a single ground station is used, and significantly reduces data latency when more than one ground station is used. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/067900 |
| ART UNIT | 2466 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/18513 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 7/18521 (20130101) |
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| US 09998221 | Boroson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Don M. Boroson (Needham, Massachusetts); Bryan S. Robinson (Arlington, Massachusetts); Bryan M. Reid (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Jamie W. Burnside (Lexington, Massachusetts); Farzana I. Khatri (Lexington, Massachusetts); Steven Constantine (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Don M. Boroson (Needham, Massachusetts); Bryan S. Robinson (Arlington, Massachusetts); Bryan M. Reid (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); Jamie W. Burnside (Lexington, Massachusetts); Farzana I. Khatri (Lexington, Massachusetts); Steven Constantine (Westford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A satellite in low-Earth orbit (LEO) or medium-Earth orbit (MEO) with a modern image sensor and/or other remote sensing device can collect data at rates of 10 Mbps or higher. At these collection rates, the satellite can accumulate more data between its passes over a given ground station than it can transmit to the ground station in a single pass using radio-frequency (RF) communications. Put differently, the sensors fill the spacecraft's memory faster than the spacecraft can empty it. Fortunately, free-space optical communications signals can carry far more data than RF communications signals. In particular, a spacecraft can transmit over 1 Tb of data in a single pass using burst wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) optical signals. Each burst may last seconds to minutes, and can include tens to hundreds of WDM channels, each of which is modulated at 10 Gbps or more. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/991377 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/18513 (20130101) H04B 10/29 (20130101) H04B 10/40 (20130101) H04B 10/61 (20130101) H04B 10/118 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/1121 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09998406 | Haeupler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernhard Haeupler (Boston, Massachusetts); Muriel Medard (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for performing finite memory network coding in an arbitrary network limit an amount of memory that is provided within a node of the network for the performance of network coding operations during data relay operations. When a new data packet is received by a node, the data stored within the limited amount of memory may be updated by linearly combining the new packet with the stored data. In some implementations, different storage buffers may be provided within a node for the performance of network coding operations and decoding operations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/843358 |
| ART UNIT | 2474 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0057 (20130101) H04L 1/0077 (20130101) H04L 47/50 (20130101) H04L 49/90 (20130101) H04L 49/901 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/9057 (20130101) H04L 49/9094 (20130101) H04L 2001/0097 (20130101) |
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| US 09998666 | Sapiro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo Sapiro (Durham, North Carolina); Mauricio Delbracio (Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| ABSTRACT | System and Method for automatically removing blur and noise in a plurality of digital images. The system comprises an electronic processor configured to receive the plurality of digital images, perform motion estimation and motion compensation to align the plurality of digital images, determine an alignment of the plurality of digital images with respect to a reference frame, generate a consistency map based on the alignment of the plurality of digital images with respect to the reference frame, combine the plurality of digital images aligned with respect to the reference frame in the Fourier domain using a quality of alignment information from the consistency map to generate an aggregated frame, and apply a post-processing filter to enhance the quality of the aggregated frame. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/248895 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/003 (20130101) G06T 5/20 (20130101) G06T 5/50 (20130101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20056 (20130101) G06T 2207/20182 (20130101) G06T 2207/20201 (20130101) G06T 2207/20221 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/23245 (20130101) H04N 5/23254 (20130101) H04N 5/23258 (20130101) H04N 5/23267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09998684 | Kapadia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Apu Kapadia (Bloomington, Indiana); Md Zahidur Rahman (Bloomington, India); David Crandall (Bloominton, Indiana); Robert E. Templeman (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for opportunistically collecting images of a location via a mobile device, the device including algorithms that allow the selective winnowing of collected images to facilitate the creation of a 3D model from the images while minimizing the storage needed to hold the pictures. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/460914 |
| ART UNIT | 2483 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 15/205 (20130101) G06T 17/00 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2621 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09998692 | Griffiths |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David J. Griffiths (Charlton, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Griffiths (Charlton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A process is provided for providing high contrast motion picture imagery. The camera system includes a physical architecture that enables multiple sensors to simultaneously acquire a visual scene without parallax or dissimilar exposures. The system architecture enables current off the shelf components to be used to develop the architecture or a specific sensor array to be developed. The architecture includes optical components that split an incident light ray into multiple beams of varying intensity. Each respective split light ray is then attenuated further with neutral density filters for the wavelengths to be observed before the light ray impacts the respective pixel sights. A process has been developed to use the camera system architecture to stochastically recombine the acquired energy and estimate what the original energy was before attenuation. The process involves the development of an optimal non recursive weighting function that can be used and constructed into a lookup table. The weighting function is used to minimize the error associated with symmetrically distributed error sources. A second filtering routine then takes place to remove the nonsymmetrical sources of error such as intraocular flare. This is accomplished by estimating the symmetric errors prior to acquisition and detecting when a sensors radiant exitance estimate does not fall within this symmetrical error bounds. The final reconstructed HDR image is formed once a pool of cameras is determined and a weighting average of the viable guesses is used to estimate the actual scene radiant exitance, or in a non-unitary sense, a photometric radiance. The HDR image can be saved as a high bit depth image or tone-mapped either by the method introduced or by other means and stored to memory via convention 8-bit encoding methods for storage. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/192550 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/205 (20130101) G02B 27/106 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/238 (20130101) H04N 5/247 (20130101) H04N 5/2355 (20130101) H04N 5/3572 (20130101) H04N 5/3591 (20130101) H04N 5/23293 (20130101) H04N 5/35563 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09998694 | Tofsted et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H Tofsted (Las Cruces, New Mexico); Sean G O'Brien (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for image processing comprising providing an opening for entrance of light; the light being capable of being formed into an image; providing at least one optical element in an optical train configured to focus light; providing a variable aperture operatively associated with the at least one optical element; the variable aperture being placed in the optical train at an image plane and comprising mask settings for shielding portions of the light; providing an imager; providing at least one processor operatively connected to the variable aperture and imager; the at least one processor configured to control the passage of the light through the variable aperture; selectively masking portions of light using the mask settings of the variable aperture; obtaining image results using the settings; comparing image results obtained by the mask settings, and determining the phase correction that provides the optimal image results. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/684755 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/00 (20130101) G02B 26/06 (20130101) 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 7/085 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/001 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/238 (20130101) H04N 5/357 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/2254 (20130101) |
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| US 09993436 | Sirkar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kamalesh Sirkar (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Robert Pfeffer (Scottsdale, Arizona); Dengyue Chen (Harrison, New Jersey); Dhananjay Singh (Kearny, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Using porous hollow fiber membranes, systems/methods for continuously synthesizing polymer-coated particles by anti-solvent crystallization are provided. The disclosed systems/methods provide for synthesis of polymer-coated drug particles/crystals from solutions of the polymer and the drug particles in suspension by exposing the solution to an anti-solvent through a porous hollow fiber device. A feed solution of a coating polymer with suspended drug particles can be exposed to an anti-solvent through hollow fiber pores, thereby causing the polymer to precipitate on and coat the drug particles. In addition, a feed solution of a coating polymer with drug in solution can be exposed to an anti-solvent through hollow fiber pores, thereby causing the drug to crystallize from the solution and the polymer to precipitate/coat the drug. Results indicate that a uniformly coated, free-flowing product may be developed in this advantageous porous hollow fiber anti-solvent crystallization method. The coated drug particles can be used for controlled release of the drug, and the molecule and the crystal structure are not affected by the process. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/968456 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0092 (20130101) A61K 9/5026 (20130101) A61K 9/5031 (20130101) A61K 9/5089 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/343 (20130101) |
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| US 09993437 | Liong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Monty Liong (Los Angeles, California); Jie Lu (Los Angeles, California); Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Los Angeles, California); Jeffrey I. Zink (Sherman Oaks, California); Andre Nel (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monty Liong (Los Angeles, California); Jie Lu (Los Angeles, California); Fuyuhiko Tamanoi (Los Angeles, California); Jeffrey I. Zink (Sherman Oaks, California); Andre Nel (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A submicron structure includes a silica body defining a plurality of pores that are suitable to receive molecules therein, the silica body further defining an outer surface between pore openings of the plurality of pores; and a plurality of anionic molecules attached to the outer surface of the silica body. The anionic molecules provide hydrophilicity to the submicron structure and are suitable to provide repulsion between other similar submicron structures, and the submicron structure has a maximum dimension less than one micron. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/746375 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5094 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 49/0002 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0052 (20130101) A61K 49/0093 (20130101) A61K 49/183 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09993527 | Kaplan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE (Medford, Massachusetts); MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Kaplan (Concord, Massachusetts); Rina Sears (Pine Meadow, Connecticut); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (New York, New York); Lorenz Meinel (Niestetal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides processes for producing porous silk fibroin scaffold material. The porous silk fibroin scaffold can be used for tissue engineering. The porosity of the silk fibroin scaffolds described herein can be adjusted as to mimic the gradient of densities found in natural tissue. Accordingly, methods for engineering of 3-dimensional tissue, e.g. bone and cartilage, using the silk fibroin scaffold material are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680570 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1841 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (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 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/26 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) A61L 27/3604 (20130101) A61L 27/3847 (20130101) A61L 27/3852 (20130101) A61L 27/3895 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/00 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 4/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/29 (20150115) |
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| US 09993543 | Stedman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon); Providence Health and Services Oregon (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon); Providence Health and Services Oregon (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth M. Stedman (Portland, Oregon); James R. Laidler (Portland, Oregon); Keith Bahjat (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that viruses coated in silica retain infectivity and the capacity to induce an immune response in an infected host. In addition, silicified virus is remarkably resistant to desiccation. Provided herein are methods of inducing a virus-specific immune response in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of silicified virus or silicified virus particles. Methods of enhancing a virus-specific cell-mediated immune response (such as a T cell-mediated immune response) in a subject by administering to the subject a silicified virus or silicified virus particles are also described herein. Further provided are immunogenic compositions comprising silicified virus or silicified virus particles, such as compositions useful as vaccines. The immunogenic compositions include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and/or an adjuvant. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/763947 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/13 (20130101) A61K 39/15 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/29 (20130101) A61K 39/125 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 39/215 (20130101) A61K 39/235 (20130101) A61K 39/285 (20130101) A61K 39/292 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) A61K 2039/5252 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) A61K 2039/55588 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/10021 (20130101) C12N 2710/10034 (20130101) C12N 2710/24121 (20130101) C12N 2710/24134 (20130101) C12N 2720/12321 (20130101) C12N 2720/12334 (20130101) C12N 2740/16021 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16021 (20130101) C12N 2760/16034 (20130101) C12N 2770/20021 (20130101) C12N 2770/20034 (20130101) C12N 2770/24021 (20130101) C12N 2770/24034 (20130101) C12N 2770/24221 (20130101) C12N 2770/24234 (20130101) C12N 2770/32421 (20130101) C12N 2770/32434 (20130101) C12N 2770/32621 (20130101) C12N 2770/32634 (20130101) C12N 2795/10134 (20130101) C12N 2795/14034 (20130101) |
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| US 09993749 | Winter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Horst Henning Winter (Amherst, Massachusetts); Christos Dimitrakopoulos (Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of exfoliating graphite into graphene uses a sequence of flow and sonication on graphite suspensions. Graphite particles after intense mixing/grinding in a liquid are found to be altered, graphite having curled-up edges, which increases its sensitivity to ultrasound. Quadrupled graphene yield is achieved through introducing chaotic flow pretreatment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/360511 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 21/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/19 (20170801) C01B 2204/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/734 (20130101) Y10S 977/842 (20130101) |
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| US 09993765 | Galbraith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SEPARATION DESIGN GROUP LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SEPARATION DESIGN GROUP LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania); David K. Walker (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Kenneth J. McGowan (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Elise N. DePetris (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Judith C. Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Lightweight, small, portable devices and methods are disclosed that provide oxygen-enriched air using an ultra rapid adsorption cycle based on advanced molecular sieve materials. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/248630 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 2/54 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (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 2/22 (20130101) A61L 2/0094 (20130101) A61L 9/14 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 16/10 (20130101) A61M 16/101 (20140204) A61M 35/00 (20130101) A61M 2205/8206 (20130101) A61M 2205/8237 (20130101) A61M 2205/8262 (20130101) A61M 2205/8293 (20130101) A61M 2209/086 (20130101) Separation B01D 53/047 (20130101) B01D 53/053 (20130101) B01D 53/0446 (20130101) B01D 53/0473 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2253/108 (20130101) B01D 2253/116 (20130101) B01D 2256/12 (20130101) B01D 2257/40 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2259/4533 (20130101) B01D 2259/4541 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/78 (20130101) C02F 2303/04 (20130101) Pipe-line Systems; Pipe-lines F17D 3/01 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) |
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| US 09993921 | Lessing 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) | Joshua Aaron Lessing (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ramses V. Martinez (Somerville, Massachusetts); Alok Suryavamsee Tayi (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jason Ming Ting (Katy, Texas); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A soft robot having an integrated electrical component includes an expandable or collapsible body, the body comprising an inlet that is configured to communicate with a fluid source and a flexible strain limited layer secured to a portion of the expandable or collapsible body, wherein the strain limited layer includes at least one electrical component. |
| FILED | Friday, August 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/832071 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/0012 (20130101) B25J 9/142 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 13/08 (20130101) B25J 15/0009 (20130101) B25J 15/12 (20130101) B25J 19/028 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 901/22 (20130101) |
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| US 09994516 | Leventis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of The University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis (Rolla, Missouri); Abhishek Bang (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel urethane-acrylate (UAC) Star monomers and polyurethane-acrylate (PUAC) aerogel polymers derived therefrom are described herein, along with other novel, related monomers and polymers. Also described herein are processes for preparing the UAC Star monomers, the PUAC aerogel polymers, and the other related monomers and polymers. The PUAC and related polymers herein are useful in various applications including in structural and thermal insulation. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/339176 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 67/30 (20130101) C07C 69/74 (20130101) C07C 69/753 (20130101) C07C 69/757 (20130101) C07C 269/02 (20130101) C07C 271/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2602/42 (20170501) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 122/10 (20130101) C08F 122/26 (20130101) C08F 222/10 (20130101) C08F 222/26 (20130101) C08F 222/1006 (20130101) C08F 2222/1066 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/28 (20130101) C08J 2205/026 (20130101) C08J 2335/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09994586 | Gangjee |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleem Gangjee (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a compound of Formula XXVIII: werein R1is H or CH3, and optionally including a salt or a hydrate of said compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/239080 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994601 | Subramaniam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bala Subramaniam (Lawrence, Kansas); Anand Ramanathan (Lawrence, Kansas); Kakasaheb Y. Nandiwale (Lawrence, Kansas); Andrew M. Danby (Lawrence, Kansas); Raghunath V. Chaudhari (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a process for depolymerizing lignin, the process comprising exposing a liquid feed comprising lignin and a solvent to a metal-incorporated solid mesoporous silicate catalyst under conditions sufficient to depolymerize the lignin to produce one or more aromatic monomers. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/355507 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 37/52 (20130101) C07C 37/52 (20130101) C07C 39/08 (20130101) C07C 41/18 (20130101) C07C 45/51 (20130101) C07C 45/51 (20130101) C07C 45/51 (20130101) C07C 45/51 (20130101) C07C 45/673 (20130101) C07C 49/84 (20130101) C07C 49/245 (20130101) C07C 49/825 (20130101) C07C 51/00 (20130101) C07C 51/00 (20130101) C07C 59/64 (20130101) C07C 67/00 (20130101) C07C 67/00 (20130101) C07C 67/00 (20130101) C07C 69/92 (20130101) C07C 69/734 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/34 (20130101) C07D 307/24 (20130101) C07D 307/60 (20130101) Compounds of Unknown Constitution C07G 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 6/00 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/086 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) |
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| US 09994625 | Shorter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Shorter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Meredith E. Jackrel (Voorhees, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein misfolding underpins several fatal neurodegenerative disorders. The application is directed to recombinant Hsp104 proteins comprising missense mutations aimed at correcting these events, and methods for expressing and delivering same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/630785 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09994825 | Gerecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharon Gerecht (Baltimore, Maryland); Sravanti Kusuma (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods for differentiating mammalian pluripotent stem cells towards a population of cells that can self-organize into vascular networks in vitro when harvested cells of the present invention are embedded into a hydrophilic matrix such as a hydrogel. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777258 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/069 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0691 (20130101) C12N 5/0692 (20130101) C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/17 (20130101) C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2501/165 (20130101) C12N 2501/905 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/03 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) C12N 2533/80 (20130101) |
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| US 09994881 | Gonzalez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramon Gonzalez (Houston, Texas); James M. Clomburg (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Bacteria that run the beta oxidation cycle in reverse anabolic direction are provided, along with many novel primers to start the reverse cycle, pathways to make such primers, and a large variety of products produced thereby. Methods for making desired product by using such primers in the reverse pathway are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/199528 |
| 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 9/001 (20130101) C12N 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/16 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/1029 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/16 (20130101) C12P 7/18 (20130101) C12P 7/42 (20130101) C12P 7/44 (20130101) C12P 13/001 (20130101) C12P 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) |
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| US 09994885 | Sherman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Sherman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Marie Kaufman-Schofield (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sunit Jain (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gregory Dick (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to the biosynthetic pathway for a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) derived drug and analogs thereof. The invention provides polynucleotide sequences useful for heterologous expression in a convenient microbial host for the synthesis of the NRPS-derived drug, the polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides, expression vectors comprising the polynucleotides, host cells comprising the polynucleotides or expression vectors, and kits comprising a host cell. Also provided is a method for the production of ET-743, the NRPS-derived drug. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/603032 |
| 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 9/0051 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/0095 (20130101) C12N 9/1007 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 17/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 108/01004 (20130101) C12Y 118/01002 (20130101) C12Y 402/01001 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranjan Perera (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are methods for the diagnosis of human melanoma by assessing MITF, miR-211, TRPM1, and/or KCNMA1 and methods for the diagnosis of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents by assessing the regulatory pathways of PGC1α. Methods for treating melanoma, including drug-resistant melanoma, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/130856 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) |
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| US 09994956 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Judy Z. Wu (Lawrence, Kansas); Rongtao Lu (Lawrence, Kansas); Alan Elliot (Lee's Summit, Missouri); Allen Hase (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawerence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judy Z. Wu (Lawrence, Kansas); Rongtao Lu (Lawrence, Kansas); Alan Elliot (Lee's Summit, Missouri); Allen Hase (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for in situ fabrication of multilayer heterostructures is provided comprising a first vacuum chamber adapted for atomic layer deposition and comprising a first stage docking assembly configured to dock a detachable stage configured to support a substrate; a second vacuum chamber adapted for ultra-high vacuum physical or chemical vapor deposition and comprising a second stage docking assembly configured to dock the detachable stage; a load lock vacuum chamber between the first and second vacuum chambers and comprising a third stage docking assembly configured to dock the detachable stage, the load lock vacuum chamber coupled to the first vacuum chamber via a first shared valve and coupled to the second vacuum chamber via a second shared valve; and a substrate transport vacuum chamber comprising a substrate transfer device, the substrate transfer device configured to detachably couple to the detachable stage and to transfer the substrate supported by the detachable stage in situ between the first vacuum chamber, the second vacuum chamber and the load lock vacuum chamber. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/456397 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — 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 14/566 (20130101) C23C 16/46 (20130101) C23C 16/54 (20130101) C23C 16/4401 (20130101) C23C 16/45544 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/67173 (20130101) |
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| US 09995680 | Easley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Easley (Auburn, Alabama); Joonyul Kim (Opelika, Alabama); Juan Hu (Auburn, Alabama); Mark D. Holtan (Auburn, Alabama); Subramaniam Somasundaram (Auburn, Alabama); Curtis Shannon (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods including the step of thermally scanning a sample that can be used and implemented to detect the presence of and/or concentration of a molecule in a sample. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/932678 |
| 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 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 2527/107 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/542 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 2021/6432 (20130101) |
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| US 09995851 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Chuan Shih (Houston, Texas); Yu-Lung Sung (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithography-free, mold-free, single-step method of fabricating high quality optical lenses by curing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) droplets on a pre-heated smooth surface allows lenses with different focal lengths to be made by varying the droplet volume and surface temperature. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/813728 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/0073 (20130101) B29D 11/00365 (20130101) B29D 11/00442 (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 2083/00 (20130101) B29K 2105/16 (20130101) B29K 2995/002 (20130101) B29K 2995/0026 (20130101) B29K 2995/0031 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 1/041 (20130101) G02B 21/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09996798 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bei Pan (Los Angeles, California); Ugur Demiryurek (Redondo Beach, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and techniques for enhancing accuracy of traffic prediction include a system of one or more computers operable to receive a request relating to traffic prediction, compare a first prediction error for a first (moving average) traffic prediction model with a second prediction error for a second (historical average) traffic prediction model, calculated using a historical data set selected from previously recorded traffic data in accordance with a day and time associated with the request, select use of the first model or the second model based on the comparison of prediction errors, and provide an output for use in traffic prediction, wherein the output comes from applying the first traffic prediction model when the first prediction error is less than the second prediction error, and the output comes from applying the second traffic prediction model when the first prediction error is not less than the second prediction error. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/065756 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/00 (20130101) G08G 1/0112 (20130101) G08G 1/0129 (20130101) G08G 1/0141 (20130101) |
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| US 09996803 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lingjun Li (Tempe, Arizona); Xinxin Zhao (Tempe, Arizona); Guoliang Xue (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for authenticating a user through an unobservable re-authentication process are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/476364 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/44 (20130101) G06F 21/316 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/0421 (20130101) |
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| US 09996925 | Pedersen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peder C. Pedersen (Sterling, Massachusetts); Diane M. Strong (Worcester, Massachusetts); Emmanuel Agu (Ashland, Massachusetts); Bengisu Tulu (Newton, Massachusetts); Lei Wang (Worcester, Massachusetts); Qian He (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peder C. Pedersen (Sterling, Massachusetts); Diane M. Strong (Worcester, Massachusetts); Emmanuel Agu (Ashland, Massachusetts); Bengisu Tulu (Newton, Massachusetts); Lei Wang (Worcester, Massachusetts); Qian He (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The wound assessing method and system provide a convenient, quantitative mechanism for diabetic foot ulcer assessment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/239486 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/445 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/11 (20170101) G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/0081 (20130101) G06T 7/90 (20170101) G06T 7/194 (20170101) G06T 7/408 (20130101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20036 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) G06T 2207/30088 (20130101) G06T 2207/30096 (20130101) |
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| US 09997272 | Stupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Alexander K. Shveyd (Rochester, New York); Alok S. Tayi (Niskayuna, New York); Chi-Hau Sue (Berkeley, California); Ashwin Narayanan (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic charge-transfer (CT) co-crystals in a mixed stack system are disclosed, wherein a donor molecule (D) and an acceptor molecule (A) occupy alternating positions (DADADA) along the CT axis. A platform is provided which amplifies the molecular recognition of donors and acceptors and produces co-crystals at ambient conditions, wherein the platform comprises (i) a molecular design of the first constituent (α-complement), (ii) a molecular design of the second compound (β-complement), and (iii) a solvent system that promotes co-crystallization. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/252852 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/14 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997700 | Abdelmoula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohamed Abdeltawab Abdelmoula (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marek Skowronski (Murrysville, Pennsylvania); Abhishek A. Sharma (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); James A. Bain (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for manufacturing an RRAM cell includes providing a metal-insulator-metal stack and exposing a subsection of a MIM stack to particle bombardment and/or radiation. Exposing a subsection of the MIM stack to particle bombardment and/or radiation forms localized defects in the functional layer of the MIM stack, thereby reducing the required forming voltage of the RRAM cell and further providing precise control over the location of a conductive filament created in the MIM stack during forming of the device. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/267111 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 45/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 45/146 (20130101) H01L 45/165 (20130101) H01L 45/1233 (20130101) H01L 45/1246 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) |
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| US 09997778 | Cao 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) | Guozhong Cao (Seattle, Washington); Yanwei Li (Guilin, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved V2O5 materials are disclosed herein in the form of 2D leaf-like nanosheets. Methods of forming the V2O5 nanosheets and batteries (e.g., lithium-ion) incorporating the V2O5 nanosheets are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/440849 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 31/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/20 (20130101) C01P 2006/12 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 5/00 (20130101) C30B 5/02 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 09997845 | Schantz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Q-Track Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans Gregory Schantz (Big Cove, Alabama); Christopher David Pittman (Huntsville, Alabama); James Lee Richards (Fayetteville, Tennessee); Stephen A. Werner (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure pertains to a rotationally triply symmetric three axis magnetic antenna system having substantial isolation among the three axes, including a three axis skew orthogonal magnetic antenna system and device utilizing the antenna system. The antenna system comprising three substantially identical magnetic antenna elements disposed symmetrically about a reference point such that the magnetic axes from the three antenna elements are orthogonal to one another in direction and do not intersect one another. The three antenna elements are positioned in a substantial cross coupling null from one another to minimize cross coupling. The arrangement yields packaging efficiency for compact electronic devices. A 1, 1, diameter embodiment is disclosed. A location system utilizing the antenna system is disclosed. Methods for producing the antenna are disclosed. A moldable triple coil holder for the antenna system is described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/313932 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| 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 5/14 (20130101) G01S 5/0252 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/273 (20130101) H01Q 1/276 (20130101) H01Q 7/00 (20130101) H01Q 7/08 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) H01Q 21/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 21/0087 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49018 (20150115) |
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| US 09997960 | Georgakopoulos |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stavros Georgakopoulos (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stavros Georgakopoulos (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Wireless power transfer systems including wireless transmitter and receivers, which are insensitive to misalignment, are provided. A wireless power transfer system can include a first conductive loop that has cylindrical, conical, or spherical symmetry. The wireless power transfer system can further include a second conductive loop that is formed around the first conductive loop, and can also share the same type of symmetry as the first conductive loop. The wireless transfer system can be a wearable device or an implantable device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/084836 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 27/2804 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 50/12 (20160201) Original (OR) Class Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/028 (20130101) |
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| US 09998260 | Wesel 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) | Richard Wesel (Los Angeles, California); Kasra Vakilinia (Los Angeles, California); Sudarsan V S Ranganathan (Los Angeles, California); Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high throughput communication apparatus which provides low frame error rates (FER). Error checking encoder and decoders which each comprise a plurality of short blocklength error checking encoders or decoders, respectively, in parallel, coupled through common incremental redundancy. Short-blocklength codes are utilized to achieve communication capacity with incremental redundancy. The system can transmit and decode a large number of short-blocklength codewords in parallel, while it delivers incremental redundancy, without feedback, only to the decoders that need incremental redundancy. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/430093 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 1/0057 (20130101) H04L 1/0059 (20130101) H04L 1/0061 (20130101) H04L 1/0068 (20130101) H04L 1/165 (20130101) |
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| US 09998684 | Kapadia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Apu Kapadia (Bloomington, Indiana); Md Zahidur Rahman (Bloomington, India); David Crandall (Bloominton, Indiana); Robert E. Templeman (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for opportunistically collecting images of a location via a mobile device, the device including algorithms that allow the selective winnowing of collected images to facilitate the creation of a 3D model from the images while minimizing the storage needed to hold the pictures. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/460914 |
| ART UNIT | 2483 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 15/205 (20130101) G06T 17/00 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2621 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09993529 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tzung-Horng Yang (Del Mar, California); Daniel Edward Vaughn (Encinitas, California); Michael James Labarre (San Diego, California); Christopher L. Caster (Del Mar, California); Francois Nicol (Carlsbad, California); Donghyun Kim (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Halozyme, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tzung-Horng Yang (Del Mar, California); Daniel Edward Vaughn (Encinitas, California); Michael James Labarre (San Diego, California); Christopher L. Caster (Del Mar, California); Francois Nicol (Carlsbad, California); Donghyun Kim (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compositions that are stable formulations of a hyaluronan-degrading enzyme or are stable co-formulations of a fast-acting insulin and a hyaluronan degrading enzyme, including a recombinant human PH20 (rHuPH20). |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/507262 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 47/02 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/06 (20130101) C07K 5/06086 (20130101) C07K 14/62 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2402 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01035 (20130101) |
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| US 09993894 | Derzon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Derzon (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Randolph R. Kay (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul C. Galambos (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California); Ronald P. Kensek (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark A. Grohman (Rociada, New Mexico); Thomas Kerr Lemp (Alameda, New Mexico); Subhash L. Shinde (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gregory Robert Bogart (Corrales, New Mexico); Liam D. Claus (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for detecting radiation is provided. In embodiments, at least one sensor is disposed on a surface of a wafer-like substrate. At least one sensor medium is fixed relative to the substrate, optically or electrically coupled to the sensor, and separated from the sensor by no more than the substrate thickness. An electronic signal-processing circuit is connected to the sensor and configured to produce an output when the sensor is stimulated by a product of an interaction between the sensor medium and impinging radiation. The sensor is configured to collect, from the sensor medium, charge and/or light produced within the sensor medium by interactions with impinging radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/192595 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/0266 (20130101) G01J 3/0289 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/70258 (20130101) |
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| US 09994118 | Williams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Motors LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Motors LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nate Williams (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Venkatesh Donthy (Novi, Michigan); Paul H. Pebbles (Novi, Michigan); Justin Roebuck (Southfield, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Implementations of the present invention contemplate utilizing a communicative infrastructure represented by a telematics unit of an electric vehicle and a telematics service provider (TSP) communicatively coupled to the telematics unit to control an amount of power reserved for a charging event of the vehicle. Specifically, the TSP utilizes information provided by the telematics unit, electrical power utilities, and electrical power metering devices to determine the characteristics of electrical energy available for charging the vehicle. The TSP can utilize the characteristics of the available energy along with additional information, such as charging preferences established by a subscriber of the TSP and vehicle use schedules, to determine an amount of power to reserve for the charging event. The amount of power reserved for the charging event may be determined based on cost, greenhouse gas emissions, a combination thereof, and on other factors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/904500 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/184 (20130101) B60L 11/1816 (20130101) B60L 11/1824 (20130101) B60L 11/1844 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B60L 11/1846 (20130101) B60L 11/1848 (20130101) B60L 11/1861 (20130101) B60L 2200/10 (20130101) B60L 2200/12 (20130101) B60L 2200/32 (20130101) B60L 2200/36 (20130101) B60L 2230/16 (20130101) B60L 2230/22 (20130101) B60L 2230/24 (20130101) B60L 2240/70 (20130101) B60L 2240/622 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/721 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/705 (20130101) Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7044 (20130101) Y02T 10/7088 (20130101) Y02T 10/7291 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/16 (20130101) Y02T 90/121 (20130101) Y02T 90/128 (20130101) Y02T 90/162 (20130101) Y02T 90/163 (20130101) Y02T 90/169 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 10/126 (20130101) Y04S 30/14 (20130101) |
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| US 09994832 | Schnorr et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk Schnorr (Holte, Denmark); Randall Kramer (Lincoln, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for degrading or converting a cellulosic material and for producing a substance from a cellulosic material. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/199061 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — 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 9/0071 (20130101) C12N 9/2402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/12 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 09994870 | Snyder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth W. Snyder (Lincolnwood, Illinois); Meltem Urgun-Demirtas (Naperville, Illinois); Yanwen Shen (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for generating methane from a carbonaceous feedstock with simultaneous in situ sequestration of carbon dioxide to afford a biogas comprising at least 85 percent by volume methane, the method comprising anaerobically incubating a particulate additive in contact with a carbonaceous feedstock in a neutral or alkaline aqueous culture medium containing a culture of methanogenic consortia and collecting methane generated therefrom. The additive comprises at least one material selected from a biochar, an ash produced by gasification or combustion of a carbonaceous material, a black carbon soil, and a Terra Preta soil. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/540393 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/0423 (20130101) B01D 2253/102 (20130101) B01D 2256/245 (20130101) B01D 2257/304 (20130101) B01D 2258/05 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 3/08 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/343 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/59 (20151101) Y02P 20/152 (20151101) |
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| US 09994876 | Stephanopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Brian Pereira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Marjan De Mey (Ghent, Belgium); Deepak Dugar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jose Luis Avalos (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to recombinant cells and their use in the production of ethylene glycol. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/864493 |
| 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 9/0006 (20130101) C12N 9/0008 (20130101) C12N 9/16 (20130101) C12N 9/0022 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 9/90 (20130101) C12N 9/1096 (20130101) C12N 9/1205 (20130101) C12N 9/1229 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) 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 7/18 (20130101) C12P 7/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/01071 (20130101) C12Y 102/01021 (20130101) C12Y 102/01052 (20130101) C12Y 207/01016 (20130101) C12Y 207/01017 (20130101) C12Y 207/01047 (20130101) C12Y 401/02017 (20130101) C12Y 501/03 (20130101) |
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| US 09994949 | Brady et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Brady (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); Yanfeng Jiang (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Gerard M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Craig A. Bridges (Knoxville, Tennessee); Jian-Ping Wang (Shoreview, Minnesota); Xiaowei Zhang (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Lawrence F. Allard (Knoxville, Tennessee); Edgar Lara-Curzio (Lenoir City, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method may include annealing a material including iron and nitrogen in the presence of an applied magnetic field to form at least one Fe16N2 phase domain. The applied magnetic field may have a strength of at least about 0.2 Tesla (T). |
| FILED | Monday, June 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/754284 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/0622 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2006/42 (20130101) Modifying the Physical Structure of Ferrous Metals; General Devices for Heat Treatment of Ferrous or Non-ferrous Metals or Alloys; Making Metal Malleable, e.g by Decarburisation or Tempering C21D 1/26 (20130101) C21D 6/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 33/00 (20130101) C22C 38/00 (20130101) C22C 38/001 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 8/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 28/34 (20130101) C23C 28/322 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/047 (20130101) H01F 1/065 (20130101) |
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| US 09994959 | Laramie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sion Power Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sion Power Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Laramie (Tucson, Arizona); Yuriy V. Mikhaylik (Tucson, Arizona); James A. Phipps (Tucson, Arizona); Veronika G. Viner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Articles and methods for forming ceramic/polymer composite structures for electrode protection in electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/323269 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/145 (20130101) H01M 2/166 (20130101) H01M 2/1673 (20130101) H01M 2/1686 (20130101) H01M 4/62 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/0407 (20130101) H01M 4/0414 (20130101) H01M 4/0421 (20130101) H01M 4/0426 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) H01M 2300/0088 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) H01M 2300/0094 (20130101) |
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| US 09994960 | Laramie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sion Power Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sion Power Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Laramie (Tucson, Arizona); Yuriy V. Mikhaylik (Tucson, Arizona); James A. Phipps (Tucson, Arizona); Veronika G. Viner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Articles and methods for forming ceramic/polymer composite structures for electrode protection in electrochemical cells, including rechargeable lithium batteries, are presented. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/552608 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/145 (20130101) H01M 2/166 (20130101) H01M 2/1673 (20130101) H01M 2/1686 (20130101) H01M 4/62 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/0407 (20130101) H01M 4/0414 (20130101) H01M 4/0421 (20130101) H01M 4/0426 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) H01M 2300/0088 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) H01M 2300/0094 (20130101) |
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| US 09994998 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Chen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Lee E. Gunter (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Sara Jawdy (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Wellington Muchero (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Gerald Tuskan (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Jianjun Guo (Sunnyvale, California); Priya Ranjan (Knoxville, Tennessee); Stephen P. DiFazio (Morgantown, Virginia); Anthony C. Bryan (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides plants having desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of selecting plants with such desirable levels of lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; methods of genetically modifying plants to modulate lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens; and uses of such plants. The inventors have determined that the expression and/or activity of POPTR_0014s08530, a gene encoding an Angustifolia/CtBP transcription factor, modulates lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens in plants. Plants with lignin synthesis, sugar release, S/G ratio, and resistance to stress and pathogens, based on modulation of the expression or activity of the POPTR_0014s08530 gene, have divergent uses including pulp and paper production, and ethanol/biofuel production. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/638838 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8255 (20130101) C12N 15/8271 (20130101) Production of Cellulose by Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing Materials; Regeneration of Pulping Liquors; Apparatus Therefor D21C 3/00 (20130101) Pulp Compositions; Preparation Thereof Not Covered by Subclasses D21C or D21D; Impregnating or Coating of Paper; Treatment of Finished Paper Not Covered by Class B31 or Subclass D21G; Paper Not Otherwise Provided for D21H 11/00 (20130101) D21H 11/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class D21H 11/20 (20130101) |
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| US 09995411 | Moorman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew W. Moorman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald P. Manginell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thayne L. Edwards (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to adhesive-based microvalves, as well as assemblies and cartridges having such microvalves. In particular examples, substantially planar layers of adhesive materials are used to construct both normally-open and normally-closed microvalves for fluid control within microfluidic laminate cartridges. Such microvalves and cartridges can be useful for medical, chemical, and biological investigations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332831 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/1207 (20130101) B32B 2037/1223 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 99/0036 (20130101) F16K 2099/008 (20130101) |
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| US 09995796 | Johnson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay Johnson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, method, and system for detecting arc-faults in a photovoltaic array are disclosed. Further, the detection not only identifies that an arc-fault is present in the array, but also classifies whether the arc-fault is a series type arc-fault or a parallel type arc-fault. Upon determination of the specific type of arc-fault that is at issue, de-energizing the arc-fault specific to the type is selected and carried out. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/286537 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 2001/4413 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0428 (20130101) |
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| US 09995800 | Schwindt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY and ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schwindt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cort N. Johnson (Arlington, Massachusetts); Yuan-Yu Jau (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An atomic magnetometer includes an atomic vapor cell, an optical system conformed to transmit pump radiation and probe radiation through the vapor cell, and an optical detection system arranged to receive and detect probe radiation after it exits the vapor cell. Improvements in the separation of spatial channels are achieved by using a a diffractive optical element arranged to divide at least the pump radiation into a plurality of separate diffracted beams that traverse the vapor cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/692936 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/00 (20130101) Time-interval Measuring G04F 5/14 (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 1/06 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/26 (20130101) |
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| US 09995859 | Kamali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyedeh Mahsa Kamali (Pasadena, California); Ehsan Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Amir Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Andrei Faraon (La Canada Flintridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Structures for scattering light at multiple wavelengths are disclosed. Scattering elements are fabricated with different geometric dimensions and arrangements, to scatter or focus light at the the same focal distance for each wavelength, or at different focal distances according to the desired application. The scattering elements fabricated on a substrate can be peeled off with a polymer matrix and attached to a lens to modify the optical properties of the lens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/097101 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) G02B 5/021 (20130101) G02B 5/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/0257 (20130101) G02B 5/0263 (20130101) G02B 5/0268 (20130101) G02B 5/0278 (20130101) G02B 27/0025 (20130101) |
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| US 09996644 | Nwankpa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chika Nwankpa (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anthony Deese (Richmond, Virginia); Aaron St. Leger (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Yakaski (Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania); Jeremy Johnson (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Prawat Nagvajara (Narberth, Pennsylvania); Petya Vachranukunkiet (Warminster, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DREXEL UNIVERSITY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chika Nwankpa (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anthony Deese (Richmond, Virginia); Aaron St. Leger (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Jeffrey Yakaski (Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania); Jeremy Johnson (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Prawat Nagvajara (Narberth, Pennsylvania); Petya Vachranukunkiet (Warminster, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Full-AC load flow constitutes a core computation in power system analysis. A performance gain with a hardware implementation of a sparse-linear solver using a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is achieved by use of a DC network emulation of the power system bus. Analog Behavioral Models (ABMs) are used in an efficient strategy for designing analog emulation engines for large-scale power system computation. A generator model is also developed using analog circuits for load flow emulation for power system analysis to reduce computation time. The generator model includes reconfigurable parameters using operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs). The circuit module is used with other reconfigurable circuits, i.e., transmission lines and loads. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/956461 |
| ART UNIT | 2184 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/16 (20130101) G06F 17/5027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997267 | Toth et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington); Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington); Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Toth (Pasco, Washington); Donald Wall (Pullman, Washington); Richard S. Wittman (Richland, Washington); Bruce D. Pierson (Kennewick, Washington); Lawrence R. Greenwood (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Target assemblies are provided that can include a uranium-comprising annulus. The assemblies can include target material consisting essentially of non-uranium material within the volume of the annulus. Reactors are disclosed that can include one or more discrete zones configured to receive target material. At least one uranium-comprising annulus can be within one or more of the zones. Methods for producing isotopes within target material are also disclosed, with the methods including providing neutrons to target material within a uranium-comprising annulus. Methods for modifying materials within target material are disclosed as well as are methods for characterizing material within a target material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766600 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 23/00 (20130101) Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources G21G 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997271 | Stupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Alexander K. Shveyd (Rochester, New York); Alok S. Tayi (Niskayuna, New York); Chi-Hau Sue (Berkeley, California); Ashwin Narayanan (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic charge-transfer (CT) co-crystals in a crossed stack system are disclosed. The co-crystals exhibit bidirectional charge transfer interactions where one donor molecule shares electrons with two different acceptors, one acceptor face-to-face and the other edge-to-face. The assembly and charge transfer interaction results in a pleochroic material whereby the optical absorption continuously changes depending on the polarization angle of incident light. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/251895 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/02 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997272 | Stupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel I. Stupp (Chicago, Illinois); J. Fraser Stoddart (Evanston, Illinois); Alexander K. Shveyd (Rochester, New York); Alok S. Tayi (Niskayuna, New York); Chi-Hau Sue (Berkeley, California); Ashwin Narayanan (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic charge-transfer (CT) co-crystals in a mixed stack system are disclosed, wherein a donor molecule (D) and an acceptor molecule (A) occupy alternating positions (DADADA) along the CT axis. A platform is provided which amplifies the molecular recognition of donors and acceptors and produces co-crystals at ambient conditions, wherein the platform comprises (i) a molecular design of the first constituent (α-complement), (ii) a molecular design of the second compound (β-complement), and (iii) a solvent system that promotes co-crystallization. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/252852 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/14 (20130101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09997285 | Matthiesen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Matthiesen (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing an ordered martensitic iron nitride powder that is suitable for use as a permanent magnetic material is provided. The process includes fabricating an iron alloy powder having a desired composition and uniformity; nitriding the iron alloy powder by contacting the material with a nitrogen source in a fluidized bed reactor to produce a nitride iron powder; transforming the nitride iron powder to a disordered martensitic phase; annealing the disordered martensitic phase to an ordered martensitic phase; and separating the ordered martensitic phase from the iron nitride powder to yield an ordered martensitic iron nitride powder. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/304102 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/02 (20130101) B22F 9/082 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/0622 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2006/42 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/6265 (20130101) C04B 35/6268 (20130101) C04B 35/58042 (20130101) C04B 35/62615 (20130101) C04B 2235/46 (20130101) C04B 2235/405 (20130101) C04B 2235/465 (20130101) Alloys C22C 33/0264 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 8/62 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 1/065 (20130101) H01F 1/083 (20130101) H01F 41/0266 (20130101) |
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| US 09997322 | Kong 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) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jon D. Grandy (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brent A. Detering (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Larry D. Zuck (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrode assemblies for plasma reactors include a structure or device for constraining an arc endpoint to a selected area or region on an electrode. In some embodiments, the structure or device may comprise one or more insulating members covering a portion of an electrode. In additional embodiments, the structure or device may provide a magnetic field configured to control a location of an arc endpoint on the electrode. Plasma generating modules, apparatus, and systems include such electrode assemblies. Methods for generating a plasma include covering at least a portion of a surface of an electrode with an electrically insulating member to constrain a location of an arc endpoint on the electrode. Additional methods for generating a plasma include generating a magnetic field to constrain a location of an arc endpoint on an electrode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/943137 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/50 (20130101) H05H 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 09997788 | Erlebacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonah D. Erlebacher (Baltimore, Maryland); Joshua D. Snyder (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A porous metal that comprises platinum and has a specific surface area that is greater than 5 m2/g and less than 75 m2/g. A fuel cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and an electrolyte arranged between the first and the second electrodes. At least one of the first and second electrodes is coated with a porous metal catalyst for oxygen reduction, and the porous metal catalyst comprises platinum and has a specific surface area that is greater than 5 m2/g and less than 75 m2/g. A method of producing a porous metal according to an embodiment of the current invention includes producing an alloy consisting essentially of platinum and nickel according to the formula PtxNi1-x, where x is at least 0.01 and less than 0.3; and dealloying the alloy in a substantially pH neutral solution to reduce an amount of nickel in the alloy to produce the porous metal. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/523411 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/892 (20130101) B01J 35/1009 (20130101) B01J 35/1014 (20130101) B01J 35/1057 (20130101) B01J 35/1061 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/88 (20130101) H01M 4/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/98 (20130101) H01M 4/921 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/50 (20130101) |
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| US 09997802 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-BATTELLE, INC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gilbert M. Brown (Knoxville, Tennessee); Mariappan Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sheng Dai (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xiao-Guang Sun (Knoxville, Tennessee); Hansan Liu (Burnaby, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods of making are provided for a high energy density lithium-aluminum battery. The battery comprises an anode comprising aluminum metal. The battery further comprises a cathode comprising a lithium metal oxide. The battery further comprises an electrolyte capable of supporting reversible deposition and stripping of aluminum at the anode, and reversible intercalation and deintercalation of lithium at the cathode. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/257455 |
| 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 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/50 (20130101) H01M 4/463 (20130101) H01M 6/16 (20130101) H01M 10/054 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/056 (20130101) H01M 10/058 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 2300/0028 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49108 (20150115) |
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| US 09997920 | Bhowmik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shibashis Bhowmik (Charlotte, North Carolina); Iman Mazhari (Charlotte, North Carolina); Babak Parkhideh (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SINEWATTS, INC. (Charlotte, North Carolina); THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shibashis Bhowmik (Charlotte, North Carolina); Iman Mazhari (Charlotte, North Carolina); Babak Parkhideh (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Various examples are directed to systems and methods for detecting an islanding condition at an inverter configured to couple a distributed generation system to an electrical grid network. A controller may determine a command frequency and a command frequency variation. The controller may determine that the command frequency variation indicates a potential islanding condition and send to the inverter an instruction to disconnect the distributed generation system from the electrical grid network. When the distributed generation system is disconnected from the electrical grid network, the controller may determine whether the grid network is valid. |
| FILED | Monday, September 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/860159 |
| 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 3/381 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 3/383 (20130101) H02J 2003/388 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/563 (20130101) |
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| US 09998070 | O'Neill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3m Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark B. O'Neill (Stillwater, Minnesota); Andrew J. Henderson (Eagan, Minnesota); Timothy J. Hebrink (Scandia, Minnesota); Rajesh K. Katare (Cottage Grove, Minnesota); Naiyong Jing (Woodbury, Minnesota); Diane North (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota); Eric M. Peterson (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to durable solar mirror films, methods of making durable solar mirror films, and constructions including durable solar mirror films. In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a solar mirror film comprising: a multilayer optical film layer including having a coefficient of hygroscopic expansion of less than about 30 ppm per percent relative humidity; and a reflective layer having a coefficient of hygroscopic expansion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/391945 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/0875 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 40/22 (20141201) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 09998401 | Khare et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Surhud Khare (Bangalore, India); Ankit More (Hillsboro, Oregon); Dinesh Somasekhar (Portland, Oregon); David S. Dunning (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a plurality of islands configured on a semiconductor die, each of the plurality of islands having a plurality of cores; and a plurality of network switches configured on the semiconductor die and each associated with one of the plurality of islands, where each network switch includes a plurality of output ports, a first set of the output ports are each to couple to the associated network switch of an island via a point-to-point interconnect and a second set of the output ports are each to couple to the associated network switches of a plurality of islands via a point-to-multipoint interconnect. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/042402 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/528 (20130101) H01L 23/5221 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 49/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon); Providence Health and Services Oregon (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon); Providence Health and Services Oregon (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth M. Stedman (Portland, Oregon); James R. Laidler (Portland, Oregon); Keith Bahjat (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | It is disclosed herein that viruses coated in silica retain infectivity and the capacity to induce an immune response in an infected host. In addition, silicified virus is remarkably resistant to desiccation. Provided herein are methods of inducing a virus-specific immune response in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of silicified virus or silicified virus particles. Methods of enhancing a virus-specific cell-mediated immune response (such as a T cell-mediated immune response) in a subject by administering to the subject a silicified virus or silicified virus particles are also described herein. Further provided are immunogenic compositions comprising silicified virus or silicified virus particles, such as compositions useful as vaccines. The immunogenic compositions include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and/or an adjuvant. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/763947 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/13 (20130101) A61K 39/15 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/29 (20130101) A61K 39/125 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 39/215 (20130101) A61K 39/235 (20130101) A61K 39/285 (20130101) A61K 39/292 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) A61K 2039/5252 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) A61K 2039/55588 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/10021 (20130101) C12N 2710/10034 (20130101) C12N 2710/24121 (20130101) C12N 2710/24134 (20130101) C12N 2720/12321 (20130101) C12N 2720/12334 (20130101) C12N 2740/16021 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16021 (20130101) C12N 2760/16034 (20130101) C12N 2770/20021 (20130101) C12N 2770/20034 (20130101) C12N 2770/24021 (20130101) C12N 2770/24034 (20130101) C12N 2770/24221 (20130101) C12N 2770/24234 (20130101) C12N 2770/32421 (20130101) C12N 2770/32434 (20130101) C12N 2770/32621 (20130101) C12N 2770/32634 (20130101) C12N 2795/10134 (20130101) C12N 2795/14034 (20130101) |
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| US 09994336 | Ghassemieh 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 (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shakib M. Ghassemieh (Santa Clara, California); Robert D. Ricks (Newark, California); Charles R. Friedericks (San Jose, California); Nghia Mai (San Jose, California); John W. Hines (Sunnyvale, California); Lee S. Brownston (Palo Alto, California); Shannon S. Ross (Campbell, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention include systems for launching primary or secondary payloads or actuating other launch vehicle or payload or instrumentation devices. The system includes an adapter assembly and at least one sequencer mounted to the adapter assembly. The sequencer includes: controller boards, each of the controller boards having a controller for controlling deployment of the payloads and data files; output ports coupled to the controller boards and configured to transmit signals from the controller boards to dispensers therethrough, deployment mechanisms containing the payloads, the adapter assembly having channels for accommodating the dispensers; and a detector coupled to the controller boards and adapted to detect an external signal and, in response to the external signal, to send an initiation signal to the controller boards. The system also includes at least one power supply coupled to the sequencer and adapted to provide an electrical power to the sequencer. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/573924 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/641 (20130101) |
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| US 09995321 | Lynn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Other Lab, LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OTHER LAB, LLC (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pete Lynn (Oakland, California); Kevin Albert (San Francisco, California); Giancarlo Nucci (San Francisco, California); Tim Swift (Clovis, California); Maria Telleria (Redwood City, California); Loren Russell (Berkeley, California); Jonathan Pompa (Long Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A poppet valve system that includes a valve body having a first and second end and defining a valve cavity and a poppet assembly extending from the first end to the second end and through the valve cavity. The poppet assembly can include a movable poppet head disposed at the first end of the poppet assembly and configured generate a seal by contacting a portion of the valve body and configured to define an opening between the valve cavity and a pressure cavity. The poppet assembly can also include a movable guiding element disposed at the second end of the valve body and a shaft extending from the first end to the second end and coupled to the poppet head and guiding element. |
| FILED | Monday, March 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/083015 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/142 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 15/103 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F15B 15/202 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 17/06 (20130101) F16K 17/048 (20130101) F16K 31/0693 (20130101) |
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| US 09995674 | Prasad |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Narasimha S. Prasad (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser vibrometer for measurement of ambient chemical species includes a laser that produces a beam that is split into a reference readout beam and a signal readout beam. A probe laser beam is tuned to an absorption feature of a molecular transition, and generates acoustic signals when incident on a gaseous species via the photo acoustic effect. The scattered acoustic signals are incident on a thin membrane that vibrates. The readout laser beam reflected from the vibrating membrane is mixed with the reference beam at the surface of a photo-EMF detector. Interferrometric fringes are generated at the surface of the photo-EMF detector. Electric current is generated in the photo-EMF detector when the fringes are in motion due to undulations in the signal readout beam imparted by the vibrating membrane. A highly sensitive photo-EMF detector is capable of detecting picoJoules or less laser energy generated by vibrating processes. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/584004 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02 (20130101) Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 9/006 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/39 (20130101) G01N 21/1702 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 29/46 (20130101) G01N 29/2418 (20130101) G01N 2021/1704 (20130101) G01N 2021/1761 (20130101) G01N 2021/3125 (20130101) G01N 2021/3185 (20130101) |
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| US 09995851 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Chuan Shih (Houston, Texas); Yu-Lung Sung (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithography-free, mold-free, single-step method of fabricating high quality optical lenses by curing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) droplets on a pre-heated smooth surface allows lenses with different focal lengths to be made by varying the droplet volume and surface temperature. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/813728 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/0073 (20130101) B29D 11/00365 (20130101) B29D 11/00442 (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 2083/00 (20130101) B29K 2105/16 (20130101) B29K 2995/002 (20130101) B29K 2995/0026 (20130101) B29K 2995/0031 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 1/041 (20130101) G02B 21/02 (20130101) |
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| US 09998236 | Strong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Picometrix, LLC (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PICOMETRIX, LLC (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Strong (Trenton, Michigan); Gregory Stuk (Saline, Michigan); Steven Williamson (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation includes a beam splitter and a transceiver. The beam splitter is configured to separate an optical pulse into a pump pulse and a probe pulse. The transceiver may include a transmitter switch and a receiver switch. The pump pulse is directed toward the transmitter switch and the probe pulse is directed towards the receiver switch. Electromagnetic radiation is emitted from the transceiver when the pump pulse strikes the transmitter switch. The electromagnetic radiation may be terahertz radiation in either a pulsed or continuous wave form. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/103605 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/3586 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/25 (20130101) H04B 10/90 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/114 (20130101) |
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| US 09998639 | Bhattacharya 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 States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sharmila Bhattacharya (Los Altos, California); Terry Clay Lusby (Mountain View, California); Chetan Angadi (San Jose, California); Siddharth Pandey (Canberra, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for conducting scientific experiments in space has a housing having dimensions of about 100×100×150 mm or smaller. Within the housing is an electronic processor, a camera, and a chamber for containing living or non-living test subjects. A mirror is positioned next to the chamber so that the camera lens can view both a face of the chamber, and the mirror, which reflects a side of the chamber. The chamber can additionally include sensors and a fan controlled by the processor to change conditions within the housing based upon sensor data. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/268187 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 17/08 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/18515 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2252 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/2253 (20130101) H04N 5/2254 (20130101) H04N 5/23241 (20130101) H04N 7/181 (20130101) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 09994601 | Subramaniam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bala Subramaniam (Lawrence, Kansas); Anand Ramanathan (Lawrence, Kansas); Kakasaheb Y. Nandiwale (Lawrence, Kansas); Andrew M. Danby (Lawrence, Kansas); Raghunath V. Chaudhari (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a process for depolymerizing lignin, the process comprising exposing a liquid feed comprising lignin and a solvent to a metal-incorporated solid mesoporous silicate catalyst under conditions sufficient to depolymerize the lignin to produce one or more aromatic monomers. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/355507 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 37/52 (20130101) C07C 37/52 (20130101) C07C 39/08 (20130101) C07C 41/18 (20130101) C07C 45/51 (20130101) C07C 45/51 (20130101) C07C 45/51 (20130101) C07C 45/51 (20130101) C07C 45/673 (20130101) C07C 49/84 (20130101) C07C 49/245 (20130101) C07C 49/825 (20130101) C07C 51/00 (20130101) C07C 51/00 (20130101) C07C 59/64 (20130101) C07C 67/00 (20130101) C07C 67/00 (20130101) C07C 67/00 (20130101) C07C 69/92 (20130101) C07C 69/734 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/34 (20130101) C07D 307/24 (20130101) C07D 307/60 (20130101) Compounds of Unknown Constitution C07G 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 6/00 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/086 (20130101) C10G 2300/1014 (20130101) |
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| US 09995735 | Loneragan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas); United States Department of Agriculture (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy Loneragan (Wolfforth, Texas); Thomas Edrington (College Station, Texas); Katelyn Malin (Slocomb, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method of introducing a pathogenic infection into one or more peripheral lymph nodes of an animal for testing of meat, comprising: inoculating at one or more peripheral lymph node drainage areas the animal with a known amount of a known pathogen; harvesting one or more peripheral lymph nodes from the animal; grinding meat or meat trimmings and the one or more peripheral lymph nodes into ground meat; and determining a ratio of a number of peripheral lymph nodes infected to the weight of the meat or meat trimmings used to create the ground meat, wherein the infected ground meat can be used to test interventions against the known pathogen in a grinding process. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/261335 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0275 (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 1/18 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/255 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad E Finn (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant ‘NZ 9629-1’ (unpatented) and the male parent blackberry plant ‘ORUS 1939-2’ (unpatented). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its medium to high yields of medium-large and very sweet flavored berries with good firmness and color and that are the earliest ripening, completely thornless blackberry that we are aware of. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/330508 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/0887 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US PP29370 | Finn |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad E Finn (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘Marys Peak’. The new cultivar is primarily characterized by its mid-late season ripening, and its firm medium-large, conical to slight wedge shaped fruit that have excellent processing characteristics including red internal and external color, sweet flavor, and easy calyx removal, as well as vigorous, upright and open plants that are productive and efficiently hand-harvested. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/330507 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/0893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 09993456 | Compadre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BioVentures, LLC (Little Rock, Arkansas); Universidad Tecnica Particular De Loja (Loja, Ecuador); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas); Universidad Tecnica Particular De Loja (Loja, Ecuador); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cesar M. Compadre (Little Rock, Arkansas); Philip Breen (Little Rock, Arkansas); Nukhet Aykin-Burns (Little Rock, Arkansas); Martin Hauer-Jensen (Little Rock, Arkansas); Raul G. Enriquez (Coyoacan, Mexico); Sujay Kharade (Little Rock, Arkansas); Omar Malagon (Loja, Ecuador); Yadira Ordonez (Loja, Ecuador); Edgar Ojeda (Loja, Ecuador); Shraddha Thakkar (Little Rock, Arkansas); E. Nathalie Pineda (Little Rock, Arkansas); Darin Jones (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Plant extracts, compositions, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided herein. The compositions comprise γ-tocotrienol (GT3) and δ-tocotrienol (DT3) in ratios wherein the DT3 is predominate. The compositions are useful for radioprotection and radiomitigation in subjects in need thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/021376 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/355 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 36/185 (20130101) A61K 2236/00 (20130101) A61K 2236/35 (20130101) A61K 2236/55 (20130101) |
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| US 09994830 | Movsesian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Movsesian (Salt Lake City, Utah); Manuela Zaccolo (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Movsesian (Salt Lake City, Utah); Manuela Zaccolo (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a polypeptide possessing anti-hypertrophic activity in a cardiac myocyte, wherein the polypeptide is a mutant variant derived from wild-type PDE3A1 protein and wherein the wild-type PDE3A1 protein has the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO:1 at amino acid position 146 to 1141. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/800657 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (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 1/44 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/04017 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/916 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/20 (20130101) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 09995876 | Liang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Di Liang (Santa Barbara, California); David A. Fattal (Mountain View, California); Marco Fiorentino (Mountain View, California); Zhen Peng (Foster City, California); Charles M. Santori (Palo Alto, California); Raymond G. Beausoleil (Redmond, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Di Liang (Santa Barbara, California); David A. Fattal (Mountain View, California); Marco Fiorentino (Mountain View, California); Zhen Peng (Foster City, California); Charles M. Santori (Palo Alto, California); Raymond G. Beausoleil (Redmond, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compact photonics platforms and methods of forming the same are provided. An example of a compact photonics platform includes a layered structure having an active region along a longitudinal axis, a facet having an angle no less than a critical angle formed at least one longitudinal end of the active region, and a waveguide having at least one grating coupler positioned in alignment with the angled facet to couple light out to or in from the waveguide. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/416781 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/34 (20130101) G02B 6/122 (20130101) G02B 6/125 (20130101) G02B 6/1225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 2006/12121 (20130101) G02B 2006/12166 (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 5/105 (20130101) H01S 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/1032 (20130101) H01S 5/1035 (20130101) H01S 5/1085 (20130101) H01S 5/1203 (20130101) |
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| US 09996801 | Shim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland); The United States of America, as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yun-Pil Shim (Eldersburg, Maryland); Charles George Tahan (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Physical superconducting qubits are controlled according to an “encoded” qubit scheme, where a pair of physical superconducting qubits constitute an encoded qubit that can be controlled without the use of a microwave signal. For example, a quantum computing system has at least one encoded qubit and a controller. Each encoded qubit has a pair of physical superconducting qubits capable of being selectively coupled together. Each physical qubit has a respective tunable frequency. The controller controls a state of each of the pair of physical qubits to perform a quantum computation without using microwave control signals. Rather, the controller uses DC-based voltage or flux pulses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/214757 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Static Stores G11C 11/44 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 09993765 | Galbraith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SEPARATION DESIGN GROUP LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SEPARATION DESIGN GROUP LLC (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Douglas Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania); David K. Walker (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Kenneth J. McGowan (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Elise N. DePetris (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania); Judith C. Galbraith (Holbrook, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Lightweight, small, portable devices and methods are disclosed that provide oxygen-enriched air using an ultra rapid adsorption cycle based on advanced molecular sieve materials. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/248630 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 2/54 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/00 (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 2/22 (20130101) A61L 2/0094 (20130101) A61L 9/14 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 16/10 (20130101) A61M 16/101 (20140204) A61M 35/00 (20130101) A61M 2205/8206 (20130101) A61M 2205/8237 (20130101) A61M 2205/8262 (20130101) A61M 2205/8293 (20130101) A61M 2209/086 (20130101) Separation B01D 53/047 (20130101) B01D 53/053 (20130101) B01D 53/0446 (20130101) B01D 53/0473 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 2253/108 (20130101) B01D 2253/116 (20130101) B01D 2256/12 (20130101) B01D 2257/40 (20130101) B01D 2257/102 (20130101) B01D 2259/4533 (20130101) B01D 2259/4541 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/78 (20130101) C02F 2303/04 (20130101) Pipe-line Systems; Pipe-lines F17D 3/01 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) |
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| US 09994725 | Svoboda et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CFD Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CFD Research Corporation, Inc. (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vojtech Svoboda (Huntsville, Alabama); Jianjun Wei (Huntsville, Alabama); Sameer Singhal (Huntsville, Alabama); Yevgenia Ulyanova (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides an aqueous based electrically conductive ink, which is essentially solvent free and includes a nano-scale conducting material; a binding agent; and an enzyme. In one embodiment, the ink includes at least one of a mediator, a cross-linking agent and a substrate as well. In one further embodiment, the present disclosure provides electrically conductive ink including a single walled, carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotube; 1-Ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) ester; polyethyleneimine; an aqueous buffer; and glucose oxidase. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/198035 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — 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) 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 11/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 09997706 | Kamplain et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin W. Kamplain (Bartlesville, Oklahoma); Zhengguo Zhu (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing semiconductor nanocrystals is disclosed. The method comprises adding a precursor mixture comprising one or more cation precursors, one or more anion precursors, and one or more amines to a ligand mixture including one or more acids, one or more phenol compounds, and a solvent to form a reaction mixture, wherein the molar ratio of (the one or more phenol compounds plus the one or more acids plus the one or more amine compounds) to the one or more cations initially included in the reaction mixture is greater than or equal to about 6, and heating the reaction mixture at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to produce semiconductor nanocrystals having a predetermined composition. Methods for forming a buffer layer and/or an overcoating layer thereover are also disclosed. Semiconductor nanocrystals and compositions including semiconductor nanocrystals of the invention are also disclosed. In certain embodiments, a semiconductor nanocrystal includes one or more Group IIIA and one or more Group VA elements. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/913108 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — 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) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/02 (20130101) C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (20130101) C09K 11/7492 (20130101) Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 29/40 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0256 (20130101) H01L 21/02439 (20130101) H01L 21/02521 (20130101) H01L 21/02543 (20130101) H01L 21/02546 (20130101) H01L 21/02557 (20130101) H01L 21/02601 (20130101) H01L 21/02628 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 49/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/774 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) |
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 09995643 | McVay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael McVay (Gainesville, Florida); Khiem Tat Tran (Gainesville, Florida); Rodrigo Herrera (Tallahassee, Florida); Peter Lai (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida); Florida Department of Transportation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael McVay (Gainesville, Florida); Khiem Tat Tran (Gainesville, Florida); Rodrigo Herrera (Tallahassee, Florida); Peter Lai (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for dynamically determining a static tip resistance of a dynamically-loaded component having a tip. One example method comprises receiving gauge data from one or more gauges associated with the component proximate the tip. The gauge data may represent measurements related to one or more impacts on the component. The example method may further comprise determining measured data and estimated data corresponding to the one or more impacts on the component based at least in part on the gauge data. Furthermore, the method may comprise performing an inversion to select the estimated data having the least amount of difference in comparison to the measured data. The method may also comprise determining the static tip resistance based at least in part on the selected estimated data. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/982045 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 44/00 (20130101) E21B 47/00 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 09995282 | Cryan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia); Bat Research and Consulting (Tucson, Arizona); University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Hawaii (Hilo, Hawaii); Bat Reseach and Consulting (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Michael Cryan (Fort Collins, Colorado); David Charles Dalton (Tucson, Arizona); Paulo Marcos Gorresen (Keeau, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A selectively perceptible wind turbine system provides illumination in a low intensity and wavelength invisible to the human eye, but visible to certain bats. This illumination deters bats and other flying animals from going near the turbine without becoming a nuisance. At least one ultraviolet (UV) illumination source produces at least one UV beam with a wavelength of approximately 200 nm to approximately 400 nm. This UV beam extends between the UV illumination source and at least one turbine blade surface of a turbine blade. Contact between the UV beam and the turbine blade surface forms an illumination interface with a power density of less than 100 μW/cm2. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/964386 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Catching, Trapping or Scaring of Animals; Apparatus for the Destruction of Noxious Animals or Noxious Plants A01M 29/10 (20130101) Wind Motors F03D 80/10 (20160501) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, Relating to the Form or the Kind of the Light Sources or of the Colour of the Light Emitted F21Y 2115/10 (20160801) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/721 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 09995851 | Shih et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Chuan Shih (Houston, Texas); Yu-Lung Sung (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithography-free, mold-free, single-step method of fabricating high quality optical lenses by curing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) droplets on a pre-heated smooth surface allows lenses with different focal lengths to be made by varying the droplet volume and surface temperature. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/813728 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/0073 (20130101) B29D 11/00365 (20130101) B29D 11/00442 (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 2083/00 (20130101) B29K 2105/16 (20130101) B29K 2995/002 (20130101) B29K 2995/0026 (20130101) B29K 2995/0031 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 1/041 (20130101) G02B 21/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 09995643 | McVay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael McVay (Gainesville, Florida); Khiem Tat Tran (Gainesville, Florida); Rodrigo Herrera (Tallahassee, Florida); Peter Lai (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida); Florida Department of Transportation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael McVay (Gainesville, Florida); Khiem Tat Tran (Gainesville, Florida); Rodrigo Herrera (Tallahassee, Florida); Peter Lai (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for dynamically determining a static tip resistance of a dynamically-loaded component having a tip. One example method comprises receiving gauge data from one or more gauges associated with the component proximate the tip. The gauge data may represent measurements related to one or more impacts on the component. The example method may further comprise determining measured data and estimated data corresponding to the one or more impacts on the component based at least in part on the gauge data. Furthermore, the method may comprise performing an inversion to select the estimated data having the least amount of difference in comparison to the measured data. The method may also comprise determining the static tip resistance based at least in part on the selected estimated data. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/982045 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 44/00 (20130101) E21B 47/00 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 09996813 | Briggman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chandra A. Briggman (Springfield, Virginia); Jane Elizabeth Quenk (Washington, District of Columbia); Timothy M. Moran (National Harbor, Maryland); Kelley A. Sullivan (Alexandria, Virginia); Robert E. Dixon, Jr. (Haymarket, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandra A. Briggman (Springfield, Virginia); Jane Elizabeth Quenk (Washington, District of Columbia); Timothy M. Moran (National Harbor, Maryland); Kelley A. Sullivan (Alexandria, Virginia); Robert E. Dixon, Jr. (Haymarket, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium are provided for populating a calendar. In one embodiment, a method is provided for receiving tracking data regarding a delivery item, calculating an expected delivery date for the delivery item, identifying one or more deadlines associated with the delivery item, based on the tracking information, and automatically populating a user's calendar with the expected delivery date and the one or more deadlines. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/618897 |
| ART UNIT | 3623 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/083 (20130101) G06Q 10/0833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 10/1093 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 51/14 (20130101) H04L 51/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 09994310 | Podgurski |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel M. Podgurski (West Chester, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Rotor assembly apparatus are disclosed. An example rotor assembly includes a twist actuator to drive a first rotation of a first shaft about a first axis, the twist actuator positioned at a center of rotation of the rotor assembly; and a first gear assembly to convert the first rotation into a plurality of second rotations of a plurality of second shafts, each of the second shafts to provide torque to a respective blade coupled to the rotor assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/570709 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 27/59 (20130101) B64C 27/72 (20130101) B64C 27/605 (20130101) B64C 2027/004 (20130101) B64C 2027/7222 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 7/00 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, June 12, 2018.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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FUNDED BY
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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)
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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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)
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