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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 04, 2018
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| US 10143384 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiao Chen (Charlottesville, Virginia); Frederick H. Epstein (Charlottesville, Virginia); Yang Yang (Charlottesville, Virginia); Michael Salerno (Charlottesville, Virginia); Craig H. Meyer (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to accelerated imaging using variable-density sampling and compressed sensing with parallel imaging. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring magnetic resonance data associated with a physiological activity in an area of interest of a subject. The acquiring includes performing accelerated variable-density sampling with phase-contrast displacement encoding. The method also includes reconstructing, from the acquired magnetic resonance data, images corresponding to the physiological activity in the area of interest. The reconstructing includes performing parallel imaging and compressed sensing. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/677905 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0042 (20130101) A61B 5/0044 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/546 (20130101) G01R 33/4826 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) |
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| US 10143389 | Griswold et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Griswold (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Anagha Deshmane (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Jeffrey Sunshine (Pepper Pike, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Example embodiments associated with characterizing a sample using NMR fingerprinting are described. One example NMR apparatus includes an NMR logic that repetitively and variably samples a (k, t, E) space associated with an object to acquire a set of NMR signals that are associated with different points in the (k, t, E) space. Sampling is performed with t and/or E varying in a non-constant way. The NMR apparatus may also include a signal logic that produces an NMR signal evolution from the NMR signals and a characterization logic that characterizes a tissue in the object as a result of comparing acquired signals to reference signals. Example embodiments facilitate distinguishing diseased tissue from healthy tissue based on tissue component fractions identified using the NMR fingerprinting. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/682142 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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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| US 10143658 | Ferrari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Ennio Tasciotti (Houston, Texas); Jason Sakamoto (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Multistage delivery vehicles are disclosed which include a first stage particle and a second stage particle. The first stage particle is a micro or nanoparticle that contains the second stage particle. The second stage particle includes an active agent, such as a therapeutic agent or an imaging agent. The multistage delivery vehicle allows sequential overcoming or bypassing of biological barriers. The multistage delivery vehicle is administered as a part of a composition that includes a plurality of the vehicles. Methods of making the multistage delivery vehicles are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/725570 |
| 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 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/51 (20130101) A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) |
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| US 10143660 | Nel 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) | Andre E. Nel (Sherman Oaks, California); Huan Meng (Los Angeles, California); Xiangsheng Liu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocarrier including a silica body having a surface and defining a plurality of pores that are suitable to receive molecules therein is described. The nanocarrier also includes a lipid bilayer coating the surface, and a cargo-trapping agent within the phospholipid bilayer. The phospholipid bilayer stably seals the plurality of pores. The cargo-trapping reagent can be selected to interact with a desired cargo, such as a drug. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/798287 |
| ART UNIT | 1612 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5123 (20130101) A61K 31/4745 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/906 (20130101) Y10S 977/907 (20130101) |
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| US 10143686 | Hyder et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salman M. Hyder (Columbia, Missouri); Yayun Liang (Columbia, Missouri); Xiaoqin Zou (Columbia, Missouri); Sam Z. Grinter (Columbia, Missouri); Sheng-You Huang (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salman M. Hyder (Columbia, Missouri); Yayun Liang (Columbia, Missouri); Xiaoqin Zou (Columbia, Missouri); Sam Z. Grinter (Columbia, Missouri); Sheng-You Huang (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a new and improved therapy for the treatment of cancer, which comprises the step of altering cell membrane lipid composition by treating a cancer cell with an enzyme inhibitor which inhibits enzymes regulating the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway. One preferred protein target in the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway to inhibit is oxidosqualene cyclase. In some forms, inhibitors of one or more pathways are combined with an existing chemotherapeutic agent to combat drug resistance and enhance the therapeutic efficacy of conventional therapy. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/976635 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/12 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/135 (20130101) A61K 31/138 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/416 (20130101) A61K 31/423 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/452 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/536 (20130101) A61K 31/4425 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/5685 (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 1/26 (20130101) C12Q 1/533 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 2333/99 (20130101) G01N 2333/904 (20130101) |
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| US 10143703 | Vavvas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Demetrios Vavvas (Boston, Massachusetts); Joan W. Miller (Winchester, Massachusetts); Kimio Takeuchi (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating ocular neovascularization, e.g., associated with wet agerelated macular degeneration (AMD), using activators of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and/or of Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN). |
| FILED | Friday, January 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/108751 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 31/155 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 31/515 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/616 (20130101) A61K 31/683 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/6615 (20130101) A61K 31/7004 (20130101) A61K 31/7056 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 9/117 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/052 (20130101) |
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| US 10143718 | van der Vliet et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert van der Vliet (Essex, Vermont); David Earl Heppner (Burlington, Vermont); Karamatullah Danyal (South Burlington, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to inhibitors of DUOX1. In some aspects, an inhibitor may be applied to a subject having or being at risk for asthma or other conditions. The inhibitor may be applied by various techniques, such as pulmonary or topical delivery. In some embodiments, the inhibitor may include a peptide or other moiety having a reactive electrophile. The reactive electrophile can target cysteine or other residues within DUOX1 to inhibit its activity, e.g., by covalently binding to the residue. Other non-limiting examples of suitable inhibitors include hydroxynonenal, curcumin, sulforaphane, cinnamaldehyde, dimethyl fumarate, or phenyl vinyl sulfonate. Other aspects of the invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such inhibitors, kits involving such inhibitors, devices or formulations containing such inhibitors, or the like. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/299848 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0073 (20130101) A61K 38/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10143721 | O'Keefe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE POPULATION COUNCIL, INC. (New York, New York); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Population Council, Inc. (New York, New York); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry R. O'Keefe (Frederick, Maryland); Melissa Robbiani (New York, New York); José A. Fernández Romero (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions for inhibiting transmission of a sexually transmitted infection that contain one or more polyanionic microbicides, such as carrageenans, including lambda carrageenan, as well as water-soluble metal salts and specified lectins. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/114505 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 31/717 (20130101) A61K 31/717 (20130101) A61K 31/731 (20130101) A61K 31/731 (20130101) A61K 33/04 (20130101) A61K 33/04 (20130101) A61K 33/30 (20130101) A61K 33/30 (20130101) A61K 33/34 (20130101) A61K 33/34 (20130101) A61K 36/04 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/168 (20130101) A61K 38/168 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/12 (20130101) A61K 47/14 (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) |
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| US 10143724 | Morgan 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) | Richard A. Morgan (Columbia, Maryland); Nachimuthu Chinnasamy (North Potomac, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated or purified T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for synovial sarcoma X Breakpoint (SSX)-2. The invention further provides related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, and populations of cells. Further provided by the invention are antibodies, or an antigen binding portion thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the TCRs of the invention. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a host and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a host are further provided by the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/132863 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/706 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/1774 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 16/2809 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57492 (20130101) |
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| US 10143735 | Ko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert Ko (New Haven, Connecticut); Elsio Wunder (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods of preparing flagellar-coiling protein 1 (Fcp1)-deficient Leptospira bacterium. In one aspect, the invention includes an isolated, flagellar-coiling protein 1 (Fcp1)-deficient Leptospira bacterium. Another aspect includes a composition comprising a flagellar-coiling protein 1 (Fcp1) deficient Leptospira bacterium. Yet another aspect includes a method of producing a motility-deficient Leptospira bacterium comprising inhibiting expression of a wild-type flagellar-coiling protein 1 (Fcp1) gene. Methods of stimulating an immune response and reducing or treating an infectious disease caused by one or more Leptospira bacteria in a subject in need thereof comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of flagellar-coiling protein 1 (Fcp1) deficient Leptospira bacteria to the subject are also included. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/124633 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/0225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/295 (20130101) A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/48 (20180101) |
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| US 10143743 | Galan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge Galan (New Haven, Connecticut); Heather Carleton (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods for the secretion and the translocation of a compound of interest by a bacterial minicell. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a bacterial minicell comprising at least one component of the type III secretion system (T3SS), which provides a safe and efficient system for secretion and translocation. In one embodiment, the invention allows for the delivery of an antigen to a cell or subject in order to induce an immune response. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/529424 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/39 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55594 (20130101) |
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| US 10143759 | Heller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Heller (Norfolk, Virginia); Kenneth E. Ugen (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating cancerous tumors is presented herein. The method includes injecting an effective dose of a plasmid encoded for IL-12, B7-1 or IL-15 into a cancerous tumor and subsequently administering at least one high voltage, short duration pulse to the tumor. The electroporation pulses may be administered at at least 700V/cm for a duration of less than 1 millisecond. The intratumor treatments with electroporation may be administered in at least a two-treatment protocol with the time between treatments being about 7 days. The intratumor treatments with electroporation may be administered in a three-treatment protocol with a time of four days between the first and second treatments and a time of three days between the second and third treatments. It was found that the intratumor treatments using electroporation not only resulted in tumor regression but also induced an immune memory response which prevented the formation of new tumors. |
| FILED | Monday, April 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/477783 |
| 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 35/17 (20130101) A61K 38/2086 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10143843 | Wagner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Highland Instruments, Inc. (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Highland Instruments, Inc. (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Andrew Wagner (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for stimulating cellular function in biological tissue. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a method for stimulating cellular function within tissue that involves providing a first type of energy to a region of tissue, in which the first type is provided in an amount that inhibits cellular function within the region of tissue, and providing a second type of energy to the region of tissue, in which the second type is provided in an amount that facilitates cellular function within the region of tissue, wherein the combined effect stimulates cellular function within the tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/801889 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 2018/00994 (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 7/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36 (20130101) A61N 1/205 (20130101) A61N 1/325 (20130101) A61N 1/326 (20130101) A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 1/36021 (20130101) A61N 1/36025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 7/00 (20130101) A61N 2007/0021 (20130101) A61N 2007/0026 (20130101) |
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| US 10143988 | Tracy 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) | Joseph B. Tracy (Cary, North Carolina); Wei-Chen Wu (Taipei, Taiwan); Brian S. Chapman (Raleigh, North Carolina); Laurel R. Rowe (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides methods of synthesizing non-spherical nanostructures. One embodiment has steps of providing a solution of nanoparticles (NPs) wherein each of the NPs comprises a non-spherical NP that includes gold and a surfactant coating covering the non-spherical NP; mixing the NPs and a pH modifier solution making a pH-modified solution of NPs having a pH within a predefined pH range; and adding a silica precursor solution to the solution of nanoparticles at a constant rate for at least one (1) minute to provide a homogeneous silica solution of NPs. Another embodiment has steps of providing a solution of NPs wherein each of the NPs comprises a non-spherical NP that includes gold and a surfactant coating covering the non-spherical NP; and adding a silica precursor solution to the solution of nanoparticles at a constant rate for at least one (1) minute to provide a homogeneous silica solution of NPs. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149670 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/14 (20130101) B01J 13/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10144713 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianfeng Cai (Tampa, Florida); Peng Teng (Tampa, Florida); Alekhya Nimmagadda (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel bis-cyclic guanidine compounds, and the use thereof for treating bacterial infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/014702 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 31/04 (20180101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10144719 | Demers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Danielle H. Demers (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Bill J. Baker (Temple Terrace, Florida); Ala Azhari (Tampa, Florida); Renee M. Fleeman (Austin, Texas); Dennis E. Kyle (Athens, Georgia); Lindsey Neil Shaw (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danielle H. Demers (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Bill J. Baker (Temple Terrace, Florida); Ala Azhari (Tampa, Florida); Renee M. Fleeman (Austin, Texas); Dennis E. Kyle (Athens, Georgia); Lindsey Neil Shaw (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel antimicrobial compounds against drug targets such as Eskape pathogens, Leishmania donovani, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Clostridium difficile, Naegleria fowleri, and cancer are presented herein. |
| FILED | Friday, August 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/675328 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 49/757 (20130101) C07C 65/19 (20130101) C07C 65/40 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 311/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Steroids C07J 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10144730 | Gray et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathanael Gray (Boston, Massachusetts); Tinghu Zhang (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel compounds according to Formula (I): where Ring A, Ring B, X, L1, L2, RA, RC, RD, RE, m, n, and p are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of human diseases associated with kinase activity, for example, proliferative diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, inflammatory diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/188545 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 403/04 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 417/04 (20130101) C07D 417/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 471/04 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/414 (20180101) |
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| US 10144759 | Ren et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shunlin Ren (Richmond, Virginia); William M. Pandak (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The sulfated oxysterol 5-cholesten-3β, 25-diol 3-sulphate, a nuclear cholesterol metabolite that decreases lipid biosynthesis and increases cholesterol secretion and degradation, is provided as an agent to lower intracellular and serum cholesterol and/or triglycerides, and to prevent or treat lipid accumulation-associated inflammation and conditions associated with such inflammation. Methods which involve the use of this sulfated oxysterol to treat conditions associated with high cholesterol and/or high triglycerides and/or inflammation (e.g. hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, atherosclerosis, etc.) are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/042244 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Steroids C07J 9/00 (20130101) C07J 31/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10144766 | Philip |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Emergex Vaccines Holdings Limited (Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emergex Vaccines Holding Ltd. (Abingdon, Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramila Philip (Ivyland, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHR) are significant global public health problems and understanding the overall immune response to infection will contribute to appropriate management of the disease and its potentially severe complications. Live attenuated and subunit vaccine candidates, which are under clinical evaluation, induce primarily an antibody response to the virus and minimal cross-reactive T cell responses. Currently, there are no available tools to assess protective T cell responses during infection or post vaccination. The present invention incorporates immunoproteomics to uncover novel HLA-A2 specific epitopes derived from Dengue Virus (DV)-infected cells. These epitopes are conserved with epitope-specific CTLs cross-reacting against all four DV serotypes. These epitopes have potential as new informational and diagnostic tools to characterize T cell immunity in Dengue virus (DV) infection, and serves as a universal vaccine candidate complementary to current vaccines. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/471098 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/017 (20130101) A61K 38/19 (20130101) A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/55522 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/386 (20180101) |
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| US 10144767 | Wang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guangshun Wang (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Antimicrobial peptides and methods of use are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/680429 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/4723 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/09 (20130101) |
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10144783 — Macromolecular compositions that cross the blood-brain barrier and methods of use thereof
| US 10144783 | Pardridge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARMAGEN, INC. (Calabasas, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARMAGEN, INC. (Calabasas, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William M. Pardridge (Pacific Palisades, California); Ruben J. Boado (Agoura Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides diagnostic and therapeutic macromolecular compositions that cross the blood-brain barrier, in some embodiments in both directions, while allowing their activity to remain substantially intact once across the barrier. Also provided are methods for using such compositions in the diagnosis or treatment of CNS disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/192792 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/468 (20130101) C07K 16/1081 (20130101) C07K 16/2869 (20130101) C07K 16/2881 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/52 (20130101) C07K 2317/55 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10144911 | Di Carlo 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) | Dino Di Carlo (Los Angeles, California); Coleman Murray (Los Angeles, California); Edward Pao (Diamond Bar, California); Peter Tseng (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for the quantitative magnetic separation of magnetic objects (e.g., particles or cells). The system uses magnetic ratcheting over arrays of ferromagnetic elements having gradient spacing manifested in various pitch zones that are encountered by the magnetic objects as they traverse the array. The system can be used to separate and concentrate magnetic objects based on iron oxide content. For cells, different phenotypes may be separated based, for example, on surface expression of proteins or molecules that are bound to magnetic particles. The system includes a substrate or chip having the array of ferromagnetic elements with increasing lateral pitch and an externally driven magnet device that generates a cycling magnetic field. Magnetic objects with higher IOC separate and equilibrate along the array at larger pitches. The system can be used for the differential sorting of particles and cells of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/536122 |
| ART UNIT | 3655 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/03 (20130101) B03C 1/247 (20130101) B03C 1/253 (20130101) B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 1/0332 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 47/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/0656 (20130101) G01N 35/0098 (20130101) G01N 2015/0053 (20130101) |
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| US 10144926 | Levy et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC. (Bronx, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc. (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Levy (New Rochelle, New York); Simon G. Trevino (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for rapidly identifying novel structure-switching aptamers. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/101987 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 15/1048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/16 (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 1/6811 (20130101) C12Q 1/6811 (20130101) C12Q 2525/205 (20130101) |
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| US 10144927 | Kampmann 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) | Martin Kampmann (San Francisco, California); Michael Bassik (San Francisco, California); Jonathan Weissman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for conducting screens using nucleic acid elements (e.g., interfering RNAs) to confidently identify hit genetic elements. The present invention further comprises constructing vectors that contain two or more nucleic acid elements to knock down all pairwise combinations of the hit genetic elements identified from the screen. Following quantitation of the single and double-knockdown phenotypes, genetic interactions between all gene pairs can be calculated. Genes can then be clustered according to the similarity of the pattern of their interactions with all of the other genes to obtain a genetic interaction map, which can advantageously be used to predict functional associations between genes and identify drug targets for therapy such as combination cancer therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/458114 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/1075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/12 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2525/207 (20130101) C12Q 2525/301 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/142 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/502 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/18 (20130101) |
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| US 10144929 | Leof 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) | Edward B. Leof (Rochester, Minnesota); Mark C. Wilkes (Plainview, Minnesota); Claire E. Repellin (Alameda, California); Jeong-Han Kang (Rochester, Minnesota); Xueqian Yin (Rochester, Minnesota); Mahefatiana Andrianifahanana (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides polypeptide inhibitors of Smad3 polypeptide activities. For example, methods and materials for using polypeptides (e.g., polypeptides designed to include both a cell penetrating amino acid sequence and an amino acid segment of a SH3 domain of a SNX9 polypeptide) to inhibit one or more Smad3 polypeptide activities are provided. This document also provides methods and materials for using RNA interference to treat a disease (e.g., a fibrotic disease) in a mammal (e.g., a human). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/426455 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/04 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/16 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/00 (20130101) C07K 14/4702 (20130101) C07K 14/4703 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/86 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) |
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| US 10144932 | Manfredsson 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) | Fredric P. Manfredsson (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Jack W. Lipton (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Nicholas Kanaan (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Timothy Collier (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Kathy Steece-Collier (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Caryl E. Sortwell (Grand Rapids, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating movement disorders by reducing the activity of Nurr1 are disclosed. These methods are particularly applicable to subjects suffering from Parkinson's disease who have either developed levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) or are at risk of developing LID. In some aspects, the invention relates to a method for treating a movement disorder in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition, wherein said composition reduces the activity of a nuclea receptor related 1 protein (“Nurr1”). In some embodiments, the movement disorder is a dyskinesia. The movement disorder may be a levodopa-induced dyskinesia. |
| FILED | Friday, June 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/316726 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 15/1138 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2330/51 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 10144935 | Williams |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nature Technology Corporation (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nature Technology Corporation (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the production and use of covalently closed circular (ccc) recombinant plasmids, and more particularly to vector modifications that improve expression of said DNA molecules in the target organism. |
| FILED | Monday, December 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/375215 |
| 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 39/00 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/70 (20130101) C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 15/635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2800/107 (20130101) C12N 2820/55 (20130101) |
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| US 10144941 | Fox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Grant Fox (Madison, Wisconsin); Taichi Takasuka (Madison, Wisconsin); Adam Joel Book (Madison, Wisconsin); Cameron Robert Currie (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of digesting a lignocellulosic material is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of exposing the material to an effective amount of Streptomyces sp. ActE secretome such that at least partial lignocellulosic digestion occurs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/851812 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 10/12 (20160501) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) C12N 9/2491 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01004 (20130101) C12Y 302/01025 (20130101) C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) |
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| US 10144945 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sihong Wang (Scarsdale, New York); Zeynep Dereli-Korkut (North Bergen, New Jersey); Xuejun Jiang (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A layered, microfluidic living cell array is disclosed. The cell array comprises a first layer comprising at least one cell culture channel; a second layer comprising at least one microfluidic channel; and a third layer, disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The third layer comprises a filter membrane with a plurality of pores, each pore fluidly connecting the microfluidic channel to the cell culture channel. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/257182 |
| 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 | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0693 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10144961 | Ju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York City, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Huanyan Cao (Changzhou, China PRC); Zengmin Li (Flushing, New York); Qinglin Meng (Foster City, California); Jia Guo (Chandler, Arizona); Shenglong Zhang (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Lin Yu (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel azido linkers for deoxynucleotide analogs having a detectable marker attached thereto. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/596379 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 19/06 (20130101) C07H 19/10 (20130101) C07H 19/14 (20130101) C07H 19/16 (20130101) C07H 19/20 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2525/301 (20130101) C12Q 2537/157 (20130101) |
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| US 10144970 | Samowitz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wade S. Samowitz (Salt Lake City, Utah); Martha L. Slattery (Salt Lake City, Utah); Roger K. Wolff (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wade S. Samowitz (Salt Lake City, Utah); Martha L. Slattery (Salt Lake City, Utah); Roger K. Wolff (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods and compositions related to a BRAF mutation and microsatellite stability. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/995647 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| US 10144971 | Vogelstein et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland); Luis Diaz (Ellicott City, Maryland); Nikolas Papadopoulos (Towson, Maryland); Yuchen Jiao (Columbia, Maryland); Ralph Hruban (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland); Victor Velculescu (Dayton, Maryland); Luis Diaz (Ellicott City, Maryland); Nikolas Papadopoulos (Towson, Maryland); Yuchen Jiao (Columbia, Maryland); Ralph Hruban (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (PanNETs) are a rare but clinically important form of pancreatic neoplasia. To explore the genetic basis of PanNETs, we determined the exomic sequences of ten non-familial PanNETs and then screened the most commonly mutated genes in 58 additional PanNETs. Remarkably, the most frequently mutated genes specify proteins implicated in chromatin remodeling: 44% of the tumors had somatic inactivating mutations in MEN-1, which encodes menin, a component of a histone methyltransferase complex; and 43% had mutations in genes encoding either of the two subunits of a transcription/chromatin remodeling complex consisting of DAXX (death-domain associated protein) and ATRX (alpha thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked). Clinically, mutations in the MEN1 and DAXX/ATRX genes were associated with better prognosis. We also found mutations in genes in the mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) pathway in 14% of the tumors, a finding that could potentially be used to stratify patients for treatment with mTOR inhibitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 04, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/977810 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10144976 | Quinones-Mateu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miguel E. Quinones-Mateu (Rocky River, Ohio); Eric J. Arts (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting low frequency occurrence of one or more HIV sequence variants associated with drug resistance and HIV tropism includes generating a plurality of cDNA species from a plurality of RNA molecules in an HIV sample population, amplifying a plurality of first amplicons and second amplicons from the cDNA species, wherein the first amplicons are amplified using first pairs of primers that amplify a HIV genomic region of the cDNA species encoding the Gag proteins p2, p7, p1 and p6, and the protease, reverse transcriptase, and integrase enzymes and the second amplicons are amplified using second pairs of primers that amplify a HIV genomic encoding region of the cDNA species encoding the env-C2V3 region; determining the nucleic acid sequence compositions of the amplified first amplicons second amplicons; identifying variants in the determined sequence by comparing the determined nucleic sequence to a guide sequence; and correlating the determined variants with variants of HIV drug resistance and HIV tropism. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/540774 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/70 (20130101) C12Q 1/703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 10145021 | Afimiwala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirsh Afimiwala (Shelton, Connecticut); Larry Zeng (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirsh Afimiwala (Shelton, Connecticut); Larry Zeng (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for processing materials at high temperatures comprises a high strength enclosure; a plurality of high strength radial segments disposed adjacent to and radially inward from the high strength enclosure; a liner disposed adjacent to and radially inward from the radical segments; a chamber defined interior to the liner; a heating device disposed within the chamber; and a capsule disposed within the chamber, the capsule configured to hold a supercritical fluid. The apparatus may be used for growing crystals, e.g., GaN, under high temperature and pressure conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812757 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/14 (20130101) C30B 7/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/406 (20130101) C30B 35/002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 117/1004 (20150115) Y10T 117/1008 (20150115) Y10T 117/1096 (20150115) |
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| US 10145818 | Wuhr 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) | Martin Helmut Wuhr (Malden, Massachusetts); Steven P. Gygi (Foxborough, Massachusetts); Wilhelm Haas (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Graeme Conrad McAlister (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Leonid Peshkin (Boston, Massachusetts); Ramin Rad (Los Angeles, California); Marc W. Kirschner (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are directed to a method, a computer readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, perform a method, and a system for performing mass spectrometry analysis. Molecules of different samples may be labeled with a chemical tag, allowing a multiplexed analysis of multiple samples. The labeled molecules may be fragmented, each fragmented molecule creating at least two separate ions. The relative abundance of each of the heavier ions, which may comprise the original molecule from the sample, may be measured. A relative abundance of the labeled molecules in each of the samples may be determined from the measured relative abundances of the heavier ions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/437312 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/62 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/6848 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/0045 (20130101) H01J 49/0072 (20130101) |
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10145846 — Digital protein sensing chip and methods for detection of low concentrations of molecules
| US 10145846 | Lindsay 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, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Lindsay (Phoenix, Arizona); Peiming Zhang (Gilbert, Arizona); Pei Pang (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensing device is provided that includes a tunnel junction created by forming a hole in a layered tunnel junction (for example). A chemically, well-defined surface may be formed by coupling affinity reagents to the electrodes, which, by these means, the surface may be configured to be selective for a particular analyte. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/303960 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5438 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/48721 (20130101) |
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| US 10145848 | Crews et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Crews (New Haven, Connecticut); Hyun Seop Tae (New Haven, Connecticut); Ashley R. Schneekloth (New Market, Maryland); Taavi Neklesa (Orange, Connecticut); Thomas Sundberg (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compounds that are useful in perturbing or disrupting the function of a transmembrane or intracellular protein, whereby binding of the compounds to the transmembrane or intracellular protein induces proteasomal degradation of the transmembrane or intracellular protein. The present invention further includes a method of inducing proteasomal degradation of a transmembrane or intracellular protein. The present invention further includes a method of identifying or validating a protein of interest as a therapeutic target for treatment of a disease state or condition. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/480627 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48015 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/13 (20130101) C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/95 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5008 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10145917 | Seiberlich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole Seiberlich (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Jesse Hamilton (Cleveland, Ohio); Mark Griswold (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Example embodiments associated with characterizing a sample using NMR fingerprinting are described. One example NMR apparatus includes an NMR logic that repetitively and variably samples a (k, t, E) space associated with an object to acquire a set of NMR signals that are associated with different points in the (k, t, E) space. Sampling is performed with t and/or E varying in a non-constant way. The NMR apparatus may also include a signal logic that produces an NMR signal evolution from the NMR signals and a characterization logic that characterizes a tissue in the object as a result of comparing acquired signals to reference signals. Example embodiments facilitate analyzing voxels having multiple compartments that may experience magnetic exchange. The compartments may be, for example, an intracellular volume and an extracellular volume in a tissue that experiences magnetic exchange due to the movement of water between the volumes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/932100 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/483 (20130101) G01R 33/5602 (20130101) G01R 33/5613 (20130101) |
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| US 10145925 | Dagher |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Dagher (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for magnetic resonance (MR) phase imaging of a subject includes: (i) for each channel of a multi-channel MRI scanner, acquiring MR measurements at a plurality of voxels of the subject using a pulse sequence that reduces MR measurement phase error; and (ii) for each voxel, determining reconstructed MR phase from the MR measurements of each channel to form an MR phase image of the subject. The step of determining reconstructed MR phase may be performed for each of the voxels independently. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/309337 |
| ART UNIT | 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/56 (20130101) G01R 33/243 (20130101) G01R 33/4804 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/56316 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/56366 (20130101) G01R 33/56545 (20130101) |
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| US 10145928 | Liu |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MedImageMetric LLC (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MedImageMetric LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tian Liu (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An example method for mapping tissue magnetic susceptibility includes acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data, where the MR data correspond to a subject, determining a magnetic field based on the MR data, determining a relationship between the magnetic field at a given location to the magnetic susceptibility at that location, and performing a convolution operation on the relationship between the magnetic field at the given location to the magnetic susceptibility at that location to obtain a noise property. The method also includes estimating a magnetic susceptibility distribution of the subject based, at least in part, on the noise property, and generating one or more images of the subject based on the estimated susceptibility distribution of the subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/555106 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/243 (20130101) G01R 33/543 (20130101) G01R 33/4835 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) G01R 33/5611 (20130101) G01R 33/56536 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10145968 | Simpson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garth Jason Simpson (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ryan Douglas Muir (West Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Roman Pogranichniy (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a system and method for efficiently mining multi-threshold measurements acquired using photon counting pixel-array detectors for spectral imaging and diffraction analyses. Images of X-ray intensity as a function of X-ray energy were recorded on a 6 megapixel X-ray photon counting array detector through linear fitting of the measured counts recorded as a function of counting threshold. An analytical model is disclosed for describing the probability density of detected voltage, utilizing fractional photon counting to account for edge/corner effects from voltage plumes that spread across multiple pixels. Three-parameter fits to the model were independently performed for each pixel in the array for X-ray scattering images acquired for 13.5 keV and 15.0 keV X-ray energies. From the established pixel responses, multi-threshold composite images produced from the sum of 13.5 keV and 15.0 keV data can be analytically separated to recover the monochromatic images through simple linear fitting. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/708335 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/17 (20130101) G01T 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/36 (20130101) |
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| US 10147152 | Viola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia); William F. Walker (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gregory V. Browne (Victoria, Canada); Adam Looker (Victoria, Canada); Bryan Roy (Cobble Hill, Canada); Bjarne Hansen (Victoria, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HemoSonics, LLC (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesco Viola (Charlottesville, Virginia); William F. Walker (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gregory V. Browne (Victoria, Canada); Adam Looker (Victoria, Canada); Bryan Roy (Cobble Hill, Canada); Bjarne Hansen (Victoria, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for displaying a plurality of hemostatic indexes is disclosed. The system includes a communication receiver configured to receive the hemostatic indexes and a graphical user interface (GUI) connected to the communication receiver and configured to simultaneously display the hemostatic indexes. The hemostatic indexes are derived from a plurality of independent measurements, such as the mechanical measurements determined using the sonorheometry systems and processes. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/083360 |
| ART UNIT | 3791 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 15/00 (20180101) |
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| US 10147189 | Miller et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael I. Miller (Pikesville, Maryland); Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Kenichi Oishi (Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Computer systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for gross feature recognition including receiving an image comprising a plurality of image elements representing the region of interest of the subject. Gross feature recognition can further include co-registering the image to an atlas to segment the plurality of image elements into a plurality of sub-regions corresponding to structures in the atlas, where the structures in the atlas are ordered in a first rank order according to a predetermined feature. Further included can be ordering the plurality of sub-regions in a second rank order according to the predetermined feature. Further included can be identifying as gross features one or more of the plurality of sub-regions whose positions in the first rank order of the ordered sub-regions differ from positions in the second rank order of the corresponding ordered structures in the atlas. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/101779 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0037 (20130101) A61B 5/0042 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/037 (20130101) A61B 8/00 (20130101) A61B 2576/026 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/11 (20170101) G06T 7/0014 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/337 (20170101) G06T 2207/10081 (20130101) G06T 2207/10088 (20130101) G06T 2207/10104 (20130101) G06T 2207/10132 (20130101) G06T 2207/20128 (20130101) G06T 2207/30016 (20130101) |
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| US 10147207 | Chen et al. |
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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); Charles Strother (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for reconstructing an image using a cone-beam computed tomography (CT) imaging system includes acquiring data from a subject with the CT imaging system using a limited scan range that is less than 360 degrees. The process also includes reconstructing at least one image of the subject having a first temporal resolution from the data acquired, performing a temporal deconvolution of the at least one image using a finite temporal window to generate at least one image of the subject with a second temporal resolution that is greater than the first temporal resolution, and subtracting the at least one image of the subject with the second temporal resolution and a mask image of the subject to generate a time-resolved CT angiogram of the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/211448 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/032 (20130101) A61B 6/481 (20130101) A61B 6/504 (20130101) A61B 6/4085 (20130101) A61B 6/4441 (20130101) A61B 6/5217 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 11/008 (20130101) G06T 2211/404 (20130101) G06T 2211/421 (20130101) |
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| US 10147314 | Gulani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vikas Gulani (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Katherine Wright (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Nicole Seiberlich (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Mark Griswold (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Example apparatus and methods provide improved spatial and temporal resolution over conventional magnetic resonance renography (MRR). Example apparatus and methods reconstruct under-sampled three-dimensional (3D) data associated with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals acquired from a kidney. The data is reconstructed using a 3D through-time non-Cartesian generalized auto-calibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA) approach. Example apparatus and methods produce a quantized value for a contrast agent concentration in the kidney from a signal intensity in the data based, at least in part, on a two compartment model of the kidney. The two compartment model includes a plasma compartment and a tubular compartment. The quantized value describes a perfusion parameter for the kidney or a filtration parameter for the kidney. Greater precision is achieved for estimates of the perfusion parameter or filtration parameter as a result of the quantization performed on data acquired with greater spatial resolution and temporal resolution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/084678 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0017 (20130101) A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/0073 (20130101) A61B 5/4244 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/06 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/56 (20130101) G01R 33/58 (20130101) G01R 33/3614 (20130101) G01R 33/3692 (20130101) G01R 33/4822 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) G01R 33/56366 (20130101) Transmission Systems for Measured Values, Control or Similar Signals G08C 23/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10148291 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elaine Shi (Silver Spring, Maryland); Emil Stefanov (Hayward, California); Charalampos Papamanthou (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the present invention involve a method of storing an erasure coded copy of block data, and storing newly updated block data into a separate erasure-coded log structure. The method also includes auditing both the erasure copy of block data and the newly updated block data. The erasure copy of block data and the newly updated block data are probabilistically checked during the audit. In certain other embodiments the newly updated block data is stored in a log structure. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/696012 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/064 (20130101) G06F 3/0619 (20130101) G06F 3/0673 (20130101) G06F 11/1004 (20130101) G06F 21/60 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/32 (20130101) H04L 9/321 (20130101) H04L 9/3218 (20130101) H04L 9/3271 (20130101) |
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| US 10148593 | Kodi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona); OHIO UNIVERSITY (Athens, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio); Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Avinash Karanth Kodi (Athens, Ohio); Dominic Ditomaso (Athens, Ohio); Ahmed Louri (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A first example provides a circuit configured to operate in four modes. A first mode includes propagating data from a first terminal of the circuit to a second terminal of the circuit. A second mode includes propagating data from the second terminal of the circuit to the first terminal of the circuit. A third mode includes storing data received by the first terminal. A fourth mode includes storing data received by the second terminal. A second example provides a circuit configured to cause one or more communication links to operate in one of two modes based on data traffic detected on the one or more communication links. The first mode includes propagating data from a first router to a second router. The second mode includes propagating data to the first router from the second router. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/118823 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 49/50 (20130101) H04L 49/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10149070 | Desloge et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph G. Desloge (San Francisco, California); Charlotte M. Reed (Arlington, Massachusetts); Louis D. Braida (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An approach to audio processing aims to improve intelligibility by amplifying time segments of an input signal when the level of the signal falls below a long-term average level of the input signal, for instance, introducing a time-varying gain such that the signal level of the amplified segment matches the long-term average level. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/410222 |
| ART UNIT | 2656 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups or Like Acoustic Electromechanical Transducers; Deaf-aid Sets; Public Address Systems H04R 25/505 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04R 2225/41 (20130101) H04R 2225/43 (20130101) |
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| US 10143658 | Ferrari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Ennio Tasciotti (Houston, Texas); Jason Sakamoto (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Multistage delivery vehicles are disclosed which include a first stage particle and a second stage particle. The first stage particle is a micro or nanoparticle that contains the second stage particle. The second stage particle includes an active agent, such as a therapeutic agent or an imaging agent. The multistage delivery vehicle allows sequential overcoming or bypassing of biological barriers. The multistage delivery vehicle is administered as a part of a composition that includes a plurality of the vehicles. Methods of making the multistage delivery vehicles are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/725570 |
| 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 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/51 (20130101) A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) |
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| US 10143843 | Wagner |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Highland Instruments, Inc. (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Highland Instruments, Inc. (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Andrew Wagner (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to systems and methods for stimulating cellular function in biological tissue. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a method for stimulating cellular function within tissue that involves providing a first type of energy to a region of tissue, in which the first type is provided in an amount that inhibits cellular function within the region of tissue, and providing a second type of energy to the region of tissue, in which the second type is provided in an amount that facilitates cellular function within the region of tissue, wherein the combined effect stimulates cellular function within the tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/801889 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 2018/00994 (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 7/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/36 (20130101) A61N 1/205 (20130101) A61N 1/325 (20130101) A61N 1/326 (20130101) A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 1/36021 (20130101) A61N 1/36025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 7/00 (20130101) A61N 2007/0021 (20130101) A61N 2007/0026 (20130101) |
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| US 10143874 | Bae et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (APG, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sue Y Bae (Hanover, Maryland); Mark A. Guelta (White Marsh, Maryland); Steven P Harvey (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are non-wild-type organophosphorus acid anhydrolases having three site mutations, methods of production, and methods of use to effectively degrade toxic chemicals such as((RS)-Propan-2-yl methylphosphonofluoridate)(Sarin) and other organophosphorus compounds. Also provided are organophosphorus acid anhydrolase mutants capable of degrading Sarin with distinct selective stereospecificity preferences differing from the wild-type organophosphorus acid anhydrolase |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/711411 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62D 2101/02 (20130101) A62D 2101/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/03 (20130101) |
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| US 10144532 | Pais |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salvatore Cezar Pais (Leonardtown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salvatore Cezar Pais (Leonardtown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A craft using an inertial mass reduction device comprises of an inner resonant cavity wall, an outer resonant cavity, and microwave emitters. The electrically charged outer resonant cavity wall and the electrically insulated inner resonant cavity wall form a resonant cavity. The microwave emitters create high frequency electromagnetic waves throughout the resonant cavity causing the resonant cavity to vibrate in an accelerated mode and create a local polarized vacuum outside the outer resonant cavity wall. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/141270 |
| ART UNIT | 3642 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/409 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10144641 | Mermelstein |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua M. Mermelstein (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for passively removing water from a stream of hydrogen gas includes receiving a stream of hydrogen gas that is water-saturated, having an initial pressure below about 1 psig and an initial temperature above about 25° C., compressing the stream of hydrogen gas to an elevated pressure, chilling the compressed stream of hydrogen gas to a low temperature, and condensing water from the compressed and chilled stream of hydrogen gas until the water content of the stream of hydrogen gas is below about 100 ppm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/748979 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/265 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C01B 2203/066 (20130101) C01B 2203/0495 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/08 (20130101) C25B 15/08 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/0656 (20130101) H01M 8/04164 (20130101) H01M 8/04179 (20130101) H01M 8/04291 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) H01M 2250/10 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 90/14 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/525 (20130101) |
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| US 10145246 | Lewis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott D. Lewis (Vernon, Connecticut); Yafet Girma (Hartford, Connecticut); Christopher Corcoran (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil section having an external wall and an internal wall. The internal wall defines a first reference plane extending in a spanwise direction and through a thickness of the internal wall. A first cavity and a second cavity are separated by the internal wall. A plurality of crossover passages within the internal wall connects the first cavity to the second cavity. Each of the plurality of crossover passages defines a passage axis. The plurality of crossover passages are distributed in the spanwise direction and arranged such that the passage axis of each of the plurality of cooling passages intersects a surface of the second cavity. The plurality of crossover passages include a first set of crossover passages and a second set of crossover passages positioned on opposite sides of the first reference plane. The passage axis of each of the first set of crossover passages is arranged at a first vertical angle relative to a spanwise axis, and the passage axis of each of the second set of crossover passages is arranged at a second, different vertical angle relative to the spanwise axis. A casting core for an airfoil is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, August 07, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/820786 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 9/10 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/147 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 9/041 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2230/21 (20130101) F05D 2230/211 (20130101) F05D 2250/314 (20130101) F05D 2260/201 (20130101) F05D 2260/202 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/672 (20130101) Y02T 50/673 (20130101) Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 10145261 | Di Vincenzo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATION (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Di Vincenzo (Wethersfield, Connecticut); Francis P. Marocchini (Somers, Connecticut); Bhupindar Singh (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A measuring system for sensing vane positions that comprises a turbine, a target, and a sensor. The turbine includes a plurality of articulating vanes, with each vane being coupled to a sync ring that is configured to position the plurality of articulating vanes in accordance with a degree of rotation by the sync ring. The target is coupled to a first position of the turbine within a first region that is associated with a first vane of the plurality of articulating vanes. The sensor is coupled via a bracket to a second position of the turbine within the first region. The sensor is configured to detect an orientation of the target that corresponds to a vane position of the first vane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/814089 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 17/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 17/14 (20130101) F01D 17/20 (20130101) F01D 21/003 (20130101) |
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| US 10145660 | Fluhler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Herbert U. Fluhler (Huntsville, Alabama); Michael J. Guthrie (Madison, Alabama) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert U. Fluhler (Huntsville, Alabama); Michael J. Guthrie (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a dual-technology sensor head tightly integrating an Electromagnetic Induction (EI) sensor coil for detection, localization and discrimination of metal in mines and Improvised Explosive Devises (IED), and a dual polarized Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radar antenna array for Ground Penetrating Radar for detection, localization and discrimination of same. The core challenge addressed is how to prevent the EI sensor from detecting the metal in the UWB antenna which then desensitizes the EI sensor and degrades its dynamic range. The key characteristic of the new UWB radar antenna design is its very low magnetic induction, thereby imposing very little degradation to the EI coil. Additionally, the UWB antenna array incorporates unique design features to enhances its low frequency performance for better penetration of the ground. Through the design guidelines taught herein the EI sensor has been demonstrated to incur no degradation from the proximate UWB array. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/945421 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 11/136 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 13/885 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10145792 | Jungwirth 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) | Matthew Edward Lewis Jungwirth (Golden Valley, Minnesota); James Goeders (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-cell apparatus and method for single ion addressing are described herein. One apparatus includes a first cell configured to set a frequency, intensity, and a polarization of a laser and shutter the laser, a second cell configured to align the shuttered laser to an ion in an ion trap such that the ion fluoresces light and/or performs a quantum operation, and a third cell configured to detect the light fluoresced from the ion. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/412857 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 23/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/64 (20130101) G01N 21/6404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/6452 (20130101) G01N 2021/6469 (20130101) G01N 2021/6484 (20130101) G01N 2201/067 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/4205 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vinay Bhardwaj (Nashville, Tennessee); Anthony J. McGoron (Miami, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vinay Bhardwaj (Nashville, Tennessee); Anthony J. McGoron (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides methods and means to detect incidents of accidental or intentional release of chemical and biological toxins into the environment by measuring cellular stress-induced proteins in eukaryotic cells exposed to environmental samples suspected of containing chemical or biological toxins using a highly sensitive on-chip surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-linked immunosensors assay allowing robust, fast, and reliable in-the-field global sensing of environmental threats in resource-limited settings. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 01, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/872576 |
| ART UNIT | 1677 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/658 (20130101) G01N 33/68 (20130101) G01N 33/553 (20130101) G01N 33/5014 (20130101) G01N 33/54353 (20130101) G01N 33/54373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/12 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) G01N 2333/39 (20130101) |
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| US 10146007 | Aizenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of Exeter (Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); University of Exeter (Exeter, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joanna Aizenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Mathias Kolle (Somerville, Massachusetts); Peter Vukusic (Exeter, United Kingdom); Robert D. Howe (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The rolled photonic fibers presents two codependent, technologically exploitable features for light and color manipulation: regularity on the nanoscale that is superposed with microscale cylindrical symmetry, resulting in wavelength selective scattering of light in a wide range of directions. The bio-inspired photonic fibers combine the spectral filtering capabilities and color brilliance of a planar Bragg stack compounded with a large angular scattering range introduced by the microscale curvature, which also decreases the strong directional chromaticity variation usually associated with flat multilayer reflectors. Transparent and elastic synthetic materials equip the multilayer interference fibers with high reflectance that is dynamically tuned by longitudinal mechanical strain. A two-fold elongation of the elastic fibers results in a shift of reflection peak center wavelength of over 200 nm. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/760306 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/242 (20130101) G01L 1/247 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/005 (20130101) G02B 6/023 (20130101) G02B 6/0239 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/0285 (20130101) G02B 6/02033 (20130101) G02B 6/02038 (20130101) G02B 6/02304 (20130101) G02B 6/02309 (20130101) G02B 6/03611 (20130101) |
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| US 10146862 | Singhal 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) | Ayush Singhal (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Ravindra Kasturi (Redmond, Washington); Jaideep Srivastava (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Computerized systems for automating content annotation (e.g., tag creation and/or expansion) for low-content items within a computer network by leveraging intelligence of other data sources within a network to generate secondary content (e.g., a “context”) for items (e.g., documents) for use in a tagging process. For example, based on user assigned tags for an item, secondary content information can be generated and used to determine a new list of candidate tags for the item. Additionally, the context of an input item may be compared against the respective contexts of a plurality of other items to determine respective levels of similarity between the input item and each of the plurality of other items in order to annotate the input item. Techniques involving web-distance based clustering and leveraging crowd-sourced information sources to remove noisy data from annotated results are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/817840 |
| ART UNIT | 2159 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30705 (20130101) G06F 17/30719 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10146939 | Stolfo 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) | Salvatore J. Stolfo (New York, New York); Ke Wang (Sunnyvale, California); Janak Parekh (Manhasset, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and media for outputting a dataset based upon anomaly detection are provided. In some embodiments, methods for outputting a dataset based upon anomaly detection: receive a training dataset having a plurality of n-grams, which plurality includes a first plurality of distinct training n-grams each being a first size; compute a first plurality of appearance frequencies, each for a corresponding one of the first plurality of distinct training n-grams; receive an input dataset including first input n-grams each being the first size; define a first window in the input dataset; identify as being first matching n-grams the first input n-grams in the first window that correspond to the first plurality of distinct training n-grams; compute a first anomaly detection score for the input dataset using the first matching n-grams and the first plurality of appearance frequencies; and output the input dataset based on the first anomaly detection score. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/346005 |
| ART UNIT | 2436 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/56 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/564 (20130101) G06F 2221/034 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1416 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guillermo Sapiro (Durham, North Carolina); Qiang Qiu (Durham, North Carolina); Alexander Bronstein (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for large-scale face recognition. The system includes an electronic processor to receive at least one image of a subject of interest and apply at least one subspace model as a splitting binary decision function on the at least one image of the subject of interest. The electronic processor is further configured to generate at least one binary code from the at least one splitting binary decision function. The electronic processor is further configured to apply a code aggregation model to combine the at least one binary codes generated by the at least one subspace model. The electronic processor is further configured to generate an aggregated binary code from the code aggregation model and use the aggregated binary code to provide a hashing scheme. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/178993 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — 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 9/00288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/627 (20130101) G06K 9/6232 (20130101) G06K 9/6249 (20130101) G06K 9/6282 (20130101) G06K 9/6286 (20130101) G06K 2009/00328 (20130101) |
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| US 10147051 | Beller 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) | Charles E. Beller (Baltimore, Maryland); William G. Dubyak (Severna Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanism is provided for generating candidate answers to an explanatory question. Responsive to identifying an input question as the explanatory question, the explanatory question is decomposed into one or more explanatory queries. One or more passages are identified within a corpus of information that comprises an explanatory clause that provides an explanatory answer to the explanatory question based on pre-determined explanatory clause terms. Hypothesis evidence is received with one or passages comprising explanatory clauses from the corpus of information. One or more candidate explanatory answers are generated based on hypothesis evidence. The candidate explanatory answers are ranked and merged. Finally, the candidate explanatory answers are output. |
| FILED | Friday, December 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/974327 |
| ART UNIT | 2166 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2785 (20130101) G06F 17/30976 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/04 (20130101) G06N 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10147543 | Phillips 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) | Jonathan Phillips (Pacific Grove, California); Claudia C. Luhrs (Pacific Grove, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A capacitor having first and second electrodes and a scaffold dielectric where at least one electrode comprises an electrically and ionically conducting material. The scaffold dielectric comprises an insulating material with a plurality of longitudinal channels extending across the dielectric and filled with a liquid comprising cations and anions. The plurality of longitudinal channels are substantially parallel and the liquid within the longitudinal channels generally has an ionic strength of at least 0.1. Capacitance results from the migrations of positive and negative ions in the confined liquid in response to an applied electric field. A method of supplying power to a load using the capacitor and a method of making the capacitor is additionally disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/827086 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/005 (20130101) H01G 4/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 9/04 (20130101) H01G 11/62 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/0063 (20130101) H02J 7/345 (20130101) |
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| US 10147553 | Emrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts); Zachariah A. Page (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Yao Liu (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel hydrophilic conjugated polymers, e.g., hydrophilic poly(arylene vinylenes) or PAVs, and preparation thereof, and methods and devices for their application in photovoltaics, and the resulting improved solar cells. |
| FILED | Monday, March 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/457971 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/02 (20130101) C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 2261/18 (20130101) C08G 2261/91 (20130101) C08G 2261/124 (20130101) C08G 2261/146 (20130101) C08G 2261/228 (20130101) C08G 2261/312 (20130101) C08G 2261/344 (20130101) C08G 2261/1424 (20130101) C08G 2261/3246 (20130101) C08G 2261/3327 (20130101) C08G 2261/3422 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0038 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) |
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| US 10147946 | Allen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the secretary of the army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan L. Allen (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joshua L. Allen (Columbia, Maryland); Samuel A. Delp, III (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jeffrey B. Wolfenstine (Silver Spring, Maryland); T. Richard Jow (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A positive electrode material having a nominal stoichiometry Li1+y/2Co1−x−y−z−dSizFexMyM′d(PO4)1+y/2 where M is a trivalent cation selected from at least one of Cr, Ti, Al, Mn, Ni, V, Sc, La and/or Ga, M′ is a divalent cation selected from at least one of Mn, Ni, Zn, Sr, Cu, Ca and/or Mg, y is within a range of 0<y≤0.10 and x is within a range of 0≤x≤0.2. The use of double compositional modification to LiCoPO4 increases the discharge capacity from ˜100 mAh/g to about 130 mAh/g while retaining the discharge capacity retention of the singly Fe-substituted LiCoPO4. Additional compositional modification to include Si increases the cycle life and greatly improved the coulombic efficiency to between 97-100% at a C/3 cycle rate. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/099821 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/46 (20130101) H01G 11/50 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/5825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) |
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| US 10147966 | Yushin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. (Alameda, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Alameda, California); Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gleb Yushin (Atlanta, Georgia); Feixiang Wu (Atlanta, Georgia); Hyea Kim (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Lithium-ion batteries are provided that variously comprise anode and cathode electrodes, an electrolyte, a separator, and, in some designs, a protective layer. In some designs, at least one of the electrodes may comprise a composite of (i) Li2S and (ii) conductive carbon that is embedded in the core of the composite. In some designs, the protective layer may be disposed on at least one of the electrodes via electrolyte decomposition. Various methods of fabrication for lithium-ion battery electrodes and particles are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/628153 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — 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 4/136 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/1397 (20130101) H01M 4/5815 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0568 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) |
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| US 10147971 | Buttry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel A. Buttry (Tempe, Arizona); Tylan S. Watkins (Tempe, Arizona); Joseph Rheinhardt (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel A. Buttry (Tempe, Arizona); Tylan S. Watkins (Tempe, Arizona); Joseph Rheinhardt (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Ionic liquids suitable for use in magnesium batteries are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a rechargeable magnesium battery comprises an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a chelating ionic liquid solution in contact therewith. The chelating ionic liquid may comprise at least one cation, at least one anion, and at least one soluble, magnesium salt. The magnesium salt may comprise MgX2, wherein X comprises at least one of Cl—, Br—, I—, TFSI—, FSI—, ClO4—, BF4—, PF6—, RSO3— (wherein R consists of at least one of an alkyl or aryl group), RCO2— (wherein R consists of at least one of an alkyl or aryl group), alkyl borides, alkyl borates, AlCl4—, AlXaRb— (wherein the sum of subscripts a and b is 4, X consists of a halide, and R consists of at least one of an alkyl or aryl group), carboranes, or hexamethyldisilazide. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/942741 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — 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 10/054 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0022 (20130101) H01M 2300/0045 (20130101) |
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| US 10148058 | McDaniel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia); U.S. Department of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia); The United States of America, as Represented by the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean McDaniel (Dayton, Ohio); Gary Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid state lasers emitting at first and a second wavelengths include an additional a conversion amplifier for converting photons having the first wavelength into photons having the second wavelength, thereby improving output efficiency of a preferred wavelength. Erbium lasing materials such as erbium doped garnets and fluorides, are employed, along with the conversion amplifier formed of a transition metal doped II-VI semiconductor, e.g., Cr:ZnSe. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/438951 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/042 (20130101) H01S 3/0809 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1608 (20130101) H01S 3/1643 (20130101) |
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| US 10148253 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yang Xu (New York, New York); Peter R. Kinget (Summit, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Xu (New York, New York); Peter R. Kinget (Summit, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Switched capacitor radio frequency receiver front-ends are provided, comprising: a plurality of banks, each comprising: a first switch connected to a RF input signal; a sampling capacitor connected to the first switch and to ground; a second switch connected in parallel to the sampling capacitor; and a Gm cell coupled to the sampling capacitor and an output; wherein: the output of the Gm cell of each of the plurality on banks are coupled together; and the first switch and the second switch are controlled by a multi-phase signal that causes, for each of the plurality of banks, the first switch to be turned ON at a first point in time and the second switch to be turned ON at a second point in time, wherein the first point in time for a first bank is not the same as the first point in time for a second bank. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/573385 |
| ART UNIT | 2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Tuning Resonant Circuits; Selecting Resonant Circuits H03J 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03J 5/24 (20130101) |
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| US 10148345 | Robey |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank C. Robey (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of obtaining an absolute time reference for a high-frequency (HF) sounding signal includes transmitting a reference signal at a first location and transmitting a sounding signal in close proximity to the transmitting of the reference signal at the first location. The method additionally includes receiving the reference signal at a second location and receiving the sounding signal at the second location. The method further includes determining a relative delay at the second location of the sounding signal in relation to the reference signal. The method also includes determining a propagation mode based upon the relative delay. The method additionally includes determining an absolute time reference based upon the propagation mode being observed. Additional methods and associated systems for implementing the methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/341093 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 11/02 (20130101) G01S 13/0218 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10148356 | Benner 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 F. Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Benjamin G. Lee (New York, New York); Fabrizio Petrini (Palo Alto, California); Laurent Schares (Pleasantville, New York); Clint L. Schow (Santa Barbara, California); Mehmet Soyuer (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for transmitting data between a first device and a second device over a communication link includes transmitting, by the first device, data of a first type using one or more first channels, receiving, by the second device, the data of the first type from the first device using the one or more first channels, generating, by the second device, data of a second type based on the data of the first type, and transmitting, by the second device, the generated data of the second type using one or more second channels. The data of the first type and the data of the second type are different. The one or more second channels are channels dedicated to transmit the data of the second type. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/267282 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 10/27 (20130101) H04B 10/2581 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0227 (20130101) |
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| US 10148367 | Stephan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larisa Angelique Natalya Stephan (Los Angeles, California); David O. Lahti (Manhattan Beach, California); David W. Tang (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus to provide built-in-test and/or fault isolation of individual array elements in assignment-based AESAs. BIT beam states for array element testing can be stored in AESA memory for rapid assignment sequencing of RF waveform generators and receive processing. Assignment-based selection can be used for AESA BIT beam states. |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/852417 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 17/16 (20150115) Original (OR) Class H04B 17/17 (20150115) H04B 17/19 (20150115) |
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| US 10148386 | Benner 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 F. Benner (Poughkeepsie, New York); Douglas M. Freimuth (New York, New York); Benjamin G. Lee (New York, New York); Fabrizio Petrini (Palo Alto, California); Laurent Schares (Pleasantville, New York); Clint L. Schow (Santa Barbara, California); Mehmet Soyuer (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication system includes first and second devices. The first device includes a first transmitter and a first receiver. The first transmitter transmits one data of a first type using one or more first channels over a first communication link to the second device. The first receiver receives one data of a second type, from the second device, using one or more second channels over the first communication link. The second device includes a second transmitter and a second receiver. The second receiver receives the one data of the first type using the one or more first channels over the first communication link, and to generate the one data of the second type based on the one data of the first type. The second transmitter transmits the one data of the second type using one or more second channels over the first communication link to the first device. |
| FILED | Friday, September 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/267298 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex Communication H04J 14/0257 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 47/805 (20130101) H04L 47/2441 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 11/0071 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0016 (20130101) H04Q 2011/0086 (20130101) |
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| US 10148389 | Su et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Su (Bel Air, Maryland); Muhammed Karim (Ocean Township, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments associated with a reference signal are described. When a set of user information embedded with a reference signal is received by a system, a classification of the signal may not be known by the system. Therefore, the system can determine a classification of the reference signal. The reference signal can be passed through a low-pass filter and then an algorithm can be employed to identify the classification of the reference signal. Once the classification of the reference signal is known, the user information can be better used by the system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/011815 |
| ART UNIT | 2479 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0039 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Telephonic Communication H04M 7/1295 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 1/45 (20130101) H04Q 1/46 (20130101) |
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| US 10144000 | Goyal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Goyal (Durham, North Carolina); Santosh Gangwal (Durham, North Carolina); Andrew Lucero (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Nickel based catalyst structures are described herein that include a plurality of metal oxides formed as crystalline phases within the catalyst structures. Each metal oxide of a catalyst structure includes nickel and/or aluminum, where one or more metal oxides includes a nickel aluminum oxide, and the one or more nickel aluminum oxides is greater than 50% by weight of the catalyst structure. The catalyst structures further have surface areas of at least 13 m2/g. The catalyst structures are resistant to high concentrations of sulfur and are effective in reforming operations for converting methane and other light hydrocarbons to hydrogen and one or more other components. For example, the catalyst structures are effective in coal and biomass gasification systems for the forming and cleanup of synthetic gas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/175817 |
| 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 7/02 (20130101) B01J 8/0005 (20130101) B01J 19/245 (20130101) B01J 23/88 (20130101) B01J 23/755 (20130101) B01J 23/883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 35/0006 (20130101) B01J 35/1014 (20130101) B01J 35/1038 (20130101) B01J 35/1061 (20130101) B01J 37/04 (20130101) B01J 37/088 (20130101) B01J 2219/00 (20130101) B01J 2219/24 (20130101) B01J 2219/00033 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/00 (20130101) B01J 2523/31 (20130101) B01J 2523/31 (20130101) B01J 2523/68 (20130101) B01J 2523/847 (20130101) B01J 2523/847 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 3/40 (20130101) C01B 3/382 (20130101) C01B 2203/025 (20130101) C01B 2203/062 (20130101) C01B 2203/066 (20130101) C01B 2203/141 (20130101) C01B 2203/0233 (20130101) C01B 2203/0244 (20130101) C01B 2203/0485 (20130101) C01B 2203/1058 (20130101) C01B 2203/1088 (20130101) C01B 2203/1241 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 2/30 (20130101) C10G 5/00 (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 3/72 (20130101) C10J 2300/093 (20130101) C10J 2300/0913 (20130101) C10J 2300/0916 (20130101) C10J 2300/0956 (20130101) C10J 2300/0959 (20130101) C10J 2300/0976 (20130101) C10J 2300/1618 (20130101) C10J 2300/1659 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/004 (20130101) C10K 1/005 (20130101) C10K 3/04 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/9025 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 20/18 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 10144464 | Buerger 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) | Stephen Buerger (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clinton G. Hobart (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Curt M. Salisbury (San Ramon, California); Steven J. Spencer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Anirban Mazumdar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Kuehl (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kevin J. Dullea (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A locomotion subassembly for a biped robot is disclosed. The locomotion subassembly includes several unique energy transfer mechanisms and arrangements for efficiently powering the motion of the robot. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/794666 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/104 (20130101) B25J 9/106 (20130101) B25J 17/0266 (20130101) Motor Vehicles; Trailers B62D 57/032 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gearing F16H 7/02 (20130101) F16H 7/10 (20130101) F16H 7/023 (20130101) F16H 9/02 (20130101) F16H 9/04 (20130101) F16H 9/06 (20130101) F16H 9/10 (20130101) F16H 9/12 (20130101) |
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| US 10144638 | Heintz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amy M. Heintz (Delaware, Ohio); Jeffrey Cafmeyer (Columbus, Ohio); Joel D. Elhard (Hilliard, Ohio); Bhima R. Vijayendran (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amy M. Heintz (Delaware, Ohio); Jeffrey Cafmeyer (Columbus, Ohio); Joel D. Elhard (Hilliard, Ohio); Bhima R. Vijayendran (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described for preparing carbon nanotube dispersions in organic solvents such as chloroform and methyl ethyl ketone. Structures resulting from organic dispersions are also disclosed. The dispersing agents used in this method comprise long chain hydrocarbons, halogen-substituted hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons, or a mixture of hydrocarbons, halogen-substituted hydrocarbons, and fluorocarbons; wherein the hydrocarbons, halogen-substituted hydrocarbons and fluorocarbons have from 6 to 40 carbons in a chain, at least one alkene or alkyne moiety, and at least one pendant carboxylic acid, phosphonic acid, and/or sulfonic acid group or an ester of these acids. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/282304 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/174 (20170801) C01B 2202/02 (20130101) C01B 2202/06 (20130101) C01B 2202/28 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0007 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) |
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| US 10144747 | Vicic |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Vicic (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are perfluoroalkylated zinc compounds having the structure of Formula (I) or Formula (II), which can be used to perfluoroalkylate organic, inorganic and organometallic substrates. Methods of making and using these compounds by reacting zinc or a dialkylzinc compound with a perfluoroalkyl dihalide in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran, dioxane or diglyme, are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/903724 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 17/263 (20130101) C07C 17/263 (20130101) C07C 23/18 (20130101) C07C 2602/10 (20170501) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 215/18 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 15/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10144920 | Wogulis |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novozymes, Inc. (David, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Wogulis (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to variants of a parent cellobiohydrolase II. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/446676 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/2437 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8257 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) C12P 2203/00 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 10144938 | Noguera et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel R. Noguera (Madison, Wisconsin); Timothy J. Donohue (Middleton, Wisconsin); Julian Z. Oshlag (Madison, Wisconsin); Weiping Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin); Samantha L. Austin (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of processing a solution comprising aromatic compounds. The method includes culturing a first microorganism in the solution for a time sufficient to reduce an amount of an aromatic compound and thereby generate a processed solution. The culturing may remove an aromatic compound deleterious to growth of a second microorganism without substantially reducing fermentable sugars, thereby permitting enhanced growth of the second microorganism in the processed solution. The culturing may additionally or alternatively convert an aromatic compound into a commodity chemical. The methods of the present invention are advantageous for processing lignocellulosic biomass for upgrading to biofuel or for generating commodity chemicals therefrom. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/136433 |
| 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 9/001 (20130101) C12N 9/93 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/10 (20130101) C12P 7/14 (20130101) C12P 7/40 (20130101) C12P 19/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/16 (20130101) Y02E 50/343 (20130101) |
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| US 10144941 | Fox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Grant Fox (Madison, Wisconsin); Taichi Takasuka (Madison, Wisconsin); Adam Joel Book (Madison, Wisconsin); Cameron Robert Currie (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of digesting a lignocellulosic material is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of exposing the material to an effective amount of Streptomyces sp. ActE secretome such that at least partial lignocellulosic digestion occurs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/851812 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fodder A23K 10/12 (20160501) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 9/2434 (20130101) C12N 9/2437 (20130101) C12N 9/2491 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) C12P 19/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 302/01004 (20130101) C12Y 302/01025 (20130101) C12Y 302/01091 (20130101) |
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| US 10145020 | Elangovan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CERAMATEC, INC. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ceramatec, Inc. (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Singaravelu Elangovan (South Jordan, Utah); Mukund Karanjikar (West Valley City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for upgrading bio-mass material is provided. The method involves electrolytic reduction of the material in an electrochemical cell having a ceramic, oxygen-ion conducting membrane, where the membrane includes an electrolyte. One or more oxygenated or partially-oxygenated compounds are reduced by applying an electrical potential to the electrochemical cell. A system for upgrading bio-mass material is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 02, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/474843 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/00 (20130101) C25B 1/02 (20130101) C25B 3/04 (20130101) C25B 9/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/0463 (20130101) C25B 13/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10145021 | Afimiwala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kirsh Afimiwala (Shelton, Connecticut); Larry Zeng (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirsh Afimiwala (Shelton, Connecticut); Larry Zeng (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for processing materials at high temperatures comprises a high strength enclosure; a plurality of high strength radial segments disposed adjacent to and radially inward from the high strength enclosure; a liner disposed adjacent to and radially inward from the radical segments; a chamber defined interior to the liner; a heating device disposed within the chamber; and a capsule disposed within the chamber, the capsule configured to hold a supercritical fluid. The apparatus may be used for growing crystals, e.g., GaN, under high temperature and pressure conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2011 |
| APPL NO | 13/812757 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/14 (20130101) C30B 7/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/406 (20130101) C30B 35/002 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 117/1004 (20150115) Y10T 117/1008 (20150115) Y10T 117/1096 (20150115) |
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| US 10145026 | D'Evelyn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. D'Evelyn (Santa Barbara, California); Dirk Ehrentraut (Santa Barbara, California); Derrick S. Kamber (Santa Barbara, California); Bradley C. Downey (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for large-scale manufacturing of semipolar gallium nitride boules are disclosed. The disclosed methods comprise suspending large-area single crystal seed plates in a rack, placing the rack in a large diameter autoclave or internally-heated high pressure apparatus along with ammonia and a mineralizer, and growing crystals ammonothermally. A bi-faceted growth morphology may be maintained to facilitate fabrication of large area semipolar wafers without growing thick boules. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/908836 |
| ART UNIT | 1784 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 7/105 (20130101) C30B 29/406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10145737 | McIntyre |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Energy, United States Department of (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dustin McIntyre (Washington, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) probe using a dove prism for the laser media. The use of a dove prism allows for the removal of two mirrors over prior art schemes. The use of the dove prism allows for the light from the spark to be analyzed from the return path. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 26, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/794345 |
| 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 3/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/108 (20130101) G01J 3/0208 (20130101) G01J 3/0218 (20130101) G01J 3/443 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/718 (20130101) G01N 2201/0636 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/11 (20130101) G02B 27/141 (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 3/0941 (20130101) H01S 3/1611 (20130101) H01S 3/1623 (20130101) H01S 3/1643 (20130101) H01S 3/08059 (20130101) H01S 3/08072 (20130101) H01S 2301/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10145894 | Tangyunyong 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) | Paiboon Tangyunyong (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joshua Beutler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Edward I. Cole, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Guillermo M. Loubriel (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method involving the non-destructive testing of a sample electrical or electronic device is provided. The method includes measuring a power spectrum of the device and performing a Principal Component Analysis on the power spectrum, thereby to obtain a set of principal components of the power spectrum. The method further includes selecting a subset consisting of some of the principal components, and comparing the subset to stored reference data that include representations in terms of principal components of one or more reference populations of devices. Based at least partly on the comparison, the sample device is classified relative to the reference populations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/882710 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 27/28 (20130101) G01R 31/2894 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10145915 | Walsh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VISTA CLARA, INC. (Mukilteo, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VISTA CLARA INC. (Mukilteo, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David O. Walsh (Mukilteo, Washington); Elliot D. Grunewald (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies applicable to SNMR pulse sequencing are disclosed, including SNMR acquisition apparatus and methods, SNMR processing apparatus and methods, and combinations thereof. SNMR acquisition may include transmitting SNMR pulse sequences according to any of a variety of techniques. SNMR processing may include combining SNMR from a plurality of pulse sequences. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/023033 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/081 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/44 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/4608 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10145965 | DiPrete et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David P. DiPrete (Evans, Georgia); Tad S. Whiteside (Aiken, South Carolina); Donald J. Pak (Martinez, Georgia); Timothy J. Aucott (Aiken, South Carolina); Alexander D. Brand (Augusta, Georgia); Teresa P. Eddy (Trenton, South Carolina); Karen M. Vangelas (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to a detection assembly for detecting radiation emitted by radionuclides present within an animal. The detection assembly includes a housing having one or more walls defining a chamber. The detection assembly also includes a cover removably positioned over the top end of the housing, with the cover being configured for receipt of the animal. Furthermore, the detection assembly includes a radiation sensor positioned within the chamber. The radiation sensor is configured to detect the radiation emitted by the radionuclides present within the animal. Additionally, the detection assembly includes a shield positioned around a first portion of the radiation sensor, with the shield being configured to at least partially shield the radiation sensor from environmental radiation. A second portion of the radiation sensor is unshielded to permit the radiation sensor to receive radiation emitted by the radionuclides present within the animal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/813352 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/4021 (20130101) A61B 6/4233 (20130101) A61B 6/4241 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/18 (20130101) G01T 1/163 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/2985 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10145968 | Simpson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garth Jason Simpson (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ryan Douglas Muir (West Lafayette, Indiana); Nicholas Roman Pogranichniy (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides a system and method for efficiently mining multi-threshold measurements acquired using photon counting pixel-array detectors for spectral imaging and diffraction analyses. Images of X-ray intensity as a function of X-ray energy were recorded on a 6 megapixel X-ray photon counting array detector through linear fitting of the measured counts recorded as a function of counting threshold. An analytical model is disclosed for describing the probability density of detected voltage, utilizing fractional photon counting to account for edge/corner effects from voltage plumes that spread across multiple pixels. Three-parameter fits to the model were independently performed for each pixel in the array for X-ray scattering images acquired for 13.5 keV and 15.0 keV X-ray energies. From the established pixel responses, multi-threshold composite images produced from the sum of 13.5 keV and 15.0 keV data can be analytically separated to recover the monochromatic images through simple linear fitting. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/708335 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/17 (20130101) G01T 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/36 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10146287 | Ardanaz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Federico Ardanaz (Hillsboro, Oregon); Ian M. Steiner (Hillsboro, Oregon); Jonathan M. Eastep (Portland, Oregon); Richard J. Greco (West Linn, Oregon); Krishnakanth V. Sistla (Beaverton, Oregon); Micah Barany (Portland, Oregon); Andrew J. Herdrich (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods may provide for subscribing a thread to a resource monitor through a machine specific register and subscribing the thread to a class of service through the machine specific register. The resource monitor or the class of service for the thread may be changed without interrupting the thread. The power allocated to the processor core may be changed based on the selected class of service for the thread. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/088531 |
| ART UNIT | 2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 1/3287 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10146828 | Feo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Feo (Kennewick, Washington); David J. Haglin (Richland, Washington); Alessandro Morari (Seattle, Washington); Antonino Tumeo (Richland, Washington); Oreste Villa (West Richland, Washington); Jesse R. Weaver (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of storing and analyzing information is disclosed. The system includes a compiler layer to convert user queries to data parallel executable code. The system further includes a library of multithreaded algorithms, processes, and data structures. The system also includes a multithreaded runtime library for implementing compiled code at runtime. The executable code is dynamically loaded on computing elements and contains calls to the library of multithreaded algorithms, processes, and data structures and the multithreaded runtime library. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/339163 |
| ART UNIT | 2158 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/54 (20130101) G06F 17/30389 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 17/30958 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10147289 | Britton, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Britton, Jr. (Alcoa, Tennessee); Steven S. Frank (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael J. Kuhn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Andrzej Nycz (Knoxville, Tennessee); Chris A. Pickett (Clinton, Tennessee); Scott L. Stewart (Knoxville, Tennessee); Robert J. Warmack (Knoxville, Tennessee); Richard A. Willems (Knoxville, Tennessee); James R. Younkin (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensing devices, systems and methods for securing articles against tampering using a unique magnetic field signature measured at two different times are provided. One or more sensing devices are secured to a ferrous surface portion of a target container. The sensing devices are secured using a plurality of magnets. The unique magnetic field signature sensed by a sensing device is produced by a combination of the plurality of magnets of the sensing device and the ferrous surface portion of the target container and earth's magnetic field. The two different times being one of a baseline measurement session and one of an observation measurement session. An observation measurement session may be triggered by a shock event or periodically. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/946397 |
| ART UNIT | 2684 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 21/182 (20130101) G08B 29/185 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10147506 | Malloy, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Malloy, III (Goode, Virginia); Michael J. Edwards (Forest, Virginia); Tyler A. Edwards (Lynchburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A nuclear reactor includes a pressure vessel and a nuclear reactor core comprising fissile material disposed inside the pressure vessel at the bottom of the pressure vessel. A secondary core containment structure includes a containment basket comprising insulation with a maximum stable temperature of at least 2200K cladded by steel. The bottom of the pressure vessel and the nuclear reactor core are disposed inside the containment basket with the containment basket spaced apart from the bottom of the pressure vessel by a clearance gap. The containment basket may comprise zirconia insulation cladded by steel. In some embodiments the clearance gap between the containment basket and the bottom of the pressure vessel is no larger than one meter. The secondary core containment structure may further comprise conduits arranged to inject water into the clearance gap between the containment basket and the bottom of the pressure vessel. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/244222 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 9/016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 11/08 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10147510 | Rowen 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) | Adam M. Rowen (Livermore, California); Robert K. Grubbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jonathan Joseph Coleman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for electroplating a nonmetallic grating including providing a nonmetallic grating; performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reaction to form a seed layer on the nonmetallic grating; and electroplating a metallic layer on the seed layer such that the metallic layer uniformly and conformally coats the nonmetallic grating. An apparatus including a silicon substrate having gratings with an aspect-ratio of at least 20:1; a atomic layer deposition (ALD) seed layer formed on the gratings; and an electroplated metallic layer formed on the seed layer, wherein the electroplated metallic layer uniformly and conformally coats the gratings. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/081342 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 3/48 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10147553 | Emrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts); Zachariah A. Page (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Yao Liu (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel hydrophilic conjugated polymers, e.g., hydrophilic poly(arylene vinylenes) or PAVs, and preparation thereof, and methods and devices for their application in photovoltaics, and the resulting improved solar cells. |
| FILED | Monday, March 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/457971 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/02 (20130101) C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 2261/18 (20130101) C08G 2261/91 (20130101) C08G 2261/124 (20130101) C08G 2261/146 (20130101) C08G 2261/228 (20130101) C08G 2261/312 (20130101) C08G 2261/344 (20130101) C08G 2261/1424 (20130101) C08G 2261/3246 (20130101) C08G 2261/3327 (20130101) C08G 2261/3422 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0038 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) |
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| US 10147936 | Tolbert 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) | Sarah Tolbert (Los Angeles, California); Eric Detsi (Los Angeles, California); John Cook (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoporous tin is disclose, along with a method of fabrication thereof, the tin having a hierarchical nanoporous and mesoporous ligament morphology that exhibits long-term cyclability, particularly when used as anode material in Li-ion. One embodiment of the present technology is a fabrication method to directly produce nanoporous tin in powder form, rather than a monolithic piece of nanoporous metal, so that the NP-Sn powder can be directly integrated into composite electrodes using commercial battery electrode processing techniques. |
| FILED | Monday, October 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/295884 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/049 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/387 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) |
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| US 10147950 | Sakshaug et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Group 14 Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Group 14 Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Avery Sakshaug (Everett, Washington); Henry R. Costantino (Woodinville, Washington); Aaron M. Feaver (Seattle, Washington); Leah A. Thompkins (Seattle, Washington); Katharine Geramita (Seattle, Washington); Benjamin E. Kron (Seattle, Washington); Sarah Fredrick (Seattle, Washington); Farshid Afkhami (Seattle, Washington); Adam Strong (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Composites of silicon and various porous scaffold materials, such as carbon material comprising micro-, meso- and/or macropores, and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The compositions find utility in various applications, including electrical energy storage electrodes and devices comprising the same. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/248830 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/522 (20130101) C04B 35/524 (20130101) C04B 38/0051 (20130101) C04B 38/0054 (20130101) C04B 38/0064 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/009 (20130101) C04B 41/85 (20130101) C04B 41/4529 (20130101) C04B 41/5096 (20130101) C04B 41/5096 (20130101) C04B 2111/00853 (20130101) C04B 2235/428 (20130101) C04B 2235/616 (20130101) C04B 2235/6581 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/362 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/386 (20130101) H01M 4/0416 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2220/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PolyPlus Battery Company (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | POLYPLUS BATTERY COMPANY (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Visco (Berkeley, California); Yevgeniy S. Nimon (Danville, California); Lutgard C. De Jonghe (Lafayette, California); Bruce D. Katz (Moraga, California); Vitaliy Nimon (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A standalone lithium ion-conductive solid electrolyte including a freestanding inorganic vitreous sheet of sulfide-based lithium ion conducting glass is capable of high performance in a lithium metal battery by providing a high degree of lithium ion conductivity while being highly resistant to the initiation and/or propagation of lithium dendrites. Such an electrolyte is also itself manufacturable, and readily adaptable for battery cell and cell component manufacture, in a cost-effective, scalable manner. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/954816 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Manufacture, Shaping, or Supplementary Processes C03B 17/06 (20130101) C03B 17/064 (20130101) C03B 17/067 (20130101) C03B 23/037 (20130101) C03B 23/245 (20130101) C03B 33/0235 (20130101) Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 3/19 (20130101) C03C 3/321 (20130101) C03C 4/18 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0562 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) |
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| US 10148092 | Dall'Anese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, Colorado); Delft University of Technology (Delft, Netherlands); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLC (Golden, Colorado); REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Minneapolis, Minnesota); TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT (Delft, Netherlands) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emiliano Dall'Anese (Arvada, Colorado); Andrea Simonetto (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium); Sairaj Dhople (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An example device includes a processor configured to receive a plurality of voltage measurements corresponding to nodes in a distribution network, and determine, for each respective node: a value of a first coefficient, based on a previous value of the first coefficient, a minimum voltage value for the node, and a voltage measurement that corresponds to the node, and a value of a second coefficient based on a previous value of the second coefficient, a maximum voltage value for the node, and the voltage measurement. The processor of the example device is also configured to cause an inverter-interfaced energy resource connected to the distribution network to modify its output power based on the value of the first coefficient for each node and the value of the second coefficient for each node. |
| FILED | Friday, January 27, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/418272 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/06 (20130101) H02J 3/16 (20130101) H02J 3/32 (20130101) H02J 3/382 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 3/383 (20130101) H02J 3/386 (20130101) H02J 3/387 (20130101) H02J 13/0062 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/563 (20130101) Y02E 10/566 (20130101) Y02E 10/763 (20130101) Y02E 40/34 (20130101) Y02E 40/72 (20130101) Y02E 60/722 (20130101) Y02E 60/726 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 10/12 (20130101) Y04S 10/14 (20130101) Y04S 10/24 (20130101) Y04S 10/123 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10148244 | Henry 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) | Michael David Henry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Janet Nguyen (Wilmington, Massachusetts); Matt Eichenfield (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Roy H. Olsson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromechanical resonator is disclosed. The resonator includes a resonant micromechanical element. A film of annealable material deposited on a facial surface of the element. In one instance, the resonance of the element can be adjusting by using a feedback loop to control annealing of the deposited film. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/265340 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00214 (20130101) B81C 99/003 (20130101) B81C 2201/0169 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 3/02 (20130101) H03H 3/013 (20130101) H03H 3/0075 (20130101) H03H 3/0077 (20130101) H03H 9/15 (20130101) H03H 9/54 (20130101) H03H 9/205 (20130101) H03H 9/462 (20130101) H03H 9/467 (20130101) H03H 9/02401 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03H 2003/027 (20130101) H03H 2009/155 (20130101) |
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| US 10143512 | Rubinsky 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) | Boris Rubinsky (El Cerrito, California); Charlotte Daniels (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical pulses are applied to tissue in a manner which destroys targeted cells such as cancerous cells while sparing non-targeted cells such as nerve cells. The electrical pulses are controlled within ranges for voltage, wattage and duration of application. Multiple pulses or groups of pulses may be applied to obtain a desired result while maintaining any temperature increase below a level which destroys cells. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/679449 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 18/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2018/00613 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 1/0412 (20130101) |
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| US 10143988 | Tracy 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) | Joseph B. Tracy (Cary, North Carolina); Wei-Chen Wu (Taipei, Taiwan); Brian S. Chapman (Raleigh, North Carolina); Laurel R. Rowe (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides methods of synthesizing non-spherical nanostructures. One embodiment has steps of providing a solution of nanoparticles (NPs) wherein each of the NPs comprises a non-spherical NP that includes gold and a surfactant coating covering the non-spherical NP; mixing the NPs and a pH modifier solution making a pH-modified solution of NPs having a pH within a predefined pH range; and adding a silica precursor solution to the solution of nanoparticles at a constant rate for at least one (1) minute to provide a homogeneous silica solution of NPs. Another embodiment has steps of providing a solution of NPs wherein each of the NPs comprises a non-spherical NP that includes gold and a surfactant coating covering the non-spherical NP; and adding a silica precursor solution to the solution of nanoparticles at a constant rate for at least one (1) minute to provide a homogeneous silica solution of NPs. |
| FILED | Monday, May 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/149670 |
| ART UNIT | 1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/14 (20130101) B01J 13/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10144713 | Cai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianfeng Cai (Tampa, Florida); Peng Teng (Tampa, Florida); Alekhya Nimmagadda (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are novel bis-cyclic guanidine compounds, and the use thereof for treating bacterial infection. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/014702 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 31/04 (20180101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 233/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10144815 | Clare et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tami L. Clare (Portland, Oregon); Natasja A. Swartz (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified nano-clays and coating compositions including the modified nano-clays are disclosed. The coating compositions are useful for protecting objects such as outdoor sculptures and architectural elements made of metal or including metal components. In some embodiments, the modified nano-clay is LAPONITE clay that has been covalently modified with (tridecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrooctyl) triethoxysilane and cation-exchanged with phosphorylcholine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/278882 |
| ART UNIT | 1767 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2004/51 (20130101) C01P 2004/52 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 9/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08K 9/06 (20130101) C08K 2201/005 (20130101) C08K 2201/011 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/42 (20130101) C09C 3/12 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/08 (20130101) C09D 127/16 (20130101) C09D 127/16 (20130101) C09D 133/12 (20130101) |
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| US 10144913 | Medina-Bolivar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arkansas State University-Jonesboro (State University, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arkansas State University-Jonesboro (State University, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Fabricio Medina-Bolivar (Memphis, Tennessee); Tianhong Yang (Jonesboro, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method or process to increase the production of products of interest in plant material including plant cultures, such as, for example, cell suspension cultures, root cultures, and hairy root cultures is provided. In one embodiment, the method is to contacting the plant material with a precursor or xenobiotic when producing a product of interest from a plant. In another embodiment the plant material is also contacted with a trapping agent. The process may also provide for contacting an elicitor of the product of interest with the plant material. An embodiment provides for contacting an elicitor, precursor and trapping agent with the plant material. The ability to produce novel compounds such as glucosides and glucuronides is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/457922 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/00 (20130101) C12N 5/04 (20130101) C12N 5/0025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/22 (20130101) C12P 17/04 (20130101) C12P 17/06 (20130101) C12P 17/188 (20130101) C12P 19/46 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/72 (20130101) |
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| US 10144945 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sihong Wang (Scarsdale, New York); Zeynep Dereli-Korkut (North Bergen, New Jersey); Xuejun Jiang (Cresskill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A layered, microfluidic living cell array is disclosed. The cell array comprises a first layer comprising at least one cell culture channel; a second layer comprising at least one microfluidic channel; and a third layer, disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The third layer comprises a filter membrane with a plurality of pores, each pore fluidly connecting the microfluidic channel to the cell culture channel. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/257182 |
| 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 | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/16 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0693 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10145110 | Carney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Eli Carney (Brookline, Massachusetts); Benjamin Jenett (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A set of machines and related systems build structures by the additive assembly of discrete parts. These digital material assemblies constrain the constituent parts to a discrete set of possible positions and orientations. In doing so, the structures exhibit many of the properties inherent in digital communication such as error correction, fault tolerance and allow the assembly of precise structures with comparatively imprecise tools. Assembly of discrete cellular lattices by a Modular Isotropic Lattice Extruder System (MILES) is implemented by pulling strings of lattice elements through a forming die that enforces geometry constraints that lock the elements into a rigid structure that can then be pushed against and extruded out of the die as an assembled, load bearing structure. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/649837 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 19/04 (20130101) B23P 2700/01 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 1/068 (20130101) General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/19 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10146029 | Hua et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Hua (Tucson, Arizona); Rui Zhang (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to a head-mounted projection display, and more particularly, but not exclusively to a polarized head-mounted projection display including a light engine and a compact, high-performance projection lens for use with reflective microdisplays. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/092831 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/30 (20130101) G02B 5/3083 (20130101) G02B 9/34 (20130101) G02B 13/004 (20130101) G02B 13/04 (20130101) G02B 13/16 (20130101) G02B 13/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 13/0065 (20130101) G02B 27/0172 (20130101) G02B 27/286 (20130101) G02B 2027/0118 (20130101) G02B 2027/0123 (20130101) |
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| US 10146861 | Papakonstantinou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BIOHEATMAP, INC. (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioHeatMap, Inc. (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yannis Papakonstantinou (La Jolla, California); Robert Meadows (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for performing searches and presenting reports to users include receiving a user query request comprising condition classifications or text words or text phrases, receiving a user report request comprising report classification information that includes a request term, accessing an ontology providing a plurality of classifications, where each classification comprises a set of terms, accessing, using the ontology, a set of document associated with the report classification information, computing an aggregate measure of the request term based on a relationship between the request term and the set of documents, generating a requested report based on the aggregate measure of the request term and presenting the requested report. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/193904 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30011 (20130101) G06F 17/30696 (20130101) G06F 17/30713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10147045 | 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) | Kang L. Wang (Santa Monica, California); Hao-Yuan Chang (Folsom, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit that makes use of chaos or self-organized criticality to generate a matrix of bits for computation and information processing. The example embodiment utilizes CMOS circuitry and can solve optimization problems. A plurality of unit cells includes multiple transistors in a lattice formation that set voltages as state variables to other transistor cells. Adjustable bifurcation parameters are utilized to bring the chaotic circuit in and out of the chaotic regime. A processing unit with software are utilized for implanting a problem of interest into the chaotic circuit, while data latches or analog to digital converters provide for reading out the voltages from the chaotic circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/346538 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 7/005 (20130101) G06N 7/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10147220 | Stanton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Stanton (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Adrien Treuille (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kayvon Fatahalian (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); James O'Brien (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ben Humberston (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Brandon Kase (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method includes accessing a plurality of sets of outputs for an interactive animation, with each set of outputs being associated with a different sequence of a plurality of sequences of discrete control inputs, and with each set of outputs comprising an output that provides a stored portion of the animation; and transmitting, to a client device, information indicative of at least one of the plurality of sets of outputs for the animation and the output that provides the stored portion of the animation, which when rendered by the client device causes the animation to be presented to a user. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/126149 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/206 (20130101) G06T 13/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 15/503 (20130101) G06T 2207/20092 (20130101) |
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| US 10147553 | Emrick et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Massachusetts); Zachariah A. Page (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Yao Liu (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel hydrophilic conjugated polymers, e.g., hydrophilic poly(arylene vinylenes) or PAVs, and preparation thereof, and methods and devices for their application in photovoltaics, and the resulting improved solar cells. |
| FILED | Monday, March 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/457971 |
| ART UNIT | 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/02 (20130101) C08G 61/123 (20130101) C08G 2261/18 (20130101) C08G 2261/91 (20130101) C08G 2261/124 (20130101) C08G 2261/146 (20130101) C08G 2261/228 (20130101) C08G 2261/312 (20130101) C08G 2261/344 (20130101) C08G 2261/1424 (20130101) C08G 2261/3246 (20130101) C08G 2261/3327 (20130101) C08G 2261/3422 (20130101) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 9/2009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0035 (20130101) H01L 51/0036 (20130101) H01L 51/0037 (20130101) H01L 51/0038 (20130101) H01L 51/0043 (20130101) H01L 51/0046 (20130101) H01L 51/0047 (20130101) H01L 51/0077 (20130101) |
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| US 10147870 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John X. J. Zhang (Hanover, New Hampshire); Dajing Chen (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a porous piezoelectric polymer film with a dense surface, includes depositing a polymer solution onto a substrate to form a polymer film including a solvent; evaporating a portion of the solvent to form the dense surface away from the substrate; forming water droplets in interior of the polymer film; and substantially evaporating the water droplets and remaining solvent to form porous interior. A piezoelectric composition includes a piezoelectric material with a porous interior and a dense surface for interfacing with an electrode. A piezoelectric device includes a first electrode; a porous piezoelectric film with a dense surface and porous interior, wherein the porous piezoelectric film is deposited on the first electrode and the dense surface is away from the first electrode; and a second electrode deposited on the dense surface for, together with the first electrode, providing an electrical interface for the porous piezoelectric film. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/526713 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/09 (20130101) H01L 41/45 (20130101) H01L 41/047 (20130101) H01L 41/113 (20130101) H01L 41/193 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 41/0805 (20130101) H01L 41/1132 (20130101) |
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| US 10148036 | Susilo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ekawahyu Susilo (Nashville, Tennessee); Nicolo Garbin (Nashville, Tennessee); Pietro Valdastri (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-platform modular device including a plurality of platforms or modules. Each module implements a different function and can be connected to another module via a plurality of magnetic contacts. The magnetic contacts can be used for synchronization, communication, and power delivery between the modules. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/632112 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 19/0069 (20130101) Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/621 (20130101) H01R 13/6205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10148291 | Shi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elaine Shi (Silver Spring, Maryland); Emil Stefanov (Hayward, California); Charalampos Papamanthou (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments of the present invention involve a method of storing an erasure coded copy of block data, and storing newly updated block data into a separate erasure-coded log structure. The method also includes auditing both the erasure copy of block data and the newly updated block data. The erasure copy of block data and the newly updated block data are probabilistically checked during the audit. In certain other embodiments the newly updated block data is stored in a log structure. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/696012 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/064 (20130101) G06F 3/0619 (20130101) G06F 3/0673 (20130101) G06F 11/1004 (20130101) G06F 21/60 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 13/373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/32 (20130101) H04L 9/321 (20130101) H04L 9/3218 (20130101) H04L 9/3271 (20130101) |
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| US 10148593 | Kodi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona); OHIO UNIVERSITY (Athens, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio); Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Avinash Karanth Kodi (Athens, Ohio); Dominic Ditomaso (Athens, Ohio); Ahmed Louri (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A first example provides a circuit configured to operate in four modes. A first mode includes propagating data from a first terminal of the circuit to a second terminal of the circuit. A second mode includes propagating data from the second terminal of the circuit to the first terminal of the circuit. A third mode includes storing data received by the first terminal. A fourth mode includes storing data received by the second terminal. A second example provides a circuit configured to cause one or more communication links to operate in one of two modes based on data traffic detected on the one or more communication links. The first mode includes propagating data from a first router to a second router. The second mode includes propagating data to the first router from the second router. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/118823 |
| ART UNIT | 2471 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 49/50 (20130101) H04L 49/109 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mauro Ferrari (Houston, Texas); Ennio Tasciotti (Houston, Texas); Jason Sakamoto (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Multistage delivery vehicles are disclosed which include a first stage particle and a second stage particle. The first stage particle is a micro or nanoparticle that contains the second stage particle. The second stage particle includes an active agent, such as a therapeutic agent or an imaging agent. The multistage delivery vehicle allows sequential overcoming or bypassing of biological barriers. The multistage delivery vehicle is administered as a part of a composition that includes a plurality of the vehicles. Methods of making the multistage delivery vehicles are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/725570 |
| 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 9/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/51 (20130101) A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) |
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| US 10144535 | Li 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) | Xiaoyi Li (Clarksville, Maryland); Shouvanik Mustafi (Silver Spring, Maryland); Alvin J. Boutte (Lanham, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed subject matter relates to a radiation shielding apparatus including a cryogenic vessel and a cryogenic hydrogen radiation shielding material capable of providing a radiation shield, the cryogenic hydrogen radiation shielding material including cryogenic hydrogen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/856174 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/58 (20130101) B64G 1/543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 1/023 (20130101) G21F 3/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10145110 | Carney et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Eli Carney (Brookline, Massachusetts); Benjamin Jenett (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Neil Gershenfeld (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A set of machines and related systems build structures by the additive assembly of discrete parts. These digital material assemblies constrain the constituent parts to a discrete set of possible positions and orientations. In doing so, the structures exhibit many of the properties inherent in digital communication such as error correction, fault tolerance and allow the assembly of precise structures with comparatively imprecise tools. Assembly of discrete cellular lattices by a Modular Isotropic Lattice Extruder System (MILES) is implemented by pulling strings of lattice elements through a forming die that enforces geometry constraints that lock the elements into a rigid structure that can then be pushed against and extruded out of the die as an assembled, load bearing structure. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/649837 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal-working Not Otherwise Provided For; Combined Operations; Universal Machine Tools B23P 19/04 (20130101) B23P 2700/01 (20130101) Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 1/068 (20130101) General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/19 (20130101) Structural Elements; Building Materials E04C 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10145602 | Shirron 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) | Peter J. Shirron (Silver Spring, Maryland); Mark O. Kimball (Chester, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An active gas-gap heat switch may significantly reduce the time required to transition between the open and closed states, reduce the heat require to warm the getter, and reduce the heat that leaks from the getter to the switch body. A thermal interface at one end of the active gas-gap heat switch may include a plurality of fins. A getter assembly may be hermetically attached to the thermal interface and a containment tube may surround and house the plurality of fins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/842939 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 19/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 2013/008 (20130101) |
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| US 10145972 | Owen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan Ethel Owen (Pasadena, California); Angelyn W. Moore (Pasadena, California); Zhen Liu (Pasadena, California); Sang Ho Yun (Pasadena, California); Hook Kian Hua (Pasadena, California); Gian Franco Sacco (Pasadena, California); Timothy M. Stough (Pasadena, California); Costin Radulescu (Pasadena, California); Eric J. Fielding (Pasadena, California); Paul A. Rosen (Pasadena, California); Frank H. Webb (Pasadena, California); Jennifer W. Cruz (Pasadena, California); Mark Simons (Pasadena, California); Piyush Shanker Agram (Pasadena, California); Paul Randall Lundgren (Pasadena, California); Gerald John Maramba Manipon (Pasadena, California); Michael David Starch (Pasadena, California); Brian Wilson (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Many embodiments provide a hybrid data processing system (HySDS) of an end-to-end geodetic imaging data system enabling near-real-time science, assessment, response, and rapid recovery. The HySDS may be an operation data processing system that integrates data from many different geodetic data sources and/or sensors, including interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), GPS, pixel tracking, seismology, and/or modeling, and processes the data to generate actionable high quality science data products. The HySDS may provide for an automated imaging and analysis capabilities that is able to handle the imminent increases in raw data from new and existing geodetic monitoring sensor systems. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/828348 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/008 (20130101) G01V 1/288 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10147863 | Xu 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) | Tian-Bing Xu (Hampton, Virginia); Jin Ho Kang (Newport News, Virginia); Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia); Glen C. King (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments provide pyroelectric sandwich thermal energy harvesters. In the various embodiment pyroelectric sandwich thermal energy harvesters, generated electrical energy may be stored in a super-capacitor/battery as soon as it is generated. The various embodiment pyroelectric sandwich thermal energy harvesters may harvest electrical energy from any environment where temperature variations occur. The various embodiment pyroelectric sandwich thermal energy harvesters may be power sources for space equipment and vehicles in space and/or on earth, as well as the for wireless sensor networks, such as health monitoring systems of oil pipes, aircraft, bridges, and buildings. |
| FILED | Friday, October 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/879506 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 37/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10147992 | U-Yen 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) | Kongpop U-Yen (Arlington, Virginia); Edward J. Wollack (Clarksville, Maryland); Marc Castro (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A via-less crossover for use in broadband microwave/mm-wave circuitry, including: a dielectric substrate; a top layer disposed on one side of the substrate and including a microstrip line with an input and an output, two tapered sections placed around the microstrip line along a co-planar waveguide (CPW) central line, one microstrip portion having an input and which connects to one top layer, rectangular stub disposed adjacent to one of the tapered sections, and another microstrip portion having an output and which connects to another top layer, rectangular stub disposed adjacent to the other of the tapered sections; and a ground layer disposed on an opposite side of the substrate and including a bottom layer CPW central line situated in a central cutout and which connects between a bottom layer, rectangular stub on one side and a bottom layer, rectangular stub on the other side situated in ground cutouts, respectively. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/194747 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 3/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01P 3/006 (20130101) H01P 3/088 (20130101) H01P 5/028 (20130101) |
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| US 10148352 | Yang 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) | Guangning Yang (Clarksville, Maryland); Jeffrey R. Chen (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for measuring a distance between a first and second terminal includes a frame counter for determining a number of data frames traversing a distance between the first terminal 105 and the second terminal, a frame bit counter for determining a number of data clock bits offset between a transmitted data frame and a concurrently received data frame, a data clock phase detector for determining a phase difference between an RF data clock for the transmitted data frame and an RF data clock for the concurrently received data frame, and an optical carrier phase detector for determining a phase difference between an optical carrier used to transmit the transmitted data frame and an optical carrier for the concurrently received data frame. The distance between the first and second terminal is determined from a round trip transit time T between the first and second terminals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/646687 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 3/00 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 17/36 (20130101) G01S 17/933 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/08 (20130101) Transmission H04B 7/18506 (20130101) H04B 10/61 (20130101) H04B 10/071 (20130101) H04B 10/079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/503 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/00 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 7/0075 (20130101) |
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| US 10149179 | Barsoum et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Constellation Designs, Inc. (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Constellation Designs, Inc. (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maged F. Barsoum (San Jose, California); Christopher R. Jones (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Transmitters are described that use non-uniformly spaced symbol constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations. In many embodiments, a transmitter includes a coder configured to receive bits and output encoded bits, a mapper configured to map said encoded bits to symbols in a non-uniform symbol constellation selected from a plurality of symbol constellations, and a modulator configured to generate a signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper. In a variety of embodiments, wherein the non-uniform symbol constellation comprises a set of non-uniformly spaced constellation points, and the location points in the non-uniform symbol constellation are chosen to optimize parallel decode capacity of the non-uniform symbol constellation subject to at least one optimization constraint. In many embodiments, the non-uniform symbol constellation is a quadrature amplitude modulation constellation or a phase shift keyed constellation. |
| FILED | Monday, August 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/682475 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 15/00 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 1/0003 (20130101) H04L 1/0009 (20130101) H04L 27/3405 (20130101) H04L 27/3483 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 24/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 10144694 | Lew et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering South China University (Guangzhou, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Helen N. Lew (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Karen Wagner (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Xuetong Fan (North Wales, Pennsylvania); Alberto Nunez (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Robert A. Moreau (Quakertown, Pennsylvania); Michael J. Haas (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania); Zongcheng Yan (Guangzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for preparing phenolic branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof, involving subjecting in a pressurized container (a) at least one phenolic compound, (b) unsaturated fatty acids having 6 to 25 carbon atoms, alkyl esters thereof, or mixtures thereof, and (c) H-ferrierite zeolite catalyst in the presence of distilled water or alcohol and a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature of about 100° C. to about 400° C. and a pressure of about 10 to about 1000 psi, and isolating saturated phenolic branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof or mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are methods for killing microorganisms on or in an object, involving contacting said object with an effective microorganisms killing amount of a composition comprising phenolic branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof, and optionally a carrier; the phenolic branched chain fatty acids or alkyl esters thereof may be produced by the methods described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/002249 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 37/38 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 51/353 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10144913 | Medina-Bolivar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arkansas State University-Jonesboro (State University, Arkansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arkansas State University-Jonesboro (State University, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Fabricio Medina-Bolivar (Memphis, Tennessee); Tianhong Yang (Jonesboro, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method or process to increase the production of products of interest in plant material including plant cultures, such as, for example, cell suspension cultures, root cultures, and hairy root cultures is provided. In one embodiment, the method is to contacting the plant material with a precursor or xenobiotic when producing a product of interest from a plant. In another embodiment the plant material is also contacted with a trapping agent. The process may also provide for contacting an elicitor of the product of interest with the plant material. An embodiment provides for contacting an elicitor, precursor and trapping agent with the plant material. The ability to produce novel compounds such as glucosides and glucuronides is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, March 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/457922 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/00 (20130101) C12N 5/04 (20130101) C12N 5/0025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/22 (20130101) C12P 17/04 (20130101) C12P 17/06 (20130101) C12P 17/188 (20130101) C12P 19/46 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/72 (20130101) |
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| US 10145019 | Bhavaraju et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FIELD UPGRADING LIMITED (Calgary, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ENLIGHTEN INNOVATIONS INC. (Calgary, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sai Bhavaraju (West Jordan, Utah); James Mosby (Salt Lake City, Utah); Patrick McGuire (Salt Lake City, Utah); Mukund Karanjikar (Sandy, Utah); Daniel Taggart (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jacob Staley (West Jordan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, equipment, and reagents for preparing organic compounds using custom electrolytes based on different ionic liquids in electrolytic decarboxylation reactions are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/290864 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/2078 (20130101) C07C 29/32 (20130101) C07C 51/412 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 3/00 (20130101) C10G 2300/44 (20130101) C10G 2300/1011 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/00 (20130101) C25B 3/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 9/08 (20130101) C25B 15/08 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 30/20 (20151101) |
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| US 10145063 | Bozell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Bozell (Knoxville, Tennessee); David Harper (Maryville, Tennessee); Nicole Labbe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Omid Hosseinaei (Knoxville, Tennessee); Timothy Rials (Maryville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A comprehensive process for treating lignocellulosic biomass in order to separate the biomass into its component parts, the process comprising: a) contacting the lignocellulosic biomass with a first solvent for a period of time and at a first temperature at a severity in the range of about 2 to about 4 to remove extractive components and a portion of ash from the biomass; b) contacting the biomass from step (a) with a second solvent, and optional catalyst, at a second temperature at a severity in the range of about 1 to 5 to remove hemicelluloses and additional ash from the biomass; and c) separating the biomass from step (b) into a lignin product and a cellulose product by contacting the biomass from step (b) with a third solvent at a severity in the range of about 1.5 to 5 to provide a spent liquor product and a solid fraction containing cellulose. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/505465 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0057 (20130101) Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 8/00 (20130101) Chemical Treatment of Natural Filamentary or Fibrous Material to Obtain Filaments or Fibres for Spinning; Carbonising Rags to Recover Animal Fibres D01C 1/02 (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 9/17 (20130101) Production of Cellulose by Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing Materials; Regeneration of Pulping Liquors; Apparatus Therefor D21C 3/20 (20130101) D21C 11/0007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 10144474 | Rajamani 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) | Rajesh Rajamani (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Woongsun Jeon (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Bicycle collision systems, apparatus, and methods may include, or use, one or more various sensing apparatus to detect vehicles or other objects that may collide, or potentially collide, with a bicycle. The sensing apparatus may include at least one of side sensing apparatus, rear sensing apparatus, and front sensing apparatus. Further, alert apparatus may be used to alert not only the cyclist but also the driver of a vehicle of an imminent collision. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/640066 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Cycle Saddles or Seats; Auxiliary Devices or Accessories Specially Adapted to Cycles and Not Otherwise Provided For, e.g Article Carriers or Cycle Protectors B62J 3/00 (20130101) B62J 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B62J 2099/002 (20130101) B62J 2099/0013 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/166 (20130101) |
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| US 10145063 | Bozell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Bozell (Knoxville, Tennessee); David Harper (Maryville, Tennessee); Nicole Labbe (Knoxville, Tennessee); Omid Hosseinaei (Knoxville, Tennessee); Timothy Rials (Maryville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A comprehensive process for treating lignocellulosic biomass in order to separate the biomass into its component parts, the process comprising: a) contacting the lignocellulosic biomass with a first solvent for a period of time and at a first temperature at a severity in the range of about 2 to about 4 to remove extractive components and a portion of ash from the biomass; b) contacting the biomass from step (a) with a second solvent, and optional catalyst, at a second temperature at a severity in the range of about 1 to 5 to remove hemicelluloses and additional ash from the biomass; and c) separating the biomass from step (b) into a lignin product and a cellulose product by contacting the biomass from step (b) with a third solvent at a severity in the range of about 1.5 to 5 to provide a spent liquor product and a solid fraction containing cellulose. |
| FILED | Friday, August 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/505465 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof C08B 37/0057 (20130101) Derivatives of Natural Macromolecular Compounds C08H 8/00 (20130101) Chemical Treatment of Natural Filamentary or Fibrous Material to Obtain Filaments or Fibres for Spinning; Carbonising Rags to Recover Animal Fibres D01C 1/02 (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 9/17 (20130101) Production of Cellulose by Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing Materials; Regeneration of Pulping Liquors; Apparatus Therefor D21C 3/20 (20130101) D21C 11/0007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 10143709 | March et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); The United States of America Department of Veteran Affairs As Represented By The Technology Transfer Program (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith March (Carmel, Indiana); Natalia Bogatcheva (Westfield, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is that the systemic administration of ASC conditioned media diminished LPS-induced lung injury by inhibiting epithelial permeability, neutrophil inflammatory response, and secretion of pro-inflammatory TNFα. It is also shown that ARDS lung is able to retain IV-delivered ASC for a substantial amount of time, with no evidence of the significant cell distribution to other organs at this time point. These findings provide optimization of cell-based and cell-free therapy for the treatment of ARDS, including occurrences of ARDS caused by upper respiratory tract infections such as SARS and MERS. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/705895 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US D834923 | Chrouser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America As Represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kristin Chrouser (Washington, District of Columbia); Steven M. Morin (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 29/624323 |
| ART UNIT | 2918 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools and hardware D8/356 |
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US D835189 | Galien |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jay T. Galien (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay T. Galien (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | |
| FILED | Thursday, October 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 29/580808 |
| ART UNIT | 2924 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Office supplies; artists and teachers materials D19/75 |
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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 10145627 | Lashmore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NANOCOMP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Lashmore (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Diana Lewis (Concord, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanotube-based insulator is provided having thermal insulating properties. The insulator can include a plurality of nanotube sheets stacked on top of one another. Each nanotube sheet can be defined by a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The plurality of carbon nanotubes can be configured so as to decrease normal-to-plane thermal conductivity while permitting in-plane thermal conductivity. A plurality of spacers can be situated between adjacent nanotube sheets so as to reduce interlayer contact between the nanotubes in each sheet. The plurality of spacers can be ceramic or alumina dots or provided by texturing the nanotube sheets. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/230527 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/022 (20130101) B32B 2307/304 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/168 (20170801) C01B 2202/24 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49227 (20150115) Y10T 428/30 (20150115) Y10T 428/24132 (20150115) Y10T 428/24322 (20150115) Y10T 428/24355 (20150115) Y10T 428/24744 (20150115) Y10T 428/249953 (20150401) Y10T 442/67 (20150401) |
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National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 10147865 | Tahan |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director of the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Charles George Tahan (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Superconducting regions formed with a crystal provide highly doped regions of acceptor atoms. These superconducting regions are used to provide superconducting devices wherein non-epitaxial interfaces have been eliminated. A method is provided to highly doped regions of a crystal to form the superconducting regions and devices. By forming the superconducting regions within the crystal non-epitaxial interfaces are eliminated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 13/999574 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/12 (20130101) H01L 39/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 39/223 (20130101) H01L 39/228 (20130101) H01L 39/2493 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 10146861 | Papakonstantinou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BIOHEATMAP, INC. (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioHeatMap, Inc. (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yannis Papakonstantinou (La Jolla, California); Robert Meadows (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for performing searches and presenting reports to users include receiving a user query request comprising condition classifications or text words or text phrases, receiving a user report request comprising report classification information that includes a request term, accessing an ontology providing a plurality of classifications, where each classification comprises a set of terms, accessing, using the ontology, a set of document associated with the report classification information, computing an aggregate measure of the request term based on a relationship between the request term and the set of documents, generating a requested report based on the aggregate measure of the request term and presenting the requested report. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/193904 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/30011 (20130101) G06F 17/30696 (20130101) G06F 17/30713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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U.S. State Government
| US 10144976 | Quinones-Mateu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miguel E. Quinones-Mateu (Rocky River, Ohio); Eric J. Arts (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting low frequency occurrence of one or more HIV sequence variants associated with drug resistance and HIV tropism includes generating a plurality of cDNA species from a plurality of RNA molecules in an HIV sample population, amplifying a plurality of first amplicons and second amplicons from the cDNA species, wherein the first amplicons are amplified using first pairs of primers that amplify a HIV genomic region of the cDNA species encoding the Gag proteins p2, p7, p1 and p6, and the protease, reverse transcriptase, and integrase enzymes and the second amplicons are amplified using second pairs of primers that amplify a HIV genomic encoding region of the cDNA species encoding the env-C2V3 region; determining the nucleic acid sequence compositions of the amplified first amplicons second amplicons; identifying variants in the determined sequence by comparing the determined nucleic sequence to a guide sequence; and correlating the determined variants with variants of HIV drug resistance and HIV tropism. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/540774 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/70 (20130101) C12Q 1/703 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 10144038 | Stratton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Stratton (Springfield, Virginia); Gregory J. Smith (Arlington, Virginia); Thomas C. Potter (Oak Hill, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Sorting systems and methods for large quantities of items in industrial processes are described. The systems, devices and methods are for receiving, sorting and removing items dynamically. A first group of items, such as letters or other mail pieces, are injected by a belt into a pocket to a form a first stack, and a divider is extended near the first stack. The divider allows for a second group of items to either be injected to form a second stack behind the divider, or to be diverted and injected into another pocket. The first stack can be removed while the second group is being injected. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/610304 |
| ART UNIT | 3659 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking B07C 3/00 (20130101) B07C 3/02 (20130101) B07C 3/06 (20130101) B07C 3/008 (20130101) B07C 3/18 (20130101) B07C 3/087 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B07C 5/00 (20130101) B07C 5/04 (20130101) B07C 5/38 (20130101) Handling Thin or Filamentary Material, e.g Sheets, Webs, Cables B65H 43/00 (20130101) B65H 2301/43 (20130101) B65H 2301/432 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 10143391 | Damaser et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio); THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland, Ohio); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERNS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margot S. Damaser (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Steven Majerus (Cleveland, Ohio); Paul C. Fletter (Mt. Prospect, Illinois); Steven L. Garverick (Cleveland Hts., Ohio); Wen H. Ko (Cleveland Hts., Ohio); Paul Zaszczurynski (Sycamore, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for in vivo measurement of pressure. An implantable sensor assembly includes a pressure sensor configured to provide an analog signal representing pressure and a signal conditioning component configured to convert the pressure sensor output into a digital signal. A transmitter is configured to transmit the digital signal to an external base unit. A power control unit is configured to dynamically allocate power throughout the implantable sensor assembly, such that during an active measurement interval of the implantable sensor assembly, each of the pressure sensor, the signal conditioning component, and the transmitter are powered only for a portion of the active measurement interval necessary to perform a related function. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/889852 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/205 (20130101) A61B 5/726 (20130101) A61B 5/6874 (20130101) A61B 5/6882 (20130101) A61B 2560/0219 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10145506 | Bullard |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew L. Bullard (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A precision adjustment screw mechanism comprises a platform carried by a base. The platform is selectively movable towards and away from the base, and is selectively tiltable with respect to the base. A push-pull screw is secured to and between the platform and the base, to selectively displace the platform towards and away from the base. The push-pull screw has a ball-and-socket type joint between the platform and the base, with the platform tiltable with respect to the base about the ball-and-socket type joint. A cylindrical bellows has a proximal end sealed to the base and a distal end sealed to the platform, and circumscribes the push-pull screw between the base and the platform. The bellows can react torque exerted on the platform by a fastener of the push-pull screw. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/357969 |
| ART UNIT | 3632 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Frames, Casings or Beds of Engines, Machines or Apparatus, Not Specific to Engines, Machines or Apparatus Provided for Elsewhere; Stands; Supports F16M 11/10 (20130101) F16M 11/043 (20130101) F16M 13/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16M 2200/022 (20130101) Vessels for Containing or Storing Compressed, Liquefied or Solidified Gases; Fixed-capacity Gas-holders; Filling Vessels With, or Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, or Solidified Gases F17C 13/08 (20130101) F17C 2205/01 (20130101) F17C 2221/033 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 7/003 (20130101) G02B 7/004 (20130101) G02B 7/023 (20130101) G02B 7/1822 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10147035 | Cruz-Albrecht et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California); Timothy Derosier (Colorado, Colorado); Narayan Srinivasa (Hillsboro, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit for emulating the behavior of biological neural circuits, the circuit including a plurality of nodes wherein each node comprises a neuron circuit, a time multiplexed synapse circuit coupled to an input of the neuron circuit, a time multiplexed short term plasticity (STP) circuit coupled to an input of the node and to the synapse circuit, a time multiplexed Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP) circuit coupled to the input of the node and to the synapse circuit, an output of the node coupled to the neuron circuit; and an interconnect fabric coupled between the plurality of nodes for providing coupling from the output of any node of the plurality of nodes to any input of any other node of the plurality of nodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/199800 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/48 (20130101) G06F 7/50 (20130101) G06F 7/523 (20130101) G06F 2207/4824 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/063 (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, December 04, 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?
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FUNDED BY
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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The 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)
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