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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 27, 2018
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| US 10136823 | Mukkamala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramakrishna Mukkamala (Okemos, Michigan); Jiankun Liu (Lansing, Michigan); Jin-Oh Hahn (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining blood pressure for a subject using a sphygmomanometer. The method includes: measuring an oscillometric cuff pressure waveform of the subject using the sphygmomanometer; representing the measured waveform with a physical model accounting for mechanics of the cuff, an artery and coupling between the cuff and the artery; determining the model unknowns from the measured waveform; and determining blood pressure for the subject using the determined model. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/012124 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02 (20130101) A61B 5/02208 (20130101) A61B 5/02225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/02241 (20130101) A61B 5/02255 (20130101) |
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| US 10136831 | Heikenfeld |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University Of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices that sense sweat and are capable of providing chronological assurance are described. The device uses at least one sensor to measure sweat or its components and to determine a sweat sampling rate. The chronological assurance is determined, at least in part, using the sweat sampling rate. The sweat sampling rate may be determined, at least in part, using a sweat volume and/or a sweat generation rate, both of which may be measured or predetermined. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/516974 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/443 (20130101) A61B 5/0531 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4266 (20130101) A61B 5/7221 (20130101) A61B 5/7292 (20130101) A61B 5/14521 (20130101) A61B 10/0064 (20130101) A61B 2018/124 (20130101) A61B 2018/00654 (20130101) A61B 2562/168 (20130101) A61B 2562/0295 (20130101) |
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| US 10136846 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina); National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina); National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Joshua Ray Windmiller (Del Mar, California); Roger Narayan (Raleigh, North Carolina); Phillip Miller (Greensboro, North Carolina); Ronen Polsky (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thayne L. Edwards (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, structures, and systems are disclosed for biosensing and drug delivery techniques. In one aspect, a device for detecting an analyte and/or releasing a biochemical into a biological fluid can include an array of hollowed needles, in which each needle includes a protruded needle structure including an exterior wall forming a hollow interior and an opening at a terminal end of the protruded needle structure that exposes the hollow interior, and a probe inside the exterior wall to interact with one or more chemical or biological substances that come in contact with the probe via the opening to produce a probe sensing signal, and an array of wires that are coupled to probes of the array of hollowed needles, respectively, each wire being electrically conductive to transmit the probe sensing signal produced by a respective probe. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/687145 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/157 (20130101) A61B 5/685 (20130101) A61B 5/1473 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4845 (20130101) A61B 5/6833 (20130101) A61B 5/7282 (20130101) A61B 5/14514 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) A61B 5/14865 (20130101) A61B 5/150984 (20130101) A61B 10/0045 (20130101) A61B 2010/008 (20130101) A61B 2562/028 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/158 (20130101) A61M 5/1723 (20130101) A61M 2005/1726 (20130101) A61M 2037/003 (20130101) A61M 2037/0023 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48785 (20130101) |
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| US 10137187 | Coller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. (Rahway, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. (Rahway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beth-Ann Griswold Coller (Kaneohe, Hawaii); Vidya B. Pai, Jr. (Rockville, Maryland); D. Elliot Parks (Del Mar, California); Michele Yelmene (Del Mar, California); Andrew J. Bett (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Timothy Martyak (Aiea, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides dengue virus vaccines and immunogenic compositions for administration to human subjects. The vaccine compositions of the present invention comprise recombinantly produced monomeric and/or dimeric forms of truncated dengue virus envelope glycoprotein that, when formulated together with an adjuvant and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, induce balanced tetravalent immune responses. In preferred embodiments of the compositions described herein, the DEN4 protein component is a dimeric form of DEN4. The compositions are designed to be acceptable for use in the general population, including immunosuppressed, immunocompromised, and immunosenescent individuals. Also provided herein are methods of inducing a protective immune response in a human patient population by administering the compositions described herein to the patients. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/861425 |
| 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 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55577 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24171 (20130101) |
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| US 10137502 | Nagarathnam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Karthik Nagarathnam (Culpepper, Virginia); Donald Trostle (Herndon, Virginia); David L. Kruczynski (Amissville, Virginia); Dennis W. Massey (Markham, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utron Kinetics, LLC (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karthik Nagarathnam (Culpepper, Virginia); Donald Trostle (Herndon, Virginia); David L. Kruczynski (Amissville, Virginia); Dennis W. Massey (Markham, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Near net shape refractory material is made in combustion driven compaction. The gas mixture is combusted, driving a piston or ram into a die containing refractory material powder, compressing the powder into a near net shape. As the chamber is filled with gas, the piston or ram is allowed to rest on the powder, pre-compressing the powder and removing trapped air. During compression, forces reach 150 tsi or more. Loading occurs within several hundred milliseconds. After compression, the shaped refractory part is sintered in a hydrogen environment. This process creates near net shape components with little scrap metal. The apparatus used to perform this process is about the size of a telephone booth and can be moved with a standard forklift. The powder may include a combination of Mo—Re, Re, W—Re, HfC and Hf of a fineness dictated by desired shrinkage, resulting in a material suitable for high-stress, high-temperature applications. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/975910 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder B22F 3/23 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10137979 | Prince et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Troy Prince (Cleveland, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Mehul P. Patel (Streetsboro, Ohio); Jack M. DiCocco (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Reed Carver (Aurora, Ohio); Robert N. Schmidt (Ft. Myers, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy Prince (Cleveland, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Mehul P. Patel (Streetsboro, Ohio); Jack M. DiCocco (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Reed Carver (Aurora, Ohio); Robert N. Schmidt (Ft. Myers, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A forebody flow control system and more particularly an aircraft or missile flow control system for enhanced maneuverability and stabilization at high angles of attack. The present invention further relates to a method of operating the flow control system. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a missile or aircraft comprising an afterbody and a forebody; at least one deployable flow effector on the missile or aircraft forebody; at least one sensors each having a signal associated therewith, the at least one sensor being used for determining or estimating flow separation or side forces on the missile forebody; and a closed loop control system; wherein the closed loop control system is used for activating and deactivating the at least one deployable flow effector based on at least in part the signal of the at least one sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/151640 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 5/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 23/06 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/64 (20130101) F42B 15/01 (20130101) |
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| US 10137995 | Costello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Earthly Dynamics, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Earthly Dynamics, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark F Costello (Atlanta, Georgia); Michael Brian Ward (Atlanta, Georgia); Edward James Scheuermann (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A one-time flare mechanism system for use with an aerial payload system is described which uses minimal actuation force to produce a reliable flare with minimal shock to the payload, parafoil and rigging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/923619 |
| ART UNIT | 3642 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 17/24 (20130101) B64D 17/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10138279 | Baker, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Bielinska (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Andrzej Myc (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Bielinska (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Andrzej Myc (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of inducing an immune response to bacteria of the genus Bacillus (e.g., Bacillus anthracis) in a subject (e.g., a human subject) and compositions useful in such methods (e.g., a nanoemulsion comprising Bacillus anthracis or an immunogenic portion thereof). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine (e.g., vaccination) and research applications. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/786861 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/07 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10138295 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Wilson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Anna Tretiakova (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) having an AAV capsid and packaged therein a heterologous nucleic acid which expresses two functional antibody constructs in a cell is described. Also described are antibodies comprising a heavy chain and a light chain from a heterologous antibody. In one embodiment, the antibodies are co-expressed from a vector containing: a first expression cassette which encodes at least a first open reading frame (ORF) for a first immunoglobulin under the control of regulatory control sequences which direct expression thereof; and a second expression cassette which comprises a second ORF, a linker, and a third ORF under the control of regulatory control sequences which direct expression thereof, wherein the second and third ORF encode for a second and third immunoglobulin construct. The vector co-expressing these two antibody constructs is in one embodiment an AAV, in which the 5′ and 3′ ITRs flank the expression cassettes and regulatory sequences. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/310555 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 48/0008 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/14 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/51 (20130101) C07K 2317/52 (20130101) C07K 2317/515 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2750/14121 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) C12N 2830/30 (20130101) C12N 2830/50 (20130101) C12N 2830/205 (20130101) C12N 2840/203 (20130101) |
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| US 10138439 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiaxing Huang (Wilmette, Illinois); Qian Wang (Mt. Prospect, Illinois); Yip-Wah Chung (Wilmette, Illinois); Xuan Dou (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming a lubrication material using self-dispersed crumpled graphene balls as additives in a lubricant base fluid for friction and wear reduction. The lubricant base fluid may be, for example, a polyalphaolefin type-4 (PAO4) oil. After the crumpled graphene balls are added as additives in the lubricant base fluid, the lubricant base fluid with the additives are sonicated for a sonicating time period, so that the crumpled graphene balls are self-dispersed in the lubricant base fluid to improve friction and wear properties of the lubricant base fluid. In some cases, a dispersing agent, such as Triethoxysilane, may be added in the lubricant base fluid to enhance stability of dispersion of the crumpled graphene balls in the lubricant base fluid. The crumpled graphene balls may stay stably dispersed in the lubricant base fluid between a lower temperature (such as −15° C.) to a higher temperature (such as 90° C.). |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/281471 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Lubricating Compositions; Use of Chemical Substances Either Alone or as Lubricating Ingredients in a Lubricating Composition C10M 125/02 (20130101) C10M 139/04 (20130101) C10M 141/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C10M 2201/041 (20130101) C10M 2203/022 (20130101) C10M 2227/04 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10M Relating to Lubricating Compositions C10N 2220/082 (20130101) C10N 2230/06 (20130101) |
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| US 10138476 | Joung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Keith Joung (Winchester, Massachusetts); Shengdar Tsai (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for increasing specificity of RNA-guided genome editing, e.g., editing using CRISPR/Cas9 systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/415431 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) C07K 2319/80 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 9/0071 (20130101) C12N 9/96 (20130101) C12N 9/1007 (20130101) C12N 15/01 (20130101) C12N 15/11 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1031 (20130101) C12N 2310/20 (20170501) C12N 2710/00033 (20130101) C12N 2770/00033 (20130101) C12N 2800/80 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/11 (20130101) C12Y 201/01 (20130101) C12Y 301/00 (20130101) C12Y 301/21004 (20130101) |
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| US 10138493 | Khalil et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts); THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts); THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ahmad S. Khalil (Lexington, Massachusetts); Divya Israni (Boston, Massachusetts); Minhee Park (Boston, Massachusetts); J. Keith Joung (Winchester, Massachusetts); Jeffry D. Sander (Ankeny, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments disclosed herein provide artificial expression systems comprising the zinc-finger containing transcription factors and engineered promoters to modulate expression of genes of interest. Engineered zinc-finger transcription factors that interact with engineered promoters constitute synthetic and regulatable expression systems which facilitate the modulation of gene expression as desired. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/686419 |
| 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 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 2319/81 (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 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2810/50 (20130101) C12N 2830/002 (20130101) |
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| US 10138748 | Praisner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Praisner (Colchester, Connecticut); Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine); Ken F. Blaney (Middleton, New Hampshire); Anthony B. Swift (North Waterboro, Maine); Neil L. Tatman (Brentwood, New Hampshire); Christopher M. Jarochym (Ogunquit, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine component is provided. The gas turbine engine component comprises a main body having a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body. The elongated transition portion has an axial length that is greater than a radial height. A gas turbine engine is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/997323 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/12 (20130101) F01D 5/143 (20130101) F01D 11/001 (20130101) F01D 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/246 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/11 (20130101) F05D 2250/14 (20130101) F05D 2250/70 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/673 (20130101) |
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| US 10138904 | Pearson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Taylor Pearson (Phoenix, Arizona); Yogendra Yogi Sheoran (Scottsdale, Arizona); Bruce Dan Bouldin (Phoenix, Arizona); Zedic Daniel Judd (Phoenix, Arizona); Eduardo Guerra (Queen Creek, Arizona); David Chou (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An inlet particle separator system for a vehicle engine includes a hub section, a shroud section, and a splitter. The hub section has a hub outer surface that diverges, relative to the axis of symmetry, to a hub apex. The shroud section has a shroud inner surface that surrounds, and is spaced apart from, at least a portion of the hub section to define a main flow passageway between the hub outer surface and the shroud inner surface. The splitter is disposed downstream of the air inlet and extends into the main flow passageway to divide the main flow passageway into a scavenge flow path and an engine flow path. The hub section and the shroud section are configured such that the cross sectional flow area of the main flow passageway decreases downstream of the air inlet to define a throat section that is disposed upstream of the hub apex. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/988988 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 45/08 (20130101) B01D 45/12 (20130101) B01D 45/16 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 33/02 (20130101) B64D 2033/0246 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/05 (20130101) F02C 7/052 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/522 (20130101) F04D 29/542 (20130101) F04D 29/545 (20130101) F04D 29/701 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2250/71 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/671 (20130101) |
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| US 10138942 | Dichter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Dichter (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a shaft seal system comprising a first ball bearing, a second ball bearing, a primary shaft seal, and a secondary shaft seal. The secondary shaft seal may be inboard with respect to said primary shaft seal. The shaft seal system can define a leak chamber of a first diameter between said primary shaft seal and a secondary shaft seal. A plurality of O-rings may be further provided between an outer surface of said shaft seal system and said shaft system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/403963 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 19/08 (20130101) F16C 33/7816 (20130101) F16C 33/7886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 3/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10138953 | Koenig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Shakespear Koenig (San Francisco, California); Pablo Eduardo Garcia Kilroy (Menlo Park, California); Brian Keith McCoy (Sunnyvale, California); Allegra Anna Lenta Shum (San Francisco, California); Joseph Stephen Eckerle (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus related to electrolaminate clutches and transmissions are disclosed. A device can include: an input shaft that can be coupled to an electrolaminate sheet; an output shaft that can be coupled rigidly to a spring positioned over the input shaft, where the spring includes a tab that fits a groove of a spring capture ring that can be positioned over the input shaft; and a drum connected to an electrical ground between the electrolaminate sheet and the spring capture ring, where the drum can be coupled rigidly to the spring capture ring. Then, when a voltage is applied to the electrolaminate sheet, the electrolaminate sheet can clamp to the drum and impart rotation of the input shaft to the drum. The imparted rotation can cause the spring capture ring and the spring to rotate and clamp down on the input shaft, imparting rotation to the output shaft. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/219263 |
| ART UNIT | 3659 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 13/64 (20130101) F16D 27/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gearing F16H 3/666 (20130101) F16H 2200/0034 (20130101) F16H 2200/2007 (20130101) F16H 2200/2035 (20130101) |
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| US 10139137 | Gieseke |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Thomas J Gieseke (Warren, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J Gieseke (Warren, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a heat exchanger reactive to external and internal temperatures for carrying a working fluid, including two pairs of nested pipes; each pair including one pipe with a channel portion and a stress relief portion and a second pipe with just a channel portion, one of said pipes enclosing the other with an interference fit and both pipes having different coefficients of thermal expansion. The first pair of pipes positioned co-axially with and encompassing the second pair. A fluid is positioned in the space defined by the inner surface of outer pair of pipes and the outer surface of inner pair of pipes. The two pipe pairs have positions responsive to the internal and external temperatures in which the space defined by pipe pairs is either minimized or maximized by expansion and contraction of the pipe pairs caused by differences in coefficients of thermal expansion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/628184 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/01 (20130101) Hot Gas or Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants; Use of Waste Heat of Combustion Engines; Not Otherwise Provided for F02G 1/044 (20130101) Systems Acting by Means of Fluids in General; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g Servomotors; Details of Fluid-pressure Systems, Not Otherwise Provided for F15B 1/02 (20130101) Solar Heat Collectors; Solar Heat Systems F24S 70/25 (20180501) Original (OR) Class Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 30/00 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/0208 (20130101) F28D 2015/0291 (20130101) |
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| US 10139168 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Joseph Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Pritish Ranjan Parida (Fishkill, New York); Fanghao Yang (Somerset, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A cold plate structure in a two-phase cooling system is provided. The cold plate, where the cold plate structure has at least one microchannel with a cross-sectional area along a radial direction, wherein the cross-sectional area expands in a first direction that is substantially tangential to the radial direction and expands in a second direction that is substantially tangential to the radial direction and substantially tangential to the first direction. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/276426 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 9/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 9/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10139209 | Prince et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Troy S Prince (West Hartford, Connecticut); Richard Kolacinski (South Euclid, Ohio); Mehul Patel (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy S Prince (West Hartford, Connecticut); Richard Kolacinski (South Euclid, Ohio); Mehul Patel (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a missile or aircraft with a hierarchical, modular, closed-loop flow control system and more particularly to aircraft or missile with a flow control system for enhanced aerodynamic control, maneuverability and stabilization and methods of operating the flow control system. Various embodiments of the flow control system of the present invention involve flow sensors, active flow control device or activatable flow effectors and/or logic devices with closed loop control architecture. The sensors are used to estimate or determine flow conditions on surfaces of a missile or aircraft. The active flow control device or activatable flow effectors of these various embodiments create on-demand flow disturbances, preferably micro-disturbances, at different points along various aerodynamic surfaces of the missile or aircraft to achieve a desired stabilization or maneuverability effect. The logic devices are embedded with a hierarchical control structure allowing for rapid, real-time control at the flow surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/057211 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 5/12 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 10/14 (20130101) F42B 10/62 (20130101) F42B 15/01 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10139211 | Tillinghast et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ralph C. Tillinghast (Hardwick, New Jersey); Michael T. Wright (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Ryan Saalman (Cataula, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph C. Tillinghast (Hardwick, New Jersey); Michael T. Wright (Hopatcong, New Jersey); Ryan Saalman (Cataula, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An ammunition can that provides a user with a count of stored ammunition, includes a housing and a window formed on one side of the housing to provide a visual indication of the count of the stored ammunition. The window extends from the top side to a bottom side of the housing, to provide a clear sampling view of the stored ammunition. A scale, disposed in close proximity to the window, provides a more accurate visual indication of the count of the stored ammunition. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/843019 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 25/20 (20130101) B65D 25/28 (20130101) B65D 25/54 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 39/26 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Weighing G01G 19/007 (20130101) G01G 19/52 (20130101) G01G 19/64 (20130101) |
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| US 10139382 | Motayed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia); GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Fairfax, Virginia); THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERICE (Washington, District of Columbia); GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Fairfax, Virginia); THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhishek Motayed (Rockville, Maryland); Geetha Aluri (Clifton Park, New York); Albert V. Davydov (North Potomac, Maryland); Mulpuri V. Rao (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Vladimir P. Oleshko (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Ritu Bajpai (Santa Clara, California); Mona E. Zaghloul (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanostructure sensing device comprises a semiconductor nanostructure having an outer surface, and at least one of metal or metal-oxide nanoparticle clusters functionalizing the outer surface of the nanostructure and forming a photoconductive nanostructure/nanocluster hybrid sensor enabling light-assisted sensing of a target analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 08, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/891709 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/127 (20130101) G01N 33/004 (20130101) G01N 33/005 (20130101) G01N 33/0031 (20130101) G01N 33/0037 (20130101) G01N 33/0042 (20130101) G01N 33/0044 (20130101) G01N 33/0047 (20130101) G01N 33/0049 (20130101) G01N 33/0054 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/245 (20180101) Y02A 50/246 (20180101) |
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| US 10139434 | McEachern et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Power Standard Lab Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Power Standard Lab Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander McEachern (Oakland, California); David Stanley Watson (San Anselmo, California); Charles Patrick McParland (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system measures the stability of a live a.c. power distribution grid, without disrupting sensitive loads on that grid. The system applies repetitive time-synchronized loads to create current pulses, and resulting voltage instabilities, on the grid. The current pulses are sized to ensure that the resulting voltage instabilities are too small to affect the sensitive loads. Time-synchronized voltage measurement devices record the voltage instabilities. The time synchronization, and the repetitive nature of the current pulses, allow the voltage instabilities caused by the current pulses to be extracted from the larger background voltage variations. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 18, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/874750 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 19/2513 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10139446 | Joshi 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) | Rajiv Vasant Joshi (Yorktown Heights, New York); Emrah Acar (Montvale, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system including a processor performing a failure region exploration through uniform sampling of plurality of variables related to a circuit, the processor shifting probability distributions to explore failure probability, the processor estimating the failure probability and standard deviation by determining mean and standard deviation of failure probability of a circuit, the processor terminating sampling when a confidence interval bounds converge, and a peripheral device providing a report on the failure of the circuit when the sampling is terminated by the processor. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/839740 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/2894 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/50 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 29/56008 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Proportional Technologies, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey L. Lacy (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A boron coated straw detector for use in a neutron detection system is disclosed comprising a boron coated straw having at least one boron-coated septum radially oriented and extending a pre-determined distance towards the center of the straw. Preferably, the straw comprises a plurality of septa comprising a rigid surface, coated on both sides with a boron composition. Preferably, the septa run the length of the straw detector from one end of the straw to the other. The area coated on the septa adds to the area coated on the arc segments offering a significant benefit in sensitivity of the neutron detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/787497 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/36 (20130101) G01T 1/249 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 3/006 (20130101) G01T 3/008 (20130101) G01T 3/085 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 47/1205 (20130101) H01J 47/1222 (20130101) |
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| US 10139531 | Yetzbacher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael K. Yetzbacher (Burke, Virginia); Michael Wilson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael K. Yetzbacher (Burke, Virginia); Michael Wilson (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A camera system includes a mosaic optical color filter array, which includes a plurality of repeating unit cells that enforce spectral consistency and spatial uniformity. Each repeating unit cell of the plurality of repeating unit cells satisfies a minimum focal-plane array perimeter criterion and a minimum perimeter to area ratio criterion. The spatial arrangement of bands within the repeating unit cell minimizes inter-band correlation between nearest neighbors. The camera system further includes as short-wave infrared detector optically coupled to the mosaic optical color filter array. Optionally, the mosaic optical color filter array includes at least five spectral bands. The plurality of repeating unit cells includes the at least five spectral bands. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/851042 |
| 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 3/2823 (20130101) G01J 2003/2826 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/201 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/208 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark Beranek (Hollywood, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Beranek (Hollywood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a dematable expanded beam fiber optic connector that is a fiber optic connector, that includes a pin housing, a receptacle housing, and a slidable spring loaded receptacle lens assembly. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/728666 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/3821 (20130101) G02B 6/3882 (20130101) |
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| US 10139609 | Hamilton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett J Hamilton (Heltonville, Indiana); David S Stoker (Belmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Dual magnification systems and apparatuses for testing and viewing a single objective in a scanning optical microscope and methods of using the systems and apparatuses are provided. Two optical paths allow two wavelengths of light to be magnified to separate magnification levels such that a lower magnification optical path can be used to examine a target area while a higher magnification optical path can be used to examine a subset of the target area and elicit test sample responses to localize a condition of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/040539 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/44 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 21/9501 (20130101) G01N 33/4833 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/008 (20130101) G02B 21/18 (20130101) G02B 21/30 (20130101) G02B 21/0032 (20130101) G02B 21/0048 (20130101) G02B 21/0064 (20130101) |
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| US 10139655 | van't Erve 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) | Olaf M. J. van't Erve (Falls Church, Virginia); Connie H. Li (Alexandria, Virginia); Berend T. Jonker (Waldorf, Maryland); Aubrey T. Hanbicki (Washington, District of Columbia); Kathleen M. McCreary (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The spin-Hall effect can be used to modulate the linear polarization of light via the magneto-optical Kerr effect. A material is illuminated while simultaneously passing a modulated electric current through the material, so that reflected light has a new linear polarization that differs from the initial linear polarization to a degree depending on the amplitude of the modulated electric current. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/140191 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — 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 1/0136 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/0353 (20130101) |
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| US 10140249 | Baron et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dror Baron (Raleigh, North Carolina); Yanting Ma (Raleigh, North Carolina); Junan Zhu (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Various examples of methods and systems are provided for approximate message passing with universal denoising. In one example, a method includes applying an approximate message passing (AMP) conversion framework to a plurality of substantially linear measurements to produce a plurality of scalar measurements; applying a denoiser algorithm to the plurality of scalar measurements to generate a plurality of denoised scalar measurements; and applying a conversion term to the plurality of denoised scalar measurements to convert the plurality of denoised scalar measurements to a plurality of denoised substantially linear measurements. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/172534 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Peter Alexander Chew (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Galisteo Consulting Group, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Alexander Chew (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a scalable method for automatically deriving the topics discussed most prevalently in unstructured, multilingual text, and simultaneously revealing which topics are more biased towards one or another ‘information space’. The concept of the ‘information space’ is derived from Russian strategic doctrine on information warfare; an example of an ‘information space’ would be the portion of social media in which the Russian language is used. The disclosed method leverages this concept, in conjunction with unsupervised multilingual machine learning, to determine, automatically and without any built-in bias or preconceived notions of what is important, which topics are more discussed, for example, in one language than another. An analyst's attention can then be focused on the most important differences between national discourses, and insight more quickly gained into the areas (both topics and geographic regions) in which propaganda of the sort envisaged in Russian strategic doctrine may be taking hold. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/472697 |
| ART UNIT | 2659 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/277 (20130101) G06F 17/2785 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30011 (20130101) |
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| US 10140357 | Akoglu 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) | Leman Akoglu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hanghang Tong (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for anomaly, association and clustering detection. At least one code table is built for each attribute in a set of data. A first code table corresponding to a first attribute and a second code table corresponding to a second attribute are selected. The first code table and the second code table are merged into a merged code table, and a determination is made to accept or reject the merged code table. An anomaly is detected when a total compression cost for a data point is greater than a threshold compression cost inferred from one or more code tables. An association in a data table is detected by merging attribute groups, splitting data groups, and assigning data points to data groups. A cluster is inferred from a matrix of data and code words for each of the one or more code tables. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/349374 |
| ART UNIT | 2154 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30303 (20130101) G06F 17/30371 (20130101) G06F 17/30501 (20130101) G06F 17/30569 (20130101) G06F 17/30598 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/564 (20130101) G06F 21/566 (20130101) G06F 2221/2101 (20130101) G06F 2221/2117 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
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| US 10140441 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Cheng (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Omar Javed (Franklin Park, New Jersey); JieJie Zhu (East Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Technology for performing continuous authentication of a mobile device utilizes user activity context data and biometric signature data related to the user. A biometric signature can be selected based on the activity context, and the selected biometric signature can be used to verify the identity of the user. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/398886 |
| ART UNIT | 2431 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/316 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/12 (20130101) H04L 63/0861 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/06 (20130101) H04W 12/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10140551 | Andreopoulos 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) | Alexander Andreopoulos (San Jose, California); Rathinakumar Appuswamy (San Jose, California); Pallab Datta (San Jose, California); Steven K. Esser (San Jose, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the invention provide a method for scene understanding based on a sequence of image frames. The method comprises converting each pixel of each image frame to neural spikes, and extracting features from the sequence of image frames by processing neural spikes corresponding to pixels of the sequence of image frames. The method further comprises encoding the extracted features as neural spikes, and classifying the extracted features. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/993482 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/46 (20130101) G06K 9/52 (20130101) G06K 9/66 (20130101) G06K 9/00718 (20130101) G06K 9/00986 (20130101) G06K 9/4623 (20130101) G06K 9/4652 (20130101) G06K 9/4661 (20130101) G06K 9/4671 (20130101) G06K 9/4676 (20130101) G06K 9/6256 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6267 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/08 (20130101) G06N 3/0635 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/246 (20170101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/20081 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 9/67 (20130101) H04N 19/136 (20141101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention provides a neural network circuit comprising multiple symmetric core circuits. Each symmetric core circuit comprises a first core module and a second core module. Each core module comprises a plurality of electronic neurons, a plurality of electronic axons, and an interconnection network comprising multiple electronic synapses interconnecting the axons to the neurons. Each synapse interconnects an axon to a neuron. The first core module and the second core module are logically overlayed on one another such that neurons in the first core module are proximal to axons in the second core module, and axons in the first core module are proximal to neurons in the second core module. Each neuron in each core module receives axonal firing events via interconnected axons and generates a neuronal firing event according to a neuronal activation function. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/280027 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30979 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) G06N 3/04 (20130101) G06N 3/06 (20130101) G06N 3/049 (20130101) G06N 3/061 (20130101) G06N 3/063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10140582 | Stacy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aptima, Inc. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | APTIMA, INC. (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Webb Stacy (Andover, Massachusetts); Alexandra Geyer (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A processor based system and method of generating cognitive pattern knowledge of a sensory input is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of receiving sensory input to create at least one concrete pattern, receiving at least one abstract pattern comprising abstract segments and vertically blending the concrete pattern with the abstract pattern by selectively projecting abstract segments to create a vertically blended pattern whereby the vertically blended pattern represents cognitive pattern knowledge of the sensory input. In some embodiments, the systems and methods further comprise creating a measure of a degree of vertical blending and when the measure of the degree of vertical blending exceeds a threshold, horizontally blending at least two abstract patterns to create a horizontally blended abstract pattern. |
| FILED | Sunday, June 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/738908 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/022 (20130101) G06N 5/047 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10140786 | Ranasinghe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EpiSys Science, Inc. (Poway, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Episys Science, Inc (Poway, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nadeesha Oliver Ranasinghe (Torrance, California); Bong Kyun Ryu (Poway, California); Wei-Min Shen (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for autonomously detecting and reporting anomalies in actions of an autonomous mobile node, or in behaviors of a swarm of autonomous mobile nodes to an operator. The autonomous mobile node may experience anomalies or unexpected situations due to various failures or external influence (e.g. natural weather phenomena, enemy threats). During a training phase a prediction model and a structured model may be established from measurement data received from one or more sensors of an autonomous mobile node or a swarm of nodes while executing an action or behavior under normal circumstances. A prediction model forecasts the expected outcome of an action or behavior, and structured model helps quantify the similarity of a learned action or behavior to the currently observed situation. Based on the measurement data applicable models can be used for an action or behavior for anomaly detection in the action or behavior. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/394310 |
| ART UNIT | 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10141178 | Ramsey 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) | J. Michael Ramsey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Kevin Schultze (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature electrode apparatus is disclosed for trapping charged particles, the apparatus including, along a longitudinal direction: a first end cap electrode; a central electrode having an aperture; and a second end cap electrode. The aperture is elongated in the lateral plane and extends through the central electrode along the longitudinal direction and the central electrode surrounds the aperture in a lateral plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to define a transverse cavity for trapping charged particles. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/600325 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/02 (20130101) H01J 49/06 (20130101) H01J 49/0013 (20130101) H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/062 (20130101) H01J 49/424 (20130101) H01J 49/4235 (20130101) H01J 49/4245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/4255 (20130101) |
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| US 10141285 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | JengPing Lu (Fremont, California); David K. Biegelsen (Portola Valley, California); Jason Thompson (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method form charge patterns on micro objects. The system and method employ a micro object including a rectifying device. The rectifying device exhibits an asymmetric current-voltage (I-V) response curve. Further, the system and method employ a device external to the micro object to induce the flow of charge through the rectifying device. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/031529 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 3/004 (20130101) B81C 99/002 (20130101) B81C 2203/051 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/95 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12042 (20130101) H01L 2924/12042 (20130101) H01L 2924/12043 (20130101) H01L 2924/12043 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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| US 10141418 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe Key, Florida); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe Key, Florida); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/830241 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/7851 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101) |
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| US 10141436 | Ilatikhameneh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hesameddin Ilatikhameneh (Waukegan, Illinois); Tarek Ameen Beshari (West Lafayette, Indiana); Bozidar Novakovic (West Lafayette, Indiana); Gerhard Klimeck (West Lafayette, Indiana); Rajib Rahman (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunnel field effect transistor (TFET) includes a substrate, heavily doped source and drain regions disposed at opposite ends of a channel region forming a PiN or NiP structure, the channel region including a first substantially parallelogram portion having a first length defined along a longitudinal axis extending from the source region to the drain region and a second substantially parallelogram portion having a second length defined along the longitudinal axis larger than the first length, the TFET device having an effective channel length that is an average of the first and second lengths. The channel region includes a channel material with a first effective mass along a longitudinal axis extending from the source region to the drain region and a second effective mass along a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first effective mass being greater than the second effective mass. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/479247 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/267 (20130101) H01L 29/0847 (20130101) H01L 29/1033 (20130101) H01L 29/7391 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10141531 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Golden, Colorado); Brian E. Lassiter (San Francisco, California); Xin Xiao (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices comprising at least one hybrid planar-graded heterojunction. In particular, organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are disclosed having two electrodes (110), (150) in superposed relation, a graded heterojunction layer (130) located between the two electrodes, and at least one photoactive layer (120), (140) adjacent to and interfacing with the graded heterojunction layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/647601 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 10141593 | Pintauro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter N. Pintauro (Brentwood, Tennessee); Andrew Park (Nashville, Tennessee); Jason Ballengee (Cedar Hill, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a composite membrane, includes the steps of: forming a first solution comprising a charged polymer and a first uncharged polymer having a repeat unit of a formula of: where each of X and Y is a non-hydroxyl group; forming a second solution comprising a second uncharged polymer; electrospinning, separately and simultaneously, the first solution and the second solution to form a dual fiber mat; and processing the dual fiber mat to form the composite membrane. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/161838 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 43/02 (20130101) B29C 71/02 (20130101) B29C 2071/022 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2027/16 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/3468 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/2268 (20130101) C08J 2341/00 (20130101) C08J 2427/16 (20130101) C08J 2471/02 (20130101) C08J 2481/06 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0038 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/52 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/103 (20130101) H01M 8/109 (20130101) H01M 8/1004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1023 (20130101) H01M 8/1025 (20130101) H01M 8/1027 (20130101) H01M 8/1032 (20130101) H01M 8/1039 (20130101) H01M 8/1044 (20130101) H01M 8/1053 (20130101) H01M 8/1067 (20130101) H01M 8/1081 (20130101) H01M 8/1088 (20130101) H01M 8/1093 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) H01M 2250/20 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) H01M 2300/0094 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/56 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 90/32 (20130101) |
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| US 10141647 | Rockway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Rockway (San Diego, California); John H. Meloling (San Diego, California); Michael P. Daly (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna comprising: a ground plane having a center; six receive ports mounted to the ground plane in a circular configuration around the center and separated from each other by approximately 60 degrees; three conductive half-loops, disposed in mutually orthogonal planes, wherein each half-loop has two ends that are connected to separate receive ports; and three 180° hybrids, each 180° hybrid having two input ports, a delta output port, and a sum output port, wherein the two input ports of each 180° hybrid are connected to the two receive ports of one of the half-loops. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/263550 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 1/00 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/14 (20130101) H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 1/225 (20130101) H01Q 3/22 (20130101) H01Q 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 13/00 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) |
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| US 10141648 | Rockway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Rockway (San Diego, California); John H. Meloling (San Diego, California); Aldo Monges (San Diego, California); Michael P. Daly (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna comprising: a loop made of conductive material; two baluns connected to, and intersecting, opposing sides of the loop, wherein each balun has an output; a 180° hybrid coupler having two input ports, a sum output port, and a delta output port, wherein the two input ports are connected to the outputs of the baluns; a first low noise amplifier (LNA) connected to the sum output port; a second LNA connected to the delta output port; first and second receivers connected to the first and second LNAs respectively; and wherein the antenna is electrically small and is designed to simultaneously receive wideband signals in real time from 3 to 30 MHz. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/272253 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 1/00 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/14 (20130101) H01Q 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 7/005 (20130101) H01Q 21/24 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 2/008 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/18 (20130101) |
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| US 10141668 | Mei et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Mei (San Jose, California); David Eric Schwartz (San Carlos, California); Brent S. Krusor (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Printed flexible hybrid electronic systems may require electrical interconnection to peripheral elements. For example, a printed sensor tag with wireless communication may need to connect to a printed sensing electrode on a separated substrate. Frequently, it is desired that these interconnections be detachable in order to replace peripheral elements or to facilitate low cost and simplified assembly, test, rework, and repair. Unlike conventional printed circuit board, mounting a connector on a flexible substrate for detachable connection is challenging due to low temperature requirements. Provide is a teaching of a thin film or form of electrical connection for two circuit elements on separate flexible substrates. The connection is detachable and re-attachable for replacing different circuit elements. The detachable connection is in embodiments realized by selective deposition of fine patterns of conductive materials and non-conductive repositionable pressure-sensitive adhesive. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/642460 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 12/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01R 12/771 (20130101) H01R 23/725 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/028 (20130101) H05K 1/144 (20130101) |
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| US 10141710 | Bovington et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jock T. Bovington (La Jolla, California); Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical source includes semiconductor optical amplifiers, with a semiconductor other than silicon, which provide an optical gain medium. Moreover, a photonic chip in the optical source, which is optically coupled to the semiconductor optical amplifiers, includes ring resonators that selectively pass corresponding optical signals having carrier wavelengths provided by the semiconductor optical amplifiers, where a given ring resonator and a reflector on one of the semiconductor optical amplifier defines an optical cavity, and the ring resonators have different radii with associated resonance wavelengths corresponding to the carrier wavelengths. Furthermore, the photonic chip includes a shared ring resonator, optically coupled to the ring resonators, that selectively filters the optical signals, where the shared ring resonator has a different radius than the radii of the ring resonators with an associated resonance wavelength, and a free-spectral range of the shared ring resonator defines a spacing between the carrier wavelengths in the optical signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/047090 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| 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 1/0147 (20130101) G02F 1/3133 (20130101) G02F 2201/58 (20130101) G02F 2203/58 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1301 (20130101) H01S 3/06791 (20130101) H01S 5/142 (20130101) H01S 5/0687 (20130101) H01S 5/1071 (20130101) H01S 5/4068 (20130101) H01S 5/4087 (20130101) H01S 5/5045 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/572 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10141712 | Notcutt et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stable Laser Systems, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stable Laser Systems, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Notcutt (Boulder, Colorado); Kevin Knabe (Morrison, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for adjusting an optical cavity's length includes: measuring a first absolute frequency corresponding to a cavity mode, the optical cavity having a first and second mirror having respective first and second mirror surfaces separated by a first cavity length, and a resonator body interposed therebetween; determining a length difference between the first cavity length and a target cavity length corresponding to a plurality of resonance frequencies that includes a target absolute optical frequency; removing the first mirror to expose a first end of the resonator body; depositing, on one of the first end and the first mirror, a spacer having a thickness within a length tolerance of the determined length difference; and reversibly securing the first mirror to the resonator body, the spacer being between the first mirror and the resonator body, the first and second mirrors being separated, within the length tolerance, by an adjusted cavity length. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/824563 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/02 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/137 (20130101) H01S 3/139 (20130101) |
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| US 10141822 | Ricci et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAUNCHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LAUNCHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Richard Ricci (Camarillo, California); Jonathan Gordon Sugar (Ventura, California); Bradley Evan Paden (Goleta, California); David Brian Paden (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An axial flux brushless permanent magnet electrical machine having a stator and at least one rotor. The rotor includes a Halbach array of magnets with at least four magnets per magnetic cycle. The rotor magnets are contained within pockets in the rotor. The pockets are formed with magnet pocket walls being radial walls, active surface walls, and/or inactive surface walls where the walls retain the magnets within the pockets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/146143 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 1/30 (20130101) H02K 1/2793 (20130101) H02K 21/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Accion Systems, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Accion Systems, Inc. (Moston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Fogel (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A polarity-selectable high voltage direct current power supply including a first drive assembly that transforms a first low voltage DC input into a first medium voltage alternating current output; a first HV output assembly that transforms the first LV AC output into a first HV DC output, wherein the first HV output assembly defines a first input stage; a polarity selector coupled between the second output junction of the first drive assembly and the first and second input stages of the first HV output assembly, the polarity selector operable between a first configuration and a second configuration; wherein in the first configuration the first HV DC output has a positive polarity; and wherein in the second configuration the first HV DC output has a negative polarity. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/951663 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 27/022 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/08 (20130101) H02M 3/33569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard P. Welle (Sunset Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dedicated satellite to reduce the cost and increase the rate and reliability of data transmission from space to ground is provided. For each client satellite producing data in Earth orbit, a dedicated relay satellite is provided. The relay satellite may fly near the client satellite and receive data from the client satellite by RF communication. The relay satellite may transmit the data to a ground terminal or to another satellite using a laser communication system. Because the relay satellite is not physically connected to the client satellite, the attitude-control requirements of an optical communication system are not imposed on the client satellite. The relay satellite may also be deployed from the client satellite. The relay satellite may allow downlinking large amounts of data for new satellite operators without an existing ground network and for established satellite operators seeking higher data rates, lower latency, or reduced ground system operating costs. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/067866 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/40 (20130101) B64G 1/646 (20130101) B64G 1/1007 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/18513 (20130101) H04B 7/18521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/29 (20130101) |
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| US 10142125 | Lee-Own et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Lee-Own (Asbury Park, New Jersey); Glenn Shevach (Toms River, New Jersey); Mark Blair (Lumberton, New Jersey); Russell Shannon (Ocean Gate, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Lee-Own (Asbury Park, New Jersey); Glenn Shevach (Toms River, New Jersey); Mark Blair (Lumberton, New Jersey); Russell Shannon (Ocean Gate, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method using for energy harvesting from a data bus is provided. A first node of a data bus network is connected to a second node of a data bus network. Each of the first and second nodes transmit and receive data signals. A switching circuit is connected between the first and second node within the data bus network. The switching circuit intercepts data signals transmitted from the first node to the second node. An energy harvesting circuit is connected to the switching circuit. The switching circuit selectively redirects at least a portion of the data signals to the energy harvesting circuit, based on a rule set. A control logic processor is connected to the energy harvesting circuit and the switching circuit. The control logic processor provides the rule set to the switching circuit based on feedback from the energy harvesting circuit and the switching circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/431976 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/40045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10142567 | Colonero et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis B. Colonero (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Michael W. Kelly (North Reading, Massachusetts); Megan H. Blackwell (Winchester, Massachusetts); Lauren L. White (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In time-delay-and-integrate (TDI) imaging, a charge-couple device (CCD) integrates and transfers charge across its columns. Unfortunately, the limited well depth of the CCD limits the dynamic range of the resulting image. Fortunately, TDI imaging can be implemented with a digital focal plane array (DFPA) that includes a detector, analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and counter in each pixel and transfer circuitry connected adjacent pixels. During each integration period in the TDI scan, each detector in the DFPA generates a photocurrent that the corresponding ADC turns into digital pulses, which the corresponding counter counts. Between integration periods, the DFPA transfers the counts from one column to the next, just like in a TDI CCD. The DFPA also non-destructively transfers some or all of the counts to a separate memory. A processor uses these counts to estimate photon flux and correct any rollovers caused by “saturation” of the counters. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/851611 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/355 (20130101) H04N 5/378 (20130101) H04N 5/2355 (20130101) H04N 5/3743 (20130101) H04N 5/23254 (20130101) H04N 5/23267 (20130101) H04N 5/35554 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04N 5/35572 (20130101) H04N 5/37206 (20130101) |
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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); Philippe Navarro (Pasadena, California); Bryan Stewart (Oxnard, California); Michael Virbia (Oxnard, California); Jacky Wong (Chino Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for using the system comprising a head mounted device (HMD), a remote maintenance server (RMS), and a control section operable to identify the system under test (SUT) using an image recognition function, to identify a plurality of subsystems (PLoS) within the SUT in a data library, to create three dimensional models of the PLoS and displaying the same on a visual interface of the HMD using an augmented reality function, to connect to the RMS using an encryption algorithm via streaming video or images sent to the RMS, to collect SUT data and external (to the SUT) sensor data, to conduct a prognostics and/or health, maintenance, and/or management (HMM) service on the collected data to determine system health and projected health of the SUT and/or PLoS, to authenticate remote user access to the RMS, to update the data library, and to insert a plurality of (HMM) designators on the visual interface. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/057000 |
| ART UNIT | 2486 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/0709 (20130101) G06F 11/0748 (20130101) G06F 11/0793 (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 10/10 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/08 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerome H. Wei (La Habra, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome H. Wei (La Habra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes an image collection module that monitors at least one parameter to dynamically regulate an amount of data and resolution to be allocated to at least one object in a scene collected from an image data set. A situational awareness interface (SAI) renders a 3-D video of the scene to an operator based on the amount of data and resolution allocated from the image data set by the image collection module and receives operator commands for an unmanned vehicle (UV) that interacts with the scene. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/699733 |
| ART UNIT | 2486 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/14 (20130101) B64C 2201/123 (20130101) B64C 2201/127 (20130101) B64C 2201/146 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0011 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 7/181 (20130101) H04N 7/185 (20130101) H04N 13/25 (20180501) H04N 13/139 (20180501) H04N 13/161 (20180501) Original (OR) Class H04N 13/167 (20180501) H04N 13/254 (20180501) |
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| US 10142711 | 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); Benjamin G. Lee (Ridgefield, Connecticut); Alexander V. Rylyakov (Staten Island, New York); Mehmet Soyuer (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical switches and methods of switching include a first hybrid coupler configured to accept an input and to provide two branches. A phase tuner on a first branch includes a Mach-Zehnder phase shifter configured to shift a signal on the first branch by a selected phase. A loss compensator on a second branch is configured to match a loss incurred on the first branch. A second hybrid coupler is configured to recombine the two branches such that the phase shift generated by the phase tuner determines which output of the second hybrid coupler is used. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/686226 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| 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 1/225 (20130101) G02F 2001/212 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/0795 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0212 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 11/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04Q 2011/0035 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0039 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0041 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0049 (20130101) |
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| US 10142909 | Hu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fei Hu (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Ke Bao (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Sunil Kumar (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems and methods directed to routing in the wireless mesh network (WMN) with multi-beam directional antennas (MBDAs). The disclosed systems and methods describe Ripple-Diamond-Chain (RDC) shaped routing, systematic link quality modeling and artificial intelligence (AI) augmented path link selection. In simulations, real-time video as well as other types of traffic types are used to validate the high-throughput, quality of service (QoS)-differentiated, multi-beam routing efficiency of the disclosed systems and methods, as well as the intelligent path determination in dynamic WMN environments. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/292612 |
| ART UNIT | 2461 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/005 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/24 (20130101) H04L 45/123 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 40/02 (20130101) H04W 40/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 40/38 (20130101) H04W 84/18 (20130101) |
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| US 10143086 | 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); Seung-Kyun Kang (Urbana, Illinois); SukWon Hwang (Urbana, Illinois); Jianjun Cheng (Champaign, Illinois); Yanfeng Zhang (Urbana, Illinois); Hanze Ying (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides transient devices, including active and passive devices that physically, chemically and/or electrically transform upon application of at least one internal and/or external stimulus. Incorporation of degradable device components, degradable substrates and/or degradable encapsulating materials each having a programmable, controllable and/or selectable degradation rate provides a means of transforming the device. In some embodiments, for example, transient devices of the invention combine degradable high performance single crystalline inorganic materials with selectively removable substrates and/or encapsulants. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/351234 |
| ART UNIT | 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/686 (20130101) A61B 2562/125 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/44 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/0775 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/56 (20130101) H01L 21/0217 (20130101) H01L 21/0228 (20130101) H01L 21/02164 (20130101) H01L 21/02274 (20130101) H01L 21/31111 (20130101) H01L 21/31133 (20130101) H01L 23/291 (20130101) H01L 23/3121 (20130101) H01L 23/3192 (20130101) H01L 23/49894 (20130101) H01L 25/0655 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 1/0275 (20130101) H05K 1/0286 (20130101) H05K 1/0306 (20130101) H05K 3/22 (20130101) H05K 3/285 (20130101) H05K 3/287 (20130101) H05K 3/288 (20130101) H05K 5/069 (20130101) H05K 13/0023 (20130101) H05K 2201/10151 (20130101) H05K 2201/10196 (20130101) H05K 2201/10212 (20130101) H05K 2203/17 (20130101) H05K 2203/175 (20130101) H05K 2203/178 (20130101) H05K 2203/0271 (20130101) H05K 2203/0292 (20130101) H05K 2203/0769 (20130101) H05K 2203/0776 (20130101) H05K 2203/0786 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49124 (20150115) Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 428/239 (20150115) |
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| US 10143109 | Chainer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Joseph Chainer (Putnam Valley, New York); Pritish Ranjan Parida (Fishkill, New York); Mark Delorman Schultz (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques that facilitate two-phase liquid cooling electronics are provided. In one example, a system comprises a pump and a valve. The pump circulates a coolant refrigerant through a two-phase refrigerant system associated with an electronic component. The valve controls a flow path of the coolant refrigerant that flows through the two-phase refrigerant system. Furthermore, the valve modifies the flow path of the coolant refrigerant through the two-phase refrigerant system in response to a determination that an operation of the pump satisfies a defined criterion. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/841994 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 19/002 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 7/0617 (20130101) G05D 23/1917 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/427 (20130101) H01L 23/467 (20130101) H01L 23/473 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/2029 (20130101) H05K 7/20172 (20130101) H05K 7/20327 (20130101) H05K 7/20381 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 7/20727 (20130101) H05K 7/20809 (20130101) H05K 7/20836 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kira Lynn Lathrop (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania); Joel Steven Schuman (New York, New York); Lawrence Edward Kagemann (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The innovation provides for a system and method available to image and visualize the palisades of Vogt via a non-contact process, analyze the image volumes acquired, evaluate the status of the palisades of Vogt from the data represented therein, and display the data in real-time or as a part of a medical record for ongoing consideration and evaluation. |
| FILED | Monday, August 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/676067 |
| 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) Original (OR) Class Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02083 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Hernandez-Garcia (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Mark Griswold (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Dan Ma (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Vikas Gulani (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Katherine L. Wright (Macedonia, Ohio); Yun Jiang (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Example apparatus and methods perform magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) for arterial spin labeling (ASL) based parameter quantification. ASL with MRF produces a nuclear magnetic resonance signal time course from which simultaneous quantification of ASL perfusion-related parameters can be achieved. The parameters may include cerebral blood flow, transit time, T1, or other parameters. The quantification uses values from a dictionary of signal time courses that were generated or augmented using Bloch simulation, knowledge of the sequence, or previous observations. The dictionary may account for inflow or outflow of labeled spins and may model arterial input. An ASL-MRF pulse sequence may differ from conventional pulse sequences. For example, an ASL-MRF pulse sequence may include non-uniform control pulses, non-uniform label pulses, non-uniform post labeling delay time, non-uniform background suppression pulses, non-uniform acquisition repetition time, or non-uniform acquisition flip angle. |
| FILED | Monday, April 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/690524 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0263 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/742 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 2217/00 (20130101) A61B 2218/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 1/00 (20130101) G01R 33/50 (20130101) G01R 33/448 (20130101) G01R 33/4818 (20130101) G01R 33/4828 (20130101) G01R 33/5602 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/56366 (20130101) G01R 33/56563 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Bailey (Seattle, Washington); Wei Lu (Seattle, Washington); Oleg A. Sapozhnikov (Seattle, Washington); Bryan Cunitz (Seatte, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, computing devices, and computer-readable medium are described herein related to producing detection signals configured to induce an excited state of an object. A computing device may receive reflection signals, where the reflection signals correspond to at least one detection signals reflected from the object. Based on the received reflection signals, a presence of the object in the excited state may be determined. Further, an output device may provide an indication of the presence of the object in the excited state. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/875973 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/085 (20130101) A61B 8/488 (20130101) A61B 8/0833 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for assessing risk associated with a suspected heart rhythm disorder includes at least one sensor for generating a signal received from a beating human heart over a plurality of time segments, and an analytic engine that receives the signal and calculates a change in the signal among at least a first time segment and a second time segment in response to a change in at least one of rate and regularity induced in the beating human heart. The analytic engine generates a risk score for the heart rhythm disorder based at least in part on the change in the signal. The system may further be configured to control modification of tissue of the beating human heart based on the risk score. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/193105 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/024 (20130101) A61B 5/042 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0245 (20130101) A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/0472 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/4839 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/14 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/3621 (20130101) A61N 1/36114 (20130101) A61N 1/36592 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Windham, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276693 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/0068 (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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/0004 (20130101) B29C 47/0014 (20130101) B29C 71/0072 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2067/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/753 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/16 (20130101) D01D 5/088 (20130101) D01D 5/098 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/62 (20130101) D01F 6/84 (20130101) D01F 6/625 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1362 (20150115) Y10T 428/1369 (20150115) Y10T 428/249922 (20150401) Y10T 442/10 (20150401) Y10T 442/183 (20150401) Y10T 442/184 (20150401) Y10T 442/2525 (20150401) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Donald L. Elbert (St. Louis, Missouri); Jacob Roam (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Elbert (St. Louis, Missouri); Jacob Roam (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a device and method for regenerating tissue using a modular scaffold having a gradient of enzymatic degradability. The disclosure further relates to scaffolds made of microparticles comprising a cross-linked water-soluble polymer or cross-linked water-soluble polymers and a process for forming thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/683470 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/36 (20130101) A61K 47/6903 (20170801) Peptides C07K 14/78 (20130101) C07K 14/4756 (20130101) Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0075 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | New York Blood Center, Inc. (New York, New York); The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York Blood Center, Inc. (New York, New York); National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Asim Kumar Debnath (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Francesca Curreli (Bronx, New York); Peter D. Kwong (Bethesda, Maryland); Young Do Kwon (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Substituted phenylpyrrolecarboxamide compounds such as those represented by Formula A can be used in the treatment of HIV infection and related conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, September 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/512493 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 31/18 (20180101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 25/00 (20130101) C07C 233/01 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/30 (20130101) C07D 207/34 (20130101) C07D 277/20 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Broad Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Florence Fevrier Wagner (Ashland, Massachusetts); Jennifer Q. Pan (Acton, Massachusetts); Sivaraman Dandapani (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Andrew Germain (Somerville, Massachusetts); Edward Holson (Newton, Massachusetts); Benito Munoz (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Partha P. Nag (Somerville, Massachusetts); Michael C. Lewis (Dedham, Massachusetts); Stephen J. Haggarty (Gloucester, Massachusetts); Joshua A. Bishop (Southborough, Massachusetts); Kimberly Stegmaier (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Michel Weiwer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Versha Banerji (Winnipeg, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds of formula I, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting kinase (e.g., GSK3 (e.g., GSK3α or GSK3β) or CK1) activity. The present invention further provides methods of using the compounds described herein for treating kinase-mediated disorders, such as neurological diseases, psychiatric disorders, metabolic disorders, and cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/799281 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4745 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4747 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 471/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10137123 | Stokes |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Stokes (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided of treating cardiac hypertrophy in a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an anti-hypertrophic effective amount of an ion channel TR-PV1 inhibitor. The methods include treatment of a symptom of cardiac hypertrophy in the subject comprises cardiac remodeling, cardiac fibrosis, apoptosis, hypertension, or heart failure. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/583867 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/497 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 9/04 (20180101) |
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| US 10137128 | Yeager et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mezzion Pharma Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea); Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mezzion Pharma Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea); The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Yeager (Lake Forest, Illinois); David J. Goldberg (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Stephen M. Paridon (Strafford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the field of using udenafil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in patients who have undergone the Fontan operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/788211 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10137136 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Adams (Iowa City, Iowa); Steven D. Kunkel (West Richland, Washington); Michael Welsh (Riverside, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for treating muscle atrophy by providing to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound. The compound can modulate the expression levels of multiple mRNA of a muscle atrophy signature. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/051246 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/215 (20130101) A61K 31/215 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/382 (20130101) A61K 31/382 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/435 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/438 (20130101) A61K 31/438 (20130101) A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/565 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4355 (20130101) A61K 31/4355 (20130101) A61K 31/4365 (20130101) A61K 31/4365 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (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) 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) 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 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) G01N 2800/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10137152 | Nuccitelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Lee Nuccitelli (Millbrae, California); Pamela S. Nuccitelli (Millbrae, California); Joanne Lum (San Francisco, California); Kaying Lui (Millbrae, California); Brian G. Athos (San Francisco, California); Mark P. Kreis (Sna Francisco, California); Zachary R. Mallon (San Francisco, California); Jon Berridge (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A subject is inoculated from a disease by exposing a biopsy of a tumor or other abnormal growth to a nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF). A sufficient treatment can be confirmed by detecting calreticulin on the tumor cell membranes, which indicates apoptosis occurring in the tumor cells. Treated tumor cells from the biopsy are then reintroduced into the subject. The calreticulin-exhibiting tumor cells activate the subject's immune system against the tumor, and any other like tumors in the body, and effectively vaccinates the subject against the disease. The treatment can be combined with CD47-blocking antibodies, doxorubicin, CTLA-4-blocking antibodies, and/or PD-1-blocking antibodies. The immune response may be measured at a later time. Specific electrical characteristics of the nsPEF treatments can be based on the type and/or strength of the tumor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/873810 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/1477 (20130101) A61B 2018/0016 (20130101) A61B 2018/00613 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 35/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/00 (20130101) A61N 1/05 (20130101) A61N 1/32 (20130101) A61N 1/36 (20130101) A61N 1/40 (20130101) A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 1/0412 (20130101) A61N 1/0424 (20130101) A61N 1/37229 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/2818 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0693 (20130101) C12N 13/00 (20130101) C12N 15/87 (20130101) C12N 2501/599 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/574 (20130101) |
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| US 10137153 | Silverstein 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) | Samuel C. Silverstein (New York, New York); John D. Loike (Jamaica, New York); Sadna Budhu (Pelham, New York); Peter Lee (Menlo Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for treating a subject suffering from an infectious or neoplastic disease with immunotherapy. The method comprises determining the critical concentration of immune cells required to treat or eradicate an infectious or neoplastic disease in the subject using an in vitro assay of the present invention; and administering to the subject the critical concentration of immune cells determined in the assay. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/345144 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/20 (20130101) A61K 38/208 (20130101) A61K 38/208 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 38/2013 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2503/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5017 (20130101) G01N 33/5047 (20130101) |
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| US 10137154 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Little Rock, Arkansas); Daohong Zhou (Little Rock, Arkansas); Yi Luo (Little Rock, Arkansas); Lijian Shao (Little Rock, Arkansas); Wei Feng (Little Rock, Arkansas); Jianhui Chang (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioVentures, LLC (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daohong Zhou (Little Rock, Arkansas); Yi Luo (Little Rock, Arkansas); Lijian Shao (Little Rock, Arkansas); Wei Feng (Little Rock, Arkansas); Jianhui Chang (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally features compositions and methods for expanding long term hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in a population of cells. In particular, the invention relates to a method of expanding long term HSCs by culturing an initial population of HSCs with macrophages that promote self-renewal of long term HSCs. The expanded cell population provides a source of cells for therapeutic treatments utilizing HSC transplantation. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/903548 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 35/15 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 2035/124 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0647 (20130101) C12N 2501/2304 (20130101) C12N 2502/1157 (20130101) |
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| US 10137166 | Ellis-Behnke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Versitech Limited (Hong Kong, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Versitech Limited (Hong Kong, China Hong Kong) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rutledge Ellis-Behnke (Canton, Massachusetts); Yu-Xiang Liang (Hong Kong, China PRC); Gerald E. Schneider (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kwok-Fai So (Hong Kong, China PRC); David K. C. Tay (Hong Kong, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions which self-assemble under physiological conditions are formulated for application to wounds. The formulations include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or are provided as part of a medical device or coating. The formulations may also include other therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic agents. The formulation can be administered for treatment of one or more disorders or conditions. For example, the formulation may be applied to repair an injury or during surgery of the lung, eye or dura, or following an epidural or spinal tap, to stop leakage of blood, interstitial fluid, or cerebrospinal fluid. The formulation may be administered to a burn or ulcer. In one embodiment, the formulation is provided as a dry or lyophilized powder. In another embodiment, the material is provided in water. In another embodiment, the material is provided in combination with an oil and forms a laminate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/341949 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (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 15/42 (20130101) A61L 26/0061 (20130101) |
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| US 10137177 | McCarty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as respresented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as respresented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Owen J. McCarty (Portland, Oregon); Norah Verbout (Vancouver, Washington); Halina Offner-Vandenbark (Portland, Oregon); Erik I. Tucker (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating neuroinflammation by administration of a selective protein C activator, such as recombinant human WE thrombin and optionally one or more of its cofactors are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of mammals that exhibit symptoms of neurological inflammation. The pharmaceutical compositions and pharmacological dose comprise a safe and effective amount of WE thrombin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/113200 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/4833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10137180 | Wandless 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) | Thomas J. Wandless (Menlo Park, California); Laura A. Banaszynski (New York, New York); Mark A. Sellmyer (Portola Valley, California); Christopher H. Contag (Stanford, California); Steven H. Thorne (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for the rapid and reversible destabilizing of specific proteins in vivo using cell-permeable, synthetic molecules are described. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/020768 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/55 (20130101) C07K 14/525 (20130101) C07K 2319/35 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/90 (20130101) C12N 2799/027 (20130101) |
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| US 10137184 | Mooney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Mooney (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Omar Abdel-Rahman Ali (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eduardo Alexandre Barros E Silva (Davis, California); Hyun Joon Kong (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Elliot Earl Hill, Jr. (Ypsilanti, Missouri); Tanyarut Boontheekul (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | A device that includes a scaffold composition and a bioactive composition with the bioactive composition being incorporated into or coated onto the scaffold composition such that the scaffold composition and/or a bioactive composition controls egress of a resident cell or progeny thereof. The devices mediate active recruitment, modification, and release of host cells from the material. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/135213 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0024 (20130101) A61K 9/1647 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 38/1866 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/6093 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55583 (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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/20 (20130101) A61L 27/38 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/58 (20130101) A61L 27/3633 (20130101) A61L 27/3826 (20130101) A61L 2300/232 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) A61L 2300/412 (20130101) A61L 2300/414 (20130101) A61L 2300/426 (20130101) A61L 2300/438 (20130101) A61L 2300/604 (20130101) A61L 2300/606 (20130101) A61L 2400/18 (20130101) A61L 2430/30 (20130101) A61L 2430/34 (20130101) Additive Manufacturing, i.e Manufacturing of Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects by Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration or Additive Layering, e.g by 3-d Printing, Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering B33Y 80/00 (20141201) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/117 (20130101) C12N 2310/17 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) |
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| US 10137186 | Stinchcomb et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TAKEDA VACCINES, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Takeda Vaccines, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan T. Stinchcomb (Enumclaw, Washington); Jill A. Livengood (Fort Collins, Colorado); Laszlo Varga (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments herein relate to compositions of and methods for live attenuated alphaviruses. In certain embodiments, a live, attenuated virus composition includes, but is not limited to, one or more live, attenuated alphaviruses and compositions to reduce inactivation and/or degradation of the live, attenuated alphavirus. In other embodiments, the live, attenuated virus composition may be a vaccine composition. In yet other compositions, a live, attenuated alphavirus composition may include HEPES buffer. In other embodiments, the HEPES buffer may further include a carbohydrate and gelatin and/or a salt. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/209921 |
| 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 47/22 (20130101) A61K 47/26 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/36134 (20130101) |
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| US 10137187 | Coller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. (Rahway, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. (Rahway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beth-Ann Griswold Coller (Kaneohe, Hawaii); Vidya B. Pai, Jr. (Rockville, Maryland); D. Elliot Parks (Del Mar, California); Michele Yelmene (Del Mar, California); Andrew J. Bett (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Timothy Martyak (Aiea, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides dengue virus vaccines and immunogenic compositions for administration to human subjects. The vaccine compositions of the present invention comprise recombinantly produced monomeric and/or dimeric forms of truncated dengue virus envelope glycoprotein that, when formulated together with an adjuvant and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, induce balanced tetravalent immune responses. In preferred embodiments of the compositions described herein, the DEN4 protein component is a dimeric form of DEN4. The compositions are designed to be acceptable for use in the general population, including immunosuppressed, immunocompromised, and immunosenescent individuals. Also provided herein are methods of inducing a protective immune response in a human patient population by administering the compositions described herein to the patients. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/861425 |
| 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 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55577 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24171 (20130101) |
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| US 10137188 | Karpilow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland); THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jon Michael Karpilow (Boulder, Colorado); Mark Steven Oberste (Johns Creek, Georgia); Ralph A. Tripp (Watkinsville, Georgia); Stephen M. Tompkins (Watkinsville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are engineered cell lines. In some embodiments, cells of an engineered cell line have altered expression of a gene and/or altered expression of an miRNA, wherein the altered expression results in increased or decreased production of a virus. The virus is a picornavirus, such as a poliovirus or Enterovirus 71. Also provided herein are methods for using the engineered cells to produce virus, and methods for treating a subject having or at risk of having a viral infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/765365 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/13 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/12 (20130101) C12N 2770/32021 (20130101) C12N 2770/32034 (20130101) C12N 2770/32052 (20130101) C12N 2770/32351 (20130101) C12N 2770/32651 (20130101) |
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| US 10137189 | Garcia-Sastre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (New York, New York); Peter Palese (New York, New York); Florian Krammer (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are chimeric influenza hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, vaccines comprising the same, and methods of their use. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/158785 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/54 (20130101) A61K 2039/55 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/521 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5252 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16123 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16223 (20130101) C12N 2760/16234 (20130101) |
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| US 10137190 | Nabel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Nabel (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Masaru Kanekiyo (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Chih-Jen Wei (Potomac, Maryland); Patrick M. McTamney (Bethesda, Maryland); Hadi M. Yassine (Rockville, Maryland); Jeffrey C. Boyington (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel vaccines are provided that elicit broadly neutralizing anti-influenza antibodies. Some vaccines comprise nanoparticles that display hemagglutinin trimers from influenza virus on their surface. The nanoparticles comprise fusion proteins comprising a monomeric subunit of ferritin joined to at least a portion of an influenza hemagglutinin protein. Some portions comprise the ectodomain while some portions are limited to the stem region. The fusion proteins self-assemble to form the hemagglutinin-displaying nanoparticles. Some vaccines comprise only the stem region of an influenza hemagglutinin protein joined to a trimerization domain. Such vaccines can be used to vaccinate an individual against infection by heterologous influenza viruses and influenza virus that are antigenically divergent from the virus from which the nanoparticle hemagglutinin protein was obtained. Also provided are fusion proteins and nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/244321 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/105 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/6031 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/205 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/35 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) C07K 2319/735 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2760/16022 (20130101) C12N 2760/16034 (20130101) C12N 2760/16071 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) C12N 2760/16234 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) |
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| US 10137191 | Barouch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V. (Leiden, Netherlands) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Janssen Vaccines and Prevention B.V. (Leiden, Netherlands); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Barouch (Newton, Massachusetts); Johanna Schuitemaker (Amstelveen, Netherlands); Maria Grazia Pau (Leiden, Netherlands); Danielle Van Manen (Leiden, Netherlands); Frank Tomaka (Titusville, New Jersey); Jennifer Anne Hendriks (Poeldijk, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, vaccines and methods for inducing protective immunity against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection are described. Heterologous vaccine combinations of one or more viral expression vectors and an isolated antigenic polypeptide induced strong protective immunity against infections by one or multiple clades of HIV. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/863808 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) C12N 2710/24143 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) |
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| US 10137196 | Govindan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immunomedics, Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Serengulam V. Govindan (Summit, New Jersey); David M. Goldenberg (Mendham, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to therapeutic immunoconjugates comprising SN-38 attached to an anti-Trop-2 antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment. In preferred embodiments, the antibody may be an hRS7 antibody. The methods and compostions are of use to treat Trop-2 expressing cancers in human patients, preferably in patients who are resistant to or relapsed from at least one prior anti-cancer therapy, more preferably in patients who are resistant to or relapsed from treatment with irinotecan. The immunoconjugate may be administered at a dosage of 3 mg/kg to 18 mg/kg, preferably 8 to 12 mg/kg, more preferably 8 to 10 mg/kg. When administered at specified dosages and schedules, the immunoconjugate can reduce solid tumors in size and reduce or eliminate metastases. Preferred tumors to treat with the subject immunoconjugates include triple-negative breast cancer, HER+, ER+, progesterone+ breast cancer, metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, a metastatic small-cell lung cancer and metastatic pancreatic cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/069208 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/675 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/6803 (20170801) A61K 47/6849 (20170801) A61K 47/6851 (20170801) A61K 47/6853 (20170801) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/2833 (20130101) C07K 16/2887 (20130101) C07K 16/3007 (20130101) C07K 16/3046 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/94 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) |
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| US 10137208 | Qian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMORY UNIVESITY (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ximei Qian (Atlanta, Georgia); Dominic Ansari (Chicago, Illinois); Shuming Nie (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanostructures, methods of preparing nanostructures, methods of detecting targets in subjects, and methods of treating diseases in subjects, are disclosed. An embodiment, among others, of the nanostructure includes a metallic gold surface-enhanced Raman scattering nanoparticle, a Raman reporter and a protection structure. The protection structure may include a thiol-polyethylene glycol to which may be attached a target-specific probe. |
| FILED | Monday, November 19, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/680524 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0059 (20130101) A61B 5/416 (20130101) A61B 2503/40 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0023 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0041 (20130101) A61K 49/0065 (20130101) A61K 49/0089 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/81 (20130101) Y10S 977/773 (20130101) |
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| US 10137212 | Brechbiel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin W. Brechbiel (Annandale, Virginia); Francois Guerard (Washington, District of Columbia); Yong-Sok Lee (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a compound of formula (I) or (II) in which R1-R4, R1′-R5′, Z1+-Z4, and Z1′-Z4′ are as described herein. Also disclosed are a 89Zr- or 90Nb-containing complex of a compound of formula (I) or (II) and a method for obtaining a diagnostic image, such as a positron emission tomography (PET) image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/774831 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 51/04 (20130101) A61K 51/044 (20130101) A61K 51/0472 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 51/0474 (20130101) A61K 51/0482 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 257/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10137299 | Lu 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) | Daniel C. Lu (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); V. Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); Roland R. Roy (Playa Vista, California); Yury P. Gerasimenko (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, methods are provided for applying transcutaneous and/or epidural spinal cord stimulation with and without selective pharmaceuticals to restore voluntary control of hand function in tetraplegic subjects. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/025201 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/517 (20130101) A61K 31/527 (20130101) A61K 31/4168 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0551 (20130101) A61N 1/36003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36014 (20130101) A61N 1/36067 (20130101) A61N 1/36171 (20130101) |
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| US 10137307 | Pascual-Leone et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvaro Pascual-Leone (Wayland, Massachusetts); Michael D. Fox (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for identifying individual target sites for application of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to a brain of a patient for treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The identification of the target TMS stimulation sites may be based on using functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to determine cortex regions of the brain that are functionally connected to other regions of the brain that may be stimulated to decrease symptoms of depression and other disorders. For example, target stimulation sites may be identified in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) to remotely modulate the activity in a subgenual cingulate region and other limbic regions functionally connected with the DLPFC. TMS may be applied to the patient's head at the identified target TMS sites to treat depression and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/401296 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 2/02 (20130101) A61N 2/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10137325 | Sarangapani |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Shantha Sarangapani (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Shantha Sarangapani (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for deactivation and disposal of a pharmaceutical dosage form. The system and method employ an oxidant and an immobilizing agent placed in a container. The pharmaceutical dosage form is placed into the container, and water is added to the container. A rapid chemical deactivation of the active ingredient or ingredients in the pharmaceutical then occurs by a chemical oxidation process. Upon contact with the water, the immobilizing agent swells or expands in volume to form a gel or slurry, binding the other components in the container within the gel or slurry, where they remain after disposal. The system can be in the form of a kit, or can be scaled up for use by municipalities or institutions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/667231 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62D 2101/20 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 27/053 (20130101) B01J 31/2295 (20130101) B01J 2231/70 (20130101) B01J 2531/842 (20130101) Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 81/02 (20130101) B65D 85/70 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/13 (20150115) |
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| US 10137426 | Love 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) | J. Christopher Love (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hidde L. Ploegh (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jehnna Ronan (Chester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Screening assays and methods of performing such assays are provided. In certain examples, the assays and methods may be designed to determine whether or not two or more species can associate with each other. In some examples, the assays and methods may be used to determine if a known antigen binds to an unknown monoclonal antibody. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/267977 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/0074 (20130101) B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00527 (20130101) B01J 2219/00585 (20130101) B01J 2219/00675 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) B01J 2219/00734 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/025 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 33/505 (20130101) G01N 33/531 (20130101) G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/5052 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/809 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
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| US 10138203 | Uhrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn E. Uhrich (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Allison Faig (Madison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an antibacterial compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, as well as an antibacterial compound of formula (II) or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, X, Y and n have any of the values defined in the specification. |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/318610 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/42 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 31/23 (20130101) A61K 31/23 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/005 (20130101) A61Q 19/10 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 233/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 235/06 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/14 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/401 (20180101) Y02A 50/473 (20180101) Y02A 50/475 (20180101) Y02A 50/478 (20180101) Y02A 50/481 (20180101) |
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| US 10138271 | Schlom et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Kwong-Yok Tsang (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides peptides comprising a human cytolytic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope from the human tumor-associated antigen (TAA) mucin 1 (MUC1) and analogs thereof, which can be used in vaccine prevention or therapy of cancer, as well as a nucleic acid encoding the peptide, a vector comprising the nucleic acid, a cell comprising the peptide, nucleic acid, or vector, and compositions thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/370595 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/585 (20130101) A61K 2039/5154 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4727 (20130101) C07K 14/4748 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/466 (20180101) |
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| US 10138273 | Cheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kun Cheng (Kansas City, Missouri); Zhijin Chen (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kun Cheng (Kansas City, Missouri); Zhijin Chen (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for identifying and using polypeptides that target hepatic stellate cells are described. Embodiments include a targeting composition that may include one or more polypeptides including an amino acid sequence that binds to an insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor. Other embodiments relate to targeting systems that may include a one or more polypeptides including an amino acid sequence that binds to an insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor of hepatic stellate cells. Further embodiments relate to methods for treating health disorders in which the methods include the targeting composition or targeting systems as well as an agent capable of treating the disorder. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/288837 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 47/64 (20170801) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10138277 | Nabel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Nabel (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Srinivas Rao (Columbia, Maryland); Wataru Akahata (Kensington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features modified alphavirus or flavivirus virus-like particles (VLPs). The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits featuring the modified VLPs. The invention also features methods for enhancing production of modified VLPs for use in the prevention or treatment of alphavirus and flavivirus-mediated diseases. The invention also provides methods for delivering agents to a cell using the modified VLPs. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/279592 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (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 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/36122 (20130101) C12N 2770/36123 (20130101) C12N 2770/36134 (20130101) C12N 2770/36151 (20130101) |
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| US 10138279 | Baker, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Bielinska (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Andrzej Myc (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anna Bielinska (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Andrzej Myc (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of inducing an immune response to bacteria of the genus Bacillus (e.g., Bacillus anthracis) in a subject (e.g., a human subject) and compositions useful in such methods (e.g., a nanoemulsion comprising Bacillus anthracis or an immunogenic portion thereof). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine (e.g., vaccination) and research applications. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/786861 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/07 (20130101) A61K 2039/57 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) A61K 2039/55572 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10138284 | Weiss |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Weiss (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An insulin analog comprises a B-chain polypeptide containing a cyclohexanylalanine substitution at position B24 and optionally containing additional amino-acid substitutions at positions A8, B28, and/or B29. A proinsulin analog or single-chain insulin analog containing a B domain containing a cyclohexanylalanine substitution at position B24 and optionally containing additional amino-acid substitutions at positions A8, B28, and/or B29. The analog may be an analog of a mammalian insulin, such as human insulin. A nucleic acid encoding such an insulin analog is also provided. A method of lowering the blood sugar of a patient comprises administering a physiologically effective amount of the insulin analog or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof to a patient. A method of semi-synthesis using an unprotected octapeptide by means of modification of an endogenous tryptic site by non-standard amino-acid substitutions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/277319 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10138301 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GALAXY BIOTECH, LLC (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GALAXY BIOTECH, LLC (Cupertino, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyung Jin Kim (Cupertino, California); Wei-meng Zhao (Palo Alto, California); Hangil Park (San Francisco, California); Maximiliano Vasquez (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward a monoclonal antibody to fibroblast growth factor receptor 2, a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, and methods of treatment comprising administering such a pharmaceutical composition to a patient. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/674385 |
| 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 16/2863 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/51 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/71 (20130101) |
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| US 10138384 | Smith |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FXS Ventures, LLC (Salem, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FXS Ventures, LLC (Salem, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis X. Smith (Salem, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a lens care solution having 0.001 to about 5 weight percent of a low molecular weight amine of the general formula: where R1, R2, R3 and R4 are —H or low molecular weight radicals, and R5 is a low molecular weight radical, or salt thereof; an effective amount of a tonicity agent; and the balance water. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/697839 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 33/12 (20130101) A01N 37/44 (20130101) A01N 43/38 (20130101) A01N 43/50 (20130101) A01N 47/44 (20130101) A01N 59/00 (20130101) Purses; Luggage; Hand Carried Bags A45C 11/005 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 2/18 (20130101) A61L 12/12 (20130101) A61L 12/086 (20130101) A61L 12/124 (20130101) A61L 12/142 (20130101) A61L 12/143 (20130101) A61L 12/145 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/00 (20130101) C09D 7/63 (20180101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/18 (20150115) |
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| US 10138463 | Schulz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ViaCyte, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VIACYTE, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas C Schulz (Athens, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for production of undifferentiated or differentiated embryonic stem cell aggregate suspension cultures from undifferentiated or differentiated embryonic stem cell single cell suspensions and methods of differentiation thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/552390 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 27/12 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0603 (20130101) C12N 5/0606 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0676 (20130101) C12N 2501/11 (20130101) C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/16 (20130101) C12N 2501/41 (20130101) C12N 2501/105 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2501/117 (20130101) C12N 2501/195 (20130101) C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2501/998 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2509/00 (20130101) C12N 2511/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10138471 | Garcia-Moreno et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bertrand E. Garcia-Moreno (Baltimore, Maryland); Aaron Robinson (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for engineering non-naturally occurring proteins comprising artificial pH-sensitive conformational switches that respond to a change in pH by causing a global unfolding of the proteins. Non-naturally occurring proteins comprising artificial pH-sensitive conformational switches that respond to a change in pH by causing a global unfolding of the proteins are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/507381 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 301/31001 (20130101) |
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| US 10138474 | Calhoun 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) | David H. Calhoun (Leonia, New Jersey); Lane Gilchrist (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a composition comprising a lysosomal enzyme conjugated to a negatively charged scavenger receptor ligand. In some embodiments, the lysosomal enzyme is conjugated to the scavenger receptor ligand by way of a linker. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising lysosomal enzyme encapsulated by a liposome, said liposome externally comprising a negatively charged scavenger receptor ligand. The invention further encompasses a method of treating a lysosomal storage disease with the compositions listed above. The invention further encompasses a method of treating a lysosomal storage disease with an acylated, acetylated, or aconitylated lysosomal enzyme. |
| FILED | Monday, August 19, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/970551 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 38/47 (20130101) A61K 49/0043 (20130101) A61K 49/0056 (20130101) Peptides C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/96 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 9/2465 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01022 (20130101) |
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| US 10138476 | Joung et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Keith Joung (Winchester, Massachusetts); Shengdar Tsai (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for increasing specificity of RNA-guided genome editing, e.g., editing using CRISPR/Cas9 systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/415431 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) C07K 2319/80 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 9/0071 (20130101) C12N 9/96 (20130101) C12N 9/1007 (20130101) C12N 15/01 (20130101) C12N 15/11 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/102 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1031 (20130101) C12N 2310/20 (20170501) C12N 2710/00033 (20130101) C12N 2770/00033 (20130101) C12N 2800/80 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 114/11 (20130101) C12Y 201/01 (20130101) C12Y 301/00 (20130101) C12Y 301/21004 (20130101) |
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| US 10138479 | Kimmelman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alec Kimmelman (Weston, Massachusetts); Jaekyoung Son (Somerville, Massachusetts); Lewis Cantley (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Costas A. Lyssiotis (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for GPP-targeting, e.g., for the treatment of oncogenic Kras-associated cancers, and methods for determining the efficacy of those methods are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/402824 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/04 (20130101) A61K 31/194 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1135 (20130101) C12N 15/1137 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (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 1/34 (20130101) C12Q 1/52 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/902 (20130101) G01N 2333/914 (20130101) G01N 2333/91188 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10138481 | Ogunwobi 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) | Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi (Yonkers, New York); Dibash K. Das (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Several miRNAs are described that are useful in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer, or pancreatic cancer. The miRNAs bind with targets that are associated with prostate cancer or pancreatic cancer. This permits the identification of those targets as well as a treatment methodology for prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/338704 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/53 (20130101) 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 2600/178 (20130101) |
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| US 10138486 | Markovitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Markovitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nirit Mor-Vaknin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Maureen Legendre (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David Engelke (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kristine Benford (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dave Pai (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of treatment using inhibitors of DEK protein and DEK activity. Such methods include, but are not limited to, methods of preventing, treating, and/or ameliorating inflammatory diseases, infections, autoimmune diseases, malignant diseases, and other diseases or conditions in which DEK has been implicated. Such inhibitors of DEK protein include, but are not limited to, pharmaceutical compositions including single stranded DNA or RNA aptamers capable of binding to DEK. In some embodiments, such aptamers are useful for diagnosing DEK related diseases or conditions. Related kits and compositions are further provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/557757 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 2333/46 (20130101) |
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| US 10138509 | Church 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) | George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Je-Hyuk Lee (Allston, Massachusetts); Richard C. Terry (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Evan R. Daugharthy (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of making a three-dimensional matrix of nucleic acids within a cell is provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/774282 |
| 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 | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/34 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) C12Q 2565/501 (20130101) |
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| US 10139333 | Kotz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts); Kenneth T. Kotz (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Ramin Haghgooie (Arlington, Massachusetts); Anne C. Petrofsky (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Robert Granier (Boston, Massachusetts); Ronald G. Tompkins (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth T. Kotz (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Ramin Haghgooie (Arlington, Massachusetts); Anne C. Petrofsky (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Robert Granier (Boston, Massachusetts); Ronald Tompkins (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a microfluidic system, device, and kit for particle analysis. In one example, the device includes a fluid channel for spacing the particles, an excitation waveguide to guide an excitation beam from a source to the fluid channel, and an excitation lens to focus the excitation beam to a width less than the spacing of the particles in the fluid channel. The device also includes a detection lens to guide light transmitted from the channel along a number of paths, axial and scatter light waveguide to receive light guided by the detection lens, a detector to receive transmitted light from the waveguides and generate a detection signal, and a processor configured to receive the detection signal and determine characteristic features of each of the particles based on the detection signal. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/032463 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1404 (20130101) G01N 15/1436 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 15/1459 (20130101) G01N 15/1484 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 2015/008 (20130101) G01N 2015/0073 (20130101) G01N 2015/0084 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1486 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) G01N 2201/0638 (20130101) |
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| US 10139403 | Pamula et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vamsee K. Pamula (Cary, North Carolina); Ramakrishna Sista (Cary, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Cary, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Allen Eckhardt (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of circulating magnetically responsive beads within a droplet in a droplet actuator. The invention also provides methods for splitting droplets. The invention, in one embodiment, makes use of a droplet actuator with top and bottom substrates, a plurality of magnetic fields respectively present proximate the top and bottom substrates, wherein at least one of the magnet fields is selectively alterable, and a plurality of droplet operations electrodes positioned along at least one of the top and bottom surfaces. A droplet is positioned between the top and bottom surfaces and at least one of the magnetic fields is selectively altered. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/266693 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 11/0071 (20130101) B01F 13/0071 (20130101) B01F 13/0076 (20130101) B01F 13/0809 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 3/502792 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 7/525 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2200/0673 (20130101) B01L 2300/06 (20130101) B01L 2300/089 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/0406 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0421 (20130101) B01L 2400/0424 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) B01L 2400/0436 (20130101) B01L 2400/0442 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/38 (20130101) G01N 33/54326 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2001/386 (20130101) G01N 2035/1046 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/11 (20150115) Y10T 436/25 (20150115) Y10T 436/2575 (20150115) Y10T 436/25625 (20150115) |
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| US 10139410 | Haura |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric B. Haura (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for the classification of cancers as sensitive or resistant to treatments based on protein-protein interactions, treatment of cancer, identification of biomarkers, identification of protein-protein interaction modulators, and selection of cancer treatments. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/796755 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56966 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10139417 | Lindsay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS acting for and on behalf of ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Lindsay (Phoenix, Arizona); Peiming Zhang (Gilbert, Arizona); Yanan Zhao (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to amino acid, modified amino acid, peptide and protein identification and sequencing, by means of, for example, electronic detection of individual amino acids or small peptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/376154 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6821 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 10139459 | Weber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hans Weber (Menlo Park, California); Brian A. Hargreaves (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method using 2D multi-spectral imaging (2DMSI) for MRI imaging of a metallic object (such as a biopsy needle) and region surrounding the metallic object within an imaging field of view of an MRI apparatus includes segmenting the imaging field-of-view into spatial-spectral bins, where the segmenting is based on off-resonance frequency induced by the metallic object and slice location; selectively exciting each frequency bin of the spatial-spectral bins by inverting a slice selection gradient between excitation and refocusing pulses; performing repeated acquisition with different radiofrequency modulations to produce acquired images of adjacent bins; composing a 2DMSI image by root-sum-of-squares combination of the acquired images of adjacent bins; and highlighting in the 2DMSI image an area of furthest off-resonance bins based on 2DMSI off-resonance information by thresholding image intensity in frequency bins, thereby indicating a contour of the metallic object. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/474510 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/287 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4833 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) |
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| US 10139465 | Setsompop et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kawin Setsompop (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Lawrence L. Wald (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for imaging a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system using controlled aliasing is provided. A radio frequency (RF) excitation field is applied to excite the spins in a volume-of-interest that may include multiple slice locations. Using the MRI system, a readout magnetic field gradient is established following the application of the RF excitation field to form echo signals. These echo signal receive a differential encoding by way of establishing, while the readout gradient is established, alternating magnetic field gradients along two directions, such as the partition-encoding and phase-encoding directions. Image data is acquired from the formed echo signals and images of the subject are reconstructed from the acquired image data. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/617164 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/54 (20130101) G01R 33/543 (20130101) G01R 33/4826 (20130101) G01R 33/4835 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5635 (20130101) |
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| US 10139466 | Trzasko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua D Trzasko (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard L Ehman (Rochester, Minnesota); Philip A Araoz (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for simultaneous water-fat magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) and magnetic resonance elastography (“MRE”) using an integrated data acquisition and reconstruction scheme are described. This integrated acquisition and reconstruction technique can mitigate motion misregistration and provide improved image SNR relative to existing multiparametric acquisition techniques that require multiple separate acquisitions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/154128 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/243 (20130101) G01R 33/4828 (20130101) G01R 33/56358 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10139608 | Huang 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) | Bo Huang (San Francisco, California); Ryan McGorty (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a selective plane illumination microscopy system for capturing light emitted by an illuminated specimen includes a specimen stage having a top surface adapted to support a specimen holder and an opening adapted to provide access to a bottom of the holder, and a selective plane illumination microscopy optical system positioned beneath the stage, the optical system including an excitation objective, a detection objective, and an open-top, hollow prism that is adapted to contain a liquid, wherein the prism is positioned within the opening of the stage and optical axes of the objectives are aligned with the prism such that the axes pass through the prism and intersect at a position near the top surface of the specimen stage. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/516620 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6458 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/06 (20130101) G02B 21/04 (20130101) G02B 21/06 (20130101) G02B 21/16 (20130101) G02B 21/24 (20130101) G02B 21/0088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/362 (20130101) G02B 21/367 (20130101) |
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| US 10140734 | Chen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guang-Hong Chen (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Described here is a system and method for image reconstruction that can automatically and iteratively produce multiple images from one set of acquired data, in which each of these multiple images corresponds to a subset of the acquired data that is self-consistent, but inconsistent with other subsets of the acquired data. The image reconstruction includes iteratively minimizing the rank of an image matrix whose columns each correspond to a different image, and in which one column corresponds to a user-provided prior image of the subject. The rank minimization is constrained subject to a consistency condition that enforces consistency between the forward projection of each column in the image matrix and a respective subset of the acquired data that contains data that is consistent with data in the subset, but inconsistent with data not in the subset. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/011101 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/006 (20130101) G06T 11/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2211/412 (20130101) G06T 2211/421 (20130101) G06T 2211/424 (20130101) G06T 2211/436 (20130101) |
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| US 10141075 | Dupps, Jr. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dupps, Jr. (Bay Village, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for evaluating an eye of a patient. A modeling component is configured to determine a representation of at least the cornea of the eye from a three-dimensional structural image of the eye and at least one biomechanical property of the eye. A feature extractor is configured to extract a plurality of features from the model of at least the cornea of the eye. An ectasia evaluation component is configured to calculate at least one parameter associated with the risk of ectasia in the eye from the extracted plurality of features. A system output is configured to provide the calculated at least one parameter to one of a treatment system and a user. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/118999 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5018 (20130101) G06F 19/00 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0014 (20130101) G06T 2207/30041 (20130101) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 50/50 (20180101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10136846 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina); National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina); National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Joshua Ray Windmiller (Del Mar, California); Roger Narayan (Raleigh, North Carolina); Phillip Miller (Greensboro, North Carolina); Ronen Polsky (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thayne L. Edwards (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, structures, and systems are disclosed for biosensing and drug delivery techniques. In one aspect, a device for detecting an analyte and/or releasing a biochemical into a biological fluid can include an array of hollowed needles, in which each needle includes a protruded needle structure including an exterior wall forming a hollow interior and an opening at a terminal end of the protruded needle structure that exposes the hollow interior, and a probe inside the exterior wall to interact with one or more chemical or biological substances that come in contact with the probe via the opening to produce a probe sensing signal, and an array of wires that are coupled to probes of the array of hollowed needles, respectively, each wire being electrically conductive to transmit the probe sensing signal produced by a respective probe. |
| FILED | Friday, August 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/687145 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/157 (20130101) A61B 5/685 (20130101) A61B 5/1473 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4845 (20130101) A61B 5/6833 (20130101) A61B 5/7282 (20130101) A61B 5/14514 (20130101) A61B 5/14532 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) A61B 5/14865 (20130101) A61B 5/150984 (20130101) A61B 10/0045 (20130101) A61B 2010/008 (20130101) A61B 2562/028 (20130101) A61B 2562/046 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/158 (20130101) A61M 5/1723 (20130101) A61M 2005/1726 (20130101) A61M 2037/003 (20130101) A61M 2037/0023 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/48785 (20130101) |
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| US 10137306 | Dagdeviren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona); The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Canan Dagdeviren (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois); Marvin J. Slepian (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and systems that enable high efficiency conversion of mechanical stress to electrical energy and methods of use thereof are described herein. The materials and systems are preferably used to provide power to medical devices implanted inside or used outside of a patient's body. For medical devices, the materials and systems convert electrical energy from the natural contractile and relaxation motion of a portion of a patient's body, such as the heart, lung and diaphragm, or via motion of body materials or fluids such as air, blood, urine, or stool. The materials and systems are capable of being bent, folded or otherwise stressed without fracturing and include piezoelectric materials on a flexible substrate. The materials and systems are preferably fashioned to be generally conformal with intimate apposition to complex surface topographies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/111447 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 2560/0214 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/3785 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/18 (20130101) H01L 41/081 (20130101) H01L 41/113 (20130101) H01L 41/312 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 2/18 (20130101) H02N 2/181 (20130101) H02N 2/186 (20130101) |
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| US 10137324 | Kennedy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Kennedy (Oakland, California); Roald N. Leif (San Ramon, California); Brian P. Mayer (San Francisco, California); Carlos A. Valdez (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method includes contacting a phosphotriester and a halogen salt in a polar solvent. In another embodiment, a method for dealkylating tributylphosphate includes contacting tributylphosphate and a halogen salt in a polar solvent. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/191431 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62D 2101/26 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/11 (20130101) |
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| US 10137430 | Long et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey R. Long (Oakland, California); Thomas M. McDonald (Berkeley, California); Deanna M. D'Alessandro (Sydney, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | Functionalized metal-organic framework adsorbents with ligands containing basic nitrogen groups such as alkylamines and alkyldiamines appended to the metal centers and method of isolating carbon dioxide from a stream of combined gases and carbon dioxide partial pressures below approximately 1 and 1000 mbar. The adsorption material has an isosteric heat of carbon dioxide adsorption of greater than −60 kJ/mol at zero coverage using a dual-site Langmuir model. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/820350 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/02 (20130101) B01D 53/62 (20130101) B01D 2253/204 (20130101) B01D 2257/504 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 20/3425 (20130101) B01J 20/3483 (20130101) B01J 20/28057 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/08 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/2342 (20180101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/04 (20130101) Y02C 10/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10137434 | Dumesic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Brandon J. O'Neill (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for stabilizing a metal or metal-containing particle supported on a surface is described, along with the resulting composition of matter. The method includes the steps of depositing upon the surface a protective thin film of a material of sufficient thickness to overcoat the metal or metal-containing particle and the surface, thereby yielding an armored surface; and then calcining the armored surface for a time and at a temperature sufficient to form channels in the protective thin film, wherein the channels so formed expose a portion of the metal- or metal-containing particle to the surrounding environment. Also described is a method of performing a heterogeneous catalytic reaction using the stabilized, supported catalyst. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/232910 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 21/04 (20130101) B01J 21/063 (20130101) B01J 23/72 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 23/94 (20130101) B01J 33/00 (20130101) B01J 35/02 (20130101) B01J 35/0006 (20130101) B01J 37/08 (20130101) B01J 37/0221 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 307/44 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/584 (20151101) |
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| US 10137617 | Kunc et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vlastimil Kunc (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chad E. Duty (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lonnie J. Love (Knoxville, Tennessee); Amit K. Naskar (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a polymer composite fiber comprised of a polymer matrix with filaments incorporated therein whose lengthwise dimensions are substantially oriented with the axial dimension of the composite fiber, the method comprising subjecting a melt comprised of a polymer matrix and filaments to an extrusion process in which the melt is extruded into a fibrous form in the absence of screw extruders and in the substantial absence of shear forces that result in breakage of the filaments, followed by cooling and solidification of the extruded melt to provide the polymer composite fiber. Integration of these polymer composite fibers with additive manufacturing technologies, particularly rapid prototyping methods, such as FFF and 3D printing, are also described. The resulting polymer composite fibers and articles made thereof are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, April 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/689466 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 35/02 (20130101) B29C 45/0001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29C 47/0004 (20130101) B29C 47/0021 (20130101) B29C 47/56 (20130101) B29C 47/0057 (20130101) B29C 47/065 (20130101) B29C 64/106 (20170801) B29C 64/165 (20170801) B29C 2947/92704 (20130101) B29C 2947/92942 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2067/046 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 27/08 (20130101) Additive Manufacturing, i.e Manufacturing of Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects by Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration or Additive Layering, e.g by 3-d Printing, Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering B33Y 70/00 (20141201) Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 10/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10138122 | Zidan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ragaiy Zidan (Aiken, South Carolina); Patrick A. Ward (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for forming alane are described. The method drives the alane producing chemical reaction by a mechanical energy source such as a ball mill and includes stabilization of the product with solvent. At least one of the reactants is insoluble in the solvent. Thus, the product is both stabilized and phase-separated from the reactant(s) immediately upon formation. The method can be used to form α-alane, for instance for use in hydrogen storage. |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/482913 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/28 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 6/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10138134 | Diroll et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Diroll (Chicago, Illinois); Richard D. Schaller (Clarendon Hills, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming inorganic structures includes (a) transferring nanocrystals to a polar protic solvent using at least one chalcogenide precursor to produce a negatively-charged chalcogen-rich nanocrystal surface, (b) removing excess anions of the chalcogenide precursor, (c) introducing a metal salt to bind a divalent metal cation to the negatively-charged chalcogen-rich nanocrystal surface to regenerate a positively-charged metal-rich nanocrystal surface, and (d) removing excess divalent metal cations of the metal acetate salt. |
| FILED | Friday, July 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/644602 |
| ART UNIT | 1717 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 19/007 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 11/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 57/12 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/565 (20130101) C09K 11/883 (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 16/22 (20130101) C23C 16/45527 (20130101) |
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| US 10138169 | Weimer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan W. Weimer (Niwot, Colorado); Xinhua Liang (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W. Weimer (Niwot, Colorado); Xinhua Liang (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to porous ceramic material and to methods of making and using the material. More particularly, the invention relates to methods of forming ceramic materials by depositing material, using atomic layer deposition, onto a sacrificial substrate and to ceramic materials having controlled wall thickness, relatively large pores, and high surface area by weight. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/009918 |
| ART UNIT | 1741 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 39/2093 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/24 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/10 (20130101) C04B 35/10 (20130101) C04B 35/46 (20130101) C04B 35/46 (20130101) C04B 38/00 (20130101) C04B 38/00 (20130101) C04B 38/08 (20130101) C04B 38/0051 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C04B 38/0054 (20130101) C04B 38/0615 (20130101) C04B 2111/0081 (20130101) C04B 2111/00801 (20130101) C04B 2235/3274 (20130101) C04B 2235/3289 (20130101) |
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| US 10138305 | Paulauskas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); REMAXCO TECHNOLOGIES (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); REMAXCO TECHNOLOGIES (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felix L. Paulauskas (Knoxville, Tennessee); Truman Bonds (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasma treatment method that includes providing treatment chamber including an intermediate heating volume and an interior treatment volume. The interior treatment volume contains an electrode assembly for generating a plasma and the intermediate heating volume heats the interior treatment volume. A work piece is traversed through the treatment chamber. A process gas is introduced to the interior treatment volume of the treatment chamber. A plasma is formed with the electrode assembly from the process gas, wherein a reactive species of the plasma is accelerated towards the fiber tow by flow vortices produced in the interior treatment volume by the electrode assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/239101 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/087 (20130101) B01J 19/088 (20130101) B01J 2219/083 (20130101) B01J 2219/0809 (20130101) B01J 2219/0824 (20130101) B01J 2219/0871 (20130101) B01J 2219/0879 (20130101) B01J 2219/0894 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 8/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/22 (20130101) D01F 9/328 (20130101) Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases or Vapours D06B 19/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/3277 (20130101) H01J 37/32348 (20130101) H01J 37/32522 (20130101) Plasma Technique; Production of Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles or of Neutrons; Production or Acceleration of Neutral Molecular or Atomic Beams H05H 1/2406 (20130101) H05H 2001/2412 (20130101) H05H 2001/2437 (20130101) |
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| US 10138330 | Lewicki et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Lewicki (Oakland, California); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a highly effective route towards the controlled and isotropic reduction in size-scale, of complex 3D structures using silicone network polymer chemistry. In particular, a class of silicone structures were developed that once patterned and cured can ‘shrink’ micron scale additive manufactured and lithographically patterned structures by as much as 1 order of magnitude while preserving the dimensions and integrity of these parts. This class of silicone materials is compatible with existing additive manufacture and soft lithographic fabrication processes and will allow access to a hitherto unobtainable dimensionality of fabrication. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/584711 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2400/04 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/20 (20130101) C08G 77/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 3/075 (20130101) C08J 2383/04 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 5/56 (20130101) C08K 5/56 (20130101) C08K 5/5419 (20130101) C08K 5/5419 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) C08L 83/04 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/0002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24802 (20150115) |
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| US 10138369 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott D. Allen (Ithaca, New York); Christopher A. Simoneau (Oxford, Connecticut); Jay J. Farmer (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Saudi Aramco Technologies Company (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Allen (Ithaca, New York); Christopher A. Simoneau (Oxford, Connecticut); Jay J. Farmer (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses polymer compositions comprising aliphatic polycarbonate chains containing functional groups that increase the polymer's ability to wet or adhere to inorganic materials. In certain embodiments, chain ends of the aliphatic polycarbonates are modified to introduce silicon-containing functional groups, boron-containing functional groups, phosphorous-containing functional groups, sulfonic acid groups or carboxylic acid groups. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/116675 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 17/10036 (20130101) B32B 17/10733 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/44 (20130101) C08G 64/42 (20130101) C08G 64/0208 (20130101) C08G 64/0216 (20130101) C08G 64/0225 (20130101) C08G 64/0266 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 7/14 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 61/06 (20130101) C08L 69/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/31518 (20150401) |
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| US 10138426 | Elliott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas C. Elliott (Richland, Washington); Gary G. Neuenschwander (Burbank, Washington); Todd R. Hart (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A combined hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and catalytic hydrothermal gasification (CHG) system and process are described that convert various biomass-containing sources into separable bio-oils and aqueous effluents that contain residual organics. Bio-oils may be converted to useful bio-based fuels and other chemical feedstocks. Residual organics in HTL aqueous effluents may be gasified and converted into medium-BTU product gases and directly used for process heating or to provide energy. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/693354 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Destructive Distillation of Carbonageous Materials for Production of Gas, Coke, Tar, or Similar Materials C10B 49/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 1/06 (20130101) C10G 1/065 (20130101) C10G 3/40 (20130101) C10G 3/50 (20130101) Production of Producer Gas, Water-gas, Synthesis Gas From Solid Carbonaceous Material, or Mixtures Containing These Gases; Carburetting Air or Other Gases C10J 3/00 (20130101) C10J 2200/06 (20130101) C10J 2300/0916 (20130101) C10J 2300/0973 (20130101) C10J 2300/1681 (20130101) Fuels Not Otherwise Provided for; Natural Gas; Synthetic Natural Gas Obtained by Processes Not Covered by Subclasses C10G, C10K; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Adding Materials to Fuels or Fires to Reduce Smoke or Undesirable Deposits or to Facilitate Soot Removal; Firelighters C10L 3/08 (20130101) C10L 9/08 (20130101) C10L 9/086 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/14 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/145 (20151101) Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 10138579 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Council For Automotive Research, LLC (Southfield, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Council For Automotive Research, LLC (Southfield, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chen-Shih Wang (Troy, Michigan); Charles William Knakal (Grosse Ile, Michigan); Jeffrey Scott Dahl (Livonia, Michigan); Bhavesh Suresh Shah (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a fiber treatment system includes a rotatable nubbed roller including an axis of rotation, a surface, and a number of spaced apart nubs projecting away from the surface, the number of spaced apart nubs imparting a number of spaced apart openings in a fiber tow. In another embodiment, the fiber treatment system further includes an optionally rotatable spreader roller for flattening the fiber tow. In yet another embodiment, the loosened, but still continuous fiber tow is chopped by a downstream chopper to form short fibers with reduced tow sizes. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626015 |
| ART UNIT | 3765 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 70/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/12 (20130101) B29K 2307/04 (20130101) Handling Thin or Filamentary Material, e.g Sheets, Webs, Cables B65H 51/005 (20130101) B65H 2701/31 (20130101) B65H 2701/38 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 11/02 (20130101) Preliminary Treatment of Fibres, e.g for Spinning D01G 1/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Finishing or Dressing of Filaments, Yarns, Threads, Cords, Ropes or the Like D02J 1/18 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2913 (20150115) Y10T 428/2975 (20150115) |
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| US 10138855 | Mueller |
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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) | Charles J. Mueller (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies presented herein relate to enhancing mixing inside a combustion chamber to form one or more locally premixed mixtures comprising fuel and charge-gas to enable minimal, or no, generation of soot and/or other undesired emissions during ignition and subsequent combustion of the locally premixed mixtures. To enable sufficient mixing of the fuel and charge-gas, a jet of fuel can be directed to pass through a bore of a duct causing charge-gas to be drawn into the bore creating turbulence to mix the fuel and the drawn charge-gas. The duct can be located proximate to an opening in a tip of a fuel injector. An ignition assist component can be located downstream of the duct to facilitate ignition of the fuel/charge-gas mixture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/364002 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 57/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02M 61/14 (20130101) F02M 61/1806 (20130101) Ignition, Other Than Compression Ignition, for Internal-combustion Engines; Testing of Ignition Timing in Compression-ignition Engines F02P 19/02 (20130101) F02P 23/02 (20130101) F02P 23/04 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F Post (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A ferromagnetic shield in contact with a magnet bar at the opposite end from the working surfaces of the bar eliminates the field canceling effects that arise from the Amperian currents at that end. The optimum polarization direction for such bars is one that is parallel to the azimuthal coordinate of the bar. The field at the working surface of the bar approaches that of a bar of infinite length because the shield, located on the side opposite to that of the working surface, completely eliminates, or at least substantially reduces, the field cancellation effect that normally would occur. The magnet bars with shields can be assembled on rotors and stators in flywheel storage systems and other rotating machinery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/007156 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 32/0429 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10139111 | Laster et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter R. Laster (Oviedo, Florida); Scott M. Martin (Daytona Beach, Florida); Juan Enrique Portillo Bilbao (Oviedo, Florida); Jacob Hardes (Charlotte, North Carolina); Timothy A. Fox (Hamilton, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A secondary fuel stage (14) of a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The combustor has a main combustion zone (43) upstream of the secondary fuel stage to ignite working gas The secondary fuel stage includes a nozzle (18) with dual outlets (20, 22) oriented with a circumferential component to inject an air-fuel mixture (24) into the combustor. The nozzle is effective to entrain the air-fuel mixture with the working gas (44) such that a peak temperature (46) of the working gas at a location downstream of the secondary fuel stage is less than a peak temperature (50) of working gas if the air-fuel mixture were injected into the combustor with a single outlet nozzle (118). |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/228883 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/222 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/06 (20130101) F23R 3/16 (20130101) F23R 3/34 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) F23R 3/346 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10139169 | Nam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young Suk Nam (Yongin, South Korea); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); Shalabh Maroo (Syracuse, New York); Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shankar Narayanan (Allston, Massachusetts); Ian Salmon McKay (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An adsorption system can be used as part of a climate control system in a vehicle or in any other space requiring heating or cooling. An adsorbent bed can include a plurality of plates, a layer including an adsorbent material adjacent to a portion of at least one plate; and a plurality of passages between the plates. |
| FILED | Monday, October 22, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/657302 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/205 (20130101) B01J 20/226 (20130101) B01J 20/2804 (20130101) B01J 20/28052 (20130101) B01J 2220/56 (20130101) Arrangements of Heating, Cooling, Ventilating or Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted for Passenger or Goods Spaces of Vehicles B60H 1/3201 (20130101) Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 17/08 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 17/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10139564 | Homeijer 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) | Brian D. Homeijer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Matt Eichenfield (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application relates to vertically integrated assemblies including a MEMS-based optomechanical architecture. In some embodiments, the assembly includes a MEMS/optoelectronic module, an emitter module, and a detector module, where these modules are vertically integrated. Methods of fabricating such assemblies are also described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/009153 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/34 (20130101) G02B 6/1225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4232 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/343 (20130101) H01S 5/426 (20130101) H01S 5/02248 (20130101) H01S 5/02268 (20130101) H01S 5/02272 (20130101) |
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| US 10140179 | Gara 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) | Alan Gara (Palo Alto, California); Dong Chen (Croton on Hudson, New York); Philip Heidelberger (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Martin Ohmacht (Yorktown Heigths, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are disclosed for providing combined error code protection and subgroup parity protection for a given group of n bits. The method comprises the steps of identifying a number, m, of redundant bits for said error protection; and constructing a matrix P, wherein multiplying said given group of n bits with P produces m redundant error correction code (ECC) protection bits, and two columns of P provide parity protection for subgroups of said given group of n bits. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the matrix P is constructed by generating permutations of m bit wide vectors with three or more, but an odd number of, elements with value one and the other elements with value zero; and assigning said vectors to rows of the matrix P. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/973021 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/1064 (20130101) G06F 11/1076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2212/403 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/0687 (20130101) H03M 13/13 (20130101) H03M 13/29 (20130101) H03M 13/271 (20130101) H03M 13/616 (20130101) H03M 13/2707 (20130101) |
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| US 10140304 | Bent et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EMC IP Holding Company LLC (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Bent (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Sorin Faibish (Newton, Massachusetts); Gary Grider (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A file system is provided having a plurality of distributed metadata servers with separate metadata servers for file metadata and directory metadata. An exemplary distributed metadata storage system comprises a plurality of compute nodes, wherein at least one compute node comprises a file system client that generates a directory metadata request and/or a file metadata request; a plurality of directory metadata servers to serve directory metadata in response to a given directory metadata request; and a plurality of file metadata servers to serve file metadata in response to a given file metadata request. The plurality of directory metadata servers are distinct from the plurality of file metadata servers. The compute nodes optionally comprise an object client that requests object data from an object store system. The number of directory metadata servers and the number of file metadata servers are optionally determined independently to balance for different workloads, and can be dynamically readjusted for evolving workloads. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/965257 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/3012 (20130101) G06F 17/30091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30194 (20130101) |
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| US 10141495 | Nordquist 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) | Christopher Nordquist (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Benjamin Griffin (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher Dyck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Matt Eichenfield (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kenneth Wojciechowski (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Arlington, Virginia); Aleem Siddiqui (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency (RF) receiver comprises a passive impedance transforming voltage amplifier and a resonant, latching micromechanical switch having a deflectable bridge, an RF actuation electrode receivingly connected to the amplifier, and a DC bias electrode positioned to latch the switch in a closed position by electrostatic attraction when energized by a suitable voltage. The bridge is configured with a mechanical mode of vibration that periodically urges the switch toward the closed position. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/843355 |
| ART UNIT | 2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 3/32 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/08 (20130101) H01L 41/09 (20130101) H01L 41/047 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 1/1615 (20130101) |
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| US 10141531 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Golden, Colorado); Brian E. Lassiter (San Francisco, California); Xin Xiao (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices comprising at least one hybrid planar-graded heterojunction. In particular, organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices are disclosed having two electrodes (110), (150) in superposed relation, a graded heterojunction layer (130) located between the two electrodes, and at least one photoactive layer (120), (140) adjacent to and interfacing with the graded heterojunction layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/647601 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0078 (20130101) H01L 51/4253 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) |
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| US 10141572 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Apple Inc. (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Apple Inc. (Cupertino, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huiming Wu (San Jose, California); Hongli Dai (Los Altos, California); Dapeng Wang (Cupertino, California); Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); John David Carter (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Yanjie Cui (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Arturo Gutierrez (Naperville, Illinois); Hakim H. Iddir (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Arthur Jeremy Kropf (Westmont, Illinois); Yan Li (Westmont, Illinois); Victor A. Maroni (Naperville, Illinois); Anh D. Vu (Naperville, Illinois); Xiaoping Wang (Naperville, Illinois); Zhenzhen Yang (Westmont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, powders, and cathode active materials that can be used in lithium ion batteries are described herein. Methods of making such compounds, powders, and cathode active materials are described. |
| FILED | Monday, November 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/804186 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/502 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/523 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/582 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) H01M 2220/30 (20130101) |
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| US 10141593 | Pintauro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter N. Pintauro (Brentwood, Tennessee); Andrew Park (Nashville, Tennessee); Jason Ballengee (Cedar Hill, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a composite membrane, includes the steps of: forming a first solution comprising a charged polymer and a first uncharged polymer having a repeat unit of a formula of: where each of X and Y is a non-hydroxyl group; forming a second solution comprising a second uncharged polymer; electrospinning, separately and simultaneously, the first solution and the second solution to form a dual fiber mat; and processing the dual fiber mat to form the composite membrane. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/161838 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 43/02 (20130101) B29C 71/02 (20130101) B29C 2071/022 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2027/16 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/3468 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/2268 (20130101) C08J 2341/00 (20130101) C08J 2427/16 (20130101) C08J 2471/02 (20130101) C08J 2481/06 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0038 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/52 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/103 (20130101) H01M 8/109 (20130101) H01M 8/1004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1023 (20130101) H01M 8/1025 (20130101) H01M 8/1027 (20130101) H01M 8/1032 (20130101) H01M 8/1039 (20130101) H01M 8/1044 (20130101) H01M 8/1053 (20130101) H01M 8/1067 (20130101) H01M 8/1081 (20130101) H01M 8/1088 (20130101) H01M 8/1093 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) H01M 2250/20 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) H01M 2300/0094 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/56 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 90/32 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margarita P. Thompson (Livonia, Michigan); Frederick E. Pinkerton (Macomb Township, Michigan); Michael P. Balogh (Novi, Michigan); Gayatri Vyas Dadheech (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Xiaoqing Zeng (Northville, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric motor is provided for use in an electromechanical transmission that utilizes automatic transmission fluid. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets can include magnetic particles coated with hydrogen impermeable material. According to an alternative embodiment, the entire permanent magnet or the rotor itself can be coated with hydrogen impermeable material. According to a further alternative embodiment, the permanent magnet particles can be secured by a binder that includes a hydrogen storage compound that prevents hydrogen from affecting magnetic properties of the permanent magnet. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/064211 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/061 (20130101) H01F 1/0571 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10141955 | Andrade Costa 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) | Carlos H. Andrade Costa (White Plains, New York); Chen-Yong Cher (Port Chester, New York); Yoonho Park (Chappaqua, New York); Bryan S. Rosenburg (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Kyung D. Ryu (New City, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing selective memory error protection responsive to a predictable failure notification associated with at least one portion of a memory in a computing system includes: obtaining an active error correcting code (ECC) configuration corresponding to the portion of the memory; determining whether the active ECC configuration is sufficient to correct at least one error in the portion of the memory affected by the predictable failure notification; when the active ECC configuration is insufficient to correct the error, determining whether data corruption can be tolerated by an application running on the computing system; when data corruption cannot be tolerated by the application, determining whether a stronger ECC level is available and, if a stronger ECC level is available, increasing a strength of the active ECC configuration; and when data corruption can be tolerated, performing page reassignment and aggregation of non-critical data. |
| FILED | Saturday, April 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/684368 |
| ART UNIT | 2117 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/1048 (20130101) G06F 11/1076 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/353 (20130101) H03M 13/356 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10143081 | Wang 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) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Rajan Kumar (La Jolla, California); Ying Shirley Meng (San Diego, California); Jae Wook Shin (La Jolla, California); Lu Yin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions, devices, systems and fabrication methods for stretchable composite materials and stretchable electronics devices. In some aspects, an elastic composite material for a stretchable electronics device includes a first material having a particular electrical, mechanical or optical property; and a multi-block copolymer configured to form a hyperelastic binder that creates contact between the first material and the multi-block copolymer, in which the elastic composite material is structured to stretch at least 500% in at least one direction of the material and to exhibit the particular electrical, mechanical or optical property imparted from the first material. In some aspects, the stretchable electronics device includes a stretchable battery, biofuel cell, sensor, supercapacitor or other device able to be mounted to skin, clothing or other surface of a user or object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/820284 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1477 (20130101) A61B 5/14865 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/166 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 13/4902 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/158 (20170801) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 297/046 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 53/02 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0565 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/16 (20130101) H05K 1/028 (20130101) H05K 1/118 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 1/0393 (20130101) H05K 3/326 (20130101) H05K 2201/0133 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramakrishna Mukkamala (Okemos, Michigan); Jiankun Liu (Lansing, Michigan); Jin-Oh Hahn (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining blood pressure for a subject using a sphygmomanometer. The method includes: measuring an oscillometric cuff pressure waveform of the subject using the sphygmomanometer; representing the measured waveform with a physical model accounting for mechanics of the cuff, an artery and coupling between the cuff and the artery; determining the model unknowns from the measured waveform; and determining blood pressure for the subject using the determined model. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/012124 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02 (20130101) A61B 5/02208 (20130101) A61B 5/02225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/02241 (20130101) A61B 5/02255 (20130101) |
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| US 10136955 | Tsekos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaos V. Tsekos (Houston, Texas); Michael Heffernan (Katy, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are actuation transmission lines used for robotic systems, for example, MRI guided robots, for image-guided robot-assisted surgical and medical intervention procedures. This actuation transmission lines may include any of the following: one or more sections of a flexible channel; one or more sections of a rigid channel in a connecting relationship with the one or more sections of a flexible channel; solid media disposed inside the channel; one or more mechanical links in contact with the solid media inside the channel electronically or mechanically linked to a power source; a fine-tuning module disposed in the flexible channel; and one or more media motion sensors. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/402135 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 34/30 (20160201) Original (OR) Class Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/102 (20130101) B25J 9/106 (20130101) B25J 9/144 (20130101) |
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| US 10137308 | Adjouadi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malek Adjouadi (Miami, Florida); Mercedes Cabrerizo (Miami, Florida); Niovi Rojas (Miami, Florida); Juan Omar Perez (Miami, Florida); Jesus de la Rua (Miami, Florida); Anastasio A. Cabrera (Parrish, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems that integrate electrocardiography (ECG) functions and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) functions, as well as methods of manufacturing such systems and methods of performing ECG and TMS using such systems, are provided. A system can include a hardware component and a software component in operable communication with the hardware component. The hardware component can include or be in operable communication with a TMS machine, and the software component can be configured to receive waveforms from ECG hardware. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/777256 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/486 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) A61B 5/4088 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 2/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10138192 | Miljanic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ognjen Miljanic (Houston, Texas); Qing Ji (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | One-step cyanide-catalyzed benzoin condensations for synthesizing shape persistent cyclobenzoin macrocycles. Selected dialdehydes, and cyanide salts are reacted in aqueous solvents to form such cyclobenzoin macrocycles. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/559817 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 15/50 (20130101) C07C 45/44 (20130101) C07C 45/44 (20130101) C07C 45/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 47/544 (20130101) C07C 49/215 (20130101) C07C 49/245 (20130101) C07C 49/727 (20130101) C07C 49/727 (20130101) C07C 2601/06 (20170501) C07C 2603/38 (20170501) |
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| US 10138252 | Dai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingji Dai (West Lafayette, Indiana); Mohamed Seleem (West Lafayette, Indiana); Xianglin Yin (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to novel lactones such as dihydropyrrole-fused furanones, a novel palladium-catalyzed carbonylation method to make the novel lactones, and method of using the novel lactones as anti-fungal and/or anti-bacteria agents. |
| FILED | Monday, August 13, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/101555 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 405/04 (20130101) C07D 491/20 (20130101) C07D 491/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10138331 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ying Li (Xiangtan, China PRC); Linda S. Schadler Feist (Niskayuna, New York); Chaitanya Ullal (Troy, New York); Charles S. S. Goodwin (Latham, New York); Robert F. Karlicek, Jr. (Mechanicville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a matrix-free polymer nanocomposite. The matrix-free polymer nanocomposite includes a plurality of polymer brush grafted nanoparticles, which form the nanocomposite in the absence of a polymeric matrix. The polymer brush grafted to the nanoparticles comprises a multimodal brush configuration having at least two different populations of polymer ligands of different lengths. The present disclosure also relates to an optic or optoelectronic component comprising a matrix-free polymer nanocomposite as described herein. The present disclosure further relates to a method of making a matrix-free polymer nanocomposite. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/305767 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 79/02 (20130101) C08G 83/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10138542 | Hayward et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan C. Hayward (Northampton, Massachusetts); Dayong Chen (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Bin Xu (Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Strain-gated logic devices are important for the development of advanced flexible electronics. Using a dual-monolayer-promoted film-transfer technique, a flexible multilayer structure capable of undergoing large compressive deformation was prepared. Formation of a crease in the gap between electrodes at a geometrically tunable strain leads to formation of an electrical connection in a reversible and reproducible fashion. A strain-gated electrical switch includes at least two conductive electrodes disposed on a surface of an elastomer substrate, the at least two conductive electrodes forming a gap between the at least two electrodes in an off-state of the strain-gated electrical switch, the gap diminishing under compressive strain to form a crease, the compressive strain pressing the at least two electrodes into contact with each other in an on-state of the strain-gated electrical switch. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/682644 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 14/042 (20130101) Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 1/0036 (20130101) |
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| US 10139270 | Mutharasan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rajakkannu Mutharasan (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Blake N. Johnson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ramji S. Lakshmanan (Dublin, Ireland); Harsh Sharma (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajakkannu Mutharasan (West Chester, Pennsylvania); Blake N. Johnson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ramji S. Lakshmanan (Dublin, Ireland); Harsh Sharma (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An asymmetric sensor having asymmetric electrodes and/or being asymmetrically anchored provides enhanced sensitivity. In example embodiments, part of the electrode on a sensor is etched or removed resulting in enhanced mass-change sensitive resonant modes. In another example embodiment, a sensor is anchored asymmetrically, also resulting in enhanced mass-change sensitive resonant modes. By asymmetrically anchoring a piezoelectric portion of a sensor, resonant bending modes of the sensor can be measured electrically without external instrumentation. Modifying the electrode of a piezoelectric cantilever enables expression of mass-change sensitive resonant modes that normally do not lend themselves to electrical measurement. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/808138 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 11/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/1132 (20130101) H01L 41/1136 (20130101) |
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| US 10139295 | Yu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongbin Yu (Chandler, Arizona); Hanqing Jiang (Chandler, Arizona); Hanshuang Liang (Mesa, Arizona); Teng Ma (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for measuring and/or mapping in-plane strain of a surface of a substrate. A grating is formed on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate. A laser is then used focused onto the grating to determine the strain on the surface by determining the variation of the grating wavelength due to the strain on the surface. The strain information is essentially carried by the grating, in terms of grating wavelength, because it varies according to the volume change of the underlying substrates. By scanning the surface grating with the small laser size, a high resolution strain map of the surface can be produced. The induced strain is related to the grating wavelength variation, which leads to the diffraction angle variation that is captured by the strain sensing measurements. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/154959 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/00 (20130101) G01L 1/241 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 22/12 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24446 (20150115) |
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| US 10139377 | Perales-Perez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oscar Juan Perales-Perez (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico); Felix Roberto Roman-Velasquez (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Sonia Janet Bailon-Ruiz (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Luis Alberto Alamo-Nole (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oscar Juan Perales-Perez (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico); Felix Roberto Roman-Velasquez (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Sonia Janet Bailon-Ruiz (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Luis Alberto Alamo-Nole (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a SEC method for the separation of thiol-capped Cd(Se,S) quantum dots (QDs) synthesized in the aqueous phase. Nanocrystals-HPLC column interactions were suppressed using thioglycolic acid (TGA) as an ion pair agent. The SEC method of the invention allows a fast and reproducible separation of water-stable Cd(Se,S) QDs. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/290358 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10139382 | Motayed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia); GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Fairfax, Virginia); THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERICE (Washington, District of Columbia); GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Fairfax, Virginia); THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhishek Motayed (Rockville, Maryland); Geetha Aluri (Clifton Park, New York); Albert V. Davydov (North Potomac, Maryland); Mulpuri V. Rao (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Vladimir P. Oleshko (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Ritu Bajpai (Santa Clara, California); Mona E. Zaghloul (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanostructure sensing device comprises a semiconductor nanostructure having an outer surface, and at least one of metal or metal-oxide nanoparticle clusters functionalizing the outer surface of the nanostructure and forming a photoconductive nanostructure/nanocluster hybrid sensor enabling light-assisted sensing of a target analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 08, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/891709 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/127 (20130101) G01N 33/004 (20130101) G01N 33/005 (20130101) G01N 33/0031 (20130101) G01N 33/0037 (20130101) G01N 33/0042 (20130101) G01N 33/0044 (20130101) G01N 33/0047 (20130101) G01N 33/0049 (20130101) G01N 33/0054 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/245 (20180101) Y02A 50/246 (20180101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dror Baron (Raleigh, North Carolina); Yanting Ma (Raleigh, North Carolina); Junan Zhu (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Various examples of methods and systems are provided for approximate message passing with universal denoising. In one example, a method includes applying an approximate message passing (AMP) conversion framework to a plurality of substantially linear measurements to produce a plurality of scalar measurements; applying a denoiser algorithm to the plurality of scalar measurements to generate a plurality of denoised scalar measurements; and applying a conversion term to the plurality of denoised scalar measurements to convert the plurality of denoised scalar measurements to a plurality of denoised substantially linear measurements. |
| FILED | Friday, June 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/172534 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10140464 | Lebeck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kiron Lebeck (Seattle, Washington); Tadayoshi Kohno (Seattle, Washington); Franziska Roesner (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, an augmented reality system is provided that provides output security. In some embodiments, an operating system of the augmented reality system provides trusted management support for presenting virtual objects from untrusted applications executing in multiple isolated processes. With the output security mechanisms enabled, untrusted applications are still provided significant flexibility to create immersive AR experiences, but their presented content is constrained by the augmented reality system based on one or more output policies that are intended to reduce intrusiveness of virtual object presentations. Output policies may be composable, such that more than one output policy may be enforced on a given virtual object in a way that reduces intrusiveness of the presentation of the virtual object. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/373296 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/14 (20130101) G06F 21/6218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/006 (20130101) Arrangements or Circuits for Control of Indicating Devices Using Static Means to Present Variable Information G09G 5/00 (20130101) G09G 2340/10 (20130101) G09G 2340/12 (20130101) G09G 2340/14 (20130101) G09G 2340/0407 (20130101) G09G 2340/0464 (20130101) G09G 2380/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10141119 | Okoli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Okenwa I. Okoli (Tallahassee, Florida); Jin Yan (Tallahassee, Florida); Tarik J. Dickens (Tallahassee, Florida); M. Jasim Uddin (Brownsville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A dye-sensitized solar cell is provided. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes a working electrode which includes a plurality of twisted carbon nanotube yarns. The dye-sensitized solar cell also includes a hybrid sensitizer. The hybrid sensitizer includes a nanoporous titanium oxide layer coated on the plurality of twisted carbon nanotube yarns, a microporous titanium oxide layer coated onto the nanoporous titanium oxide layer, and dye particles and quantum dots disposed in the pores of the microporous titanium oxide layer. In addition, the dye-sensitized solar cell includes a conducting electrode which includes at least one carbon nanotube yarn disposed about the hybrid sensitizer. The dye-sensitized solar cell also includes a solid state electrolyte disposed about the hybrid sensitizer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/805865 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/70 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2009 (20130101) H01G 9/2031 (20130101) H01G 9/2059 (20130101) H01G 9/2086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0086 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/542 (20130101) |
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| US 10141418 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe Key, Florida); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe Key, Florida); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/830241 |
| ART UNIT | 2897 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/7851 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101) |
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| US 10141593 | Pintauro et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter N. Pintauro (Brentwood, Tennessee); Andrew Park (Nashville, Tennessee); Jason Ballengee (Cedar Hill, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a composite membrane, includes the steps of: forming a first solution comprising a charged polymer and a first uncharged polymer having a repeat unit of a formula of: where each of X and Y is a non-hydroxyl group; forming a second solution comprising a second uncharged polymer; electrospinning, separately and simultaneously, the first solution and the second solution to form a dual fiber mat; and processing the dual fiber mat to form the composite membrane. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/161838 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 43/02 (20130101) B29C 71/02 (20130101) B29C 2071/022 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2027/16 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/3468 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/2268 (20130101) C08J 2341/00 (20130101) C08J 2427/16 (20130101) C08J 2471/02 (20130101) C08J 2481/06 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/0038 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/52 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/103 (20130101) H01M 8/109 (20130101) H01M 8/1004 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/1023 (20130101) H01M 8/1025 (20130101) H01M 8/1027 (20130101) H01M 8/1032 (20130101) H01M 8/1039 (20130101) H01M 8/1044 (20130101) H01M 8/1053 (20130101) H01M 8/1067 (20130101) H01M 8/1081 (20130101) H01M 8/1088 (20130101) H01M 8/1093 (20130101) H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) H01M 2250/20 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) H01M 2300/0091 (20130101) H01M 2300/0094 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/521 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/56 (20151101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 90/32 (20130101) |
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| US 10141790 | Joannopoulos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Aristeidis Karalis (Boston, Massachusetts); Marin Soljacic (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are embodiments of a source high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy source, a second high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy drain that may be located a distance from the source resonator. A third high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy drain that may be located a distance from the source resonator. The source resonator and at least one of the second resonator and third resonator may be coupled to transfer electromagnetic energy from said source resonator to said at least one of the second resonator and third resonator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/793198 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/18 (20130101) B60L 11/182 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 38/14 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/04 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 5/005 (20130101) H02J 17/00 (20130101) H02J 50/12 (20160201) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7005 (20130101) Y02T 10/7072 (20130101) Y02T 10/7088 (20130101) Y02T 90/14 (20130101) Y02T 90/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 307/25 (20150401) |
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| US 10141844 | Le et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lion Semiconductor Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lion Semiconductor Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hanh-Phuc Le (Richmond, California); John Crossley (Oakland, California); Wonyoung Kim (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure shows ways to use multiple “integrated voltage regulator (IVR) units” to offer IVRs that can cover a wide range of specifications without having to design separate IVRs for different specifications. Instead of designing separate IVRs and paying for separate mask sets for IVRs targeting different specifications (e.g., different design and mask sets for 1 A IVR, 5 A IVR), the disclosed embodiments present ways to design and fabricate large numbers of the same unit IVRs (e.g., 1 A IVR) and decide how many of them to use post-fabrication to deliver different current specifications (e.g., use five 1 A unit IVRs for 5 A, use ten 1 A unit IVRs for 10 A). These disclosed embodiments reduce the mask cost of fabricating IVRs for different specifications and reduce design time by focusing on a single unit IVR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/332585 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables G05F 1/46 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/00 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/00 (20130101) H02M 3/158 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10142821 | Kim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Min Kim (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Tian He (Arden Hills, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques of this disclosure include modulating messages by shifting the timing of periodic beacon frames already mandatory for certain wireless protocols without incurring extra traffic. Such a band-free design allows continuous broadcast from a first computing device to reach a second computing device operating on a different wireless protocol than the first wireless protocol. Further techniques of this disclosure enable concurrent broadcasts from multiple computing devices or boost the transmission rate of a computing device. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/066798 |
| ART UNIT | 2476 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/80 (20180201) Original (OR) Class H04W 16/14 (20130101) H04W 48/12 (20130101) H04W 72/1215 (20130101) H04W 80/02 (20130101) H04W 84/12 (20130101) |
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| US 10143081 | Wang 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) | Joseph Wang (San Diego, California); Rajan Kumar (La Jolla, California); Ying Shirley Meng (San Diego, California); Jae Wook Shin (La Jolla, California); Lu Yin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions, devices, systems and fabrication methods for stretchable composite materials and stretchable electronics devices. In some aspects, an elastic composite material for a stretchable electronics device includes a first material having a particular electrical, mechanical or optical property; and a multi-block copolymer configured to form a hyperelastic binder that creates contact between the first material and the multi-block copolymer, in which the elastic composite material is structured to stretch at least 500% in at least one direction of the material and to exhibit the particular electrical, mechanical or optical property imparted from the first material. In some aspects, the stretchable electronics device includes a stretchable battery, biofuel cell, sensor, supercapacitor or other device able to be mounted to skin, clothing or other surface of a user or object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/820284 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1477 (20130101) A61B 5/14865 (20130101) A61B 2562/164 (20130101) A61B 2562/166 (20130101) Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 13/4902 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/158 (20170801) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 297/046 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 53/02 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0565 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/16 (20130101) H05K 1/028 (20130101) H05K 1/118 (20130101) H05K 1/0283 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 1/0393 (20130101) H05K 3/326 (20130101) H05K 2201/0133 (20130101) |
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| US 10143086 | 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); Seung-Kyun Kang (Urbana, Illinois); SukWon Hwang (Urbana, Illinois); Jianjun Cheng (Champaign, Illinois); Yanfeng Zhang (Urbana, Illinois); Hanze Ying (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides transient devices, including active and passive devices that physically, chemically and/or electrically transform upon application of at least one internal and/or external stimulus. Incorporation of degradable device components, degradable substrates and/or degradable encapsulating materials each having a programmable, controllable and/or selectable degradation rate provides a means of transforming the device. In some embodiments, for example, transient devices of the invention combine degradable high performance single crystalline inorganic materials with selectively removable substrates and/or encapsulants. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/351234 |
| ART UNIT | 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/686 (20130101) A61B 2562/125 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 5/44 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 19/0775 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/56 (20130101) H01L 21/0217 (20130101) H01L 21/0228 (20130101) H01L 21/02164 (20130101) H01L 21/02274 (20130101) H01L 21/31111 (20130101) H01L 21/31133 (20130101) H01L 23/291 (20130101) H01L 23/3121 (20130101) H01L 23/3192 (20130101) H01L 23/49894 (20130101) H01L 25/0655 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 1/0275 (20130101) H05K 1/0286 (20130101) H05K 1/0306 (20130101) H05K 3/22 (20130101) H05K 3/285 (20130101) H05K 3/287 (20130101) H05K 3/288 (20130101) H05K 5/069 (20130101) H05K 13/0023 (20130101) H05K 2201/10151 (20130101) H05K 2201/10196 (20130101) H05K 2201/10212 (20130101) H05K 2203/17 (20130101) H05K 2203/175 (20130101) H05K 2203/178 (20130101) H05K 2203/0271 (20130101) H05K 2203/0292 (20130101) H05K 2203/0769 (20130101) H05K 2203/0776 (20130101) H05K 2203/0786 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49124 (20150115) Y10T 137/0318 (20150401) Y10T 428/239 (20150115) |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 10138005 | Gibson 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 NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy L. Gibson (Melbourne, Florida); Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Mark E. Lewis (Merritt Island, Florida); Luke B. Roberson (Titusville, Florida); Pedro J. Medelius (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems may provide for a structure having a plurality of interconnected panels, wherein each panel has a plurality of detection layers separated from one another by one or more non-detection layers. The plurality of detection layers may form a grid of conductive traces. Additionally, a monitor may be coupled to each grid of conductive traces, wherein the monitor is configured to detect damage to the plurality of interconnected panels in response to an electrical property change with respect to one or more of the conductive traces. In one example, the structure is part of an inflatable space platform such as a spacecraft or habitat. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/982324 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/56 (20130101) B64G 2001/224 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/20 (20130101) Time or Attendance Registers; Registering or Indicating the Working of Machines; Generating Random Numbers; Voting or Lottery Apparatus; Arrangements, Systems or Apparatus for Checking Not Provided for Elsewhere G07C 5/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10139345 | Wincheski 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 NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell A. Wincheski (Williamsburg, Virginia); Jae-Woo Kim (Newport News, Virginia); Godfrey Sauti (Yorktown, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia); Phillip A. Williams (Chesapeake, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating composite structures comprising carbon nanotubes. The method including providing a nanotube starting material, forming the composite structure with the nanotube starting material and monitoring at least a magnetic or Raman property of the composite structure while forming the composite structure. |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873646 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/168 (20170801) C01B 2202/08 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/21 (20130101) G01N 21/65 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2021/8416 (20130101) |
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| US 10141705 | Stysley 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) | Paul R. Stysley (Catonsville, Maryland); Donald B. Coyle (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A diode pumped, solid state laser is provided that can produce over 16 billion, 15 mJ, 10 ns Q-Switched laser pulses with a low measured decay rate. The laser can be integrated into a global biomass measuring instrument, and mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/007436 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| 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 7/484 (20130101) G01S 7/4813 (20130101) G01S 17/88 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/0014 (20130101) H01S 3/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/115 (20130101) H01S 3/0405 (20130101) H01S 3/0606 (20130101) H01S 3/0941 (20130101) H01S 3/1611 (20130101) H01S 3/1643 (20130101) H01S 3/08063 (20130101) H01S 3/08072 (20130101) |
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| US 10141822 | Ricci et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAUNCHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Goleta, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LAUNCHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Richard Ricci (Camarillo, California); Jonathan Gordon Sugar (Ventura, California); Bradley Evan Paden (Goleta, California); David Brian Paden (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An axial flux brushless permanent magnet electrical machine having a stator and at least one rotor. The rotor includes a Halbach array of magnets with at least four magnets per magnetic cycle. The rotor magnets are contained within pockets in the rotor. The pockets are formed with magnet pocket walls being radial walls, active surface walls, and/or inactive surface walls where the walls retain the magnets within the pockets. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/146143 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 1/30 (20130101) H02K 1/2793 (20130101) H02K 21/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 10136595 | Klessig et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Klessig (Dryden, New York); Frank Schroeder (Ithaca, New York); Patricia Manosalva (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in plants are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/854363 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 3/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 43/16 (20130101) A01N 43/38 (20130101) A01N 63/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8281 (20130101) C12N 15/8282 (20130101) C12N 15/8283 (20130101) C12N 15/8285 (20130101) |
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| US 10139468 | Roelvink et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jochem T. Roelvink (Auckland, New Zealand); Samir Trabelsi (Watkinsville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A low cost planar transmission line sensor and simple calibration method for measuring the complex permittivity of materials with minimal sample preparation over a wide band of radio- and microwave frequencies. The sensor is also used for measuring anisotropic dielectric properties of materials with a defined grain. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/839083 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 22/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 35/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US PP29879 | Stringer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Stringer (Picayune, Mississippi); Arlen D. Draper (Payson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The most distinctive features of the southern highbush blueberry ‘Gumbo’ are its early ripening, high yield, excellent fruit quality attributes, and excellent plant vigor under field and high density growth conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, April 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/731025 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 6/368 (20180501) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 10136982 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Windham, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276693 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/0068 (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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/0004 (20130101) B29C 47/0014 (20130101) B29C 71/0072 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2067/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/753 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/16 (20130101) D01D 5/088 (20130101) D01D 5/098 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/62 (20130101) D01F 6/84 (20130101) D01F 6/625 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1362 (20150115) Y10T 428/1369 (20150115) Y10T 428/249922 (20150401) Y10T 442/10 (20150401) Y10T 442/183 (20150401) Y10T 442/184 (20150401) Y10T 442/2525 (20150401) |
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| US 10138517 | Mehta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Hopkinton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tammy Burd Mehta (San Jose, California); Anne R. Kopf-Sill (Portola Valley, California); J. Wallace Parce (Palo Alto, California); Andrea W. Chow (Los Altos, California); Luc J. Bousse (Los Altos, California); Michael R. Knapp (Palo Alto, California); Theo T. Nikiforov (San Jose, California); Steve Gallagher (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of transportable particle sets is used in a microfluidic device for performing chemical reactions in the microfluidic device. The microfluidic device comprises a main channel and intersecting side channels, the main channel and side channels forming a plurality of intersections. The array of particle sets is disposed in the main channel, and the side channels are coupled to reagents. As the particle sets are transported through the intersections of the main channel and the side channels, reagents are flowed through the side channels into contact with each array member (or selected array members), thereby providing a plurality of chemical reactions in the microfluidic system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/615469 |
| 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 | Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 13/0059 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00459 (20130101) B01J 2219/00468 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/0409 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) C07H 21/04 (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 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2525/186 (20130101) C12Q 2527/125 (20130101) C12Q 2535/101 (20130101) C12Q 2563/173 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) C12Q 2565/629 (20130101) Combinatorial Chemistry; Libraries, e.g Chemical Libraries C40B 60/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44756 (20130101) G01N 35/0098 (20130101) G01N 2035/00574 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/143333 (20150115) |
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| US 10139382 | Motayed et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia); GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Fairfax, Virginia); THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERICE (Washington, District of Columbia); GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (Fairfax, Virginia); THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abhishek Motayed (Rockville, Maryland); Geetha Aluri (Clifton Park, New York); Albert V. Davydov (North Potomac, Maryland); Mulpuri V. Rao (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Vladimir P. Oleshko (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Ritu Bajpai (Santa Clara, California); Mona E. Zaghloul (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanostructure sensing device comprises a semiconductor nanostructure having an outer surface, and at least one of metal or metal-oxide nanoparticle clusters functionalizing the outer surface of the nanostructure and forming a photoconductive nanostructure/nanocluster hybrid sensor enabling light-assisted sensing of a target analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 08, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/891709 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/127 (20130101) G01N 33/004 (20130101) G01N 33/005 (20130101) G01N 33/0031 (20130101) G01N 33/0037 (20130101) G01N 33/0042 (20130101) G01N 33/0044 (20130101) G01N 33/0047 (20130101) G01N 33/0049 (20130101) G01N 33/0054 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/245 (20180101) Y02A 50/246 (20180101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 10136860 | Narayan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for assessing risk associated with a suspected heart rhythm disorder includes at least one sensor for generating a signal received from a beating human heart over a plurality of time segments, and an analytic engine that receives the signal and calculates a change in the signal among at least a first time segment and a second time segment in response to a change in at least one of rate and regularity induced in the beating human heart. The analytic engine generates a risk score for the heart rhythm disorder based at least in part on the change in the signal. The system may further be configured to control modification of tissue of the beating human heart based on the risk score. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/193105 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/024 (20130101) A61B 5/042 (20130101) A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0245 (20130101) A61B 5/0402 (20130101) A61B 5/0452 (20130101) A61B 5/0464 (20130101) A61B 5/0472 (20130101) A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/4839 (20130101) A61B 5/7275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/14 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/3621 (20130101) A61N 1/36114 (20130101) A61N 1/36592 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10137136 | Adams et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Adams (Iowa City, Iowa); Steven D. Kunkel (West Richland, Washington); Michael Welsh (Riverside, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to methods for treating muscle atrophy by providing to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound. The compound can modulate the expression levels of multiple mRNA of a muscle atrophy signature. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/051246 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/215 (20130101) A61K 31/215 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/382 (20130101) A61K 31/382 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/435 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/438 (20130101) A61K 31/438 (20130101) A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/565 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4355 (20130101) A61K 31/4355 (20130101) A61K 31/4365 (20130101) A61K 31/4365 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (20130101) A61K 31/4706 (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) 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) 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 1/6809 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) G01N 2800/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10137177 | McCarty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as respresented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); The United States of America as respresented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Owen J. McCarty (Portland, Oregon); Norah Verbout (Vancouver, Washington); Halina Offner-Vandenbark (Portland, Oregon); Erik I. Tucker (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating neuroinflammation by administration of a selective protein C activator, such as recombinant human WE thrombin and optionally one or more of its cofactors are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of mammals that exhibit symptoms of neurological inflammation. The pharmaceutical compositions and pharmacological dose comprise a safe and effective amount of WE thrombin. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/113200 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/4833 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 10136955 | Tsekos et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nikolaos V. Tsekos (Houston, Texas); Michael Heffernan (Katy, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are actuation transmission lines used for robotic systems, for example, MRI guided robots, for image-guided robot-assisted surgical and medical intervention procedures. This actuation transmission lines may include any of the following: one or more sections of a flexible channel; one or more sections of a rigid channel in a connecting relationship with the one or more sections of a flexible channel; solid media disposed inside the channel; one or more mechanical links in contact with the solid media inside the channel electronically or mechanically linked to a power source; a fine-tuning module disposed in the flexible channel; and one or more media motion sensors. |
| FILED | Monday, January 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/402135 |
| ART UNIT | 3777 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 34/30 (20160201) Original (OR) Class Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/102 (20130101) B25J 9/106 (20130101) B25J 9/144 (20130101) |
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| US 10136982 | Martin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tepha, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. Martin (Arlington, Massachusetts); Said Rizk (Windham, New Hampshire); Ajay Ahuja (Needham, Massachusetts); Simon F. Williams (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/276693 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/0063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/0068 (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 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/18 (20130101) A61L 27/48 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) A61L 31/06 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 47/0004 (20130101) B29C 47/0014 (20130101) B29C 71/0072 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2067/00 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29C, Relating to Particular Articles B29L 2031/753 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 67/04 (20130101) C08L 67/04 (20130101) Mechanical Methods or Apparatus in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons D01D 5/16 (20130101) D01D 5/088 (20130101) D01D 5/098 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/62 (20130101) D01F 6/84 (20130101) D01F 6/625 (20130101) Crimping or Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, or Yarns; Yarns or Threads D02G 3/02 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/1362 (20150115) Y10T 428/1369 (20150115) Y10T 428/249922 (20150401) Y10T 442/10 (20150401) Y10T 442/183 (20150401) Y10T 442/184 (20150401) Y10T 442/2525 (20150401) |
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| US 10138942 | Dichter |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Manassas, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Dichter (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a shaft seal system comprising a first ball bearing, a second ball bearing, a primary shaft seal, and a secondary shaft seal. The secondary shaft seal may be inboard with respect to said primary shaft seal. The shaft seal system can define a leak chamber of a first diameter between said primary shaft seal and a secondary shaft seal. A plurality of O-rings may be further provided between an outer surface of said shaft seal system and said shaft system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/403963 |
| ART UNIT | 3656 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Shafts; Flexible Shafts; Elements or Crankshaft Mechanisms; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing Elements; Bearings F16C 19/08 (20130101) F16C 33/7816 (20130101) F16C 33/7886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 3/02 (20130101) |
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Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 10137426 | Love 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) | J. Christopher Love (Somerville, Massachusetts); Hidde L. Ploegh (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jehnna Ronan (Chester, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Screening assays and methods of performing such assays are provided. In certain examples, the assays and methods may be designed to determine whether or not two or more species can associate with each other. In some examples, the assays and methods may be used to determine if a known antigen binds to an unknown monoclonal antibody. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/267977 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/0074 (20130101) B01J 2219/00317 (20130101) B01J 2219/00527 (20130101) B01J 2219/00585 (20130101) B01J 2219/00675 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) B01J 2219/00734 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 3/50853 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/025 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) B01L 2300/0819 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 33/505 (20130101) G01N 33/531 (20130101) G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/577 (20130101) G01N 33/5052 (20130101) G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/54366 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 436/809 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 436/24 (20150115) |
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| US 10138192 | Miljanic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Houston System (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ognjen Miljanic (Houston, Texas); Qing Ji (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | One-step cyanide-catalyzed benzoin condensations for synthesizing shape persistent cyclobenzoin macrocycles. Selected dialdehydes, and cyanide salts are reacted in aqueous solvents to form such cyclobenzoin macrocycles. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/559817 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 15/50 (20130101) C07C 45/44 (20130101) C07C 45/44 (20130101) C07C 45/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 47/544 (20130101) C07C 49/215 (20130101) C07C 49/245 (20130101) C07C 49/727 (20130101) C07C 49/727 (20130101) C07C 2601/06 (20170501) C07C 2603/38 (20170501) |
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Department of Education (ED)
| US 10138203 | Uhrich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn E. Uhrich (New Brunswick, New Jersey); Allison Faig (Madison, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an antibacterial compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, as well as an antibacterial compound of formula (II) or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, X, Y and n have any of the values defined in the specification. |
| FILED | Monday, June 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/318610 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 8/42 (20130101) A61K 9/1272 (20130101) A61K 31/23 (20130101) A61K 31/23 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Specific Use of Cosmetics or Similar Toilet Preparations A61Q 17/005 (20130101) A61Q 19/10 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 233/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 235/06 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/14 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/401 (20180101) Y02A 50/473 (20180101) Y02A 50/475 (20180101) Y02A 50/478 (20180101) Y02A 50/481 (20180101) |
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 10139306 | Greimann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lowell Greimann (Ames, Iowa); Yaohua Deng (Ames, Iowa); Brent Matthew Phares (Ankeny, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for bridge damage detection using, for example, one or more strain range methods are provided. One exemplary embodiment provides a computer-implemented methods and systems for determining bridge damage from strain sensor data, for example, by collecting a batch of strain data from one or more sensor pairs. From the batch of strain data one or more sets of strain data may be extracted comprising a quasi-static response of the bridge under ambient traffic loads. A relationship may be established between the one or more sets of strain data extracted from the one or more sensor pairs by orthogonal regression. Bridge damage may be detected by generally isolating a damage indicator between the one or more sensor pairs by monitoring changes in a statistical Fshm value over time. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/596023 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 5/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01M 5/0033 (20130101) |
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U.S. State Government
| US 10140401 | Hoff |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Clean Power Research, L.L.C. (Napa, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CLEAN POWER RESEARCH, L.L.C. (Napa, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Hoff (Napa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photovoltaic system's configuration specification can be inferred by an evaluative process that searches through a space of candidate values for the variables in the specification. Each variable is selected in a specific ordering that narrows the field of candidate values. A constant horizon is assumed to account for diffuse irradiance insensitive to specific obstruction locations relative to the photovoltaic system's geographic location. Initial values for the azimuth angle, constant horizon obstruction elevation angle, and tilt angle are determined, followed by final values for these variables. The effects of direct obstructions that block direct irradiance in the areas where the actual horizon and the range of sun path values overlap relative to the geographic location are evaluated to find the exact obstruction elevation angle over a range of azimuth bins or directions. The photovoltaic temperature response coefficient and the inverter rating or power curve of the photovoltaic system are determined. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/588550 |
| ART UNIT | 2864 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/42 (20130101) G01J 2001/4266 (20130101) Meteorology G01W 1/12 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 50/00 (20130101) |
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Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 10141906 | Chang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Chang (Calabasas, California); Frederic P. Stratton (Beverly Hills, California); Hung Nguyen (Los Angeles, California); Randall L. Kubena (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a resonator includes providing a first quartz substrate, forming a metallic etch stop on a first surface of the first quartz substrate; attaching, using a temporary adhesive, the first surface of the first quartz substrate to a second quartz substrate, etching an opening for a via in a second surface of the first quartz substrate to the metallic etch stop, forming a metal electrode on the second surface of the first quartz substrate, the metal electrode penetrating the via in the first quartz substrate to make ohmic contact with the metallic etch stop, bonding the metal electrode formed on the second surface of the first quartz substrate to a pad formed on a host substrate; and dissolving the temporary adhesive to release the second quartz substrate from the first quartz substrate, wherein the first quartz substrate and the host substrate each comprise crystalline quartz. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149026 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 3/0072 (20130101) H03H 9/19 (20130101) H03H 2003/027 (20130101) H03H 2009/155 (20130101) |
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| US 10142235 | Bataineh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cray Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abdulla Bataineh (Irbid, Jordan); Thomas Court (Verona, Wisconsin); Duncan Roweth (Bristol, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and algorithm configured to generate diversity at the traffic source so that packets are uniformly distributed over all of the available paths, but to increase the likelihood of taking a minimal path with each hop the packet takes. This is achieved by configuring routing biases so as to prefer non-minimal paths at the injection point, but increasingly prefer minimal paths as the packet proceeds, referred to herein as Increasing Minimal Bias (IMB). |
| FILED | Monday, February 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/437201 |
| ART UNIT | 2478 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/12 (20130101) H04L 45/20 (20130101) H04L 45/54 (20130101) H04L 45/122 (20130101) H04L 47/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, November 27, 2018.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
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THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
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ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
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