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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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| US 10182795 | Heikenfeld et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University Of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason C. Heikenfeld (Cincinnati, Ohio); Zachary Cole Sonner (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A sweat sensing device includes a plurality of sweat collection pads communicating with a sensor. Each of the pads is activated by a timing circuit which allows one or more of the pads to be activated at a selected time and subsequent deactivated after a defined period of time. This allows for selective collection of sweat from a plurality of pads over a prolonged period of time. An impedance measuring circuit can be employed to determine if one or more of the pads becomes disconnected, in order to avoid irritation. Further, the devices can use a common microfluidic device which both transports sweat activating substance, such as pilocarpine, to the surface of the skin and directs sweat away from the skin to a sensing device. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/516962 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0531 (20130101) A61B 5/0537 (20130101) A61B 5/1491 (20130101) A61B 5/04085 (20130101) A61B 5/4266 (20130101) A61B 5/6843 (20130101) A61B 5/14521 (20130101) A61B 10/0064 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 2010/0009 (20130101) A61B 2562/168 (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 2202/092 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/325 (20130101) |
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| US 10182988 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); EXICURE, INC. (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); EXICURE, INC. (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Sonbinh T. Nguyen (Evanston, Illinois); Resham Singh Banga (Chicago, Illinois); Natalia Chernyak (Evanston, Illinois); Sergei Gryaznov (San Mateo, California); Aleksandar Radovic-Moreno (Evanston, Illinois); Christopher Mader (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Liposomes termed as small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs), can be synthesized in the 20-50 nm size range, but encounter challenges such as instability and aggregation leading to inter-particle fusion. This limits their use as a therapeutic delivery agent. Increasing the surface negative charge of SUVs, via the attachment of anionic entities such as DNA/RNA, increases the colloidal stability of these vesicles. Additionally, the dense spherical arrangement and radial orientation of nucleic acids exhibits unique chemical and biological properties, unlike their linear counterparts. These liposomal particles, are non-toxic and though anionic, can efficiently enter cells without the aid of ancillary cationic transfection agents in a non-immunogenic fashion. These exceptional properties allow their use as delivery agents for gene regulation in different therapies and offer an alternative platform to metal core spherical nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/101523 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1277 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 10183080 | Medintz et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor L. Medintz (Springfield, Virginia); James B. Delehanty (Washington, District of Columbia); Joyce Breger (Greenbelt, Maryland); Markus Muttenthaler (Brisbane, Australia); Philip E. Dawson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoparticles (and optionally a cargo such as a drug) can be delivered to cells by attaching just a single dendritic peptide to the nanoparticle. The dendritic peptide includes a polyhisitidine motif and a hinge and a spacer connecting the polyhistidine to a lysine-based dendritic wedge displaying at least two copies of a cell-penetrating peptide motif. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/694114 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/704 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 47/52 (20170801) A61K 47/62 (20170801) A61K 47/641 (20170801) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/645 (20170801) A61K 47/6923 (20170801) A61K 47/6929 (20170801) |
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| US 10183317 | Ball |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OXYTEC LLC (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OXYTEC LLC (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond G. Ball (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for the reduction of contamination in soil and groundwater is provided. Cyclic oligosaccharides can be used, for example, to carry oxidants, carry activators, solubilize organic contaminants and promote biodegradation. |
| FILED | Friday, January 26, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/881589 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/24 (20130101) Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/002 (20130101) B09C 1/02 (20130101) B09C 1/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B09C 2101/00 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/72 (20130101) C02F 1/78 (20130101) C02F 1/725 (20130101) C02F 2101/38 (20130101) C02F 2101/306 (20130101) C02F 2101/322 (20130101) C02F 2101/327 (20130101) C02F 2101/363 (20130101) C02F 2101/366 (20130101) C02F 2103/06 (20130101) |
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| US 10183754 | Agarwal et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arvind Agarwal (Miami, Florida); Benjamin Boesl (Plantation, Florida); Jenniffer Bustillos (Miami, Florida); Cheng Zhang (Hollywood, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arvind Agarwal (Miami, Florida); Benjamin Boesl (Plantation, Florida); Jenniffer Bustillos (Miami, Florida); Cheng Zhang (Hollywood, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient deicing system is a silicone-graphene foam composite connected to a source of electrical energy for current promoted heating of the silicone-graphene foam composite. The deicing system can be constructed by infusion and curing a silicone resin infused into the graphene foam attached to electrical contacts. The deicing system can be attached to surfaces of an aircraft for rapid deicing of the aircraft. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/849020 |
| ART UNIT | 3647 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 15/14 (20130101) B64D 15/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64D 2033/0233 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/182 (20170801) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 9/35 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/02 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/047 (20130101) |
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| US 10183755 | Almond |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jonathan D. Almond (El Cajon, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan D. Almond (El Cajon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system includes a signal monitor to monitor a time rate of change of a revolutions per minute (RPM) trim signal that is received from an RPM command path to control a velocity of a helicopter rotor. An icing detector detects for the presence of ice accumulation on the helicopter rotor by comparing the time rate of change of the RPM trim signal to a predetermined threshold for the time rate of change. |
| FILED | Friday, February 09, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/893143 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 39/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/024 (20130101) B64C 2201/141 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 15/20 (20130101) B64D 15/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64D 31/06 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0816 (20130101) |
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| US 10184050 | Streett |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew R. Streett (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A coated structure is provided that has a highly concentrated coating of carbon nanotubes so as to provide integrated thermal emissivity, atomic oxygen (AO) shielding and tailorable conductivity to the underlying surface, such as the surface of an aerospace vehicle, a solar array, an aeronautical vehicle or the like. A method of fabricating a coated structure is also provided in which a surface is coated with a coating having a relative high concentration of carbon nanotubes that is configured to provide integrated thermal emissivity, AO shielding and tailorable conductivity to the surface. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/206672 |
| ART UNIT | 1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/02 (20130101) Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/44 (20130101) B64G 1/50 (20130101) B64G 1/226 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/158 (20170801) Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 3/04 (20130101) C08K 7/06 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 7/70 (20180101) Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/04 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/129 (20151101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/30 (20150115) |
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| US 10184102 | Levner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | EMULATE, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emulate, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Levner (Brookline, Massachusetts); Josiah Daniel Sliz (Boston, Massachusetts); Christopher David Hinojosa (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Joshua Gomes (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jose Fernandez-Alcon (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A culture module is contemplated that allows the perfusion and optionally mechanical actuation of one or more microfluidic devices, such as organ-on-a-chip microfluidic devices comprising cells that mimic at least one function of an organ in the body. A method for pressure control is contemplated to allow the control of flow rate (while perfusing cells) despite limitations of common pressure regulators. The method for pressure control allows for perfusion of a microfluidic device, such as an organ on a chip microfluidic device comprising cells that mimic cells in an organ in the body, that is detachably linked with said assembly, so that fluid enters ports of the microfluidic device from a fluid reservoir, optionally without tubing, at a controllable flow rate. |
| FILED | Friday, August 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/248748 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/021 (20130101) A01N 1/0247 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502738 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/025 (20130101) B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/14 (20130101) B01L 2300/123 (20130101) B01L 2300/161 (20130101) B01L 2300/165 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/06 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 21/08 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12M 23/38 (20130101) C12M 23/40 (20130101) C12M 23/42 (20130101) C12M 29/10 (20130101) C12M 35/04 (20130101) C12M 41/40 (20130101) C12M 41/48 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0602 (20130101) C12N 2521/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10184341 | Spangler |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil body that has an internal passage for conveying a fluid flow. The internal passage includes first and second passage sections and a turn section that connects the first and second passage sections. A baffle is located in the second passage section and the turn section. The baffle includes a wedge region situated in at least the turn section and is oriented to either divide or join the fluid flow through the turn section. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/824307 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/188 (20130101) F01D 9/041 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/12 (20130101) F05D 2240/126 (20130101) F05D 2250/185 (20130101) F05D 2260/201 (20130101) F05D 2260/22141 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/676 (20130101) |
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| US 10184347 | D'Ambruoso |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tara L. D'Ambruoso (Oxford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal device includes a plurality of seal shoes, a seal base, a plurality of spring elements and a resilient biasing element. The seal shoes are arranged around an axis. The seal base circumscribes the seal shoes. Each of the spring elements is radially between and connects a respective one of the seal shoes and the seal base. A first of the spring elements includes a first mount, a second mount and a spring beam. The first mount is connected to a first of the seal shoes. The second mount is connected to the seal base. The spring beam connects the first mount to the second mount. The resilient biasing element is radially between and engaged with first and second components of the seal device, where the first component is configured as or otherwise includes the first mount or the second mount. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/653020 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/02 (20130101) F01D 11/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/28 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/10 (20130101) F05D 2240/20 (20130101) F05D 2260/52 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/447 (20130101) |
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| US 10184350 | Hall |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Hall (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A centralizing assembly for an engine having a plurality or rotatable vanes is provided including an engine casing and at least one unison ring disposed concentrically there about. A spacing gap is formed between the unison ring and the engine casing and is variable between a maximum spacing gap and a minimum spacing gap in response to thermal expansion of the engine casing. A centralizer element includes a plunger element movably mounted to unison ring and spanning the spacing gap. At least one conical spring washer is mounted to the plunger element and exerts a centralizing force through the plunger element onto the engine casing. The at least one conical spring washer maintains the centralizing force between the maximum spacing gap and the minimum spacing gap. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/867951 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/041 (20130101) F01D 17/162 (20130101) F01D 21/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/246 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/563 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2230/60 (20130101) F05D 2230/642 (20130101) F05D 2260/30 (20130101) |
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| US 10184353 | Tholen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan M. Tholen (Kennebunk, Maine); Dominic J. Mongillo (West Hartford, Connecticut); Paul M. Lutjen (Kennebunkport, Maine); James N. Knapp (Sanford, Maine); Virginia L. Ross (Madison, Wisconsin); Jonathan J. Earl (Wells, Maine); Eric A. Hudson (Harwinton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooling scheme for a blade outer air seal includes a perimeter cooling arrangement configured to convectively cool a perimeter of the blade outer air seal, and a core cooling arrangement configured to cool a central portion of the blade outer air seal through impingement cooling and to provide film cooling to an inner diameter face of the blade outer air seal. |
| FILED | Monday, February 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/049775 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 9/103 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/08 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10184399 | Judd et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zedic Daniel Judd (Phoenix, Arizona); Yogendra Yogi Sheoran (Scottsdale, Arizona); Jennifer Ann Reich (Chandler, Arizona); Todd A. Kincheloe (Mesa, Arizona); Yates Wong (Humboldt, Arizona); Cristopher Frost (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An inertial inlet particle separator system for a vehicle engine is provided. A separator assembly and collector assembly are coupled to the scavenge flow path and configured to receive the scavenge air. The collector inlet has a throat defining a cumulative throat area at each position along the throat length from the first throat end to the second throat end. The collector body defines a cross-sectional area associated with each position along the throat length between the first throat end and the second throat end. The collector outlet is coupled to the collector body such that scavenge air flows into the collector inlet, through the collector body, and out through the collector outlet. At a first position between the first throat end and the second throat end, the respective cross-sectional area of the collector body is greater than or equal to the respective cumulative throat area. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/092820 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 45/04 (20130101) B01D 45/08 (20130101) B01D 45/12 (20130101) B01D 45/16 (20130101) B01D 50/002 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/05 (20130101) F02C 7/052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F02C 7/055 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/607 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0536 (20150401) |
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| US 10184400 | Cerny et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Robert Cerny (West Chester, Ohio); Jeffrey Raymond Menard (Cincinnati, Ohio); Thomas Kupiszewski (Liberty Township, Ohio); Johnathen Pegram (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of cooling a hot fluid in an annular duct of a gas turbine engine are provided. The method can include directing the hot fluid through a plurality of cooling channels that are radially layered within the annular duct to define a heat transfer area, and passing a cooling fluid through the annular duct such that the cooling fluid passes between the radially layered cooling channels. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include passing the hot fluid into a first inner radial tube, through a plurality of cooling channels defined within a plurality of curvilinear plates that are radially layered within the annular duct, and into a second inner radial tube; and passing a cooling fluid through the annular duct. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 14/990898 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 25/12 (20130101) F01D 25/14 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 6/08 (20130101) F02C 7/12 (20130101) F02C 7/141 (20130101) F02C 7/185 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/221 (20130101) Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 1/035 (20130101) F28D 7/005 (20130101) F28D 7/16 (20130101) F28D 9/0006 (20130101) F28D 2021/0026 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 9/02 (20130101) F28F 9/04 (20130101) F28F 9/026 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/675 (20130101) |
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| US 10184473 | Wagner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Jerald G. Wagner (Myakka City, Florida); David R. Markham (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORPORATION (Rockledge, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerald G. Wagner (Myakka City, Florida); David R. Markham (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotary device has at least one seal arrangement between inner and outer components to constrain fluid flow there between. The seal arrangement has a smooth surface and an opposing surface with a plurality of grooves and lands along a length of the at least one seal with the lands are separated from the smooth surface by a predetermined gap. The grooves have a bottom surface substantially parallel to the smooth surface. The width of the lands is between about 125% to 145% of the width of the grooves. The groove depth is between about 30% to 50% of the width of the grooves. A corner radius between the bottom surface of the grooves and side walls of the grooves is between about 25% to 100% of the depth of the grooves. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/255617 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 11/02 (20130101) Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps F04C 18/16 (20130101) F04C 27/009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F04C 2240/30 (20130101) F04C 2240/60 (20130101) F04C 2270/17 (20130101) Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings F16J 15/447 (20130101) F16J 15/4472 (20130101) |
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| US 10184553 | Kwiatkowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Pratt and Miller Engineering and Fabrication, Inc. (New Hudson, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRATT and MILLER ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION, INC. (New Hudson, Michigan); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Kwiatkowski (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Benjamin J. Wright (Wixom, Michigan); James R. Fries (Fenton, Michigan); Richard R. Reichenbach, III (Ferndale, Michigan); Chantelle M. Korson (Berkley, Michigan); Celyn M. Evans (Milford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, there is disclosed a blast mitigating differential housing for a vehicle, comprised of a first wall and a second wall in opposed spaced apart relation to each other. The first and second walls are separated by first and second side walls extending there between to define an inner space and an exterior surface. The side walls may be declined toward each other in a V shape. One of the first and second walls is equipped with an aperture to accommodate a vehicle drive line. The side walls are equipped with opposed apertures to accommodate the drive shafts and/or vehicle axles. The side walls may be further equipped with mounting structures along the exterior to accommodate a vehicle suspension system and/or steering elements. The inner space defined by the walls has a surface equipped for at least one vehicle differential mount. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/621342 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Gearing F16H 57/025 (20130101) F16H 57/037 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16H 2057/02052 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 7/042 (20130101) |
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| US 10184579 | Veto et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Veto (Huntington Beach, California); Gary D. Grayson (Issaquah, Washington); Victor J. Barackman (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluid apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example fluid apparatus includes a valve body defining a fluid flow passageway and a plurality of valve seats. A flow control member is positioned in the fluid flow passageway of the valve body. The flow control member having a plurality of disks. A respective one of the disks moves relative to a respective one of the valve seats to control fluid flow through the valve body. The flow control member is adjustable relative to a longitudinal axis of the valve body to provide a preload to the disks. Each of the disks has a cracking pressure corresponding to the preload. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/228741 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 1/443 (20130101) F16K 15/148 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/7832 (20150401) Y10T 137/7842 (20150401) Y10T 137/7879 (20150401) |
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| US 10184764 | Mark et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Mark (Whitestone, New York); Daniel Lee Prillaman (Montclair, New Jersey); Leon Moy (Verona, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A munition is rendered less sensitive to inadvertent initiations by providing a polymer liner on the entire inside surface of the munition. A thermoplastic liner may be fabricated totally within an empty inert munition casing by spraying a layer of electrostatically charged low melt thermoplastic material particles over substantially the entire inside surfaces of the munition casing, which casing is first electrically grounded. After thickening the particle layer through heat, further such layers may be then applied there over, until a desired cumulative thickness liner is fabricated. |
| FILED | Monday, February 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/431022 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/06 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/80 (20130101) F42B 12/207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10184799 | Guthrie |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Guthrie (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods that enable a targeting system operator, with no access to GPS signals, to self-locate using one or two landmarks and then geolocate an object-of-interest (OOI) using its own position and attitude and the range to the OOI. In the absence of GPS signals, the coordinates of the position of the targeting system can be calculated using a self-location algorithm either: (1) based on a measured direction and a measured range to one landmark and known coordinates of the position of the landmark; or (2) via triangulation based on two landmarks with respective known coordinates and respective measured headings. The coordinates of the position of the OOI can then be calculated using a geolocation algorithm based on the calculated coordinates of the position of the targeting system, and a measured direction and a measured range to the OOI. The calculated coordinates of the position of the OOI can then be sent to a weapons programmer by digital or voice message. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/180266 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 17/42 (20130101) G01S 17/875 (20130101) |
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| US 10184804 | Willett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael C. Willett (Fairlawn, Ohio); Greg S. Shaw (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Willett (Fairlawn, Ohio); Greg S. Shaw (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor interface or network of interfaces utilizes high-temperature electronics to operate at elevated temperatures for applications that include aircraft and automobile engines, vehicle frames, refineries, nuclear and chemical production plants, and in downhole drilling for petroleum and natural gas. The interface or network provide connectors for a variety of sensors with analog and digital outputs, and can in turn provide data to an automated electronic control system or a monitor. Because the sensor interface may be placed in so-called “hot zones” nearer to the sensors being monitored than other systems that use conventional electronics, the sensor interface can increase noise immunity, increase reliability, decrease cost, reduce weight, and increase space. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/156933 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| 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 3/0365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10184841 | Englert 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) | Christoph R. Englert (Springfield, Virginia); John M. Harlander (St. Cloud, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus on a satellite includes a standard fixed-path Michelson interferometer. The Michelson interferometer includes an input, at least one first output detector, and at least one second output detector. The Michelson interferometer includes a plurality of respective fields of view and a corresponding plurality of scanning azimuthal angles relative to a satellite velocity vector. The plurality of respective fields of view corresponds to a plurality of tangent points with constant tangent point height arranged around an Earth horizon circle. The apparatus includes an attitude determination and control system on the satellite, or an actuator on the satellite. The apparatus includes an input mirror and/or input optics in optical communication with the input of the Michelson interferometer. The attitude determination and control system rotates the satellite or the actuator rotates the input mirror and/or the input optics, so as to sweep through the plurality of respective fields of view around the Earth horizon circle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/919252 |
| 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 3/4531 (20130101) G01J 9/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01J 2009/0284 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/29349 (20130101) |
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| US 10184845 | Tadigadapa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo B. Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and systems to improve thermal sensitivity of resonant circuits. One aspect utilizes tracking near-resonance complex impedance for a quartz resonator based calorimeter sensor to derive ultra-sensitive temperature measurement from the sensor. Another aspect includes a quartz resonant or -based calorimetric sensor placed close to but not touching the analyte being measured to eliminate mass loading effect on the temperature measurement. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/802127 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/32 (20130101) G01K 17/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Quasar Federal Systems, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quasar Federal Systems, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongming Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method use electric potential measurements to locate and characterize passing projectiles, including advanced data processing methods to reject background noise and determine projectile speed, preferentially incorporating acoustic-based measurements to provide additional benefits. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/638934 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 3/00 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 29/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 3/783 (20130101) G01S 5/18 (20130101) G01S 5/24 (20130101) G01S 5/163 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/001 (20130101) G01V 3/088 (20130101) |
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| US 10185029 | Suarez |
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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) | John Suarez (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments that pertain to surface non-uniformity detection through use of radio waves are described. A vehicle can transmit radio waves to an area the vehicle is traveling to, such as a road in front of an automobile. The automobile can receive and process returned radio waves to determine if the road has a non-uniformity, such as a significant pothole or speed bump. If the road has the non-uniformity, then a driver of the automobile can be alerted so the driver can decide if evasive action should be taken and take such action if appropriate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/054268 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 31/0008 (20130101) Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 7/41 (20130101) G01S 13/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 13/878 (20130101) G01S 13/931 (20130101) G01S 2013/9375 (20130101) |
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| US 10185061 | Cambrea 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) | Lee Cambrea (Ridgecrest, California); Zachary Sechrist (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A selective area atomic layer deposition process that can deposit conductive materials onto one homopolymer region in a diblock copolymer. The diblock copolymer generates a large area self assembled substrate with nanoscale homopolymer regions arrayed into predictable patterns. Combining these two technologies allows formation of plasmonic surfaces without expensive lithographic processing. |
| FILED | Monday, February 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/012362 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 16/45525 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 5/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10185087 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Elenion Technologies, LLC (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Elenion Technologies, LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Liu (Elmhurst, New York); Yangjin Ma (Brooklyn, New York); Ruizhi Shi (New York, New York); Michael J. Hochberg (New York, New York); Yi Zhang (Elkton, Delaware); Shuyu Yang (Newark, Delaware); Thomas Wetteland Baehr-Jones (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact, low-loss and wavelength insensitive Y-junction for submicron silicon waveguides. The design was performed using FDTD and particle swarm optimization (PSO). The device was fabricated in a 248 nm CMOS line. Measured average insertion loss is 0.28±0.02 dB across an 8-inch wafer. The device footprint is less than 1.2 μm×2 μm, orders of magnitude smaller than MMI and directional couplers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/825266 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/107 (20130101) G02B 6/125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 6/1223 (20130101) G02B 6/1228 (20130101) G02B 6/2808 (20130101) G02B 27/0012 (20130101) G02B 2006/1215 (20130101) G02B 2006/12038 (20130101) G02B 2006/12061 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/5009 (20130101) G06F 17/5018 (20130101) G06F 17/5077 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/126 (20130101) |
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| US 10185205 | Popovic 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 (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milos Popovic (Boulder, Colorado); Fabio Pavanello (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Ring modulators based on interdigitated junctions may be driven in full or partial standing wave mode and, active regions (providing the modulation) and light-absorptive regions (e.g. providing electrical conduction) are placed in a pattern inside a resonant cavity in order to match the maxima and minima of the optical field, respectively. The pattern may be periodic to match the periodicity of a typical electromagnetic field which is periodic with the wavelength. It may also be aperiodic in the case that the cross-section or materials are engineered along the direction of propagation such that the propagation constant (and thus wavelength, i.e. optical wave “local periodicity”) change along the propagation direction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 13, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/209488 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/29 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 2201/06 (20130101) G02F 2202/10 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan Cam (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are processes of monitoring or modifying a network of electronically connected assets that dynamically builds relationships and dependencies among detected vulnerabilities in one or more of the assets and sensor measurements so that risk assessment can be achieved more accurately and in real-time. A process includes: identifying a plurality of vulnerabilities on a network of electronically interconnected devices representing one or more critical assets; determining dependencies between each vulnerability in the plurality of vulnerabilities; creating a hidden Markov model representing an attack state of each vulnerability of the plurality of vulnerabilities; determining the exploit likelihood of each of the attack states at a first time; determining the most probable sequences or paths of the attack states; and identifying dynamically the risk of one or more of the critical assets based on the sequences or paths of attack states. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/213434 |
| ART UNIT | 2497 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/043 (20130101) G06N 7/005 (20130101) |
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| US 10185833 | Hale et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Chandler Hale (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma); Peter Joseph Hawrylak (Tulsa, Oklahoma); Mauricio Jose Papa (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for analysis of cyber-physical systems with relation to compliance requirements such as regulatory compliance, maintenance compliance and safety compliance. Generally, the invention provides for a set of paths from an initial state to an end state, and analyzing the paths to determine which ones contain a violation state. Based on the resultant paths test scripts are generated. Additionally, other compliance related procedures can be performed utilizing the path analysis. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/263045 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/00 (20130101) G06F 21/577 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/034 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/00 (20130101) G06Q 50/00 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1433 (20130101) |
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| US 10185911 | Feng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Simin Feng (Oxnard, California); Kevin A. Boulais (La Plata, Maryland); Robert B. Nichols (Yorktown, Virginia); Victor H. Gehman, Jr. (Dahlgren, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Simin Feng (Oxnard, California); Kevin A. Boulais (La Plata, Maryland); Robert B. Nichols (Yorktown, Virginia); Victor H. Gehman, Jr. (Dahlgren, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency identifier (RFID) tag is provided for receiving and reflecting electromagnetic energy at select frequency bands of visible and infrared wavelengths. The RFID tag includes an electrically conductive backplane; a dielectric substrate disposed on the backplane; a light guide film (LGF) disposed on the substrate, and metamaterial elements. The LGF has an exposed surface segregated into domains. The metamaterial devices are disposed on a domain. Each device is tuned to respond to a corresponding frequency among the select frequency bands. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 10, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/866510 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/10 (20130101) G06K 19/077 (20130101) G06K 19/0726 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10186123 | Kanaujia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Avigilon Fortress Corporation (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Avigilon Fortress Corporation (Vancouver, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Atul Kanaujia (South San Francisco, California); Tae Eun Choe (Reston, Virginia); Hongli Deng (Ashburn, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and manufactures for a surveillance system are provided. The surveillance system includes sensors having at least one non-overlapping field of view. The surveillance system is operable to track a target in an environment using the sensors. The surveillance system is also operable to extract information from images of the target provided by the sensors. The surveillance system is further operable to determine probabilistic confidences corresponding to the information extracted from images of the target. The confidences include at least one confidence corresponding to at least one primitive event. Additionally, the surveillance system is operable to determine grounded formulae by instantiating predefined rules using the confidences. Further, the surveillance system is operable to infer a complex event corresponding to the target using the grounded formulae. Moreover, the surveillance system is operable to provide an output describing the complex event. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/674889 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/19608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 13/19645 (20130101) G08B 13/19671 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morris Plains, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Youngner (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems, and methods for ion trapping with integrated electromagnets are described herein. One device includes a plurality of electrodes configured to trap an ion above a surface of the device, a medial coil and a plurality of peripheral coils, each positioned at a respective radial angle associated with the medial coil, wherein the medial coil is configured to generate a first magnetic field having a first orientation, and wherein the peripheral coils are configured to generate a second magnetic field having a second orientation that opposes the first orientation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/408170 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/463 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/94 (20130101) |
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| US 10186412 | Reilly et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Thomas Aquinas Reilly (Pullman, Washington); Gregory Forrest Brabeck (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method and mass spectrometer apparatus is introduced to enable collision induced dissociation inside linear ion traps/guides or 3D ion traps based on digital waveform manipulation. In particular, using the device's digitally produced trapping waveforms to trap, isolate and energize the ions of interest creates a simplified and versatile ion trap/guide that is capable tandem mass spectrometry and high sensitivity. Coupling the digitally operated ion trap/guides to a TOF creates a Q-TOF instrument that outperforms any commercial system in terms of sensitivity and capabilities. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/316900 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 49/0031 (20130101) H01J 49/401 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 49/429 (20130101) |
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| US 10186595 | Rondinelli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Rondinelli (Chicago, Illinois); Danilo Puggioni (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A ferroelectric heterostructure may comprise a ferroelectric layer comprising a ferroelectric material and a first electrode layer comprising a first noncentrosymmetric metal, the first electrode layer disposed on the ferroelectric layer to form a ferroelectric-first electrode interface, wherein the ferroelectric layer is characterized by exhibiting an electric polarization and the first electrode layer is characterized by exhibiting polar ionic displacements and further wherein, a component of the polar ionic displacements of the first electrode layer is parallel to a component of the electric polarization of the ferroelectric layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/666856 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/55 (20130101) H01L 28/56 (20130101) H01L 29/24 (20130101) H01L 29/513 (20130101) H01L 29/516 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/517 (20130101) H01L 29/4966 (20130101) H01L 29/78391 (20140902) |
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| US 10186629 | Forrest et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kyusang Lee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeramy D. Zimmerman (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure generally relates to thin film liftoff processes for use in making devices such as electronic and optoelectronic devices, e.g., photovoltaic devices. The methods described herein use a combination of epitaxial liftoff and spalling techniques to quickly and precisely control the separation of an epilayer from a growth substrate. Provided herein are growth structures having a sacrificial layer positioned between a growth substrate and a sacrificial layer. Exemplary methods of the present disclosure include forming at least one notch in the sacrificial layer and spalling the growth structure by crack propagation at the at least one notch to separate the epilayer from the growth substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/910010 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/187 (20130101) H01L 31/1892 (20130101) H01L 31/1896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/50 (20130101) |
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| US 10186650 | Schwede et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Spark Thermionics, Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spark Thermonics, Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jared William Schwede (Berkeley, California); Lucas Heinrich Hess (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermionic energy converter, preferably including an anode and a cathode. An anode of a thermionic energy converter, preferably including an n-type semiconductor, one or more supplemental layers, and an electrical contact. A method for work function reduction and/or thermionic energy conversion, preferably including inputting thermal energy to a thermionic energy converter, illuminating an anode of the thermionic energy converter, thereby preferably reducing a work function of the anode, and extracting electrical power from the system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/969027 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/14 (20130101) H01L 35/18 (20130101) H01L 35/22 (20130101) H01L 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10186660 | Xia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiangfei Xia (Amherst, Massachusetts); Hao Jiang (Sunderland, Massachusetts); Jianhua Yang (Hadley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A resistance switching device is disclosed and is fabricated to create a memristor device. The memristor device includes a substrate and a platinum bottom electrode formed on the substrate. A tantalum top electrode is formed opposite the bottom electrode, and an electrical insulator layer is disposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode, wherein the electrical insulator layer comprises hafnium oxide. In an alternate implementation, a titanium nitride layer is deposited on the substrate, which then allows a reduced thickness platinum bottom electrode layer to be deposited on the titanium nitride layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/471878 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 13/0069 (20130101) G11C 13/0097 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/2463 (20130101) H01L 45/146 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 45/1233 (20130101) H01L 45/1253 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Kevin A. Boulais (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin A. Boulais (La Plata, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A metamaterial cloak is provided for extending deflection of an electromagnetic beam for a vertical beam angle other than bore sight. The cloak deflects an electromagnetic beam from a source in an environment and includes a laminate structure and an electromagnetic guide. The structure includes a plurality of conductive metal plates and metamaterial layers sandwiched therebetween within a planar shape. The electromagnetic guide is disposed around the laminate structure to provide a frontal face to the source. The guide matches impedance of the laminate structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/666850 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/364 (20130101) H01Q 1/427 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10186773 | Gardner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad Michael Gardner (Charleston, South Carolina); Colin MacFarland Thomas (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator comprising: an insulating layer having a top side and a bottom side; a conductive layer mounted to the bottom side of the insulating layer; a radio frequency (RF) connector designed to be connected to a transceiver, wherein the RF connector is mounted to the top side of the insulating layer, and wherein the RF connector has a center conductor that is electrically connected to the conductive layer; and means for attaching the conductive layer to a conductive structure, wherein the conductive structure has a dimension of at least one-half wavelength of an operating frequency of the transceiver such that when the resonator is attached to the transceiver and to the conductive structure the conductive structure functions as an antenna. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/341458 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 1/44 (20130101) H01Q 5/335 (20150115) Original (OR) Class Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 7/38 (20130101) |
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| US 10186775 | Bocskor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Bocskor (Baltimore, Maryland); Shuguang Chen (Ellicott City, Maryland); Mahmoud Khalil (Lincroft, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments are described that relate to a patch antenna. Portions of a patch antenna, such as a patch antenna element and a probe feed wire can produce an impedance that is undesirable. To compensate for this, a parasitic feed pad can be aligned with the patch antenna element to create a capacitor. This capacitor produces a capacitance that negates the impedance. It can be preferred for the capacitance to be such that there is no excess capacitance and no excess impedance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/823305 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 9/0407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | DaHan Liao (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A Vivaldi antenna having an upper conductor and a lower conductor. A signal connector feed is attached to a rear end of the conductors while each conductor includes a curved flare section extending forwardly for the reception or transmission of the signal. Each conductor includes elliptical loading section or sections disposed around its flare section to enhance performance of the antenna by improving the front to back ratio as well as other factors for the antenna. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/060687 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials H01Q 13/08 (20130101) H01Q 13/085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10186910 | Johnson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rex Johnson (Perryville, Maryland); Marianne Lazzaro (Churchville, Maryland); Matthew Lazzaro (Churchville, Maryland); William Toth (Ocean, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments are described that relate to directing of a signal. An incoming signal can be compared to a threshold voltage. If the signal does not meet the threshold voltage, then the signal can be used for normal usage, such as communication with a software-defined radio. However, if the signal does meet the threshold, then the signal can be directed away from normal usage. In one example, the signal can be directed away from a communication component and directed to an energy harvesting component that charges a battery of the software-defined radio. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/210934 |
| ART UNIT | 2647 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 7/025 (20130101) H02J 50/20 (20160201) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 43/16 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Kerman (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Structures and techniques, using superconducting Josephson-junction based circuits, to directly engineer physical multiqubit (or “many-qubit”) interactions in a non-perturbative manner. In one embodiment, a system for multiqubit interaction includes: a multispin coupler including a plurality of loops, each loop having a pair of Josephson junctions; and a plurality of qubits each inductively coupled to the multispin coupler. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/976291 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/0358 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 99/002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 39/025 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 19/1952 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10187171 | Doster 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) | Timothy Doster (Washington, District of Columbia); Abbie T. Watnik (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes an optical communications receiver receiving a turbulence-distorted, optical signal. The turbulence-distorted, optical signal includes a plurality of fundamental modes encoded via a combinatorial multiplexings dictionary. The received optical signal includes a plurality of two-dimensional images. Each two-dimensional image of the plurality of two-dimensional images respectively represents received fundamental modes of the plurality of fundamental modes. The receiver includes a neural network trained to assign to each two-dimensional image of the plurality of two-dimensional images at least one respective active fundamental mode of the plurality of fundamental modes and a corresponding accuracy probability based on the dictionary. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/914015 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/08 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/50 (20130101) H04B 10/60 (20130101) H04B 10/80 (20130101) H04B 10/112 (20130101) Multiplex Communication H04J 14/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heiko Hoffmann (Simi Valley, California); Gavin D. Holland (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a system for detecting attacks on mobile networks. The system includes the relevant hardware and components to perform a variety of operations including continuously measuring time-varying signals at each node in a network. The system determines network flux on the time-varying signals of all nodes in the network and detects a network attack if the network flux exceeds a predetermined threshold. Further, a reactive protocol is initiated if the network flux exceeds the predetermined threshold. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/073158 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 12/22 (20130101) H04L 29/06 (20130101) H04L 63/162 (20130101) H04L 63/1408 (20130101) H04L 63/1416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 63/1425 (20130101) H04L 63/1433 (20130101) H04L 63/1441 (20130101) H04L 63/1458 (20130101) H04L 2463/143 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/12 (20130101) H04W 84/18 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | George Mason Research Foundation, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anup Ghosh (Centreville, Virginia); Yih Huang (Fairfax, Virginia); Jiang Wang (Fairfax, Virginia); Angelos Stavrou (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Processor(s) for detecting malicious software. A hardware virtual machine monitor (HVMM) operates under a host OS. Container(s) initialized with network application template(s) operate under a guest OS VM. A detection module operates under the guest OS VM includes a trigger detection module, a logging module and a container command module. The trigger detection module monitors activity on container(s) for a trigger event. The logging module writes activity report(s) in response to trigger event(s). The container command module issues command(s) in response to trigger event(s). The command(s) include a container start, stop and revert commands. A virtual machine control console operates under the host OS and starts/stops the HVMM. A container control module operates under the guest OSVM and controls container(s) in response to the command(s). The server communication module sends activity report(s) to a central collection network appliance that maintains a repository of activities for infected devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/841913 |
| ART UNIT | 2497 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45545 (20130101) G06F 21/53 (20130101) G06F 21/55 (20130101) G06F 21/554 (20130101) G06F 2009/45591 (20130101) G06F 2221/034 (20130101) G06F 2221/2149 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1416 (20130101) H04L 63/1425 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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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) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alejandro Hoberman (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Jelena Kovacevic (New York, New York); Nader Shaikh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Anupama Kuruvilla (Wyoming, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of aiding the diagnosis of otitis media in a patient includes obtaining image data in a processor apparatus of a computing device, the image data being associated with at least one electronic image of a tympanic membrane of the patient, calculating, a plurality of image features, each image feature being calculated based on at least a portion of the image data, classifying the at least one electronic image as a particular type of otitis media using the plurality of image features, and outputting an indication of the particular type of otitis media. Also, a system for implementing such a method that includes an output device and a computing device. |
| FILED | Monday, April 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/483133 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/04 (20130101) A61B 1/0005 (20130101) A61B 1/06 (20130101) A61B 1/00009 (20130101) A61B 1/00045 (20130101) A61B 1/227 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/004 (20130101) A61B 5/12 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 5/743 (20130101) A61B 5/1032 (20130101) A61B 5/7264 (20130101) A61B 5/7425 (20130101) A61B 2576/02 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) G06F 19/321 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/6267 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/11 (20170101) G06T 7/0012 (20130101) G06T 7/40 (20130101) G06T 7/90 (20170101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/30004 (20130101) 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) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jicheng Fu (Edmond, Oklahoma); Maurice Haff (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for guiding and evaluating physical positioning, orientation and motion of the human body, comprising: a cloud computing-based subsystem including an artificial neural network and spatial position analyzer said cloud computing-based subsystem adapted for data storage, management and analysis; at least one motion sensing device wearable on the human body, said at least one motion sensing device adapted to detect changes in at least one of spatial position, orientation, and rate of motion; a mobile subsystem running an application program (app) that controls said at least one motion sensing device, said mobile subsystem adapted to capture activity data quantifying said changes in at least one of spatial position, orientation, and rate of motion, said mobile subsystem further adapted to transfer said activity data to said cloud computing-based subsystem, wherein said cloud computing-based subsystem processes, stores, and analyzes said activity data. |
| FILED | Friday, January 29, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/010604 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/11 (20130101) A61B 5/0022 (20130101) A61B 5/6828 (20130101) A61B 5/6898 (20130101) A61B 5/7264 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transport, Personal Conveyances, or Accommodation Specially Adapted for Patients or Disabled Persons; Operating Tables or Chairs; Chairs for Dentistry; Funeral Devices A61G 5/1067 (20130101) A61G 5/1075 (20130101) A61G 7/057 (20130101) A61G 2203/10 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 2219/36442 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/00 (20130101) G06F 19/3481 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) 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) |
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| US 10182791 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qifa Zhou (Arcadia, California); Xiang Li (Los Angeles, California); Jacques Van Dam (Los Angeles, California); K. Kirk Shung (Monterey Park, California); Thomas Cummins (Manhattan Beach, California); Zhongping Chen (Irvine, California); Jiawen Li (Irvine, California); Teng Ma (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multimodality imaging system including ultrasound, optical coherence tomography (OCT), photoacoustic (PA) imaging, florescence imaging and endoscopic catheter for imaging inside the gastrointestinal tract with real-time automatic image co-registration capability, including: an ultrasound subsystem for imaging; an optical coherence tomography (OCT) subsystem for imaging, a PA microscopy or tomography subsystem for imaging and a florescence imaging subsystem for imaging. An invasive interventional imaging device is included with an instrumentality to take a tissue biopsy from a location visible on the ultrasound subsystem for imaging, on the optical coherence tomography (OCT) subsystem for imaging, photoacoustic (PA) subsystem for imaging and florescence subsystem for imaging. The instrumentality takes a tissue biopsy from a visible location simultaneously with the visualization of the tissue about to be biopsied so that the tissue biopsy location is visualized before, during and after the biopsy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/027538 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/05 (20130101) A61B 1/0016 (20130101) A61B 1/018 (20130101) A61B 1/041 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) A61B 1/00082 (20130101) A61B 1/2736 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/0071 (20130101) A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 5/0095 (20130101) A61B 5/687 (20130101) A61B 5/6853 (20130101) A61B 5/6871 (20130101) A61B 8/12 (20130101) A61B 8/445 (20130101) A61B 8/4416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 8/4461 (20130101) A61B 10/04 (20130101) A61B 10/0233 (20130101) A61B 10/0283 (20130101) |
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| US 10182984 | Morrison 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) | Sherie L. Morrison (Los Angeles, California); Tzu-Hsuan Huang (Libertyville, Illinois); Caiyun Xuan (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel chimeric moieties that show significant efficacy against cancers are provided. In certain embodiments the chimeric moieties comprise a targeting moiety attached to an interferon. In certain embodiments, the chimeric moieties comprise fusion proteins where an antibody that specifically binds to a cancer marker is fused to interferon alpha (IFN-α) or interferon beta (IFN-β). |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/359456 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/212 (20130101) A61K 38/215 (20130101) A61K 47/6813 (20170801) A61K 47/6851 (20170801) A61K 47/6855 (20170801) A61K 47/6875 (20170801) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/56 (20130101) C07K 14/555 (20130101) C07K 14/565 (20130101) C07K 16/32 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 16/2887 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) |
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| US 10182985 | Bellinger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Bellinger (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Shiyi Zhang (Brookline, Massachusetts); Carlo Giovanni Traverso (Etobicoke, Canada); Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts); Stacy Mo (Darien, Illinois); Tyler Grant (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mousa Jafari (Boston, Massachusetts); Dean Liang Glettig (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Angela DiCiccio (Santa Clara, California); Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, Washington); Philip A. Eckhoff (Kirkland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments comprise administering a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. In certain embodiments, the structure has a modular design, combining a material configured for controlled release of therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or enhancement agents with a structural material necessary for gastric residence but configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which retention shape integrity is lost and the structure passes out of the gastric cavity. For example, in certain embodiments, the residence structure comprises a first elastic component, a second component configured to release an active substance, and, optionally, a linker. In some such embodiments, the linker may be configured to degrade. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/317566 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/48 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 9/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 47/10 (20130101) A61K 47/32 (20130101) A61K 47/34 (20130101) A61K 47/40 (20130101) A61K 47/42 (20130101) A61K 47/58 (20170801) A61K 47/6901 (20170801) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 31/002 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 18/73 (20130101) C08G 18/4277 (20130101) C08G 63/08 (20130101) C08G 83/006 (20130101) C08G 2230/00 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 33/02 (20130101) C08L 33/08 (20130101) C08L 33/14 (20130101) C08L 2203/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10182986 | Wiley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Devin Wiley (Pasadena, California); Andrew Clark (Pasadena, California); Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of delivering a nanoparticle across the blood brain barrier to the brain of a subject by administering to the subject a nanoparticle having a nanoparticle core and a targeting agent. A variety of targeting agents may serve to promote delivery of the described nanoparticle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/358206 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/0085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) A61K 47/593 (20170801) A61K 47/644 (20170801) A61K 47/6923 (20170801) A61K 47/6935 (20170801) A61K 47/6937 (20170801) A61K 51/1244 (20130101) |
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| US 10182988 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); EXICURE, INC. (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois); EXICURE, INC. (Skokie, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Sonbinh T. Nguyen (Evanston, Illinois); Resham Singh Banga (Chicago, Illinois); Natalia Chernyak (Evanston, Illinois); Sergei Gryaznov (San Mateo, California); Aleksandar Radovic-Moreno (Evanston, Illinois); Christopher Mader (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Liposomes termed as small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs), can be synthesized in the 20-50 nm size range, but encounter challenges such as instability and aggregation leading to inter-particle fusion. This limits their use as a therapeutic delivery agent. Increasing the surface negative charge of SUVs, via the attachment of anionic entities such as DNA/RNA, increases the colloidal stability of these vesicles. Additionally, the dense spherical arrangement and radial orientation of nucleic acids exhibits unique chemical and biological properties, unlike their linear counterparts. These liposomal particles, are non-toxic and though anionic, can efficiently enter cells without the aid of ancillary cationic transfection agents in a non-immunogenic fashion. These exceptional properties allow their use as delivery agents for gene regulation in different therapies and offer an alternative platform to metal core spherical nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/101523 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/127 (20130101) A61K 9/1271 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1277 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/11 (20130101) C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 10182994 | Imam |
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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) | Syed Imam (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are particles comprising a complex of nicotine and cerium oxide and a biodegradable coating comprising agglutinin. Also disclosed is a method of treating or preventing neurodegenerative or neurological disorders in a mammal in need thereof, comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of the particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/317743 |
| ART UNIT | 1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/5031 (20130101) A61K 9/5052 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) A61K 31/465 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) A61K 47/593 (20170801) A61K 47/6415 (20170801) A61K 47/6921 (20170801) |
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| US 10183011 | McKnight et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. McKnight (Dallas, Texas); Andrew A. Pieper (Iowa City, Iowa); Joseph M. Ready (Carrollton, Texas); Jef K. De Brabander (Flower Mound, Texas); Jeffrey M. Zigman (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This technology relates generally to compounds and methods for stimulating neurogenesis (e.g., post-natal neurogenesis, including post-natal hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis) and/or protecting neuronal cell from cell death. Various compounds are disclosed herein. In vivo activity tests suggest that these compounds may have therapeutic benefits in neuropsychiatric and/or neurodegenerative diseases such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, normal aging, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, stroke, radiation therapy, chronic stress, abuse of a neuro-active drug, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, physiological weight loss associated with various conditions, as well as cognitive decline associated with normal aging, chemotherapy, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/440396 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/44 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/403 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/422 (20130101) A61K 31/429 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/4045 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4155 (20130101) A61K 31/4188 (20130101) A61K 31/4192 (20130101) A61K 31/4425 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/04 (20130101) C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/82 (20130101) C07D 209/86 (20130101) C07D 209/88 (20130101) C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/06 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 403/14 (20130101) C07D 405/12 (20130101) C07D 407/06 (20130101) C07D 413/06 (20130101) C07D 413/14 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) C07D 487/04 (20130101) C07D 495/04 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/022 (20130101) C07F 7/0812 (20130101) |
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| US 10183032 | McDowell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ball State Innovation Corporation (Muncie, Indiana); STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ball State Innovation Corporation (Muncie, Indiana); STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan A. McDowell (Yorktown, Indiana); Robert E. Sammelson (Muncie, Indiana); Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark K. Haynes (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to molecules that function as selective modulators (i.e., inhibitors and agonists) of the Ras-homologous (Rho) family of small GTPases and, in particular, CDC42 GTPase, and their use to treat bacterial infection including systemic infection from sources such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/691977 |
| 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 31/635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10183039 | Hudson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Billy G. Hudson (Brentwood, Tennessee); Christopher F. Cummings (Brentwood, Tennessee); Gautam Bhave (Nashville, Tennessee); A. Scott McCall (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The method of the current disclosure provides for methods of increasing sulfilimine bonds in collagen IV using bromide containing agents and conditions that either promote peroxidasin cross-linking of collagen IV. |
| FILED | Monday, July 14, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/905457 |
| 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 31/708 (20130101) A61K 31/708 (20130101) A61K 31/7084 (20130101) A61K 31/7084 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/40 (20130101) A61K 33/40 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/49 (20130101) |
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| US 10183069 | Tang |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Altimmune Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Altimmune Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | De-Chu C. Tang (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention shows that intranasal administration of E1/E3-defective adenovirus particles may confer rapid and broad protection against viral and bacterial pathogens in a variety of disease settings. Protective responses lasted for many weeks in a single-dose regimen in animal models. When a pathogen-derived antigen gene was inserted into the E1/E3-defective adenovirus genome, the antigen-induced protective immunity against the specific pathogen was elicited before the adenovirus-mediated protective response declined away, thus conferring rapid, prolonged, and seamless protection against pathogens. In addition to E1/E3-defective adenovirus, other bioengineered non-replicating vectors encoding pathogen-derived antigens may also be developed into a new generation of rapid and prolonged immunologic-therapeutic (RAPIT). |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/862322 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0043 (20130101) A61K 39/00 (20130101) A61K 39/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/39 (20130101) A61K 39/145 (20130101) A61K 39/155 (20130101) A61K 2039/58 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/541 (20130101) A61K 2039/543 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) A61K 2039/5256 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2710/10034 (20130101) C12N 2710/10043 (20130101) C12N 2760/16134 (20130101) |
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| US 10183078 | Medina-Kauwe |
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| APPLICANT(S) | CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lali K. Medina-Kauwe (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are drug delivery molecules that comprise a ligand that targets a cell surface molecule; a membrane penetration domain; and a payload binding domain; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer, inhibiting the progression of cancer, preventing cancer metastasis, and delivering a therapeutic compound to the brain in a subject in need thereof, the methods comprising identifying a subject in need thereof; providing a composition comprising the drug delivery molecule as disclosed herein; and administering an effective amount of the composition to the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/112162 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) A61K 31/7105 (20130101) A61K 47/64 (20170801) A61K 47/6803 (20170801) A61K 47/6851 (20170801) A61K 47/6929 (20170801) A61K 47/48246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 2319/55 (20130101) C07K 2319/74 (20130101) |
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| US 10183079 | Belair et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Belair (Madison, Wisconsin); Ngoc Nhi Le (Norcross, Georgia); Michael W. Toepke (Midland, Michigan); Nicholas Impellitteri (Madison, Wisconsin); Connie Sue Chamberlain (Monona, Wisconsin); William Leo Murphy (Waunakee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF-sequestering hydrogel microspheres that have been prepared to selectively bind VEGF from blood products are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the microspheres bind VEGF as part of an intra-operative process such that the growth factor can be removed from the blood products before the products are used in a clinical procedure. |
| FILED | Friday, March 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/074493 |
| ART UNIT | 1675 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/179 (20130101) A61K 47/60 (20170801) A61K 47/6903 (20170801) A61K 47/6927 (20170801) A61K 47/48215 (20130101) A61K 47/48784 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 2319/30 (20130101) C07K 2319/32 (20130101) |
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| US 10183141 | 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 | Wednesday, November 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/360637 |
| 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 10183292 | Sturmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryan A. Sturmer (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Crumpler, North Carolina); Vamsee K. Pamula (Cary, North Carolina); Vijay Srinivasan (Cary, North Carolina); Philip Y. Paik (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, circuit and apparatus for detecting capacitance on a droplet actuator, inter alia, for determining the presence, partial presence or absence of a droplet at an electrode on a droplet actuator by: (a) providing a droplet actuator comprising: (i) a substrate comprising electrodes arranged on the substrate for conducting droplet operations on a surface of the substrate; (ii) a capacitance detection circuit for detecting capacitance at the droplet operations surface at one or more of the electrodes; (b) detecting capacitance at the droplet operations surface at one or more of the electrodes; and (c) determining from the capacitance the presence, partial presence or absence of a droplet at the droplet operations surface at the electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, December 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/968094 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2300/0627 (20130101) B01L 2300/0636 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0809 (20130101) B01L 2400/0427 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/22 (20130101) G01N 27/223 (20130101) G01N 27/227 (20130101) G01N 2203/00 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10183477 | Dean et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | H. David Dean (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Al Siblani (Dearborn Heights, Michigan); Eric J. Mott (Plainwell, Michigan); John P. Fisher (Kensington, Maryland); Martha O. Wang (Columbia, Missouri); Antonios G. Mikos (Houston, Texas) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | H. David Dean (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Al Siblani (Dearborn Heights, Michigan); Eric J. Mott (Plainwell, Michigan); John P. Fisher (Kensington, Maryland); Martha O. Wang (Columbia, Missouri); Antonios G. Mikos (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A light-polymerizable composition for additive manufacturing of resorbable scaffolds and implants comprising a biocompatible resin. The biocompatible resin includes a combination of photo-initiators or a dye-initiator package tailored to manufacture implants with the desired physical and chemical properties. A dye or other constituent controls between layer (z) resolution of the manufactured part built in an additive manufacturing device. A light absorber or other constituent controls within layer (x-y) resolution of the manufactured part. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/648446 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — 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 27/50 (20130101) A61L 27/56 (20130101) A61L 27/60 (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 64/135 (20170801) Additive Manufacturing, i.e Manufacturing of Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects by Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration or Additive Layering, e.g by 3-d Printing, Stereolithography or Selective Laser Sintering B33Y 30/00 (20141201) B33Y 50/00 (20141201) Original (OR) Class B33Y 80/00 (20141201) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/0833 (20130101) |
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| US 10183936 | Turner, Jr. et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana); Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Turner, Jr. (Bloomington, Indiana); Lee Daniel Arnold (Bloomington, Indiana); Hans Maag (Kleines Wiesental, Germany); Adam Zlotnick (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides, in part, compounds having allosteric effector properties against Hepatitis B virus Cp. Also provided herein are methods of treating viral infections, such as hepatitis B, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a disclosed compound. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/125911 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/553 (20130101) A61K 31/554 (20130101) A61K 31/5513 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 223/20 (20130101) C07D 243/38 (20130101) C07D 281/14 (20130101) C07D 281/16 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) C07D 403/12 (20130101) C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 417/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10183957 | Blum 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) | Suzanne A. Blum (Irvine, California); Joshua J. Hirner (Irvine, California); Darius J. Faizi (Oceanside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of making an organoboron compound, organoboron compounds, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/296456 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 1/12 (20130101) C07F 5/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07F 5/025 (20130101) C07F 5/027 (20130101) C07F 7/1864 (20130101) |
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| US 10183963 | Choe et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Choe (Pasadena, California); Paul W. Sternberg (San Marino, California); Frank C. Schroeder (Ithaca, New York); Stephan H. Von Reuss (Jena, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of treating immune disorders and/or inflammation using certain modulator compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating an immune and inflammatory disorders disorder by administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective dosage of an ascaroside compound, or a mixture of ascaroside compounds, or a mixture containing at least one ascaroside. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/833474 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — 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 37/36 (20130101) A01N 43/16 (20130101) A01N 43/38 (20130101) A01N 63/02 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/454 (20130101) A61K 31/7028 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 309/10 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 15/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07H 15/08 (20130101) C07H 15/10 (20130101) C07H 15/18 (20130101) C07H 15/26 (20130101) |
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| US 10183971 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Feinstein Institute For Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute For Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haichao Wang (Edison, New Jersey); Andrew E. Sama (Manhasset, New York); Wei Li (Plainview, New York); Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated SAA peptides, fusion proteins and compositions comprising such are provided as are domain-specific SAA antibodies. Methods of treating sepsis and endotoxemia are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/259269 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4711 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2319/30 (20130101) |
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| US 10183972 | Scott et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida); BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Florida); BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luisa Lynn Scott (Austin, Texas); Joseph Paul Walton (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns peptides and nucleic acids encoding the peptides, and their use for modulating large conductance Ca2+ activated K+ (BK) channel activity in cells; for treating conditions such as presbycusis (age-related hearing loss), audiogenic seizures, alcohol addiction, cancer, and neurodegenerative disease; and for delivering a cargo moiety to the brain of a subject through the blood-brain barrier. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/650375 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/54 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10183977 | Grandis et al. |
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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) | Jennifer R. Grandis (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Daniel E. Johnson (Glenshaw, Pennsylvania); Danith Ly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based, at least in part, on novel, unimolecular STAT3 oligonucleotide decoys exhibiting increased in vivo stability as compared to previously known decoys which are effective in inhibiting STAT3 when administered systemically. The invention is also based on pharmaceutical compositions comprising these unimolecular decoys, and methods for using these decoys in the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/611298 |
| ART UNIT | 1674 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 2310/13 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2310/315 (20130101) C12N 2310/341 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2310/3231 (20130101) C12N 2320/51 (20130101) |
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| US 10183978 | Rogers et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Exemplar Genetics, LLC (Sioux Center, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | EXEMPLAR GENETICS, LLC (Sioux Center, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Rogers (North Liberty, Iowa); John R. Swart (Orange City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides transgenic, large non-human animal models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, and DMD-associated dilated cardiomyopathy, as well as methods of using such animal models in the identification and characterization of therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, and DMD-associated dilated cardiomyopathy. |
| FILED | Sunday, January 26, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/164204 |
| 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 | Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals A01K 67/0276 (20130101) A01K 2217/075 (20130101) A01K 2227/108 (20130101) A01K 2267/0306 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/4708 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2517/02 (20130101) C12N 2750/14143 (20130101) |
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| US 10183980 | Garcia et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Office of the General Counsel (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenan Christopher Garcia (Menlo Park, California); Aron Levin (New York City, New York); Aaron Ring (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel human interleukin-2 (IL-2) muteins or variants thereof, and nucleic acid molecules and variants thereof are provided. Methods for producing these muteins as well as methods for stimulating the immune system of an animal are also disclosed. In addition, the invention provides recombinant expression vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules of this invention and host cells into which expression vectors have been introduced. Pharmaceutical compositions are included comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a human IL-2 mutein of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The IL-2 muteins can be used in pharmaceutical compositions for use in treatment of cancer and in stimulating the immune response. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/217416 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10183991 | McAllister et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (Richmond, Virginia); THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia); The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janette M. McAllister (Hummelstown, Pennsylvania); Jerome F. Strauss (Richmond, Virginia); Neil D. Christensen (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of DENND1A.V2 related disorders, such as PCOS, are provided. In particular, humanized and mouse monoclonal antibodies specific for DENND1A.V2 and methods for using the same are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/590377 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/3955 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/4706 (20130101) G01N 2800/36 (20130101) |
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| US 10183993 | Orentas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Lentigen Technology Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland); The United State of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lentigen Technology Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rimas Orentas (Washington, District of Columbia); Dina Schneider (Potomac, Maryland); Boro Dropulic (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Dimiter S. Dimitrov (Frederick, Maryland); Zhongyu Zhu (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric antigen receptors containing mesothelin antigen binding domains are disclosed. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, antigen binding fragments, and pharmaceutical compositions, relating to the chimeric antigen receptors are also disclosed. Methods of treating or preventing cancer in a subject, and methods of making chimeric antigen receptor T cells are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 09, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/866222 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 35/00 (20180101) A61P 35/02 (20180101) Peptides C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 14/70517 (20130101) C07K 14/70521 (20130101) C07K 14/70578 (20130101) C07K 16/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/30 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/02 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) |
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| US 10184004 | Weiskopf et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kipp Andrew Weiskopf (Brookline, Massachusetts); Kim J. Hasenkrug (Victor, Montana); Cheryl A. Stoddart (Pacifica, California); Joseph McCrary McCune (San Francisco, California); Irving L. Weissman (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for treating a subject with for an intracellular pathogen infection, by administering an agent that reduces the binding of CD47 on a infected cell to SIRPα on a host phagocytic cell, in an effective dose for increasing the phagocytosis of infected cells. |
| FILED | Monday, August 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/676296 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/1774 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2803 (20130101) C07K 16/2896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/41 (20180101) Y02A 50/403 (20180101) Y02A 50/412 (20180101) Y02A 50/471 (20180101) Y02A 50/478 (20180101) |
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| US 10184152 | O'Connell 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) | Catherine O'Connell (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Toni Darville (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Xiaojing Zheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided herein for determining the likelihood that a subject, such as an asymptomatic subject, has chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease. In some embodiments, the method can determine the likelihood that a pharmaceutical agent is effective for treating a subject that has chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease. In other specific non-limiting examples, the method predicts endometritis and elevated pathogen burden. The subject is a female, such as a human female. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/304836 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/43 (20130101) A61K 31/65 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 31/7052 (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 1/689 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56927 (20130101) |
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| US 10184153 | Clelland et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc. (Menands, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Clelland (New York, New York); Catherine L. Clelland (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An assay for a GCH1 allele and associated genotype for the screening, prediction, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and treatment response of psychiatric, neuropsychiatric, and neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder, and for defining treatments of such disorders. The presence of a variant in the GCH1 gene, alone or in conjunction with a measurement of low or altered biopterin, or altered BH4 system measures, is used to screen or diagnose subjects at risk for developing a psychiatric, neuropsychiatric, or neurological disorder. The genetic assay, with or without a biopterin or BH4 system assay, may also be used to determine treatment regimens. For subjects with an impaired BH4 system, treatments to increase or normalize biopterin, BH4, or the BH4 system can also be used, such as BH4 supplementation, lithium treatment, phenylalanine treatment, or other treatments and therapies. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/332390 |
| 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 | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 31/7052 (20130101) A61K 31/7052 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 33/14 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/68 (20130101) C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/50 (20130101) G01N 2800/302 (20130101) |
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| US 10184845 | Tadigadapa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo B. Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and systems to improve thermal sensitivity of resonant circuits. One aspect utilizes tracking near-resonance complex impedance for a quartz resonator based calorimeter sensor to derive ultra-sensitive temperature measurement from the sensor. Another aspect includes a quartz resonant or -based calorimetric sensor placed close to but not touching the analyte being measured to eliminate mass loading effect on the temperature measurement. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/802127 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/32 (20130101) G01K 17/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| US 10184884 | Anderson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Nicholas Anderson (Ijamsville, Maryland); Jeffery Debad (Ijamsville, Maryland); Eli N. Glezar (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Sudeep Kumar (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Noel Lawrence (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Kenneth Page (Germantown, Maryland); George Sigal (Rockville, Maryland); Sharon West (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Meso Scale Technologies, LLC (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Anderson (Ijamsville, Maryland); Jeffery Debad (Ijamsville, Maryland); Eli N. Glezar (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Sudeep Kumar (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Noel Lawrence (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Kenneth Page (Germantown, Maryland); George Sigal (Rockville, Maryland); Sharon West (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Assay cartridges are described that have a detection chamber, preferably having integrated electrodes, and other fluidic components which may include sample chambers, waste chambers, conduits, vents, bubble traps, reagent chambers, dry reagent pill zones and the like. In certain embodiments, these cartridges are adapted to receive and analyze a sample collected on an applicator stick. Also described are kits including such cartridges and a cartridge reader configured to analyze an assay conducted using an assay cartridge. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/959952 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/5027 (20130101) B01L 3/502723 (20130101) B01L 3/502746 (20130101) B01L 3/502784 (20130101) B01L 7/00 (20130101) B01L 9/527 (20130101) B01L 2200/04 (20130101) B01L 2200/12 (20130101) B01L 2200/16 (20130101) B01L 2200/025 (20130101) B01L 2200/141 (20130101) B01L 2200/147 (20130101) B01L 2200/0605 (20130101) B01L 2200/0684 (20130101) B01L 2200/0689 (20130101) B01L 2300/021 (20130101) B01L 2300/024 (20130101) B01L 2300/027 (20130101) B01L 2300/044 (20130101) B01L 2300/126 (20130101) B01L 2300/161 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0654 (20130101) B01L 2300/0809 (20130101) B01L 2300/0874 (20130101) B01L 2300/0877 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) B01L 2400/0672 (20130101) B01L 2400/0683 (20130101) B01L 2400/0688 (20130101) Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 23/02 (20130101) G01F 23/292 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/03 (20130101) G01N 21/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/69 (20130101) G01N 21/76 (20130101) G01N 21/0303 (20130101) G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 137/0396 (20150401) Y10T 137/8593 (20150401) |
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| US 10184933 | Weinberger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The J. David Gladstone Institutes (San Francisco, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The J. David Gladstone Industries (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leor Weinberger (Oakland, California); Roy Dar (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | HIV-1's ability to enter a transcriptionally dormant state and establish a reservoir of latently infected cells is considered the major barrier to eradicating the virus from infected patients. Stochastic noise (i.e. fluctuations) in an HIV-1 transcriptional positive-feedback loop is one mechanism that enables HIV-1 to establish latency. Here, Applicants demonstrate that small-molecule modulation of noise in HIV-1 gene expression radically perturbs HIV-1 latency. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/026225 |
| 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 31/22 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 38/191 (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 33/5023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/16 (20130101) |
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| US 10185001 | Han et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Han (Ithaca, New York); Trong-Kha Truong (Durham, North Carolina); Allen W. Song (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods and devices are configured for integrated parallel reception, excitation, and shimming (iPRES). Parallel transmit/receive (which can include B1 shimming and/or parallel imaging capabilities) and B0 shimming employ the same set of localized coils or transverse electromagnetic (TEM) coil elements, with each coil or TEM element working in both an RF mode (for transmit/receive and B1 shimming) and a direct current (DC) mode (for B0 shimming) simultaneously. Both an RF and a DC current can flow in the same coil simultaneously but independently with no electromagnetic interference between the two modes. This invention is not only applicable when the same coil array is used for parallel transmit, receive and shim, but also when two separate coil arrays are used. In that case, the B0 shimming capability can be integrated into one of the coil arrays (i.e. a transmit array with B1 shimming capability or a receive array), thereby increasing the flexibility and practical utility of the iPRES technology. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/838888 |
| ART UNIT | 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/341 (20130101) G01R 33/3453 (20130101) G01R 33/3628 (20130101) G01R 33/3635 (20130101) G01R 33/3642 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 33/3657 (20130101) G01R 33/3875 (20130101) G01R 33/5659 (20130101) |
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| US 10187626 | Shechtman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoav Shechtman (Santa Clara, California); William E. Moerner (Stanford, California); Lucien Weiss (Los Angeles, California); Steffen J. Sahl (Göttingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments include an apparatus including a phase mask and circuitry. The phase mask is configured and arranged with optics in an optical path to modify a shape of light, passed from an object. The shape modification characterizes the light as having two lobes with a lateral distance that changes along a line, having a first orientation, as a function of an axial proximity of the object to a focal plane, and with the line having a different orientation depending on whether the object is above or below the focal plane. The circuitry is configured and arranged to generate a three-dimensional image from light detected at the image plane, by using the modified shape to provide depth-based characteristics of the object. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/096122 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/008 (20130101) G02B 21/0028 (20130101) G02B 21/0032 (20130101) G02B 21/0056 (20130101) G02B 21/0064 (20130101) G02B 26/06 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/161 (20180501) H04N 13/214 (20180501) H04N 13/218 (20180501) Original (OR) Class H04N 13/271 (20180501) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Stavros G. Demos (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stavros G. Demos (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system in one embodiment includes an image forming device for forming an image from an area of interest containing different image components; an illumination device for illuminating the area of interest with light containing multiple components; at least one light source coupled to the illumination device, the at least one light source providing light to the illumination device containing different components, each component having distinct spectral characteristics and relative intensity; an image analyzer coupled to the image forming device, the image analyzer decomposing the image formed by the image forming device into multiple component parts based on type of imaging; and multiple image capture devices, each image capture device receiving one of the component parts of the image. Additional systems and methods are presented. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/601918 |
| ART UNIT | 2482 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/00009 (20130101) A61B 1/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 1/063 (20130101) A61B 1/307 (20130101) A61B 1/313 (20130101) A61B 1/0638 (20130101) A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/0086 (20130101) |
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| US 10183251 | Aines 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) | Roger D. Aines (Livermore, California); William L. Bourcier (Livermore, California); Eric B. Duoss (Dublin, California); Joshuah K. Stolaroff (Oakland, California); John J. Vericella (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A permeable microcapsule embedded fabric acts as a sorbent that creates mold-able, variable geometry fabrics for static or dynamic use. The fabric is composed of micro encapsulated solvent spheres held together by structural members. The fabric provides an excellent means to absorb and separate gases and/or liquids, particularly to separate carbon dioxide from flue gases. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/468325 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 61/38 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 20/28033 (20130101) Treatment, Not Provided for Elsewhere in Class D06, of Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers or Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials D06M 15/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10183904 | Huber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Willis Huber (Middleton, Wisconsin); James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Kevin J. Barnett (Madison, Wisconsin); Zach J. Brentzel (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making 1,5-pentanediol from tetrahydrofurfural alcohol. The method includes the steps of dehydrating tetrahydrofurfural alcohol (THFA) to dihydropyran (DHP); hydrating at least a portion of the DHP to 2-hydroxy-tetrahydropyran (2-HY-THP) in the absence of homogeneous acid; and hydrogenating at least a portion of the 2-HY-THP to 1,5-pentanediol. The method can be conducted entirely in the absence of noble metal catalysts. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/004091 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 29/132 (20130101) C07C 31/20 (20130101) |
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| US 10184051 | Jin 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) | Sungho Jin (San Diego, California); Renkun Chen (San Diego, California); Zhaowei Liu (San Diego, California); Jaeyun Moon (San Diego, California); Tae Kyoung Kim (La Jolla, California); Bryan Van Saders (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for fabricating and implementing optically absorbing coatings. In one aspect, an optically selective coating includes a substrate formed of a solar energy absorbing material, and a nanostructure material formed over the substrate as a coating capable of absorbing solar energy in a selected spectrum and reflecting the solar energy in another selected spectrum. A concentrating solar power (CSP) system includes heat transfer fluids (HTFs); thermal energy storage system (TES); and solar receivers in communication with HTFs and including a light absorbing coating layer based on cobalt oxide nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Friday, March 13, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/125348 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 3/02 (20130101) C01G 37/00 (20130101) C01G 49/08 (20130101) C01G 49/0063 (20130101) C01G 49/0072 (20130101) C01G 51/00 (20130101) C01G 51/04 (20130101) C01G 51/40 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/01 (20130101) C01P 2002/85 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/54 (20130101) C01P 2004/62 (20130101) C01P 2004/64 (20130101) C01P 2004/84 (20130101) C01P 2006/60 (20130101) Treatment of Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, to Enhance Their Pigmenting or Filling Properties; Preparation of Carbon Black; C09C 1/24 (20130101) C09C 3/063 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 7/68 (20180101) Solar Heat Collectors; Solar Heat Systems F24S 70/20 (20180501) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/40 (20130101) |
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| US 10184138 | Atsumi 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) | Shota Atsumi (Davis, California); Michael D. Toney (Davis, California); Gabriel M. Rodriguez (Davis, California); Yohei Tashiro (Davis, California); Justin B. Siegel (Davis, California); D. Alexander Carlin (Davis, California); Irina Koryakina (Davis, California); Shuchi H. Desai (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides recombinant bacteria with elevated production of ethanol and/or n-butanol from ethylene. Methods for the production of the recombinant bacteria, as well as for use thereof for production of ethanol and/or n-butanol are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 09, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/317656 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/0008 (20130101) C12N 9/0073 (20130101) C12N 9/88 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 7/16 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 101/01157 (20130101) C12Y 102/01002 (20130101) C12Y 102/01003 (20130101) C12Y 103/01038 (20130101) C12Y 114/13 (20130101) C12Y 114/13069 (20130101) C12Y 203/01009 (20130101) C12Y 402/01 (20130101) C12Y 402/01053 (20130101) C12Y 402/01095 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/10 (20130101) Y02E 50/17 (20130101) |
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| US 10184166 | Detor et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Joseph Detor (Albany, New York); Richard DiDomizio (Charlton, New York); Ning Zhou (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing an article including a nickel-based superalloy is presented. The method includes heat-treating a workpiece including a nickel-based superalloy at a temperature above a gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy and cooling the heat-treated workpiece with a cooling rate less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit/minute from the temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy so as to obtain a cooled workpiece. The cooled workpiece includes a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers at a concentration of at least 10 percent by volume, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase. An article having a minimum dimension greater than 6 inches is also presented. The article includes a material that has a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/198514 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Alloys C22C 19/03 (20130101) C22C 19/05 (20130101) C22C 19/055 (20130101) C22C 19/056 (20130101) Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys C22F 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10184331 | Mace et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan L. Mace (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Bryce C. Tappan (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An explosive assembly includes a first explosive unit having a first longitudinal end portion having a first mechanical coupling feature, a second explosive unit having a second longitudinal end portion having a second mechanical coupling feature, and a tubular connector having a first end portion mechanically coupled to the first mechanical coupling feature and a second end portion mechanically coupled to the second mechanical coupling feature, such that the first explosive unit, the connector, and the second explosive unit are connected together end-to-end along a common longitudinal axis. Each explosive unit can contain a high explosive material and a detonator, and the connector can comprise a detonation control module electrically coupled to the detonators and configured to detonate the explosive units. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/371700 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives C06B 25/34 (20130101) Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/263 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 43/1185 (20130101) E21B 47/123 (20130101) Ignition; Extinguishing-devices F23Q 21/00 (20130101) Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 3/02 (20130101) F42B 3/10 (20130101) F42B 3/24 (20130101) F42B 3/113 (20130101) F42B 3/182 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 15/42 (20130101) Blasting F42D 1/02 (20130101) F42D 1/05 (20130101) F42D 1/042 (20130101) F42D 1/045 (20130101) F42D 1/055 (20130101) F42D 3/00 (20130101) F42D 3/04 (20130101) F42D 3/06 (20130101) F42D 5/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49826 (20150115) |
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| US 10184664 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Capstone Turbine Corporation (Chatsworth, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Capstone Turbine Corporation (Chatsworth, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junhua Chen (Irvine, California); Mark Mitchell (Arcadia, California); John Nourse (Chatsworth, California); Robert D. McKeirnan, Jr. (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple fuel capable, pre-mixed, low emission injector is provided which is particularly suited for burning high flame speed fuels. The fuel injector includes an injector body having a preliminary pre-mixing chamber, an intermediate pre-mixing chamber and a final pre-mixing chamber. A fuel distributor separates the preliminary pre-mixing chamber from the intermediate pre-mixing chamber. A guide vane separates the intermediate pre-mixing chamber from the final pre-mixing chamber. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/449650 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Burners F23D 11/40 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/32 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10184666 | Meadows et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Siemens Energy, Inc (Orlando, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Meadows (Fort Mill, South Carolina); Christian Beck (Essen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel nozzle including vortex generating features for use in a combustion turbine engine is provided. An array of inner pre-mixing conduits (20) extends between an inlet end (14) and an outlet end (16) of the nozzle. An array of outer pre-mixing conduits (22) may be disposed radially outwardly relative to the inner pre-mixing conduits (20). A fuel-directing tube (24) includes fuel-directing arms (26) structured to direct fuel flow into the outer pre-mixing conduits (22) to be mixed with a flow of air. The fuel-directing arms include a bluff structural arrangement (30) that may be disposed upstream of fuel injection locations (32, 32′) into the outer pre-mixing conduits (22). The proposed nozzle is believed to provide superior micro-mixing capability, such as by increasing the depth of penetration of jets of fuel in a cross-flow of air, and/or formation of vortices in a wake zone downstream from the vortex generating features. |
| FILED | Monday, November 23, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/948518 |
| ART UNIT | 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/222 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/32 (20130101) F05D 2240/35 (20130101) F05D 2260/60 (20130101) Burners F23D 14/02 (20130101) F23D 14/64 (20130101) F23D 2206/10 (20130101) F23D 2900/14004 (20130101) F23D 2900/14021 (20130101) Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers F23R 3/12 (20130101) F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gian G. Guzman-Verri (Westmont, Illinois); Peter B. Littlewood (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gian G. Guzman-Verri (Westmont, Illinois); Peter B. Littlewood (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method for cooling fluid having the steps of supplying a fluid at a first temperature T1, raising the temperature of the fluid to a second temperature T2 through contact with an electric field, contacting the fluid with a heat exchanger to decrease its temperature to a third temperature T3, removing the electric field to decrease the temperature of the fluid to a fourth temperature T4, and applying a heat load to the fluid to increase the temperature of the fluid to T1. Also provided is a system for cooling fluid having a closed loop having a first region subject to an electric field, a second region in contact with a heat exchanger, a third region remote from the electric field, and a fourth region contacting a heat load. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/257240 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 21/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25B 2321/001 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Buildings, e.g Housing, House Appliances or Related End-user Applications Y02B 30/66 (20130101) |
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| US 10184726 | Middleton 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) | Bobby Middleton (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Matthew D. Carlson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Marie Y. Arrieta (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for cooling a power generation working fluid are disclosed that reduce the amount of cooling fluid used. These systems and methods save on water usage in the generation of power by thermoelectric power generation systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/666395 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Steam Engine Plants; Steam Accumulators; Engine Plants Not Otherwise Provided For; Engines Using Special Working Fluids or Cycles F01K 7/16 (20130101) F01K 9/003 (20130101) Steam or Vapour Condensers F28B 9/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/0266 (20130101) |
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| US 10184883 | Bond 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) | Tiziana C. Bond (Livermore, California); Mihail Bora (Livermore, California); Jessica L. Osuna (San Leandro, California); Sonia Wharton (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A meteorological tower is provided in a flux site and a solar array is positioned on the tower to provide power. A laser on the tower receives power from the solar array and produces a laser beam. A multiplicity of individual laser absorption spectroscopy gas cells positioned on the meteorological tower collect samples of the atmosphere. An optical cable connects the laser to each of individual las cell and direct the laser beam into each cell. Each cell includes a multiplicity of mirrors positioned so that the laser beam makes a multiplicity of passes through the samples. An analyzer associated with the cells receives the laser beam after the laser beam has made the multiplicity of passes through the sample of the atmosphere and the analyzer detects concentrations of isotopes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in concomitance of other gas concentrations. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 17, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/353988 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/031 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/39 (20130101) G01N 33/004 (20130101) G01N 2021/399 (20130101) G01N 2201/021 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Stalzer (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of building massively parallel computing systems using low power computing complexes in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. A massively parallel computing system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one Solid State Blade configured to communicate via a high performance network fabric. In addition, each Solid State Blade includes a processor configured to communicate with a plurality of low power computing complexes interconnected by a router, and each low power computing complex includes at least one general processing core, an accelerator, an I/O interface, and cache memory and is configured to communicate with non-volatile solid state memory. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/389049 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/0246 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/0866 (20130101) G06F 2212/214 (20130101) G06F 2212/224 (20130101) G06F 2212/7201 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 49/25 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ANGEL SECURE NETWORKS, INC. (Old Town, Maine) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Angel Secure Networks, Inc. (Old Town, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Hewitt Smith (Old Town, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are devices and techniques for remotely controlling user access to a restricted computer resource. The process includes obtaining an image from equipment of a user, wherein the image includes an indication of an individual and an indication of a local environment. The individual is identified within the image to obtain an identification of the individual, and the local environment is determined as a predetermined local environment based on the identification of the local environment. Access to a restricted computing resource is facilitated based on the determining that the individual is the user and that the local environment is the predetermined local environment. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/646943 |
| ART UNIT | 2433 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/31 (20130101) G06F 21/35 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/42 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3231 (20130101) H04L 63/107 (20130101) |
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| US 10186336 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Yung Y. Liu (Hinsdale, Illinois); Zenghu Han (Woodridge, Illinois); James M. Shuler (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yung Y. Liu (Hinsdale, Illinois); Zenghu Han (Woodridge, Illinois); James M. Shuler (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for encapsulating and storing disused radiological sources in sealed capsules is provided, the system having a basket to removably position capsules relative to each other, the capsules containing the radiological sources; a containment vessel for receiving the basket; and a cask reversibly encapsulating or otherwise housing the containment vessel. Also provided is a method for packaging, transporting and storing disused radiological sources, the method having the steps of transporting sealed capsules containing radiological sources from water pools to baskets; placing the basket in a containment vessel and sealing the vessel with helium backfill; placing the vessel in a cask and reversibly capping the cask; surrounding the cask with personnel a shield and crumple zones to create a construct; and transporting and storing the construct until its final disposal at a geological repository or a deep borehole, all without repackaging of the disused radiological sealed capsules. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/435640 |
| ART UNIT | 1736 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 3/00 (20130101) G21F 5/012 (20130101) G21F 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21F 9/36 (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 2002/60 (20130101) G21Y 2002/305 (20130101) G21Y 2002/502 (20130101) G21Y 2004/601 (20130101) |
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| US 10186384 | LaPlant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Todd LaPlant (Kansas City, Missouri); Daniel John Salzman (Lee Summit, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A structural capacitor and method for manufacturing the structural capacitor. A first layer of nonconductive fiber glass may be formed into a desired shape of the structural capacitor, and then a conductive layer made of carbon fiber pre-impregnated material may be placed on the fiber glass layer. A dielectric layer of parylene may then be coated onto the conductive layer using a conformal vapor deposition process. More conductive and dielectric layers may be added in alternating succession until desired structural and/or electrical properties are achieved. A final layer of fiber glass may then be applied and the resulting structural capacitor may be cured. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 31, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/985536 |
| ART UNIT | 2848 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/12 (20130101) H01G 11/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01G 11/40 (20130101) H01G 11/82 (20130101) H01G 11/84 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 10186584 | Sumant et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anirudha V. Sumant (Plainfield, Illinois); Kiran Kumar Kovi (Lemont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a p-n junction device comprises providing a base layer including a p-type diamond. A monolayer or few layer of a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) is disposed on at least a portion of the base layer so as to form a heterojunction therebetween. The TMDC monolayer is an n-type layer such that the heterojunction between the intrinsic and p-type diamond base layer and the n-type TMDC monolayer is a p-n junction. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/240594 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/043 (20130101) H01L 21/0217 (20130101) H01L 21/441 (20130101) H01L 21/02112 (20130101) H01L 21/02164 (20130101) H01L 21/02178 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/45 (20130101) H01L 29/267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/861 (20130101) H01L 29/6603 (20130101) |
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| US 10186650 | Schwede et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Spark Thermionics, Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spark Thermonics, Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jared William Schwede (Berkeley, California); Lucas Heinrich Hess (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermionic energy converter, preferably including an anode and a cathode. An anode of a thermionic energy converter, preferably including an n-type semiconductor, one or more supplemental layers, and an electrical contact. A method for work function reduction and/or thermionic energy conversion, preferably including inputting thermal energy to a thermionic energy converter, illuminating an anode of the thermionic energy converter, thereby preferably reducing a work function of the anode, and extracting electrical power from the system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/969027 |
| ART UNIT | 1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/14 (20130101) H01L 35/18 (20130101) H01L 35/22 (20130101) H01L 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10186705 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Gao Liu (Piedmont, California); Vince Battaglia (San Anselmo, California); Zhihui Wang (Fremont, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gao Liu (Piedmont, California); Vince Battaglia (San Anselmo, California); Zhihui Wang (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention describes an calendaring apparatus comprising a roller press comprising a first roller and a second roller, a static electricity generator, a motor drive system in communication with the first roller and the second roller to impart rotation to first roller and the second roller, wherein the static electricity generator imparts a static charge to a surface of the first roller, and a material holding tray for holding a material in communication with the first roller. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/550766 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing B29C 43/24 (20130101) Presses in General B30B 3/04 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/139 (20130101) H01M 4/0435 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10186710 | Pan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Ke-Ji Pan (Ellicott City, Maryland); Mohammed Hussain Abdul Jabbar (College Park, Maryland); Dong Ding (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Eric Wachsman (Fulton, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | REDOX POWER SYSTEMS, LLC (College Park, Maryland); UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ke-Ji Pan (Ellicott City, Maryland); Mohammed Hussain Abdul Jabbar (College Park, Maryland); Dong Ding (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Eric Wachsman (Fulton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments, a solid oxide fuel cell is fabricated in part by disposing a functional layer between the cathode and the solid electrolyte. |
| FILED | Friday, March 17, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/461709 |
| ART UNIT | 1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 3/0254 (20130101) B05D 7/50 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/8663 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/9033 (20130101) H01M 4/9066 (20130101) H01M 8/126 (20130101) H01M 8/1213 (20130101) H01M 8/1246 (20130101) H01M 8/1253 (20130101) H01M 2008/1293 (20130101) H01M 2250/30 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/525 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/56 (20151101) |
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| US 10186711 | Nwoga et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, Kentucky); Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota, Aichi, Japan); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, Texas); Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota, Japan); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tochi Tudor Nwoga (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kazuo Kawahara (Nagoya, Japan); Wen Li (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Yujiang Song (Liaoning, China PRC); John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico); James E. Miller (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Craig John Medforth (Porto, Portugal); Yukiyoshi Ueno (Aichi, Japan); Tetsuo Kawamura (Aichi, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods of preparing metal particles on a support material, including platinum-containing nanoparticles on a carbon support. Such materials can be used as electrocatalysts, for example as improved electrocatalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs). |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/086694 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/42 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/92 (20130101) H01M 4/921 (20130101) H01M 4/926 (20130101) H01M 4/8605 (20130101) H01M 4/9083 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2008/1095 (20130101) |
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| US 10186716 | Madabusi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Chemtura Corporation (Middlebury, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | LANXESS SOLUTIONS US INC. (Middlebury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venkatramanan K Madabusi (Naugatuck, Connecticut); Joseph F Stieber (Prospect, Connecticut); Kevin Jackson (Woodbury, Connecticut); George Brereton (Mahopac, New York); Fei Wang (Mansfield, Massachusetts); Dharmasena Peramunage (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-aqueous flow cell energy storage device comprises a ionically conductive separator, which separator comprises a polyurethane prepared by curing an isocyanate capped prepolymer, which prepolymer was prepared from a polyol having polycarbonate backbone, wherein the separator may be impregnated with electrolyte salts and/or swelled by an organic solvent. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/059339 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — 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 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) H01M 8/0221 (20130101) H01M 8/0228 (20130101) H01M 8/0234 (20130101) H01M 8/0239 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0028 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 10186740 | Lambert 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) | Timothy N. Lambert (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael Hibbs (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes an electrochemical half-cell comprising: an electrolyte, an anode; and an ionomeric barrier positioned between the electrolyte and the anode. The anode may comprise a multi-electron vanadium phosphorous. The electrochemical half-cell is configured to oxidize the vanadium and phosphorous alloy to release electrons. A method of mitigating corrosion in an electrochemical cell includes disposing an ionomeric barrier in a path of electrolyte or ion flow to an anode and mitigating anion accumulation on the surface of the anode. |
| FILED | Monday, June 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/626996 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/242 (20130101) H01M 4/8605 (20130101) H01M 8/0606 (20130101) H01M 12/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 12/08 (20130101) H01M 2300/0082 (20130101) |
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| US 10186949 | Ferencz 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) | Andrew Ferencz (Southborough, Massachusetts); Todd E. Takken (Brewster, New York); Xin Zhang (Yorktown Heights, New York); Yuan Yao (Tarrytown, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A DC-to-DC power converter device has a common magnetic core structure that serves the functions of both transformer device and output inductor by integrating each into the common core. The transformer device has primary and secondary windings integrated into a first leg structure of the magnetic core, and the output inductor device has an output inductor winding integrated into a second leg structure of the magnetic core, the inductor winding structure for delivering output current to a load when a periodically switched input voltage is applied across the primary winding structure. The winding polarities of the transformer secondary winding structure and of the output inductor winding structure provide oppositely oriented polarities of electromotive force (EMF) to substantially reduce an output current ripple to an output load when delivering power through the transformer, through the output inductor and into the output load. A third leg structure of the common magnetic core allows magnetic flux passing through the transformer leg structure to partially magnetically couple to flux passing through the inductor leg structure, thereby allowing adjustment of the output voltage at which output current ripple is minimized. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/808804 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 3/33576 (20130101) H02M 2001/0064 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Fred Palmer (Danvers, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc. (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Palmer (Danvers, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid state light source driver circuit that operates in either a buck convertor or a boost convertor configuration is provided. The driver circuit includes a controller, a boost switch circuit and a buck switch circuit, each coupled to the controller, and a feedback circuit, coupled to the light source. The feedback circuit provides feedback to the controller, representing a DC output of the driver circuit. The controller controls the boost switch circuit and the buck switch circuit in response to the feedback signal, to regulate current to the light source. The controller places the driver circuit in its boost converter configuration when the DC output is less than a rectified AC voltage coupled to the driver circuit at an input node. The controller places the driver circuit in its buck converter configuration when the DC output is greater than the rectified AC voltage at the input node. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/092688 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/42 (20130101) H02M 1/4208 (20130101) H02M 3/1582 (20130101) H02M 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 7/2176 (20130101) H02M 2001/4275 (20130101) Electric Heating; Electric Lighting Not Otherwise Provided for H05B 33/0815 (20130101) H05B 33/0848 (20130101) H05B 33/0896 (20130101) |
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| US 10186995 | Dong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong Dong (Schenectady, New York); Robert Gregory Wagoner (Roanoke, Virginia); Govardhan Ganireddy (Bangalore, India); Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju (Clifton Park, New York); Rui Zhou (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for operating a power converter with a plurality of inverter blocks with silicon carbide MOSFETs are provided. A DC to AC converter can include a plurality of inverter blocks. Each inverter block can include a plurality of switching devices. A control method can include identifying one of a plurality of switching patterns for operation of the inverter block for each inverter block. Each switching pattern can include a plurality of switching commands. The control method can further include controlling each inverter block based on the identified switching pattern for the inverter block. The control method can further include rotating the switching patterns among the plurality of inverter blocks. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/405752 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/382 (20130101) H02J 3/383 (20130101) H02J 3/386 (20130101) Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 7/183 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 5/458 (20130101) H02M 5/4585 (20130101) H02M 7/493 (20130101) H02M 2001/0048 (20130101) Control or Regulation of Electric Motors, Electric Generators or Dynamo-electric Converters; Controlling Transformers, Reactors or Choke Coils H02P 9/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10183904 | Huber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Willis Huber (Middleton, Wisconsin); James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin); Kevin J. Barnett (Madison, Wisconsin); Zach J. Brentzel (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making 1,5-pentanediol from tetrahydrofurfural alcohol. The method includes the steps of dehydrating tetrahydrofurfural alcohol (THFA) to dihydropyran (DHP); hydrating at least a portion of the DHP to 2-hydroxy-tetrahydropyran (2-HY-THP) in the absence of homogeneous acid; and hydrogenating at least a portion of the 2-HY-THP to 1,5-pentanediol. The method can be conducted entirely in the absence of noble metal catalysts. |
| FILED | Friday, January 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/004091 |
| ART UNIT | 1671 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 29/132 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 29/132 (20130101) C07C 31/20 (20130101) |
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10184140 — Materials and methods for production of bi-functional fatty acids in recombinant bacteria
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| APPLICANT(S) | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Ames, Iowa); OMEGACHEA BIORENEWABLES LLC (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); OmegaChea (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shivani Garg (Ames, Iowa); Xiaochen Yu (Ames, Iowa); Huanan Jin (Wuhan, China PRC); Marna Yandeau-Nelson (Ames, Iowa); Basil Nikolau (Ames, Iowa); Ludmila Rizhsky (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing bi-functional fatty acids comprising introducing into a host cell or organism, which comprises one or more ω- or ω-1 functionalized acyl-CoAs, and expressing therein a KASIII, which can use one or more of the ω- or ω-1 functionalized acyl-CoAs as a substrate; a method of producing a ω-1 hydroxy branched fatty acid, a ω-1 branched fatty acid, or a combination thereof by culturing a mutant E. coli, which does not express a functional KASIII from the endogenous fabH gene and expresses a phaA and a phaB and a functional exogenous KASIII; and a mutant E. coli, a method of making the mutant, a culture comprising the mutant, and a composition comprising ω-1 hydroxy branched fatty acids, a ω-1 branched fatty acids, or a combination thereof obtained from the culture. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/954972 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1029 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/6409 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 203/0118 (20130101) |
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| US 10184141 | Pfleger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian F. Pfleger (Madison, Wisconsin); Andrew L. Markley (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant microorganisms configured for increased glycogen production. The recombinant microorganisms comprise a recombinant nucleic acid configured to express or overexpress a glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase. The recombinant microorganisms produce an increased amount of glycogen compared to a corresponding microorganism not comprising the recombinant nucleic acid. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/366676 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 1/20 (20130101) C12N 9/1241 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 207/07027 (20130101) |
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| US 10184845 | Tadigadapa et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas A. Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Marcelo B. Pisani (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, apparatus, and systems to improve thermal sensitivity of resonant circuits. One aspect utilizes tracking near-resonance complex impedance for a quartz resonator based calorimeter sensor to derive ultra-sensitive temperature measurement from the sensor. Another aspect includes a quartz resonant or -based calorimetric sensor placed close to but not touching the analyte being measured to eliminate mass loading effect on the temperature measurement. |
| FILED | Friday, July 17, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/802127 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/32 (20130101) G01K 17/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/42 (20150115) Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) |
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| US 10185569 | Gupta et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gagan Gupta (Fitchburg, Wisconsin); Gurindar S. Sohi (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Interrupt handling on a multiprocessor computer executing multiple computational operations in parallel is provided by establishing a total ordering of the multiple computational operations and defining an architectural state at the time of the interrupt as if the computational operations executed in the total ordering. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 13/766053 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/3838 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/3855 (20130101) G06F 9/3859 (20130101) G06F 9/3863 (20130101) G06F 9/3865 (20130101) |
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| US 10185584 | Lee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Teleputers, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teleputers, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruby B. Lee (Princeton, New Jersey); Pramod A. Jamkhedkar (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Yu-Yuan Chen (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system comprising a physical memory, a processor and a software component. The software component includes a policy/domain handler for receiving data and a policy associated with the data; a hypervisor; and a file management module. The file management module receives a request from a third-party application to interact with a data file containing the data; sends an authorization and tag request to the policy/domain handler to check if the user and application are permitted to access the data, and if permitted, to generate hardware tags for the data file; and sends a secure data request to the hypervisor to create a secure data compartment for the data file and the hardware tags. Based on the authorization and tag request, and the security policy associated with the data, the policy/domain handler generates the hardware tags for the data file. Based on the secure data request, the hypervisor creates in the physical memory a secure data compartment containing the data file and the hardware tags, the hypervisor associating the hardware tags with the data in the secure data compartment. As the data is operated upon and moved to other memory areas, the hardware tags are propagated with the data according to tag propagation rules, and checked before performing operations that may lead to security breaches. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/464553 |
| ART UNIT | 2444 — Computer Networks |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 9/45558 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/6227 (20130101) G06F 21/6281 (20130101) G06F 2009/45583 (20130101) |
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| US 10185713 | Denkowski et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Denkowski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alon Lavie (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gregory Alan Hanneman (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Austin Matthews (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew Ryan Fiorillo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert Thomas Olszewski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher James Dyer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); William Joseph Kaper (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Alexandre Alexandrovich Klementiev (Berlin, Germany); Gavin R. Jewell (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies are disclosed herein for statistical machine translation. In particular, the disclosed technologies include extensions to conventional machine translation pipelines: the use of multiple domain-specific and non-domain-specific dynamic language translation models and language models; cluster-based language models; and large-scale discriminative training. Incremental update technologies are also disclosed for use in updating a machine translation system in four areas: word alignment; translation modeling; language modeling; and parameter estimation. A mechanism is also disclosed for training and utilizing a runtime machine translation quality classifier for estimating the quality of machine translations without the benefit of reference translations. The runtime machine translation quality classifier is generated in a manner to offset imbalances in the number of training instances in various classes, and to assign a greater penalty to the misclassification of lower-quality translations as higher-quality translations than to misclassification of higher-quality translations as lower-quality translations. |
| FILED | Monday, September 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/867932 |
| ART UNIT | 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/289 (20130101) G06F 17/2818 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10185824 | Venkataramani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guru Prasadh V. Venkataramani (Fairfax, Virginia); Jie Chen (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system detects a covert timing channel on a combinational structure or a memory structure. The system identifies the events behind conflicts, and constructs an event train based on those events. For combinational structures, the system detects recurrent burst patterns in the event train. The system determines that a covert timing channel exists on the combinational structure if a recurrent burst pattern is detected. For memory structures, the system detects oscillatory patterns in the event train. The system determines that a covert timing channel exists on the memory structure if an oscillatory pattern is detected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 26, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/313785 |
| ART UNIT | 2492 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/53 (20130101) G06F 21/85 (20130101) G06F 21/556 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 21/566 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/005 (20130101) |
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| US 10186029 | Spalding et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edgar P. Spalding (Middleton, Wisconsin); Nathan D. Miller (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to characterizing objects or other items, which as may be implemented in a machine-vision type approach. As may be implemented with one or more embodiments, some of which may involve a Fourier transform analysis, object regions (one or more objects) are identified in image data depicting several objects, and the size of each object-region is identified. Respective ratios of the size of each object-region to the size of each of the other object regions are determined, and object regions having a higher total number of ratios that round to one (relative to the other object regions) are identified. An expected (e.g., average) individual object size is determined based on the sizes of the identified object regions, and a total number of the objects in the image is determined based on the expected individual object size and the sizes of the object regions. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/865828 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/62 (20170101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) G06T 2207/20056 (20130101) G06T 2207/30128 (20130101) G06T 2207/30242 (20130101) |
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| US 10186040 | Li et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jia Li (State College, Pennsylvania); James Z. Wang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for electronically assessing a visual significance of pixels or regions in an electronic image are disclosed. A method includes receiving the electronic image, performing a composition analysis on the electronic image, the composition analysis includes partitioning the electronic image into a plurality of segments or a plurality of parts, constructing an attributed composition graph having a plurality of nodes, where each node corresponds to a segment or a part and where each node includes one or more attributes, modeling the visual significance of the electronic image based on the attributed composition graph using a statistical modeling process or a computational modeling process to obtain a plurality of values, and constructing a composition significance map having a significance score for each segment or each part according to the values obtained from the statistical modeling process or the computational modeling process. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 08, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/617479 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/11 (20170101) G06T 7/12 (20170101) G06T 7/143 (20170101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/162 (20170101) G06T 7/194 (20170101) G06T 2207/10024 (20130101) |
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| US 10186139 | Shoari et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Arian Shoari (Rochester, New York); Mona Komeijani (Rochester, New York) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Arian Shoari (Rochester, New York); Mona Komeijani (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure describes methods and apparatus to promote sustainable usage of smartphones such as preventing phone loss, preventing overheating and overcharging, and decreasing packaging waste. A method and apparatus to prevent phone loss is disclosed. Radio frequency beacons (or tags) attached to the owner transmit signals to the smartphone. The distance of the owner from the smartphone is estimated based on the quality of the received radio frequency signals in the smartphone. The system alerts user whenever the distance gets farther than a preset value. A method and apparatus to prevent overcharging of the battery is also disclosed. A plugging mechanism is presented that will be automatically detached from the smart phone when the battery is fully charged. Moreover, an alerting system is disclosed that alerts the user to stop using the device when the internal temperature of the device gets hotter than a preset threshold. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 31, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/396493 |
| ART UNIT | 2643 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/203 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 21/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08B 21/0247 (20130101) Transmission H04B 17/23 (20150115) H04B 17/27 (20150115) H04B 17/318 (20150115) Telephonic Communication H04M 1/0202 (20130101) H04M 1/0262 (20130101) H04M 1/7253 (20130101) H04M 2250/12 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 4/023 (20130101) |
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| US 10186168 | Gobert et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janice D. Gobert (Stow, Massachusetts); Michael A. Sao Pedro (Worcester, Massachusetts); Cameron Guerra Betts (Berlin, Massachusetts); Ryan S. Baker (Tarrytown, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An assessment engine includes a definition of inquiry skills being assessed. Assessment models are used to infer skill demonstration as one or more students engage in inquiry within computerized simulations and/or microworlds. A pedagogical agent and/or help system provides real-time feedback to one or more students based on the assessment model outputs, and/or based on additional models that track one or more students developing proficiency across inquiry tasks over time. A pedagogical agent and/or help system for science inquiry tutoring responds in real-time on the basis of knowledge-engineered and data-mined assessment and/or tracking models. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/388295 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/022 (20130101) G06N 5/025 (20130101) Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for G06Q 10/06398 (20130101) Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 5/00 (20130101) G09B 5/02 (20130101) G09B 7/02 (20130101) G09B 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10186392 | Graber et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lukas Graber (Tallahassee, Florida); Christopher Widener (Tallahassee, Florida); Samantha Smith (Tallahassee, Florida); Michael Steurer (Crawfordville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrafast electrical (e.g., transfer, disconnect, etc.) switch that is simple, compact, does not require high energy to operate, ultralow loss, clean, and capable of being automatically reset. The invention includes a fast electromechanical switch having a drive mechanism integrated into the switching chamber. The integration of the drive mechanism into the switching chamber provides faster contact travel and therefore a faster switching operation. Additionally, the switching chamber is a self-contained environment that may consist of a high-pressure gas or a vacuum. The invention further includes an ultrafast disconnect switch. The invention generally is an integrated piezoelectric-actuator-based mechanical switching mechanism. The mechanism has a central piezoelectric actuator that extends to pull contacts inwards in order to obtain two disconnects within a millisecond or less. Surrounding the piezoelectric actuator is a polymer insulating shell and beyond the shell is the metallic conductor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/214015 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 33/14 (20130101) H01H 33/28 (20130101) H01H 33/64 (20130101) H01H 33/666 (20130101) H01H 55/00 (20130101) H01H 57/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10187225 | Zhang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xu Zhang (Shenzhen, China PRC); Edward W. Knightly (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes generating, by a wireless device, a sounding packet. The method includes sending, by the wireless device, copies of the sounding packet using a beam former and an antenna array to a second wireless device. Each copy of the copies of the sounding packet is sent using different beam weights. The method includes, in response to sending the copies of the sounding packet, obtaining, by the wireless device, a first correction beam weight and a second correction beam weight from the second wireless device and sending, by the wireless device, data to the second wireless device using the first correction beam weight and the second correction beam weight. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/228776 |
| ART UNIT | 2411 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission H04B 7/0617 (20130101) H04B 7/0619 (20130101) H04B 7/0695 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 25/0202 (20130101) H04L 25/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 10184129 | Larsen |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Paul Brian Larsen (Riverside, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Brian Larsen (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosure provides polynucleotides, polypeptides, transgenic plants, cells and vectors useful for crop plants to augment the basal level of aluminum and heavy metal tolerance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 14/116121 |
| ART UNIT | 1662 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 33/04 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 3/327 (20130101) C02F 2101/20 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/415 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8243 (20130101) C12N 15/8259 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/8271 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management Y02W 10/18 (20150501) |
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| US 10184155 | Khatib |
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| APPLICANT(S) | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hasan Khatib (Fitchburg, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Arrays of nucleic acid molecules, kits, methods of genotyping and marker assisted bovine breeding methods based on novel SNPs on genes of the bovine transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling pathway for improved bovine fertilization rate. The methods and compositions of the present invention are related to SNPs in the DNA-binding protein inhibitor 3 (ID3) gene, and in the bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) gene corresponding to position 2702 of SEQ ID NO: 2. Also disclosed are methods for determining viability of developing bovine embryos by measuring the expression level of one or more target genes in the TGF-signaling pathway, and selecting for implantation only embryos whose target gene expression level is not up-regulated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/138221 |
| 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 | Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, or Methods A61D 19/02 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6876 (20130101) C12Q 1/6888 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/124 (20130101) C12Q 2600/156 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Ledbetter (Clovis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct variety of table grape (Vitis vinifera L.) named ‘Solbrio’, particularly characterized by its black skin color of crisp textured and naturally large sized berries; consistent fruit production on spur-pruned vines; and maturing during late July in California's Central San Joaquin Valley. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/731420 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/205 |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Brand (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Barberry plant, botanically known as Berberis thunbergii and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘UCONNBTB048’. The unique characteristics of this new Barberry plant include seed sterile; compact, dense, low-growing habit; thick and slightly leathery bright yellow spring foliage and light yellow and chartreus summer foliage; adaptable to many landscape situations; resistant to black stem rust disease; and winter cold hardy to at least −26° C. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/330050 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Brand (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Barberry plant, botanically known as Berberis thunbergii and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘UCONNBTB039’. The unique characteristics of this new Barberry plant include no fruit, seed sterile; compact, dense, spreading habit with overarching stems reaching 70 cm tall; bright green spring foliage and dark green summer foliage; adaptable to many landscape situations; resistant to black stem rust disease; and winter cold hardy to at least −26° C. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 30, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/330051 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | New Plants or Processes for Obtaining Them; Plant Reproduction by Tissue Culture Techniques A01H 5/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 10184340 | Baltas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constantine Baltas (Manchester, Connecticut); Jonathan Gilson (W. Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade comprises an airfoil extending radially from a root section to a tip section and axially from a leading edge to a trailing edge, the leading and trailing edges defining a curvature therebetween. The curvature determines a relative exit angle at a relative span height between the root section and the tip section, based on an incident flow velocity at the leading edge of the airfoil and a rotational velocity at the relative span height. In operation of the rotor blade, the relative exit angle determines a substantially flat exit pressure ratio profile for relative span heights from 75% to 95%, wherein the exit pressure ratio profile is constant within a tolerance of 10% of a maximum value of the exit pressure ratio profile. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/769408 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/141 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2220/36 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/671 (20130101) Y02T 50/673 (20130101) |
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| US 10184405 | Veres et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Veres (Olmsted Falls, Ohio); Philip C. Jorgenson (Richfield, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for mitigating or proactively avoiding an aircraft engine icing event may include detecting ice crystals in the atmosphere using one or more sensors on board an aircraft in real time. The process may also include modulating one or more engine operating conditions to proactively change an ice accretion location, to avoid the occurrence of an icing event. The process may further include implementing one or more modulated engine operating conditions in engine controls software, hardware, or both. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/474562 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 33/02 (20130101) B64D 2033/0233 (20130101) Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants F02C 7/047 (20130101) F02C 9/00 (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 2260/81 (20130101) |
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| US 10184777 | Okojie |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert S. Okojie (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Wahington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Okojie (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining a change in a thickness and temperature of a surface of a material are disclosed herein. The system and the method are usable in a thermal protection system of a space vehicle, such as an aeroshell of a space vehicle. The system and method may incorporate micro electric sensors arranged in a ladder network and capacitor strip sensors. Corrosion or ablation causes a change in an electrical property of the sensors. An amount of or rate of the corrosion or the ablation and a temperature of the material is determined based on the change of the electrical property of the sensors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/683299 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 7/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01B 7/06 (20130101) G01B 7/08 (20130101) G01B 7/044 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 3/56 (20130101) G01N 17/04 (20130101) G01N 27/20 (20130101) G01N 27/24 (20130101) |
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| US 10184839 | Brown et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ari D. Brown (Ellicott City, Maryland); Emily M. Barrentine (Washington, District of Columbia); Shahid Aslam (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to uncooled microbolometers which can be integrated in future thermal instruments engaged in land imaging on future observatories. The present invention includes: (1) developing and characterizing a microstructured VOx thin film, and, (2) fabricating an uncooled microbolometer array over the 8-14 micron spectral band. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 30, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/691109 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/35 (20130101) C23C 14/0036 (20130101) C23C 14/083 (20130101) C23C 14/165 (20130101) C23C 14/3464 (20130101) C23C 14/5826 (20130101) C23C 14/5873 (20130101) Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 5/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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Department of Commerce (DOC)
10184140 — Materials and methods for production of bi-functional fatty acids in recombinant bacteria
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| APPLICANT(S) | IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Ames, Iowa); OMEGACHEA BIORENEWABLES LLC (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); OmegaChea (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shivani Garg (Ames, Iowa); Xiaochen Yu (Ames, Iowa); Huanan Jin (Wuhan, China PRC); Marna Yandeau-Nelson (Ames, Iowa); Basil Nikolau (Ames, Iowa); Ludmila Rizhsky (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing bi-functional fatty acids comprising introducing into a host cell or organism, which comprises one or more ω- or ω-1 functionalized acyl-CoAs, and expressing therein a KASIII, which can use one or more of the ω- or ω-1 functionalized acyl-CoAs as a substrate; a method of producing a ω-1 hydroxy branched fatty acid, a ω-1 branched fatty acid, or a combination thereof by culturing a mutant E. coli, which does not express a functional KASIII from the endogenous fabH gene and expresses a phaA and a phaB and a functional exogenous KASIII; and a mutant E. coli, a method of making the mutant, a culture comprising the mutant, and a composition comprising ω-1 hydroxy branched fatty acids, a ω-1 branched fatty acids, or a combination thereof obtained from the culture. |
| FILED | Monday, November 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/954972 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/1029 (20130101) C12N 15/52 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 7/6409 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 203/0118 (20130101) |
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 10183144 | Tang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cha-Min Tang (Wayne, Pennsylvania); Paul E. Bigeleisen (Baltimore, Maryland); Samuel M. Galvagno, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland); Mark E. Shirtliff (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device disclosed herein includes a tubular member which is flexible and configured to receive ultraviolet (UV) light from a UV illumination coupler. The tubular member contains a lumen defining a longitudinal interior space within the tubular member, a tubular body bounded by an inner wall defining an outer boundary of the lumen and an outer wall defining an outer surface of the tubular member, at least one optical fiber disposed outside of the interior space not parallel to an axis of the lumen and adapted to receive the UV light from the UV illumination coupler, and a protective component adapted to prevent substantively all of the UV light emitted from the optical fiber from exiting the outer wall. Methods for producing and using such devices are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/535296 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| 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 29/06 (20130101) A61L 29/06 (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 25/0012 (20130101) A61M 25/0017 (20130101) A61M 25/0043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61M 25/0045 (20130101) A61M 2025/0056 (20130101) A61M 2202/0496 (20130101) Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds C08L 83/04 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49016 (20150115) |
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United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 10184277 | Irwin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald E. Irwin (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Nan K. McKenzie (Garrett Park, Maryland); William Albert Tartal (Baltimore, Maryland); Victoria K. Stephen (Burke, Virginia); Michael J. Amato (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A lock and method of locking a lockable volume is described. The lock may be located on a door of a lockable volume, such as a locker configured to hold an item. The lock may comprise a post and a cam, the cam having an opening corresponding to the size and shape of the post. The cam is rotatable about an axis, wherein the rotation of the cam about the axis releasably secures the post within the opening, thereby locking the door to which the post is attached. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/920337 |
| ART UNIT | 3675 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Locks; Accessories Therefor; Handcuffs E05B 17/0025 (20130101) E05B 17/0029 (20130101) E05B 47/023 (20130101) E05B 63/12 (20130101) E05B 65/025 (20130101) E05B 2015/0235 (20130101) Bolts or Fastening Devices for Wings, Specially for Doors or Windows E05C 3/02 (20130101) E05C 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 292/294 (20150401) Y10T 292/1021 (20150401) Y10T 292/1082 (20150401) |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2022/fedinvent-patents-20190122.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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