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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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| US 10051880 | Clarke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Isis Innovation Limited (Oxford, United Kingdom); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health And Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED (Oxford, United Kingdom); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kieran Clarke (Oxford, United Kingdom); Richard Lewis Veech (Rockville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound which is 3-hydroxybutyl 3-hydroxybutyrate enantiomerically enriched with respect to (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate of formula (I) is an effective and palatable precursor to the ketone body (3R)-hydroxybutyrate and may therefore be used to treat a condition which is caused by, exacerbated by or associated with elevated plasma levels of free fatty acids in a human or animal subject, for instance a condition where weight loss or weight gain is implicated, or to promote alertness or improve cognitive function, or to treat, prevent or reduce the effects of neurodegeneration, free radical toxicity, hypoxic conditions or hyperglycaemia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101834 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| 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 2/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A23L 33/10 (20160801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2200/316 (20130101) A23V 2200/322 (20130101) A23V 2200/328 (20130101) A23V 2250/30 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 69/675 (20130101) |
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| US 10051908 | Redpath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David Redpath (Beaconsfield, Canada); Marie-Pierre Gendron (Mercier, Canada); Stéphane Lebel (St. Redempteur, Canada); Dominic Giroux Bernier (Montreal, Canada); Lindsay Faye Slater (Montreal, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Revision Military S.a.r.L. (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Redpath (Beaconsfield, Canada); Marie-Pierre Gendron (Mercier, Canada); Stéphane Lebel (St. Redempteur, Canada); Dominic Giroux Bernier (Montreal, Canada); Lindsay Faye Slater (Montreal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Helmet-mounted display unit arrangements provide improved adjustability, including pitch, yaw, and/or vertical translation adjustment. In some embodiments, adjustments to one parameter do not affect the adjustability of other parameters. The helmet-mounted display and associated mount may be arranged such that the helmet-mounted display fits behind a helmet-mounted visor and/or in front of glasses being worn by the user. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/536953 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Hats; Head Coverings A42B 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A42B 3/042 (20130101) |
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| US 10052041 | Banet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SOTERA WIRELESS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SOTERA WIRELESS, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Banet (San Diego, California); Isaac Henry (La Mesa, California); Donald Bernstein (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a system for measuring stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and cardiac power (CP) from a patient that features: 1) an impedance sensor connected to at least two body-worn electrodes and including an impedance circuit that processes analog signals from the electrodes to measure an impedance signal (e.g. a TBEV waveform); 2) an ECG sensor connected to at least two chest-worn electrodes and including an ECG circuit that processes analog signals from the electrodes to measure and ECG signal; 3) an optical sensor connected to a body-worn optical probe and including an optical circuit that processes signals from the probe to measure at least one optical signal (e.g. a PPG waveform) from the patient; 4) a processing system, typically worn on the patient's wrist and connected through a wired interface to the optical sensor, and through either a wired or wireless interface to the TBEV and ECG sensors. The processing system analyzes the ECG, TBEV and optical signals to determine SV, and further analyzes SV and HR determined from an ECG sensor to determine CO. |
| FILED | Monday, July 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/201567 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/01 (20130101) A61B 5/0008 (20130101) A61B 5/021 (20130101) A61B 5/0022 (20130101) A61B 5/029 (20130101) A61B 5/0205 (20130101) A61B 5/0245 (20130101) A61B 5/0295 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0535 (20130101) A61B 5/681 (20130101) A61B 5/725 (20130101) A61B 5/746 (20130101) A61B 5/0816 (20130101) A61B 5/1116 (20130101) A61B 5/02028 (20130101) A61B 5/02427 (20130101) A61B 5/6823 (20130101) A61B 5/6824 (20130101) A61B 5/6826 (20130101) A61B 5/6833 (20130101) A61B 5/7239 (20130101) A61B 5/14542 (20130101) A61B 5/14551 (20130101) A61B 2562/04 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10052111 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry J. Miller (Spring Branch, Texas); David S. Bolleter (San Antonio, Texas); Robert W. Titkemeyer (San Antonio, Texas); Christopher B. Kilcoin (Santa Cruz, California); Matthew T. Harmon (Santa Cruz, California); Ruben Trevino (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TELEFLEX MEDICAL DEVICES S.À R.L. (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry J. Miller (Spring Branch, Texas); David S. Bolleter (San Antonio, Texas); Robert W. Titkemeyer (San Antonio, Texas); Christopher B. Kilcoin (Santa Cruz, California); Matthew T. Harmon (Santa Cruz, California); Ruben Trevino (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods are provided to penetrate a bone and associated bone marrow using a powered driver having a gear assembly and a motor. The powered driver may include an indicator operable to show status of a power supply associated with the powered driver. The power supply may include a battery power pack having a diamond shaped cross section. The powered driver may have a handle with a corresponding cross section. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/609001 |
| ART UNIT | 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 10/025 (20130101) A61B 17/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/1622 (20130101) A61B 17/1637 (20130101) A61B 17/3472 (20130101) A61B 17/3476 (20130101) A61B 17/32002 (20130101) A61B 17/32053 (20130101) A61B 90/11 (20160201) A61B 2010/0258 (20130101) A61B 2017/0046 (20130101) A61B 2017/00398 (20130101) A61B 2017/00734 (20130101) Turning; Boring B23B 45/00 (20130101) Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 23/12 (20130101) B25B 23/0035 (20130101) Percussive Tools B25D 2250/141 (20130101) Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 17/46 (20130101) F41A 17/52 (20130101) F41A 17/54 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10052216 | Moyer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HDT Expeditionary Systems, Inc. (Solon, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HDT Expeditionary Systems, Inc. (Solon, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Moyer (Salt Lake City, Utah); Eric L. Faulring (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Julio J. Santos-Munne (Glenview, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical finger comprises a plurality of phalanges coupled to a single actuator using a kinematic linkage and a differential linkage arranged in parallel. The mechanical finger is capable of exhibiting consistent predictable motion when moving in free space or when contacting an object at the fingertip, and of curling in order to conform to an object when the contact is at other locations on the finger. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/968271 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/586 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/5072 (20130101) |
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| US 10052366 | Crine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexion Pharma International Sàrl (Lausanne, Switzerland); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alexion Pharmaceuticsl, Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philippe Crine (Outremont, Canada); Florent Elefteriou (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits for the treatment of neurocutaneous syndromes, such as neurofibromatosis type I; disorders associated with overactivation of FGFR3, such as achondroplasia; bone or cartilage disorders; or vascular smooth muscle disorders; or for the elongation of bone. In some embodiments, the present invention provides polypeptides having an alkaline phosphatase peptide fused to an Fc domain of an immunoglobulin or a natriuretic peptide fused to an Fc domain of an immunoglobulin. Such polypeptides can be administered to subjects, e.g., subcutaneously, to treat a neurocutaneous syndrome, a disorder associated with overactivation of FGFR3, a bone or cartilage disorder, or a vascular smooth muscle disorder, or to elongate bone. The invention also features nucleic acid molecules encoding such polypeptides and the use of the nucleic acid molecules for treating neurocutaneous syndromes, disorders associated with overactivation of FGFR3, bone or cartilage disorders, or vascular smooth muscle disorders, or for elongating bone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899359 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/58 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/03001 (20130101) |
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| US 10052388 | Haggard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Warren O. Haggard (Memphis, Tennessee); Scott P. Noel (Memphis, Tennessee); Joel D. Bumgardner (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions featuring chitosan and methods for using such compositions for the local delivery of biologically active agents to an open fracture, complex wound or other site of infection. Advantageously, the degradation and drug elution profiles of the chitosan compositions can be tailored to the needs of particular patients at the point of care (e.g., in a surgical suite, clinic, physician's office, or other clinical setting). |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/483686 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/7007 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) A61K 38/14 (20130101) A61K 47/36 (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 29/16 (20130101) A61L 29/043 (20130101) A61L 29/146 (20130101) A61L 29/148 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/042 (20130101) A61L 31/146 (20130101) A61L 31/148 (20130101) A61L 2300/25 (20130101) A61L 2300/232 (20130101) A61L 2300/406 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/003 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/18 (20130101) C08J 2305/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10052502 | Mayer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rulon Mayer (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rulon Mayer (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rulon Mayer (Garrett Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of radiochromic film for measuring the spatial distribution of the Linear Energy Transfer (LET) deposited by protons is described. The film is dosed with a proton beam and scanned to record grey-levels of the film. The grey-levels are converted to a measured dose using calibration films and the measured dose is compared to a calculated dose to generate a scaled-normalized difference (SND) between the calculated dose and the measured dose. An improved method and apparatus for treating an abnormal condition using radiation therapy in a patient in need thereof based on a measured LET is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/485932 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/1031 (20130101) A61N 5/1071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 2005/1087 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10053195 | Galway |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert J. Galway (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Galway (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed towards a boom assembly attached to a side of a parent ship, for capturing and refueling smaller vessels at a safe distance from the parent ship to enable refueling while the parent ship is travelling at about 5 to about 8 knots. The boom assembly includes a first boom segment and a second boom segment pivotally connected to each other, with the second boom segment connected to an upright pivotable post. The boom assembly includes a vessel capturing device for capturing the smaller vessels. The boom assembly may be adjusted to a stowage configuration and an operational configuration. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/418591 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping B63B 27/24 (20130101) B63B 27/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B63B 2708/00 (20130101) B63B 2712/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10053211 | Birchette et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrence S. Birchette (Chandler, Arizona); Akif O. Bolukbasi (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An active landing gear damping system and method for decelerating a vehicle during a terrain impact event, such as an aircraft landing or crash. The system monitors aircraft state data and terrain information to predict an impact of the vehicle with the terrain. The system can then determine a target damper force for each landing gear of the vehicle and a predicted damper velocity at the time of impact. Each landing gear can include an adjustable damper valve, wherein adjustment of the damper valves varies the damping coefficient of the respective dampers. The system can adjust valves of the respective dampers to provide the target force based on the predicted damper velocity. After an impact begins, the system can continuously monitor and adjust the valve to maintain the target force. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/637645 |
| 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 25/58 (20130101) B64C 25/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 45/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10053223 | Hinson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kimberly Hinson (Seattle, Washington); Jung Soon Jang (Bellevue, Washington); Richard Golob (Shoreline, Washington); Justin Cleve Hatcher (Renton, Washington); Jeffrey Lee Musgrave (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for an aircraft refueling boom controls the movements of the boom in certain areas in a total field of movement volume of possible boom movements based on the location of the boom in the total field of movement volume and based on the current rate of movement of the boom in the total field of movement volume. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/793331 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 39/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10053238 | Schilling |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth P. Schilling (West Chester, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A fixture, system, and method are provided for testing one or more axial loads in a flexible aerodynamic member. The fixture has a structural frame assembly with a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion. The fixture has a first pivotal linkage assembly pivotable about a pitch axis, a pair of pitch actuators to apply a pitch moment to the first pivotal linkage assembly, a second pivotal linkage assembly pivotable about a flap axis, and a pair of flap actuators to apply a flap bending moment to the second pivotal linkage assembly. The fixture has a third pivotal linkage assembly pivotable about the pitch axis, and has a pair of chord actuators to apply axial load to the flexible aerodynamic member. The fixture minimizes deflections of a tip of the flexible aerodynamic member during testing to provide an improved accuracy of axial load measurement data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/438739 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 5/60 (20170101) Original (OR) Class Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 99/007 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/20 (20130101) G01N 2203/0075 (20130101) G01N 2203/0617 (20130101) |
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| US 10053268 | Sickenberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (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) | David W. Sickenberger (Bel Air, Maryland); Clarence D. Brown (Havre de Grace, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and improved cable tie includes a core cable tie having a multi-slot head and a set of attachments that are not integrally formed with the core cable tie. A user can combine one or more attachments with a core cable tie to form a cable tie assembly. As such, a core cable tie can be modified with one or more attachments that are specific to a desired capability or configuration. This results in improved strength and cost savings in that the same core cable tie can be used for multiple applications. The user only adds attachments, such as finger or hand pulls, based on the needs of a specific situation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/848695 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 63/18 (20130101) B65D 63/1063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B65D 2563/101 (20130101) B65D 2563/108 (20130101) |
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| US 10053366 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERISITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Zhengzong Sun (El Cerrito, California); Abdul-Rahman O. Raji (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of controllably forming Bernal-stacked graphene layers are disclosed. The methods comprise: (1) cleaning a surface of a catalyst; (2) annealing the surface of the catalyst; (3) applying a carbon source onto the cleaned and annealed surface of the catalyst in a reaction chamber; and (4) growing the Bernal-stacked graphene layers on the surface of the catalyst in the reaction chamber, where the number of formed Bernal-stacked graphene layers is controllable as a function of one or more growth parameters, such as a total pressure of the reaction chamber. Further embodiments of the present disclosure also include steps of: (5) terminating the growing step; and (6) transferring the formed Bernal-stacked graphene layers from the surface of the catalyst onto a substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/104588 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/0453 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 32/186 (20170801) C01B 2204/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/30 (20150115) |
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| US 10053379 | Tsantrizos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PROTERRGO INC. (Montreal, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PROTERRGO INC. (Montreal, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Panayotis G. Tsantrizos (Montreal, Canada); Valérie Léveillé (Montreal, Canada); Nicole A. Poirier (Beaconsfield, Canada); Roy Richard (Natick, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated device for wastewater purification, comprising a coagulation zone; a flocculation zone connected to and in fluid communication with the coagulation zone; a flotation zone connected to and in fluid communication with the flocculation zone and comprising a froth discharge port; and a separation zone below and in fluid communication with the flotation zone and comprising a contaminant separator and a purified wastewater discharge port; the wastewater entering the device being mixed with electrolytically-generated coagulants and gas bubbles in the coagulation zone; the flocculation zone receiving and gently mixes coagulated wastewater contaminants and gas bubbles formed in the coagulation zone and aggregating them into flocs before flotation of buoyant flocs in the flotation zone and the separation zone being adapted for further floc formation, oil coalescence, settling and discharge of non-buoyant contaminants. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/434698 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/463 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C02F 1/465 (20130101) C02F 1/46109 (20130101) C02F 2001/46119 (20130101) C02F 2101/301 (20130101) C02F 2101/325 (20130101) C02F 2103/002 (20130101) C02F 2103/005 (20130101) C02F 2103/008 (20130101) C02F 2201/4611 (20130101) |
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| US 10053395 | Domanico |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (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) | Joseph A Domanico (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-energetic smoke fill composition including a resin, a curing agent, a metallic filler, and a non-metallic filler, wherein the smoke fill composition is configured to be inserted into any of an artillery shell, a mortar cartridge, a gun cartridge, and in general an ogive of a projectile, and wherein the smoke fill composition is configured to be disseminated by a fuze and a supplemental charge to produce a signal visible in both day or night conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/080932 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 45/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10053495 | Broder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. In particular, this invention relates to compositions comprising soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus and also to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. Further, the invention relates to therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies, and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infection by Hendra and Nipah viruses. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/395418 |
| 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 39/155 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/6075 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/07 (20130101) C07K 14/115 (20130101) C07K 16/1027 (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 2710/24141 (20130101) C12N 2760/18222 (20130101) C12N 2760/18234 (20130101) C12N 2760/18271 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 10053529 | Palmese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The United States of America, as represented, by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Giuseppe R. Palmese (Hainesport, New Jersey); John Joseph La Scala (Wilmington, Delaware); Joshua Matthew Sadler (Middle River, Maryland); Anh-Phuong Thy Lam (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Anhydrosugar-based monomers prepared from isosorbide, isomannide, and isoidide and resin systems containing these anhydrosugar-based monomers that are partially to fully bio-based, which may produce materials having properties that meet or exceed the properties of similar petroleum derived vinyl ester resins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/824629 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 493/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 122/20 (20130101) C08F 124/00 (20130101) C08F 220/32 (20130101) C08F 222/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08F 224/00 (20130101) C08F 2220/325 (20130101) |
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| US 10053643 | Harvey |
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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) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for making high density fuels having the potential to increase the range and/or loiter time of Navy platforms. Derivation of these fuels from a sustainable source will decrease the carbon footprint of the Department of Defense (DoD) and reduce reliance on nonsustainable petroleum sources. Fuels derived from bisabolene can have volumetric net heats of combustion comparable to JP-10 and can be produced from biomass sugars. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/919114 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 5/31 (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) C10L 1/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10L 1/1608 (20130101) C10L 10/10 (20130101) C10L 10/12 (20130101) C10L 2200/0469 (20130101) C10L 2270/04 (20130101) C10L 2270/026 (20130101) C10L 2290/24 (20130101) Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 127/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10053697 | Smolke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christina D. Smolke (Menlo Park, California); Melina Mathur (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein, among other things, is an RNA that comprises a first exon, a second exon, a third exon and a fourth exon, wherein the RNA is capable of being spliced into; i. a first splicing product comprising the second exon or ii. a splicing second product comprising the third exon, wherein: i. an intron of the RNA, e.g., the intron between the first and second exons of the RNA, comprises an aptamer and ii. binding of a ligand to the aptamer determines whether the RNA is spliced into the first splicing product or the second splicing product. Methods and cells containing the RNA are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/991837 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/67 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2830/42 (20130101) C12N 2830/52 (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 1/6897 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5308 (20130101) |
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| US 10053759 | Yan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiayi Yan (Tianjin, China PRC); Gregory B. Olson (Riverwoods, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a method of computationally designing a near-α transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) titanium (Ti) alloy is provided. A thermodynamic database of Ti alloys is created. The data of the thermodynamic database is tailored for martensitic transformations in the Ti alloys near room temperature. Then an overall composite of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy may be obtained by adjusting a reference overall composite of a reference near-α Ti alloy based on the tailored data in the thermodynamic database. In certain embodiments, an annealing temperature of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy may be determined such that a MSσ(ct) temperature of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy is about room temperature. In certain embodiments, the near-α TRIP Ti alloy is Ti-8Al-1V-1Sn-1Zr-0.6Mo-0.9Fe-0.1Si-0.1O by weight percentage. In certain embodiments, the near-α TRIP Ti alloy may be cooled at a cooling rate greater than 20° C./min after annealing to inhibit formation of grain-boundary α (GB-α) phase. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/839215 |
| 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 1/183 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10053763 | Trivedi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hitesh K. Trivedi (Fairborn, Ohio); Frederick J. Otto (Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin); Timothy W. Piazza (Jamestown, New York); Bryan A. McCoy (Jamestown, New York); Rabi S. Bhattacharya (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden); MIDWEST THERMAL-VAC.INC. (Kenosha, Wisconsin); UES INC. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hitesh K. Trivedi (Fairborn, Ohio); Frederick J. Otto (Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin); Timothy W. Piazza (Jamestown, New York); Bryan A. McCoy (Jamestown, New York); Rabi S. Bhattacharya (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a case-hardened martensitic stainless steel article includes: providing an article comprised, at least in part, of a martensitic stainless steel, carburizing the article within a temperature range of 1625° F.-1680° F. (885° C.-916° C.), and then carbo-nitriding the article within a temperature range of 1575° F.-1625° F. (857° C.-885° C.). An article, such as a bearing ring, comprising such a case-hardened martensitic stainless steel is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/131225 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | 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 1/06 (20130101) C21D 1/25 (20130101) C21D 6/005 (20130101) C21D 6/007 (20130101) C21D 9/40 (20130101) C21D 2211/008 (20130101) Alloys C22C 5/04 (20130101) C22C 19/03 (20130101) C22C 38/02 (20130101) C22C 38/04 (20130101) C22C 38/44 (20130101) C22C 38/46 (20130101) C22C 38/48 (20130101) C22C 38/52 (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 8/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 8/58 (20130101) Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 33/62 (20130101) F16C 33/64 (20130101) F16C 2202/04 (20130101) F16C 2204/70 (20130101) |
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| US 10053992 | Quach et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | San Quach (East Hartford, Connecticut); Scott D. Lewis (Vernon, Connecticut); Steven Bruce Gautschi (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Christopher King (Bristol, Connecticut); Christopher Corcoran (Manchester, Connecticut); David Donald Chapdelaine (Ellington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine airfoil includes a body that provides an exterior airfoil surface that extends in a radial direction to a tip. The exterior surface has a leading edge in a forward direction and a trailing edge in an aft direction. The tip includes a squealer pocket that has a recess surface. A cooling passage is arranged in the body. Each of the cooling holes extends from an inlet at the cooling passage to an outlet at the recessed surface. The inlet and outlet are arranged at an angle in an angular direction relative to the recessed surface. The angular direction is toward at least one of the forward and aft directions. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/790231 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/202 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/673 (20130101) Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 10053996 | Spangler |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A vane includes a vane body extending from a root to an opposed tip along a longitudinal axis and first and second baffle bodies. The vane body defines a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a cavity defined between the leading edge, the trailing edge, the root and the tip. The vane body includes at least one vane rib defined between the leading edge and the trailing edge inside the cavity. The first baffle body is defined in one of a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion of the cavity. The second baffle body is defined in a middle portion of the cavity. |
| FILED | Monday, October 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/880620 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/188 (20130101) F01D 9/02 (20130101) F01D 9/041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2230/60 (20130101) F05D 2230/232 (20130101) F05D 2240/12 (20130101) F05D 2240/126 (20130101) F05D 2260/201 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) |
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| US 10053999 | McCaffrey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. McCaffrey (Windsor, Connecticut); Brandon T. Rouse (Anacortes, Washington); Mark Borja (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Igor S. Garcia (Salem, Connecticut); John R. Farris (Bolton, Connecticut); Thomas Almy (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Brian R. Pelletier (Berwick, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A radial position control assembly for a gas turbine engine stage includes a case structure. A supported structure is operatively supported by the case structure. A support ring operatively supports the supported structure. The supported structure and the support ring have different coefficients of thermal expansion. A sealing structure is adjacent to the supported structure. The support ring maintains the supported structure relative to the sealing structure at a clearance during thermal transients based upon a circumferential gap between adjacent supported structure and based upon a radial gap between the support ring and the supported structure. A pin supports the supported structure relative to the case structure and is configured to isolate the support ring from loads on the supported structure. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/781263 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/04 (20130101) F01D 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 11/12 (20130101) F01D 11/14 (20130101) F01D 11/20 (20130101) F01D 11/22 (20130101) F01D 11/24 (20130101) F01D 25/24 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) |
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| US 10054005 | Pinera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alex Pinera (Jupiter, Florida); Timothy J Miller (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLORIDA TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC (Jupiter, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex Pinera (Jupiter, Florida); Timothy J Miller (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, the turbocharger being supported by hydrostatic bearings in both a radial and an axial direction by a compressed air supplied from a compressor of the turbocharger and boosted in pressure by a separate boost pump to a high enough pressure to support the rotor of the turbocharger. The turbocharger hydrostatic bearings are damped using wire mesh or dispersed friction dampers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/607846 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 37/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10054383 | Davis |
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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) | Jason M. Davis (Loogootee, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A variety of apparatuses and associated methods are provided for providing a retractable suppressor system for gas generator systems such as a firearm. One embodiment includes a suppressor system that includes a retractable structure and housing, a fixed baffle, floating baffles, and springs to displace the floating baffles within the suppressor as the suppressor is extended from the housing along a gas generator system, e.g. a barrel of a firearm and thereby enclose the barrel within the suppressor. Embodiments of the invention permit full retraction, partial retraction/extension, or full extension of an exemplary suppressor with respect to an emission section of the gas generator e.g., firearm muzzle. Embodiments of the invention include an external latch which enables an operator to latch or unlatch the suppressor as it moves from one position to another and prevents accidental activation. Embodiments of the invention are configured to operate with accessory mounting systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/633899 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 21/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41A 21/34 (20130101) F41A 21/325 (20130101) Smallarms, e.g Pistols, Rifles; Accessories Therefor F41C 23/16 (20130101) |
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| US 10054402 | Bocchieri et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Applied Research Associates, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert T Bocchieri (Mountain View, California); Christina Wagner (Mountain View, California); Robert MacNeill (San Carlos, California); Steven W Kirkpatrick (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed technology regards a de-coupled V-hull structure for use with an armored vehicle, and energy absorbing crush elements suitable for mounting the V-hull structure in a de-coupled manner to the vehicle. The energy absorbing V-hull structure includes a sloped armor structure forming a cavity having a v-shaped cross-section and a plurality of reinforcing elements, including a backbone, hull stiffeners and lateral supports. The elements are coupled together and supported by energy absorber mounts, extending along each side of the structure. Crush elements suitable for decoupling the V-hull structure are also disclosed, having a uniquely designed housing, a plurality of plates positioned within the housing, and affixation means for securing the crush element to the underside of the vehicle and to the top of the V-hull structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/080434 |
| ART UNIT | 3612 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 21/15 (20130101) B62D 24/00 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/013 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41H 7/042 (20130101) F41H 7/044 (20130101) |
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| US 10054414 | Scheid 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) | Eric Scheid (Bloomington, Indiana); Dan Thomas (Southern Pines, North Carolina); Brad Moan (Greenwood, Indiana); Tom Gailey (Spring Lake, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Generally, embodiments of the invention can include a linear shaped charge (LSC) end cap coupling structure adapted for holding an initiator structure adapted to initiate a booster explosive material, the booster explosive material, and the LSC in abutting contact with each other. One embodiment includes a rubber body formed with cavities adapted to receive the LSC, booster, and initiator structure (e.g., detonation cord). One internal cavity can be formed with a plurality of flexible protrusions or fins which are oriented towards a center axis of the preferred embodiment of three cavities configured to impart an interference fit with the initiator structure. Methods related to the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/721406 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Detonating or Priming Devices; Fuses; Chemical Lighters; Pyrophoric Compositions C06C 5/06 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 1/04 (20130101) F42B 1/028 (20130101) F42B 3/08 (20130101) F42B 3/26 (20130101) F42B 3/087 (20130101) Blasting F42D 1/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yunqian Ma (Oak Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yunqian Ma (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerial vehicle is navigated using vision-aided navigation that classifies regions of acquired still image frames as featureless or feature-rich, and thereby avoids expending time and computational resources attempting to extract and match false features from the featureless regions. The classification may be performed by computing a texture metric as by testing widths of peaks of the autocorrelation function of a region against a threshold, which may be an adaptive threshold, or by using a model that has been trained using a machine learning method applied to a training dataset comprising training images of featureless regions and feature-rich regions. Such machine learning method can use a support vector machine. The resultant matched feature observations can be data-fused with other sensor data to correct a navigation solution based on GPS and/or IMU data. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/155818 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/146 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 47/08 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/005 (20130101) G01C 21/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0063 (20130101) G06K 9/342 (20130101) G06K 9/6202 (20130101) G06K 9/6249 (20130101) G06K 9/6268 (20130101) |
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| US 10054521 | Beier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hope T Beier (San Antonio, Texas); Bennett Ibey (San Antonio, Texas); Caleb C. Roth (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of fixing biological cells by laser irradiation. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes positioning a sample (of the cell or tissue) in a light pathway of a fixation source. The fixation source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength along the light pathway. The sample is exposed to the electromagnetic radiation for an exposure time. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/670067 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10054543 | Schnee |
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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) | Vincent P. Schnee (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The discrimination ability of a chemical sensing cross-reactive arrays is enhanced by constructing sensing elements in two dimensions, first in the x-y plane of the substrate, second in the z dimension so that the sensors are vertically stacked on top of one another. Stacking sensing elements on top of one another adds to the discrimination ability by enabling the characteristic measurement of how fast target chemicals are passing through the stack of sensors. The new invention also allows the ability to discriminate components in a sample mixture by separating them using their innate difference in diffusional rates. Multi-sensor response patterns at each z level of sensors and time delay information from the sample passing from one level to the next are used to generate the response vector. The response vector is used to identify individual component samples and components in a mixture sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/050491 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 15/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/643 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/12 (20130101) G01N 2201/062 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/954 (20130101) |
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| US 10054546 | Stievater 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) | Todd H. Stievater (Arlington, Virginia); Jacob B. Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland); Dmitry A. Kozak (Berwyn Heights, Maryland); Scott A. Holmstrom (Tulsa, Oklahoma); R. Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting an analyte includes a waveguide configured to receive a narrow-band laser signal; and a sorbent material covering an analyte detection region of the waveguide, wherein the sorbent material is configured to sorb the analyte and bring the analyte to an evanescent field of the waveguide, and wherein Raman scattering is produced by an interaction of the evanescent field and the analyte sorbed in the sorbent material along the analyte detection region of the waveguide, and the waveguide is further configured to collect the Raman scattering along the analyte detection region of the waveguide, wherein the collected Raman scattering indicates a type of the analyte. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/293394 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/651 (20130101) G01N 2021/773 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/124 (20130101) G02B 21/02 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10054666 | Vouras et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Vouras (Bristow, Virginia); Jean De Graaf (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Vouras (Bristow, Virginia); Jean De Graaf (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A sparse multichannel array includes a plurality of array elements, a receiver behind each array element, and a Doppler filter bank behind each receiver, whereby within each Doppler bin is placed spatial nulls at selected angles of undesired interference. The invention enables Doppler processing to be performed on sparse arrays, such as nested or coprime arrays, used in nonlinear adaptive beamforming to mitigate the impact of unintentional interference and hostile jamming on the received signal. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/867547 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 7/36 (20130101) G01S 7/2813 (20130101) G01S 13/5244 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10054680 | Owirka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory J. Owirka (Tewksbury, Massachusetts); Douglas A. Page (Chestertown, New York); Thomas J. Kragh (Arlington, Massachusetts); Howard E. Nichols (Harvard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar signal target detection and display system employs feedback to produce improved detection and tracking. Portions of the radar images for each antenna channel to search for the target of interest are defined using the track state to define the center of the search region and using the track covariance matrix to define the size of the region. Moving reference processing (MRP) is performed. MRP employs a search centered on the motion state derived from the detection sent to the tracker on the previous coherent processing interval (CPI). Space-time adaptive processing (STAP) is employed on each CPI using a unique set of adaptive degrees of freedom (DOFs) derived from pre-MRP and post-MRP complex radar image amplitudes for each antenna channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/736959 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/5242 (20130101) G01S 13/9029 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10055251 | Cui et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ang Cui (New York, New York); Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ang Cui (New York, New York); Salvatore J. Stolfo (Ridgewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Mechanisms for injecting code into embedded devices are provided. In some embodiments, once the code is injected into the embedded device, the injected code can analyze and modify the code of the embedded device (e.g., firmware) to create the execution environment for the injected code. For example, the injected code can identify program instruction locations in the code of the embedded device into which jump instructions can be placed. The injected code can also insert at least one jump instruction at an identified program instruction location in the code of the embedded device. In response to the execution of a jump instruction, the injected code can save a context of the code of the embedded device to memory and loading a payload context into a processor of the embedded device. The payload context can then be executed by the processor of the embedded device. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/765814 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/67 (20130101) G06F 8/656 (20180201) G06F 9/48 (20130101) G06F 9/461 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/00 (20130101) G06F 21/50 (20130101) G06F 21/51 (20130101) G06F 21/52 (20130101) G06F 21/64 (20130101) |
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| US 10055502 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Li (McLean, Virginia); Mark G. Polyak (Alexandria, Virginia); James M. Wilson (Cedaredge, Colorado); Jeffrey R. Collmann (Washington, District of Columbia); Jane W. Blake (Alexandria, Virginia); Jae I. Yoon (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method involves detecting operational social disruptive events on a global scale, assigning disease event staging and warnings to express data in more simplistic terms, modeling data in conjunction with linguistics analysis to establish responsive actions, generating visualization and modeling capabilities for communicating information, and modeling disease propagation for containment and forecasting purposes. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/274587 |
| ART UNIT | 2451 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30867 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30887 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/067 (20130101) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 50/80 (20180101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/08072 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 90/24 (20180101) Y02A 90/26 (20180101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10055512 | Stochosky et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OMC2 LLC (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OMC2 LLC (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Stochosky (San Francisco, California); Forrest Green (Austin, Texas); Thomas Cauchois (Berkley, California); Sarah Tappon (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of rendering a machine state, a method of generating and rendering a work-piece cut path, and a CNC machines system are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/489258 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/414 (20130101) G05B 19/40937 (20130101) G05B 2219/33099 (20130101) G05B 2219/36268 (20130101) G05B 2219/36284 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2217/12 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 90/265 (20151101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10055525 | Slutzky 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) | Barry Slutzky (Williams, Indiana); Patrick Shaffer (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for simulating radio frequency propagation paths between radio frequency devices are provided. In an illustrative embodiment, the apparatus comprising a system controller for receiving and processing test data, a data sequencer configured to interact with attenuators and RF devices, and RF paths designed to simulate RF propagation paths. The method comprising steps to execute a multiple propagation path simulation based on various inputs including attenuators and electromagnetic environment inputs in accordance with various embodiments. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/200987 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10055587 | 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); Adam Waksman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are devices, systems, apparatus, methods, products, media and other implementations, including a method that includes triggering a beacon circuit combined with a hardware-based protection module, included within a hardware device, the hardware-based protection module configured to provide protection against malicious implementations within the hardware device, with the beacon circuit being configured to provide a beacon output when triggered. The method further includes determining based on the beacon output provided by the triggered beacon circuit whether the hardware device includes at least one malicious implementation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/105087 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/57 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/87 (20130101) G06F 2221/034 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10056199 | Dunn 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) | Bruce S. Dunn (Los Angeles, California); Sarah H. Tolbert (Los Angeles, California); John Wang (Glendora, California); Torsten Brezesinski (Karlsruhe, Germany); George Gruner (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mesoporous, nanocrystalline, metal oxide construct particularly suited for capacitive energy storage that has an architecture with short diffusion path lengths and large surface areas and a method for production are provided. Energy density is substantially increased without compromising the capacitive charge storage kinetics and electrode demonstrates long term cycling stability. Charge storage devices with electrodes using the construct can use three different charge storage mechanisms immersed in an electrolyte: (1) cations can be stored in a thin double layer at the electrode/electrolyte interface (non-faradaic mechanism); (2) cations can interact with the bulk of an electroactive material which then undergoes a redox reaction or phase change, as in conventional batteries (faradaic mechanism); or (3) cations can electrochemically adsorb onto the surface of a material through charge transfer processes (faradaic mechanism). |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/481120 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/26 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/948 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10056638 | Yan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yushan Yan (Hockessin, Delaware); Bingzi Zhang (Beijing, China PRC); Shuang Gu (Newark, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yushan Yan (Hockessin, Delaware); Bingzi Zhang (Beijing, China PRC); Shuang Gu (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound including a cation of the following structure is provided (1), wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of polymer residues and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups, and R is H or a polymer residue. A membrane including the above cation, and electrochemical devices employing this membrane, are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/327061 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 61/422 (20130101) B01D 71/06 (20130101) B01D 2325/42 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 41/13 (20170101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/4604 (20130101) C02F 2103/08 (20130101) C02F 2201/46115 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 65/485 (20130101) C08G 75/20 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 13/08 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/1034 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10056662 | Guyette 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) | Andrew C. Guyette (San Mateo, California); Eric J. Naglich (Alexandria, Virginia); Sanghoon Shin (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for implementing a switched microwave bandstop filter with minimum insertion loss and phase distortion in the bypass state. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for implementing self-switching bandstop filters that do not require signal-routing RF switches, allowing for very low passband insertion loss and improved power handling. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/275159 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 38/14 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/10 (20130101) H01P 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 1/127 (20130101) H01P 1/2039 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 7/12 (20130101) H03H 2007/013 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Dybdal (Palos Verdes Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for repositioning a directional antenna that responds to a desired signal and directional interference. The antenna can generate a sum beam and first and second difference beams. Respective powers of the sum beam and the first and second difference beams can be determined. At least a portion of any of the directional interference can be excised from the sum beam and the first and second difference beams. Measures of the directional interference can be determined in the sum beam and the first and second difference beams. A first correlation between the sum beam and the first and second difference beams can be generated. Additional correlations between a signal identifier and the sum beam and first and second beams monitor the desired signal reception. The antenna can be repositioned away from the directional interference based on the powers, the measures, and the first correlation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/674351 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/1257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 3/02 (20130101) H01Q 25/02 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/1036 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10056699 | Elsallal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia); The United States of America, As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE MITRE COOPERATION (McLean, Virginia); The United States of America, as Rep. by the Sec. of Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wajih Elsallal (Acton, Massachusetts); Jamie Hood (Owatonna, Minnesota); Al Locker (Westford, Massachusetts); Rick Kindt (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A phased array antenna including a base plate and a board projecting from the base plate. The board including a dielectric layer and a conductive layer. The conductive layer includes first and second spaced apart radiating elements and a pillar disposed between the first and second spaced apart radiating elements. The pillar is electrically connected to the base plate, and the first and second spaced apart radiating elements are configured to capacitively couple to the pillar. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/544935 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 5/25 (20150115) H01Q 21/061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10056891 | Stuenkel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Stuenkel (Goffstown, New Hampshire); Lawrence J. Kushner (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A duty cycle adjustment circuit includes: a delay circuit to delay an input clock signal to produce a delayed clock signal having a rising edge partially overlapping the rising edge of the input clock signal, the input clock signal oscillating between first and second values about a midpoint value; a blender circuit to blend the input clock signal and the delayed clock signal to produce a blended clock signal; a buffer circuit to buffer the input clock signal for an amount of time comparable to the blender circuit, to produce a buffered clock signal; and a combiner circuit to combine the buffered and the blended clock signals to produce an output clock signal that transitions to or remains at the first value when both the buffered and blended clock signals are on the first value side of the midpoint value, and otherwise transitions to or remains at the second value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/908381 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 5/159 (20130101) H03K 5/1565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/662 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10056913 | Roper et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Roper (Oak Park, California); Logan D. Sorenson (Agoura Hills, California); Matthew T. Rakher (Oxnard, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vapor-cell system and method is provided, comprising an enclosed vapor-cell region containing a vapor-cell gas phase comprising a vapor-cell alkali or alkaline earth metal, wherein the vapor-cell region is configured to allow at least one vapor-cell optical path through the vapor-cell gas phase; an enclosed reservoir region containing a reservoir alkali or alkaline earth metal, wherein the reservoir region is in vapor isolation from the vapor-cell region; a solid electrolyte disposed in ionic communication between the vapor-cell region and the reservoir region; a first electrode disposed between the solid electrolyte and the vapor-cell region; and a second electrode disposed between the solid electrolyte and the reservoir region, wherein the second electrode is electrically isolated from the first electrode. This vapor-cell system enables independent control of the alkali or alkaline earth vapor pressure in the vapor cell. The principles disclosed herein can improve long-term frequency stability in systems having vapor cells. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/879510 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10057057 | Gentry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); University of Bristol (Bristol, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig B. Gentry (New York, New York); Shai Halevi (Elmsford, New York); Nigel P. Smart (Bristol, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Homomorphic evaluations of functions are performed. The functions include operation(s). Variants of key switching and modulus switching are described and are performed prior to or after the operation(s). A key switching transformation converts a ciphertext with respect to a first secret key and a first modulus to a ciphertext with respect to a second secret key and a second modulus. A key switching transformation converts a first version of a ciphertext with respect to a first secret key and with some number r bits of precision to a second version of the selected ciphertext with respect to a second keys and with some other number r′ bits of precision. The ciphertexts may be operated on as polynomials represented using evaluation representation, which has benefits for multiplication and automorphism. Further, ciphertexts are associated with an estimate of noise, which is used to determine when to perform modulus switching on the ciphertexts. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/294967 |
| ART UNIT | 2498 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/008 (20130101) H04L 9/38 (20130101) H04L 9/0838 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/0442 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10057144 | Lam 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) | Jack Lam (Rancho Cucamonga, California); Matthew K Ward (Port Hueneme, California); Bryan Stewart (Port Hueneme, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for data collection and analysis is provided comprising a first network having at least one system element, at least one collection device communicably coupled to the at least one system element and configured to receive data communications from the least one system element and transmit the data. The system including a data management system communicably coupled to the collection device and configured to receive and store the transmitted data. The system further including a data analysis network communicably coupled to the first network and configured to retrieve data from the first network, the data analysis network including a management server having logic configured to at least one of analyze the retrieved data and determine remaining useful life (RUL) of at least one system element, identify a failure mode associated with the at least one system element, and determine a maintenance action sufficient to remedy a system failure corresponding to the identified failure mode. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/154928 |
| ART UNIT | 2443 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/02 (20130101) Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 19/52 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/4641 (20130101) H04L 41/22 (20130101) H04L 41/0213 (20130101) H04L 43/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 43/0823 (20130101) H04L 43/0876 (20130101) H04L 51/04 (20130101) H04L 67/10 (20130101) H04L 67/025 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10057298 | Bronner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Derek P. Bronner (Chittenango, New York); Robert A. Joyce (Ithaca, New York); Matthew P. Donovan (Trumansburg, New York); Julia A. Baker (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Architecture Technology Corporation (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derek P. Bronner (Chittenango, New York); Robert A. Joyce (Ithaca, New York); Matthew P. Donovan (Trumansburg, New York); Julia A. Baker (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides example techniques to invoke one or more tools, with an investigative tool. The investigative tool provides a common framework that allows investigators to invoke their own trusted tools or third-party generated tools. The investigative tool described herein seamlessly and transparently invokes the tools in accordance with an investigative profile created by the investigator. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/024995 |
| ART UNIT | 2439 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10057665 | Dupuis 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) | Nicolas Dupuis (New York, New York); Daniel M. Kuchta (Patterson, New York); Benjamin G. Lee (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Alexander Rylyakov (Staten Island, New York); Clint L. Schow (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for bias control in an optical switch fabric include monitoring optical power at outputs of a plurality of switch elements in an N×N switch fabric that has N inputs, N outputs, and M≥2 stages. A bias control of a first of the plurality of switch elements is adjusted. It is determined whether the optical power at the outputs of the first switch element after bias control adjustment conform more closely to a predetermined criterion relative to the monitored optical power at the outputs of the first switch element prior to adjustment. The adjusting and determining steps are repeated for each of the remainder of the plurality of switch elements. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/249998 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/07955 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 11/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04Q 2011/0039 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0049 (20130101) |
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| US 10051880 | Clarke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Isis Innovation Limited (Oxford, United Kingdom); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health And Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED (Oxford, United Kingdom); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kieran Clarke (Oxford, United Kingdom); Richard Lewis Veech (Rockville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound which is 3-hydroxybutyl 3-hydroxybutyrate enantiomerically enriched with respect to (3R)-hydroxybutyl (3R)-hydroxybutyrate of formula (I) is an effective and palatable precursor to the ketone body (3R)-hydroxybutyrate and may therefore be used to treat a condition which is caused by, exacerbated by or associated with elevated plasma levels of free fatty acids in a human or animal subject, for instance a condition where weight loss or weight gain is implicated, or to promote alertness or improve cognitive function, or to treat, prevent or reduce the effects of neurodegeneration, free radical toxicity, hypoxic conditions or hyperglycaemia. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/101834 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| 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 2/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A23L 33/10 (20160801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2002/00 (20130101) A23V 2200/316 (20130101) A23V 2200/322 (20130101) A23V 2200/328 (20130101) A23V 2250/30 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/22 (20130101) General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 2200/07 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 69/675 (20130101) |
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| US 10052019 | Jiao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shuliang Jiao (Miami, Florida); Rong Wen (Coral Gables, Florida); Byron L. Lam (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida); University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuliang Jiao (Miami, Florida); Rong Wen (Coral Gables, Florida); Byron L. Lam (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Imaging systems and methods of using the same are provided for monitoring the quantity of fluorescent pigment, for example lipofuscin, in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) layer of a retina in vivo. Various imaging modalities can be integrated into a single system and excited by a single broadband light source for the monitoring of the fluorescent pigment. The influence of varying optical properties found in the optical path of the pigment's auto-fluorescence between the RPE and an image receiver can be corrected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/634515 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/14 (20130101) A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/0041 (20130101) A61B 3/102 (20130101) A61B 3/1241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0071 (20130101) |
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| US 10052057 | Klin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ami Klin (Atlanta, Georgia); Warren Jones (Decatur, Georgia); Sarah Shultz (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Childern's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ami Klin (Atlanta, Georgia); Warren Jones (Decatur, Georgia); Sarah Shultz (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present systems and methods provide a mechanism to assess viewer behavior, features of stimuli, and the interaction between viewer behavior and stimuli. The systems and methods described herein for quantifying blink response and blink inhibition provide moment-by-moments measurements of viewer engagement by measuring what is or is not engaging enough to warrant viewers' inhibition of blinking. The present disclosure describes measures of visual scanning, eye movements, blink data, and blink timing data to derive a measure of how engaged a person is with what he or she is looking at. Blink-related data as a measure of viewer engagement provides a mechanism for determining the most engaging spatial and temporal aspects of a stimulus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/651424 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 3/0025 (20130101) A61B 3/0041 (20130101) A61B 3/112 (20130101) A61B 3/113 (20130101) A61B 5/16 (20130101) A61B 5/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/167 (20130101) A61B 5/168 (20130101) A61B 5/1103 (20130101) A61B 5/4088 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) |
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| US 10052304 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan G. Allen (Iowa City, Iowa); Douglas R. Spitz (Iowa City, Iowa); Garry R. Buettner (Iowa City, Iowa); Joseph Cullen (Iowa City, Iowa); Joshua Schoenfeld (Iowa City, Iowa); Michael Schultz (Iowa City, Iowa); Fenghuang Zhan (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods to treat a hyperproliferative disorder with ascorbate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, at least one chelating agent that enhances ascorbate redox cycling (EDTA) to form H2O2, and one or more anti-cancer therapies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/291833 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/198 (20130101) A61K 31/282 (20130101) A61K 31/282 (20130101) A61K 31/295 (20130101) A61K 31/295 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/375 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/22 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) A61N 2005/1098 (20130101) |
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| US 10052305 | Zee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Buck Institute for Research on Aging (Novato, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING (Novato, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiffany Zee (Oakland, California); Marshall L. Stoller (San Francisco, California); Pankaj Kapahi (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments methods and composition are provided for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cystinuria. In certain embodiments the methods involve administering to a mammal in need thereof (e.g., identified as at risk for, or having cystinuria) an effective amount of lipoic acid and/or one or more lipoic acid derivatives. |
| FILED | Monday, October 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/284318 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 20/10 (20160501) A23K 20/121 (20160501) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 33/10 (20160801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0056 (20130101) A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 10052310 | Pati et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debananda Pati (Houston, Texas); Nenggang Zhang (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to compositions with compounds that inhibit Separase activity. In additional embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of treating a tumor in a subject by administering one or more compositions of the present disclosure to the subject. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/030070 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/423 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4245 (20130101) |
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| US 10052324 | Wasmuth 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) | Andrew Wasmuth (Brooklyn, New York); Donald W. Landry (New York, New York); Shi Xian Deng (White Plains, New York); Banavara L. Mylari (East Lyme, Connecticut); Ravichandran Ramasamy (Ardsley, New York); Ann Marie Schmidt (Franklin Lakes, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for promoting healthy aging of skin, the treatment of skin disorders, the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, the treatment of renal disorders, the treatment of angiogenesis disorders, such as cancer, treatment of tissue damage, such as non-cardiac tissue damage, the treatment of evolving myocardial infarction, and the treatment of various other disorders, such as complications arising from diabetes with the compounds and compositions of the invention. Other disorders can include, but are not limited to, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, infections of the skin, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/661257 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/5025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10052325 | Chiosis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriela Chiosis (New York, New York); Tony Taldone (Forest Hills, New York); Anna Rodina (New York, New York); Pallav Patel (Fresh Meadows, New York); Yanlong Kang (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present subject matter relates to a compound represented by the general formula (I) or (I′) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of these compounds; methods of making at least one of these compounds; methods of using at least one of these compounds for treating and/or preventing various cancers and/or proliferation disorders; methods of using at least one of these compounds for monitoring the effectiveness of an anticancer therapy against various cancers. In one embodiment, the subject matter relates to compounds that bind with a level of specificity to heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70). In another embodiment, the subject matter relates to compounds that bind with a level of specificity to inhibit both heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) and heat shock cognate protein 70 (Hsc70). |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/230700 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2121/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10052332 | Ganesh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thota Ganesh (Alpharetta, Georgia); Jianxiong Jiang (Cincinnati, Ohio); Ray J. Dingledine (Norcross, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to Prostaglandin receptor EP2 antagonists, derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing conditions and diseases in which EP2 receptor activation has a physiological role, such as but not limited to, brain injury, inflammatory diseases, neuroinflamation after a seizure, pain, endometriosis, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, skin inflammation, vascular inflammation, colitis, and neurological disorders by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/307051 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4192 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA represented by the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); The United States Geovernment represented by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shanthi Srinivasan (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to therapeutic methods for regulating weight gain, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing obesity, metabolic syndrome, or insulin resistance by administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more GDNF receptor agonists to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/003324 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10052364 | Karsenty 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) | Gerard Karsenty (New York, New York); Franck Oury (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating or preventing cognitive disorders in mammals, preferably humans, are provided. The methods generally involve modulation of the OST-PTP signaling pathway or the PTP-1B signaling pathway involving gamma-carboxylase and osteocalcin, e.g., by administration of undercarboxylated/uncarboxylated osteocalcin. Disorders amenable to treatment by the methods include, but are not limited to, cognitive loss due to neurodegeneration associated with aging, anxiety, depression, memory loss, learning difficulties, and cognitive disorders associated with food deprivation during pregnancy. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777285 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6896 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2800/2814 (20130101) |
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| US 10052365 | Rincon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mercedes Rincon (Burlington, Vermont); Tina M. Thornton (Essex Junction, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and compositions for regulation of GSK3β activity. The invention provides phosphorylated GSK3β polypeptides and antibodies that recognize such polypeptides. The invention further includes methods for treating disorders that are associated with elevated or reduced GSK3β activity. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/561524 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/12 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 207/11026 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) G01N 2440/14 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/20 (20130101) |
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| US 10052366 | Crine et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alexion Pharma International Sàrl (Lausanne, Switzerland); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alexion Pharmaceuticsl, Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut); Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philippe Crine (Outremont, Canada); Florent Elefteriou (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits for the treatment of neurocutaneous syndromes, such as neurofibromatosis type I; disorders associated with overactivation of FGFR3, such as achondroplasia; bone or cartilage disorders; or vascular smooth muscle disorders; or for the elongation of bone. In some embodiments, the present invention provides polypeptides having an alkaline phosphatase peptide fused to an Fc domain of an immunoglobulin or a natriuretic peptide fused to an Fc domain of an immunoglobulin. Such polypeptides can be administered to subjects, e.g., subcutaneously, to treat a neurocutaneous syndrome, a disorder associated with overactivation of FGFR3, a bone or cartilage disorder, or a vascular smooth muscle disorder, or to elongate bone. The invention also features nucleic acid molecules encoding such polypeptides and the use of the nucleic acid molecules for treating neurocutaneous syndromes, disorders associated with overactivation of FGFR3, bone or cartilage disorders, or vascular smooth muscle disorders, or for elongating bone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/899359 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/58 (20130101) C07K 2319/31 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/03001 (20130101) |
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| US 10052374 | Livengood et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Takeda Vaccines, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Takeda Vaccines, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jill A. Livengood (Fort Collins, Colorado); Claire Kinney (Fort Collins, Colorado); Timothy D. Powell (Fort Collins, Colorado); Dan T. Stinchcomb (Fort Collins, Colorado); Jorge Osorio (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein report compositions, methods and uses for dengue-4 (DENV-4) virus constructs. Some embodiments concern a composition that includes, but is not limited to, DENV-4 virus constructs alone or in combination with other constructs, can be used in a vaccine composition to induce an immune response in a subject. In certain embodiments, compositions can include constructs of more than one serotypes of dengue virus, such as dengue-1 virus, dengue-2 virus, or dengue-3 virus in combination with DENV-4 virus constructs disclosed herein. In other embodiments, DENV-4 constructs disclosed herein can be combined in a composition with other flavivirus constructs to generate a vaccine against more than one flavivirus. Other embodiments provide methods and uses for DENV-4 virus constructs in vaccine compositions that when administered to a subject induce an immune response in the subject against DENV-4 that is improved by modified constructs compared to other vaccine compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/195820 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24121 (20130101) C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24171 (20130101) |
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| US 10052382 | Bigner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Health (NIH) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darell Bigner (Mebane, North Carolina); Chien-Tsun Kuan (Cary, North Carolina); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland); Hailan Piao (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | High affinity antibodies were made to gangliosides expressed on tumor cells. The antibodies can be used analytically, diagnostically, therapeutically, and theranostically. The antibodies may be used to target cytotoxic reagents to tumor cells, thus minimizing full-body toxicity. The antibodies may also be used with out added cytotoxin. The antibodies may be detectably labeled or labelable for analytic and diagnostic purposes. The combination of specificity and affinity of the antibodies render them particularly useful. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/171018 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/68 (20170801) A61K 47/6811 (20170801) A61K 47/6829 (20170801) A61K 47/6865 (20170801) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/44 (20130101) C07K 16/303 (20130101) C07K 16/3015 (20130101) C07K 16/3038 (20130101) C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 16/3084 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) |
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| US 10052393 | Park et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wounjhang Park (Superior, Colorado); Thomas Flaig (Englewood, Colorado); Xiaoping Yang (Englewood, Colorado); Lih-Jen Shih Su (Denver, Colorado); Kazunori Emoto (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a multifunctional nanomaterial comprising a nanorod comprising 1) a noble metal, wherein the nanorod exhibits surface plasmon resonance absorption in the near-infrared spectrum; 2) an up-conversion phosphor that absorbs infrared light and emits visible luminescence; and optionally 3) a biomolecule targeting moiety. The invention further relates to methods of detecting and treating cancer using the multifunctional nanomaterials of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/374588 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 18/04 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 41/0052 (20130101) A61K 47/6849 (20170801) A61K 47/6923 (20170801) A61K 49/0019 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 2005/0659 (20130101) Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 1/0025 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2863 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7772 (20130101) C09K 11/7777 (20130101) |
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| US 10052415 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Y. Li (Salt Lake City, Utah); Brent D. Wilson (Salt Lake City, Utah); Lise Sorensen Brunhart (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, compositions, and devices for promoting adhesion or migration of endothelial cell. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/173376 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/39 (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 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/34 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) A61L 27/3808 (20130101) A61L 27/3895 (20130101) A61L 29/16 (20130101) A61L 29/048 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 29/085 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/10 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 31/047 (20130101) A61L 2300/42 (20130101) A61L 2300/61 (20130101) A61L 2300/416 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/362 (20130101) A61N 1/3956 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) C08L 89/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10052478 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Brian V Mech (Santa Clara, California); Kelly H McClure (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention consists of an implantable device with at least one package that houses electronics that receives input data or signals, and optionally, power, from an external system through at least one coil attached to the at least one package, processes the input data and delivers electrical pulses to neural tissue through at least one array of multiple electrodes that is/are attached to the at least one package. The invention, or components thereof, is/are intended to be installed in the head, or on or in the cranium, or on the dura, or on or in the brain. |
| FILED | Monday, March 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/457482 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0531 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/0539 (20130101) A61N 1/3758 (20130101) A61N 1/3787 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) A61N 1/37229 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/028 (20130101) H05K 1/111 (20130101) |
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| US 10052481 | McClure et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Arup Roy (Santa Clarita, California); Sumit Yadav (Los Angeles, California); Richard Agustin Castro (Pasadena, California); Susan McCord (Santa Monica, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly H. McClure (Simi Valley, California); Arup Roy (Santa Clarita, California); Sumit Yadav (Los Angeles, California); Richard Agustin Castro (Pasadena, California); Susan McCord (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A visual prosthesis apparatus and a method for providing artificial vision are disclosed in the present disclosure. The visual prosthesis apparatus comprises a camera for capturing a video image, a video processing unit configured to convert the video image to stimulation patterns, and a retinal stimulation system configured stimulate neural tissue in a subjects eye based on the stimulation patterns. An artificial vision may be provided by capturing a video image, converting the video image to stimulation patterns, and stimulating neural tissue in a subjects eye based on the stimulation patterns. |
| FILED | Sunday, October 28, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/926051 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/3787 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10052631 | Ben-Yakar 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) | Adela Ben-Yakar (Austin, Texas); Navid Ghorashian (Sunnyvale, California); Sertan Kutal Gökçe (Austin, Texas); Sam Xun Guo (Katy, Texas); William Neil Everett (Cedar Park, Texas); Frederic Bourgeois (Lynn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices for the rapid and automated processing of sample populations are provided. Described are multiplexer microfluidic devices configured to serially deliver a plurality of distinct sample populations to a sample processing element rapidly and automatically, without cross-contaminating the distinct sample populations. Also provided are microfluidic sample processing elements that can be used to rapidly and automatically manipulate and/or interrogate members of a sample population. The microfluidic devices can be used to improve the throughput and quality of experiments involving model organisms, such as C. elegans. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/772156 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2400/06 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/4833 (20130101) G01N 2333/43534 (20130101) |
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| US 10053423 | DiMagno et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen DiMagno (Chicago, Illinois); Bao Hu (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure relates to reagents and methods useful in the synthesis of aryl iodines, for example, in the preparation of iodine labeled radiotracers. The reagents and methods provided herein may be used to access a broad range of compounds, including aromatic compounds, heteroaromatic compounds, amino acids, nucleotides, and synthetic compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, January 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/109608 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/04 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 227/16 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 207/46 (20130101) C07D 207/404 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 251/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10053444 | Makriyannis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandros Makriyannis (Watertown, Massachusetts); Kiran Vemuri (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Biologically active cannabinergic nitrate esters and related analogs, process of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions and their methods of use as medicaments, pharmacological tools or biomarkers. Pharmaceutical compositions may include one or more of the nitrate ester compounds. Medicaments include one or more of the cannabinergic nitrate ester compounds and are useful in treating a variety of diseases. A method of treating, preventing or reducing the severity of a condition includes administering at least one of the disclosed nitrate ester compounds to an individual or animal in need thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/507501 |
| 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 | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 231/14 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10053445 | Schwarz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas L. Schwarz (Newton, Massachusetts); Matthew R. Banghart (Boston, Massachusetts); Amos Gutnick (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides photolysable compounds, and their use in reversible chemical induced dimerization and light-induced regulation of proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/031628 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 41/0042 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/47 (20130101) C07D 239/49 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 473/18 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0053 (20130101) |
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| US 10053487 | Covey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas F. Covey (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is generally directed to neuroactive 19-alkoxy-17(20)-Z-vinylcyano-substituted steroids as referenced herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as, for example, an anesthetic, and/or in the treatment of disorders relating to GABA function and activity. The present disclosure is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/671574 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Steroids C07J 1/0011 (20130101) C07J 21/008 (20130101) C07J 41/0094 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10053493 | Messer 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) | William Messer (Portland, Oregon); Ralph Baric (Haw River, North Carolina); Aravinda de Silva (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Boyd Yount (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods of use comprising a chimeric dengue virus E glycoprotein comprising a dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone, which comprises amino acid substitutions that introduce an epitope that is recognized by an antibody from a dengue virus serotype that is different from the dengue virus serotype of the dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/392127 |
| 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) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/1825 (20130101) C07K 16/1081 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) |
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| US 10053494 | Cheng 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) | R. Holland Cheng (Davis, California); Li Xing (Davis, California); Chun Chieh Chen (Oakland, California); Marie Stark (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified capsid proteins containing at least a portion of hepatitis E virus (HEV) open reading frame 2 (ORF2) having one or more cysteine residues in a surface variable loop or the C-terminus of HEV ORF2, or a portion thereof, are provided. The modified capsid proteins can be used to form hepatitis E virus (HEV) virus like particles (VLPs) having cysteine functional groups exposed on the outer-surface. The exposed cysteine functional groups can be modified via their thiol reactive group. For example, a bioactive agent, such as a cell-targeting ligand, can be conjugated to the one or more cysteines for targeted delivery of chemically activated nanocapsids. |
| FILED | Monday, May 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/312582 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5169 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/28122 (20130101) C12N 2770/28123 (20130101) C12N 2770/28142 (20130101) |
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| US 10053495 | Broder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Broder (Silver Spring, Maryland); Katharine N. Bossart (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. In particular, this invention relates to compositions comprising soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus and also to diagnostic and therapeutic methods using the soluble forms of G glycoprotein from Hendra and Nipah virus. Further, the invention relates to therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies, and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infection by Hendra and Nipah viruses. |
| FILED | Friday, December 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/395418 |
| 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 39/155 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/6075 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/07 (20130101) C07K 14/115 (20130101) C07K 16/1027 (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 2710/24141 (20130101) C12N 2760/18222 (20130101) C12N 2760/18234 (20130101) C12N 2760/18271 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 10053503 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaochun Chen (North Potomac, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Suzanne U. Emerson (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Stephen H. Leppla (Bethesda, Maryland); Mahtab Moayeri (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind or neutralize anthrax lethal factor (LF), edema factor (EF), and/or protective antigen (PA). The invention provides such antibodies, fragments of such antibodies retaining anthrax toxin-binding ability, fully human or humanized antibodies retaining anthrax toxin-binding ability, and pharmaceutical compositions including such antibodies. The invention further provides for isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the invention and host cells transformed therewith. Additionally, the invention provides for prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic methods employing the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/411065 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/1009 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/1278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/51 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/515 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 33/56911 (20130101) G01N 2333/32 (20130101) G01N 2333/954 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10053514 | Bigner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darell D. Bigner (Mebane, North Carolina); John Sampson (Durham, North Carolina); Chien-Tsun Kuan (Cary, North Carolina); Mingqing Cai (Durham, North Carolina); Bryan D. Choi (Durham, North Carolina); Patrick C. Gedeon (Durham, North Carolina); Ira H. Pastan (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | We have constructed a polynucleotide encoding a bispecific antibody engaging molecule which has one arm that specifically engages a tumor cell which expresses the human EGFRvIII mutant protein on its surface, and a second arm that specifically engages T cell activation ligand CD3. The polynucleotide is codon optimized for expression in CHO cells. The subunits of the engaging molecules are organized to achieve greater efficiency. These are therapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/903659 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 16/2809 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| US 10053667 | Dalton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Athens, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Dalton (Athens, Georgia); Laura M. Menendez (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the differentiation of human pluripotent cells, including human pluripotent stems cells to produce a self-renewing multipotent neural crest cell population in a single step method without the requirement of isolation of intermediate cells and without appreciable contamination (in certain preferred instances, virtually none) with Pax6+ neural progenitor cells in the population of p75+ Hnk1+ Ap2+ multipotent neural crest-like cells. The multipotent neural crest cell population obtained can be clonally amplified and maintained for >25 passages (>100 days) while retaining the capacity to differentiate into peripheral neurons, smooth muscle cells and mesenchymal precursor cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/000382 |
| 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 | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0623 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/16 (20130101) C12N 2501/155 (20130101) C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) |
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| US 10053671 | Kawaoka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin); Satoshi Fukuyama (Kanagawa, Japan); Shinji Watanabe (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides for an isolated recombinant influenza virus having at least one of: a PA gene segment encoding PA with a residue at position 443 that is not arginine, a PB1 gene segment encoding PB1 with a residue at position 737 that is not lysine, a PB2 gene segment encoding PB2 with a residue at position 25 that is not valine or a residue at position 712 that is not glutamic acid, a NS gene segment encoding a NS1 with a residue at position 167 that is not proline, a HA gene segment encoding a HA with a residue at position 380 that is not threonine, or any combination thereof, and methods of making and using the virus. |
| FILED | Friday, June 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/745236 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 2039/525 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/60 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2760/16121 (20130101) C12N 2760/16122 (20130101) C12N 2760/16131 (20130101) C12N 2760/16171 (20130101) |
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| US 10053681 | Fischetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent A. Fischetti (New York, New York); Anu Daniel (New York, New York); Chad Euler (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to chimeric bacteriophage lysins useful for the identification and/or reduction of staphylococcal populations. For example, a chimeric bacteriophage lysin was engineered and shown to effectively kill all strains of staphylococci tested including antibiotic resistant methicillin-resistant S. Aureus and VISA. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/480822 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/00 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/47 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2795/10322 (20130101) |
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| US 10053683 | Pasqual et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Giulia Pasqual (Somerville, Massachusetts); Gabriel Victora (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An sortase-mediated intercellular labeling method allowing for tracking ligand-receptor interaction both in vitro and in vivo; and uses thereof for tracking molecule interactions both in vitro and in vivo, identifying modulators of ligand-receptor interaction, identifying potential binding partners of a protein of interest, identifying B cells expressing high affinity B cell receptors to antigens, and identifying the antigen to which a T cell of interest binds. |
| FILED | Monday, October 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/875140 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/027 (20130101) A01K 67/0275 (20130101) A01K 2217/072 (20130101) A01K 2227/105 (20130101) A01K 2267/03 (20130101) A01K 2267/0387 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/70 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 304/2207 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 33/5047 (20130101) G01N 2333/70532 (20130101) G01N 2333/70578 (20130101) |
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| US 10053690 | Fernandez-Hernando et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos Fernandez-Hernando (Madison, Connecticut); Leigh Goedeke (Phoenix, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to anti-miR-27b and anti-miR-148a oligonucleotides that are capable of decreasing the level and/or activity of miR-27b and miR-148a, respectively. In conjunction with the oligonucleotide molecules of the present invention, the invention also provides a method for decreasing the level and/or activity of miR-27b and/or miR-148a in a cell. In a further embodiment, the invention provides a method for treating a disease, especially dyslipidemias and cardiovascular diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/898033 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — 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 31/7105 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) |
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| US 10053694 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeannie T. Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jing Zhao (San Diego, California); Kavitha Sarma (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mark Borowsky (Needham, Massachusetts); Toshiro Kendrick Ohsumi (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), libraries of those ncRNAs that bind chromatin modifiers, such as Polycomb Repressive Complex 2, inhibitory nucleic acids and methods and compositions for targeting lncRNAs. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/171883 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — 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 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 15/1136 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/314 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/346 (20130101) C12N 2310/3181 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2310/3233 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2330/31 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 1/6881 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 201/01043 (20130101) |
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| US 10053695 | Xiong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Na Xiong (State College, Pennsylvania); Mingcan Xia (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for targeting CCR10 and/or the CCR10/ligand axis to modulate the immune response in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/669663 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/195 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/523 (20130101) C07K 14/7158 (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) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| US 10053696 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hexin Chen (Columbia, South Carolina); Yogin C. Patel (West Columbia, South Carolina); Nirav R. Shah (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Breast cancer treatment methods and materials incorporating microRNA-489 are described. The methods and materials have been developed from identification of a double-negative feedback loop between miR-489 and the HER2-SHP2-MAPK signaling axis. The methods and materials may be particularly beneficial in treatment and diagnosis of HER2 positive breast cancers. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/411314 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/141 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 10053708 | Ortiz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin D. Ortiz (New York, New York); Armin Lahiji (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of delivering a transgene to a cell is provided. The method uses a vector that contains a T-cell receptor alpha locus control region (TCRαLCR) derived gene regulatory cassette having fewer than 5.0-kb. The method delivers the transgene with spatiotemporally specific gene expression and silencing-prevention controls to a cell such that a predetermined subset of progeny cell-types express a gene product from the transgene. Other progeny of the cell diminish, or silence, the expression of the gene product. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/309995 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/7051 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) C12N 2830/46 (20130101) |
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| US 10053725 | Liu 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) | David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lynn Marie McGregor (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Gorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christoph Erich Dumelin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, reagents, compositions, and kits for in situ interaction determination (ISID) via interaction-dependent polymerase chain reaction (ID-PCR) are provided herein. ISID technology is useful for rapidly evaluating potential small molecule-target interactions from mixtures in a single solution. ISID is compatible with unpurified targets in biological samples and can be used to evaluate ligand-binding in DNA-encoded chemical libraries in cell lysates. ISID is also useful to screen ligand interactions of proteins or other molecules in their native state, including their native post-translational modifications and any interactions with accessory proteins and metabolites, in ways that better reflect their relevant biological environment. Because ISID is compatible with crude cell lysates, difficult-to-purify, poorly soluble, intrinsically unstable, and aggregation-prone targets may also be compatible with this method, without requiring truncation or other strategies used to promote heterologous expression. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/786185 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1065 (20130101) C12N 15/1068 (20130101) C12N 15/1068 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2525/125 (20130101) C12Q 2525/125 (20130101) C12Q 2563/179 (20130101) C12Q 2563/179 (20130101) |
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| US 10053726 | Rasmussen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BioFire Diagnostics, LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioFire Diagnostics, LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy P. Rasmussen (Salt Lake City, Utah); Robert John Crisp (Salt Lake City, Utah); Andrew Clinton Hemmert (Murray, Utah); Elizabeth Barker Campbell (Orem, Utah); Thomas Charles Robbins (Salt Lake City, Utah); David J. Eyre (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided for simultaneously amplifying a plurality of sample wells for a predetermined amount of amplification, detecting whether amplification has occurred in a first set of the wells, amplifying for an additional amount of amplification and detecting whether amplification has occurred in a second set of the wells. Methods are also provided for analyzing a target nucleic acid sequence using melt curves that were generated in a plurality of amplification cycles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 09, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/425588 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10053728 | Ririe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BioFire Diagnostics, LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioFire Diagnostics, LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk M. Ririe (Salt Lake City, Utah); Mark Aaron Poritz (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, containers, and methods are provided for performing biological analysis in a closed environment. Illustrative biological analyzes include high density nucleic acid amplification and detection and immune-PCR. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/801566 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2300/044 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/1822 (20130101) B01L 2400/049 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 33/00 (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 1/686 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10053729 | Vogelstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Nickolas Papadopoulos (Towson, Maryland); Isaac G. Kinde (Beaumont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods for testing a human for aneuploidy. In some aspects, a plurality of chromosomal sequences in a DNA sample from a human are amplified with a single pair of primers complementary to said chromosomal sequences to form a plurality of amplicons, wherein the plurality of amplicons are not identical, and wherein the plurality of amplicons include sequences on a query chromosome and sequences on a plurality of reference chromosomes. In some aspects, reactions are performed to determine the nucleotide sequence of at least 3 nucleotides of the plurality of amplicons. In some aspects, amplicon nucleotide sequences are matched in silico to genomic sequences at genomic loci. In some aspects, numbers of matching amplicons at individual genomic loci are counted. In some aspects, numbers of amplicons matched to genomic loci on the query chromosome are compared to numbers of amplicons matched to genomic loci on the reference chromosomes. |
| FILED | Friday, March 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/388314 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6811 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6827 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2537/16 (20130101) C12Q 2537/165 (20130101) C12Q 2545/114 (20130101) C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 10053741 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chunfu Yang (Lilburn, Georgia); Zhiyong Zhou (Lilburn, Georgia); Nicholas Wagar (Decatur, Georgia); Joshua R. DeVos (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are new methods, primers, and kits for genotyping HIV-1, including group M viral strains. The methods can be used for HIV-1 drug resistance surveillance and monitoring, for example in resource-poor countries. The disclosed methods can detected more mixed HIV-1 population than previous methods. Given the high efficiency in genotyping diverse HIV-1 group M viral strains from plasma and dried blood spot (DBS) samples and substantial reagent cost saving, the disclosed methods can be used for HIV-1 drug resistance genotyping in both antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naive and -experienced populations for surveillance purposes and patient monitoring. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/719338 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 10054589 | Leung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Health (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Y. M. Leung (Denver, Colorado); Elena Goleva (Denver, Colorado); Lingbo Li (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward novel methods to identify as well as to treat a subject having an inflammatory disease resistant to corticosteroids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/767434 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) G01N 2333/91215 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/122 (20130101) G01N 2800/7095 (20130101) |
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| US 10054593 | Bell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (Princeton, New Jersey); LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Leiden, Netherlands); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTELLEIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (Princeton, New Jersey); LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (, Netherlands); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard Y. Bell (Princeton, New Jersey); Joshua E. Collins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Paul L. A. M. Corstjens (Leiderdorp, Netherlands); Sukwan Handali (Norcross, Georgia); Hans J. Tanke (Rijnsburg, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | New methods and assays for multiplexed detection of analytes using phosphors that are uniform in morphology, size, and composition based on their unique optical lifetime signatures are described herein. The described assays and methods can be used for imaging or detection of multiple unique chemical or biological markers simultaneously in a single assay readout. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/174633 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2458/40 (20130101) |
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| US 10054598 | Steyaert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VIB VZW (Ghent, Belgium); Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VIB VZW (Gent, Belgium); VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (Brussels, Belgium); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan Steyaert (Beersel, Belgium); Els Pardon (Wezemaal, Belgium); Soren G. F. Rasmussen (Frederiksberg, Denmark); Juan Jose Fung (San Jose, California); Brian Kobilka (Palo Alto, California); Toon Laeremans (Dworp, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the field of GPCR structure biology and signaling. In particular, the present invention relates to protein binding domains directed against or capable of specifically binding to a functional conformational state of a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). More specifically, the present invention provides protein binding domains that are capable of increasing the stability of a functional conformational state of a GPCR, in particular, increasing the stability of a GPCR in its active conformational state. The protein binding domains of the present invention can be used as a tool for the structural and functional characterization of G-protein-coupled receptors bound to various natural and synthetic ligands, as well as for screening and drug discovery efforts targeting GPCRs. Moreover, the invention also encompasses the diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic usefulness of these protein binding domains for GPCR-related diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/819500 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/723 (20130101) C07K 16/28 (20130101) C07K 2317/22 (20130101) C07K 2317/51 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/20 (20130101) G01N 33/6857 (20130101) G01N 33/6872 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/726 (20130101) |
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| US 10054600 | Chojkier 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) | Mario Chojkier (Delmar, California); Martina Buck (Delmar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic biomarker panel, method, kit, and device for diagnosing the severity and/or prognosis of cirrhosis are provided. More specifically, the invention provides a novel biomarker panel correlating to HVPG and esophageal varices. The invention further provides a biomarker panel and non-invasive test methods that predict non-clinically significant portal hypertension HVPG and non-clinically significant esophageal varices when the expression of the biomarker panel correlates with HVPG of less than 12 mmHg. The invention further provides that the patients with the expression of the biomarker panel correlating to non-clinically significant HVPG and esophageal varices can be excluded from undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) screening and those correlating to HVPG equal to or greater than 12 mmHg are indicated for EGD. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/892587 |
| 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 33/6893 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2800/06 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) G01N 2800/60 (20130101) G01N 2800/085 (20130101) |
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| US 10054961 | Ismagilov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Bo Zheng (Chicago, Illinois); Cory John Gerdts (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides manipulation of spacing between microdroplets flowing in a microfluidic system. The manipulation includes increasing and/or decreasing spacing between a pair of adjacent droplets of a sample fluid flowing in an immiscible carrier fluid within a main microfluidic channel. The main microfluidic channel includes a region having one or more side branch channels. The spacing between the pair of droplets flowing through the region can be increased or reduced with either the addition of or removal of immiscible carrier fluid between the adjacent droplets via at least one of the side branch channels, wherein the pair of droplets remain intact while flowing through the region and continue to flow within the main microfluidic channel downstream of the region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/184312 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 5/0471 (20130101) B01F 13/0071 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/0059 (20130101) B01J 2219/00522 (20130101) B01J 2219/00585 (20130101) B01J 2219/00599 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0293 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0838 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) G01N 35/08 (20130101) G01N 2035/1034 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 7/0694 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) |
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| US 10055502 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Li (McLean, Virginia); Mark G. Polyak (Alexandria, Virginia); James M. Wilson (Cedaredge, Colorado); Jeffrey R. Collmann (Washington, District of Columbia); Jane W. Blake (Alexandria, Virginia); Jae I. Yoon (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method involves detecting operational social disruptive events on a global scale, assigning disease event staging and warnings to express data in more simplistic terms, modeling data in conjunction with linguistics analysis to establish responsive actions, generating visualization and modeling capabilities for communicating information, and modeling disease propagation for containment and forecasting purposes. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/274587 |
| ART UNIT | 2451 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30867 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30887 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/067 (20130101) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 50/80 (20180101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 29/08072 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 90/24 (20180101) Y02A 90/26 (20180101) |
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| US 10052066 | Rogers 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) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ming Ying (Urbana, Illinois); Andrew Bonifas (Urbana, Illinois); Nanshu Lu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are appendage mountable electronic systems and related methods for covering and conforming to an appendage surface. A flexible or stretchable substrate has an inner surface for receiving an appendage, including an appendage having a curved surface, and an opposed outer surface that is accessible to external surfaces. A stretchable or flexible electronic device is supported by the substrate inner and/or outer surface, depending on the application of interest. The electronic device in combination with the substrate provides a net bending stiffness to facilitate conformal contact between the inner surface and a surface of the appendage provided within the enclosure. In an aspect, the system is capable of surface flipping without adversely impacting electronic device functionality, such as electronic devices comprising arrays of sensors, actuators, or both sensors and actuators. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/375514 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/01 (20130101) A61B 5/4875 (20130101) A61B 5/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 42/10 (20160201) A61B 2562/0271 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0456 (20130101) A61N 1/0476 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/11 (20130101) H05K 1/162 (20130101) H05K 1/189 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) H05K 3/303 (20130101) H05K 2201/055 (20130101) H05K 2201/0133 (20130101) H05K 2201/10098 (20130101) H05K 2201/10151 (20130101) |
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| US 10053534 | Fujimoto |
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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) | Cy Fujimoto (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to functionalized polymers including a poly(phenylene) structure. The structure can include any useful modifications, such as the inclusion of one or more reactive handles having an aryl group. Methods and uses of such structures and polymers are also described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/398545 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 2261/11 (20130101) C08G 2261/46 (20130101) C08G 2261/72 (20130101) C08G 2261/146 (20130101) C08G 2261/148 (20130101) C08G 2261/312 (20130101) C08G 2261/516 (20130101) C08G 2261/722 (20130101) C08G 2261/728 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 65/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10053535 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY and ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico); LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu Seung Kim (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kwan-Soo Lee (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Cy Fujimoto (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to anionic exchange polymers including a poly(phenylene) structure. The structure can include any useful cationic moiety. Methods and uses of such structures and polymers are also described herein. In one instance, such polymers are employed to form a solid membrane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/398547 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 41/13 (20170101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 2261/11 (20130101) C08G 2261/46 (20130101) C08G 2261/312 (20130101) C08G 2261/516 (20130101) C08G 2261/722 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/2256 (20130101) C08J 2365/02 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 65/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10053760 | Ludtka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard M. Ludtka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Orlando Rios (Knoxville, Tennessee); David Weiss (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of thermomagnetically processing an aluminum alloy entails heat treating an aluminum alloy, and applying a high field strength magnetic field of at least about 2 Tesla to the aluminum alloy during the heat treating. The heat treating and the application of the high field strength magnetic field are carried out for a treatment time sufficient to achieve a predetermined standard strength of the aluminum alloy, and the treatment time is reduced by at least about 50% compared to heat treating the aluminum alloy without the magnetic field. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/424033 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 21/10 (20130101) C22C 21/14 (20130101) C22C 21/16 (20130101) C22C 21/18 (20130101) Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/053 (20130101) C22F 1/057 (20130101) C22F 3/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10053887 | Chu 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) | Henry Shiu-Hung Chu (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Michael Paul Bakas (Raleigh, North Carolina); Todd L. Johnson (Shelley, Idaho); James Wade Schondel (Firth, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Protective barriers for protecting assets (e.g., electrical power transformers and other substation components). The protective barrier may include a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion may include first and second laterally spaced A-frame structures having a first protective member assembly extending between aligned legs of the respective A-frame structures on one side thereof. The first protective member assembly may include a first plurality of substantially horizontally extending protective members oriented at an angle relative to a horizontal plane. The first and second A-frame structures may have a second protective member assembly extending between aligned legs of the respective A-frame structures on an opposing side thereof. The upper portion may comprise a third protective member assembly. Methods of making a protective barrier are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/841114 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Buildings or Like Structures for Particular Purposes; Swimming or Splash Baths or Pools; Masts; Fencing; Tents or Canopies, in General E04H 17/166 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/24 (20130101) Boards, Substations, or Switching Arrangements for the Supply or Distribution of Electric Power H02B 5/00 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10053967 | Deutch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul D. Deutch (Houston, Texas); Fred C. Kellermann (Sugar Land, Texas); Tom Zimmerman (Pearland, Texas); John Yearwood (Houston, Texas); Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado); Ronald A. De Witt (Katy, Texas); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); John Ely (Montgomery, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foro Energy, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Deutch (Houston, Texas); Fred C. Kellermann (Sugar Land, Texas); Tom Zimmerman (Pearland, Texas); John Yearwood (Houston, Texas); Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colorado); Ronald A. De Witt (Katy, Texas); Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colorado); John Ely (Montgomery, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | There are provided high power laser perforation, hydraulic fracturing systems, tools and methods for the stimulation and recovery of energy sources, such as hydrocarbons, from a formation. These systems, tools and methods provide predetermined laser beam energy patterns, to provide for the down hole volumetric removal of custom geometries of materials, sealing of perforations, reperforations, refractures and other downhole actives. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/082026 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/11 (20130101) E21B 43/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 43/119 (20130101) |
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| US 10054443 | Patel 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) | Silpan M. Patel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David A. Wiegandt (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Riley Fay (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard McClanahan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Johnny C. Silva (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The various technologies presented herein relate to determining a location of an individual, or an object, when a GPS may be unavailable/occluded. Readings from a plurality of sensors on a mobile device can be generating a plurality of data (e.g., speed, motion, temperature, biometric, etc.) which can be combined to generate a probability of a user of the mobile device being at a particular location, or not. Sensor readings can be weighted to enable sensors having a large effect on a degree of confidence of the probability of the user being determined to be at a location being given priority (e.g., battery priority) versus those sensors which have lesser effect on the degree of confidence. With the user determined to be at a location, information, a notification, an instruction, etc., can be presented to the user, via the mobile device. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/933305 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/12 (20130101) G01C 21/20 (20130101) |
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| US 10054676 | Sinha et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John F. Brady (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for generating accurate 3-dimensional images of objects immersed in liquids including optically opaque liquids which may also have significant sound attenuation, is described. Sound pulses are caused to impinge on the object, and the time-of-flight of the reflected sound is used to create a 3-dimensional image of the object in almost real-time. The apparatus is capable of creating images of objects immersed in fluids that are optically opaque and have high sound attenuation at resolutions less than about 1 mm. The apparatus may include a piezoelectric transducer for generating the acoustic pulses; a high-density polyethylene compound acoustic lens, a 2-dimensional segmented piezoelectric detecting array positioned behind the lens for receiving acoustic pulses reflected by the object, the electric output of which is directed to digital signal processing electronics for generating the image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/398367 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/07 (20130101) G01N 29/221 (20130101) G01N 29/0654 (20130101) G01N 2291/106 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/52017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 15/02 (20130101) G01S 15/8913 (20130101) G01S 15/8925 (20130101) G01S 15/8993 (20130101) |
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| US 10054697 | Vencelj et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Jozef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia); AISense D.O.O. (Podsreda, Slovenia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matjaz Vencelj (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Ashley C. Stowe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Toni Petrovic (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Jonathan S. Morrell (Farragut, Tennessee); Andrej Kosicek (Podsreda, Slovenia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for sensing, locating, and characterizing a radiation emitting source, including: a detection crystal having dimensions great enough such that regional differences in radiation response are generated in the detection crystal by radiation impinging on one or more surfaces of the detection crystal; and a plurality of detectors one or more of coupled to and disposed on a plurality of surfaces of the detection crystal operable for detecting the regional differences in radiation response generated in the detection crystal by the radiation impinging on the one or more surfaces of the detection crystal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/484757 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) G01T 1/1606 (20130101) G01T 1/2018 (20130101) G01T 1/2023 (20130101) G01T 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10054839 | Brener 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) | Igal Brener (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sheng Liu (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael B. Sinclair (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Polina Vabishchevich (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of nonlinear wavelength generation uses a nonlinear optical medium. An input flux of pump energy is applied to one or more dielectric optical resonators. Each resonator has an optical cavity comprising the nonlinear optical medium. Each resonator has at least one Mie resonance that is excited by the input flux of pump energy. The pump energy causes the generation of converted light containing at least one converted component having a frequency attainable only through a non-linear process. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/624478 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/3526 (20130101) G02F 1/3556 (20130101) |
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| US 10055959 | Russell 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) | John L. Russell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dennis Prather (Newark, Delaware); Christopher Schuetz (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that use 1 GHz to 1000 GHz sources and sensors to create an intrusion detection array that does not have the physical limitations of an Active IR sensor. The array is created by a plurality of wave sources and sensor pairs that form a plane of wave break beams. The plane detects an intruder as he/she passes through the beams. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/287348 |
| ART UNIT | 2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives |
| 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 13/56 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/183 (20130101) G08B 13/2494 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10056161 | Dodd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina); BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (Lynchburg, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher D. Dodd (Lakewood, Ohio); Paul K. DeSantis (Bentleyville, Ohio); Kevin J. Stambaugh (Willowick, Ohio); Allan R. Mackovjak (Willoughby, Ohio); John P. McLaughlin (North Royalton, Ohio); Brett T. Goodyear (Twinsburg, Ohio); Michael J. Edwards (Forest, Virginia); Matthew W. Ales (Forest, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) configured to latch onto the lifting rod of a control rod assembly and including separate latch engagement and latch holding mechanisms. A CRDM configured to latch onto the lifting rod of a control rod assembly and including a four-bar linkage closing the latch, wherein the four-bar linkage biases the latch closed under force of gravity. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/174638 |
| 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 7/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 9/02 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/39 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10056199 | Dunn 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) | Bruce S. Dunn (Los Angeles, California); Sarah H. Tolbert (Los Angeles, California); John Wang (Glendora, California); Torsten Brezesinski (Karlsruhe, Germany); George Gruner (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mesoporous, nanocrystalline, metal oxide construct particularly suited for capacitive energy storage that has an architecture with short diffusion path lengths and large surface areas and a method for production are provided. Energy density is substantially increased without compromising the capacitive charge storage kinetics and electrode demonstrates long term cycling stability. Charge storage devices with electrodes using the construct can use three different charge storage mechanisms immersed in an electrolyte: (1) cations can be stored in a thin double layer at the electrode/electrolyte interface (non-faradaic mechanism); (2) cations can interact with the bulk of an electroactive material which then undergoes a redox reaction or phase change, as in conventional batteries (faradaic mechanism); or (3) cations can electrochemically adsorb onto the surface of a material through charge transfer processes (faradaic mechanism). |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/481120 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/26 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/948 (20130101) |
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| US 10056218 | Hewitt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua T. Hewitt (Aiken, South Carolina); Gregory Hall (Aiken, South Carolina); Charles R. Schick, Jr. (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for thermal ionization of a sample and formation of an ion beam are described. The systems incorporate a thermal ionization filament that is formed of a graphene-based material such as graphite, graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide or combinations thereof. The filament material can be doped or chemically modified to control and tune the work function of the filament and improve ionization efficiency of a system incorporating the filament. The systems can be utilized in forming an ion beam for target bombardment or analysis via, e.g., mass spectrometry. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/435976 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 1/15 (20130101) H01J 49/16 (20130101) |
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| US 10056530 | Melman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EIE MATERIALS, INC. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EIE MATERIALS, INC. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Melman (Lexington, Kentucky); Robert Nordsell (Lexington, Kentucky); Kristen Baroudi (Lexington, Kentucky); Evan Thomas (Lexington, Kentucky); Yong Bok Go (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a phosphor converted white light LED comprising a narrow green phosphor rather than a conventional broad green phosphor may simultaneously exhibit high R9, and high Luminance Efficacy of Radiation, optionally without use of a deep red phosphor to maintain desired red color rendering. In another aspect, a phosphor converted white light LED comprising a narrow green phosphor rather than a conventional broad green phosphor may provide an emission spectrum exhibiting a significant dip in the yellow region of the spectrum and thereby provide high red-green contrast without use of a filter. The yellow dip may be shallower than in conventional devices, and the device may therefore be brighter, while maintaining desired CRI and R9. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/679021 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/50 (20130101) H01L 33/502 (20130101) H01L 33/504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/73265 (20130101) H01L 2933/0041 (20130101) |
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| US 10056554 | Page et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachariah Page (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Yao Liu (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel materials, methods and designs to enable improved power conversion efficiencies of organic photovoltaics (OPVs). In particular, the invention provides novel materials and interlayers for polymer-based solar cells. Novel functional fullerene-based interlayers are disclosed that enable high efficiency devices in conjunction with numerous active layer and electrode materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/306752 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/15 (20170801) C01B 32/152 (20170801) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/56 (20130101) C07D 209/94 (20130101) C07D 409/14 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/5728 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/0045 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0049 (20130101) H01L 51/441 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 10056618 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weiyang Li (Sunnyvale, California); Yi Cui (Stanford, California); Zhi Wei Seh (Stanford, California); Guangyuan Zheng (Stanford, California); Yuan Yang (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a sulfur-based cathode material includes: 1) providing a sulfur-based nanostructure; 2) coating the nanostructure with an encapsulating material to form a shell surrounding the nanostructure; and 3) removing a portion of the nanostructure through the shell to form a void within the shell, with a remaining portion of the nanostructure disposed within the shell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/404058 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — 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 4/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/5815 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10057521 | Sanchez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcos O. Sanchez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Liam D. Claus (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gideon Robertson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John L. Porter, Jr. (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Sean Pearson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kurt Wessendorf (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tom Gurrieri (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas Hill (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew Montoya (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Doug Trotter (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-speed CMOS camera includes an array of pixel circuits coupled to a photodiode array, an oscillator circuit, and a pattern generator circuit. The pattern generator circuit includes a high speed shift register and a non-overlap generator. The shift register is programmable to produce a pulse train of trigger pulses that defines an interframe and a frame's shutter duration. The non-overlap generator deserializes the incoming pulse train of trigger pulses, and it produces a time-separated reset pulse based on the pulse train of trigger pulses. The shift register is configured to permit the frame durations and the interframe times to be selected arbitrarily over specified ranges in increments of a basic time unit that depends on the oscillator period. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/234636 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14634 (20130101) H01L 27/14636 (20130101) H01L 27/14643 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/374 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/378 (20130101) |
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| US 10052066 | Rogers 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) | John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Ming Ying (Urbana, Illinois); Andrew Bonifas (Urbana, Illinois); Nanshu Lu (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are appendage mountable electronic systems and related methods for covering and conforming to an appendage surface. A flexible or stretchable substrate has an inner surface for receiving an appendage, including an appendage having a curved surface, and an opposed outer surface that is accessible to external surfaces. A stretchable or flexible electronic device is supported by the substrate inner and/or outer surface, depending on the application of interest. The electronic device in combination with the substrate provides a net bending stiffness to facilitate conformal contact between the inner surface and a surface of the appendage provided within the enclosure. In an aspect, the system is capable of surface flipping without adversely impacting electronic device functionality, such as electronic devices comprising arrays of sensors, actuators, or both sensors and actuators. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/375514 |
| ART UNIT | 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/01 (20130101) A61B 5/4875 (20130101) A61B 5/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 42/10 (20160201) A61B 2562/0271 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0456 (20130101) A61N 1/0476 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/11 (20130101) H05K 1/162 (20130101) H05K 1/189 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) H05K 3/303 (20130101) H05K 2201/055 (20130101) H05K 2201/0133 (20130101) H05K 2201/10098 (20130101) H05K 2201/10151 (20130101) |
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| US 10052606 | Hamers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert John Hamers (Madison, Wisconsin); Di Zhu (Covina, California); Marco Diego Torelli (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the photoreduction of molecules are provided, the methods comprising illuminating an amino-terminated diamond surface comprising amino groups covalently bound to the surface of diamond with light comprising a wavelength sufficient to excite an electronic transition defined by the energy band structure of the amino-terminated diamond, thereby inducing the emission of electrons from the amino-terminated diamond surface into a sample comprising molecules to be reduced, wherein the emitted electrons induce the reduction of the molecules to form a reduction product; and collecting the reduction product. |
| FILED | Friday, July 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/814653 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 19/123 (20130101) B01J 19/127 (20130101) B01J 2219/12 (20130101) B01J 2219/0875 (20130101) B01J 2219/0892 (20130101) |
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| US 10052610 | Hernandez-Maldonado et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arturo J Hernandez-Maldonado (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Milton E Rivera-Ramos (Ponce, Puerto Rico); Ana G Arevalo-Hidalgo (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arturo J Hernandez-Maldonado (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Milton E Rivera-Ramos (Ponce, Puerto Rico); Ana G Arevalo-Hidalgo (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | Na+-SAPO-34 sorbents were ion-exchanged with several individual metal cations for CO2 absorption at different temperatures (273-348 K) and pressures (<1 atm). In general, the overall adsorption performance of the exchanged materials increased as follows: Ce3+<Ti3+<Mg2+<Ca2+<Ag+<Na+<Sr2+. The strontium exchanged materials excelled at low-pressure ranges, exhibiting very sharp isotherms slopes at all temperatures. The Sr2+ species were responsible for the surface strong interaction and the cations were occupying exposed sites (SII′) in the materials Chabazite cages. All the sorbent materials exhibited higher affinity for CO2 over the other gases tested (i.e., CH4, H2, N2 and O2) due to strong ion-quadrupole interactions. Sr2+-SAPO-34 sorbents are by far the best option for CO2 removal from CH4 mixtures, especially at low concentrations. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/334768 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 2253/116 (20130101) B01D 2253/304 (20130101) B01D 2253/311 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/3078 (20130101) B01J 20/3085 (20130101) |
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| US 10052621 | Williams 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) | Travis J. Williams (Los Angeles, California); Jeff Joseph A. Celaje (Arcadia, California); Zhiyao Lu (Duarte, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A formic acid decomposition catalyst system includes metal-ligand complexes having formula 1: wherein M is a transition metal; R1, R2 are independently C1-6 alkyl groups; o is 1, 2, 3, or 4; R3 are independently hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl groups, OR14, NO2, or halogen; R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, are independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl groups; R14 is a C1-6 alkyl group; and X− is a negatively charge counter ion. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/210350 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 31/2295 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/377 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 15/0033 (20130101) |
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| US 10053482 | Thies et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Thies (Clemson, South Carolina); Adam S. Klett (Seneca, South Carolina); David A. Bruce (Central, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for obtaining purified lignin and the lignin that can be obtained by the methods are described. Methods include processing pretreated lignocellulosic biomass feedstock to recover the lignin and provide a lignin composition with a very low level of impurities such as metals and ash. In addition, the lignin recovered from the process can have a narrow molecular weight distribution and, depending upon the specific stages utilized in the process, can have a predetermined molecular weight. The process includes one or more separation stages in which a lignin-containing feedstock is mixed with a solvent solution. The mixture fractionates to form a solvent-rich liquid phase and a lignin-rich liquid phase, the lignin being partitioned across the phases according to the molecular weight of the lignin. Furthermore, the metal salts of the pretreated lignocellulosic biomass feedstock also partition across the phases. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/945846 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 11/00 (20130101) Compounds of Unknown Constitution C07G 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10053731 | Blainey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Paul Blainey (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Soohong Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Blainey (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Soohong Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally provides a sieve valve including: a substrate defining a channel; a flexible membrane adapted and configured for deployment at an intersection with the channel; and one or more protrusions extending into the channel from the substrate or the flexible membrane. The one or more protrusions define a plurality of recesses extending beyond the intersection between the channel and the flexible membrane; A microfluidic circuit including one or more sieve valves. In particular embodiments, the circuit comprises one or more input/output valves. The one or one or more input/output valves can include one or more input valves and one or more output valves. The microfluidic circuit can further include a mixing circuit. At least one of the sieve valves can be positioned between the one or more input/output valves and the mixing circuit. The invention further provides methods of using the device for the analysis of samples comprising cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/696469 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 35/02 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 7/525 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/021 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/06 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0622 (20130101) B01L 2400/0655 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1006 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0015 (20130101) F16K 99/0026 (20130101) F16K 99/0059 (20130101) F16K 2099/008 (20130101) F16K 2099/0074 (20130101) F16K 2099/0084 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Bo Zheng (Chicago, Illinois); Cory John Gerdts (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides manipulation of spacing between microdroplets flowing in a microfluidic system. The manipulation includes increasing and/or decreasing spacing between a pair of adjacent droplets of a sample fluid flowing in an immiscible carrier fluid within a main microfluidic channel. The main microfluidic channel includes a region having one or more side branch channels. The spacing between the pair of droplets flowing through the region can be increased or reduced with either the addition of or removal of immiscible carrier fluid between the adjacent droplets via at least one of the side branch channels, wherein the pair of droplets remain intact while flowing through the region and continue to flow within the main microfluidic channel downstream of the region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/184312 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 5/0471 (20130101) B01F 13/0071 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) B01J 2219/0059 (20130101) B01J 2219/00522 (20130101) B01J 2219/00585 (20130101) B01J 2219/00599 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/0293 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0838 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) G01N 35/08 (20130101) G01N 2035/1034 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 7/0694 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) |
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| US 10055587 | 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); Adam Waksman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are devices, systems, apparatus, methods, products, media and other implementations, including a method that includes triggering a beacon circuit combined with a hardware-based protection module, included within a hardware device, the hardware-based protection module configured to provide protection against malicious implementations within the hardware device, with the beacon circuit being configured to provide a beacon output when triggered. The method further includes determining based on the beacon output provided by the triggered beacon circuit whether the hardware device includes at least one malicious implementation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/105087 |
| ART UNIT | 2438 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/57 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/87 (20130101) G06F 2221/034 (20130101) |
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| US 10055739 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mung Chiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Hazer Inaltekin (Coburg, Australia); H. Vincent Poor (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mung Chiang (Princeton, New Jersey); Hazer Inaltekin (Coburg, Australia); H. Vincent Poor (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for pricing and exchanging content is provided, which includes a data plane formed by a peer-to-peer content sharing network or a central server allowing for client-server content transfers, and a control plane formed by a central server in communication with the data plane via the Internet. The data plane allows for the storage of digital content provided by users and the transfer of content therebetween, and the control plane provides a virtual market in which such content is sold between users using virtual currency that can be exchanged for real currency. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 13/120047 |
| ART UNIT | 3682 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06Q 30/0273 (20130101) G06Q 30/0601 (20130101) G06Q 40/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10056199 | Dunn 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) | Bruce S. Dunn (Los Angeles, California); Sarah H. Tolbert (Los Angeles, California); John Wang (Glendora, California); Torsten Brezesinski (Karlsruhe, Germany); George Gruner (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mesoporous, nanocrystalline, metal oxide construct particularly suited for capacitive energy storage that has an architecture with short diffusion path lengths and large surface areas and a method for production are provided. Energy density is substantially increased without compromising the capacitive charge storage kinetics and electrode demonstrates long term cycling stability. Charge storage devices with electrodes using the construct can use three different charge storage mechanisms immersed in an electrolyte: (1) cations can be stored in a thin double layer at the electrode/electrolyte interface (non-faradaic mechanism); (2) cations can interact with the bulk of an electroactive material which then undergoes a redox reaction or phase change, as in conventional batteries (faradaic mechanism); or (3) cations can electrochemically adsorb onto the surface of a material through charge transfer processes (faradaic mechanism). |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/481120 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/26 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/46 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/948 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EIE MATERIALS, INC. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EIE MATERIALS, INC. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Melman (Lexington, Kentucky); Robert Nordsell (Lexington, Kentucky); Kristen Baroudi (Lexington, Kentucky); Evan Thomas (Lexington, Kentucky); Yong Bok Go (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a phosphor converted white light LED comprising a narrow green phosphor rather than a conventional broad green phosphor may simultaneously exhibit high R9, and high Luminance Efficacy of Radiation, optionally without use of a deep red phosphor to maintain desired red color rendering. In another aspect, a phosphor converted white light LED comprising a narrow green phosphor rather than a conventional broad green phosphor may provide an emission spectrum exhibiting a significant dip in the yellow region of the spectrum and thereby provide high red-green contrast without use of a filter. The yellow dip may be shallower than in conventional devices, and the device may therefore be brighter, while maintaining desired CRI and R9. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/679021 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/50 (20130101) H01L 33/502 (20130101) H01L 33/504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/73265 (20130101) H01L 2933/0041 (20130101) |
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| US 10056552 | Noh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea); THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (An Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Changho Noh (Suwon-si, South Korea); Min Sang Kwon (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jinsang Kim (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Youngchang Yu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound for an organic light-emitting device represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, A1 is selected from an aromatic group and an aromatic group having extended π-conjugation, R1 is selected from hydrogen and a C1-C60 alkyl group, L1 and L2 are each independently selected from —O—, —S—, a C1-C20 alkylene group, a C1-C20 oxyalkylene group, and a C1-C20 thioalkylene group; and a C1-C20 alkylene group, a C1-C20 oxyalkylene group, and a C1-C20 thioalkylene group, each substituted with at least one selected from a C1-C20 alkyl group and a C1-C20 alkoxy group, n1 and n2 are each independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen and a first cross-linking group, provided that at least one of R2 and R3 is the first cross-linking group, and X is selected from —F, —Cl, —Br, and —I. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/176646 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 47/575 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/452 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 12/18 (20130101) C08F 212/08 (20130101) C08F 212/08 (20130101) C08F 212/14 (20130101) C08F 212/14 (20130101) C08F 222/20 (20130101) C08F 222/32 (20130101) C08F 222/38 (20130101) C08F 222/40 (20130101) C08F 2220/301 (20130101) C08F 2220/301 (20130101) C08F 2222/328 (20130101) C08F 2500/26 (20130101) C08F 2800/10 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/18 (20130101) C08J 2335/02 (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 125/14 (20130101) C09D 125/18 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/06 (20130101) C09K 11/025 (20130101) C09K 2211/1007 (20130101) C09K 2211/1022 (20130101) C09K 2211/1029 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/005 (20130101) H01L 51/0008 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/0067 (20130101) H01L 51/5012 (20130101) H01L 51/5016 (20130101) H01L 2251/5376 (20130101) |
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| US 10056554 | Page et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachariah Page (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Yao Liu (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel materials, methods and designs to enable improved power conversion efficiencies of organic photovoltaics (OPVs). In particular, the invention provides novel materials and interlayers for polymer-based solar cells. Novel functional fullerene-based interlayers are disclosed that enable high efficiency devices in conjunction with numerous active layer and electrode materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/306752 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/15 (20170801) C01B 32/152 (20170801) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/56 (20130101) C07D 209/94 (20130101) C07D 409/14 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/5728 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/0045 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0049 (20130101) H01L 51/441 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 10056692 | Werner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas H. Werner (State College, Pennsylvania); Zhihao Jiang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna includes a first body having a ring monopole and a second body positioned below the first body. The second body can have a plurality of notched ring resonators. A spacer can be positioned between the first and second bodies. In some embodiments, the second body can define an artificial ground. In addition, the ring resonators can be arranged and configured to generate a 180° phase difference between polarized waves so that a radiated wave from the ring monopole and a reflected wave from the artificial ground have orthogonal polarizations and a 90° phase difference to form a circularly polarized radiated wave. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/358577 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 1/2258 (20130101) H01Q 9/40 (20130101) H01Q 9/0492 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 15/0013 (20130101) |
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| US 10057281 | Shridevi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajesh Jayashankara Shridevi (Bengaluru, India); Dean Michael Ancajas (Austin, Texas); Koushik Chakraborty (Logan, Utah); Sanghamitra Roy (Logan, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajesh Jayashankara Shridevi (Bengaluru, India); Dean Michael Ancajas (Austin, Texas); Koushik Chakraborty (Logan, Utah); Sanghamitra Roy (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | For runtime detection of a bandwidth denial attack from a rogue NoC. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing code executable by the processor. The processor generates a plurality of proximal analogous packets each corresponding to a given packet traversing a multiprocessor system-on-chips (MPSoC). Each proximal analogous packet includes one or more of a proximal source modified from a given packet source and a proximal destination modified from a given packet destination. The processor further compares traversal latencies between each proximal analogous packet/given packet pair. In addition, the processor detects a rogue interconnect in response to aggregate variations in the traversal latencies. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/079486 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 49/109 (20130101) H04L 63/1416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1458 (20130101) |
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| US 10057986 | Prud'Homme et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert K. Prud'Homme (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal overload device containing a polymer composite, which contains at least one polymer and a modified graphite oxide material, containing thermally exfoliated graphite oxide having a surface area of from about 300 m2/g to 2600 m2/g, and a method of making the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/459973 |
| 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) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/043 (20130101) C01B 31/0423 (20130101) C01B 31/0476 (20130101) C01B 32/23 (20170801) C01B 32/192 (20170801) C01B 32/225 (20170801) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/206 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/10 (20130101) H05K 3/0091 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/324 (20130101) Y02E 60/325 (20130101) Y02E 60/328 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/13 (20150115) Y10T 428/1341 (20150115) Y10T 428/1379 (20150115) Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 10052610 | Hernandez-Maldonado et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arturo J Hernandez-Maldonado (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Milton E Rivera-Ramos (Ponce, Puerto Rico); Ana G Arevalo-Hidalgo (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arturo J Hernandez-Maldonado (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Milton E Rivera-Ramos (Ponce, Puerto Rico); Ana G Arevalo-Hidalgo (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | Na+-SAPO-34 sorbents were ion-exchanged with several individual metal cations for CO2 absorption at different temperatures (273-348 K) and pressures (<1 atm). In general, the overall adsorption performance of the exchanged materials increased as follows: Ce3+<Ti3+<Mg2+<Ca2+<Ag+<Na+<Sr2+. The strontium exchanged materials excelled at low-pressure ranges, exhibiting very sharp isotherms slopes at all temperatures. The Sr2+ species were responsible for the surface strong interaction and the cations were occupying exposed sites (SII′) in the materials Chabazite cages. All the sorbent materials exhibited higher affinity for CO2 over the other gases tested (i.e., CH4, H2, N2 and O2) due to strong ion-quadrupole interactions. Sr2+-SAPO-34 sorbents are by far the best option for CO2 removal from CH4 mixtures, especially at low concentrations. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2008 |
| APPL NO | 12/334768 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 2253/116 (20130101) B01D 2253/304 (20130101) B01D 2253/311 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/186 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/3078 (20130101) B01J 20/3085 (20130101) |
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| US 10053242 | Yew 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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvin G. Yew (Rockville, Maryland); Matthew C. Colvin (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed subject matter relates to a reaction wheel system for controlling and stabilizing a satellite or other spacecraft. The reaction wheel system includes a reaction wheel rotor and a containment structure stator including a plurality of contactor assemblies for securing the reaction wheel rotor when not in rotation and for electromagnetically inducing substantially frictionless rotation of the reaction wheel rotor. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/858420 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/20 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/02 (20130101) H02K 11/21 (20160101) H02K 21/22 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/16 (20130101) |
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| US 10054312 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongtao Dai (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Kristin Kopp-Vaughan (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided, including a main mixer, and a pilot mixer having an annular housing. The pilot mixer can further include features to cool portions of the annular housing, such as a radial edge of the annular housing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/631499 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/14 (20130101) F23R 3/283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23R 3/286 (20130101) F23R 3/343 (20130101) F23R 2900/03042 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/675 (20130101) |
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| US 10054516 | Moore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADIMINSTRATOR OF NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason P. Moore (Yorktown, Virginia); Matthew D. Rogge (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable mitigation of the effects of birefringence in Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometer (OFDR) sensing fiber. Various embodiments enable the measurement of the polarization state of the light in a sensing fiber throughout the entire sensing cable in a highly distributed manner typical of OFDR systems. Various embodiments enable the production of a distributed fiber birefringence measurement throughout the length of an OFDR sensing fiber. Various embodiments may enable OFDR to be 100% polarization diverse, meaning that polarization effects in the fiber optic cables and sensing fiber do not negatively effect measurements. Additionally, the highly distributed measurement of the polarization state and related birefringence in a sensing fiber of the various embodiments may enable new types of measurements such as pressure, twisting, and bending along the sensing fiber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/689203 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/3538 (20130101) G01D 5/35361 (20130101) Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 11/32 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/246 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 11/3172 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10054691 | Wrbanek 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 Admin of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Wrbanek (Sheffield Village, Ohio); Susan Wrbanek (Sheffield Village, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid-state radiation detector includes a pattern of conductive metal on a zinc oxide substrate. The pattern provides an arrangement of interdigitated electrode fingers. The wide band gap substrate is sensitive to UV light, which can cause a conductivity change in the substrate. The electrode fingers are configured to sense a difference in substrate conductivity resulting from UV light. The detector has a fast response time, which enables it to detect Cherenkov light. The compact detector provides savings on size, weight, and required power. Thus, the solid-state detector can be used to replace photomultiplier tubes in Cherenkov detectors. The features of the novel detector allow for an improved system to detect and monitor UV radiation, especially during deep space missions. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/193024 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/429 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/24 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/0224 (20130101) H01L 31/0296 (20130101) |
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| US 10054777 | Wallace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James K. Wallace (Pasadena, California); Kurt M. Liewer (Pasadena, California); Christian A. Lindensmith (Altadena, California); Eugene Serabyn (Claremont, California); Stephanie Rider (Monrovia, California); Emilio C. Graff (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A lens-less digital holographic microscope, a reflective digital holographic microscope, and a digital holographic microscope including a plurality of lenses. In one example, the digital holographic microscope includes a single mode fiber collimated light source which provides illumination for both the ‘science’ and ‘reference’ arms, a pair of microscope objectives located side-by side, and illuminated by the common beam, a relay lens whose center is between the two objectives, and a focal plane element where the interference pattern is measured. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/939389 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0008 (20130101) G02B 21/008 (20130101) G02B 21/18 (20130101) G02B 21/0056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/0072 (20130101) Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0443 (20130101) G03H 2001/005 (20130101) G03H 2001/0445 (20130101) G03H 2222/12 (20130101) G03H 2222/13 (20130101) G03H 2227/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10056259 | Okojie |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Admin of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Okojie (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Use of a single alloy conductor to form simultaneous ohmic contacts (SOC) to n- and p-type 4H-SiC. The single alloy conductor also is an effective diffusion barrier against gold (AU) and oxygen (O2) at high temperatures (e.g., up to 800° C.). The innovation may also provide an effective interconnecting metallization in a multi-level metallization device scheme. |
| FILED | Monday, October 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/722668 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/2855 (20130101) H01L 21/7685 (20130101) H01L 21/32134 (20130101) H01L 21/76864 (20130101) H01L 23/53261 (20130101) H01L 23/53266 (20130101) |
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| US 10057986 | Prud'Homme et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert K. Prud'Homme (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Ilhan A. Aksay (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal overload device containing a polymer composite, which contains at least one polymer and a modified graphite oxide material, containing thermally exfoliated graphite oxide having a surface area of from about 300 m2/g to 2600 m2/g, and a method of making the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/459973 |
| 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) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/043 (20130101) C01B 31/0423 (20130101) C01B 31/0476 (20130101) C01B 32/23 (20170801) C01B 32/192 (20170801) C01B 32/225 (20170801) C01B 2204/32 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/206 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/095 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 3/10 (20130101) H05K 3/0091 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/324 (20130101) Y02E 60/325 (20130101) Y02E 60/328 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/13 (20150115) Y10T 428/1341 (20150115) Y10T 428/1379 (20150115) Y10T 428/2982 (20150115) |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 10052369 | Scoles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Washington State University (, None) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen A. Scoles (Moscow, Idaho); Felicito Guerrero (Boerne, Texas); Reginaldo Bastos (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method of using an aquaporin protein from Rhipicephalus microplus (RmAQP2), fragments of RmAQP2, and/or the cDNA encoding RmAQP2 and/or the fragments are described. Immunogenic composition containing recombinant RmAQP2 and/or fragments of RmAQP2 are produced and administered to an ungulate which generates an immune response to RmAQP2. After feeding female ticks on the ungulate injected with RmAQP2 and/or fragments of RmAQP2, the female ticks have lower reproductive viability because of a reduced egg mass, reduced hatching percentage, and reduced survival of larvae. Thus, administering RmAQP2 and/or RmAQP2 fragments to an ungulate can reduce the incidence of R. microplus and also reduce the incidence of tick-borne pathogens in ungulates because of the lower number of R. microplus. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/177865 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/552 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/43527 (20130101) |
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| US 10053695 | Xiong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Na Xiong (State College, Pennsylvania); Mingcan Xia (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for targeting CCR10 and/or the CCR10/ligand axis to modulate the immune response in a subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/669663 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/195 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/523 (20130101) C07K 14/7158 (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) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) |
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| US 10053711 | Atiyeh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (Stillwater, Oklahoma); BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (Stillwater, Oklahoma); BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan K. Atiyeh (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Randy S. Lewis (Provo, Utah); John Randall Phillips (Middletown, Delaware); Raymond L. Huhnke (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Providing a microbial catalyst in a reaction broth, providing an adsorptive solid into the reaction broth, providing a producer gas into the reaction broth, and obtaining a fermentation product from the reaction broth resulting from activity of the microbial catalyst in the presence of the adsorptive solid. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/909578 |
| 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 1/20 (20130101) C12N 1/38 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
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| US 10054586 | Talaat |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adel M. Talaat (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Mycobacterial-specific biomarkers and methods of using such biomarkers for diagnosis of mycobacterial infection in a mammal are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/923478 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 1/689 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5695 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/56933 (20130101) G01N 2333/30 (20130101) G01N 2469/10 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US D826299 | Bailleres |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The State of Queensland Through Its Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (, Australia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henri Bailleres (Salisbury, Australia) |
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| FILED | Monday, January 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 29/551835 |
| ART UNIT | 2918 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Machines not elsewhere specified D15/139 |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 10054286 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THE NATIONAL INSITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Brown (Gaithersburg, Maryland); John T. Melcher (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Stephan J. Stranick (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical transformer includes: an optomechanical member configured: to receive incident light; and to produce primary light from the incident light including an initial propagation that includes a nonlinear scan; and a lens configured: to receive the primary light from the optomechanical member; to linearize the nonlinear scan; and to produce secondary light including a final propagation that comprises a linear scan, such that the optical transformer is configured to transform the nonlinear scan of the primary light to the linear scan of the secondary light. A process for optically transforming a nonlinear scan includes receiving an incident light by an optical transformer that includes an optomechanical member and a lens; producing a primary light from the incident light that includes an initial propagation having a nonlinear scan; communicating the primary light from to the lens; and producing a secondary light to optically transform the nonlinear scan, the secondary light including a final propagation that comprises a linear scan, based on optically linearizing the initial propagation. |
| FILED | Monday, July 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/792184 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details of Lighting Devices or Systems Thereof; Structural Combinations of Lighting Devices With Other Articles, Not Otherwise Provided for F21V 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 3/00 (20130101) G02B 6/0005 (20130101) G02B 26/101 (20130101) G02B 26/103 (20130101) G02B 26/105 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49828 (20150115) |
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| US 10056523 | Kazlas 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) | Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts); John Spencer Morris (Houston, Texas); Robert J. Nick (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Zoran Popovic (Mississauga, Canada); Matthew Stevenson (Long Beach, California); Jonathan S. Steckel (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a device comprises forming a layer comprising quantum dots over a substrate including a first electrode, fixing the layer comprising quantum dots formed over the substrate, and exposing at least a portion of, and preferably all, exposed surfaces of the fixed layer comprising quantum dots to small molecules. The layer comprising quantum dots can be preferably fixed in the absence or substantial absence of oxygen. Also disclosed is a method of making a device comprises forming a layer comprising quantum dots over a substrate including a first electrode, exposing the layer comprising quantum dots to small molecules and light flux. Also disclosed is a method of making a film including a layer comprising quantum dots, the method comprising forming a layer comprising quantum dots over a carrier substrate, fixing the layer comprising quantum dots formed over the carrier substrate, and exposing at least a portion of, and preferably all, exposed surfaces of the fixed layer comprising quantum dots to small molecules. The layer comprising quantum dots can be preferably fixed in the absence or substantial absence of oxygen. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a device component including a layer comprising quantum dots, the method comprising forming a layer comprising quantum dots over a layer comprising a charge transport material, exposing the layer comprising quantum dots to small molecules and light flux. Devices, device components, and films are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Sunday, November 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/350068 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 33/005 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 10053740 | McCord et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bruce McCord (Miami, Florida); Joana Antunes (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce McCord (Miami, Florida); Joana Antunes (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains to analyzing the levels of DNA methylation at specific genetic loci to detect specific body fluids, for example, vaginal secretions or vaginal epithelial cells, semen or sperms, saliva or buccal epithelial cells, or blood or blood cells. Particularly, the levels of methylation of DNA at the genetic loci corresponding to SEQ ID NOs: 1, 6, 11, and 16 are used to detect vaginal secretions or vaginal epithelial cells, semen or sperms, saliva or buccal epithelial cells, and blood or blood cells, respectively. The level of methylation at the specific loci can be determined by high-resolution melt analysis (HRM) or sequencing of the amplicons produced using specific primers designed to amplify the specific loci. Kits containing the primers and reagents for carrying out the methods disclosed herein are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/921079 |
| 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 1/6888 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 10053711 | Atiyeh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (Stillwater, Oklahoma); BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY (Stillwater, Oklahoma); BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan K. Atiyeh (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Randy S. Lewis (Provo, Utah); John Randall Phillips (Middletown, Delaware); Raymond L. Huhnke (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Providing a microbial catalyst in a reaction broth, providing an adsorptive solid into the reaction broth, providing a producer gas into the reaction broth, and obtaining a fermentation product from the reaction broth resulting from activity of the microbial catalyst in the presence of the adsorptive solid. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/909578 |
| 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 1/20 (20130101) C12N 1/38 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 10052362 | Srinivasan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA represented by the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); The United States Geovernment represented by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shanthi Srinivasan (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to therapeutic methods for regulating weight gain, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing obesity, metabolic syndrome, or insulin resistance by administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more GDNF receptor agonists to a subject in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/003324 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 10053369 | Tao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wendong Tao (Jamesville, New York); Anayo Thomas Ukwuani (Carson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to methods for treating an organic material, including the steps of transporting the organic material into a first vessel; heating the organic material in the first vessel and applying a negative pressure to the organic material in the first vessel to a boiling point of the organic material, wherein the heat and negative pressure separates a portion of an ammonia from the organic material; removing the portion of the ammonia from the first vessel; transporting the removed portion of the ammonia from the first vessel to an acid solution in a second vessel; and separating a portion of the ammonia from the acid solution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/484653 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/145 (20130101) B01D 53/1418 (20130101) B01D 53/1493 (20130101) B01D 2252/10 (20130101) Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01C 1/242 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/80 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/06 (20130101) C02F 1/20 (20130101) C02F 1/66 (20130101) C02F 3/2866 (20130101) C02F 2101/16 (20130101) C02F 2103/20 (20130101) C02F 2103/32 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 10056530 | Melman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EIE MATERIALS, INC. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EIE MATERIALS, INC. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Melman (Lexington, Kentucky); Robert Nordsell (Lexington, Kentucky); Kristen Baroudi (Lexington, Kentucky); Evan Thomas (Lexington, Kentucky); Yong Bok Go (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a phosphor converted white light LED comprising a narrow green phosphor rather than a conventional broad green phosphor may simultaneously exhibit high R9, and high Luminance Efficacy of Radiation, optionally without use of a deep red phosphor to maintain desired red color rendering. In another aspect, a phosphor converted white light LED comprising a narrow green phosphor rather than a conventional broad green phosphor may provide an emission spectrum exhibiting a significant dip in the yellow region of the spectrum and thereby provide high red-green contrast without use of a filter. The yellow dip may be shallower than in conventional devices, and the device may therefore be brighter, while maintaining desired CRI and R9. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/679021 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/50 (20130101) H01L 33/502 (20130101) H01L 33/504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/73265 (20130101) H01L 2933/0041 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 10056530 | Melman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EIE MATERIALS, INC. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EIE MATERIALS, INC. (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Melman (Lexington, Kentucky); Robert Nordsell (Lexington, Kentucky); Kristen Baroudi (Lexington, Kentucky); Evan Thomas (Lexington, Kentucky); Yong Bok Go (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a phosphor converted white light LED comprising a narrow green phosphor rather than a conventional broad green phosphor may simultaneously exhibit high R9, and high Luminance Efficacy of Radiation, optionally without use of a deep red phosphor to maintain desired red color rendering. In another aspect, a phosphor converted white light LED comprising a narrow green phosphor rather than a conventional broad green phosphor may provide an emission spectrum exhibiting a significant dip in the yellow region of the spectrum and thereby provide high red-green contrast without use of a filter. The yellow dip may be shallower than in conventional devices, and the device may therefore be brighter, while maintaining desired CRI and R9. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/679021 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 33/50 (20130101) H01L 33/502 (20130101) H01L 33/504 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/73265 (20130101) H01L 2933/0041 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 10055972 | Mendonca et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pat Mendonca (Damascus, Maryland); Jonathan C. Pruett (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes systems, methods, and software applications for centrally maintaining information and automatically distributing relevant portions of the information to remote users. In one embodiment, a central server stores the information, which is maintained on the central server. Periodically, or each time the server information is updated, the server identifies the portion of the information that is relevant to each user and downloads the relevant portion of information to each user, for example to a mobile device such as a Blackberry™. The invention may be used to maintain and timely distribute information related to emergency response procedures, sales or servicing schedules, and delivery schedules, among other things. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/694181 |
| ART UNIT | 2445 — Computer Networks |
| 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 10/107 (20130101) G06Q 10/1095 (20130101) G06Q 40/04 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 27/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 51/00 (20130101) H04L 67/025 (20130101) H04L 67/34 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/02 (20130101) H04W 4/22 (20130101) H04W 4/90 (20180201) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 10055486 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiejun Xu (Chino, California); Tsai-Ching Lu (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for real world event summarization with microblog data. The system collects microblog image posts related to a real world event based on an event tag and generates a heterogeneous network (having nodes and edges) based on the microblog image posts. The nodes are ranked and images are then extracted from top-ranked nodes for display to the user as a real world event summarization. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/818619 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30268 (20130101) G06F 17/30696 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30958 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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