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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 03, 2019
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| US 10398140 | Ghatnekar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Gourdie (Charleston, South Carolina); Jane Jourdan (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating or preventing macular degeneration in a subject. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods for preserving organs and tissues for transplantation, and for preventing cellular injury in organs or in subjects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/825399 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| 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 1/0226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/177 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) |
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| US 10398293 | Pisanello et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | FONDAZIONE INSTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA (Genoa, Italy); PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Genoa, Italy); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ferruccio Pisanello (Lecce, Italy); Luigi Martiradonna (London, United Kingdom); Leonardo Sileo (Calimera, Italy); Ian Anton Oldenburg (Lexington, Massachusetts); Marco Pisanello (Felline di Alliste, Italy); Bernardo Luis Sabatini (Newton, Massachusetts); John Abraham Assad (Brookline, Massachusetts); Massimo De Vittorio (Lecce, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-point light-delivering device, comprising a waveguide carrying light along a longitudinal axis and including multiple optical windows, through which the carried light is out-coupled from the waveguide. The waveguide comprises a tapered region along which the optical windows are distributed, wherein each optical window out-couples a specific subset of propagating modes of the carried light, to which the optical window is matched. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/905374 |
| ART UNIT | 3792 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/07 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0084 (20130101) A61B 18/22 (20130101) A61B 2018/2255 (20130101) A61B 2018/2261 (20130101) A61B 2562/0233 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/062 (20130101) A61N 5/0622 (20130101) A61N 2005/063 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 6/14 (20130101) G02B 6/262 (20130101) |
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| US 10398324 | Mukkamala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan); University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramakrishna Mukkamala (Okemos, Michigan); Anand Chandrasekhar (East Lansing, Michigan); Jin-Oh Hahn (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is presented for cuff-less blood pressure measurement in a mobile device. A key aspect of this disclosure is the discovery of a new location for blood pressure measurement at the fingertip of a subject and that reflectance-mode photoplethysmography can be used to help make this measurement. Through experiments in human subjects, it was discovered that it is indeed possible to measure systemic blood pressure by having a subject press the fingertip against a reflectance-mode photo-plethysmography-force sensor unit under visual guidance and then compute blood pressure from the resulting variable-amplitude blood volume oscillations and applied pressure via an oscillometric algorithm. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/118530 |
| ART UNIT | 3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0077 (20130101) A61B 5/0261 (20130101) A61B 5/0295 (20130101) A61B 5/706 (20130101) A61B 5/743 (20130101) A61B 5/02055 (20130101) A61B 5/02141 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/02225 (20130101) A61B 5/02416 (20130101) A61B 5/6898 (20130101) A61B 2560/0462 (20130101) A61B 2562/0238 (20130101) A61B 2562/0247 (20130101) |
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| US 10398326 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRE (Washington, District of Columbia); TOPERA, INC. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An example system and method associated with identifying and treating a source of a heart rhythm disorder are disclosed. In accordance with therewith, a spatial element associated with a region of the heart is selected. Progressive rotational activations or progressive focal activations are determined in relation to the selected spatial element. A plurality of indexes of progressive rotational activations or progressive focal activations over time is formed. One or more indexes are selected from the plurality of indexes that indicate consistency of the successive rotational activations or the progressive focal activations in relation to a portion of the region of the heart. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473990 |
| ART UNIT | 3792 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0006 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/12 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 1/368 (20130101) |
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| US 10398338 | Ghoraani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behnaz Ghoraani (Boca Raton, Florida); Prasanth Ganesan (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for guiding a sensor to a location of a propagating wave source. The methods comprise: receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of signals generated by a plurality of electrodes of the sensor while the sensor resides at the first location in the object; processing, by the computing device, the plurality of signals to determine coordinates of an estimated location of the propagating wave source relative to the first location at which the sensor resides; and providing a visual aid facilitating sensor movement by plotting a dot on a grid overlaid on top of an object image displayed by the computing device. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/727393 |
| ART UNIT | 3792 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/046 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/725 (20130101) A61B 5/743 (20130101) A61B 5/04325 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/4836 (20130101) A61B 5/6858 (20130101) A61B 5/6886 (20130101) A61B 5/7282 (20130101) A61B 18/1206 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 34/20 (20160201) A61B 2017/00053 (20130101) A61B 2018/00351 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00904 (20130101) A61B 2034/2055 (20160201) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 30/20 (20180101) |
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| US 10398346 | Ghoraani et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behnaz Ghoraani (Boca Raton, Florida); Prasanth Ganesan (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for guiding a sensor to locate a source of a propagating wave. The methods involve: presenting an electronic display comprising an image representing an object in which the sensor is placed and a visual indicator representing the sensor; receiving signals generated by electrodes while the sensor resides at a first location in the object; determining a First Recommended Direction of Travel (“FRDT”) for the sensor based on the received signals; using the FRDT to generate a mask that is to cover at least a portion of the image representing a portion of the object that is absent of the source; and modifying the electronic display to include the mask overlaid on top of the image and an arrow showing FRDT. |
| FILED | Monday, May 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/595110 |
| ART UNIT | 3792 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/061 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/743 (20130101) A61B 5/6852 (20130101) A61B 18/1492 (20130101) A61B 2018/00351 (20130101) A61B 2018/00357 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) A61B 2018/00839 (20130101) A61B 2018/00904 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10398435 | Cohen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Microfabrica Inc. (Van Nuys, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microfabrica Inc. (Van Nuys, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam L. Cohen (Dallas, Texas); Christopher R. Folk (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of invention are directed to tissue approximation instruments that may be delivered to the body of a patient during minimally invasive or other surgical procedures. In one group of embodiments, the instrument has an elongated configuration with two sets of expandable wings that each have spreadable wings that can be made to expand when located on opposite sides of a distal tissue region and a proximal tissue region and can then be made to move toward one another to bring the two tissue regions into a more proximate position. The instrument is delivered through a needle or catheter and is controlled by relative movement of a push tube and control wire wherein the control wire can be released from the instrument via rotation in a first direction and can cause release of the approximation device from tissue that it is holding by rotation in the opposite direction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/019927 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 17/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 17/10 (20130101) A61B 17/083 (20130101) A61B 17/00234 (20130101) A61B 2017/081 (20130101) A61B 2017/088 (20130101) A61B 2017/00526 (20130101) |
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| US 10398556 | Criscione et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John C. Criscione (College Station, Texas); Saurabh Biswas (College Station, Texas); Michael R. Moreno (Bryan, Texas); Lewis D. Harrison (Highland Village, Texas); Dennis I. Robbins (Richardson, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CorInnova Incorporated (Houston, Texas); The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Criscione (College Station, Texas); Saurabh Biswas (College Station, Texas); Michael R. Moreno (Bryan, Texas); Lewis D. Harrison (Highland Village, Texas); Dennis I. Robbins (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and direct cardiac contact diastolic recoil device to improve diastolic recoil of a heart and includes a biocompatible film attached to or enclosing one or more structural elements that store elastic energy during heart contraction and release energy during heart filling. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 22, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 12/842005 |
| ART UNIT | 3792 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/2481 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2220/0008 (20130101) A61F 2250/0003 (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 1/12 (20130101) A61M 1/106 (20130101) A61M 1/122 (20140204) A61M 1/1008 (20140204) A61M 1/1068 (20130101) |
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| US 10398577 | Dillingham |
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| APPLICANT(S) | iFIT PROSTHETICS, LLC (Pewaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | iFIT Prosthetics, LLC (Pewaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy R. Dillingham (Merion Station, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An adjustable prosthesis system for a residual limb includes: an adjustable outer shell having a bottom, an adjustable inner volume, and an adjustable inner shape; at least one closure component attached to the outer shell and adapted to adjust the width of the inner volume and/or inner shape; an inner liner adapted to receive the residual limb and to be inserted in the inner volume; and an adjustable connector having a proximal end adjustably connected to a distal end of the outer shell and adapted to provide concurrently for a plurality of directional adjustments and/or angular adjustments of a position of the distal end of the outer shell relative to the proximal end of the connector, a distal end of the connector adapted to connect to a prosthetic device, wherein adjustments of the width(s) and the connector provide for a custom-like fit of the prosthesis on the residual limb. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/466227 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/54 (20130101) A61F 2/60 (20130101) A61F 2/64 (20130101) A61F 2/76 (20130101) A61F 2/78 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/80 (20130101) A61F 2/601 (20130101) A61F 2/7812 (20130101) A61F 2002/502 (20130101) A61F 2002/546 (20130101) A61F 2002/608 (20130101) A61F 2002/785 (20130101) A61F 2002/5018 (20130101) A61F 2002/5023 (20130101) A61F 2002/5026 (20130101) A61F 2002/5027 (20130101) A61F 2002/7818 (20130101) A61F 2002/7862 (20130101) A61F 2002/7875 (20130101) A61F 2002/7881 (20130101) |
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| US 10398651 | Yeo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoon Yeo (West Lafayette, Indiana); Joonyoung Park (West Lafayette, Indiana); Bo Sun (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A carrier free nanoparticle formulation with good circulation stability is made for anticancer drug delivery. Nanocrystals crystallized in the medium containing Pluronic F-127 then coated with albumin (Cim-F-Alb) had the smallest size and the most native albumin, and showed most favorable cell interaction profiles and better stability than commercial albumin based Abraxane formulation, while maintaining comparable cytotoxicity to those of Abraxane and solvent-dissolved paclitaxel (PTX). |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/624303 |
| 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 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 9/167 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/1641 (20130101) A61K 9/1652 (20130101) A61K 9/1658 (20130101) A61K 9/5161 (20130101) A61K 9/5169 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 47/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10398655 | Goldberg et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Privo Technologies, Inc. (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Privo Technologies, Inc. (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manijeh Nazari Goldberg (Newburyport, Massachusetts); Aaron Manzi (Peabody, Massachusetts); Brandon LaPorte (Peabody, Massachusetts); Amritpreet Birdi (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for delivery of a therapeutic agent to a site in mucosal tissue is provided. The system includes a porous, mucoadhesive polymeric matrix having a first and a second opposed surfaces. The matrix is formed by a composition including chitosan, a hydration promoter, a microparticle adhesion inhibitor, and a microparticle aggregation inhibitor. A plurality of microparticles are embedded within the matrix. The microparticles contain a therapeutic agent and have a coating around the therapeutic agent. The first surface of the matrix is configured to be attached to the site in the mucosal tissue and the matrix is configured to provide controlled release of the microparticles through the first surface. The coating of the microparticles includes chitosan so as to provide controlled release of the agent from the microparticles. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/436651 |
| ART UNIT | 3649 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 9/70 (20130101) A61K 9/485 (20130101) A61K 9/4866 (20130101) A61K 9/5036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 9/5161 (20130101) A61K 31/282 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/513 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/7068 (20130101) A61K 33/24 (20130101) |
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| US 10398659 | Towner et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rheal A. Towner (Piedmont, Oklahoma); Robert A. Floyd (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves the use of 2,4-disulfonyl phenyl tert-butyl nitrone (2,4-ds-PBN) in the treatment and prevention of gliomas. The 2,4-ds-PBN may be used alone or combined with other traditional chemo- and radiotherapies and surgery, to treat or prevent glioma occurrence, recurrence, spread, growth, metastasis, or vascularization. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/951699 |
| ART UNIT | 1627 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 33/10 (20160801) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/15 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/166 (20130101) A61K 31/175 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/185 (20130101) A61K 31/4748 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10398672 | Pattabiraman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Diwakar Pattabiraman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Bierie (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Wai Leong Tam (Singapore, Singapore); Robert A. Weinberg (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods that involve activating the Protein Kinase A (PKA) pathway to induce cancer stem cells (CSCs) to undergo a mesenchymal to epithelial transition. Methods provided herein are useful, in some embodiments, because they render CSCs amenable to treatment with conventional cancer therapies. In some embodiments, methods are provided that involve assaying PKA pathway activity to identify compounds that selectively target CSCs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/307657 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/352 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/704 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0093 (20130101) C12N 5/0695 (20130101) C12N 2501/727 (20130101) C12N 2506/30 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/5041 (20130101) G01N 33/5073 (20130101) G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/471 (20180101) |
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| US 10398678 | Marnett et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence J. Marnett (Nashville, Tennessee); Andy J. Liedtke (Nashville, Tennessee); Trevor M. Penning (Springfield, Pennsylvania); Adegoke O. Adeniji (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Michael C. Byrns (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compositions for inhibiting a biological activity of an aldo-keto reductase family 1, member C3 (AKR1C3) polypeptide. In some embodiments, the compositions are indomethacin derivatives that are AKR1C3-specific inhibitors. Also provided are methods for producing disclosed indomethacin derivatives that substantially lack cyclooxygenase inhibitory activity but that have AKR1C3 inhibitory activity, methods for inhibiting AKR1C3 polypeptide biological activities, and methods for treating prostate tumors in subjects. |
| FILED | Monday, February 19, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/899171 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/405 (20130101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 209/08 (20130101) C07D 209/26 (20130101) C07D 209/70 (20130101) C07D 231/56 (20130101) C07D 471/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10398680 | Burkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Burkin (Sparks, Nevada); Ryan Wuebbles (Sparks, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are α7β1 integrin modulatory agents and methods of using such to treat conditions associated with decreased α7β1 integrin expression or activity, including muscular dystrophy. In one example, methods for treating a subject with muscular dystrophy are disclosed. The methods include administering an effective amount of an α7β1 integrin modulatory agent to the subject with muscular dystrophy, wherein the α7β1 integrin modulatory agent increases α7β1 integrin expression or activity as compared to α7β1 integrin expression or activity prior to treatment, thereby treating the subject with muscular dystrophy. Also disclosed are methods of enhancing muscle regeneration, repair, or maintenance in a subject and methods of enhancing α7β1 integrin expression by use of the disclosed α7β1 integrin modulatory agents. Methods of prospectively preventing or reducing muscle injury or damage in a subject are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/979325 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/16 (20130101) A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/37 (20130101) A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/57 (20130101) A61K 31/277 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/421 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/498 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/541 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/4025 (20130101) A61K 31/4035 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) A61K 31/4365 (20130101) A61K 31/4402 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 31/5365 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/5383 (20130101) A61K 38/05 (20130101) A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 21/00 (20180101) A61P 25/00 (20180101) |
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| US 10398718 | Baasov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Technion Research and Development Foundation Limited (Haifa, Israel) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Technion Research and Development Foundation Limited (Haifa, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timor Baasov (Haifa, Israel); Dana Atia-Glikin (Schania, Israel); Jeyakumar Kandasamy (Trichy, India); Valery Belakhov (Haifa, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of pseudo-trisaccharide aminoglycosides having an alkyl group at the 5″ position, exhibiting efficient stop codon mutation readthrough activity, low cytotoxicity and high selectivity towards eukaryotic translation systems are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and uses thereof in the treatment of genetic disorders, as well as processes of preparing these aminoglycosides. The disclosed aminoglycosides can be represented by the general formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl; and all other variables and features are as described in the specification. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/914045 |
| ART UNIT | 1673 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/7036 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) Containers for Storage or Transport of Articles or Materials, e.g Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding Containers; Accessories, Closures, or Fittings Therefor; Packaging Elements; Packages B65D 79/00 (20130101) Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 1/00 (20130101) C07H 5/06 (20130101) C07H 13/04 (20130101) C07H 15/23 (20130101) |
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| US 10398721 | Kole et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland); PROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Bethesda, Maryland); UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND (College Park, Maryland); PROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Peabody, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ryszard Kole (Corvallis, Oregon); Francis S. Collins (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Michael R. Erdos (Severna Park, Maryland); Kan Cao (Bowie, Maryland); Leslie B. Gordon (Foxboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods of treatment in subjects having progeroid diseases and related conditions which rely upon LMNA-targeted antisense oligonucleotides for reducing expression of one or more aberrantly spliced LMNA mRNA isoforms that encode progerin. |
| FILED | Friday, October 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/727483 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/6455 (20170801) 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 2310/314 (20130101) C12N 2310/3233 (20130101) C12N 2310/3513 (20130101) C12N 2320/33 (20130101) |
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| US 10398742 | Ensign et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura Ensign (Towson, Maryland); Richard Cone (Baltimore, Maryland); Justin Hanes (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and materials for treating bacterial vaginosis (“BV”) are provided. Cervicovaginal secretions (“CVS”) from a woman with Lactobacillus crispatus-dominated (>50%) vaginal microbiota is transplanted to women with BV as a method for restoring beneficial vaginal microbial communities and/or increasing resistance to sexually transmitted disease. Efficacy can be enhanced, or the properties of the endogenous CVS improved, through administration of an acidifying agent such as lactic acid. The examples demonstrate the role of healthy CVS in disease resistance, and the effect of pH on CVS properties. The examples also describe the collection and transplantation of healthy beneficial CVS into women at risk for, or after treatment for, BV. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 10, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/536297 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/00 (20130101) A61K 9/19 (20130101) A61K 9/0034 (20130101) A61K 9/0095 (20130101) A61K 35/747 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10398743 | Gromeier et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthias Gromeier (Durham, North Carolina); John H. Sampson (Durham, North Carolina); Darell D. Bigner (Mebane, North Carolina); Annick Desjardins (Durham, North Carolina); Henry S. Friedman (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Human clinical use of a chimeric poliovirus construct has demonstrated excellent anti-tumor effect. The mechanism of action is believed to involve both viral oncolysis as well as immune recruitment, both of which lead to necrosis in the area of the tumor. No adverse effects have been observed. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/428510 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0085 (20130101) A61K 35/768 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 41/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 51/081 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 5/10 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/32611 (20130101) C12N 2770/32632 (20130101) C12N 2770/32671 (20130101) C12N 2770/32733 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/465 (20180101) |
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| US 10398749 | Burkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA (Reno, Nevada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO (Reno, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Burkin (Sparks, Nevada); Ryan Wuebbles (Sparks, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are α7β1 integrin modulatory agents and methods of using such to treat conditions associated with decreased α7β1 integrin expression or activity, including muscular dystrophy. In one example, methods for treating a subject with muscular dystrophy are disclosed. The methods include administering an effective amount of an α7β1 integrin modulatory agent to the subject with muscular dystrophy, wherein the α7β1 integrin modulatory agent increases α7β1 integrin expression or activity as compared to α7β1 integrin expression or activity prior to treatment, thereby treating the subject with muscular dystrophy. Also disclosed are methods of enhancing muscle regeneration, repair, or maintenance in a subject and methods of enhancing α7β1 integrin expression by use of the disclosed α7β1 integrin modulatory agents. Methods of prospectively preventing or reducing muscle injury or damage in a subject are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/019194 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/16 (20130101) A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/37 (20130101) A61K 31/41 (20130101) A61K 31/47 (20130101) A61K 31/53 (20130101) A61K 31/57 (20130101) A61K 31/277 (20130101) A61K 31/341 (20130101) A61K 31/343 (20130101) A61K 31/381 (20130101) A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/415 (20130101) A61K 31/421 (20130101) A61K 31/426 (20130101) A61K 31/444 (20130101) A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/496 (20130101) A61K 31/498 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/541 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/661 (20130101) A61K 31/4025 (20130101) A61K 31/4035 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4178 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) A61K 31/4365 (20130101) A61K 31/4402 (20130101) A61K 31/4418 (20130101) A61K 31/4709 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 31/5365 (20130101) A61K 31/5375 (20130101) A61K 31/5377 (20130101) A61K 31/5383 (20130101) A61K 38/05 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/39 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 21/00 (20180101) |
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| US 10398755 | Fini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Elizabeth Fini (Pasadena, California); Shinwu Jeong (Buena Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising clusterin and polypeptides substantially the same as clusterin and treatment methods for inflammatory diseases and dry eye disease. The pharmaceutical compositions include an isolated clusterin or an isolated polypeptide substantially the same as clusterin. The clusterin is preferably secreted clusterin. The method of treating dry eye disease includes administering to a patient in need an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isolated clusterin or an isolated polypeptide substantially the same as clusterin. The method of treating a disease state characterized by inflammation includes administering to a patient having the disease state an amount of isolated clusterin or a protein substantially the same as clusterin effective to decrease the activity of a matrix metallproteinase selected from the group consisting of MMP-9, MMP-2 and MMP-7. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/971862 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/08 (20130101) A61K 9/0048 (20130101) A61K 38/17 (20130101) A61K 38/1761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10398757 | Ghatnekar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | MUSC Foundation for Research Development (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gautam Ghatnekar (Charleston, South Carolina); Robert Gourdie (Charleston, South Carolina); Jane Jourdan (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions and methods for use in promoting wound healing and tissue regeneration following tissue injury in a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/825423 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/07 (20130101) A61K 38/08 (20130101) A61K 38/10 (20130101) A61K 38/177 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1709 (20130101) A61K 38/1767 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles A61L 31/08 (20130101) A61L 2430/34 (20130101) Peptides C07K 5/10 (20130101) C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/43581 (20130101) C07K 2319/01 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10398759 | Jonker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johan W. Jonker (Gronigen, Netherlands); Michael Downes (San Diego, California); Ronald M. Evans (La Jolla, California); Jae Myoung Suh (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The method provides methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, and fatty liver. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/703717 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 31/4439 (20130101) A61K 38/1825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 38/1825 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 47/60 (20170801) A61K 47/61 (20170801) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10398764 | Jaffee et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elizabeth Marion Jaffee (Lutherville, Maryland); Lanqing Huang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Lei Zheng (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | AnnexinA2 (ANXA2), a member of the Annexin family of calcium-dependent, phospholipid binding proteins, is one of a panel of identified antigens recognized by the post-vaccination sera of patients who demonstrated prolonged disease-free survival following multiple vaccinations. AnnexinA2 is abundantly expressed in pancreatic adenocarcinomas and cell surface/membrane AnnexinA2 increases with the progression from premalignant lesions to invasive pancreatic adenocarcinomas. The cytoplasmic to cell surface translocation of AnnexinA2 expression is critical for pancreatic cancer cell invasion. In addition, phosphorylation of AnnexinA2 at Tyrosine 23 is important for its localization to the cell surface and for the invasion of pancreatic cancer cells. Finally, loss of AnnexinA2 leads to the loss of the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/249534 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 39/0005 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/39558 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/575 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/303 (20130101) C07K 2317/73 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 2333/4724 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10398765 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | YALE UNIVERSITY (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dianqing Wu (Cheshire, Connecticut); Le Sun (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery that inhibition of Dickkopf2 (DKK2) increases CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity, attenuates tumor angiogenesis, and hence suppresses tumor formation. Thus, in various embodiments described herein, the methods of the invention relate to methods of treating cancer by administering to a patient an effective amount of DKK2 gene depleting agent, methods for providing anti-tumor immunity and anti-tumor angiogenesis in a subject, methods of stimulating a T cell mediated immune response to a cell population or a tissue and suppressing tumor angiogenesis in a subject. Additionally, the current invention includes methods of diagnosing a cancer or a predisposition of developing a cancer or a metastasis and methods for determining the use of immunotherapy treatment or cancer vaccine for treating cancer. Furthermore, the invention encompasses a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer as well as a kit for carrying out the aforementioned methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/322595 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/0011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 39/395 (20130101) A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/507 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 35/04 (20180101) Peptides C07K 16/18 (20130101) C07K 16/2818 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57496 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10398768 | Baric et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph Baric (Haw River, North Carolina); Douglas Widman (Carrboro, North Carolina); Boyd Yount (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Emily Gallichotte (Carrboro, North Carolina); Scott Royal (Carrboro, North Carolina); Aravinda Desilva (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jesica Swanstrom (Morrisville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions and methods of use comprising a chimeric dengue virus E glycoprotein comprising a dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone, which comprises amino acid substitutions that introduce an epitope that is recognized by an antibody from a dengue virus serotype that is different from the dengue virus serotype of the dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone. |
| FILED | Monday, November 02, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/523899 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 2039/575 (20130101) A61K 2039/5258 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 16/1063 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2319/40 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) C12N 2770/24123 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24171 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/18 (20130101) G01N 2333/185 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/53 (20180101) Y02A 50/386 (20180101) |
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10398772 — Ras pathways as markers of protection against HIV and methods to improve vaccine efficacy
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland); Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Genoveffa Franchini (Washington, District of Columbia); Rafick-Pierre Sekaly (Port Saint Lucie, Florida); Slim Fourati (Cleveland, Ohio); Mark Cameron (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Monica Vaccari (Washington, District of Columbia); Luca Schifanella (Bethesda, Maryland); Shari Gordon (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Melvin Doster (Beltsville, Maryland); Namal Malimbada Liyanage (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions including a therapeutically effective amount of an HIV immunogen in combination with an agent that stimulates the Ras pathway, wherein the agent is not an aluminum salt, are disclosed. Methods are also disclosed for inducing an immune response to HIV, and/or to inhibit or treat HIV infection, in a subject, using an HIV immunogen and an agent that stimulates the Ras pathway. Methods also are disclosed for determining if an immunogenic composition will induce a protective response, and/or to determine if an immunogenic composition is of use to prevent or treat an HIV infection. The methods including determining if the immunogenic composition increases the level of one or more components of the Ras signaling pathway. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/110400 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2039/53 (20130101) A61K 2039/70 (20130101) A61K 2039/55505 (20130101) A61K 2039/55516 (20130101) A61K 2039/55566 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2710/24042 (20130101) C12N 2740/15034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) C12N 2740/16234 (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 1/702 (20130101) C12Q 1/703 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6887 (20130101) G01N 33/6893 (20130101) G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2333/91102 (20130101) G01N 2333/91205 (20130101) G01N 2800/52 (20130101) |
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| US 10398784 | Mirkin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERITY (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Caroline H. Ko (Chicago, Illinois); David A. Giljohann (Chicago, Illinois); Janina Luciano (Champaign, Illinois); Samuel A. Jensen (Bloomington, Minnesota); Alexander Stegh (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Polyvalent nanoconjugates address the critical challenges in therapeutic use. The single-entity, targeted therapeutic is able to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and is thus effective in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Further, despite the tremendously high cellular uptake of nanoconjugates, they exhibit no toxicity in the cell types tested thus far. This property is critical for therapeutic agent delivery applications for reducing off-target effects. |
| FILED | Friday, December 29, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/858142 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/6923 (20170801) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/6929 (20170801) A61K 49/1851 (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 2320/32 (20130101) C12N 2320/35 (20130101) |
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| US 10399943 | Hoekstra et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Hoekstra (Durham, North Carolina); Christopher M. Yates (Raleigh, North Carolina); Mark Behnke (Poolesville, Maryland); Asaf Alimardanov (North Bethesda, Maryland); Scott A. David (Huntsburg, Ohio); Douglas Franklin Fry (Euclid, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a process for preparing compound 1 that is useful as an antifungal agent. In particular, the invention seeks to provide new methodology for preparing compound 1 and substituted derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 19, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/126392 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/30 (20130101) C07D 213/38 (20130101) C07D 213/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/06 (20130101) C07D 405/06 (20130101) |
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| US 10399948 | Conn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Jeffrey Conn (Nashville, Tennessee); Craig W. Lindsley (Brentwood, North Carolina); Kyle A. Emmitte (Aledo, Texas); Julie L. Engers (Brentwood, Tennessee); Katrina A. Bollinger (Murfreesboro, Tennessee); Megan M. Breiner (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are negative allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 (mGlu3), pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating depression, cognitive disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, or cancer in a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/549944 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 213/04 (20130101) C07D 213/69 (20130101) C07D 237/16 (20130101) C07D 239/52 (20130101) C07D 239/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 401/04 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blake R. Peterson (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound can be a fluorescent taxane derivative having a structure of Formula 1, salt, stereoisomer, tautomer, polymorph, or solvate thereof. Formula 1 can be defined as: L, L-NH, or L-NH—C═O is a linker; and R is a substituent, where —OH, —O−, —NH2, and NH—CH3 are examples. Examples of linkers can include glycine, beta-alanine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Pharmaceutical compositions can include the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and may be configured for intravenous injection. The fluorescent taxane derivative can be used to treat cancer and non-cancer diseases. The fluorescent taxane derivative can be used to monitor cellular efflux and determine whether a cell will efflux paclitaxel. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/940152 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 35/00 (20180101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 407/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/582 (20130101) |
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| US 10399966 | Tidwell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daniel Gedder Silva (Itutinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Ray Tidwell (Pittsboro, North Carolina); Donald Alan Patrick (Apex, North Carolina); Frederick S. Buckner (Seattle, Washington); Michael H. Gelb (Seattle, Washington); John R. Gillespie (Seattle, Washington); Daniel Gedder Silva (Itutinga, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel compounds that cross the blood-brain barrier and are effective inhibitors of neurological pathogens such as trypanosomes. The invention further relates to the use of these compounds for treating disorders related to trypanosomes and neurological pathogens. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 16/071048 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 31/00 (20180101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 417/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10399994 | Simon et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (Seattle, Washington); FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER (Seattle, Washington); ORICULA THERAPEUTICS LLC (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Oricula Therapeutics LLC (Seattle, Washington); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julian Simon (Seattle, Washington); Graham Johnson (Sanbornton, New Hampshire); Edwin W. Rubel (Seattle, Washington); David W. Raible (Seattle, Washington); Mario D. Gonzalez (Winchester, Massachusetts); Peter C. Meltzer (Lexington, Massachusetts); Weishi Miao (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions that include such compounds, for preventing or treating hearing loss. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions described herein prevent or treat hair cell death. In addition, the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions described herein protect against kidney damage in an individual receiving an aminoglycoside antibiotic. Methods of using the compounds, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, February 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/547438 |
| ART UNIT | 1629 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/439 (20130101) A61K 31/7036 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 27/00 (20180101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 495/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/411 (20180101) |
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| US 10399996 | Burns et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | VenatoRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Malvern, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | VENATORX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Malvern, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Burns (Malvern, Pennsylvania); Bin Liu (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Jiangchao Yao (Princeton, New Jersey); Denis Daigle (Street, Maryland); Steven A. Boyd (Chester Springs, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are compounds and compositions that modulate the activity of beta-lactamases. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit beta-lactamase. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Friday, September 09, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/261359 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/69 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/407 (20130101) A61K 31/546 (20130101) A61K 31/546 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium C07F 5/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10400006 | Pietras 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) | Richard J. Pietras (Sherman Oaks, California); Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles, California); Diana C. Marquez-Garban (Los Angeles, California); Gang Deng (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for treating or preventing hyperproliferative disorders, including cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, November 20, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/531245 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/085 (20130101) Steroids C07J 1/007 (20130101) C07J 41/0072 (20130101) C07J 41/0088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07J 43/003 (20130101) |
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| US 10400015 | Kwong et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Kwong (Washington, District of Columbia); Marie Pancera (Seattle, Washington); Tongqing Zhou (Boyds, Maryland); Ivelin Georgiev (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael Gordon Joyce (Bethesda, Maryland); Priyamvada Acharya (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Jason Gorman (Washington, District of Columbia); Yongping Yang (Potomac, Maryland); Aliaksandr Druz (Germantown, Maryland); Guillaume Stewart-Jones (Bethesda, Maryland); Rita Chen (Bethesda, Maryland); Gwo-Yu Chuang (Beethesda, Maryland); Ulrich Baxa (Frederick, Maryland); John Mascola (Rockville, Maryland); Rebecca Lynch (Washington, District of Columbia); Baoshan Zhang (Bethesda, Maryland); Cheng Cheng (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers stabilized in a prefusion mature closed conformation and methods of their use and production are disclosed. In several embodiments, the HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers and/or nucleic acid molecules can be used to generate an immune response to HIV-1 in a subject. In additional embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of the HIV-1 Env ectodomain trimers can be administered to a subject in a method of treating or preventing HIV-1 infection. |
| FILED | Friday, September 04, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/508885 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 39/21 (20130101) A61K 2039/55555 (20130101) A61K 2039/55561 (20130101) A61K 2039/55577 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/005 (20130101) C07K 14/435 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/1063 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16022 (20130101) C12N 2740/16034 (20130101) C12N 2740/16122 (20130101) C12N 2740/16134 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56988 (20130101) G01N 2333/162 (20130101) G01N 2469/20 (20130101) |
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| US 10400031 | Smith et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Govt. of the U.S.A. as rep. by the Secretary of the Dept. of Health and Human Services (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd G. Smith (Decatur, Georgia); Xianfu Wu (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a method of identifying a monoclonal antibody (or antigen-binding fragment thereof) that specifically binds a plurality of lyssaviruses for use in post-exposure rabies prophylaxis or in the treatment of clinical rabies. The method includes using a naïve antibody phage display library to screen for phage clones that bind whole recombinant rabies virus or cells expressing glycoprotein from multiple lyssaviruses (such as RABV, MOKV and WCBV) and/or specifically bind recombinant glycoprotein from different lyssaviruses. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 05, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/725557 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/31 (20130101) C07K 2317/33 (20130101) C07K 2317/52 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/569 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2760/20145 (20130101) C12N 2810/6081 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/56983 (20130101) G01N 2333/145 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne A. Marasco (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides antibodies that neutralize flavivirus and methods of use thereof. These antibodies are derived from mAb11 which recognizes West Nile virus E protein and is cross-reactive with members of the flavivirus family, including Denge virus. The antibodies of the present invention prevent antibody-dependent enhancement of a viral infection by having a modified Fc region that does not bind to the Fcγ receptor. The invented antibody is used to treat flaviviral infections and symptoms thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, November 20, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/818491 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/505 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/1081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 2317/24 (20130101) C07K 2317/71 (20130101) C07K 2317/76 (20130101) C07K 2317/524 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2770/24011 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/39 (20180101) Y02A 50/386 (20180101) Y02A 50/388 (20180101) Y02A 50/394 (20180101) |
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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) | Bin Liu (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In various embodiments various cancer specific antibodies and immunoconjugates are provided. In certain embodiments the antibodies specifically bind and are internalized into a prostate cancer cell, where the antibodies specifically binds cells that express or overexpress a CD46, and where the antibodies specifically bind sushi domain 1 of said CD46 (CD46 CPP1). |
| FILED | Friday, December 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/390378 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 47/6803 (20170801) A61K 47/6811 (20170801) A61K 47/6829 (20170801) A61K 47/6849 (20170801) A61K 47/6869 (20170801) A61K 51/1072 (20130101) A61K 51/1093 (20130101) A61K 51/1096 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/2896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 16/3069 (20130101) C07K 2317/21 (20130101) C07K 2317/34 (20130101) C07K 2317/56 (20130101) C07K 2317/77 (20130101) C07K 2317/565 (20130101) C07K 2317/567 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/57434 (20130101) G01N 33/57492 (20130101) G01N 2333/70596 (20130101) |
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| US 10400215 | Riddell et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Home (Duarte, California); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley R. Riddell (Sammamish, Washington); Susanna Carolina Berger (Seattle, Washington); Michael C. Jensen (Bainbridge Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of carrying out adoptive immunotherapy in a primate subject in need thereof by administering the subject a cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) preparation in a treatment-effective amount. The method comprises administering as the CTL preparation a preparation consisting essentially of an in vitro expanded primate CTL population, the CTL population enriched prior to expansion for central memory T lymphocytes, and depleted prior to expansion of effector memory T lymphocytes. In some embodiments, the method may further comprise concurrently administering Interleukin-15 to the subject in an amount effective to increase the proliferation of the central memory T cells in the subject. Pharmaceutical formulations produced by the method, and methods of using the same, are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/303385 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 39/0011 (20130101) A61K 2039/5158 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0636 (20130101) C12N 5/0638 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/85 (20130101) C12N 2501/2315 (20130101) |
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| US 10400220 | Wimmer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eckard Wimmer (East Setauket, New York); Steffen Mueller (Kings Point, New York); Bruce Futcher (Stony Brook, New York); Sam Shen (Iowa City, Iowa); Charles Stauft (Setauket, New York); Charles Ward (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an attenuated virus comprising a modified viral genome engineered to containing multiple nucleotide substitutions that reduce the codon pair bias of a virus protein encoding sequence relative to a first host while the codon pair bias relative to a second host is not substantially reduced. In another embodiment, the invention provides an attenuated virus comprising modified viral genome engineered to containing multiple nucleotide substitutions that reduce the codon pair bias of a virus protein-encoding sequence relative to a first host and a second host. The attenuated virus may be used in a vaccine composition for inducing a protective immune response in a subject. The invention also provides a method of synthesizing the attenuated virus. Further, this invention further provides a method for preventing a subject from becoming afflicted with a virus-associated disease comprising administering to the subject a prophylactically effective dose of a vaccine composition comprising the attenuated virus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 08, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/508695 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 39/12 (20130101) A61K 2039/5254 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 7/04 (20130101) C12N 2760/12221 (20130101) C12N 2760/12233 (20130101) C12N 2760/12234 (20130101) C12N 2760/12262 (20130101) C12N 2760/20062 (20130101) C12N 2770/24121 (20130101) C12N 2770/24122 (20130101) C12N 2770/24134 (20130101) C12N 2770/24162 (20130101) C12N 2800/22 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/386 (20180101) |
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| US 10400237 | Wang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shusheng Wang (New Orleans, Louisiana); Qinbo Zhou (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure provides compositions and methods of their use to impair angiogenesis in a patient to treat indications including, but not limited to, tumor growth, age-related macular degeneration, and metastasis. Also provided are compositions and methods for promoting angiogenesis in patients in need thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/448225 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/20 (20170501) |
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| US 10400242 | Chen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jianjun Chen (Cincinnati, Ohio); Xi Jiang (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) based on upregulating expression of microRNA-22 (miR-22), and a nanoparticle delivery system that utilizes FLT3-functionalized polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendromirs for targeted delivery of miR-22 and/or agents that upregulate expression of miR-22 to AML cells. |
| FILED | Friday, November 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/803190 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — 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 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 31/203 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 47/64 (20170801) A61K 47/595 (20170801) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 35/02 (20180101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/1135 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/141 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/321 (20130101) C12N 2310/3521 (20130101) C12N 2320/31 (20130101) C12N 2320/32 (20130101) |
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| US 10400266 | Marziali et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Marziali (North Vancouver, Canada); Joel Pel (Vancouver, Canada); Jason Donald Thompson (Vancouver, Canada); Gosuke Shibahara (Vancouver, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for separating, concentrating and/or detecting molecules based on differences in binding affinity to a probe are provided. The molecules may be differentially modified. The molecules may be differentially methylated nucleic acids. The methods can be used in fields such as epigenetics or oncology to selectively concentrate or detect the presence of specific biomolecules or differentially modified biomolecules, to provide diagnostics for disorders such as fetal genetic disorders, to detect biomarkers in cancer, organ failure, disease states, infection or the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/171027 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 7/023 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/101 (20130101) C12N 15/1003 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) C12Q 2527/146 (20130101) C12Q 2537/164 (20130101) C12Q 2565/125 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/543 (20130101) G01N 33/574 (20130101) G01N 33/689 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) G01N 2800/385 (20130101) |
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| US 10400274 | Huie et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | JAN BIOTECH, INC. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jan Biotech, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janet Lockwood Huie (Ithaca, New York); Jennifer Anastasia Nichols (Ithaca, New York); Deborah Allen Kuzmanovic (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions, reagents, methods, assays, and kits for quantitative and sensitive detection of target ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences, particularly target RNA sequences that contain RNA spliced sites, hairpin stem-loops or other topological configurations of RNA secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure, as well as linear RNA sequences. In some embodiments, fluorogenic modified-backbone oligonucleotide probes are employed for specific sequence hybridization across the target site, followed by chemical autoligation to produce a fluorescent molecule within the ligated probes. The autoligation detection reaction is performed isothermally or through thermocycling. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/625537 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7115 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16052 (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 1/702 (20130101) C12Q 1/703 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2565/101 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/16 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/391 (20180101) Y02A 50/465 (20180101) |
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| US 10400285 | Ambrosini et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grazia Ambrosini (Astoria, New York); Raya Khanin (New York, New York); Richard Carvajal (New York, New York); Gary K. Schwartz (Briarcliff Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for determining the likelihood that a subject suffering from a cancer will benefit from treatment with a MEK inhibitor. It also relates to methods of treatment based on such determination. The invention is based, at least in part, on the discoveries that DDX43 mRNA and protein are expressed at high levels in biopsies from “non-responder” UM patients and that selumetinib-resistant cell lines showed high DDX43 expression which correlated with increased expression and activity of RAS. It was found that KRAS and HRAS but not NRAS, mediated expression of pERK and pAKT, bypassing oncogenic GNAQ. The invention is further based on the discovery that selumetinib-resistant cells became sensitive to AKT inhibition, suggesting alternative strategies for the treatment of cancer patients with acquired resistance to MEK inhibitors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/061578 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4375 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5743 (20130101) G01N 2333/914 (20130101) |
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| US 10400286 | Markowitz |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanford D. Markowitz (Pepper Pike, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes methods and compositions for detecting and treating vimentin-associated neoplasia. Differential methylation of the vimentin nucleotide sequences has been observed in vimentin-associated neoplasia such as neoplasia of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and/or bladder. |
| FILED | Monday, January 23, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/413108 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Sugars; Derivatives Thereof; Nucleosides; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids C07H 21/04 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2600/16 (20130101) C12Q 2600/106 (20130101) C12Q 2600/112 (20130101) C12Q 2600/136 (20130101) C12Q 2600/154 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) |
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| US 10401082 | Coradetti et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | BioTillion, LLC (Skillman, New Jersey) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioTillion, LLC (Skillman, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Coradetti (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Hananel Davidowitz (Princeton, New Jersey); Theodore Altman (East Windsor, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a freezer system has one or more shelves, each shelf has shelf electronics and can receive one or more racks, each rack has rack electronics and one or more cells for receiving one or more boxes of samples, each box has one or more RFID tags. Freezer electronics communicate with the outside world and with each set of shelf electronics. Each set of rack electronics communicates wirelessly with the corresponding set of shelf electronics and with the corresponding box RFID tags. Power for the rack electronics is derived from wireless signals from the shelf electronics. The freezer system can detect the presence of racks on shelves and boxes on racks to track the location and the orientation of each received box. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/184815 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 1/00 (20130101) A01N 1/0242 (20130101) A01N 1/0252 (20130101) A01N 1/0268 (20130101) Refrigerators; Cold Rooms; Ice-boxes; Cooling or Freezing Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided for F25D 11/04 (20130101) F25D 13/02 (20130101) F25D 25/02 (20130101) F25D 29/00 (20130101) F25D 29/008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25D 2500/06 (20130101) F25D 2700/08 (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 10/087 (20130101) |
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10401141 — Method and apparatus for obtaining a three-dimensional map of tympanic membrane thickness
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois); Ryan L. Shelton (Champaign, Illinois); Paritosh Pande (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for combining a low coherence interferometry (LCI) technique for single-point thickness measurement with videootoscopy for recording the image of a tissue such as the tympanic membrane (TM). TM thickness distribution maps are obtained by mapping the LCI imaging sites onto an anatomically accurate wide-field image of the TM, generated by mosaicking a sequence of multiple small field-of-view video-otoscopy images. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/811999 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/227 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0046 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02041 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) |
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| US 10401156 | Boyle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Boyle (St. Louis, Missouri); Guy M. Genin (St. Louis, Missouri); Maiko Kume (St. Louis, Missouri); Robert B. Pless (St. Louis, Missouri); Stavros Thomopoulos (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Boyle (St. Louis, Missouri); Guy M. Genin (St. Louis, Missouri); Maiko Kume (St. Louis, Missouri); Robert B. Pless (St. Louis, Missouri); Stavros Thomopoulos (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for determining a quantification of the deformation of the sample is implemented using a computer device in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving, by the computer device, a first image of the sample and a second image of the sample. The method also includes registering the first image to the second image using a warping function. The warping function maps a plurality of pixels in the first image to a plurality of pixels in the second image. A first displacement field for the sample is determined based on the warping function, where the first displacement field includes at least a portion of the warping function. A first quantification of the deformation of the sample is determined based at least in part on the displacement field. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/110023 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/30 (20170101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) G06T 2207/30108 (20130101) |
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| US 10401295 | Jena et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prakrit Jena (New York, New York); Daniel A. Heller (New York, New York); Daniel Roxbury (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting a condition in a subject comprises the steps of contacting cells of the subject with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), monitoring photoluminescence emitted by SWCNTs internalized into the cells and generating an SWCNT emission profile, comparing the SWCNT emission profile to a control emission profile for the SWCNTs to produce a result, and determining a likelihood of having the condition in the subject based on the result from the comparing step. Also disclosed is a method for screening agents capable of changing endocytic environment using SWCNTs. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/313580 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/1455 (20130101) A61B 5/14546 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 5/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6428 (20130101) G01N 21/6486 (20130101) G01N 21/6489 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10401309 | Yun et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Sigray, Inc. (Concord, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sigray, Inc. (Concord, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenbing Yun (Walnut Creek, California); Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis (San Francisco, California); Janos Kirz (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention discloses a method and apparatus for x-ray techniques using structured x-ray illumination for examining material properties of an object. In particular, an object with one or more regions of interest (ROIs) having a particular shape, size, and pattern may be illuminated with an x-ray beam whose cross sectional beam profile corresponds to the shape, size and pattern of the ROIs, so that the x-rays of the beam primarily interact only with the ROIs. This allows a greater x-ray flux to be used, enhancing the signal from the ROI itself, while reducing unwanted signals from regions not in the ROI, improving signal-to-noise ratios and/or measurement throughput. This may be used with a number of x-ray measurement techniques, including x-ray fluorescence (XRF), x-ray diffraction (XRD), small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS), x-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy (XAFS), x-ray near edge absorption spectroscopy, and x-ray emission spectroscopy. |
| FILED | Sunday, June 05, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/173711 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 6/484 (20130101) A61B 6/508 (20130101) A61B 6/4007 (20130101) A61B 6/4291 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 23/201 (20130101) G01N 23/223 (20130101) G01N 23/20075 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/02 (20130101) G21K 2207/005 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 35/08 (20130101) H01J 2235/086 (20130101) H01J 2235/1291 (20130101) |
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| US 10401353 | Shepard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Shepard (Ossining, New York); Steven Warren (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Integrated circuits for a single-molecule nucleic-acid assay platform, and methods for making such circuits are disclosed. In one example, a method includes transferring one or more carbon nanotubes to a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, and forming a pair of post-processed electrodes on the substrate proximate opposing ends of the one or more carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/799044 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00653 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/48 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 51/0002 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0049 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) H01L 2224/45015 (20130101) H01L 2224/45015 (20130101) H01L 2224/45099 (20130101) H01L 2224/45099 (20130101) H01L 2224/45144 (20130101) H01L 2224/45144 (20130101) H01L 2224/48227 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/207 (20130101) H01L 2924/207 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) |
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| US 10401359 | Barker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Translational Genomics Research Institute (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bridget M. Barker (Flagstaff, Arizona); Patrick Pirrotte (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided to detect and treat a fungal infection. The method may include the steps of obtaining a sample from a subject suspected of having a fungal infection, detecting an Uncharacterized Fungal Protein (CIMG_09001/CPSG_01366) in the sample, and determining the presence on the fungal infection if the Uncharacterized Fungal Protein is detected. |
| FILED | Monday, August 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/677009 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 16/14 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/6854 (20130101) G01N 33/56961 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/37 (20130101) G01N 2800/26 (20130101) |
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| US 10401361 | Naleway et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marker Gene Technologies, Inc. (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marker Gene Technologies, Inc. (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Joseph Naleway (Eugene, Oregon); Fiona Karen Harlan (Eugene, Oregon); Jason Scott Lusk (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to substrates and methods for the visualization of intracellular organelles, such as the lysosome, peroxiosome, nucleus, Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Apparatus, based upon organelle enzyme activity. Such compounds represent a novel combination of chemically distinct enzyme substrates with targeting and detection substrates which are activated by enzyme activity inside target organelles to produce a detectable signal. The organelle targeted enzyme substrates of this invention are designed to provide high fluorescence at lower pH values found in some organelles and can be used for monitoring enzyme activity inside cells at very low concentrations. |
| FILED | Monday, December 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/837410 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/445 (20130101) A61K 47/64 (20170801) A61K 47/645 (20170801) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) C07K 7/08 (20130101) Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/34 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/531 (20130101) G01N 33/573 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5076 (20130101) |
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| US 10401458 | Edelman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Edelman (Highland Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Described here are systems and methods for generating projection angiograms with enhanced background suppression. Images are acquired with an MRI system at different echo times (e.g., a first and second echo time) in a given repetition time period. A mask image is generated based on the images, such as by computing a difference between the images. The mask image is scaled by different scale factors computed based on the different images. The scale factors are computed based on a ratio of a selected tissue signal (e.g., fat signal) in each image and the mask image. The scaled mask images are subtracted from the respective images and a projection angiograms are produced from these processed images. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/708824 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/4824 (20130101) G01R 33/4838 (20130101) G01R 33/5608 (20130101) G01R 33/5635 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10401604 | Shroff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland); Hari Shroff (Rockville, Maryland); Yicong Wu (Rockville, Maryland); Sara Abrahamsson (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hari Shroff (Rockville, Maryland); Yicong Wu (Rockville, Maryland); Sara Abrahamsson (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of a resolution enhancement technique for a light sheet microscopy system having a three objective lens arrangement in which one objective lens illuminates a sample and the second and third objective lenses collect the fluorescence emissions emitted by the sample are disclosed. The second objective lens focuses a first portion of the fluorescence emissions for detection by a second detection component, while the third objective lens focuses a second portion of the fluorescence emissions through a diffractive or refractive optic component for detection by a first detector component. A processor combines the images resulting from the first and second portions of the fluorescence emissions for generating composite images with increased axial and lateral resolution. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/511580 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 2021/6463 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/10 (20130101) G02B 21/16 (20130101) G02B 21/18 (20130101) G02B 21/0044 (20130101) G02B 21/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/0076 (20130101) G02B 27/42 (20130101) G02B 27/0075 (20130101) |
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| US 10401605 | Landry et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SCREEN HOLDINGS, CO., LTD. (Kyoto, Japan); THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Russell Landry (Stanford, California); Ryosuke Itoh (Stanford, California); Michael J. Mandella (Palo Alto, California); Olav Solgaard (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, including a structured illumination stage to provide a spatially modulated imaging field is provided. The system further includes a spatial frequency modulation stage to adjust the frequency of the spatially modulated imaging field, a sample interface stage to direct the spatially modulated imaging field to a sample, and a sensor configured to receive a plurality of fluorescence emission signals from the sample. The system also includes a processor configured to reduce a sample scattering signal and to provide a fluorescence emission signal from a portion of the sample including the spatially modulated imaging field. A method for using the above system to form an image of the sample is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, December 15, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/843692 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/6458 (20130101) G01N 2201/0675 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/0032 (20130101) G02B 21/0076 (20130101) G02B 21/0088 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 21/365 (20130101) G02B 21/367 (20130101) |
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| US 10401609 | Ou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoze Ou (Pasadena, California); Jaebum Chung (Pasadena, California); Roarke Horstmeyer (Palo Alto, California); Guoan Zheng (Vernon, Connecticut); Changhuei Yang (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain aspects pertain to Fourier ptychographic imaging systems, devices, and methods that implement an embedded pupil function recovery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/820295 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/002 (20130101) G02B 21/365 (20130101) G02B 21/367 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02B 27/58 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00134 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 7/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10402540 | Sarrafzadeh 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) | Majid Sarrafzadeh (Anaheim, California); Myung-Kyung Suh (Los Angeles, California); Mars Lan (Los Angeles, California); Hassan Ghasemzadeh (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed that monitor the health status of patients. Dynamic task management functions apply data analytics to discretize continuous data values from monitored patients, and apply association rule mining techniques to prioritized required user tasks, to minimize the number of daily action items required by patients. The remaining action items maximize information gain, thereby improving the overall level of patient adherence and satisfaction without losing health monitoring effectiveness. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/424941 |
| ART UNIT | 3626 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps F04C 2270/041 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 19/3418 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 5/025 (20130101) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 10/20 (20180101) G16H 50/20 (20180101) G16H 50/30 (20180101) |
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| US 10403007 | Gholipour-Baboli et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Gholipour-Baboli (Quincy, Massachusetts); Bahram Marami (Brookline, Massachusetts); Simon K. Warfield (Brookline, Massachusetts); Benoit Scherrer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Onur Afacan (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for processing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data of an object to perform motion correction. The method comprises estimating, for each slice of the MRI data, parameters for a state space model using a filter that predicts the location of the object for temporally adjacent slices, wherein the state space model represents motion dynamics of the object throughout acquisition of a three-dimensional volume, registering the slices to a reference image based, at least in part, on the estimated parameters, reconstructing an image based, at least in part, on the registered two-dimensional slices, and outputting the reconstructed image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 18, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/490321 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 11/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06T 2210/41 (20130101) |
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| US 10403121 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Microsensor Labs, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microsensor Labs, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Yang Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Jiapeng Huang (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting hand hygiene compliance is disclosed. Hand hygiene is important in various contexts, including hospital settings, home settings, work settings, and school settings. For example, a healthcare provider may wear a wristband, which may interact with a stationary controller that is integrated with or proximate to a hand cleaning agent dispenser. The interaction may be used to determine whether the healthcare provider has complied with hand hygiene protocols. Further, the wristband may be used to train healthcare providers or others (such as children) in proper hand hygiene. Further, the wristband may be used in other contexts, such as integrating hand hygiene monitoring and access control. Also, monitoring people when performing tasks, such as hygiene tasks, cooking, and moving about, may be beneficial to those with cognitive difficulties, such as dementia. A device for detecting the tasks being performed and providing reminders to the people regarding the tasks may help those with dementia. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/946537 |
| ART UNIT | 2686 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 1/00 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/18 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/10366 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 21/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 40/20 (20180101) |
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| US 10403767 | Zheng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yi Zheng (Kingston, Rhode Island); Alok Ghanekar (Kingston, Rhode Island); Gang Xiao (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A far-field radiative thermal rectification device uses a phase change material to achieve a high degree of asymmetry in radiative heat transfer. The device has a multilayer structure on one side and a blackbody on other side. The multilayer structure can consist of a transparent thin film of KBr sandwiched between a thin film of VO2 and a reflecting layer of gold. When VO2 is in its insulating phase, the structure is highly reflective due to the two transparent layers on highly reflective gold. When VO2 is in the metallic phase, Fabry-Perot type of resonance occurs and the tri-layer structure acts like a wide-angle antireflection coating achieved by destructive interference of partially reflected waves making it highly absorptive for majority of spectral range of thermal radiation. The instant structure can form the active part of a configuration that acts like a far-field radiative thermal diode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/039324 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 15/0233 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/861 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/00 (20130101) H01L 35/04 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramakrishna Mukkamala (Okemos, Michigan); Mingwu Gao (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining pulse transit time of a subject as a function of blood pressure. The method includes: measuring a proximal waveform indicative of the arterial pulse at a proximal site of the subject; measuring a distal waveform indicative of the arterial pulse at a distal site of the subject; defining a relationship between the proximal waveform and the distal waveform in terms of unknown parameters of a nonlinear model; determining the unknown parameters of the nonlinear model from the measured proximal waveform and the measured distal waveform; and determining pulse transit time for the subject as a function of blood pressure from the parameters of the nonlinear model. The nonlinear model can account for arterial compliance and peripheral wave reflection, where the arterial compliance depends on blood pressure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/011063 |
| ART UNIT | 3791 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10398327 | Estepp et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin R. Estepp (Centerville, Ohio); Ethan B. Blackford (Beavercreek, Ohio); Christopher M. Meier (Greenville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for non-contact cardiac assessment of a subject. Images of the subject are captured from at least two synchronized independent imaging devices spaced equidistant from the subject and positioned such that each imaging device captures an image of the subject different from other imaging devices. Spectral components of the captured images are extracted. The extracted spectral components are analyzed. A signal corresponding to cardiac information is identified in the extracted spectral components. The identified signal corresponding to the cardiac information is extracted from the extracted spectral components. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/131080 |
| ART UNIT | 3792 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0075 (20130101) A61B 5/02416 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/02433 (20130101) A61B 5/6887 (20130101) A61B 5/7214 (20130101) A61B 5/7235 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/46 (20130101) |
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| US 10398525 | West et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Colin L. West (King George, Virginia); Kelcy L. Seabolt (Leonardtown, Maryland); Philip Frank Heffner (Woodford, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin L. West (King George, Virginia); Kelcy L. Seabolt (Leonardtown, Maryland); Philip Frank Heffner (Woodford, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A bag is provided for a medical monitor attachable to a litter. The bag includes a housing satchel, an upper cowl, a harness, and first and second flaps. The upper cowl closes an upper opening through which the satchel receives the monitor. The first flap connects to a front side of the satchel from a bottom edge and secures at a top edge by detachable buttons. The first flap includes a window for viewing the monitor. The second flap connects to the first flap to reversibly cover the window. The harness attaches the satchel to the litter. The satchel further includes a utility pocket connected to the satchel at a bottom edge and flexible for rolling underneath the satchel. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/157146 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 50/30 (20160201) Original (OR) Class A61B 2050/005 (20160201) A61B 2050/314 (20160201) A61B 2050/3008 (20160201) A61B 2050/3015 (20160201) Transport, Personal Conveyances, or Accommodation Specially Adapted for Patients or Disabled Persons; Operating Tables or Chairs; Chairs for Dentistry; Funeral Devices A61G 1/04 (20130101) |
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| US 10398575 | Kampas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Philipp Kampas (Vienna, Austria); Martin Seyr (Vienna, Austria); Roland Pawlik (Vienna, Austria); Constantin Pop (Ternitz, Austria) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS GMBH (Vienna, Austria) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philipp Kampas (Vienna, Austria); Martin Seyr (Vienna, Austria); Roland Pawlik (Vienna, Austria); Constantin Pop (Ternitz, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic joint of a lower extremity with a resistance unit to which at least one actuator is associated, via which the bending and/or stretching resistance is changed depending on sensor data. During the use of the joint, status information is provided via sensors. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out such a method. According to the invention, the bending resistance is increased or not lowered in the standing phase, when an inertial angle of a lower leg part decreasing in the direction of the vertical and a front foot under pressure at the same time are identified. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
| APPL NO | 13/509244 |
| ART UNIT | 3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/64 (20130101) A61F 2/68 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2002/5003 (20130101) A61F 2002/5033 (20130101) A61F 2002/6818 (20130101) A61F 2002/7615 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) |
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| US 10398682 | Ketter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Patrick Ketter (San Antonio, Texas); Bernard Arulanandam (Helotes, Texas); M. Neal Guentzel (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Ketter (San Antonio, Texas); Bernard Arulanandam (Helotes, Texas); M. Neal Guentzel (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain embodiments are directed to methods and compositions for preventing or treating bacterial infections. In certain embodiments the compositions comprise thioredoxin inhibitors, and/or thioredoxin-like inhibitors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/905359 |
| ART UNIT | 1628 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/52 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/428 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/437 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 31/522 (20130101) A61K 31/4164 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4164 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) A61K 31/4196 (20130101) A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 31/5415 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10399710 | Thurn et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Government of the US, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Thurn (Costa Mesa, California); Philip A. Feerst (Vienna, Virginia); Ronald L. Sutton (Owings, Maryland); Stephen M. Koss (Springfield, Virginia); Robert W. Baldauff (Mechanicsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A twist capsule rotary joint system for passing a fluid through a pressure hull without a dynamic seal. A rotating cylindrical drum positioned outboard of the pressure hull is adapted to be driven in a reciprocating manner through an angle and backward through the same angle. At least one outboard pressure line or hose has a first end attached to a fixed connector that extends through the pressure hull near and radially outward of the rotating cylindrical drum. A second end of the outboard pressure line or hose is attached to a connector that extends through the top outboard surface of the drum. As the drum rotates, the pressure line wraps around the drum, or unwraps from the drum. In an exemplary embodiment, two pressure lines carry two-phase coolant through the pressure hull of a spacecraft in support of a rotating radiator that is adapted to rotate to present a minimum surface area toward the sun. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/079047 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/222 (20130101) B64G 1/503 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10399909 | Eckel et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL LABORATORIES, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zak C. Eckel (Thousand Oaks, California); Tobias A. Schaedler (Oak Park, California); Eric C. Clough (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of manufacturing an ordered cellular structure including a series of interconnected unit cells. Each unit cell includes at least one straight wall segment. The method includes irradiating a volume of photo-monomer in a reservoir with at least one light beam from at least one light source to form the ordered cellular structure. Irradiating the volume of photo-monomer includes directing the at least one light beam though a series of interconnected apertures defined in a photo-mask covering the reservoir. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/190486 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 38/0006 (20130101) C04B 38/0022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor; G03F 7/20 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10400322 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng Xu (Chandler, Arizona); Luping Li (Sunnyvale, California); Yang Zhao (Gainesville, Florida); Kirk Jeremy Ziegler (Gainesville, Florida); Justin C. Wong (Tall Timbers, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Various examples related to fabrication of thermally stable ultra-high density particle-in-cavity (PIC) nanostructures. In one example, a method includes disposing an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template onto a surface of a substrate; removing, from the AAO template, a support layer disposed on a side of the AAO template opposite the surface of the substrate; etching nanocavities into the surface of the substrate using the AAO template as an etch mask; and removing the AAO template from the surface of the substrate. The method can include fabricating the AAO template on an aluminum substrate by anodization of an aluminum film and removing the AAO template from the aluminum substrate after formation of the support layer on the AAO template. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/781359 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 14/30 (20130101) C23C 14/34 (20130101) C23C 14/5806 (20130101) C23C 16/0272 (20130101) C23C 16/453 (20130101) C23C 16/545 (20130101) C23C 16/45512 (20130101) C23C 16/45514 (20130101) C23C 16/45574 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 11/045 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A. Hudson (Harwinton, Connecticut); Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Manchester, Connecticut); San Quach (Southington, Connecticut); Matthew A. Devore (Rocky Hill, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges; first and second sides extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, each side having an exterior surface; a core passage located between the first and second sides and the leading and trailing edges; and a wall structure located between the core passage and the exterior surface of the first side. The wall structure includes a plurality of cooling fluid inlets communicating with the core passage for receiving cooling fluid from the core passage, a plurality of cooling fluid outlets on the exterior surface of the first side for expelling cooling fluid and forming a cooling film along the exterior surface of the first side, and a plurality of cooling passages communicating with the plurality of cooling fluid inlets and the plurality of cooling fluid outlets. At least a portion of one cooling passage extends between adjacent cooling fluid outlets. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 09, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/866134 |
| ART UNIT | 1735 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Foundry Moulding B22C 9/10 (20130101) B22C 9/24 (20130101) B22C 9/108 (20130101) Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/186 (20130101) F01D 5/187 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/211 (20130101) F05D 2260/204 (20130101) F05D 2260/2212 (20130101) |
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| US 10400612 | Freeman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rolls-Royce Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ted Freeman (Danville, Indiana); Todd Engel (San Francisco, California); Adam Chamberlain (Mooresville, Indiana); Aaron Sippel (Zionsville, Indiana); Sean Landwehr (Avon, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil and a method of manufacturing an airfoil may be provided, where the airfoil comprises a core and a shell. The core comprises core ceramic fibers extending along a span of the airfoil. The shell surrounds the core and includes shell ceramic fibers. Substantially all of the core ceramic fibers are arranged in a radial direction. The airfoil may also be a ceramic matrix composite formed by infiltrating the core and the shell with a matrix material. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/370824 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 5/147 (20130101) F01D 5/225 (20130101) F01D 5/282 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 5/284 (20130101) F01D 9/041 (20130101) F01D 25/005 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 29/023 (20130101) F04D 29/324 (20130101) F04D 29/542 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/30 (20130101) F05D 2300/6033 (20130101) F05D 2300/6034 (20130101) |
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| US 10400624 | Hagen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Hagen (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Linda I. Rivera (Norwalk, Connecticut); Alexander I. Khibnik (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for identifying timeframes for borescope inspections for a gas turbine engine, having: monitoring systems monitor engine conditions, derive engine condition information and communicate such information to processors; feature interpreter module electronically communicates (i) with processors to process engine condition information, and (ii) feature interpreter information to processors, such information defines a probability of a FOD event; accumulator module electronically communicates (i) with processors to processes feature interpreter information, stored information since a last borescope inspection, and (ii) accumulator information to processors, such information defines an accumulated probability of a FOD event; and predictor and inspection planner module electronically communicates (i) with processors to processes accumulator information and stored information defines a threshold limits for a probability of a FOD event, and (ii) predictor and inspection planner information to processors, such information identifies a timeframe for a next borescope inspections predicted to occur before a FOD event. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/590694 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — 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 21/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/80 (20130101) F05D 2260/82 (20130101) F05D 2270/71 (20130101) F05D 2270/305 (20130101) F05D 2270/311 (20130101) F05D 2270/312 (20130101) F05D 2270/313 (20130101) F05D 2270/333 (20130101) F05D 2270/8041 (20130101) Testing Static or Dynamic Balance of Machines or Structures; Testing of Structures or Apparatus, Not Otherwise Provided for G01M 15/14 (20130101) |
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| US 10400803 | Björnhov et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Corebon AB (Arlöv, Sweden) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | COREBON AB (Arlov, Sweden) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobias Björnhov (Falsterbo, Sweden); Rasmus Olsson (Göteborg, Sweden); Adam Nilsson (Lund, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A friction connecting means includes a receiving element and engagement elements. The receiving element has a pressure pocket provided with a carbon fiber composite material layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/125551 |
| ART UNIT | 3678 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices for Fastening or Securing Constructional Elements or Machine Parts Together, e.g Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips, Wedges, Joints or Jointing F16B 1/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Couplings for Transmitting Rotation; Clutches; Brakes F16D 1/0805 (20130101) |
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| US 10400878 | Balsiger et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derick S. Balsiger (Mayer, Arizona); Nicholas R. Van De Veire (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound harmonic drive assembly includes a ring gear assembly, a wave generator, a flex spline, and a rolling element. The wave generator is received within the ring gear assembly along the rotational axis. The wave generator has a body that extends radially between an exterior surface and an interior surface. The body defines at least one groove that extends radially from the exterior surface towards the interior surface. The flex spline is disposed between the ring gear assembly and the wave generator. The rolling element is disposed between the wave generator and the flex spline. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/298656 |
| ART UNIT | 3658 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 13/34 (20130101) B64C 13/38 (20130101) Gearing F16H 49/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 50/44 (20130101) |
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| US 10400915 | Nath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pulak Nath (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jen-Huang Huang (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are embodiments of magnetically controlled valve and pump systems that can be used to control and facilitate fluid flow in fluidic devices. Various types of magnetically controlled valves and pumps are described as well as methods of magnetically-controlling such valves and pumps. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/488119 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/00 (20130101) Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps F04C 2/14 (20130101) F04C 2/18 (20130101) F04C 14/24 (20130101) F04C 15/064 (20130101) F04C 18/14 (20130101) F04C 29/124 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 15/0005 (20130101) F04D 27/003 (20130101) F04D 27/005 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 2099/0094 (20130101) |
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| US 10401168 | Karvounis et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRX SYSTEMS, INC. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRX SYSTEMS, INC. (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Karvounis (Bowie, Maryland); Jared Napora (Severn, Maryland); Benjamin E. Funk (Hanover, Maryland); Dan Hakim (Silver Spring, Maryland); Christopher Giles (Elkton, Maryland); Carole Teolis (Glenn Dale, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are described for determining the elevation of tracked personnel or assets (trackees) that can take input from mounted sensors on each trackee (including barometric, inertial, magnetometer, radio frequency ranging and signal strength, light and GPS sensors), external constraints (including ranging constraints, feature constraints, and user corrections), and terrain elevation data. An example implementation of this method for determining elevation of persons on foot is described. But this method is not limited to computing elevation of personnel or to on foot movements. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/591946 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 5/00 (20130101) G01C 5/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01C 21/206 (20130101) |
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| US 10401222 | Land et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as Represente by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip P. Land (Ridgecrest, California); Samuel C. Thompson (Ridgecrest, California); Kaleep R. Williams (Ridgecrest, California); Robert P. Hartwell (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for imaging an object obscured by a distorted medium. The embodiments include an object emitting electromagnetic energy due to rapid heating. The electromagnetic energy for the object passes through the distorted medium. Embodiments combine an adaptive optics system, an adaptive holographic plates/filters system, an optical based multi-wavelength sensor system, and a phase diversity processor system to provide a corrected image of the object obscured by the distorted medium. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/113834 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry G01J 3/1838 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10401343 | Beshay |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Optech Ventures LLC (Torrance, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optech Ventures, LLC. (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manal Beshay (San Pedro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A distributed chemical sensor using an optical fiber having a cladding containing an indicator dye complexed with a heavy metal salt whereby the dye is rendered inactive and the heavy metal salt is preferentially functional to complex with a fluoride ion by cleaving from the dye. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/089627 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/0052 (20130101) G01N 33/0057 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10401393 | Levin et al. |
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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) | George A. Levin (Vero Beach, Florida); Paul N. Barnes (Silver Spring, Maryland); Charles C. Rong (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of measuring superconducting critical current in persistent mode using superconducting closed loops which allow the persistent current to flow without any joints. This persistent critical current is different than traditional resistive critical current that is the upper limit of the superconducting current carrying capacity, and provides the information about the range of critical current in persistent mode that is more close to applications in MRI, SMES, and Maglev operations. The measurement can be used as a quality control method in the manufacturing process and a piece of crucial information to magnet manufacturers for the design and fabrication of magnet. The superconducting materials include the second generation superconducting wires (coated conductors) based on Rare Earth (RE) Barium Copper Oxide superconducting material (REBa2Cu3O6+x, REBCO), or any other type of superconducting wires that can be manufactured in the form of tape. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/635664 |
| ART UNIT | 2852 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 15/207 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 19/0092 (20130101) G01R 33/1238 (20130101) G01R 33/1246 (20130101) |
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| US 10401418 | Tam et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Wing Shum Tam (San Diego, California); Gregory Alan Larson (Spring Valley, California); Christopher Agustin Dilay (San Diego, California); David Russell Hilton (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for nondestructive testing of a gas discharge tube (GDT) comprising: electrically connecting a first terminal of the GDT to a first port of a vector network analyzer (VNA); electrically connecting a second terminal of the GDT to a second port of the VNA; measuring S parameters with the VNA; determining GDT capacitance and insertion loss based on the measured S parameters; comparing the determined capacitance and insertion loss of the GDT with a threshold value to determine if the GDT is functional. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/452429 |
| ART UNIT | 2868 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 31/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10402498 | Marcu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SDL Inc. (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SDL Inc. (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Marcu (Manhattan Beach, California); Markus Dreyer (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method that includes receiving a result word set in a target language representing a translation of a test word set in a source language. When the result word set is not in a set of acceptable translations, the method includes measuring a minimum number of edits to transform the result word set into a transform word set. The transform word set is in the set of acceptable translations. A system is provided that includes a receiver to receive a result word set and a counter to measure a minimum number of edits to transform the result word set into a transform word set. A method is provided that includes automatically determining a translation ability of a human translator based on a test result. The method also includes adjusting the translation ability of the human translator based on historical data of translations performed by the human translator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/161651 |
| ART UNIT | 2659 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 17/2854 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 10/0639 (20130101) |
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| US 10402566 | Kibalo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Kibalo (Annapolis, Maryland); Ronald Scrofano (Los Angeles, California); Andrew Deeds (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A High Assurance Configuration Security Processor (HACSP) for a computing device may perform real-time integrity measurements of an actual bitstream run-time performance against what is expected. The HACSP may be self-contained and have a relatively small footprint. The HACSP may be vendor-agnostic, and may be a trusted system application for the computing device. The HACSP may ensure the security of user application bitstream load and update during device configuration, and may implement security mechanisms for independent secure trusted attestation and integrity measurement mechanisms to report and provide reliable evidence about the “trustworthiness” of the system during user bitstream execution. |
| FILED | Monday, August 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/224688 |
| ART UNIT | 2491 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/575 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10402573 | Galligan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Matthew Galligan (Delran, New Jersey); Nhan Nguyen (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); Timothy W. Degnan (Ambler, Pennsylvania) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Galligan (Delran, New Jersey); Nhan Nguyen (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania); Timothy W. Degnan (Ambler, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A breach resilient data storage system and method which encrypts, fragments, and stores data across a plurality of data stores, thereby requiring data being retrieved to be retrieved, recombined and decrypted before being accessible. The breach resilient data storage system and method includes, a plurality of storage containers, a client device from which data may be securely stored and securely stored data may be accessed, and a storage coordinator and a key keeper which track the encryption data and the placement and retrieval of fragmented data across the storage containers. Because the encrypted data is stored in fragmented bits, with none of the storage containers knowing what it is storing or having complete access to the complete set of data, a single compromised node in the system cannot be used to compromise the entire system or access any data. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/124514 |
| ART UNIT | 2435 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/60 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/2107 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/0819 (20130101) H04L 63/0807 (20130101) |
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| US 10402682 | Kirchner |
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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) | Matthew R. Kirchner (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are directed to image matching using local image descriptors thresholding. An image matching tool is associated with at least one electronic processor. The image matching tool is configured to determine a unique bin magnitude threshold descriptor for a test image and an image of a known object of interest stored in a database. The image matching tool determines a classification match of the test image to the image of a known object of interest. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/788503 |
| ART UNIT | 2669 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/4671 (20130101) G06K 9/6212 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06K 9/6267 (20130101) G06K 2009/4666 (20130101) |
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| US 10402728 | Thompson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION (El Segundo, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Guy Thompson (Purcellville, Virginia); Matthew Phillip Ferringer (Round Hill, Virginia); Ronald Scott Clifton (Leesburg, Virginia); Catherine F. Horan (Clifton, Virginia); Kyle D. Hanifen (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided to engage in multi-objective optimization where there may be potential solutions for evaluation (e.g., chromosomes) that each have one or more conditional genes. The value of each of the conditional genes in each of the chromosomes may be equivalent to one of a plurality of hidden genes in each of the chromosomes. The value of each of the conditional genes may be evaluated prior to determining objective values of each of the chromosomes. The objective values of each of the chromosomes may be used to evaluate the potential solutions embodied in the chromosomes and further drive to more optimized solutions. The use of the conditional genes in the chromosomes may reduce the amount of constraint violation checks that may need to be performed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/094521 |
| ART UNIT | 2156 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/126 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 10/54 (20130101) |
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| US 10402985 | Luo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gang Luo (Lexington, Massachusetts); Eliezer Peli (Boston, Massachusetts); Shrinivas Pundlik (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In some implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving data characterizing a plurality of digital video frames; detecting a plurality of features in each of the plurality of digital video frames; determining, from the detected features, a local scale change and a translational motion of one or more groups of features between at least a pair of the plurality of digital video frames; and calculating a likelihood of collision. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/590258 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for B60R 21/013 (20130101) B60R 2300/8093 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00369 (20130101) G06K 9/00805 (20130101) G06K 9/00825 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/207 (20170101) Original (OR) Class G06T 7/246 (20170101) G06T 2207/10016 (20130101) G06T 2207/20076 (20130101) G06T 2207/30248 (20130101) G06T 2207/30252 (20130101) G06T 2207/30261 (20130101) G06T 2210/21 (20130101) G06T 2219/2016 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 1/16 (20130101) G08G 9/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10403107 | Hill et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Andrew Hill (Campbell, California); Karen Marie Nashold (San Francisco, California); Zachary Flom (Redwood City, California); Erik Frank Matlin (San Jose, California); Robert A. Brown (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, and apparatus are discussed for a passive optical camera-based system to detect a presence of one or more vehicles with one or more cameras. A detection algorithm is applied to recognize of the presence of the one or more vehicles using one or more imaging processors and the one or more cameras to detect fluctuations in light intensity from scattered light and/or reflections off of that vehicle. Those scattered light and/or reflections are captured in images contained in a set of frames from the one or more cameras. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 06, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/643315 |
| ART UNIT | 2425 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeroplanes; Helicopters B64C 19/00 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00771 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/70 (20170101) G06T 7/285 (20170101) G06T 2207/10021 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 13/19602 (20130101) G08B 13/19604 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/144 (20130101) H04N 2013/0085 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Butler (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Kamaram Munira (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Javad Ghasemi Azadani (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are layered Heusler alloys. The layered Heusler alloys can comprise a first layer comprising a first Heusler alloy with a face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure and a second layer comprising a second Heusler alloy with a fcc crystal structure, the second Heusler alloy being different than the first Heusler alloy, wherein the first layer and the second layer are layered along a layering direction, the layering direction being the [110] or [111] direction of the fcc crystal structure, thereby forming the layered Heusler alloy. |
| FILED | Monday, April 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/477486 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/01 (20130101) B32B 15/043 (20130101) B32B 2457/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 5/04 (20130101) C22C 19/03 (20130101) C22C 19/07 (20130101) C22C 27/00 (20130101) C22C 38/002 (20130101) C22C 38/02 (20130101) C22C 38/04 (20130101) C22C 38/06 (20130101) C22C 38/14 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/12 (20130101) H01F 10/14 (20130101) H01F 10/16 (20130101) H01F 10/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 10/145 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fatemeh Rezaeifar Bayat (Los Angeles, California); Rehan Rashid Kapadia (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic electron emission device includes an emitter, a photonic energy conduit evanescently coupled to the emitter, and an anode. The emitter includes a component selected from the group consisting of a metal, a semimetal, a semiconductor having a bandgap that is less than about 3.5 eV. The anode is positively biased with respect to the emitter, the anode directing electrons emitted from the emitter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 18, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/956300 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 3/021 (20130101) H01J 40/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10403509 | Tadjer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Boris N. Feigelson (Springfield, Virginia); Nadeemullah A. Mahadik (Springfield, Virginia); Robert E. Stahlbush (Silver Spring, Maryland); Eugene A. Imhoff (Washington, District of Columbia); Jordan Greenlee (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marko J. Tadjer (Springfield, Virginia); Boris N. Feigelson (Springfield, Virginia); Nadeemullah A. Mahadik (Springfield, Virginia); Robert E. Stahlbush (Silver Spring, Maryland); Eugene A. Imhoff (Washington, District of Columbia); Jordan Greenlee (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for removing existing basal plane dislocations (BPDs) from silicon carbide epilayers by using a pulsed rapid thermal annealing process where the BPDs in the epilayers were eliminated while preserving the epitaxial surface. This high temperature, high pressure method uses silicon carbide epitaxial layers with a carbon cap to protect the surface. These capped epilayers are subjected to a plurality of rapid heating and cooling cycles. |
| FILED | Monday, April 06, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/679254 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/324 (20130101) H01L 21/02529 (20130101) H01L 21/02609 (20130101) H01L 21/02667 (20130101) H01L 21/3247 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/1608 (20130101) |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Joel T. Harrison (Henrico, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel T. Harrison (Henrico, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly is provided for mechanically severing ball grid array (BGA) attachment solder between an electronics chip and a printed circuit board. The assembly includes a bridge fixture, a tungsten wire and removable spacers. The bridge fixture extends over the chip. A pair of guide bars flanks the bridge fixture. each guide bar has a wire engagement surface. The tungsten wire is disposed across the chip between the pair of guide bars along their respective surfaces. The removable spacers are disposed between the corresponding guide bars and the printed circuit board for aligning the wire to engage the solder. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/616200 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/98 (20130101) H01L 24/799 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 2224/98 (20130101) H01L 2224/7999 (20130101) |
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| US 10403668 | Arbabi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea); CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea); CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir Arbabi (Pasadena, California); Seunghoon Han (Suwon-si, South Korea); Andrei Faraon (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An image sensor includes a substrate, thin lenses disposed on a first surface of the substrate and configured to concentrate lights incident on the first surface, and light-sensing cells disposed on a second surface of the substrate, the second surface facing the first surface, and the light-sensing cells being configured to sense lights passing through the thin lenses, and generate electrical signals based on the sensed lights. A first thin lens and second thin lens of the thin lenses are configured to concentrate a first light and a second light, respectively, of the incident lights onto the light-sensing cells, the first light having a different wavelength than the second light. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/221719 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus or Arrangements for Taking Photographs or for Projecting or Viewing Them; Apparatus or Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical Waves; Accessories Therefor G03B 35/10 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/14605 (20130101) H01L 27/14621 (20130101) H01L 27/14627 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 5/2257 (20130101) |
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| US 10403708 | Ergen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Onur Ergen (Berkeley, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Onur Ergen (Berkeley, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to solar cells. In one aspect a solar cell includes a first electrode, a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode, a first perovskite layer disposed on the hole transport layer, a cationic diffusion barrier disposed on the first perovskite layer, a second perovskite layer disposed on the cationic diffusion barrier, an electron transport layer disposed on the second perovskite layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer. The first perovskite layer comprises a different perovskite than the second perovskite layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/451842 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 28/75 (20130101) |
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| US 10403753 | Jonker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Berend T. Jonker (Waldorf, Maryland); Connie H. Li (Alexandria, Virginia); Kathleen M. McCreary (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to heterostructures including a layer of a two-dimensional material placed on a multiferroic layer. An ordered array of differing polarization domains and surface charges in the multiferroic layer produces corresponding domains having differing properties in the two-dimensional material. When the multiferroic layer is ferroelectric, the ferroelectric polarization domains in the layer produce local electric fields that penetrate the two-dimensional material. The local electric fields and surface charges can control the structural phase of the two-dimensional material, which in turn determines whether the two-dimensional material layer is insulating or metallic, has a band gap or no band gap, and whether it is magnetic or non-magnetic. Methods for producing the heterostructures are provided. Devices incorporating the heterostructures are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/819987 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/09 (20130101) Static Stores G11C 11/02 (20130101) G11C 11/14 (20130101) G11C 11/223 (20130101) G11C 11/5678 (20130101) G11C 13/0009 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/1933 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 29/24 (20130101) H01L 29/70 (20130101) H01L 29/516 (20130101) H01L 29/685 (20130101) H01L 29/735 (20130101) H01L 29/861 (20130101) H01L 29/6684 (20130101) H01L 29/7391 (20130101) H01L 29/78391 (20140902) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/0322 (20130101) H01L 43/08 (20130101) H01L 43/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10403836 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (Los Angeles, California); Qi Chen (Los Angeles, California); Huanping Zhou (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments of the present invention, a method of producing an organic-inorganic perovskite thin film includes depositing a layer of inorganic material on a substrate to form an inorganic film, and performing an organic vapor treatment of the inorganic film to produce an organic-inorganic perovskite thin film. The layer of inorganic material comprises an inorganic anion layer having a metal-ligand framework, and the organic vapor treatment provides organic cations capable of becoming inserted into the metal-ligand framework of the inorganic anion layer to form a perovskite structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/036023 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/60 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/0004 (20130101) H01L 51/0005 (20130101) H01L 51/0097 (20130101) H01L 51/4226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 10403894 | Tour et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas); Abdul-Rahman O. Raji (Houston, Texas); Rodrigo V. Salvatierra (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to electrodes that include a plurality of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a metal associated with the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. The vertically aligned carbon nanotubes may be in the form of a graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid material that includes a graphene film covalently linked to the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. The metal may become reversibly associated with the carbon nanotubes in situ during electrode operation and lack any dendrites or mossy aggregates. The metal may be in the form of a non-dendritic or non-mossy coating on surfaces of the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. The metal may also be infiltrated within bundles of the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Additional embodiments pertain to energy storage devices that contain the electrodes of the present disclosure. Further embodiments pertain to methods of forming said electrodes by applying a metal to a plurality of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/568186 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/06 (20130101) H01G 11/28 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) H01G 11/68 (20130101) H01G 11/86 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/045 (20130101) H01M 4/66 (20130101) H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/382 (20130101) H01M 4/587 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/625 (20130101) H01M 4/661 (20130101) H01M 4/663 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/027 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) |
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| US 10403918 | Converse et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Converse (Hampden, Massachusetts); Ping Yu (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system has a fuel cell. The fuel cell has a source of hydrogen and a source of oxygen containing gas. The hydrogen is connected for passage across the anode. The source of oxygen containing gas is connected to pass across a cathode. The fuel cell produces electricity. A catalytic oxidizer oxidizes hydrogen within the system. A cooling water circuit passes across cooling water passages in the fuel cell and cools the cathode. Cooling water downstream of the cooling water passages passes across the catalytic oxidizer to heat the catalytic oxidizer. An enclosed vehicle is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/611188 |
| ART UNIT | 1729 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers B63G 8/08 (20130101) B63G 2008/002 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/22 (20130101) H01M 8/0662 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/04029 (20130101) H01M 8/04231 (20130101) H01M 2250/20 (20130101) H01M 2250/405 (20130101) |
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| US 10404034 | Kaspi et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ron Kaspi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chi Yang (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A broad area quantum cascade laser subject to having high order transverse optical modes during operation includes a laser cavity at least partially enclosed by walls, and a perturbation in the laser cavity extending from one or more of the walls. The perturbation may have a shape and a size sufficient to suppress high order transverse optical modes during operation of the broad area quantum cascade laser, where a fundamental transverse optical mode is selected over the high order transverse optical modes. As a result, the fundamental transverse mode operation in broad-area quantum cascade lasers may be regained, when it could not otherwise be without such a perturbation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/137149 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 5/0655 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 5/3402 (20130101) H01S 2301/166 (20130101) |
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| US 10404150 | Swanson et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul D. Swanson (Santee, California); Brian B. Dick (San Diego, California); Maxwell Kerber (San Diego, California); Alex G. Phipps (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy harvesting device includes a core portion, a first magnet, and a second magnet. The core portion has an electrical output and can move from a first disposition to a second disposition. The first magnet is disposed to provide first magnetic field lines therethrough in a first direction. The second magnet is disposed to provide second magnetic field lines therethrough in a second direction. The core portion, the first magnet and the second magnet are arranged such that externally applied vibrations in a third direction normal to the first direction cause the core portion to oscillate between the first disposition and the second disposition. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/405191 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 35/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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10404181 — System and method for integrating hybrid energy storage into direct current power systems
| US 10404181 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhi Zhou (Selkirk, New York); Di Zhang (Niskayuna, New York); Dong Dong (Schenectady, New York); Tomas Sadilek (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular power conversion device includes at least one first-type energy storage device (ESD) configured to induce a first direct current (DC) voltage, and at least one active power link module (APLM) string coupled to the at least one first-type ESD. The at least one APLM string includes a plurality of APLMs coupled to each other. Each APLM of the plurality of APLMs has a plurality of switching devices including a first switching device and a second switching device coupled to each other in electrical series. Each APLM of the plurality of APLMs also has at least one second-type ESD coupled in electrical parallel with both of the first switching device and the second switching device. The at least one second-type ESD is configured to induce a second DC voltage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/237870 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/10 (20130101) H02J 1/102 (20130101) H02J 7/0013 (20130101) H02J 7/345 (20130101) H02J 9/00 (20130101) H02J 2001/002 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 3/33576 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02M 2001/0077 (20130101) H02M 2007/4835 (20130101) |
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| US 10404210 | Lemay et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee Lemay (San Diego, California); Eric Bozeman (La Mesa, California); Kari Moran (San Diego, California); Teresa Emery-Adleman (San Diego, California); Anirudha Siripuram (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cavity oscillator comprising: an amplifier operable to provide energy to a local oscillating signal; a superconducting resonant cavity arranged to receive the local oscillating signal and being operable to reflect a portion of the local oscillating signal for use in a feedback circuit, to support an electromagnetic wave related to the local oscillating signal in a desired TM mode, and to output a filtered signal of a desired frequency or frequencies based on the geometry of the cavity; a feedback circuit operable to generate an error signal based on the local oscillating signal and the reflected signal; and a phase shifter arranged operable to adjust the filtered signal based on the error signal to generate an adjusted filtered signal. The amplifier can amplify the adjusted filtered signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 02, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/969316 |
| ART UNIT | 2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/208 (20130101) Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 15/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10404211 | Civerolo et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (San Diego, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Civerolo (San Diego, California); Nicholas Johnson (San Diego, California); Nicholas A. Lumsden (Escondido, California); Christopher L. Lichtenberg (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A spot noise generator includes a mask component, a polyphase synthesizer, a first signal channel and second signal channel. The mask component has a narrowband noise input, a desired frequency channels word input, a first channel output and a second channel output. The narrowband noise input signal is a digital narrowband noise signal sampled approximately at the Nyquist rate. The desired frequency channels word selects one of the group consisting of the first channel output, the second channel output and a combination of the first channel output and the second channel output. The polyphase synthesizer synthesizes the first channel output signal, synthesizes the second channel output signal and outputs a desired noise signal based on the synthesized first channel output signal and the synthesized second channel output signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/001539 |
| ART UNIT | 2649 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 29/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Impedance Networks, e.g Resonant Circuits; Resonators H03H 17/0213 (20130101) H03H 17/0273 (20130101) |
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| US 10404265 | Farley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Xilinx, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | XILINX, INC. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brendan Farley (Donabate, Ireland); Bruno Miguel Vaz (Sao Domingos de Rana, Portugal); Darragh Walsh (Cork, Ireland) |
| ABSTRACT | An example apparatus includes a first transistor coupled between a supply node and a first node, a current mirror having a first side and a second side, and a second transistor coupled between the first node and the first side of the current mirror. The input buffer further includes a third transistor coupled between the first node and the second side of the current mirror, and a first capacitor coupled between a source and a drain of the second transistor. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/117650 |
| ART UNIT | 2845 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers H03F 3/305 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H03M 2201/518 (20130101) H03M 2201/8132 (20130101) |
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| US 10404299 | Petre et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Petre (Oak Park, California); Bryan H. Fong (Los Angeles, California); Shankar R. Rao (Agoura Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a cognitive signal processor (CSP) for signal denoising. In operation, the CSP receives a noisy signal as a time-series of data points from a mixture of both noise and one or more desired waveform signals. The noisy signal is linearly mapped to reservoir states of a dynamical reservoir. A high-dimensional state-space representation is then generated of the noisy signal by combining the noisy signal with the reservoir states. A delay-embedded state signal is generated from the reservoir states. The reservoir states are denoised by removing noise from each reservoir state signal, resulting in a real-time denoised spectrogram of the noisy signal. A denoised waveform signal is generated combining the denoised reservoir states. Additionally, the signal denoising process is implemented in software or digital hardware by converting the state-space representation of the dynamical reservoir to a system of delay difference equations and then applying a linear basis approximation. |
| FILED | Friday, March 02, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/910922 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/04 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10404371 | Zhou |
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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) | Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture for an optoelectronic oscillator uses Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) to seed, filter and amplify the oscillation signal in an overlapped oscillator loop for both a RF modulated optical sideband and a SBS signal. By phase matching the RF modulated optical sideband generated by SBS with the SBS signal, the feedback will collapse the bandwidth of the SBS signal and in turn the bandwidth of the Brillouin frequency signal, which also serves as a filter to filter out multiple undesired OEO loop modes. The embodiments herein result in reduced phase noise and increased stability. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 11, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/867853 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Generation of Oscillations, Directly or by Frequency-changing, by Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate in a Non-switching Manner; Generation of Noise by Such Circuits H03B 17/00 (20130101) Pulse Technique H03K 3/00 (20130101) Transmission H04B 10/2537 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 10/50577 (20130101) H04B 2210/006 (20130101) |
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| US 10404575 | McDonald et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas McDonald (Fort Collins, Colorado); Alan Davis (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A switching device comprising a substrate and multiple switches connected to the substrate to provide a switching function. Each of the multiple switches includes a plurality of ports that each utilize a corresponding connection to another switch or to an external device. Each of the ports of each switch are associated with an independently sized buffering queue, with a buffering queue size of at least a first port being different than a buffering queue size of a second port. |
| FILED | Monday, September 25, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/715026 |
| ART UNIT | 2472 — Multiplex and VoIP |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/122 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 47/12 (20130101) H04L 47/39 (20130101) H04L 49/15 (20130101) H04L 49/90 (20130101) H04L 49/109 (20130101) Selecting H04Q 11/0003 (20130101) |
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| US 10399044 | Majumdar et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | COMPACT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS, INC. (Newport, Delaware) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | COMPACT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS, INC. (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sudipto Majumdar (Newark, Delaware); Andrew Edward Feiring (Wilmington, Delaware); Ning Shangguan (Cherry Hill, New Jersey); Yosuke Koizumi (Bear, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite membranes comprised of at least two layers, one of the layers being a silver ionomer and a second layer which is a fluorinated polymer with certain permeability properties, are especially useful for the separation of alkanes from alkenes, Particularly useful is a three-layer composite membrane in which a porous layer is laminated to the second layer. |
| FILED | Friday, May 06, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/573442 |
| ART UNIT | 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/228 (20130101) B01D 69/02 (20130101) B01D 69/12 (20130101) B01D 71/26 (20130101) B01D 71/32 (20130101) B01D 71/34 (20130101) B01D 71/76 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01D 71/82 (20130101) B01D 2325/20 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 3/26 (20130101) B32B 27/08 (20130101) B32B 27/28 (20130101) B32B 27/205 (20130101) B32B 27/286 (20130101) B32B 27/322 (20130101) B32B 2307/70 (20130101) B32B 2307/724 (20130101) B32B 2307/732 (20130101) Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 7/144 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds C08F 4/34 (20130101) C08F 214/20 (20130101) C08F 214/202 (20130101) C08F 214/262 (20130101) C08F 216/1408 (20130101) C08F 216/1408 (20130101) C08F 216/1408 (20130101) C08F 216/1466 (20130101) C08F 216/1466 (20130101) C08F 2216/1475 (20130101) C08F 2216/1475 (20130101) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 61/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10399053 | Worsley 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) | Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California); Sergei Kucheyev (Oakland, California); Supakit Charnvanichborikarn (Livermore, California); Jeffrey D. Colvin (Pleasanton, California); Thomas E. Felter (Livermore, California); Sangil Kim (Pleasanton, California); Matthew Merrill (Dublin, California); Christine A. Orme (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described here is a metal-carbon composite, comprising (a) a porous three-dimensional scaffold comprising one or more of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide, and (b) metal nanoparticles disposed on said porous scaffold, wherein the metal-carbon composite has a density of 1 g/cm3 or less, and wherein the metal nanoparticles account for 1 wt. % or more of the metal-carbon composite. Also described are methods for making the metal-carbon composite. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/593189 |
| 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 13/0091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 31/022 (20130101) C01B 31/043 (20130101) C01B 31/0253 (20130101) C01B 31/0438 (20130101) C01B 31/0484 (20130101) C01B 32/23 (20170801) C01B 32/158 (20170801) C01B 32/182 (20170801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2006/10 (20130101) |
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| US 10399054 | Campbell 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) | Patrick Campbell (Oakland, California); Elizabeth Montalvo (Oakland, California); Theodore F. Baumann (Discovery Bay, California); Juergen Biener (San Leandro, California); Matthew Merrill (Dublin, California); Eric W. Reed (Ancram, New York); Marcus A. Worsley (Hayward, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed here is a composition comprising a nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel, wherein the nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel comprises a polymerization product of formaldehyde and at least one nitrogen-containing resorcinol analog. Also disclosed is a supercapacitor comprising the nitrogen-doped carbon aerogel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 12, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/648290 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 13/0091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/00 (20170801) Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/24 (20130101) H01G 11/34 (20130101) H01G 11/36 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/13 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| US 10399077 | Rego et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Daniel Rego (Las Vegas, Nevada); Kenneth R. Czerwinski (Seattle, Washington) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Rego (Las Vegas, Nevada); Kenneth R. Czerwinski (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This document provides a dual flask for laboratory use, methods of using a dual flask, and systems including a dual flask. A dual flask can include a first flask structure and a second flask structure. Each flask structure can include a body and a neck. The first body and the second body in a dual flask provided herein can be connected together and have a filter there between such that fluids can be filtered between said first and second bodies. |
| FILED | Monday, March 16, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/659241 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 3/569 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0861 (20130101) B01L 2400/0644 (20130101) |
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| US 10399092 | Baxter et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Larry Baxter (Orem, Utah); Christopher Hoeger (Provo, Utah); Aaron Sayre (Spanish Fork, Utah); Skyler Chamberlain (Provo, Utah); Kyler Stitt (Lindon, Utah); Eric Mansfield (Spanish Fork, Utah); Stephanie Burt (Provo, Utah); Jacom Chamberlain (Provo, Utah); Andrew Baxter (Spanish Fork, Utah); Nathan Davis (Bountiful, Utah) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sustainable Energy Solutions, LLC (Orem, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Baxter (Orem, Utah); Christopher Hoeger (Provo, Utah); Aaron Sayre (Spanish Fork, Utah); Skyler Chamberlain (Provo, Utah); Kyler Stitt (Lindon, Utah); Eric Mansfield (Spanish Fork, Utah); Stephanie Burt (Provo, Utah); Jacom Chamberlain (Provo, Utah); Andrew Baxter (Spanish Fork, Utah); Nathan Davis (Bountiful, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An air-sparged hydrocyclone for separating a vapor from a carrier gas is disclosed. The cyclone comprises a porous sparger covered by an outer gas plenum. A cryogenic liquid is injected to a tangential feed inlet at a velocity that induces a tangential flow and a cyclone vortex in the air-sparged hydrocyclone. The carrier gas is injected into the cyclone through the porous sparger. The vapor dissolves, condenses, desublimates, or a combination thereof, forming a vapor-depleted carrier gas and a vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid. The vapor-depleted carrier gas is drawn through a vortex finder and the vapor-enriched cryogenic liquid is drawn through an apex nozzle outlet. In this manner, the vapor is removed from the carrier gas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/439482 |
| ART UNIT | 1776 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 45/12 (20130101) B01D 53/002 (20130101) B01D 2258/0283 (20130101) Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing B01F 3/04 (20130101) Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g Cyclones B04C 5/04 (20130101) B04C 5/10 (20130101) B04C 5/13 (20130101) B04C 5/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B04C 5/081 (20130101) B04C 2009/008 (20130101) Liquefaction, Solidification or Separation of Gases or Gaseous Mixtures by Pressure and Cold Treatment F25J 3/061 (20130101) F25J 3/067 (20130101) F25J 3/0625 (20130101) F25J 3/0635 (20130101) F25J 3/0655 (20130101) F25J 3/0695 (20130101) F25J 2205/10 (20130101) F25J 2205/20 (20130101) F25J 2205/90 (20130101) F25J 2210/70 (20130101) F25J 2270/904 (20130101) F25J 2290/44 (20130101) Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG] Y02C 10/12 (20130101) |
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| US 10400240 | Marti-Arbona et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ricardo Marti-Arbona (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Scott Hennelly (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A ribonucleic acid (RNA) based modular regulatory element (MRE) for inhibiting translation of a target gene transcript in an organism (e.g. a pathogen) includes a first segment of RNA capable of forming a stem loop structure, a second segment of RNA downstream of the first segment of RNA and having a target sequence capable of binding to the target gene transcript (or polycistron lead gene transcript), and a third segment of RNA downstream of the second segment of RNA and being capable of forming a terminator hairpin downstream of the target sequence. Methods for assaying the role of a putative target gene in an organism include inhibiting expression of various target genes using the RNA-based MRE. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/884265 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2310/14 (20130101) C12N 2310/531 (20130101) C12N 2320/10 (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 1/18 (20130101) |
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| US 10400254 | Wu 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) | Weihua Wu (Livermore, California); John Michael Gladden (Alameda, California); Benjamin Chiau-Pin Wu (San Ramon, California); Ryan Wesley Davis (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to terpene synthases capable of degrading precursors into biofuel compounds, such as terpenoid compounds. In one instance, a transformed organism can include such terpene synthases, as well as vectors encoding such synthases. Methods of employing such synthases and organisms are also described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/066651 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/88 (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 5/007 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Enzymes C12Y 402/03014 (20130101) C12Y 402/03057 (20130101) C12Y 402/03072 (20130101) C12Y 402/03076 (20130101) C12Y 402/03078 (20130101) |
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| US 10400309 | Weimer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A Body Corporate (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W. Weimer (Niwot, Colorado); Aaron Palumbo (Westminster, Colorado); Illias Hischier (Boulder, Colorado); Boris A. Chubukov (Boulder, Colorado); Scott C. Rowe (Boulder, Colorado); Richard Fisher (Denver, Colorado); Arto J. Groehn (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and components suitable for carbothermal reduction processes are disclosed. Exemplary systems include a reactor, such as hybrid solarthermal-electric reactor, a solar thermal reactor, an electric reactor, or a reactor heated by gas combustion, a pellet source, a gas reactant source, and a vacuum source. The reactor can operate as a moving bed or pseudo moving bed reactor. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/915573 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Separation B01D 53/002 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 21/06 (20130101) C01B 21/0685 (20130101) C01B 21/0726 (20130101) Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 1/14 (20130101) C22B 5/10 (20130101) C22B 5/16 (20130101) C22B 19/20 (20130101) C22B 26/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10400351 | Borisevich et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albina Y. Borisevich (Knoxville, Tennessee); Stephen Jesse (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sergei V. Kalinin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Andrew R. Lupini (Knoxville, Tennessee); Raymond R. Unocic (Knoxville, Tennessee); Qian He (Cardiff, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for sculpting crystalline oxide structures for bulk nanofabrication is provided. The method includes the controlled electron beam induced irradiation of amorphous and liquid phase precursor solutions using a scanning transmission electron microscope. The atomically focused electron beam includes operating parameters (e.g., location, dwell time, raster speed) that are selected to provide a higher electron dose in patterned areas and a lower electron dose in non-patterned areas. Concurrently with the epitaxial growth of crystalline features, the present method includes scanning the substrate to provide information on the size of the crystalline features with atomic resolution. This approach provides for atomic level sculpting of crystalline oxide materials from a metastable amorphous precursor and the liquid phase patterning of nanocrystals. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/697541 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 1/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 19/10 (20130101) C30B 29/02 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/32 (20130101) C30B 30/00 (20130101) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 37/3005 (20130101) H01J 37/3174 (20130101) H01J 2237/31747 (20130101) |
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| US 10400574 | Kasten et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ansas Matthias Kasten (Niskayuna, New York); Juan Pablo Cilia (Delmar, New York); John Scott Price (Niskayuna, New York); William Robert Ross (Rotterdam, New York); Chengbao Wang (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Sudeep Mandal (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for inspecting integrity of a multi-barrier wellbore is described. The apparatus includes at least one source to generate radiation to impinge a target volume of the wellbore. The apparatus includes a source collimator having a plurality of alternating blocking channels and passing channels to direct radiation to impinge the target volume, such that the radiation directed from each passing channel forms a plurality of field of views extending radially into the target volume. The apparatus further includes at least one detector to receive backscatter rays arising from each respective field of view from the plurality of field of views and to generate an image representative of an inspected portion of the wellbore. The apparatus is useful for inspecting very small volumes in the multiple barriers of the wellbore and determine the integrity of the wellbore based on the different densities in the image of the inspected portion. |
| FILED | Monday, August 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/688102 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 47/0002 (20130101) E21B 47/0005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class E21B 47/0006 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 5/125 (20130101) Techniques for Handling Particles or Ionising Radiation Not Otherwise Provided For; Irradiation Devices; Gamma Ray or X-ray Microscopes G21K 1/02 (20130101) |
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| US 10400743 | Kelley et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Lee Kelley (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David Charles Maniaci (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brian R. Resor (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A wind turbine blade having a geometry that decreases the distance downstream at which freestream momentum is recovered is disclosed. The blade design increases the loading on the inboard portion of the blade and unloads the tip portion relative to a conventional blade designed to maximize power coefficient. A wind farm having a reduced inter-turbine distance and including one or more wind turbines having the new blade designs is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/979080 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Wind Motors F03D 1/0633 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10400754 | Rodriguez Tsouroukdissian |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arturo Rodriguez Tsouroukdissian (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A damping device for a wind turbine tower is disclosed having at least one upper mount extending from a tower structure, at least one lower mount extending from one of the tower structure or a tower foundation, at least one damping device extending only in a substantially vertical direction, the damping device having an upper connector coupled with the upper mount and a lower connector coupled with the lower mount, and at least one damper coupled between the upper connector and the lower connector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/672411 |
| ART UNIT | 3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/985 (20130101) Wind Motors F03D 13/20 (20160501) Original (OR) Class F03D 13/22 (20160501) Indexing Scheme Relating to Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors, to Machines or Engines for Liquids Covered by Subclasses F03B, F03D and F03G F05B 2220/706 (20130101) F05B 2240/95 (20130101) F05B 2240/912 (20130101) F05B 2240/2211 (20130101) F05B 2260/964 (20130101) Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for Damping Vibration F16F 15/02 (20130101) F16F 15/023 (20130101) |
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| US 10400915 | Nath et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pulak Nath (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jen-Huang Huang (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are embodiments of magnetically controlled valve and pump systems that can be used to control and facilitate fluid flow in fluidic devices. Various types of magnetically controlled valves and pumps are described as well as methods of magnetically-controlling such valves and pumps. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/488119 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/00 (20130101) Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines for Liquids; Rotary-piston, or Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps F04C 2/14 (20130101) F04C 2/18 (20130101) F04C 14/24 (20130101) F04C 15/064 (20130101) F04C 18/14 (20130101) F04C 29/124 (20130101) Non-positive-displacement Pumps F04D 15/0005 (20130101) F04D 27/003 (20130101) F04D 27/005 (20130101) Valves; Taps; Cocks; Actuating-floats; Devices for Venting or Aerating F16K 99/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F16K 2099/0094 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10401058 | Feng et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Carrier Corporation (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carrier Corporation (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yinshan Feng (South Windsor, Connecticut); Ahmad M. Mahmoud (Bolton, Connecticut); Parmesh Verma (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A system (20; 300; 500) comprises: a compressor (22) having a suction port (40) and a discharge port (42); an ejector (32) having a motive flow inlet (50), a suction flow inlet (52), and an outlet (54); a separator (34) having an inlet (72), a vapor outlet (74), and a liquid outlet (76); a first heat exchanger (24); at least one expansion device (28, 30; 520); a second heat exchanger (26); and a plurality of conduits and a plurality of valves (100, 120, 130, 140, 144, 148, 150; 100, 140, 144, 148, 150, 320, 340; 100, 120, 530). The conduits and valves are positioned to provide alternative operation in: a cooling mode; a first heating mode wherein the ejector has a motive flow and a suction flow and where utilizing a first expansion device (30; 520) of the at least one expansion device; and a second heating mode utilizing the first expansion device and wherein the ejector has a suction flow and essentially no motive flow. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 14, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/328604 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration Machines, Plants or Systems; Combined Heating and Refrigeration Systems; Heat-pump Systems F25B 13/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F25B 41/04 (20130101) F25B 41/043 (20130101) F25B 41/062 (20130101) F25B 2341/0011 (20130101) F25B 2341/0661 (20130101) F25B 2400/23 (20130101) F25B 2700/2106 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
10402168 — Low energy consumption mantissa multiplication for floating point multiply-add operations
| US 10402168 | Hasenplaugh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Hasenplaugh (Boston, Massachusetts); Kermin E. Fleming, Jr. (Hudson, Massachusetts); Tryggve Fossum (Northborough, Massachusetts); Simon C. Steely, Jr. (Hudson, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A floating point multiply-add unit having inputs coupled to receive a floating point multiplier data element, a floating point multiplicand data element, and a floating point addend data element. The multiply-add unit including a mantissa multiplier to multiply a mantissa of the multiplier data element and a mantissa of the multiplicand data element to calculate a mantissa product. The mantissa multiplier including a most significant bit portion to calculate most significant bits of the mantissa product, and a least significant bit portion to calculate least significant bits of the mantissa product. The mantissa multiplier has a plurality of different possible sizes of the least significant bit portion. Energy consumption reduction logic to selectively reduce energy consumption of the least significant bit portion, but not the most significant bit portion, to cause the least significant bit portion to not calculate the least significant bits of the mantissa product. |
| FILED | Saturday, October 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/283295 |
| ART UNIT | 2182 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/4876 (20130101) G06F 7/5443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10402327 | Roberts et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Roberts (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Ehsan Fatehi (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-uniform memory access system includes several nodes that each have one or more processors, caches, local main memory, and a local bus that connects a node's processor(s) to its memory. The nodes are coupled to one another over a collection of point-to-point interconnects, thereby permitting processors in one node to access data stored in another node. Memory access time for remote memory takes longer than local memory because remote memory accesses have to travel across a communications network to arrive at the requesting processor. In some embodiments, inter-cache and main-memory-to-cache latencies are measured to determine whether it would be more efficient to satisfy memory access requests using cached copies stored in caches of owning nodes or from main memory of home nodes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/358318 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 12/084 (20130101) G06F 12/0815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 12/0822 (20130101) G06F 13/1615 (20130101) G06F 2212/314 (20130101) G06F 2212/621 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
10403464 — 3D printed micro channel plate, method of making and using 3D printed micro channel plate
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| APPLICANT(S) | Robert G. Wagner (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Michael J. Pellin (Naperville, Illinois); Howard Nicholson (South Hadley, Massachusetts); Lei Xia (Chicago, Illinois); Jingbo Wang (Willowbrook, Illinois); Junqi Xie (Naperville, Illinois); Anil U. Mane (Naperville, Illinois); Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert G. Wagner (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Michael J. Pellin (Naperville, Illinois); Howard Nicholson (South Hadley, Massachusetts); Lei Xia (Chicago, Illinois); Jingbo Wang (Willowbrook, Illinois); Junqi Xie (Naperville, Illinois); Anil U. Mane (Naperville, Illinois); Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a gain device having a plurality of channels having a polygonal shape with four or more sides. The invention also provides a method for producing microchannel plates (MCPs) having the steps of providing a pre-polymer; and directing a laser over the pre-polymer into a pre-determined pattern. Also provided is method for efficiently 3D printing an object. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/718407 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| 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 64/135 (20170801) B29C 64/268 (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 10/00 (20141201) Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 1/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 9/125 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10403466 | Sommerer et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy John Sommerer (Ballston Spa, New York); Svetlana Selezneva (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas switch includes a gas-tight housing containing an ionizable gas, an anode disposed within the gas-tight housing, and a cathode disposed within the gas-tight housing, where the cathode includes a conduction surface. The gas switch also includes a control grid positioned between the anode and the cathode, where the control grid is arranged to receive a bias voltage to establish a conducting plasma between the anode and the cathode. In addition, the gas switch includes a plurality of magnets selectively arranged to generate a magnetic field proximate the conduction surface that reduces the kinetic energy of charged particles striking the conduction surface and raises the conduction current density at the cathode surface to technically useful levels. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/933602 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps H01J 17/06 (20130101) H01J 17/10 (20130101) H01J 17/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01J 17/20 (20130101) |
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| US 10403708 | Ergen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Onur Ergen (Berkeley, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Onur Ergen (Berkeley, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to solar cells. In one aspect a solar cell includes a first electrode, a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode, a first perovskite layer disposed on the hole transport layer, a cationic diffusion barrier disposed on the first perovskite layer, a second perovskite layer disposed on the cationic diffusion barrier, an electron transport layer disposed on the second perovskite layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer. The first perovskite layer comprises a different perovskite than the second perovskite layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/451842 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 28/75 (20130101) |
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| US 10403722 | O'Loughlin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Michael John O'Loughlin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Albert Augustus Burk, Jr. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Anant Kumar Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael John O'Loughlin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Lin Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Albert Augustus Burk, Jr. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Anant Kumar Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor die and a process for fabricating the semiconductor die are disclosed. The semiconductor die has a substrate and a silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial structure on the substrate. The SiC epitaxial structure includes at least a first N-type SiC layer, at least a first P-type SiC layer, and carbon vacancy reduction material, which has been implanted into a surface of the SiC epitaxial structure. Further, the SiC epitaxial structure has been annealed to mobilize the carbon vacancy reduction material to diffuse carbon atoms substantially throughout the SiC epitaxial structure, thereby increasing an average carrier lifetime in the SiC epitaxial structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/610993 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/322 (20130101) H01L 21/02664 (20130101) H01L 21/26506 (20130101) H01L 21/26513 (20130101) H01L 29/1608 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10403783 | Chin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Alan Chin (Mountain View, California); Cun-Zheng Ning (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Chin (Mountain View, California); Cun-Zheng Ning (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Reusable nanostructured substrates for forming semiconductor thin films, such as those used in solar cells, are configured with nanopillars to permit improved lift-off of thin films. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2019 |
| APPL NO | 16/261027 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0265 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02455 (20130101) H01L 21/02513 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 21/3086 (20130101) H01L 31/046 (20141201) H01L 31/184 (20130101) H01L 31/1844 (20130101) H01L 31/1896 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/035281 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/544 (20130101) |
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| US 10403810 | Singh et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deepak Kumar Singh (Columbia, Missouri); Brock Summers (Columbia, Missouri); Ashutosh Dahal (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic artificial honeycomb lattice comprising a multiplicity of connecting elements separated by hexagonal cylindrical pores, wherein: (a) the hexagonal cylindrical pores: (i) have widths that are substantially uniform and an average width that is in a range of about 15 nm to about 20 nm; and (ii) are substantially equispaced and have an average center-to-center distance that is in a range of about 25 nm to about 35 nm; and (b) the connecting elements comprise a magnetic material layer, and the connecting elements have: (i) lengths that are substantially uniform and an average length that is in a range of about 10 nm to about 15 nm; (ii) widths that are substantially uniform and an average width that is in a range of about 4 nm to about 8 nm; and (iii) a thickness of the magnetic material layer that is substantially uniform and an average thickness that is in a range of about 2 nm to about 8 nm; and (c) the magnetic artificial honeycomb lattice has a surface area, disregarding the presence of the hexagonal cylindrical pores, that is in a range in a range of about 100 mm2 to about 900 mm2. |
| FILED | Friday, May 11, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/978042 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static Stores G11C 11/16 (20130101) G11C 11/161 (20130101) G11C 11/5607 (20130101) G11C 19/02 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/26 (20130101) H01F 10/142 (20130101) H01F 41/20 (20130101) H01F 41/34 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/224 (20130101) H01L 43/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 43/10 (20130101) H01L 43/12 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10403880 | Ahmad et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Iftikhar Ahmad (Raleigh, North Carolina); Andrew Cardin (Cary, North Carolina); Clayton DeCamillis (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael Hampton (Raleigh, North Carolina); James E. Webb, Jr. (Garner, North Carolina); Pu Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); William Hicks (Saline, Michigan); Peter H. Aurora (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Iftikhar Ahmad (Raleigh, North Carolina); Andrew Cardin (Cary, North Carolina); Clayton DeCamillis (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael Hampton (Raleigh, North Carolina); James E. Webb, Jr. (Garner, North Carolina); Pu Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); William Hicks (Saline, Michigan); Peter H. Aurora (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for processing battery electrodes includes: a microwave applicator cavity with slots on opposite ends to allow a continuous sheet to move through the cavity in a first direction; a processing chamber constructed of microwave-transparent material, disposed within the applicator cavity and surrounding the continuous sheet, the processing chamber having slots to allow the continuous sheet to pass through it; a microwave power supply to deliver power to the applicator cavity; a source of heated gas providing a controlled gas flow through the processing chamber in a direction opposite the first direction; and, at least one non-contacting temperature measuring device positioned to measure a surface temperature at a selected location on the continuous sheet as it passes through the processing chamber. The apparatus is particularly suited for removing polar solvents from porous electrode coatings. A related method is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/330272 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Apparatus for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05C 9/12 (20130101) B05C 9/14 (20130101) Drying Solid Materials or Objects by Removing Liquid Therefrom F26B 3/04 (20130101) F26B 3/343 (20130101) F26B 3/347 (20130101) F26B 13/00 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 4/0471 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/1391 (20130101) H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) |
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| US 10403897 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, Germany) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gao Liu (Piedmont, California); Zhe Jia (Emeryville, California); Tianyue Zheng (Albany, California); Hui Zhao (Emeryville, California); Ann-Christin Gentschev (Munich, Germany); Thorsten Langer (Munich, Germany); Simon Lux (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite electrode prepared from silicon-graphene material and conductive polymer binder poly (1-pyrenebutyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) for use in lithium-ion batteries. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/600071 |
| ART UNIT | 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties H01B 1/20 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/133 (20130101) H01M 4/134 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) H01M 4/0402 (20130101) H01M 4/622 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/1393 (20130101) H01M 4/1395 (20130101) |
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| US 10403919 | Evans et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | ESS TECH, INC. (Portland, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | ESS Tech, Inc. (Wilsonville, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig E. Evans (West Linn, Oregon); Yang Song (West Linn, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An iron redox flow battery system, comprising a redox electrode, a plating electrolyte tank, a plating electrode, a redox electrolyte tank with additional acid additives that may be introduced into the electrolytes in response to electrolyte pH. The acid additives may act to suppress undesired chemical reactions that create losses within the battery and may be added in response to sensor indications of these reactions. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/711879 |
| 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 8/20 (20130101) H01M 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0002 (20130101) H01M 2300/0005 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/528 (20130101) |
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| US 10403922 | Bae et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-Jun Bae (Mountain View, California); Eric J. Shrader (Belmont, California); Ajay Raghavan (Mountain View, California); Peter Kiesel (Palo Alto, California); Saroj Sahu (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an electrochemical energy storage cell such as a battery or supercapacitor involves positioning a portion of a fiber optic cable that includes at least one optical fiber sensor over a current collector layer. The electrode material of the energy storage cell is deposited over the current collector layer and the fiber optic cable. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/338916 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Capacitors; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices or Light-sensitive Devices, of the Electrolytic Type H01G 11/06 (20130101) H01G 11/28 (20130101) H01G 11/50 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/0404 (20130101) H01M 10/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/48 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/7022 (20130101) |
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| US 10403930 | Farmer |
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| APPLICANT(S) | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Farmer (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-chemical energy conversion and storage device includes an enclosure, a first electrode operatively connected to the enclosure, a second electrode operatively connected to the enclosure, a nanofluid or particle suspension in the enclosure, a heat transfer unit, and a circulation system for circulating the nanofluid or particle suspension to the heat transfer unit. The nanofluid includes nanoparticles plus a dielectric or ionic fluid. The particle suspension includes particles plus a dielectric or ionic fluid. A wide range of nanoparticles or particles can be used. For example the following nanoparticles or particles can be used: metal and metal alloy particles for anodic dissolution and thermal transport; hydrides as source of hydrogen ions; lithium and lithium alloys; intercalated graphite and carbon aerogel as Li source (anodic material); intercalated transition metal oxide as Li sink (cathodic material); and semiconductors for photovoltaic conversion in photo-electrochemical or hybrid electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Friday, June 12, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/737754 |
| ART UNIT | 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles B60L 50/64 (20190201) B60L 58/26 (20190201) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/188 (20130101) H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/345 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 10/0561 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/0569 (20130101) H01M 10/613 (20150401) H01M 14/005 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 60/122 (20130101) Y02E 60/124 (20130101) Y02E 60/528 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation Y02T 10/705 (20130101) Y02T 10/7011 (20130101) |
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| US 10404062 | Wike et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | NuScale Power, LLC (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | NUSCALE POWER, LLC (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hughes Wike (Corvallis, Oregon); Ted Hough (Corvallis, Oregon); Drummond Fudge (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments are directed to fault-tolerant power-distribution modules (PDM). A PDM is included in a power plant to provide a portion of the power generated by the plant as a direct current (DC) signal for the operation of the plant. A power-distribution system distributes a portion of the power generated by the plant to one or more PDMs, as an alternating current (AC) signal. The PDMs provide electrical power to various plant loads. The plant loads may be related to the safety of the operation of the power plant. At least one of the plant loads is a non-safety related load. A PDM may be a DC power supply. The power plant may include one or more power-generating module (PGM) assemblies. At least one of the PGM assemblies may include a nuclear reactor. Accordingly, the power plant may be a modular nuclear power plant. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/135324 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 7/0052 (20130101) |
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| US 10404190 | Chapman |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Enphase Energy, Inc. (Petaluma, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Enphase Energy, Inc. (Petaluma, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick L. Chapman (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Technologies for communicating information from an inverter configured for the conversion of direct current (DC) power generated from an alternative source to alternating current (AC) power are disclosed. The technologies include determining information to be transmitted from the inverter over a power line cable connected to the inverter and controlling the operation of an output converter of the inverter as a function of the information to be transmitted to cause the output converter to generate an output waveform having the information modulated thereon. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/426712 |
| 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 1/102 (20130101) H02J 3/00 (20130101) H02J 3/38 (20130101) H02J 3/40 (20130101) H02J 3/46 (20130101) H02J 3/383 (20130101) H02J 3/386 (20130101) H02J 13/0024 (20130101) Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof H02M 1/084 (20130101) H02M 7/44 (20130101) H02M 7/81 (20130101) H02M 7/493 (20130101) H02M 7/5395 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Transmission H04B 3/54 (20130101) H04B 3/548 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/563 (20130101) Y02E 40/72 (20130101) Systems Integrating Technologies Related to Power Network Operation, Communication or Information Technologies for Improving the Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management or Usage, i.e Smart Grids Y04S 10/123 (20130101) |
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| US 10404193 | Saykally et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Energy, United States Department of (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J Saykally (Piedmont, California); Stephen J Harris (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments relate to materials, methods to prepare, and methods of use of a thermal electrokinetic microjet apparatus. The electrokinetic microjet apparatus includes a reservoir; a jet assembly fluidly communicating with at least the reservoir; and a target electrode spaced from at least the jet assembly. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/161761 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 1/24 (20130101) Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor C25B 1/04 (20130101) C25B 9/06 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 11/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10404714 | Masters et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | George W. Masters (Moscow, Idaho); Kylan T. Robinson (Colton, Washington); Rhett Smith (Kuna, Idaho); Bogdan Z. Kasztenny (Markham, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for physical access management of an access-controlled area of a distributed site of an electric power delivery system using one or more one or more articulated access control policies. In some embodiments, to authenticate rights to access an access-controlled area, a first user may provide an associated access control system with credentials satisfying first authentication requirements based on an applicable policy. In connection with subsequent access authentication requests, the access control system may accept credentials satisfying second authentication requirements that may be different than the first authentication requirements. In this manner, access control requirements to the access-controlled area may be managed based on an associated articulated policy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 14/823201 |
| ART UNIT | 2434 — Cryptography and Security |
| CURRENT CPC | Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/101 (20130101) H04L 63/105 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/06 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 10398323 | Mukkamala et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramakrishna Mukkamala (Okemos, Michigan); Mingwu Gao (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining pulse transit time of a subject as a function of blood pressure. The method includes: measuring a proximal waveform indicative of the arterial pulse at a proximal site of the subject; measuring a distal waveform indicative of the arterial pulse at a distal site of the subject; defining a relationship between the proximal waveform and the distal waveform in terms of unknown parameters of a nonlinear model; determining the unknown parameters of the nonlinear model from the measured proximal waveform and the measured distal waveform; and determining pulse transit time for the subject as a function of blood pressure from the parameters of the nonlinear model. The nonlinear model can account for arterial compliance and peripheral wave reflection, where the arterial compliance depends on blood pressure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
| APPL NO | 14/011063 |
| ART UNIT | 3791 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/02125 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10399220 | Guerin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelleher Guerin (Baltimore, Maryland); Gregory Hager (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for connection-driven generation of robotic user interfaces and modification of robotic properties include detecting a connection of a robotic peripheral to a robot; obtaining a peripheral property set corresponding to the robotic peripheral, wherein the peripheral property set includes one or more properties of the robotic peripheral; modifying, based on the peripheral property set, a robotic property set that includes one or more properties of the robot to provide a modified robotic property set; generating, during runtime, a robotic graphical user interface (“RGUI”) dynamically based on the peripheral property set, wherein the RGUI provides at least one user-accessible interface to control the robot and the robotic peripheral; and controlling, based on the modified robotic property set, the robot and the robotic peripheral in response to user input received via the RGUI. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/342053 |
| ART UNIT | 3664 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices B25J 9/161 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25J 9/1671 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/409 (20130101) G05B 2219/40095 (20130101) G05B 2219/40099 (20130101) |
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| US 10399316 | Wardle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian L. Wardle (Lexington, Massachusetts); Anastasios John Hart (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Enrique J. Garcia (Saragossa, Spain); Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for uniform growth of nanostructures such as nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes) on the surface of a substrate, wherein the long axes of the nanostructures may be substantially aligned. The nanostructures may be further processed for use in various applications, such as composite materials. For example, a set of aligned nanostructures may be formed and transferred, either in bulk or to another surface, to another material to enhance the properties of the material. In some cases, the nanostructures may enhance the mechanical properties of a material, for example, providing mechanical reinforcement at an interface between two materials or plies. In some cases, the nanostructures may enhance thermal and/or electronic properties of a material. The present invention also provides systems and methods for growth of nanostructures, including batch processes and continuous processes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 16, 2012 |
| APPL NO | 13/679371 |
| ART UNIT | 1786 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 37/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Nanostructures Formed by Manipulation of Individual Atoms, Molecules, or Limited Collections of Atoms or Molecules as Discrete Units; Manufacture or Treatment Thereof B82B 1/00 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/18 (20170801) C01B 32/162 (20170801) C01B 2202/08 (20130101) C01B 2202/36 (20130101) Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H C08J 5/005 (20130101) C08J 2363/00 (20130101) Chemical Features in the Manufacture of Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles or Ribbons; Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture of Carbon Filaments D01F 9/127 (20130101) D01F 9/133 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 20/582 (20151101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 156/10 (20150115) Y10T 428/24 (20150115) Y10T 428/269 (20150115) Y10T 428/292 (20150115) Y10T 428/2933 (20150115) Y10T 428/24994 (20150401) Y10T 428/24995 (20150401) Y10T 428/249942 (20150401) |
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| US 10400010 | Eisenberg 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) | David S. Eisenberg (Los Angeles, California); Alice Soragni (Los Angeles, California); Lin Jiang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates, e.g., to an inhibitory peptide or CPP inhibitor which specifically binds to p53 having an aberrant conformation (e.g., is aggregated or misfolded) and inhibits p53 amyloidogenic aggregation or restores proper folding of the misfolded protein. Methods of using the inhibitory peptide or CPP inhibitor (e.g. to treat subjects having tumors that comprise aggregated p53) are described. |
| FILED | Monday, January 22, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/877134 |
| ART UNIT | 1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) Peptides C07K 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07K 14/4711 (20130101) C07K 14/4746 (20130101) C07K 2319/10 (20130101) C07K 2319/33 (20130101) C07K 2319/70 (20130101) Bioinformatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Genetic or Protein-related Data Processing in Computational Molecular Biology G16B 15/00 (20190201) G16B 20/00 (20190201) |
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| US 10400064 | Grinstaff et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Grinstaff (Brookline, Massachusetts); Heng Zhang (Boston, Massachusetts); Iriny Ekladious (Bayonne, New Jersey); Marlena D. Konieczynska (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides polymer compositions, compounds, processes, and methods of use of the polymers for drug delivery, biodegradable consumer plastics, or solvents for Li-based batteries or supercapacitors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/529462 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/337 (20130101) A61K 47/59 (20170801) Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds C08G 64/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C08G 64/42 (20130101) C08G 64/0208 (20130101) C08G 2230/00 (20130101) |
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| US 10400225 | Voytas et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel F. Voytas (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Adam J. Bogdanove (Ithaca, New York); Feng Zhang (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods related to gene targeting (e.g., gene targeting with transcription activator-like effector nucleases; “TALENS”) are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, August 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/681909 |
| ART UNIT | 1663 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 9/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/01 (20130101) C12N 15/62 (20130101) C12N 15/63 (20130101) C12N 15/102 (20130101) C12N 15/1082 (20130101) C12N 15/8213 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/21004 (20130101) |
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| US 10400322 | Xu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cheng Xu (Chandler, Arizona); Luping Li (Sunnyvale, California); Yang Zhao (Gainesville, Florida); Kirk Jeremy Ziegler (Gainesville, Florida); Justin C. Wong (Tall Timbers, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Various examples related to fabrication of thermally stable ultra-high density particle-in-cavity (PIC) nanostructures. In one example, a method includes disposing an anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) template onto a surface of a substrate; removing, from the AAO template, a support layer disposed on a side of the AAO template opposite the surface of the substrate; etching nanocavities into the surface of the substrate using the AAO template as an etch mask; and removing the AAO template from the surface of the substrate. The method can include fabricating the AAO template on an aluminum substrate by anodization of an aluminum film and removing the AAO template from the aluminum substrate after formation of the support layer on the AAO template. |
| FILED | Friday, December 02, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/781359 |
| ART UNIT | 1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) B82Y 99/00 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C23C 14/30 (20130101) C23C 14/34 (20130101) C23C 14/5806 (20130101) C23C 16/0272 (20130101) C23C 16/453 (20130101) C23C 16/545 (20130101) C23C 16/45512 (20130101) C23C 16/45514 (20130101) C23C 16/45574 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 11/045 (20130101) |
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| US 10400560 | Campanella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Loci Controls, Inc. (Fall River, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loci Controls, Inc. (Fall River, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Campanella (Somerville, Massachusetts); Joseph G. Michels (New York, New York); Peter Quigley (Duxbury, Massachusetts); Ian Martin (Sharon, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas, the system comprising: at least one atmospheric pressure sensor configured to measure atmospheric pressure; at least one flow control mechanism disposed in well piping and configured to control flow of the landfill gas through the well piping; and at least one processor configured to perform: obtaining a first atmospheric pressure; obtaining a second atmospheric pressure value; determining whether the second atmospheric pressure value is greater than the first atmospheric pressure value; when it is determined that the second atmospheric pressure value is greater than the first atmospheric pressure value, controlling the at least one flow control mechanism to decrease the flow rate of landfill gas; and when it is determined that the second atmospheric pressure value is less than the first atmospheric pressure value, controlling the at least one flow control mechanism to increase the flow rate of landfill gas. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/493201 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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10401141 — Method and apparatus for obtaining a three-dimensional map of tympanic membrane thickness
| US 10401141 | Boppart et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen A. Boppart (Champaign, Illinois); Ryan L. Shelton (Champaign, Illinois); Paritosh Pande (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for combining a low coherence interferometry (LCI) technique for single-point thickness measurement with videootoscopy for recording the image of a tissue such as the tympanic membrane (TM). TM thickness distribution maps are obtained by mapping the LCI imaging sites onto an anatomically accurate wide-field image of the TM, generated by mosaicking a sequence of multiple small field-of-view video-otoscopy images. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/811999 |
| ART UNIT | 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 1/227 (20130101) A61B 5/0066 (20130101) A61B 5/7257 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0046 (20130101) Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02041 (20130101) G01B 9/02091 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/4795 (20130101) |
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| US 10401156 | Boyle et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | John J. Boyle (St. Louis, Missouri); Guy M. Genin (St. Louis, Missouri); Maiko Kume (St. Louis, Missouri); Robert B. Pless (St. Louis, Missouri); Stavros Thomopoulos (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Boyle (St. Louis, Missouri); Guy M. Genin (St. Louis, Missouri); Maiko Kume (St. Louis, Missouri); Robert B. Pless (St. Louis, Missouri); Stavros Thomopoulos (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for determining a quantification of the deformation of the sample is implemented using a computer device in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving, by the computer device, a first image of the sample and a second image of the sample. The method also includes registering the first image to the second image using a warping function. The warping function maps a plurality of pixels in the first image to a plurality of pixels in the second image. A first displacement field for the sample is determined based on the warping function, where the first displacement field includes at least a portion of the warping function. A first quantification of the deformation of the sample is determined based at least in part on the displacement field. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 23, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 16/110023 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 11/16 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 7/30 (20170101) G06T 2207/10004 (20130101) G06T 2207/30024 (20130101) G06T 2207/30108 (20130101) |
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| US 10401353 | Shepard et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Shepard (Ossining, New York); Steven Warren (White Plains, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Integrated circuits for a single-molecule nucleic-acid assay platform, and methods for making such circuits are disclosed. In one example, a method includes transferring one or more carbon nanotubes to a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, and forming a pair of post-processed electrodes on the substrate proximate opposing ends of the one or more carbon nanotubes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 31, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/799044 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 2219/00653 (20130101) B01J 2219/00722 (20130101) Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502707 (20130101) B01L 7/52 (20130101) B01L 2300/0645 (20130101) B01L 2300/0663 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2300/0896 (20130101) B01L 2300/1827 (20130101) Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 15/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/4145 (20130101) G01N 27/4146 (20130101) G01N 33/5308 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 24/48 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 51/0002 (20130101) H01L 51/0048 (20130101) H01L 51/0049 (20130101) H01L 51/0558 (20130101) H01L 2224/45015 (20130101) H01L 2224/45015 (20130101) H01L 2224/45099 (20130101) H01L 2224/45099 (20130101) H01L 2224/45144 (20130101) H01L 2224/45144 (20130101) H01L 2224/48227 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/00014 (20130101) H01L 2924/207 (20130101) H01L 2924/207 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) H01L 2924/12032 (20130101) |
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| US 10401488 | Chawla et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia); Kirti Chawla (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gabriel Robins (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirti Chawla (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gabriel Robins (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and machine readable media that enable object localization with an RFID infrastructure. Localization is performed by modeling the distance-decaying behavior of received signal strength. Selection of optimally performing tag types and the use of uniformly sensitive tags of those optimal tag types further enhances localization accuracy. When these components are combined, RFID becomes a feasible way to locate moving and stationary objects in a 3D environment that includes other objects, as well as noise and signal pollution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/899399 |
| ART UNIT | 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 5/14 (20130101) G01S 5/021 (20130101) G01S 11/06 (20130101) G01S 13/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10401793 | Nolte |
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| APPLICANT(S) | PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Nolte (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Motility contrast imaging (MCI) is a depth-resolved holographic technique to extract cellular and subcellular motion inside tissue. The holographic basis of the measurement technique makes it highly susceptible to mechanical motion. The motility contrast application, in particular, preferably includes increased mechanical stability because the signal is based on time-varying changes caused by cellular motion, which should not be confused with mechanical motion of the system. Apparatus for motility contrast imaging that provides increased mechanical stability are disclosed. It is based on common-path configurations, in which the signal and reference beams share optical elements in their paths to the detector. The two beams share mechanical motions in common, and hence those motions do not contribute to the signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/359108 |
| ART UNIT | 2481 — Recording and Compression |
| CURRENT CPC | Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/453 (20130101) G01N 21/4795 (20130101) G01N 2021/479 (20130101) Holographic Processes or Apparatus G03H 1/0443 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G03H 2001/045 (20130101) |
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| US 10403043 | Kaufman et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Qi Sun (Centereach, New York); Li-Yi Wei (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of generating a progressive representation associated with virtual and physical reality image data is disclosed. The system receives virtual image data associated with a virtual scene map of a virtual scene, and receives physical image data from the image capturing device, associated with a physical environment of a real scene. Perimeter information of the physical environment is determined. Boundary information of an obstacle associated with the physical environment is determined. A real scene map associated with the physical environment including an obstacle and one or more free space areas is generated. A corresponding virtual barrier is generated in the real scene map, the virtual barrier associated with the boundary information of the obstacle in the real scene map. A folding of the virtual scene map into the one or more free space areas of the real scene map is implemented, the free space areas surround or are adjacent the generated virtual barrier. A progressive representation to the wearable communication device is generated that is associated with virtual scene pixels of the virtual map corresponding to real scene points of the real scene map in a time interval. A corresponding method and computer-readable device are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/564145 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/32 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0172 (20130101) G02B 2027/014 (20130101) G02B 2027/0138 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/00 (20130101) G06F 3/01 (20130101) G06F 3/011 (20130101) G06F 3/04815 (20130101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/003 (20130101) G06T 19/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams G09B 9/00 (20130101) G09B 9/06 (20130101) G09B 9/30 (20130101) Pictorial Communication, e.g Television H04N 13/117 (20180501) H04N 13/344 (20180501) |
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| US 10403425 | Butler et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William H. Butler (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Kamaram Munira (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Javad Ghasemi Azadani (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are layered Heusler alloys. The layered Heusler alloys can comprise a first layer comprising a first Heusler alloy with a face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal structure and a second layer comprising a second Heusler alloy with a fcc crystal structure, the second Heusler alloy being different than the first Heusler alloy, wherein the first layer and the second layer are layered along a layering direction, the layering direction being the [110] or [111] direction of the fcc crystal structure, thereby forming the layered Heusler alloy. |
| FILED | Monday, April 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/477486 |
| ART UNIT | 1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material |
| CURRENT CPC | Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 15/01 (20130101) B32B 15/043 (20130101) B32B 2457/00 (20130101) Alloys C22C 5/04 (20130101) C22C 19/03 (20130101) C22C 19/07 (20130101) C22C 27/00 (20130101) C22C 38/002 (20130101) C22C 38/02 (20130101) C22C 38/04 (20130101) C22C 38/06 (20130101) C22C 38/14 (20130101) Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 10/12 (20130101) H01F 10/14 (20130101) H01F 10/16 (20130101) H01F 10/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 10/145 (20130101) |
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| US 10403656 | Leon-Salas |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter Daniel Leon-Salas (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An image sensor is provided, the image sensor comprising a plurality of photo-diode pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, an energy harvesting output bus connected to the plurality of photo-diode pixels, an image sensing output bus connected to the plurality of photo-diode pixels, and a plurality of switching buses connected to the plurality of photo-diode pixels to direct output of a varying percentage of the pixels to either the energy harvesting output bus or the image sensing output bus. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/650823 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/142 (20130101) H01L 27/14609 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 27/14643 (20130101) H01L 31/053 (20141201) H01L 31/02021 (20130101) |
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| US 10403708 | Ergen et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Onur Ergen (Berkeley, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Onur Ergen (Berkeley, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to solar cells. In one aspect a solar cell includes a first electrode, a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode, a first perovskite layer disposed on the hole transport layer, a cationic diffusion barrier disposed on the first perovskite layer, a second perovskite layer disposed on the cationic diffusion barrier, an electron transport layer disposed on the second perovskite layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer. The first perovskite layer comprises a different perovskite than the second perovskite layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 07, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/451842 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus B01J 23/002 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 28/55 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 28/75 (20130101) |
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| US 10403836 | Yang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (Los Angeles, California); Qi Chen (Los Angeles, California); Huanping Zhou (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | According to some embodiments of the present invention, a method of producing an organic-inorganic perovskite thin film includes depositing a layer of inorganic material on a substrate to form an inorganic film, and performing an organic vapor treatment of the inorganic film to produce an organic-inorganic perovskite thin film. The layer of inorganic material comprises an inorganic anion layer having a metal-ligand framework, and the organic vapor treatment provides organic cations capable of becoming inserted into the metal-ligand framework of the inorganic anion layer to form a perovskite structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 15/036023 |
| ART UNIT | 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General B05D 1/60 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 51/0003 (20130101) H01L 51/0004 (20130101) H01L 51/0005 (20130101) H01L 51/0097 (20130101) H01L 51/4226 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101) Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods Y02P 70/521 (20151101) |
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| US 10398732 | Wu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Marshall University Research Corporation (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miaozong Wu (Warrensburg, Missouri); Cuifen Wang (Huntington, West Virginia); Eric Blough (Huntington, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating striated muscle injury, treating striated muscle atrophy, and/or for promoting striated muscle growth are provided and include administering zinc oxide nanoparticles to a subject in need thereof. The zinc oxide nanoparticles can be adminstered before, during, and/or after exposure to an injurious stimuli, such as radiation. Administration of the zinc oxide nanoparticles reduces activation of autophagy regulators, increases striated muscle anabolism, increases DNA repair signaling, and/or increases striated muscle protein synthesis and growth. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/783340 |
| 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 9/10 (20130101) A61K 9/0053 (20130101) A61K 9/0095 (20130101) A61K 33/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) |
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| US 10399708 | Polzin et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt A. Polzin (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama); Joao F. Seixal (Huntsville, Alabama); Stephanie Mauro (Huntsville, Alabama); Jason Waggoner (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama); Robert Coker (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for use in material sublimation includes a hollow reservoir having thermally conductive walls. A piston is disposed between the sealed end and the ported end of the reservoir, and is in sliding contact with the walls of the reservoir. The piston has holes passing there through. A force generator is coupled to the piston for applying a continuous force to the piston wherein the continuous force biases the piston towards the sealed end of the reservoir. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 19, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/654472 |
| ART UNIT | 1798 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/403 (20130101) |
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| US 10403153 | Glaab et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | U.S.A., as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patricia C. Glaab (Hampton, Virginia); Louis J. Glaab (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An autonomous emergency flight management system may find safe and clear landing sites for unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in emergency situations. Emergency flight management software may reside on an onboard computing system. The computing system may continuously look at internal databases and input from other systems (e.g., a global positioning system (GPS), camera, compass, radar, sonar, etc.), depending on what is available. The emergency flight management system may make decisions on its own without human intervention. For instance, a database may provide some local likely candidates for landing sites. Information associated with the candidates may include latitude, longitude, altitude for top of a building, etc. Position updates may be continuously provided from an autopilot or other suitable system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 03, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/397140 |
| ART UNIT | 3669 — 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 2201/042 (20130101) B64C 2201/141 (20130101) B64C 2201/145 (20130101) Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft B64D 45/00 (20130101) B64D 47/06 (20130101) Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 23/00 (20130101) Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables G05D 1/0055 (20130101) G05D 1/0088 (20130101) G05D 1/0676 (20130101) Traffic Control Systems G08G 5/025 (20130101) G08G 5/0039 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G08G 5/0056 (20130101) G08G 5/0069 (20130101) |
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Small Business Administration (SBA)
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| APPLICANT(S) | JAN BIOTECH, INC. (Ithaca, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jan Biotech, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janet Lockwood Huie (Ithaca, New York); Jennifer Anastasia Nichols (Ithaca, New York); Deborah Allen Kuzmanovic (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compositions, reagents, methods, assays, and kits for quantitative and sensitive detection of target ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences, particularly target RNA sequences that contain RNA spliced sites, hairpin stem-loops or other topological configurations of RNA secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure, as well as linear RNA sequences. In some embodiments, fluorogenic modified-backbone oligonucleotide probes are employed for specific sequence hybridization across the target site, followed by chemical autoligation to produce a fluorescent molecule within the ligated probes. The autoligation detection reaction is performed isothermally or through thermocycling. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/625537 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/404 (20130101) A61K 31/713 (20130101) A61K 31/7115 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 2740/16052 (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 1/702 (20130101) C12Q 1/703 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6818 (20130101) C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2565/101 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2333/16 (20130101) Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change Y02A 50/391 (20180101) Y02A 50/465 (20180101) |
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| US 10400560 | Campanella et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Loci Controls, Inc. (Fall River, Massachusetts) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loci Controls, Inc. (Fall River, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Campanella (Somerville, Massachusetts); Joseph G. Michels (New York, New York); Peter Quigley (Duxbury, Massachusetts); Ian Martin (Sharon, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas, the system comprising: at least one atmospheric pressure sensor configured to measure atmospheric pressure; at least one flow control mechanism disposed in well piping and configured to control flow of the landfill gas through the well piping; and at least one processor configured to perform: obtaining a first atmospheric pressure; obtaining a second atmospheric pressure value; determining whether the second atmospheric pressure value is greater than the first atmospheric pressure value; when it is determined that the second atmospheric pressure value is greater than the first atmospheric pressure value, controlling the at least one flow control mechanism to decrease the flow rate of landfill gas; and when it is determined that the second atmospheric pressure value is less than the first atmospheric pressure value, controlling the at least one flow control mechanism to increase the flow rate of landfill gas. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/493201 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class |
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| US 10403121 | Liu et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | Microsensor Labs, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Microsensor Labs, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peng Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Yang Liu (Beijing, China PRC); Jiapeng Huang (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting hand hygiene compliance is disclosed. Hand hygiene is important in various contexts, including hospital settings, home settings, work settings, and school settings. For example, a healthcare provider may wear a wristband, which may interact with a stationary controller that is integrated with or proximate to a hand cleaning agent dispenser. The interaction may be used to determine whether the healthcare provider has complied with hand hygiene protocols. Further, the wristband may be used to train healthcare providers or others (such as children) in proper hand hygiene. Further, the wristband may be used in other contexts, such as integrating hand hygiene monitoring and access control. Also, monitoring people when performing tasks, such as hygiene tasks, cooking, and moving about, may be beneficial to those with cognitive difficulties, such as dementia. A device for detecting the tasks being performed and providing reminders to the people regarding the tasks may help those with dementia. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/946537 |
| ART UNIT | 2686 — Cable and Television |
| CURRENT CPC | Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves G01H 1/00 (20130101) Measuring Linear or Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, or Shock; Indicating Presence, Absence, or Direction, of Movement G01P 15/18 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 7/10366 (20130101) Signalling or Calling Systems; Order Telegraphs; Alarm Systems G08B 21/245 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 40/20 (20180101) |
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
| US 10403690 | Zhou et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhaoqun Zhou (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Peter T. Kazlas (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device comprising: a pair of electrodes; two or more light emitting elements disposed between the electrodes in a stacked arrangement, wherein a light emitting element comprises a layer comprising an emissive material, and a charge generation element disposed between adjacent light emitting elements in the stacked arrangement, the charge generation element comprising a first layer comprising an inorganic n-type semiconductor material, and a second layer comprising a hole injection material. A charge generation is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2018 |
| APPL NO | 15/862157 |
| ART UNIT | 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/3225 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/06 (20130101) H01L 51/502 (20130101) H01L 51/5044 (20130101) H01L 51/5056 (20130101) H01L 51/5088 (20130101) H01L 51/5278 (20130101) H01L 2251/5369 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 10399292 | Knox et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne H. Knox (Pittsford, New York); Jonathan Ellis (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A high numerical aperture opto-mechanical scanner for writing refractive index modifications includes a fast axis scanner having a fast scanning axis. A waveform generator is electrically coupled to the fast axis scanner, and a waveform is provided by the waveform generator which defines a fast scan of the fast axis scanner. A scanning lens assembly is mechanically coupled to the fast axis scanner, the scanning lens assembly having a NA greater than 0.5 and a scanning lens motion along the fast scanning axis. A femtosecond laser is optically coupled through the scanning lens assembly to a surface of a material, creating a femtosecond laser light scanning pattern to write the refractive index modifications into the material. A method for writing refractive index modifications using a high numerical aperture opto-mechanical scanner is also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/903165 |
| ART UNIT | 3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 9/00825 (20130101) A61F 9/00827 (20130101) A61F 2009/00842 (20130101) A61F 2009/00872 (20130101) Soldering or Unsoldering; Welding; Cladding or Plating by Soldering or Welding; Cutting by Applying Heat Locally, e.g Flame Cutting; Working by Laser Beam B23K 26/082 (20151001) B23K 26/0624 (20151001) Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State B29D 11/00355 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B29D 11/00461 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2105/0061 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 26/10 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 10398326 | Narayan et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Topera, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California); THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRE (Washington, District of Columbia); TOPERA, INC. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjiv Narayan (La Jolla, California); Carey Robert Briggs (La Jolla, California); Ruchir Sehra (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An example system and method associated with identifying and treating a source of a heart rhythm disorder are disclosed. In accordance with therewith, a spatial element associated with a region of the heart is selected. Progressive rotational activations or progressive focal activations are determined in relation to the selected spatial element. A plurality of indexes of progressive rotational activations or progressive focal activations over time is formed. One or more indexes are selected from the plurality of indexes that indicate consistency of the successive rotational activations or the progressive focal activations in relation to a portion of the region of the heart. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2014 |
| APPL NO | 14/473990 |
| ART UNIT | 3792 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0006 (20130101) A61B 5/0422 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 18/12 (20130101) A61B 2018/00577 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) A61N 1/368 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 10401887 | Huang et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP (Houston, Texas) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Devlopment LP (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsung-Ching Huang (Palo Alto, California); Chin-Hui Chen (Palo Alto, California); Cheng Li (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit includes a startup circuit to provide a charging signal to initiate startup of a reference circuit. The startup circuit includes a detector circuit having a detector current path control, a level shifter having a level shifter current path control, and a charger circuit having a charger current path control. Each of the detector current path control, the level shifter current path control, and the charger circuit current path control enable current flow in the startup circuit when the charger turn-on signal is in the on-state and disable the current flow in the startup circuit when the charger turn-on signal is in the off state. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 22, 2015 |
| APPL NO | 15/745993 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables G05F 1/565 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 1/36 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 10400255 | Sowers |
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| APPLICANT(S) | University of Maryland Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Sowers (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods employed for the discovery, enrichment, and characterization of a marine consortium of fermentative and methanogenic microorganisms developed from the solid waste digestor of a fully contained, land-based, marine recirculating aquaculture system are described. The methanogenic microbial consortium discovered is capable of reducing over 90% of marine fish waste in an aquaculture system to biomethane and carbon dioxide at saline concentrations found in marine aquaculture. Systems and methods for the treatment of marine fish waste utilizing the methanogenic marine consortium are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 14, 2016 |
| APPL NO | 15/378480 |
| 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) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 5/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12P 39/00 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 50/343 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 10401513 | Tinker et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY SCIENCES, INC. (Cocoa Beach, Florida) |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Technology Sciences, Inc. (Cocoa Beach, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Andrew Tinker (Merritt Island, Florida); Paul Armin Nyffenegger (Rockledge, Florida); Paul Thurston Richards (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods or systems for identifying seismic or acoustic signals of interest originating with moving motorized vehicles or footstep movement or stationary or moving machinery. A related system for monitoring an area includes a plurality of sensing devices each comprising a frame and a piezo-electric sensor element. A monitoring device is coupled to receive information from each of the sensing devices. One method includes providing a processing chain coupled to receive signal data from a sensor device which receives the signals, including a detection stage, a Joint Time Frequency (JTF) domain stage, and a classification stage. The detection stage identifies presence of signals that emerge from the background. The JTF domain stage estimates the state of the signals of interest over time. The classification stage assesses the previously derived information to form a decision about source identity. In one embodiment, the detector stage performs detections on a single cycle basis. |
| FILED | Friday, June 09, 2017 |
| APPL NO | 15/619025 |
| ART UNIT | 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 3/80 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 1/00 (20130101) G01V 1/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01V 1/34 (20130101) G01V 1/164 (20130101) G01V 1/186 (20130101) |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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