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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 25, 2018
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| US 10159486 | Utter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent Utter (Easton, Pennsylvania); Jennifer Freeman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel H. Teitelbaum (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Diann Erbschloe Brei (Milford, Michigan); Jonathan E. Luntz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yumi Fukatsu (Tokyo, Japan); Farokh R. Demehri (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An attachment system for selectively attaching to an interior surface of a hollow member, which includes an expanding device selectively enlargeable from a first size position to an enlarged second size position, a friction enhancement disposed about the expanding device that is engageable with the interior surface of the hollow member when the expanding device is in the enlarged position, and a fenestrated decoupling system extending between at least a portion of the friction enhancement of the expanding device and the interior surface of the hollow member. The fenestrated decoupling system generally prevents contact of the friction enhancement with the interior surface of the hollow member when the expanding device is in the first size position and permits contact of the friction enhancement with the interior surface of the hollow member when the expanding device is in the enlarged position. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 21, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/718175 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/02 (20130101) A61B 17/1114 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/12045 (20130101) A61B 17/12136 (20130101) A61B 90/02 (20160201) A61B 2017/00367 (20130101) A61B 2017/00557 (20130101) A61B 2017/00818 (20130101) A61B 2017/1135 (20130101) A61B 2017/12054 (20130101) A61B 2017/12127 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 29/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10159651 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Privo Technologies, Inc. (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Privo Technologies, Inc. (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manijeh Nazari Goldberg (Newburyport, Massachusetts); Aaron Manzi (Atkinson, New Hampshire); Brandon LaPorte (Methuen, Massachusetts); Amritpreet Birdi (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for manufacturing a therapeutic agent delivery system includes forming a first mixture with a plurality of microparticles, the microparticles containing a therapeutic agent and having a coating around the therapeutic agent, the coating including chitosan. The method also includes forming a second mixture from ingredients including the first mixture, chitosan, a hydration promoter, a microparticle adhesion inhibitor, and a microparticle aggregation inhibitor, freezing the second mixture in a bath containing an aqueous alcoholic solution at a temperature above the freezing temperature of the aqueous alcoholic solution and at most −40° C., to form a frozen layer precursor, and drying the frozen layer precursor to form a porous polymeric matrix with microparticles embedded within the matrix. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/897729 |
| ART UNIT | 1611 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 9/70 (20130101) A61K 9/485 (20130101) A61K 9/4866 (20130101) A61K 9/5036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5161 (20130101) A61K 31/282 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) |
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| US 10159674 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beibei Chen (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Rama K. Mallampalli (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein X is a divalent linking moiety; and R1-R10 are each individually H, optionally-substituted alkyl, optionally-substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, halogen, amino, or hydroxy, provided that at least one of R3 or R8 is an optionally-substituted alkyl, a substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, or halogen. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/138137 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/402 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/435 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/01 (20130101) C07C 211/53 (20130101) C07C 229/38 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 211/14 (20130101) C07D 213/06 (20130101) C07D 213/36 (20130101) C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 233/61 (20130101) C07D 233/64 (20130101) C07D 239/26 (20130101) C07D 265/30 (20130101) C07D 277/28 (20130101) C07D 295/135 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
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| US 10159678 | Worgall et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); Columbia University (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell University (Ithaca, New York); Columbia University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stefan Worgall (New York, New York); Tilla S. Worgall (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are described for reducing airway reactivity and the susceptibility to asthmatic bronchoconstriction that involve increasing sphingolipid content in airways and lungs of a mammalian subject. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/400887 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/165 (20130101) A61K 31/167 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/352 (20130101) A61K 31/353 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/4245 (20130101) A61K 31/5383 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10159681 | Ulmann et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LABORATOIRE HRA-PHARMA (Paris, France); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Laboratoire HRA-Pharma (Paris, France); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andre Ulmann (Paris, France); Erin Gainer (Chardonne, Switzerland); Henri Camille Mathe (Paris, France); Diana Blithe (Silver Spring, Maryland); Lynnette Nieman (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for on-demand contraception, which method comprises administering a progestogen agent or progesterone receptor modulator, such as 17a-acetoxy-11b-[4-N,N-dimethylamino-phenyl)-19-norpregna-4,9-diene-3,20-dione (ulipristal acetate) in a woman, within 72 hours before an intercourse or within 120 hours after the intercourse. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/016845 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 9/20 (20130101) A61K 9/0036 (20130101) A61K 31/56 (20130101) A61K 31/57 (20130101) A61K 31/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10159706 | Khaled et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Annette Khaled (Orlando, Florida); Rebecca Boohaker (Orlando, Florida); Michael Lee (Orlando, Florida); Jesus Perez Figueroa (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | In an aspect, the invention relates to compositions and methods for permeabilizing membranes of cells. In an aspect, the invention relates to compositions and methods for killing cells. In an aspect, the invention relates to compositions and methods of permeabilizing the membranes of cancer cells or microbial cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/717884 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Organic Chemistry |
| 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 43/38 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/513 (20130101) A61K 9/5153 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/16 (20130101) A61K 38/1761 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10159711 | Jonker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johan W. Jonker (Gronigen, Netherlands); Michael Downes (San Diego, California); Ronald M. Evans (La Jolla, California); Jae Myoung Suh (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The method provides methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, and fatty liver. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/351104 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/60 (20170801) A61K 47/61 (20170801) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10159716 | Whitsett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Whitsett (Cincinnati, Ohio); Machiko Ikegami (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a member of the collectin family of collagenous lectin domain-containing proteins that is expressed in epithelial cells of the lung. Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of disorders associated with lung injury, including methods and compositions for the treatment of bronchopulmonary disorder (BPD). |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/341383 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/395 (20130101) A61K 38/1732 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10159736 | Steinmetz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole F. Steinmetz (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Photodynamic virus particles including a plant virus particle associated with a photosensitizing agent are described. Methods of treating cancer in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the photodynamic virus particles and illuminating a cancer-bearing region of the subject to activate the photodynamic virus particles are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/403692 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 41/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/00023 (20130101) C12N 2770/00032 (20130101) C12N 2770/00042 (20130101) |
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| US 10159743 | Fu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Fu (Baltimore, Maryland); Peter A. Campochiaro (Baltimore, Maryland); Justin Scot Hanes (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-linear multiblock copolymer-drug conjugates for the treatment and prevention of diseases and disorders of the eye are provided. The polymer-drug conjugates can form nanoparticles, microparticles, and implants that are capable of effectively delivering therapeutic levels of one or more active agents for an extended period of time. Administration to the eye of an active agent in the form of a non-linear multiblock copolymer-drug conjugate produces decreased side effects when compared to administration of the active agent alone. Also provided are methods of treating intraocular neovascular diseases, such as wet age-related macular degeneration as well as diseases and disorders of the eye associated with inflammation, such as uveitis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/797531 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/48192 (20130101) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/48876 (20130101) A61K 47/48992 (20130101) |
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| US 10159754 | Mulligan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Mulligan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); George J. Murphy (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to compositions and methods relating to a translation-based gene regulation system that functions in mammalian cells. In certain specific embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of regulating gene expression via modulating translation termination. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/736748 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7036 (20130101) A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 48/0066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/85 (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 1/6813 (20130101) |
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| US 10159816 | Tsai et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li-Huei Tsai (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Emery Brown (Brookline, Massachusetts); Hannah Iaccarino (Somerville, Massachusetts); Anthony James Martorell (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Chinnakkaruppan Adaikkan (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides systems and methods for at least one of preventing, reducing, and treating a level of or change in at least one of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, C-terminal fragment-β (β-CTF), β-secretase (BACE1), γ-secretase, neuroinflammation, and/or dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's disease or age-related decline) in a subject by inducing synchronized gamma oscillations in the brain of the subject using, for example, a stimulus-emitting device to emit a stimulus (e.g., light, sound, and/or haptic) at a frequency (e.g., about 40 Hz) that synchronously activates in vivo a specific cell type (e.g., fast-spiking-parvalbumin (FS-PV) immunoreactive interneurons) and/or brain region (e.g., a sensory cortex and/or hippocampus) of the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/647157 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g Devices for Locating or Stimulating Reflex Points in the Body; Artificial Respiration; Massage; Bathing Devices for Special Therapeutic or Hygienic Purposes or Specific Parts of the Body A61H 23/00 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 2021/0022 (20130101) A61M 2021/0027 (20130101) A61M 2021/0044 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 5/0622 (20130101) A61N 2005/063 (20130101) A61N 2005/0651 (20130101) A61N 2005/0662 (20130101) |
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| US 10159832 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dao Min Zhou (Saugus, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Brian V. Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dao Min Zhou (Saugus, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Neil Hamilton Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Brian V. Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an implantable electrode with increased stability wherein the surface is of the electrode comprises mesh grids which are filled with sticks which are filed with a conducting or insulating material. The present invention further provides a method of manufacturing an electrode with increased stability, comprising: depositing a metal layer on an base layer; applying photoresist layer on the metal layer; patterning the photoresist layer providing openings; electroplating the openings with metal; removing the photoresist layer leaving spaces; and filling the spaces with polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/924763 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0543 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36046 (20130101) |
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| US 10159839 | Fried 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) | Itzhak Fried (Los Angeles, California); Nanthia Suthana (Los Angeles, California); Barbara Knowlton (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for enhancement of memory. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) implanting intracranial electrodes in a patient, wherein the electrodes are placed selectively at a specific brain site; (2) determining a threshold for eliciting an after-discharge threshold of the patient, and (3) stimulating the electrodes with current set below the after-discharge threshold while the patient is in a particular phase of sleep so as to enhance memory of the patient. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/225715 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0534 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36092 (20130101) A61N 1/36139 (20130101) A61N 1/36157 (20130101) |
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| US 10159845 | Greenberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (San Fernando, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alfred E. Mann (Beverly Hills, California); Dao Min Zhou (Saugus, California); Neil Talbot (La Crescenta, California); Jerry Ok (Canyon Country, California); Gailland R. Nolan (Oxford, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain non-sighted individuals. The hermetically sealed electronics package is directly bonded to the flex circuit or electrode by electroplating a biocompatible material, such as platinum or gold, effectively forming a plated rivet-shaped connection, which bonds the flex circuit to the electronics package. The resulting electronic device is biocompatible and is suitable for long-term implantation in living tissue. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/941311 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/375 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0543 (20130101) A61N 1/3758 (20130101) A61N 1/36046 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/0306 (20130101) H05K 3/321 (20130101) H05K 3/328 (20130101) H05K 3/361 (20130101) H05K 3/423 (20130101) H05K 3/4015 (20130101) H05K 3/4652 (20130101) H05K 3/4691 (20130101) H05K 2201/1028 (20130101) H05K 2201/09127 (20130101) H05K 2201/10287 (20130101) H05K 2201/10295 (20130101) H05K 2201/10977 (20130101) H05K 2203/0733 (20130101) H05K 2203/1446 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49155 (20150115) |
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| US 10159952 | Finski 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) | Alexei Finski (Somerville, Massachusetts); Gavin MacBeath (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for lysing a single cell embedded in a tissue from the inside of the cell, and collecting the intracellular lysate for use in analytical methods. This method preserves the state of molecules of the cell, and therefore allows for transformation of a single target cell in live tissue into a format that can be evaluated using analytical methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/622661 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 19/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/0061 (20130101) B01J 2219/00596 (20130101) B01J 2219/00626 (20130101) B01J 2219/00691 (20130101) B01J 2219/00695 (20130101) B01J 2219/00702 (20130101) B01J 2219/00725 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5091 (20130101) G01N 33/6803 (20130101) G01N 33/6848 (20130101) |
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| US 10160705 | Day et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Billy W. Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Neil Hukriede (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy W. Day (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Neil Hukriede (Allison Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and compositions are provided that inhibit histone deacylase activity and which expand renal progenitor cell populations and improve kidney function in a damaged kidney. Methods of use of the compounds and compositions are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 10, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/982512 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 15/1821 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/80 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 229/18 (20130101) C07C 317/44 (20130101) C07C 323/52 (20130101) C07C 323/56 (20130101) C07C 323/60 (20130101) C07C 323/62 (20130101) |
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| US 10160716 | Rosen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliot M. Rosen (Fairfax, Virginia); York A. Tomita (Bethesda, Maryland); Milton Brown (Brookeville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses novel compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions including therapeutically or prophylactically effective amounts of such compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also encompasses methods for treating or preventing diseases and disorders associated with abnormal cell growth, for example, treating or preventing cancer or tumor growth, which methods include administering to a mammal in need thereof a composition comprising a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/638991 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 53/136 (20130101) C07C 57/40 (20130101) C07C 57/42 (20130101) C07C 57/50 (20130101) C07C 69/76 (20130101) C07C 69/92 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 311/42 (20130101) C07C 2601/02 (20170501) C07C 2603/24 (20170501) C07C 2603/26 (20170501) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/42 (20130101) C07D 249/04 (20130101) C07D 257/04 (20130101) C07D 307/33 (20130101) C07D 317/46 (20130101) C07D 317/58 (20130101) C07D 317/68 (20130101) C07D 401/14 (20130101) C07D 405/14 (20130101) C07D 409/14 (20130101) C07D 487/18 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Covey (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is generally directed to neuroactive substituted cyclopent[a]anthracenes as referenced herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as, for example, an anesthetic, and/or in the treatment of disorders relating to GABA function and activity. The present disclosure is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/376938 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 49/423 (20130101) C07C 49/513 (20130101) C07C 255/47 (20130101) C07C 2603/40 (20170501) C07C 2603/42 (20170501) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 303/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10160752 | Thatcher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Thatcher (Chicago, Illinois); Marton Siklos (Chicago, Illinois); Rui Xiong (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a compound of formula (I). or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions including the compound of formula (I) and methods of using the compound of formula (I). |
| FILED | Friday, December 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/382338 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 333/56 (20130101) C07D 333/64 (20130101) C07D 409/04 (20130101) C07D 409/08 (20130101) C07D 409/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57484 (20130101) G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) |
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| US 10160756 | Harty et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald N. Harty (Bensalem, Pennsylvania); Bruce D. Freedman (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Jay E. Wrobel (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Allen B. Reitz (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); H. Marie Loughran (Perkasie, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compounds that are useful in preventing or treating viral infections, such as viral infections caused by a filovirus, arenavirus, rhabdovirus, paramyxovirus, and/or retrovirus. The present invention further includes compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of treating a viral infection in a subject using such compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/128471 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/498 (20130101) A61K 31/498 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 241/44 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 417/14 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 513/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10160763 | Fesik et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen W. Fesik (Nashville, Tennessee); Shaun R. Stauffer (Brentwood, Tennessee); William P. Tansey (Brentwood, Tennessee); Edward T. Olejniczak (Nashville, Tennessee); Jason Phan (Nashville, Tennessee); Feng Wang (Nashville, Tennessee); KyuOk Jeon (Nashville, Tennessee); Rocco D. Gogliotti (Kingston Springs, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are compounds that disrupt the WDR5-MLL1 protein-protein interaction, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating disorders and conditions in a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/703289 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor C07B 59/002 (20130101) C07B 2200/05 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 487/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10160769 | Grembecka et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jolanta Grembecka (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Tomasz Cierpicki (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dmitry Borkin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jay L. Hess (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Duxin Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Xiaoqin Li (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kevin Greenman (Sunnyvale, California); Mohamed Ibrahim (Mountain View, California); Artem Plekhov (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates generally to thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds and methods of use thereof. In particular embodiments, the present disclosure provides compositions comprising thienopyrimidine and thienopyridine compounds of Formula 3: and methods of use to inhibit the interaction of menin with MLL1, MLL2 and MLL-fusion oncoproteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/296842 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 495/16 (20130101) C07D 519/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10160783 | Covey et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas Covey (St. Louis, Missouri); Xin Jiang (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is generally directed to neuroactive 13, 17-substituted steroids as referenced herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as, for example, an anesthetic, and/or in the treatment of disorders relating to GABA function and activity. The present disclosure is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/333921 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Steroids C07J 1/0011 (20130101) C07J 3/00 (20130101) C07J 7/002 (20130101) C07J 7/0005 (20130101) C07J 7/007 (20130101) C07J 7/0075 (20130101) C07J 13/007 (20130101) C07J 21/008 (20130101) C07J 71/0005 (20130101) C07J 71/0026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10160787 | Ly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danith H. Ly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Srinivas Rapireddy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bichismita Sahu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are γ-PNA monomers, methodology for synthesizing them, and methodology for synthesizing PNA oligomers that incorporate them. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/972494 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/60 (20170801) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 229/12 (20130101) C07C 271/20 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/47 (20130101) C07D 239/54 (20130101) C07D 473/18 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/04 (20130101) C07K 1/08 (20130101) C07K 14/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10160788 | Barouch et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan H. Barouch (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph Patrick Nkolola (Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features stabilized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope (Env) trimers. The invention also features vaccines, nucleic acids, and vectors to deliver and/or facilitate production of the stabilized HIV Env trimers. In addition, the invention features methods of making and using the stabilized HIV Env trimers of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 15, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/897554 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/162 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16111 (20130101) |
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| US 10160790 | Ibrahim et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ashraf S. Ibrahim (Irvine, California); Michael R. Yeaman (Redondo Beach, California); John E. Edwards, Jr. (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Guanpingsheng Luo (Torrance, California); Yue Fu (Carson, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashraf S. Ibrahim (Irvine, California); Michael R. Yeaman (Redondo Beach, California); John E. Edwards, Jr. (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Guanpingsheng Luo (Torrance, California); Yue Fu (Carson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure features isolated polypeptides of Hyr1. The disclosure further features vaccines and antibodies useful in treating or preventing candidiasis or Acinetobacter infections or both. Further disclosed are isolated polypeptides consisting of between 14 and 20 amino acids for vaccine preparation. The specific amino acid sequences of isolated polypeptides of Hyr1 are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/344838 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/0002 (20130101) A61K 47/646 (20170801) A61K 2039/6081 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/14 (20130101) |
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| US 10160795 | Sullivan 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); Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Bellinzona, Switzerland); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); Humabs BioMed SA (Bellinzona, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Bellinzona, Switzerland); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); Humabs BioMed SA (Bellinzona, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy Sullivan (Bethesda, Maryland); Sabue Mulangu (Bethesda, Maryland); Davide Corti (Bellinzona, Switzerland); Antonio Lanzavecchia (Bellinzona, Switzerland); Barney Graham (Bethesda, Maryland); Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfun (Kinshasa, Congo); John Trefry (Frederick, Maryland); Julie Ledgerwood (Bethesda, Maryland); Daphne Stanley (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Neutralizing antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to Ebola virus glycoprotein are disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, vectors and host cells are also provided. Methods for detecting Ebola virus using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments are disclosed. The antibodies, antigen binding fragments, nucleic acids, and vectors, can be used, for example, to prevent and/or treat Ebola virus infection in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/526661 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/52 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/72 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/567 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/08 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) |
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| US 10160802 | Gutierrez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Leidos, Inc. (Reston, Virginia); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LEIDOS, INC. (Reston, Virginia); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel M. Gutierrez (Reston, Virginia); James Pannucci (Reston, Virginia); Amy Noe (Reston, Virginia); Steve Chienwen Huang (Reston, Virginia); Scott Winram (Reston, Virginia); Annie Xiaoyan Mo (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides antibodies that are useful for preventing and/or treating malaria. The epitope to which the antibodies bind is in close proximity to the conserved proteolytic cleavage site of P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP), and the antibodies provided in this disclosure can prevent cleavage and inhibit P. falciparum sporozoites from invading the liver. |
| FILED | Monday, February 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/056458 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/015 (20130101) A61K 39/39575 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/205 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/412 (20180101) |
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| US 10160805 | Longman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Randy S. Longman (New Rochelle, New York); Gretchen E. Diehl (New York, New York); Dan R. Littman (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York); Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy S. Longman (New Rochelle, New York); Gretchen E. Diehl (New York, New York); Dan R. Littman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for treating inflammatory bowel disease by promoting mucosal healing in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are encompassed herein. More particularly, methods and compositions described herein relate to agents that activate mononuclear phagocytes (MNPs) in the GI tract and, in turn, regulate the activity of interleukin (IL)-22-producing group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3) in close proximity thereto. |
| FILED | Monday, July 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/797588 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 16/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) G01N 33/5047 (20130101) G01N 33/6869 (20130101) G01N 2333/54 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10160809 | Scholler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathalie Scholler (Penn Valley, Pennsylvania); Aizhi Zhao (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Donald Siegel (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); George Coukos (Vaud, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to Anti-TEM 1 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, yeast libraries comprising the same, and prophylactic, diagnostic, and therapeutic methods using the same. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/411938 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/6849 (20170801) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2851 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guy Reed (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecule that binds specifically to a human tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) or a TPA mutant is provided. The molecule having sub-nanomolar affinity to inhibit fibrin-dependent plasminogen activation with an IC50<5 nM, to inhibit degradation of human fibrin clots without affecting TPA amidolytic activity or non-fibrin-dependent activation, and the amino acid sequence of the TPA mutant is at least 65% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. Further provided is a method for treating systemic bleeding and brain hemorrhage after TPA treatment in a patient in need of such treatment. The method comprises administering to said patient an effective amount of the molecule, wherein the molecule selectively inhibits fibrin-augmented plasminogen activation in the patient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/762601 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/40 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/92 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/86 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) G01N 2333/96433 (20130101) |
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| US 10160950 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Su-Chun Zhang (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Zhongwei Du (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for expanding proliferating populations of neuronal subtype-specific progenitors and creating substantially pure populations of motor neurons are provided herein. In particular, the present invention provides methods for maintaining the unique gene profile and differentiation potential of neuronal subtype-specific progenitors, such as motor neuron progenitors and hindbrain serotonergic neural progenitors. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/016934 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0619 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/15 (20130101) C12N 2501/16 (20130101) C12N 2501/41 (20130101) C12N 2501/42 (20130101) C12N 2501/155 (20130101) C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2501/727 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) C12N 2533/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10160953 | Hickman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Hickman (Orlando, Florida); Mainak Das (Orlando, Florida); John W. Rumsey (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a nutrient medium composition and associated methods for lengthening the useful life of a culture of muscle cells. Disclosed is a method of culturing mammalian muscle cells, including preparing one or more carriers coated with a covalently bonded monolayer of trimethoxy-silylpropyl-diethylenetriamine (DETA); verifying DETA monolayer formation by one or more associated optical parameters; suspending isolated fetal rat skeletal muscle cells in serum-free medium according to medium composition 1; plating the suspended cells onto the prepared carriers at a predetermined density; leaving the carriers undisturbed for cells to adhere to the DETA monolayer; covering the carriers with a mixture of medium 1 and medium 2; and incubating. A cell nutrient medium composition includes Neurobasal, an antibiotic-antimycotic composition, cholesterol, human TNF-alpha, PDGF BB, vasoactive intestinal peptides, insulin-like growth factor 1, NAP, r-Apolipoprotein E2, purified mouse Laminin, beta amyloid, human tenascin-C protein, rr-Sonic hedgehog Shh N-terminal, and rr-Agrin C terminal. |
| FILED | Monday, October 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/886577 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0619 (20130101) C12N 5/0652 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 5/0658 (20130101) C12N 2500/05 (20130101) C12N 2500/46 (20130101) C12N 2500/90 (20130101) C12N 2500/99 (20130101) C12N 2501/40 (20130101) C12N 2502/1335 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) |
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| US 10160954 | Li 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) | Ronald Li (New York, New York); Michelle Khine (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are devices and methods of preparing a population of cardiomyocytes by aligning undifferentiated pluripotent cells on a nanosacale textured surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/762777 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — 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 5/0657 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2501/16 (20130101) C12N 2501/155 (20130101) C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2506/02 (20130101) C12N 2535/00 (20130101) C12N 2535/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10160957 | Whitehead 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) | Stephen S. Whitehead (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph E. Blaney (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Ching-Juh Lai (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is related to a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus that contains a mutation in the 3′ untranslated region (3′-UTR) comprising a Δ30 mutation that removes the TL-2 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and nucleotides additional to the Δ30 mutation deleted from the 3′-UTR that removes sequence in the 5′ direction as far as the 5′ boundary of the TL-3 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or a replacement of the 3′-UTR of a dengue virus of a first serotype with the 3′-UTR of a dengue virus of a second serotype, optionally containing the Δ30 mutation and nucleotides additional to the Δ30 mutation deleted from the 3′-UTR; and immunogenic compositions, methods of inducing an immune response, and methods of producing a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/742533 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/1825 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 7/045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) C12N 2770/24162 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/386 (20180101) |
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| US 10160959 | Goins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Goins (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph C. Glorioso, III (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Justus Bernard Cohen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bonnie L. Reinhart (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for ameliorating chronic pain signaling involving transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) by expressing PP1α in neurons. The invention also provides HSV vectors for expressing PP1α within neurons and compositions comprising such vectors. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/442521 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0085 (20130101) A61K 38/46 (20130101) A61K 47/02 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4703 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2710/16643 (20130101) C12N 2799/028 (20130101) C12N 2830/008 (20130101) |
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| US 10160968 | Wickens et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin P. Wickens (Madison, Wisconsin); Christopher P. Lapointe (Madison, Wisconsin); Melanie A. Preston (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, kits, and compositions of matter suitable for use in RNA Tagging are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes: expressing a fusion protein within the cellular environment, the fusion protein including at least part of the protein of interest and a tagging domain, the tagging domain introducing a selective tag to an RNA to which the fusion protein selectively binds, the selective tag including a selective tag sequence or a selective covalent modification; allowing the tagging domain to tag the RNA to which the protein of interest selectively binds by waiting for about 1 minute to about 28 days; and identifying the tagged RNA. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/946020 |
| 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 | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/1065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2570/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10160972 | Copland, III 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) | John A. Copland, III (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida); Laura Ann Marlow (Jacksonville, Florida); Christina Von Roemeling (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides methods and materials for treating cancers including renal cancer (e.g., renal cell carcinoma) as well as ovarian, breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, bladder, liver, lung, and thyroid cancers and melanoma. For example, methods and material for using one or more inhibitors of an SCD1 polypeptide to treat renal cell carcinoma (e.g., clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)) or to increase the efficacy of a renal cell carcinoma treatment are provided. In addition, this document provides methods and materials for using elevated SCD1 expression levels in diseased tissues as an indication that an SCD1 inhibitor can be used as an appropriate therapeutic to ameliorate the disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/692491 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/451 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) A61K 31/7088 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/1137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 33/57438 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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10160974 — Engineered cytokine- and chemokine-expressing Candida albicans strains and methods of use
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah L. Gaffen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Mandy J. McGeachy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anna R. Huppler (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Aaron P. Mitchell (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant nucleic acid constructs for expression of heterologous cytokines or chemokines in C. albicans, and genetically modified C. albicans strains comprising the recombinant nucleic acid constructs, are described. The recombinant nucleic acid molecules include a C. albicans gene promoter sequence, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a C. albicans secreted protein signal sequence and a heterologous open reading frame (ORF) of a cytokine or chemokine gene. Also described are a method of expressing a heterologous cytokine or chemokine protein in a subject, and a method of treating or inhibiting the development of candidiasis in a subject. These methods include administering a genetically modified C. albicans containing a recombinant nucleic acid construct for expression of a heterologous cytokine or chemokine. Exemplary cytokines or chemokines include IL8, IL17A, CXCL1, CXCL2 and CXCL5. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/117901 |
| 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 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/52 (20130101) C07K 14/521 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/60 (20130101) C12N 15/815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 304/23 (20130101) |
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| US 10160977 | Hnisz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denes Hnisz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Abraham (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tong Ihn Lee (Somerville, Massachusetts); Richard A. Young (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in some aspects to super-enhancers and related compositions, methods, and agents that are useful for modulating expression of cell type-specific genes that are required for maintenance of cell identity (e.g., embryonic stem cell identity) or maintenance of a disease state (e.g., cancer). |
| FILED | Friday, October 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/873962 |
| 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 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2830/00 (20130101) C12N 2830/30 (20130101) C12N 2830/85 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) |
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| US 10160986 | Chen 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) | Xi Chen (Davis, California); Hai Yu (Woodland, California); Yanhong Li (Davis, California); Yi Chen (Davis, California); Jingyao Qu (Smyrna, Georgia); Musleh M. Muthana (Davis, California); Kam Lau (Parkwood, Australia); Lars Bode (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing UDP-sugars from simple sugar starting materials. The invention also provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing oligosaccharides from simple sugar starting materials. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/017365 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/04 (20130101) C12P 19/12 (20130101) C12P 19/18 (20130101) C12P 19/305 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10160993 | Parker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie L. Parker (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Wei Cui (Chengdu, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure illustrates new synthetic ALK-specific biosensors used to measure the activity or ALK, and methods of using the synthetic ALK-specific biosensors in assays, including high throughput assays. |
| FILED | Friday, March 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/127788 |
| ART UNIT | 1676 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Peptides C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1205 (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 1/48 (20130101) C12Q 1/485 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 207/10001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2440/14 (20130101) G01N 2500/02 (20130101) G01N 2500/20 (20130101) |
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| US 10161007 | Abate 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) | Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California); Dennis Jay Eastbum (Burlingame, California); Adam R. Sciambi (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the detection of components from biological samples are provided. In certain aspects, the methods may be used to detect and/or quantify specific components in a biological sample, such as tumor cells (e.g., circulating tumor cells). Systems and devices for practicing the subject methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/420646 |
| 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 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) |
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| US 10161925 | Merali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Temple University Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salim Merali (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Carlos A. Barrerro (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kamel Khalili (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Jay Rappaport (Somers Point, New Jersey); Norman J. Haughey (Baltimore, Maryland); Ned Sacktor (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method of detecting mild neurocognitive disturbance (MNCD) or HIV associated dementia (HAD) in a patient comprising detecting the level of acetyl spermine and/or acetyl spermidine from a cerebrospinal fluid test sample of the patient; and comparing the level of acetyl spermine and/or acetyl spermidine in the test sample to the level of the acetyl spermine and/or acetyl spermidine in a cerebrospinal fluid control sample or to a control value for lack of neurocognitive impairment, MNCD or HAD; wherein an elevated level of acetyl spermine and/or acetyl spermidine in the test sample as compared to the level in the control sample or a control value for lack of neurocognitive impairment, or a level of acetyl spermine and/or acetyl spermidine that is similar to that of a control value for MNCD or HAD, indicates that the patient suffers from MNCD or HAD. Also provided are methods for measuring the progression of an HIV-1-associated neurocognitive disorder, as well as methods for staging such a disorder. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/129353 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 30/88 (20130101) G01N 33/487 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 2030/8813 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) G01N 2800/56 (20130101) G01N 2800/2814 (20130101) |
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| US 10161931 | Huang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Monogram Biosciences, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Monogram Biosciences, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Huang (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for determining whether a human immunodeficiency virus is likely to be have enhanced ability to enter a cell expressing CD4 and CXCR4 relative to a reference HIV. In certain aspects, the methods comprise detecting one or more amino acids in an envelope protein of the HIV associated with enhanced ability to enter CD4- and CXCR4-expressing cells and determining that the HIV's ability to enter such cells is enhanced relative to a reference HIV, e.g., an HIV that does not comprise such amino acid(s). |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/348307 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16111 (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 1/703 (20130101) C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 2333/162 (20130101) G01N 2333/7158 (20130101) |
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| US 10161933 | Giese et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Roger Giese (Hanover, Massachusetts); Poguang Wang (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Giese (Hanover, Massachusetts); Poguang Wang (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of detecting an analyte by multi-stage mass spectrometry with improved S/N ratio. An analyte is labeled with a positively-charged mass tag to form a precursor ion that leads by anchimeric assistance to a greatly enhanced, analyte-characteristic first product ion that can, in turn, lead to a greatly enhanced, analyte-characteristic second product ion in a mass spectrometer. Either a three stage mass spectrometer (true MS3) or a two-stage mass spectrometer (MS2) operated in a pseudo MS3 mode can be used. The precursor ion is split via an anchimeric-assisted reaction to form a first product ion, which in turn can be fragmented to form the second product ion. The methods offer extreme ultrasensitivity, at the low amol level. The invention also provides anchimeric mass tags for use in the methods. A wide variety of previously undetectable analytes of biological or environmental origin can be detected and quantified. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/021941 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 217/48 (20130101) C07C 217/58 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/52 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2458/15 (20130101) G01N 2560/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10161937 | Cohen 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) | Adam Ezra Cohen (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joel Kralj (Louisville, Colorado); Adam D. Douglass (Salt Lake City, Utah); Daniel Hochbaum (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for characterizing cellular physiology by incorporating into an electrically excitable cell an optical reporter of, and an optical actuator of, electrical activity. A signal is obtained from the optical reporter in response to a stimulation of the cell. Either or both of the optical reporter and actuator may be based on genetically-encoded rhodopsins incorporated into the cell. The invention provides all optical methods that may be used instead of, or as a complement to, traditional patch clamp technologies and that can provide rapid, accurate, and flexible assays of cellular physiology. |
| FILED | Monday, July 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/645426 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 49/0017 (20130101) A61K 49/0097 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/566 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/54373 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) |
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| US 10161939 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); Janssen Diagnostics, LLC (Raritan, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); Janssen Diagnostics, LLC (Raritan, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galla Chandra Rao (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Mark C. Connelly (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Andrew J. Armstrong (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Rhonda L. Bitting (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for detecting or isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in a subject. The methods may include detecting the expression of at least one epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) biomarker. Further provided are kits for detecting or isolating CTCs. The kits may include antibodies to at least one EMT biomarker. Further provided are methods of predicting the responsiveness of a subject to a cancer drug, methods of targeting delivery of a cancer drug in a subject, methods of providing a cancer prognosis to a subject, and methods for following the progress of cancer in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/765071 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54326 (20130101) G01N 33/56966 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 33/57434 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) G01N 2333/4703 (20130101) G01N 2333/4742 (20130101) G01N 2333/70503 (20130101) G01N 2333/70589 (20130101) G01N 2333/70596 (20130101) |
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| US 10161944 | Viola et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HemoSonics LLC (Charlottesville, Virginia); Karen Platt (Victoria, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HemoSonics LLC (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francesco Viola (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); William F. Walker (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gregory V. Browne (Victoria, Canada); Robert S. Magyar (Victoria, Canada); Bjarne Hansen (Victoria, Canada); Christopher G. Denny (Victoria, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are devices, systems and methods for evaluation of hemostasis. In some embodiments, an apparatus is disclosed comprising a housing; a plurality of test chambers located in the housing, the plurality of test chambers including chambers configured for measurements via a system that interrogates one or more viscoelastic properties of test samples in the test chambers, wherein the one or more viscoelastic properties is used to characterize dynamics of coagulation and/or fibrinolysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/991677 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/527 (20130101) B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/04 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2300/02 (20130101) B01L 2300/14 (20130101) B01L 2300/16 (20130101) B01L 2300/024 (20130101) B01L 2300/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/0627 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0829 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0867 (20130101) B01L 2300/1805 (20130101) B01L 2400/049 (20130101) B01L 2400/0436 (20130101) B01L 2400/0439 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0666 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 29/024 (20130101) G01N 29/222 (20130101) G01N 33/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 35/00 (20130101) G01N 2800/224 (20130101) |
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| US 10162035 | Johnson |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M. Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for generating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images is provided. The MRI system is directed to perform the dynamic contrast enhanced imaging study of the subject by exciting a two-dimensional (2D) slice within a portion of a field of view (FOV) of the MRI system and acquiring imaging data from the 2D slice by sampling k-space in a pseudorandom manner using sampling trajectories extending between a center of k-space and peripheral areas of k-space. Thereafter, the 2D slice is slid to another portion of the FOV at a velocity selected to be greater a velocity of the motion of the subject and the process is repeated for each of a plurality of 2D slices to create images of the subject where artifacts induced by the motion of the subject are reflected as geometric distortions. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/626275 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4818 (20130101) G01R 33/4822 (20130101) G01R 33/4824 (20130101) G01R 33/4835 (20130101) G01R 33/5601 (20130101) G01R 33/5635 (20130101) G01R 33/5673 (20130101) G01R 33/56509 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10162066 | Fu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geng Fu (Rexford, New York); Yannan Jin (Schenectady, New York); Peter Michael Edic (Albany, New York); Feng Chen (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present approach relates to the use of energy-resolved, photon-counting detectors, such as CZT- or CdTe-based detectors, to acquire spectral information that is not available with conventional energy-integrating detectors. In certain embodiments, the present approach discussed reduces or eliminates spectral contamination incurred by transient signals in neighboring pixels in designs employing coincidence logic and shaping amplifiers with short shaping times. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/425800 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/17 (20130101) G01T 1/247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01T 1/2928 (20130101) |
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| US 10162942 | 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); David Joseph Kissick (Lemont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for photon, ion or particle counting described that provides seven orders of magnitude of linear dynamic range (LDR) for a single detector. By explicitly considering the log-normal probability distribution in voltage transients as a function of the number of photons, ions or particles present, the binomial distribution of observed counts for a given threshold, the mean number of photons, ions or particles can be determined well beyond the conventional limit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/702383 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 1/16 (20130101) G01J 1/42 (20130101) G01J 2001/442 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/17 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/707 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10163174 | Kocis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Keith C. Kocis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel Joseph Kocis, Jr. (Manorville, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith C. Kocis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel Joseph Kocis, Jr. (Manorville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and computer program products for evaluating a patient in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method may include collecting physiological data associated with a patient upon admission to a PICU and at least once after admission to the PICU. The physiological data may be associated with a statistical model, and a risk of mortality of the patient may be continually determined. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 12/302008 |
| ART UNIT | 3626 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 50/22 (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 50/20 (20180101) G16H 50/30 (20180101) |
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| US RE47178 | Mugler, III 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) | John P. Mugler, III (Charlottesville, Virginia); James R. Brookeman (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance imaging “MRI” method and apparatus for lengthening the usable echo-train duration and reducing the power deposition for imaging is provided. The method explicitly considers the t1 and t2 relaxation times for the tissues of interest, and permits the desired image contrast to be incorporated into the tissue signal evolutions corresponding to the long echo train. The method provides a means to shorten image acquisition times and/or increase spatial resolution for widely-used spin-echo train magnetic resonance techniques, and enables high-field imaging within the safety guidelines established by the Food and Drug Administration for power deposition in human MRI. |
| FILED | Monday, May 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/708875 |
| ART UNIT | 3992 — Central Reexamination Unit (Electrical) |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/50 (20130101) G01R 33/586 (20130101) G01R 33/5615 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/5617 (20130101) |
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| US 10159856 | Wilke et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Wilke (Joppa, Maryland); Steven A. Yurechko (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for replacing an air filter of an air filtration mask in which the air filter has an inlet side adapted to be exposed to the environment and an outlet side adapted for connection to the air filtration mask. The device includes a housing having an airflow passageway with an outlet on one side of the housing and an inlet on a different outer portion of the housing. A connector detachably connects the housing to the filter so that the one side of the housing overlies at least a portion of the inlet side of the filter. An airflow mechanism, such as an impeller or source of compressed air, then creates an airflow through the airflow passageway from the housing inlet and to the housing outlet. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/302801 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices, Apparatus or Methods for Life-saving A62B 7/02 (20130101) A62B 7/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A62B 18/02 (20130101) A62B 18/006 (20130101) A62B 18/10 (20130101) A62B 23/025 (20130101) |
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| US 10159962 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | INTRAMICRON, INC. (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | INTRAMICRON, INC. (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongyun Yang (Auburn, Alabama); Paul S. Dimick (Waverly, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Catalysts for oxidative sulfur removal and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. The catalysts contain one or more reactive metal salts dispersed on one or more substrates. Suitable reactive metal salts include those salts containing multivariable metals having variable valence or oxidation states and having catalytic activity with sulfur compounds present in gaseous fuel streams. In some embodiments, the catalyst contains one or more compounds that function as an oxygen sponge under the reaction conditions for oxidative sulfur removal. The catalysts can be used to oxidatively remove sulfur-containing compounds from fuel streams, particularly gaseous fuel streams having high sulfur content. Due to the reduced catalyst cost, anticipated long catalyst life and reduced adsorbent consumption, the catalysts described herein are expected to provide a 20-60% reduction in annual desulfurization cost for biogas with sulfur contents ranges from 1000-5000 ppmv compared with the best adsorbent approach. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 17, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/373198 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/8612 (20130101) B01D 2251/11 (20130101) B01D 2251/102 (20130101) B01D 2251/104 (20130101) B01D 2251/106 (20130101) B01D 2251/508 (20130101) B01D 2253/1124 (20130101) B01D 2255/908 (20130101) B01D 2256/24 (20130101) B01D 2258/05 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 27/10 (20130101) B01J 27/053 (20130101) B01J 27/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 27/128 (20130101) B01J 27/138 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 17/0465 (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 25/00 (20130101) C10G 27/04 (20130101) C10G 27/08 (20130101) C10G 27/12 (20130101) C10G 27/14 (20130101) Purifying or Modifying the Chemical Composition of Combustible Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide C10K 1/004 (20130101) C10K 1/32 (20130101) C10K 1/34 (20130101) |
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| US 10160061 | Helvajian et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California); Anthony J. Manzo (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic wave is modified by initiating excitation of an acoustic wave from a first location on a substrate to a second location on the substrate and selectively heating the second location of the substrate so as to alter a property of the second location. With such arrangements, the altered property of the second location modifies the acoustic wave to result in a modified acoustic wave that is propagated from the second location to a third location on the substrate. Related apparatus, systems, and methods are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/237408 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 15/0006 (20130101) B23K 26/50 (20151001) B23K 26/351 (20151001) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/22 (20130101) C23C 16/483 (20130101) Collection, Production or Use of Heat Not Otherwise Provided for F24V 30/00 (20180501) Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 9/00 (20130101) Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for G10K 11/26 (20130101) G10K 11/36 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 3/06 (20130101) |
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| US 10160156 | Pourboghrat 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) | Farhang Pourboghrat (Dublin, Ohio); Nicholas E. Kuuttila (Redondo Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure relates to punch die apparatus, related thermoforming press apparatus, and methods for thermohydroforming die-punched parts formed therefrom, in particular from sheet blank substrates such as polymer composite materials and metals. The disclosure further relates to thermohydroforming blanks incorporating a vacuum-sealed outer film, in particular polymer composite blanks which can be used in combination with the disclosed apparatus. The apparatus and methods are particularly suitable for thermohydroforming parts with complex deep drawn geometries yet which retain relatively smooth outer surfaces and internal material structure. The apparatus and methods provide a fast and efficient means for composite part manufacturing. |
| FILED | Friday, October 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/927595 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Working or Processing of Sheet Metal or Metal Tubes, Rods or Profiles Without Essentially Removing Material; Punching Metal B21D 26/021 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 51/08 (20130101) B29C 51/262 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert Conner (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Conner (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A minimally invasive surface attachment apparatus for non-penetrating mechanical attachment of components to a target surface includes a cartridge assembly and mounting assembly. Actuation of the cartridge assembly causes first and second exothermic reactants located between outer casing and the inner casing to come into contact and cause an exothermic reaction. This reaction liquefies a bonding material between the cartridge assembly and mounting assembly, allowing it to flow around the mounting assembly and onto a target surface creating a seal. Vacuum pressure will bind the mounting assembly to a target surface. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/250461 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 65/247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/0046 (20130101) B32B 37/1018 (20130101) B32B 37/1207 (20130101) |
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| US 10160530 | Howell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | W. Scott Howell (Panama City, Florida); Phillip Gabriel Allen (Panama City, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Scott Howell (Panama City, Florida); Phillip Gabriel Allen (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An exhaust nozzle's rotating support assembly includes a first assembly having a first ring, a shaft coaxial with the first ring, and first spokes rigidly coupling the shaft to the first ring. The rotating support assembly also includes a second assembly having a second ring, a hub coaxial with the second ring, and second spokes rigidly coupling the hub to the second ring. The hub is mounted on the shaft for rotation with respect to the shaft. Bearings are disposed between the shaft and the hub. The first assembly is rigidly coupled to an exhaust exit port of an exhaust manifold, and the second assembly is rigidly coupled to an exhaust entry port of the exhaust nozzle. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/055253 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Marine Propulsion or Steering B63H 20/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B63H 20/245 (20130101) Pipes; Joints or Fittings for Pipes; Supports for Pipes, Cables or Protective Tubing; Means for Thermal Insulation in General F16L 27/023 (20130101) |
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| US 10160537 | Derham et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Derham (Mullica Hill, New Jersey); Gregory R. Turk (Media, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for cueing a helicopter pilot when a flight parameter (such as rotor-induced vibration level, airspeed, bank angle, icing accumulation, etc.) exceeds operational constraints. This is accomplished by reformulating the on-board cockpit active vibration control system to add a pilot cueing aid. When the measured flight parameter becomes excessive, the active vibration control system is temporarily detuned, which reduces the amount of vibration suppression it provides or turns off vibration suppression, causing an increase in airframe vibration levels to cue the pilot to take action (e.g., to fly within operating limits). |
| FILED | Monday, March 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/457605 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 27/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64C 2027/004 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 43/02 (20130101) B64D 45/00 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 13/025 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0066 (20130101) |
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| US 10160789 | Matoba et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nobuyuki Matoba (Owensboro, Kentucky); Krystal Hamorsky (Owensboro, Kentucky) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nobuyuki Matoba (Owensboro, Kentucky); Krystal Hamorsky (Owensboro, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated polypeptides are provided that comprise a cholera toxin B subunit variant having one or more modifications to increase the expression of the polypeptide in a plant cell. Nucleic acids sequences, vectors, and plant cells for expressing the cholera toxin B subunit variant polypeptides are also provided. Further provided are methods for producing the cholera toxin B subunit variant polypeptides that include the steps of transforming a plant cell with a nucleic acid encoding the cholera toxin B subunit variant polypeptides; expressing the variant polypeptides; and purifying the polypeptides. Still further provided are methods of isolating the variant polypeptides that include the steps of obtaining a plant cell expressing the cholera toxin B subunit variant polypeptides; extracting the cholera toxin B subunit variant polypeptides from the plant cell; and purifying the cholera toxin B subunit variant polypeptides. Methods of eliciting an immune response are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/005388 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/107 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8258 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/472 (20180101) |
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| US 10160795 | Sullivan 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); Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Bellinzona, Switzerland); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); Humabs BioMed SA (Bellinzona, Switzerland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Bellinzona, Switzerland); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); Humabs BioMed SA (Bellinzona, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy Sullivan (Bethesda, Maryland); Sabue Mulangu (Bethesda, Maryland); Davide Corti (Bellinzona, Switzerland); Antonio Lanzavecchia (Bellinzona, Switzerland); Barney Graham (Bethesda, Maryland); Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfun (Kinshasa, Congo); John Trefry (Frederick, Maryland); Julie Ledgerwood (Bethesda, Maryland); Daphne Stanley (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Neutralizing antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to Ebola virus glycoprotein are disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, vectors and host cells are also provided. Methods for detecting Ebola virus using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments are disclosed. The antibodies, antigen binding fragments, nucleic acids, and vectors, can be used, for example, to prevent and/or treat Ebola virus infection in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/526661 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/52 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/72 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/567 (20130101) C07K 2317/732 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/08 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) |
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| US 10160833 | Kotov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas A. Kotov (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Ming Yang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Keqin Cao (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael D. Thouless (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ellen M. Arruda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Anthony M. Waas (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Carlos A. Pons Siepermann (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ryan M. Anderson (Commerce Township, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Dissociation of a macroscale version of an aramid fiber leads to the nanofiber form of this polymer. Indefinitely stable dispersions of uniform high-aspect-ratio aramid nanofibers (ANFs) with diameters between 3 and 30 nm controlled by the media composition and up to 10 μm in length are obtained. ANFs can be processed in transparent thin films using layer-by-layer assembly (LBL) with superior mechanical performance. |
| FILED | Friday, April 26, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/871106 |
| ART UNIT | 1787 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/22 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 69/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 77/10 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 6/605 (20130101) Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 13/123 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/25 (20150115) Y10T 428/268 (20150115) Y10T 428/269 (20150115) Y10T 428/298 (20150115) |
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| US 10160835 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); Nanjing University (Nanjing, Jiangsu, China PRC) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); Nanjing University (Nanjing, China PRC) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chao Wang (Stanford, California); Cheng-Hui Li (Stanford, California); Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-healing polymer includes metal ions and a polymer network including polymer chains cross-linked through coordination bonds with the metal ions. Each polymer chain includes ligands within a backbone of the polymer chain, and the ligands include metal ion coordination sites. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/385674 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 24/0031 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 77/398 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10160944 | Coppeta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Coppeta (Windham, New Hampshire); Brett Isenberg (Newton, Massachusetts); Mark Mescher (West Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluid circulation and leveling systems and methods of using the same are described. A fluid circulation system includes a fluid mixing chamber and open fluid chambers in fluid communication with the fluid mixing chamber. Each open fluid chamber includes a microfluidic fluid leveling conduit with an orifice disposed in the open fluid chamber at a minimum fluid level associated with a corresponding minimum fluid volume. A controller causes a first pump to generate a first direction of fluid flow during a first time period between the open fluid chambers, and causes the first pump to generate a second direction of fluid flow during a second time period between the first and second open fluid chambers. The controller also causes a second pump to generate a flow of fluid during a third time period from one of the first and second open fluid chambers into the fluid mixing chamber. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 05, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/819358 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/08 (20130101) C12M 23/12 (20130101) C12M 27/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 27/18 (20130101) C12M 29/10 (20130101) C12M 29/12 (20130101) C12M 29/18 (20130101) C12M 41/44 (20130101) C12M 41/48 (20130101) |
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| US 10161001 | Austin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Austin (Princeton, New Jersey); Zhaoning Yu (Palo Alto, California); Jonas O. Tegenfeldt (Lund, Sweden); Stephen Y. Chou (Princeton, New Jersey); Han Cao (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanochannel arrays that enable high-throughput macromolecular analysis are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of preparing nanochannel arrays and nanofluidic chips. Methods of analyzing macromolecules, such as entire strands of genomic DNA, are also disclosed, as well as systems for carrying out these methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/178248 |
| 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 | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00274 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0627 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0418 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 1/002 (20130101) B81B 2201/058 (20130101) B81B 2203/0338 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00071 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/648 (20130101) G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/88 (20130101) Y10S 977/704 (20130101) Y10S 977/883 (20130101) |
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| US 10161037 | Miljkovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nenad Miljkovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel John Preston (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A uniform external field can enhance condensation on a superhydrophobic surface. Jumping droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces accumulate a positive charge which promises the manipulation and control of jumping behavior using external electric fields. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/220094 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 5/0042 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/4414 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10161314 | Parnin |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Parnin (Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a system associated with an engine having a central longitudinal axis, comprising: a first shaft axially extend along the central longitudinal axis, a second shaft coaxial with the first shaft, a first air seal that seals between the first shaft and the second shaft at a first axial location, a second air seal that seals between the first shaft and the second shaft at a second axial location, a high pressure compressor section that provides air to the first air seal and the second air seal, at least one buffer passage, and a meter connected to the buffer passage that exhausts a portion of the air. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/484424 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/60 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/44 (20130101) |
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| US 10161491 | Doman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B Doman (Springfield, Ohio); Michael W Oppenheimer (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A selectively self-locking actuator includes a threaded shaft having a first threaded portion and a second threaded portion. The first threaded portion includes a semicircular ball screw threadform and the second threaded portion includes a power screw threadform. The actuator further includes a ball nut mated to the first threaded portion, a split nut selectively mated with the second threaded portion, and a nut coupler plate configured to secure the ball nut and split nut at a fixed distance from each other. The split nut includes at least a first split nut portion and a second split portion each mated to a spring and a driver. The spring is configured to bias the first split nut portion and the second split nut portion either radially inward or radially outward with respect to the threaded shaft, and wherein the driver is configured to selectively oppose the bias of the spring. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/748315 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Gearing F16H 25/2025 (20130101) F16H 25/2454 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10161721 | Roland 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) | Charles M. Roland (Waldorf, Maryland); Daniel M. Fragiadakis (Alexandria, Virginia); Raymond M. Gamache (Indian Head, Maryland); Carl B. Giller (Alexandria, Virginia); Roshdy G. S. Barsoum (McLean, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A lightweight armor system providing blast protection and ballistic protection against small arms fire, suitable for use in helmets, personnel or vehicle protection, and other armor systems. A hard substrate is coated on the front surface with a thin elastomeric polymer layer, in which hollow ceramic or metal spheres are encapsulated. The coating layer having a thin elastomeric polymer layer with encapsulated metal or ceramic hollow spheres can be stand-alone blast protection, or can be added to an underlying structure. The glass transition temperature of the polymer is preferably between negative fifty Celsius and zero Celsius. |
| FILED | Friday, June 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/751596 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — 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 1/08 (20130101) F41H 5/0478 (20130101) F41H 5/0492 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10161729 | Hupp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mark R. Hupp (Lemon Grove, California); Andrew L. Bottrell (San Diego, California); Michael G. Anderson (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Hupp (Lemon Grove, California); Andrew L. Bottrell (San Diego, California); Michael G. Anderson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An IED detection training device can include a barrel which can be adapted to receive a blank ammunition cartridge. A housing can be connected to the barrel, and a firing pin having a tab extending from the firing pin can be disposed in the housing. A spring can surround the firing pin, and a sleeve having a slot can surround the sleeve so that the firing pin tab is disposed in the sleeve slot. A lever can be pivotably attached to the housing so that the lever selectively engages the tab. A pull ring can also be pivotably attached to the housing, to selectively engage the lever. Pivoting of the pull ring can cause pivoting engagement of the lever and disengagement of the tab, which can further cause the spring to move the firing pin forward to strike the ammunition blank cartridge. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/054213 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 33/00 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 8/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 9/003 (20130101) |
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| US 10161768 | Pedrazzani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED (Roanoke, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED (Roanoke, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janet Renee Pedrazzani (Newton, New Jersey); Matthew Davis (Roanoke, Virginia); Evan M. Lally (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-speed interrogation system is provided for interferometric sensors, one example of which is an EFPI sensor, that operates based on spectral interference. The system uses a two mode operation that includes a lower speed, accurate absolute measurement mode and a higher speed, relative measurement mode. The system achieves greater overall measurement accuracy and speed than known sensor interrogation approaches. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/500243 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/35306 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 1/242 (20130101) |
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| US 10161797 | Shaltout et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amr Shaltout (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexander Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vladimir Shalaev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jingjing Liu (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A circular dichroism spectrometer which comprises a metasurface. The metasurface has a plurality of anisotropic antennas configured to simultaneously spatially separate LCP and RCP spectral components from an incoming light beam. An optical detector array is included which detects the LCP and RCP spectral components. A transparent medium is situated between the metasurface and the optical detector array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/202048 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/0224 (20130101) G01J 3/0256 (20130101) G01J 3/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/2803 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/19 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joshua B. Rollins (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua B. Rollins (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of an inventive method for measuring pressure provides for a reference environment and an ambient environment. The reference environment is internal to a receptacle and has a reference fluid pressure. The ambient environment is external to the receptacle and has an ambient fluid pressure. Equalization of the reference pressure and the ambient pressure with respect to each other is effected by enabling and disenabling fluidic passage between the reference environment and the ambient environment. The fluidic passage is enabled until the reference pressure and the ambient pressure are equal, and is then disenabled to stabilize the equalized reference pressure. After the reference pressure and the ambient pressure are equalized, a differential pressure is measured between the equalized reference pressure and the ambient pressure. Inventive pressure measurements may be conducted, for example, repeatedly in association with a moving underwater model at various water depths and vehicular speeds. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/066250 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 34/08 (20130101) Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 13/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10161939 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); Janssen Diagnostics, LLC (Raritan, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); Janssen Diagnostics, LLC (Raritan, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Galla Chandra Rao (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Mark C. Connelly (Doylestown, Pennsylvania); Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Andrew J. Armstrong (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Rhonda L. Bitting (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for detecting or isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in a subject. The methods may include detecting the expression of at least one epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) biomarker. Further provided are kits for detecting or isolating CTCs. The kits may include antibodies to at least one EMT biomarker. Further provided are methods of predicting the responsiveness of a subject to a cancer drug, methods of targeting delivery of a cancer drug in a subject, methods of providing a cancer prognosis to a subject, and methods for following the progress of cancer in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/765071 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/54326 (20130101) G01N 33/56966 (20130101) G01N 33/57415 (20130101) G01N 33/57434 (20130101) G01N 33/57484 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/47 (20130101) G01N 2333/705 (20130101) G01N 2333/4703 (20130101) G01N 2333/4742 (20130101) G01N 2333/70503 (20130101) G01N 2333/70589 (20130101) G01N 2333/70596 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Wallace (Gosport, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for determining precipitation static charge levels on a dielectrically coated surface is provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/662150 |
| ART UNIT | 2898 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/60 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 29/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 31/008 (20130101) |
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| US 10162117 | Morton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland); Jacob Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morton Photonics (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland); Jacob Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention removes the need to provide temperature control for an optical time delay chip, which is usually provided by a thermo-electric-cooler, in order to significantly reduce the power dissipation of the device and allow ‘uncooled’ operation. Uncooled operation is achieved by monitoring the temperature of the chip, and changing the tuning of each microresonator within the device in order to continue providing the required time delay as the temperature is varied. This invention takes advantage of the fact that microresonators provide a series of resonant wavelengths over a wide wavelength range, so that the closest resonance wavelength below the operating wavelength can always be tuned up to that wavelength. When the device temperature changes, this is accounted for by both the choice of resonance wavelengths and the tuning for each of the microresonators in the device, in order to keep the correct tunable delay. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/217663 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2861 (20130101) G02B 6/4286 (20130101) G02B 6/29343 (20130101) G02B 6/29395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/29398 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/011 (20130101) G02F 1/0147 (20130101) G02F 2201/20 (20130101) G02F 2203/15 (20130101) G02F 2203/055 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/26 (20130101) H01Q 3/2676 (20130101) H01Q 3/2682 (20130101) |
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| US 10162124 | Kuznia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ultra Communications, Inc. (Vista, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ultra Communications, Inc. (Vista, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles B. Kuznia (Encinitas, California); Richard J. Pommer (Carlsbad, California); Joseph F. Ahadian (San Marcos, California); Richard T. Hagan (Mission Viejo, California); Man W. Wong (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A protective assembly method using a transparent layer within the fiber interconnect system aids in optical coupling by preventing an air gap from forming between the fiber cores within a connector. A thin transparent film (or with adhesive) is placed over the fiber end-faces at the connector interface, the film having characteristics which allows it to conform to the fiber end and minimize coupling loss between fibers. The film is sized to fit connectors faces and can be temporary, being replaced with each installation. A coating can also applied to the connector surface, providing a similar effect, as well as structurally enhancing the connector surfaces. |
| FILED | Friday, September 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/699484 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/382 (20130101) G02B 6/3847 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/3849 (20130101) G02B 6/3882 (20130101) G02B 6/3885 (20130101) |
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| US 10162199 | Zheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oracle International Corporation (Redwood Shores, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xuezhe Zheng (San Diego, California); Ying Luo (San Diego, California); Jin Yao (San Diego, California); Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical transmitter includes a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) coupled to an input end of a first optical waveguide. An end of the first optical waveguide provides a transmitter output for the optical transmitter. Moreover, a section of the first optical waveguide between the input end and the output end is optically coupled to a ring modulator that modulates an optical signal based on an electrical input signal. A passive ring filter (or a 1×N silicon-photonic switch and a bank of band reflectors) is connected to provide a mirror that reflects light received from the second optical waveguide back toward the RSOA to form a lasing cavity. Moreover, the ring modulator and the passive ring filter have different sizes, which causes a Vernier effect that provides a large wavelength tuning range for the lasing cavity in response to tuning the ring modulator and the passive ring filter. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/357358 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2808 (20130101) G02B 6/29338 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2203/15 (20130101) G02F 2203/70 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/50 (20130101) H01S 5/125 (20130101) H01S 5/0612 (20130101) H01S 5/1071 (20130101) H01S 5/3013 (20130101) |
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| US 10162378 | Rao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shankar R. Rao (Agoura Hills, California); Peter Petre (Oak Park, California); Charles E. Martin (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a neuromorphic processor for signal denoising and separation. The neuromorphic processor generates delay-embedded mixture signals from an input mixture of pulses. Using a reservoir computer, the delay-embedded mixture signals are mapped to reservoir states of a dynamical reservoir having output layer weights. The output layer weights are adapted based on short-time linear prediction, and a denoised output of the mixture of input signals us generated. The denoised output is filtered through a set of adaptable finite impulse response (FIR) filters to extract a set of separated narrowband pulses. |
| FILED | Friday, June 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/631307 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10163220 | Cao et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongqiang Cao (Newton, Massachusetts); Narayan Srinivasa (Portland, Oregon); Shankar R. Rao (Agoura Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for compensating for ego-motion during video processing. The system generates an initial estimate of camera ego-motion of a moving camera for consecutive image frame pairs of a video of a scene using a projected correlation method, the camera configured to capture the video from a moving platform. An optimal estimation of camera ego-motion is generated using the initial estimate as an input to a valley search method or an alternate line search method. All independent moving objects are detected in the scene using the described hybrid method at superior performance compared to existing methods while saving computational cost. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/585032 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/3241 (20130101) G06K 2209/23 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/73 (20170101) G06T 7/246 (20170101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/30244 (20130101) G06T 2207/30252 (20130101) |
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| US 10163221 | Decker |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan Decker (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to quantify the geometric change of a projectile during ballistic flight using a camera/tracker video system. Image processing tools are used to segment the shape of the projectile in each frame of a launch video, which allows the length to be calculated with sub-pixel accuracy. Subsequent automated analysis uses a baseline length history of a constant length projectile to correct for variations in measured length due to system layout and camera location. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/447791 |
| ART UNIT | 2484 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 5/002 (20130101) G06T 5/30 (20130101) G06T 7/001 (20130101) G06T 7/13 (20170101) G06T 7/62 (20170101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/136 (20170101) G06T 7/149 (20170101) G06T 7/246 (20170101) G06T 7/536 (20170101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/20124 (20130101) G06T 2207/30108 (20130101) G06T 2207/30212 (20130101) G06T 2207/30241 (20130101) |
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| US 10163369 | Yannier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nesra Yannier (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kenneth R. Koedinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Scott E. Hudson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to a system and method that bring together the advantages of computer games and the physical world to increase engagement, collaboration and learning. The system and method can be used with a myriad of physical setups and can be used for many different content areas in education. In one embodiment, a mixed reality interaction is facilitated with an EarthShake™ game presented on a display. The game is synchronized with a tangible interface comprising a physical object and a sensor capable of detecting a change in the condition of the physical object. The system and method help kids discover scientific and other learning principles while experimenting with real objects in a physical environment supported with audio and visual feedback. Students interactively make predictions, see results, grapple with disconfirming evidence and formulate explanations in forms of general principles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/734938 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 7/02 (20130101) G09B 7/06 (20130101) G09B 23/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10163742 | Arvelo 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) | Amilcar R. Arvelo (Poughkeepsie, New York); Michael J. Ellsworth (Poughkeepsie, New York); Eric J. McKeever (Poughkeepsie, New York); Thong N. Nguyen (Poughkeepsie, New York); Edward J. Seminaro (Milton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a custom module lid. The method may include placing a multichip module (MCM) between a module base and a temporary lid, target components are exposed through viewing windows in the temporary lid, a top surface of the target components is measured and mapped to create a target profile, the target profile is used to form custom pockets in a custom lid, and the custom pockets correspond to the target components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/834478 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4817 (20130101) H01L 23/04 (20130101) H01L 23/06 (20130101) H01L 23/42 (20130101) H01L 23/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/3675 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/30 (20130101) |
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| US 10164146 | Northrup et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Northrup (Palo Alto, California); Bowen Cheng (Atherton, California); Christopher L. Chua (San Jose, California); Thomas Wunderer (Palo Alto, California); Noble M. Johnson (Menlo Park, California); Zhihong Yang (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device includes a p-side heterostructure having a short period superlattice (SPSL) formed of alternating layers of AlxhighGa1-xhighN doped with a p-type dopant and AlxlowGa1-xlowN doped with the p-type dopant, where xlow≤xhigh≤0.9. Each layer of the SPSL has a thickness of less than or equal to about six bi-layers of AlGaN. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/209715 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0237 (20130101) H01L 21/0251 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02507 (20130101) H01L 33/04 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/14 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/0075 (20130101) Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/0421 (20130101) H01S 5/0422 (20130101) H01S 5/2009 (20130101) H01S 5/3063 (20130101) H01S 5/3202 (20130101) H01S 5/3211 (20130101) H01S 5/3216 (20130101) H01S 5/3404 (20130101) H01S 5/34333 (20130101) |
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| US 10164147 | Sun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenhong Sun (Columbia, South Carolina); Alexander Dobrinsky (Loudonville, New York); Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, South Carolina); Jinwei Yang (Columbia, South Carolina); Michael Shur (Latham, New York); Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting heterostructure including one or more fine structure regions is provided. The light emitting heterostructure can include a plurality of barriers alternating with a plurality of quantum wells. One or more of the barriers and/or quantum wells includes a fine structure region. The fine structure region includes a plurality of subscale features arranged in at least one of: a growth or a lateral direction. |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/662675 |
| ART UNIT | 2896 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02389 (20130101) H01L 21/02505 (20130101) H01L 21/02507 (20130101) H01L 21/02513 (20130101) H01L 33/04 (20130101) H01L 33/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/0066 (20130101) H01L 33/0075 (20130101) |
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| US 10164242 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Chang-Jun Bae (Palo Alto, California); John William Halloran (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qiang Fu (Albany, California); Antoni P. Tomsia (Pinole, California); Can K. Erdonmez (Miller Place, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous electrodes in which the porosity has a low tortuosity are generally provided. In some embodiments, the porous electrodes can be designed to be filled with electrolyte and used in batteries, and can include low tortuosity in the primary direction of ion transport during charge and discharge of the battery. In some embodiments, the electrodes can have a high volume fraction of electrode active material (i.e., low porosity). The attributes outlined above can allow the electrodes to be fabricated with a higher energy density, higher capacity per unit area of electrode (mAh/cm2), and greater thickness than comparable electrodes while still providing high utilization of the active material in the battery during use. Accordingly, the electrodes can be used to produce batteries with high energy densities, high power, or both compared to batteries using electrodes of conventional design with relatively highly tortuous pores. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/716501 |
| 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 4/13 (20130101) H01M 4/139 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0411 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4911 (20150115) |
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| US 10164291 | Rhodes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lynntech, Inc. (College Station, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lynntech, Inc. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher P. Rhodes (College Station, Texas); Matthew E. Mullings (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolyte for an electrochemical storage device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the electrolyte includes a lithium salt from about 3% to about 20% by weight, a primary solvent from about 15% to about 25% by weight, wide-temperature co-solvents from about 14% to about 55% by weight, interface forming compounds from about 0.5% to about 2.0% by weight, and a flame retardant compound from about 6% to about 60% by weight. The electrolyte interacts with the positive and negative electrodes of the electrochemical storage device to provide both high performance and improved safety such that the electrolyte offers adequate ionic conductivity over the desired operating temperature range, a wide electrochemical stability window, high capacities for both the cathode and anode, low electrode-electrolyte interfacial resistance, and reduced flammability. |
| FILED | Friday, May 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/708079 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/60 (20130101) H01G 11/62 (20130101) H01G 11/64 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0567 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0568 (20130101) H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 2300/004 (20130101) H01M 2300/0037 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jason K. Ostanek (Springfield, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason K. Ostanek (Springfield, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | According to exemplary practice of the present invention, a cylindrical secondary electrochemical cell (e.g., lithium-ion cell) includes a disk that is made of a thermally and electrically conductive material (e.g., metal material), and that lies in a geometric plane that is perpendicular to the cylindrical axis. The disk is adjacently intermediate, axially aligned with, and electrically connected to two cylindrical jelly-roll electrode components. Inventive practice is possible with respect to a variety of cell types, shapes, and chemistries. Depending on the inventive embodiment, the numbers of disks (≥1) and jelly-roll electrode components (≥2) can vary, each disk serving to augment heat transport in the radial direction. An inventive cylindrical cell thus affords superior heat spreading in the direction radially outward, 360 degrees, from the central axis of the cell. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/529933 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — 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 10/6554 (20150401) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10164328 | Lu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan P. Lu (San Diego, California); Vincent V. Dinh (San Diego, California); Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin (La Mesa, California); Ayax D. Ramirez (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and fluid antenna apparatus are disclosed that incorporate optical agitation of electrolytes. The fluid antenna comprises a substantially enclosed container having a transparent window, an electrolytic fluid disposed within the substantially enclosed container, a light source, the light source producing an optical beam, wherein the light source is configured to direct the optical beam into the container; wherein the transparent window is configured to receive the optical beam from the light source; and wherein the beam has sufficient intensity to enable movement of charged particles in the electrolytic fluid in the container via radiation pressure. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/259244 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/10 (20130101) H01Q 1/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 9/34 (20130101) |
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| US 10164340 | Tonn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | David A Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island); Susan M Safford (Jamestown, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island); Susan M Safford (Jamestown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna capable of being joined to an antenna feed perpendicular to a ground plane includes a monopole extending perpendicularly from the ground plane. The antenna feed is joined to the monopole. An innermost shell is provided about the monopole. The innermost shell is made from a dielectric material having a dielectric tensor with high permittivity in the direction of the monopole axis. An intermediate shell provided outside the innermost shell. The intermediate shell also has dielectric tensor having high impedance in the direction parallel to the monopole axis. An outermost shell is provided having a perimeter approximately equal to the length of the monopole. The outermost shell also has a dielectric tensor with high impedance in the direction of the monopole axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/704251 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/48 (20130101) H01Q 1/364 (20130101) H01Q 9/27 (20130101) H01Q 9/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) H01Q 15/0086 (20130101) |
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| US 10164638 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Wilson (Wake Forest, North Carolina); John W. Poulton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Matthew Rudolph Fojtik (Raleigh, North Carolina); Carl Thomas Gray (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A balanced, charge-recycling repeater link is disclosed. The link includes a first set of segments operating in a first voltage domain and a second set of segments operating in a second voltage domain. The link is configured to transmit a first signal over at least one segment in the first set of segments and at least one other segment in the second set of segments. Each segment of the link includes at least one active circuit element configured to charge or discharge one or more corresponding interconnects within the link and a level shifter configured to shift the level of a signal on a last interconnect of the segment from the first voltage domain to the second voltage domain or the second voltage domain to the first voltage domain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/908242 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/018528 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Petro Maksymovych (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Alexander Tselev (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Sergei V. Kalinin (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Microwave AC conductivity may be improved or tuned in a material, for example, a dielectric or semiconductor material, by manipulating domain wall morphology in the material. Domain walls may be created, erased or reconfigured to control the AC conductivity, for example, for crafting circuit elements. The density and placement of domain walls may increase or decrease the AC conductivity and may control AC conduction pathways through the material. An electric potential applied to the material's surface may create a desired pattern of domain walls to meet desired AC conductivity criteria. Incline angle of the domain walls may be modified relative to a crystallographic axis of the material to temporarily or permanently modify or gate AC conductivity of the material. For example, the AC conductivity of the material may be gated by domain wall incline angle to increase, decrease or throttle current flowing through the material for an electronic circuit element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/285332 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 25/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 9/02 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/2275 (20130101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 5/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10160660 | Rodriguez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Rodriguez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Nelson S. Bell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul G. Clem (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cynthia Edney (Sandia Park, New Mexico); James Griego (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to vanadium oxide and methods of controlling reaction processes for making such materials (e.g., powders). In particular embodiments, the method includes control of oxygen partial pressure in order to kinetically control the oxidation species of the crystalline vanadium oxide material. Other methods, uses, systems, protocols, and coatings are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/723334 |
| 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 6/00 (20130101) B01J 19/0006 (20130101) B01J 2219/00164 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 31/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10160980 | Yang 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) | Peidong Yang (Kensington, California); Michelle C. Y. Chang (Berkeley, California); Christopher J. Chang (Berkeley, California); Chong Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joseph J. Gallagher (Berkeley, California); Eva M. Nichols (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to artificial photosynthesis. In one aspect a system includes a photoanode chamber including a photoanode assembly, a photocathode chamber including a photocathode assembly, an electrical connection electrically connecting the photoanode assembly and the photocathode assembly, a membrane separating the photoanode chamber and the photocathode chamber, and a microorganism disposed in the photocathode chamber. The photoanode assembly is operable to oxidize water to generate oxygen, protons, and electrons. The membrane is permeable to the protons and operable to allow the protons to travel to the photocathode chamber. The electrical connection provides electrons to the photocathode assembly. The microorganism comprises a metabolic pathway to reduce carbon dioxide and to generate a carbon-based compound using the electrons or hydrogen formed by two protons. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/061378 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/34 (20130101) C12M 29/04 (20130101) C12M 43/00 (20130101) C12M 43/06 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/54 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/003 (20130101) C25B 1/10 (20130101) C25B 9/08 (20130101) C25B 11/02 (20130101) C25B 11/04 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/343 (20130101) |
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| US 10161037 | Miljkovic et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nenad Miljkovic (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Daniel John Preston (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ryan Enright (Whitestone, New York); Evelyn N. Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A uniform external field can enhance condensation on a superhydrophobic surface. Jumping droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces accumulate a positive charge which promises the manipulation and control of jumping behavior using external electric fields. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/220094 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 5/0042 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/4414 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10161050 | Gilliam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Calera Corporation (Los Gatos, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calera Corporation (Moss Landing, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan J Gilliam (San Jose, California); Michael Kostowskyj (Los Gatos, California); Thomas H McWaid (Santa Cruz, California); Samaresh Mohanta (Dublin, California); Hong Zhao (Marina, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are ion exchange membranes, electrochemical systems, and methods that relate to various configurations of the ion exchange membranes and other components of the electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/071648 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 9/08 (20130101) C25B 9/063 (20130101) C25B 13/02 (20130101) C25B 13/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10161390 | Marion, III et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Marion, III (Livermore, California); Jane P. Bearinger (Livermore, California); Thomas S. Wilson (San Leandro, California); Ward Small, IV (Livermore, California); Duncan J. Maitland (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A resistively heated shape memory polymer device is operated using resistive heating to heat the shape memory polymer device. The resistively heated shape memory polymer device is made by providing a wire that includes a resistive medium. The wire is coated with a first shape memory polymer. The wire is exposed and electrical leads are attached to the wire. In one embodiment the shape memory polymer device is in the form of a clot destruction device. In another embodiment the shape memory polymer device is in the form of a microvalve. In another embodiment the shape memory polymer device is in the form of a micropump. In yet another embodiment the shape memory polymer device is in the form of a thermostat or relay switch. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/829670 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/3207 (20130101) A61B 17/320725 (20130101) A61B 2017/00867 (20130101) A61B 2017/22084 (20130101) A61B 2017/22094 (20130101) Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 7/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 31/025 (20130101) F16K 99/0005 (20130101) F16K 99/0038 (20130101) F16K 99/0044 (20130101) Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 37/46 (20130101) H01H 37/323 (20130101) H01H 2205/002 (20130101) |
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| US 10161626 | Mueller |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles J. Mueller (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Various technologies presented herein relate to enhancing mixing inside a combustion chamber to form one or more locally premixed mixtures comprising fuel and charge-gas to enable minimal, or no, generation of soot and/or other undesired emissions during ignition and subsequent combustion of the locally premixed mixtures. To enable sufficient mixing of the fuel and charge-gas, a jet of fuel can be directed to pass through a bore of a duct causing charge-gas to be drawn into the bore creating turbulence to mix the fuel and the drawn charge-gas. The duct can be located proximate to an opening in a tip of a fuel injector. The various technologies presented herein can be utilized in a number of combustion systems, such as compression-ignition (CI) reciprocating engines, spark-ignition (SI) reciprocating engines, gas-turbine (GT) engines, burners and boilers, wellhead/refinery flaring, etc. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/363966 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General F02B 1/06 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/222 (20130101) Supplying Combustion Engines in General With Combustible Mixtures or Constituents Thereof F02M 57/00 (20130101) F02M 61/14 (20130101) F02M 61/1806 (20130101) Burners F23D 11/383 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F23D 11/408 (20130101) F23D 14/08 (20130101) |
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| US 10161700 | Klett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James W Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael P. Trammell (Jacksboro, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael P. Trammell (Jacksboro, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are examples of an apparatus for cooling a barrel 12 of a firearm 10 and examples of a cooled barrel assembly 32 for installation into an existing firearm 10. When assembled with the barrel 12, a contact surface 16 of a shell 14 is proximate to, and in thermal communication with, the outer surface of the barrel 18. The shell 14 is formed of commercially available or modified graphite foam. |
| FILED | Friday, November 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/349044 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Functional Features or Details Common to Both Smallarms and Ordnance, e.g Cannons; Mountings for Smallarms or Ordnance F41A 13/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F41A 21/44 (20130101) |
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| US 10161833 | Hughes et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Hughes (Pasco, Washington); James R. Skorpik (Kennewick, Washington); Michael R. Brambley (Richland, Washington); Eric G. Gonzalez (Richland, Washington); Yunzhi Huang (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Building environment data collection systems and methods are described. According to one aspect, a system includes a plurality of sensor devices which store different types of environment data, a base system comprising a plurality of interface devices configured to receive the environment data from the sensor devices, storage circuitry configured to store the environment data, and communications circuitry configured to implement communications, and a user interface apparatus comprising communications circuitry configured to communicate with the communications circuitry of the base system, a user interface configured to receive user inputs during installation of the sensor devices, and processing circuitry configured to control the user interface to generate the displayed information and to process the user inputs received via the user interface, and wherein different ones of the sensor devices are configured to generate the different types of environment data as a result of the user inputs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/835407 |
| ART UNIT | 2175 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 99/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/2827 (20130101) |
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| US 10161835 | Moorman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew W. Moorman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Ronald P. Manginell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jerome A. Rejent (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a microsampler for hermetically sealing a sample. In particular, such microsamplers can be useful for encapsulation of chemical, biological, and explosive samples for the purposes of archival sample storage. Methods of making and using such microsamplers are also described herein. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 18, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/945274 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 1/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 1/24 (20130101) G01N 1/2273 (20130101) G01N 2001/2282 (20130101) |
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| US 10161890 | Ginsberg 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) | Naomi Ginsberg (Oakland, California); Connor Gregory Bischak (Berkeley, California); Craig L. Hetherington (Berkeley, California); David M. Kaz (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are non-invasive methods of nanoscale imaging of a sample using an illumination layer and an electron beam. For example, the electron may activate the illumination layer without activating the sample, and the illumination layer may emit cathodoluminescence to produce a nanoscale image of the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/564542 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/22 (20130101) G01N 23/2254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/612 (20130101) |
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| US 10161924 | Chavez 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) | Marcus Alexander Chavez (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Timothy T. Covert (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael David Willis (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensor systems including an interferometer system are disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, the sensor system includes an optical fiber that is embedded into a sample, where the optical fiber has a reflective tip. The optical fiber is optically coupled to a sensor and a detector of the laser interferometer system. The sensor system further includes a computing device or circuit that is configured to receive electrical signals generated by the detector. The laser source is configured to emit light, which is coupled into the optical fiber. The light travels through the optical fiber until the light reaches the reflective tip, where it is reflected back through the optical fiber. The detector is impacted by the reflected light, and generates an electrical signal based upon the reflected light. The computing device generates a value that is indicative of a behavior of the sample based upon the electrical signal. |
| FILED | Monday, January 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/599901 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for G01D 5/268 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/17 (20130101) G01N 21/45 (20130101) G01N 33/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2201/088 (20130101) G01N 2201/0846 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 3/36 (20130101) |
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| US 10162026 | Walsh |
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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) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies applicable to noise canceling in-situ NMR detection and imaging are disclosed. An example noise canceling in-situ NMR detection apparatus may comprise one or more of a static magnetic field generator, an alternating magnetic field generator, an in-situ NMR detection device, an auxiliary noise detection device, and a computer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/286382 |
| 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 33/36 (20130101) G01R 33/285 (20130101) G01R 33/341 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/3664 (20130101) G01R 33/3808 (20130101) G01R 33/5659 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/32 (20130101) G01V 3/38 (20130101) |
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| US 10162138 | Gomez et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Gomez (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Cara A. Bagley (Kendall Park, New Jersey); Benjamin J. Tobias (Oceanside, California); Ali Zolfaghari (Princeton, New Jersey); Alexandros Gerakis (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Mary Angelique Demetillo (Union, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a self-aligning mirror device for transmission line offset correction. The disclosed self-aligning mechanism automatically adjusts deflectors to couple radiation between two or more offset waveguides or optical fibers. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/259278 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Gearing F16H 21/44 (20130101) F16H 35/18 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/4226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/4244 (20130101) G02B 7/1824 (20130101) |
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| US 10162329 | Ndip-Agbor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ebot E. Ndip-Agbor (Evanston, Illinois); Jian Cao (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated method for generating toolpaths in double sided incremental forming (DSIF) operations is disclosed which uses a geometrically constructed map to build a structure of all the geometric features that is capable of tracking and forming the features in the correct order while simultaneously keeping track of the location of the virgin material. The aforementioned method allows toolpaths for complex geometries in the DSIF process to be generated automatically. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/424182 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/29 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 2219/35167 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin L. Peters (Alton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for generating a continuous helical tool path for forming a part having a plurality of central axes is provided. The method includes performing a tool path algorithm modeling and a tool path algorithm execution using a computer system. The tool path algorithm modeling includes defining a starting point location within a computer-generated three-dimensional part geometry model, defining a vector, defining a helix, defining a sweeping surface three-dimensional geometry element, and generating an intersection curve from tracing a continuous curved line of an intersection between the sweeping surface geometry element and the part geometry model. The tool path algorithm execution includes defining data for a forming tool stylus, selecting the intersection curve as a guiding element for the forming tool stylus, and generating the continuous helical tool path for the forming tool stylus. The continuous helical tool path includes a forming tool stylus centerline path in graphical space. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/334277 |
| ART UNIT | 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/402 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 2219/34146 (20130101) G05B 2219/36342 (20130101) G05B 2219/39573 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ayman F. Habib (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer-readable program, which when executed by a processor, will cause a computer to execute a computational method, the computational method including collecting an image data, wherein the collecting the image data comprises collecting a first plurality of RGB images and a second plurality of hyperspectral images. The method further includes orthorectifying the image data to produce an RGB based orthophoto and a partially rectified hyperspectral orthophoto. The method further includes selecting tie features from each of the RGB based orthophoto and the partially rectified hyperspectral orthophoto. Lastly, the method includes registering the features of the partially rectified hyperspectral orthophoto into the tie features of the RGB based orthophoto. |
| FILED | Monday, September 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/714481 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 3/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/55 (20170101) G06T 7/337 (20170101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/10036 (20130101) G06T 2207/20212 (20130101) G06T 2207/30188 (20130101) |
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| US 10163532 | Moen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephan Craig Moen (Wilmington, North Carolina); Jack Patrick Noonan (Wilmington, North Carolina); Pradip Saha (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for controlling the power level of a natural circulation boiling water nuclear reactor (NCBWR) may include a heating subsystem for heating feedwater flowing into an annulus of the NCBWR to increase the temperature of recirculation water flowing through the core above a predetermined recirculation water operating temperature. Additionally the system may include a temperature sensor operable to sense the temperature of the feedwater flowing into the annulus. The temperature sensor is communicatively connected to a temperature controller operable to command the heating subsystem to increase the temperature of the feedwater flowing into the annulus to a requested temperature above a predetermined operating temperature of the feedwater flowing into the annulus. By increasing the temperature of the feedwater flowing into the annulus, the temperature of the recirculation water is increased above the predetermined recirculation water operating temperature causing a reduction in the power level generated by the NCBWR core. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/257608 |
| ART UNIT | 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Nuclear Reactors G21C 7/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 15/26 (20130101) G21C 17/032 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Nuclear Reactors, Power Plants and Explosives, to Protection Against Radiation, to the Treatment of Radioactively Contaminated Material, to Applications of Radioactive Sources and to the Utilisation of Cosmic Radiation G21Y 2002/201 (20130101) G21Y 2004/30 (20130101) G21Y 2004/40 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 30/31 (20130101) Y02E 30/39 (20130101) |
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| US 10163572 | Fairchild et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED (St. Michael, Barbados) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED (, Barbados) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manuel Ray Fairchild (Kokomo, Indiana); Ralph S. Taylor (Noblesville, Indiana); David W. Ihms (Russiaville, Indiana); Celine Wk Wong (Kokomo, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A ceramic-wound-capacitor includes a first-electrically-conductive-layer, a dielectric-layer, a second-electrically-conductive-layer, and a protective-coating. The dielectric-layer is formed of lead-lanthanum-zirconium-titanate (PLZT). The protective-coating has a thickness of less than ten micrometers (10 μm) and provides electrical isolation between the first-electrically-conductive-layer and the second-electrically-conductive-layer of the ceramic-wound-capacitor. A method for fabricating the ceramic-wound-capacitor includes the steps of feeding a carrier-strip, depositing a sacrificial layer, depositing a first-electrically-conductive-layer, depositing a dielectric-layer, and depositing a second-electrically-conductive-layer to form an arrangement coupled to the carrier-strip by the sacrificial-layer, separating the arrangement from the carrier-strip and sacrificial-layer, creating an exposed-surface of the first-electrically-conductive-layer, applying a protective-coating to the exposed-surface of the first-electrically-conductive-layer, winding the arrangement with the protective-coating to form a ceramic-wound-capacitor, where the protective-coating is in direct contact with the first-electrically-conductive-layer and the second-electrically-conductive-layer of the ceramic-wound-capacitor. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/447857 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 4/008 (20130101) H01G 4/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 4/224 (20130101) H01G 4/1227 (20130101) H01G 4/1245 (20130101) H01G 13/02 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonidas E. Ocola (Oswego, Illinois); David J. Gosztola (Naperville, Illinois); Angel Yanguas-Gil (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer-hybrid electro-optic device is fabricated by providing a semiconductor substrate, depositing a metal electrode layer on the semiconductor substrate, depositing a dielectric barrier core layer within a gap of the metal electrode layer, patterning a polymer layer to cover the dielectric barrier core layer and partially covering the metal electrode layer, infiltrating the polymer layer with an inorganic component to form a hybrid oxide-polymer layer, and removing excess inorganic component from the semiconductor substrate and metal electrode layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/433659 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/0018 (20130101) H01L 51/441 (20130101) H01L 51/4266 (20130101) |
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| US 10164242 | Chiang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yet-Ming Chiang (Weston, Massachusetts); Chang-Jun Bae (Palo Alto, California); John William Halloran (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qiang Fu (Albany, California); Antoni P. Tomsia (Pinole, California); Can K. Erdonmez (Miller Place, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous electrodes in which the porosity has a low tortuosity are generally provided. In some embodiments, the porous electrodes can be designed to be filled with electrolyte and used in batteries, and can include low tortuosity in the primary direction of ion transport during charge and discharge of the battery. In some embodiments, the electrodes can have a high volume fraction of electrode active material (i.e., low porosity). The attributes outlined above can allow the electrodes to be fabricated with a higher energy density, higher capacity per unit area of electrode (mAh/cm2), and greater thickness than comparable electrodes while still providing high utilization of the active material in the battery during use. Accordingly, the electrodes can be used to produce batteries with high energy densities, high power, or both compared to batteries using electrodes of conventional design with relatively highly tortuous pores. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/716501 |
| 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 4/13 (20130101) H01M 4/139 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/0411 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4911 (20150115) |
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| US 10164256 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Apple Inc. (Cupertino, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Apple Inc. (Cupertino, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huiming Wu (San Jose, California); Hongli Dai (Los Altos, California); Dapeng Wang (Cupertino, California); Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); John David Carter (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Yanjie Cui (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Arturo Gutierrez (Naperville, Illinois); Hakim H. Iddir (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Arthur Jeremy Kropf (Westmont, Illinois); Yan Li (Westmont, Illinois); Victor A. Maroni (Naperville, Illinois); Anh D. Vu (Naperville, Illinois); Xiaoping Wang (Naperville, Illinois); Zhenzhen Yang (Westmont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, powders, and cathode active materials that can be used in lithium ion batteries are described herein. Methods of making such compounds, powders, and cathode active materials are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/458618 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/08 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/131 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) H01M 4/485 (20130101) H01M 4/502 (20130101) H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/523 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/582 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101) H01M 2220/30 (20130101) |
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| US 10164289 | Visco et al. |
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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 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 | 14/954812 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 2/1613 (20130101) H01M 2/1646 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/056 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0562 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0068 (20130101) H01M 2300/0071 (20130101) |
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| US 10164638 | Wilson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NVIDIA Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NVIDIA CORPORATION (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Michael Wilson (Wake Forest, North Carolina); John W. Poulton (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Matthew Rudolph Fojtik (Raleigh, North Carolina); Carl Thomas Gray (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A balanced, charge-recycling repeater link is disclosed. The link includes a first set of segments operating in a first voltage domain and a second set of segments operating in a second voltage domain. The link is configured to transmit a first signal over at least one segment in the first set of segments and at least one other segment in the second set of segments. Each segment of the link includes at least one active circuit element configured to charge or discharge one or more corresponding interconnects within the link and a level shifter configured to shift the level of a signal on a last interconnect of the segment from the first voltage domain to the second voltage domain or the second voltage domain to the first voltage domain. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/908242 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse Technique H03K 19/018528 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10164639 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Roberts (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Andrew G. Kegel (Bellevue, Washington); Elliot H. Mednick (Boxborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A macro scheduler includes a resource tracking module configured to update a database enumerating a plurality of macro components of a set of field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices, a communication interface configured to receive from a first client device a first design definition indicating one or more specified macro components for a design, resource allocation logic configured to allocate a first set of macro components for the design by allocating one of the plurality of macro components for each of the one or more specified macro components indicated in the first design definition, and configuration logic configured to implement the design in the set of FPGA devices by configuring the first set of allocated macro components according to the first design definition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/812411 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 15/7892 (20130101) G06F 17/5045 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/1776 (20130101) H03K 19/17728 (20130101) H03K 19/17732 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03K 19/17756 (20130101) |
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| US 10165640 | Song et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lumileds LLC (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lumileds LLC (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhihua Song (San Jose, California); Wouter Soer (San Jose, California); Ron Bonne (San Jose, California); Yifeng Qiu (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer metal core printed circuit board (MCPCB) has mounted on it at least one or more heat-generating LEDs and one or more devices configured to provide current to the one or more LEDs. The one or more devices may include a device that carries a steep slope voltage waveform. Since there is typically a very thin dielectric between the patterned copper layer and the metal substrate, the steep slope voltage waveform may produce a current in the metal substrate due to AC coupling via parasitic capacitance. This AC-coupled current may produce electromagnetic interference (EMI). To reduce the EMI, a local shielding area may be formed between the metal substrate and the device carrying the steep slope voltage waveform. The local shielding area may be conductive and may be electrically connected, to a DC voltage node adjacent to the one or more devices. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/587567 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 25/50 (20130101) H01L 25/167 (20130101) Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 13/6591 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/0809 (20130101) H05B 33/0815 (20130101) H05B 33/0845 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05B 33/0884 (20130101) H05B 33/0887 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/024 (20130101) H05K 1/053 (20130101) H05K 1/056 (20130101) H05K 1/111 (20130101) H05K 1/115 (20130101) H05K 1/181 (20130101) H05K 1/0203 (20130101) H05K 1/0215 (20130101) H05K 1/0224 (20130101) H05K 1/0243 (20130101) H05K 1/0251 (20130101) H05K 1/0262 (20130101) H05K 3/16 (20130101) H05K 3/44 (20130101) H05K 3/0061 (20130101) H05K 3/107 (20130101) H05K 3/146 (20130101) H05K 3/181 (20130101) H05K 3/303 (20130101) H05K 3/465 (20130101) H05K 3/467 (20130101) H05K 3/4076 (20130101) H05K 3/4608 (20130101) H05K 3/4644 (20130101) H05K 3/4661 (20130101) H05K 3/4679 (20130101) H05K 3/4688 (20130101) H05K 9/0084 (20130101) H05K 9/0088 (20130101) H05K 13/0023 (20130101) H05K 2201/066 (20130101) H05K 2201/093 (20130101) H05K 2201/0723 (20130101) H05K 2201/09327 (20130101) H05K 2201/09563 (20130101) H05K 2201/10106 (20130101) H05K 2201/10166 (20130101) H05K 2201/10522 (20130101) |
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| US 10159736 | Steinmetz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicole F. Steinmetz (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Photodynamic virus particles including a plant virus particle associated with a photosensitizing agent are described. Methods of treating cancer in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the photodynamic virus particles and illuminating a cancer-bearing region of the subject to activate the photodynamic virus particles are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/403692 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 31/555 (20130101) A61K 41/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/00023 (20130101) C12N 2770/00032 (20130101) C12N 2770/00042 (20130101) |
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| US 10159765 | Collins et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Scott Forrest Collins (Austin, Texas); Thomas Boland (El Paso, Texas); Maria Yanez (El Paso, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas); TEVIDO BIODEVICES (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Forrest Collins (Austin, Texas); Thomas Boland (El Paso, Texas); Maria Yanez (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Tissue engineered constructs and methods for fabricating the disclosed constructs are provided. Some of the disclosed tissue engineered constructs are designed to fill a void in the body due to surgical resection, for example from mastectomy or lumpectomy, wounds and the like. Some disclosed constructs comprise one or more projections designed to mimic the appearance of a structural feature when implanted into a host. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/031810 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/12 (20130101) A61F 2210/0076 (20130101) A61F 2220/005 (20130101) A61F 2240/004 (20130101) A61F 2310/00371 (20130101) A61F 2310/00377 (20130101) A61F 2310/00383 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/28 (20130101) A61K 35/33 (20130101) A61K 35/33 (20130101) A61K 35/35 (20130101) A61K 35/35 (20130101) A61K 35/44 (20130101) A61K 35/44 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 27/52 (20130101) A61L 27/225 (20130101) A61L 27/227 (20130101) A61L 27/3804 (20130101) A61L 27/3808 (20130101) A61L 27/3834 (20130101) A61L 27/3839 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61L 27/3886 (20130101) A61L 2430/04 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0653 (20130101) C12N 5/0697 (20130101) C12N 2502/28 (20130101) C12N 2502/1352 (20130101) C12N 2533/56 (20130101) C12N 2533/76 (20130101) C12N 2535/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10159969 | Way et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | James Douglas Way (Boulder, Colorado); Sean-Thomas Bourne Lundin (Golden, Colorado); Colin A. Wolden (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Douglas Way (Boulder, Colorado); Sean-Thomas Bourne Lundin (Golden, Colorado); Colin A. Wolden (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method to synthesize ammonia at moderate conditions. The present invention also relates to a new chemical reactor configuration to achieve ammonia synthesis at moderate pressures and temperatures, and methods to make membranes for use in ammonia synthesis. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/087169 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 69/145 (20130101) B01D 2325/10 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/50 (20130101) B01J 23/6484 (20130101) B01J 35/065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 37/34 (20130101) B01J 37/0225 (20130101) B01J 37/0238 (20130101) B01J 37/0244 (20130101) B01J 37/348 (20130101) Ammonia; Cyanogen; Compounds Thereof C01C 1/0411 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/52 (20151101) |
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| US 10160741 | Hillmyer 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) | Marc Andrew Hillmyer (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Tessie Rose Panthani (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Marie Elizabeth Vanderlaan (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Deborah Kay Schneiderman (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Alexander Michael Rauch Mannion (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Derek Charles Batiste (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Christopher Ward Macosko (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jay Z. Wang (Kildeer, Illinois); Frank S. Bates (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for recovering monomers from polymers, such as polyurethanes (including thermoset polyurethanes) include heating the polymer to depolymerize the polymer and release the monomer. The monomer may be directly recovered. The polymer may include a poly(β-methyl-δ-valerolactone) (PMVL) block and the monomer recovered may be β-methyl-δ-valerolactone (MVL). |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/728878 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 309/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 81/027 (20130101) |
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| US 10160787 | Ly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danith H. Ly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Srinivas Rapireddy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bichismita Sahu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are γ-PNA monomers, methodology for synthesizing them, and methodology for synthesizing PNA oligomers that incorporate them. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/972494 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/60 (20170801) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 229/12 (20130101) C07C 271/20 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 239/47 (20130101) C07D 239/54 (20130101) C07D 473/18 (20130101) C07D 473/34 (20130101) Peptides C07K 1/04 (20130101) C07K 1/08 (20130101) C07K 14/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10160986 | Chen 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) | Xi Chen (Davis, California); Hai Yu (Woodland, California); Yanhong Li (Davis, California); Yi Chen (Davis, California); Jingyao Qu (Smyrna, Georgia); Musleh M. Muthana (Davis, California); Kam Lau (Parkwood, Australia); Lars Bode (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing UDP-sugars from simple sugar starting materials. The invention also provides a one-pot multi-enzyme method for preparing oligosaccharides from simple sugar starting materials. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/017365 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/04 (20130101) C12P 19/12 (20130101) C12P 19/18 (20130101) C12P 19/305 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10161007 | Abate 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) | Adam R. Abate (San Francisco, California); Dennis Jay Eastbum (Burlingame, California); Adam R. Sciambi (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the detection of components from biological samples are provided. In certain aspects, the methods may be used to detect and/or quantify specific components in a biological sample, such as tumor cells (e.g., circulating tumor cells). Systems and devices for practicing the subject methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/420646 |
| 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 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) |
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| US 10161051 | Palmore et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BROWN UNIVERSITY (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Tayhas R. Palmore (Providence, Rhode Island); Sujat Sen (Providence, Rhode Island); Dan Liu (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention includes a catalytic copper electrode is selected from the group comprising copper nanofoam, copper aerogel, and copper nanoparticles. Particular note is made of the catalytic copper electrode having at least about 5 times and preferably about 10 times the electrochemically accessible surface area as determined by the Randles-Sevcik equation at 50 mV/s. particular note is made of the catalytic coper electrode being a copper nanofoam electrode. This invention further includes a method for the reduction of CO2 by the steps of (i) providing a membrane divided electrochemical cell comprising an anode in a first cell compartment, a catalytic-copper electrode in a second cell compartment containing an aqueous electrolyte in contact with the anode and cathode; (ii) introducing CO2 to said second cell compartment (iii) exposing said CO2 to said catalytic-copper electrode at a step potential between about −0.8 and preferably about −1.0 and about −1.8 V versus the reference electrode; (iv) electrochemically reducing said CO2 and solution by the catalytic-copper electrode in the second cell compartment; (v) thereby producing propylene and (vi) extracting said propylene from said second compartment. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/026304 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 3/04 (20130101) C25B 11/04 (20130101) C25B 11/035 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C25B 11/0415 (20130101) C25B 11/0447 (20130101) |
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| US 10161062 | Seebauer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edmund G. Seebauer (Urbana, Illinois); Prashun Gorai (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising an engineered defect concentration comprises a metal oxide single crystal having a polar surface and a bulk concentration of interstitial oxygen (Oi) of at least about 1014 atoms/cm3. The polar surface comprises a concentration of impurity species of about 5% or less of a monolayer. A method of engineering a defect concentration in a single crystal comprises exposing a metal oxide single crystal having a polar surface to molecular oxygen at a temperature of about 850° C. or less, and injecting atomic oxygen into the single crystal at an effective diffusion rate Deff of at least about 10−16 cm2/s. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/134560 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| 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 29/16 (20130101) C30B 31/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/125 (20130101) G01N 33/0027 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/022483 (20130101) H01L 33/26 (20130101) H01L 33/28 (20130101) H01L 33/285 (20130101) |
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| US 10161797 | Shaltout et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amr Shaltout (West Lafayette, Indiana); Alexander Kildishev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Vladimir Shalaev (West Lafayette, Indiana); Jingjing Liu (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A circular dichroism spectrometer which comprises a metasurface. The metasurface has a plurality of anisotropic antennas configured to simultaneously spatially separate LCP and RCP spectral components from an incoming light beam. An optical detector array is included which detects the LCP and RCP spectral components. A transparent medium is situated between the metasurface and the optical detector array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/202048 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/0224 (20130101) G01J 3/0256 (20130101) G01J 3/447 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 3/2803 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/19 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) |
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| US 10161818 | Alexeenko et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alina Alexeenko (West Lafayette, Indiana); Andrew Strongrich (Saginaw, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system operating based on Knudsen thermal force includes a microelectromechanical (MEMS) gas sensor, the MEMS gas sensor includes a substrate. The sensor further includes at least one stationary assembly fixedly coupled to the substrate, the at least one stationary assembly terminating at corresponding pads configured to receive an electrical current for heating the at least one stationary assembly. Additionally, the sensor includes at least one moveable assembly disposed above the substrate and biased to move substantially according to a main axis and juxtaposed with the at least one stationary assembly. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/183259 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, or Fluid Pressure G01L 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/226 (20130101) |
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| US 10161890 | Ginsberg 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) | Naomi Ginsberg (Oakland, California); Connor Gregory Bischak (Berkeley, California); Craig L. Hetherington (Berkeley, California); David M. Kaz (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are non-invasive methods of nanoscale imaging of a sample using an illumination layer and an electron beam. For example, the electron may activate the illumination layer without activating the sample, and the illumination layer may emit cathodoluminescence to produce a nanoscale image of the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/564542 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/22 (20130101) G01N 23/2254 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2223/612 (20130101) |
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| US 10162091 | Guo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Junpeng Guo (Madison, Alabama); Seyed Sadreddin Mirshafieyan (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junpeng Guo (Madison, Alabama); Seyed Sadreddin Mirshafieyan (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical filter has a layer of silicon film deposited onto a metallic substrate surface at a silicon film thickness corresponding to a wavelength of light to be filtered from incoming light. The critical coupling of light to the optical cavity formed by the silicon film on metal surface results in a strong and near perfect absorption of the light at a resonance wavelength and strong absorption in the wavelength region near the peak absorption wavelength. Other wavelengths of the incoming wave are reflected by the device so the spectral content of light is changed. By controlling the thickness of the silicon film and/or other factors, such as the extent to which the silicon film is annealed or the type of metal beneath the silicon film, the wavelength of the light absorbed by the silicon film can be precisely controlled. |
| FILED | Friday, October 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/885843 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — 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 3/42 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 5/288 (20130101) |
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| US 10162264 | McLeod et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. McLeod (Boulder, Colorado); Adam Urness (Boulder, Colorado); Michael Cole (Longmont, Colorado); Eric Moore (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for liquid deposition photolithography are described. In particular, some embodiments relate to systems and methods for using photolithography to control the 2D structure of a thin layer of material (e.g., photopolymer) using various masks, projection optics and materials. In one or more embodiments, this thin layer can be manipulated by micro-fluidic techniques such that it can be formed, patterned and post-processed in a liquid environment, vastly simplifying the creation of multi-layer structures. Multiple layers are rapidly built up to create thick structures of possibly multiple materials that are currently challenging to fabricate by existing methods. |
| FILED | Friday, May 15, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/713748 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/0035 (20130101) G03F 7/70 (20130101) G03F 7/2022 (20130101) G03F 7/2041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03F 7/70341 (20130101) |
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| US 10162394 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carole-Jean Wu (Tempe, Arizona); Patrick Phelan (Tempe, Arizona); Soochan Lee (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a sustainable self-cooling framework for processors using thermoelectric generators that power an arrangement of thermoelectric coolers to reduce the temperature of thermal hot spots generated by a processor are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/850920 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10162651 | Zhu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Feng Zhu (Madison, Alabama); Mini Zeng (Madison, Alabama); Sandra Carpenter (Madison, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Zhu (Madison, Alabama); Mini Zeng (Madison, Alabama); Sandra Carpenter (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system may track the user's eye gaze on a display device over time using an eye tracker. When the computer system detects a risk associated with a graphical object and determines that the user's gaze is close to the graphical object, it may display a warning message indicating the risk. The computer system may display the warning message at a location that corresponds to the graphical object associated with the risk. Furthermore, when the computer system detects a risk and determines that the user's gaze is not at the graphical object that needs the user's immediate attention, it may display a warning message near the user's current gaze to notify the user. If desired, the warning message may be hidden based on the user's gaze, such as when the user moves his gaze away from the detected risk. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/438335 |
| ART UNIT | 2175 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/453 (20180201) Original (OR) Class Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00604 (20130101) |
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| US 10163232 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junshi Liu (West Lafayette, Indiana); Swagath Venkataramani (West Lafayette, Indiana); Singanallur V. Venkatakrishnan (Orinda, California); Charles A. Bouman (West Lafayette, Indiana); Anand Raghunathan (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A tomography system having a central processing unit, a system memory communicatively connected to the central processing unit, and a hardware acceleration unit communicatively connected to the central processing unit and the system memory, the hardware accelerator configured to perform at least a portion of an MBIR process on computer tomography data. The hardware accelerator unit may include one or more voxel evaluation modules which evaluate an updated value of a voxel given a voxel location in a reconstructed volume. By processing voxel data for voxels in a voxel neighborhood, processing time is reduces. |
| FILED | Monday, March 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/063054 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2211/424 (20130101) G06T 2211/432 (20130101) |
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| US 10163369 | Yannier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nesra Yannier (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Kenneth R. Koedinger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Scott E. Hudson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to a system and method that bring together the advantages of computer games and the physical world to increase engagement, collaboration and learning. The system and method can be used with a myriad of physical setups and can be used for many different content areas in education. In one embodiment, a mixed reality interaction is facilitated with an EarthShake™ game presented on a display. The game is synchronized with a tangible interface comprising a physical object and a sensor capable of detecting a change in the condition of the physical object. The system and method help kids discover scientific and other learning principles while experimenting with real objects in a physical environment supported with audio and visual feedback. Students interactively make predictions, see results, grapple with disconfirming evidence and formulate explanations in forms of general principles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/734938 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 7/02 (20130101) G09B 7/06 (20130101) G09B 23/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10163510 | Giles et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ellis Robinson Giles (Houston, Texas); Peter Joseph Varman (Houston, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ellis Robinson Giles (Houston, Texas); Peter Joseph Varman (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Emerging byte-addressable persistent memory technologies, generically referred to as Storage Class Memory, offer performance advantages and access similar to Dynamic Random Access Memory while having the persistence of disk. Unifying storage and memory into a memory tier that can be accessed directly requires additional burden to ensure that groups of memory operations to persistent or nonvolatile memory locations are performed sequentially, atomically, and not caught in the cache hierarchy. The present invention provides a lightweight solution for the atomicity and durability of write operations to nonvolatile memory, while simultaneously supporting fast paths through the cache hierarchy to memory. The invention includes a hardware-supported solution with modifications to the memory hierarchy comprising a victim cache and additional memory controller logic. The invention also includes a software only method and system that provides atomic persistence to nonvolatile memory using a software alias in DRAM and log in nonvolatile memory. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/457113 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/06 (20130101) G06F 12/0815 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/15 (20130101) G11C 13/0002 (20130101) G11C 14/0045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10163932 | Sinitskii et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Sinitskii (Lincoln, Nebraska); Alexei Grouverman (Lincoln, Nebraska); Alexey Lipatov (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A ferroelectric random-access memory structure and processes for fabricating a ferroelectric random-access memory structure are described that includes using a molybdenum sulfide layer. In an implementation, a ferroelectric random-access memory structure in accordance with an exemplary embodiment includes at least one FeFET, which further includes a substrate; a back gate electrode formed on the substrate, the back gate electrode including a conductive layer; a gate dielectric substrate formed on the back gate electrode; a source electrode formed on the gate dielectric substrate; a drain electrode formed on the gate dielectric substrate; and a layered transition metal dichalcogenide disposed on the gate dielectric substrate and contacting the source electrode and the drain electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/218795 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/1159 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10164082 | Brueck et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christian Wetzel (Troy, New York); Mark Durniak (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A transistor comprises a substrate comprising a Group III/V compound semiconductor material having a cubic crystalline phase structure positioned on a hexagonal crystalline phase layer having a first region and a second region, the cubic crystalline phase structure being positioned between the first region and the second region of the hexagonal crystalline phase layer. A source region and a drain region are both positioned in the Group III/V compound semiconductor material. A channel region is in the Group III/V compound semiconductor material. A gate is over the channel region. An optional backside contact can also be formed. A source contact and electrode are positioned to provide electrical contact to the source region. A drain contact and electrode are positioned to provide electrical contact to the drain region. Methods of forming transistors are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/466461 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0243 (20130101) H01L 21/0251 (20130101) H01L 21/0254 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02395 (20130101) H01L 21/02433 (20130101) H01L 21/02458 (20130101) H01L 21/02494 (20130101) H01L 21/02502 (20130101) H01L 21/02587 (20130101) H01L 21/02609 (20130101) H01L 21/7806 (20130101) H01L 21/30604 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/205 (20130101) H01L 29/402 (20130101) H01L 29/0657 (20130101) H01L 29/0847 (20130101) H01L 29/7787 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/42316 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) H01L 33/007 (20130101) H01L 33/24 (20130101) H01L 33/32 (20130101) H01L 33/0079 (20130101) |
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| US 10165450 | Taher et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Tanim Taher (Austin, Texas); Dennis Roberson (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tanim Taher (Austin, Texas); Dennis Roberson (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for determining and sharing RF spectrum availability. The method includes automatically sensing and analyzing a spectrum to identify used and/or unused portions of the spectrum, and automatically communicating the used and/or unused portions of the spectrum to a spectrum owner or a spectrum user. The invention has particular use in automatically identifying and quantifying current spectrum users, automatically reporting the current spectrum users to a spectrum owner, and/or allocating unused spectrum portions to users. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/614851 |
| ART UNIT | 2643 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Wireless Communication Networks H04W 16/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04W 72/10 (20130101) H04W 72/085 (20130101) H04W 72/0453 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10165679 | Johnson, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan T. Johnson, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Rajatesh R. Gudibande (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Zhengqing John Qi (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for fabricating graphene workpieces. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/850046 |
| ART UNIT | 1782 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/32 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/1606 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 1/09 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H05K 1/0306 (20130101) H05K 3/06 (20130101) H05K 3/20 (20130101) H05K 3/125 (20130101) H05K 3/1216 (20130101) H05K 3/1275 (20130101) H05K 2201/0323 (20130101) H05K 2203/1338 (20130101) |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir A. Aksyuk (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Kartik Srinivasan (Rockville, Maryland); Thomas Michels (Dortmund, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated optical probe includes: a cantilever; an optical waveguide disposed at a periphery of the cantilever and including an optical loop, the optical loop being disposed coplanar with the cantilever; a mechanical support interposed between and interconnecting the cantilever and the optical waveguide with the mechanical support such that the cantilever and optical waveguide move together; and a substrate on which the cantilever is disposed and from which the cantilever and the optical loop protrude, wherein the cantilever and the optical waveguide flex independently of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/808150 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/17 (20130101) Scanning-probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] G01Q 70/02 (20130101) G01Q 70/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/0208 (20130101) Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/2049 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/67 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10164205 | Kazlas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Zhaoqun Zhou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Yuhua Niu (Southborough, Massachusetts); Sang-Jin Kim (Santa Clara, California); Benjamin S. Mashford (Essendon, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device including an emissive material comprising quantum dots is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, a layer comprising quantum dots disposed between the first electrode and the second electrodes, and a first interfacial layer disposed at the interface between a surface of the layer comprising quantum dots and a first layer in the device. In certain embodiments, a second interfacial layer is optionally further disposed on the surface of the layer comprising quantum dots opposite to the first interfacial layer. In certain embodiments, a device comprises a light-emitting device. Other light emitting devices and methods are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/667314 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/50 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/5004 (20130101) H01L 51/5048 (20130101) H01L 51/5056 (20130101) H01L 51/5072 (20130101) H01L 51/5088 (20130101) H01L 51/5092 (20130101) H01L 51/5221 (20130101) H01L 2251/301 (20130101) H01L 2251/303 (20130101) H01L 2251/552 (20130101) H01L 2251/556 (20130101) H01L 2251/5369 (20130101) |
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| US 10164641 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chenyun Pan (Atlanta, Georgia); Sourav Dutta (Atlanta, Georgia); Azad Naeemi (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to logic devices, and more particularly, to magnetoelectric magnetic tunneling junction computational devices. Aspects of the disclosed technology include a stand-alone voltage-controlled magnetoelectric device that satisfies essential requirements for general logic applications, including nonlinearity, gain, concatenability, feedback prevention, and a complete set of Boolean operations based on the majority gate and inverter. Aspects of the present disclosed technology can eliminate the need for any auxiliary FETs to preset or complicated clocking schemes and prevents the racing condition. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/959698 |
| ART UNIT | 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/14 (20130101) H01F 10/16 (20130101) H01F 10/3218 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/22 (20130101) H01L 43/02 (20130101) H01L 43/08 (20130101) H01L 43/10 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 10160555 | Turse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Composite Technology Development, Inc. (Lafayette, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC. (Lafayette, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dana Turse (Broomfield, Colorado); Larry Adams (Thornton, Colorado); Doug Richardson (Westminster, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Some embodiments of the invention include a boom deployment system. The boom deployment system, for example, may include a housing, a spool, a first boom, and a second boom. The spool may be disposed within the housing and configured to rotate around an axis that is fixed relative to the housing. The first boom and/or the second boom may have a cylindrical shape in a deployed configuration, a flattened shape in a stowed configuration, and a slit that extends along the longitudinal length of the boom in the deployed configuration. The first boom and/or the second boom may be stowed in the stowed configuration flattened and wrapped around the spool. The first boom and/or the second boom may transition from the stowed configuration to the deployed configuration as the spool rotates around the axis. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/136487 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — 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 1/34 (20130101) B64G 1/44 (20130101) B64G 1/66 (20130101) B64G 1/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/407 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10161358 | Suciu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Jesse M. Chandler (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle assembly for a dual gas turbine engine propulsion system includes a housing mountable proximate to a first bypass passage of a first gas turbine engine and a second bypass passage of a second gas turbine engine, first and second upper doors, and first and second lower doors. Each of the first and second upper doors and the first and second lower doors are pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a stowed position and a deployed position in which airflow through the first and second bypass passages is redirected relative to respective centerline axes of the first and second gas turbine engines. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/773958 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Jet-propulsion Plants F02K 1/06 (20130101) F02K 1/52 (20130101) F02K 1/60 (20130101) F02K 1/62 (20130101) F02K 1/70 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/323 (20130101) F05D 2240/40 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10161690 | Zaffetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND SPACE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Zaffetti (Suffield, Connecticut); Jeremy M. Strange (Windsor, Connecticut); Dale T. Cooke (Suffield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer heat exchanger includes a fluid layer defined by a first sheet and a second sheet, the fluid layer configured to route a fluid in a predominant flow direction. Also included is a fluid inlet port disposed proximate an inlet end region of the fluid layer, wherein the fluid inlet port is oriented to introduce the fluid into the fluid layer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the predominant flow direction, wherein the inlet end region of the fluid layer comprises a non-linear geometry. Further included is at least one fin segment disposed between the first sheet and the second sheet, wherein the at least one fin segment includes a first plurality of apertures proximate the inlet end region. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/492826 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 9/0068 (20130101) F28D 9/0093 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 3/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 10159212 | Simon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Simon (Princeton, New Jersey); Robert Michael Pyne (Palm Desert, California); Christain Andrew Wyenandt (Elmer, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Eight new sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) cultivars designated ‘Rutgers Thunderstruck-DMR’, ‘Rutgers Passion-DMR’, Rutgers Obsession-DMR’, ‘Rutgers Devotion-DMR’, ‘26_24_33’, ‘50_03_05’, ‘50_03_34’, and ‘42_21_02’ are provided, as are parts of the plants, extracts and biomasses from the variety, and uses thereof, for example as a food or in a food product. These plants have basil downy mildew resistance/tolerance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/812968 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/12 (20130101) A01H 6/506 (20180501) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10159954 | Luzenski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Velocys, Inc. (Plain City, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Velocys, Inc. (Plain City, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Luzenski (Marysville, Ohio); Jeffery D. Slane (Galloway, Ohio); Thomas D. Yuschak (Lewis Center, Ohio); Paul W. Neagle (Westerville, Ohio); Michael Marchiando (London, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit. |
| FILED | Monday, October 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/922205 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 8/0015 (20130101) B01J 8/16 (20130101) B01J 8/18 (20130101) B01J 8/1881 (20130101) B01J 19/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01J 2219/00783 (20130101) B01J 2219/00801 (20130101) B01J 2219/00806 (20130101) B01J 2219/00817 (20130101) B01J 2219/00835 (20130101) B01J 2219/00844 (20130101) B01J 2219/00873 (20130101) B01J 2219/00932 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2400/0436 (20130101) Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 67/00 (20130101) Cracking Hydrocarbon Oils; Production of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g by Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation; Recovery of Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, or Gases; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting of Hydrocarbons; Reforming of Naphtha; Mineral Waxes C10G 2/32 (20130101) C10G 2/34 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | Monogram Biosciences, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Monogram Biosciences, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Huang (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for determining whether a human immunodeficiency virus is likely to be have enhanced ability to enter a cell expressing CD4 and CXCR4 relative to a reference HIV. In certain aspects, the methods comprise detecting one or more amino acids in an envelope protein of the HIV associated with enhanced ability to enter CD4- and CXCR4-expressing cells and determining that the HIV's ability to enter such cells is enhanced relative to a reference HIV, e.g., an HIV that does not comprise such amino acid(s). |
| FILED | Thursday, November 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/348307 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16111 (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 1/703 (20130101) C12Q 1/6897 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5041 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/6863 (20130101) G01N 2333/162 (20130101) G01N 2333/7158 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10162117 | Morton et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland); Jacob Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morton Photonics (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Morton (West Friendship, Maryland); Jacob Khurgin (Pikesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention removes the need to provide temperature control for an optical time delay chip, which is usually provided by a thermo-electric-cooler, in order to significantly reduce the power dissipation of the device and allow ‘uncooled’ operation. Uncooled operation is achieved by monitoring the temperature of the chip, and changing the tuning of each microresonator within the device in order to continue providing the required time delay as the temperature is varied. This invention takes advantage of the fact that microresonators provide a series of resonant wavelengths over a wide wavelength range, so that the closest resonance wavelength below the operating wavelength can always be tuned up to that wavelength. When the device temperature changes, this is accounted for by both the choice of resonance wavelengths and the tuning for each of the microresonators in the device, in order to keep the correct tunable delay. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/217663 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/2861 (20130101) G02B 6/4286 (20130101) G02B 6/29343 (20130101) G02B 6/29395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/29398 (20130101) Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/011 (20130101) G02F 1/0147 (20130101) G02F 2201/20 (20130101) G02F 2203/15 (20130101) G02F 2203/055 (20130101) Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 3/26 (20130101) H01Q 3/2676 (20130101) H01Q 3/2682 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 10164205 | Kazlas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG RESEARCH AMERICA, INC. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Zhaoqun Zhou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Yuhua Niu (Southborough, Massachusetts); Sang-Jin Kim (Santa Clara, California); Benjamin S. Mashford (Essendon, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device including an emissive material comprising quantum dots is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, a layer comprising quantum dots disposed between the first electrode and the second electrodes, and a first interfacial layer disposed at the interface between a surface of the layer comprising quantum dots and a first layer in the device. In certain embodiments, a second interfacial layer is optionally further disposed on the surface of the layer comprising quantum dots opposite to the first interfacial layer. In certain embodiments, a device comprises a light-emitting device. Other light emitting devices and methods are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/667314 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 20/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/50 (20130101) H01L 51/56 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 51/5004 (20130101) H01L 51/5048 (20130101) H01L 51/5056 (20130101) H01L 51/5072 (20130101) H01L 51/5088 (20130101) H01L 51/5092 (20130101) H01L 51/5221 (20130101) H01L 2251/301 (20130101) H01L 2251/303 (20130101) H01L 2251/552 (20130101) H01L 2251/556 (20130101) H01L 2251/5369 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 10164450 | Masias et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Dearborn, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvaro Masias (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kent Snyder (Dearborn, Michigan); Theodore James Miller (Milan, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A battery management controller includes input channels to receive a voltage signal from a battery and output channels to provide diagnostic signals to an operator. The controller is programmed to output a diagnostic signal predictive of a thermal condition in response to the voltage decreasing at a rate greater than a predetermined rate that signals that the voltage is decreasing toward a local minimum that precedes an increase in the voltage indicative of a battery temperature increase rate becoming greater than a threshold. The diagnostic signal may be used to alert the operator of the condition. The controller may be further programmed to issue commands to mitigate the thermal condition based on the diagnostic signal. |
| FILED | Monday, August 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/827813 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 11/182 (20130101) B60L 11/187 (20130101) B60L 11/1816 (20130101) B60L 11/1861 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/362 (20130101) G01R 31/3675 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/007 (20130101) H02J 7/0031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 10159674 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beibei Chen (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Rama K. Mallampalli (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein X is a divalent linking moiety; and R1-R10 are each individually H, optionally-substituted alkyl, optionally-substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, halogen, amino, or hydroxy, provided that at least one of R3 or R8 is an optionally-substituted alkyl, a substituted alkoxy, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocyclic, or halogen. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/138137 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/402 (20130101) A61K 31/427 (20130101) A61K 31/435 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 211/01 (20130101) C07C 211/53 (20130101) C07C 229/38 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 207/06 (20130101) C07D 211/14 (20130101) C07D 213/06 (20130101) C07D 213/36 (20130101) C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 231/12 (20130101) C07D 233/61 (20130101) C07D 233/64 (20130101) C07D 239/26 (20130101) C07D 265/30 (20130101) C07D 277/28 (20130101) C07D 295/135 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 10164136 | Cho et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SolAero Technologies Corp. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SolAero Technologies Corp. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin Cho (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dwight Hazlett (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Cory Tourino (Edgewood, New Mexico); Brian Guzie (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible solar array and a method for fabricating the same is provided. The flexible solar array may include a flexible backing substrate with conductive trace(s) formed thereon; solar cell subassemblies over the flexible backing substrate, each of the solar cell subassemblies at least including a solar cell; and an adhesive layer interposed between the solar cell subassemblies and the flexible backing substrate, and attaching the solar cells to the flexible backing substrate. The adhesive layer includes openings for exposing the corresponding conductive traces so that the exposed metal traces are adaptable to interconnect the solar cells of the respective adjacent solar cell subassemblies through the openings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/439409 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/046 (20141201) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/048 (20130101) H01L 31/0504 (20130101) H01L 31/0508 (20130101) H01L 31/02013 (20130101) H01L 31/03926 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 40/34 (20141201) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 10163742 | Arvelo 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) | Amilcar R. Arvelo (Poughkeepsie, New York); Michael J. Ellsworth (Poughkeepsie, New York); Eric J. McKeever (Poughkeepsie, New York); Thong N. Nguyen (Poughkeepsie, New York); Edward J. Seminaro (Milton, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a custom module lid. The method may include placing a multichip module (MCM) between a module base and a temporary lid, target components are exposed through viewing windows in the temporary lid, a top surface of the target components is measured and mapped to create a target profile, the target profile is used to form custom pockets in a custom lid, and the custom pockets correspond to the target components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/834478 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/4817 (20130101) H01L 23/04 (20130101) H01L 23/06 (20130101) H01L 23/42 (20130101) H01L 23/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 23/3675 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) H01L 2924/0002 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 3/30 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 10162162 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, A BODY CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong Wang (Tempe, Arizona); Deirdre Meldrum (Phoenix, Arizona); Rishabh Shetty (Tempe, Arizona); Laimonas Kelbauskas (Gilbert, Arizona); Shih-Hui Chao (Phoenix, Arizona); Roger Johnson (Phoenix, Arizona); Jakrey Myers (Scottsdale, Arizona); Samantha Chan (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices for 3D hydrodynamic microvortical rotation of at least one live single cell or cell cluster, systems incorporating the devices, and methods of fabricating and using the devices and systems, are provided. A microfluidic chip rotates at least one live single cell or cell cluster in a microvortex about a stable rotation axis perpendicular to an optical axis within a chamber having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape located below a flow channel. An optical trap may be used to position the cell or cells with the microvortex, and the cell or cells may be subject to live-cell or cell cluster computer tomography imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/861143 |
| ART UNIT | 1799 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/0668 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0858 (20130101) B01L 2400/0454 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0004 (20130101) G02B 21/32 (20130101) G02B 21/33 (20130101) G02B 21/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 10164606 | Keane et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Zachary Kyle Keane (Baltimore, Maryland); Joel D. Strand (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ofer Naaman (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zachary Kyle Keane (Baltimore, Maryland); Joel D. Strand (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ofer Naaman (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A load-compensated tunable coupler leverages a cross-bar switch and simulated loads or ballasts to provide a tunable coupling between two quantum objects that can be selectively coupled or decoupled without changing their resonant frequencies. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 11, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/868416 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/223 (20130101) Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 11/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pulse Technique H03K 19/195 (20130101) H03K 19/017545 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, December 25, 2018.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
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- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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