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US 10716514 Ketz et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S) HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
INVENTOR(S) Nicholas A. Ketz (Topanga, California);  Matthew E. Phillips (San Diego, California);  Praveen K. Pilly (West Hills, California)
ABSTRACT Described is a system for automated artifact removal to generate a clean signal. During operation, the system selects initial noise components from a multi-channel, pre-processed signal by performing independent component analysis decomposition on the pre-processed signal to separate and rank the independent components as noise components. A clean signal is then generated through optimized selection of the noise components based on a signal quality index in which the noise components are moved from the original pre-processed signal until a sufficient signal quality is received.
FILED Wednesday, February 07, 2018
APPL NO 15/891218
ART UNIT 2865 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 5/0006 (20130101)
A61B 5/0476 (20130101)
A61B 5/7203 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61B 5/7221 (20130101)
A61B 5/7225 (20130101)
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US 10716577 Kosiorek et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
APPLICANT(S) Christopher B. Kosiorek (La Vernia, Texas);  Dexter C. Drayton (San Antonio, Texas);  Esra Abir (New York, New York);  Neslihan Damar (Kucukyali, Turkey);  Nilufer Polat (Brooklyn, New York);  Yavuz Avci (Sunnyside, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S) ALPHAPOINTE (Kansas City, Missouri);  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Fort Detrick, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S) Christopher B. Kosiorek (La Vernia, Texas);  Dexter C. Drayton (San Antonio, Texas);  Esra Abir (New York, New York);  Neslihan Damar (Kucukyali, Turkey);  Nilufer Polat (Brooklyn, New York);  Yavuz Avci (Sunnyside, New York)
ABSTRACT A pre-fabricated tourniquet that is easy to apply, that ensures consistent and even circumferential pressure, that is light weight, that provides standard life saving operation, and that can be utilized in any setting or situation, and related methods are provided. Mechanically constricting tourniquet apparatus and related methods are provided that are comprised of a tourniquet body, a carriage, a torsion bar, a receiver and a slider. The tourniquet is long enough to encircle a human limb, for example, an arm or leg.
FILED Tuesday, December 19, 2017
APPL NO 15/847033
ART UNIT 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 17/1322 (20130101)
A61B 17/1327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61B 2090/0807 (20160201)
A61B 2090/0808 (20160201)

Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification
Y10T 29/49826 (20150115)
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US 10716758 Cheng et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
APPLICANT(S) Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas);  Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S) SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (San Antonio, Texas);  NORTHWESTER UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S) XingGou Cheng (San Antonio, Texas);  Thomas A. Mustoe (Evanston, Illinois);  Robert D. Galiano (Glenview, Illinois);  Seok Jong Hong (Northbrook, Illinois);  Ping Xie (Chicago, Illinois);  Shengxian Jia (Wilmette, Illinois)
ABSTRACT A method of preparing liposomal statins includes preparing a lipid solution including phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol, vitamin-E and an organic solvent and removing the solvent, forming a lipid cake. The lipid cake may then be hydrated with a first aqueous media. The hydrated cake may be mixed in a mixer and subjected to one or more freeze/thaw cycles and then extruded to form liposomes. A cryo-protective agent may be added to the liposomes and the liposomes may be lyophilized to provide a powder. A statin is added to the organic lipid solution or to the first aqueous media used for hydrating the lipid cake.
FILED Monday, April 09, 2018
APPL NO 15/949000
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 9/0014 (20130101)
A61K 9/1278 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 31/366 (20130101)
A61K 47/26 (20130101)
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US 10716814 Aggarwal et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S) Mesoblast International Sárl (Meyrin, Switzerland)
ASSIGNEE(S) Mesoblast International Sàrl (Meyrin, Switzerland)
INVENTOR(S) Sudeepta Aggarwal (North Potomac, Maryland);  Mark F. Pittenger (Severna Park, Maryland);  Timothy Varney (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT Compositions and methods of promoting wound healing in a human by administering to the human mesenchymal stem cells in an effective amount.
FILED Friday, November 30, 2018
APPL NO 16/206235
ART UNIT 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 35/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 38/2026 (20130101)
A61K 38/2066 (20130101)
A61K 45/06 (20130101)
A61K 2035/124 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 5/0662 (20130101)
C12N 5/0663 (20130101)
C12N 5/0664 (20130101)
C12N 5/0665 (20130101)
C12N 5/0666 (20130101)
C12N 5/0667 (20130101)
C12N 5/0668 (20130101)

Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change
Y02A 50/409 (20180101)
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US 10716843 Simmons et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S) Monika Simmons (Germantown, Maryland);  Joseph Robert Putnak (Monongahela, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S) The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia);  The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Silver Spring, Missouri)
INVENTOR(S) Monika Simmons (Germantown, Maryland);  Joseph Robert Putnak (Monongahela, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT The invention relates to a method for preventing, ameliorating or treating disease caused by dengue virus in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a dengue vaccine formulation in combination with a NS3 helicase polypeptide and/or fragment(s) thereof, wherein said method comprises stimulating humoral as well as cell-mediated immunity to the dengue virus in the subject.
FILED Friday, September 21, 2018
APPL NO 16/137937
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 2039/53 (20130101)
A61K 2039/57 (20130101)
A61K 2039/70 (20130101)
A61K 2039/545 (20130101)
A61K 2039/575 (20130101)
A61K 2039/5252 (20130101)
A61K 2039/55516 (20130101)

Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations
A61P 31/14 (20180101)

Peptides
C07K 14/005 (20130101)
C07K 2319/21 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 7/00 (20130101)
C12N 9/14 (20130101)
C12N 2770/24121 (20130101)
C12N 2770/24122 (20130101)
C12N 2770/24134 (20130101)
C12N 2770/24171 (20130101)

Enzymes
C12Y 306/04013 (20130101)

Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change
Y02A 50/386 (20180101)
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US 10716867 De La Zerda et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S) The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California)
INVENTOR(S) Adam De La Zerda (Palo Alto, California);  Orly Liba (Stanford, California);  Elliott Sorelle (Stanford, California);  Bryan Knysh (Saratoga, California)
ABSTRACT A composition includes a plurality of gold nanoparticles each having at least one surface. The gold nanoparticles have an average length of at least about 90 nm and an average width of at least about 25 nm.
FILED Friday, February 05, 2016
APPL NO 15/548151
ART UNIT 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 5/0066 (20130101)
A61B 5/0084 (20130101)

Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 49/0056 (20130101)
A61K 49/0065 (20130101)
A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 49/0428 (20130101)
A61K 2123/00 (20130101)

Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures
B82Y 5/00 (20130101)

Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F
C01G 7/00 (20130101)

Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds
C01P 2004/04 (20130101)
C01P 2004/16 (20130101)
C01P 2004/64 (20130101)

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 25/06 (20130101)
C08L 2203/02 (20130101)
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US 10716878 Soo et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) B. Chia Soo (Beverly Hills, California);  Kang Ting (Beverly Hills, California);  Zhong Zheng (Van Nuys, California)
ABSTRACT Implant-associated bacterial infections are one of the most serious complications in orthopedic surgery. Treatment of these infections often requires multiple operations, device removal, long-term systemic antibiotics, and extended rehabilitation, and is frequently ineffective, leading to worse clinical outcomes and increased financial costs. Silver nanoparticle/poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-coated stainless steel alloy (SNPSA) was evaluated as a potential antimicrobial implant material. It was found that SNPSA exhibited strong antibacterial activity in vitro and ex vivo, and promoted MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts proliferation and maturation in vitro. Furthermore, SNPSA implants induced osteogenesis while suppressing bacterial survival in contaminated rat femoral canals. The results indicate that SNPSA has simultaneous antimicrobial and osteoinductive properties that make it a promising therapeutic material in orthopedic surgery.
FILED Friday, October 19, 2012
APPL NO 14/353286
ART UNIT 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Dentistry; Apparatus or Methods for Oral or Dental Hygiene
A61C 8/0016 (20130101)

Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits
A61F 2/4455 (20130101)
A61F 2002/3084 (20130101)
A61F 2310/0052 (20130101)
A61F 2310/0097 (20130101)
A61F 2310/00359 (20130101)
A61F 2310/00365 (20130101)
A61F 2310/00976 (20130101)

Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles
A61L 27/34 (20130101)
A61L 27/54 (20130101)
A61L 31/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61L 31/10 (20130101)
A61L 31/16 (20130101)
A61L 2300/104 (20130101)
A61L 2300/404 (20130101)
A61L 2400/12 (20130101)
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US 10717022 Menon et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
APPLICANT(S) ChromoLogic LLC (Monrovia, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) CHROMOLOGIC LLC (Monrovia, California)
INVENTOR(S) Naresh Menon (Monrovia, California);  Peter Bui (Monrovia, California);  Cheryl Tan (Monrovia, California)
ABSTRACT An apparatus is disclosed for separating and preserving biomolecules of a biological fluid sample. The apparatus includes an assembly having sides forming a hollow shape having a first opening at one end and second opening at the opposite end, a sample mixing chamber positioned adjacent the first opening within the assembly, the sample mixing chamber from which a flow of the biological fluid sample is actuated in a direction from the sample mixing chamber to the first matrix layer, the sample mixing chamber being in a direction downstream of the first opening, a first valve positioned between the sample mixing chamber and the first matrix layer, the first valve configured to control the flow to the first matrix layer, a first input in fluid communication with the sample mixing chamber and positioned upstream of the first valve, a second input positioned between the first matrix layer and the second matrix layer, and a second valve positioned between the second matrix layer and the second opening, the second valve configured to control the flow to the second matrix layer.
FILED Monday, April 02, 2018
APPL NO 15/943592
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Separation
B01D 15/362 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B01D 63/087 (20130101)
B01D 69/12 (20130101)
B01D 71/10 (20130101)
B01D 71/16 (20130101)
B01D 71/027 (20130101)
B01D 71/28 (20130101)
B01D 2313/04 (20130101)
B01D 2313/105 (20130101)

Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus
B01J 20/286 (20130101)

Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use
B01L 2300/0681 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 1/30 (20130101)
G01N 1/38 (20130101)
G01N 1/405 (20130101)
G01N 1/4005 (20130101)
G01N 2001/381 (20130101)
G01N 2001/383 (20130101)
G01N 2001/2826 (20130101)
G01N 2001/4011 (20130101)
G01N 2001/4016 (20130101)
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US 10717051 Datta et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S) ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S) ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S) Siddhant Datta (Tempe, Arizona);  Aditi Chattopadhyay (Chandler, Arizona)
ABSTRACT Some embodiments include a method of preparing a membrane by dispersing carbon nanotubes in a solvent, and preparing a slurry from the dispersion by removing at least a portion of the solvent. The method includes applying the slurry to a first surface, and forming a carbon nanotube membrane by compressing the slurry between the first surface and at least a second surface. Some embodiments forming a composite assembly by sandwiching the carbon nanotube membrane between two or more bleeder cloth layers to form an uncured assembly, and applying a curable resin to a first side of the uncured assembly, and applying a curable resin to a second side of the uncured assembly, and curing the uncured assembly.
FILED Friday, May 13, 2016
APPL NO 15/154754
ART UNIT 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC
Separation
B01D 67/0046 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B01D 71/021 (20130101)

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)
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US 10717234 Batoni
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S) NuSpot Technologies, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S) NuSpot Technologies, LLC (Charlotte, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S) Paolo Batoni (Charlotte, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT A system for transferring near-UV and/or UV photons with engineered angular momentum on to matter, and treat organic and inorganic substances and/or impurities comprising a coherent or incoherent source of near-UV and/or UV photons, and one or more angular momentum generators configured to deliver near-UV and/or UV photons with optimized spin angular momentum (SAM), orbital angular momentum OAM, and/or a SAM/OAM combination to target organic or inorganic substance and/or impurity, wherein the angular momentum generators are scalable such that they can be fabricated as a stand alone structure, as a structure fabricated on the package of the near-UV and/or UV photon source, or as an integral part of the near-UV and/or UV photon source.
FILED Wednesday, January 02, 2019
APPL NO 16/237843
ART UNIT 2896 — Material and Article Handling
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 64/264 (20170801)
B29C 64/268 (20170801) Original (OR) Class
B29C 64/277 (20170801)
B29C 64/286 (20170801)
B29C 64/393 (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)
B33Y 30/00 (20141201)

Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus
G02B 5/32 (20130101)
G02B 5/1838 (20130101)
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US 10717267 Menard et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S) X Display Company Technology Limited (Dublin, Ireland);  The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S) Etienne Menard (Limoges, France);  John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois);  Seok Kim (Urbana, Illinois);  Andrew Carlson (Urbana, Illinois)
ABSTRACT In a method of printing a transferable component, a stamp including an elastomeric post having three-dimensional relief features protruding from a surface thereof is pressed against a component on a donor substrate with a first pressure that is sufficient to mechanically deform the relief features and a region of the post between the relief features to contact the component over a first contact area. The stamp is retracted from the donor substrate such that the component is adhered to the stamp. The stamp including the component adhered thereto is pressed against a receiving substrate with a second pressure that is less than the first pressure to contact the component over a second contact area that is smaller than the first contact area. The stamp is then retracted from the receiving substrate to delaminate the component from the stamp and print the component onto the receiving substrate. Related apparatus and stamps are also discussed.
FILED Tuesday, June 28, 2016
APPL NO 15/195747
ART UNIT 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC
Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form
B32B 9/005 (20130101)
B32B 37/16 (20130101)
B32B 37/025 (20130101)
B32B 41/00 (20130101)
B32B 2313/00 (20130101)
B32B 2457/14 (20130101)

Printing Machines or Presses
B41F 16/00 (20130101)
B41F 16/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems
B81C 1/00373 (20130101)

Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 21/6835 (20130101)
H01L 21/67132 (20130101)
H01L 21/67144 (20130101)
H01L 23/4821 (20130101)
H01L 25/50 (20130101)
H01L 2221/68363 (20130101)
H01L 2221/68368 (20130101)
H01L 2221/68381 (20130101)
H01L 2224/32145 (20130101)
H01L 2224/83192 (20130101)
H01L 2224/95001 (20130101)
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US 10717519 Lakebrink et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S) THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S) THE BOEING COMPANY (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S) Matthew T. Lakebrink (Florissant, Missouri);  Mortaza Mani (St. Louis, Missouri)
ABSTRACT Method and apparatus for controlling the aerodynamics of an aircraft using an active flow control system is disclosed herein. In one example, the active flow control system includes an airframe and a plurality of fluidic oscillators. The airframe includes an inlet configured for flight speeds ranging from subsonic to hypersonic. The plurality of fluidic oscillators is mounted about a curvature of the airframe. Each fluidic oscillator includes a body and an integral nozzle coupled to the body. The body has an inflow portion and a narrow nozzle inlet formed opposite the inflow portion. The integral nozzle is coupled to the body by the narrow nozzle inlet. The narrow nozzle inlet forms a single fluid flow path from the inflow portion to the narrow nozzle inlet.
FILED Tuesday, September 18, 2018
APPL NO 16/134644
ART UNIT 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
Aeroplanes; Helicopters
B64C 21/04 (20130101)
B64C 21/025 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B64C 2230/04 (20130101)
B64C 2230/18 (20130101)
B64C 2230/20 (20130101)
B64C 2230/22 (20130101)

Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation
Y02T 50/166 (20130101)
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US 10717642 Kub et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S) The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia);  The Charles Stark Draper Company (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S) Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland);  Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Virginia);  Eugene A. Imhoff (Washington, District of Columbia);  Rachael L. Myers-Ward (Springfield, Virginia);  Eugene Cook (Acton, Massachusetts);  Jonathan Bernstein (Medfield, Massachusetts);  Marc Weinberg (Needham, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT Electromechanical device structures are provided, as well as methods for forming them. The device structures incorporate at least a first and second substrate separated by an interface material layer, where the first substrate comprises an anchor material structure and at least one suspended material structure, optionally a spring material structure, and optionally an electrostatic sense electrode. The device structures may be formed by methods that include providing an interface material layer on one or both of the first and second substrates, bonding the interface materials to the opposing first or second substrate or to the other interface material layer, followed by forming the suspended material structure by etching.
FILED Friday, December 13, 2019
APPL NO 16/713177
ART UNIT 2899 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC
Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices
B81B 3/0072 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B81B 7/0016 (20130101)
B81B 7/0019 (20130101)
B81B 2201/0235 (20130101)
B81B 2201/0242 (20130101)
B81B 2201/0271 (20130101)
B81B 2203/04 (20130101)
B81B 2203/0109 (20130101)
B81B 2203/0118 (20130101)
B81B 2203/0127 (20130101)
B81B 2203/0163 (20130101)
B81B 2203/0307 (20130101)

Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems
B81C 1/00666 (20130101)
B81C 2201/0132 (20130101)
B81C 2203/036 (20130101)

Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry
G01C 19/56 (20130101)
G01C 19/5621 (20130101)
G01C 19/5656 (20130101)
G01C 19/5783 (20130101)
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US 10717647 Tyler et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Chemistry (CHE)
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S) NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S) NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S) Timothy P. Tyler (Chicago, Illinois);  Anne-Isabelle Henry (Chicago, Illinois);  Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois);  Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois)
ABSTRACT A sensing platform includes a substrate, an array of wells formed in the substrate, and sorted nanoparticles filling in the array of wells such that each well contains a single sorted nanoparticle, wherein the sorted nanoparticles are in a cluster state.
FILED Tuesday, September 26, 2017
APPL NO 15/715902
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures
B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B82Y 40/00 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 21/658 (20130101)
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US 10717680 Amini et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S) United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S) RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S) Shahram Amini (Glastonbury, Connecticut);  Xia Tang (West Hartford, Connecticut);  Wayde R. Schmidt (Pomfret Center, Connecticut);  Tania Bhatia Kashyap (West Hartford, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT A method of fabricating a ceramic article includes providing a porous body that includes a plurality of fiber bundles that has an intra-bundle porosity and an inter-bundle porosity, infiltrating the intra-bundle porosity and the inter-bundle porosity with a mixture of particles in a liquid carrier, the particles having an average size selected with respect to at least the intra-bundle porosity, removing the liquid carrier from the porous body to deposit the particles in the intra-bundle porosity and in the inter-bundle porosity, infiltrating a preceramic polymer into a remaining intra-bundle porosity and a remaining inter-bundle porosity, and thermally converting the preceramic polymer to a ceramic material.
FILED Thursday, March 29, 2018
APPL NO 15/939352
ART UNIT 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC
Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone
C04B 35/64 (20130101)
C04B 35/571 (20130101)
C04B 35/806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C04B 41/52 (20130101)
C04B 2235/32 (20130101)
C04B 2235/422 (20130101)
C04B 2235/483 (20130101)
C04B 2235/616 (20130101)
C04B 2235/3804 (20130101)
C04B 2235/3817 (20130101)
C04B 2235/3826 (20130101)
C04B 2235/3852 (20130101)
C04B 2235/3891 (20130101)
C04B 2235/5208 (20130101)
C04B 2235/5244 (20130101)
C04B 2235/5248 (20130101)
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US 10717685 Polk et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Chemical Biological Center (CCDC CBC)
APPLICANT(S) Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center (APG, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S) The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary Of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S) Amee L Polk (Havre de Grace, Maryland);  Zachary B Zander (Havre de Grace, Maryland);  Danielle L Kuhn (Abingdon, Maryland);  Gregory W Peterson (Bel Air, Maryland);  Jared B DeCoste (Bel Air, Maryland)
ABSTRACT A multispectral smoke obscurant composition effective in reducing transmittance in the visual, infrared, and ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, comprising at least one metal organic framework (“MOF”), at least one fuel, at least one oxidizer, and optionally one or more additives selected from the group consisting of binders, coolants, and accelerants. The MOF or MOF composite is present from about 10 to 90 weight percent of the smoke obscurant composition, while the fuel and the oxidizer in combination comprise about at least 10 weight percent of the smoke obscurant composition.
FILED Thursday, April 18, 2019
APPL NO 16/387733
ART UNIT 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
Explosives or Thermic Compositions; Manufacture Thereof; Use of Single Substances as Explosives
C06B 23/04 (20130101)
C06B 25/18 (20130101)
C06B 29/02 (20130101)
C06B 29/22 (20130101)
C06B 33/02 (20130101)

Means for Generating Smoke or Mist; Gas-attack Compositions; Generation of Gas for Blasting or Propulsion
C06D 3/00 (20130101)
C06D 7/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium
C07F 1/08 (20130101)
C07F 3/06 (20130101)
C07F 7/003 (20130101)
C07F 7/28 (20130101)

Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition
F42B 12/48 (20130101)
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US 10717700 Jagadish et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
APPLICANT(S) Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona);  Bhumasamudram Jagadish (Tucson, Arizona);  Eugene Mash (Tucson, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S) Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S) Bhumasamudram Jagadish (Tucson, Arizona);  Eugene Mash (Tucson, Arizona)
ABSTRACT The present invention provides a process for nitrating aromatic compounds without the need for a solid catalyst and/or any organic solvents and/or any other additives. A typical process includes combining or admixing a nitric acid and an anhydride compound under conditions sufficient to produce a reactive intermediate. The aromatic compound to be nitrated is then added to this reactive intermediate to produce a nitroaromatic compound. The nitroaromatic compound can be substituted with one or more, typically, one to three, and often one or two nitrate (—NO2) groups.
FILED Monday, January 18, 2016
APPL NO 15/550233
ART UNIT 1699 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor
C07B 2200/05 (20130101)

Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds
C07C 201/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C07C 201/08 (20130101)
C07C 201/08 (20130101)
C07C 201/08 (20130101)
C07C 205/06 (20130101)
C07C 205/12 (20130101)
C07C 205/37 (20130101)
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US 10717768 O'Malley et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Michelle O'Malley (Santa Barbara, California);  Kevin Solomon (Santa Barbara, California);  Charles Haitjema (Santa Barbara, California)
ABSTRACT Provided herein are novel proteins and protein domains from newly discovered anaerobic fungal species. The anaerobic fungal species have unique enzymatic capabilities, including the ability to digest diverse lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks and to synthesize secondary metabolites. The scope of the invention encompasses novel engineered proteins comprising glycoside hydrolase enzymes, dockerin domains, carbohydrate binding domains, and polyketide synthase enzymes. The invention further encompasses artificial cellulosomes comprising novel proteins and domains of the invention. The scope of the invention further includes novel nucleic acid sequences coding for the engineered proteins of the invention, and methods of using such engineered organisms to degrade lignocellulosic biomass and to create polyketides.
FILED Thursday, December 08, 2016
APPL NO 15/782016
ART UNIT 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Peptides
C07K 14/37 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 9/00 (20130101)
C12N 9/0006 (20130101)
C12N 9/24 (20130101)
C12N 15/52 (20130101)
C12N 15/70 (20130101)
C12N 15/81 (20130101)

Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture
C12P 7/10 (20130101)
C12P 21/02 (20130101)
C12P 39/00 (20130101)
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US 10717769 Klapoetke et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
APPLICANT(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
ASSIGNEE(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
INVENTOR(S) Nathan Klapoetke (Ashburn, Virginia);  Brian Yichiun Chow (Cherry Hill, New Jersey);  Edward Boyden (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts);  Gane KA-Shu Wong (Edmonton, Canada);  Yongku Peter Cho (Vernon, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT The invention, in some aspects relates to compositions and methods for altering cell activity and function and the introduction and use of light-activated ion channels.
FILED Friday, August 02, 2019
APPL NO 16/530047
ART UNIT 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/00 (20130101)
A61K 41/0023 (20130101)

Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy
A61N 5/062 (20130101)
A61N 2005/0661 (20130101)
A61N 2005/0662 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 14/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 13/00 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/5041 (20130101)
G01N 33/5058 (20130101)
G01N 33/48728 (20130101)
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US 10718021 Fiandaca et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
APPLICANT(S) GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia);  UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S) GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia);  UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York)
INVENTOR(S) Massimo S. Fiandaca (Millersville, Maryland);  Mark E. Mapstone (Pittsford, New York);  Yuriy Gusev (North Bethesda, Maryland);  Howard J. Federoff (Bethesda, Maryland)
ABSTRACT The present invention relates to methods of determining if a subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment. The methods comprise analyzing the gene expression profile from peripheral blood leukocytes taken from the subject and comparing the value of the subject's gene expression profile with the value of a normal gene expression profile. A change in the value of the subject's gene expression profile, above or below normal values is indicative that the subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment compared to a normal individual.
FILED Thursday, May 28, 2015
APPL NO 15/312856
ART UNIT 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/6876 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12Q 2600/16 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/118 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/158 (20130101)
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US 10718041 Raghavan et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
APPLICANT(S) United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S) Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S) Ashwin Sreekant Raghavan (South Grafton, Massachusetts);  Kenneth A. Frisk (West Hartford, Connecticut);  Max A. Kaplan (West Hartford, Connecticut);  Mario P. Bochiechio (Vernon, Connecticut);  Michael A. Czywczynski (Plantsville, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT A method for welding a first powder metallurgical (PM) part to a second powder metallurgical (PM) part includes: working a first face of the first PM part; working a first face of the second PM part; and friction welding the first face of the first part to the first face of the second part.
FILED Monday, June 26, 2017
APPL NO 15/633659
ART UNIT 1737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC
Working Metallic Powder; Manufacture of Articles From Metallic Powder; Making Metallic Powder
B22F 3/02 (20130101)
B22F 3/10 (20130101)
B22F 3/15 (20130101)
B22F 3/15 (20130101)
B22F 3/17 (20130101)
B22F 5/009 (20130101)
B22F 5/009 (20130101)
B22F 5/009 (20130101)
B22F 5/009 (20130101)
B22F 5/009 (20130101)
B22F 7/062 (20130101)
B22F 7/064 (20130101)
B22F 9/082 (20130101)
B22F 2998/10 (20130101)
B22F 2998/10 (20130101)
B22F 2998/10 (20130101)
B22F 2999/00 (20130101)
B22F 2999/00 (20130101)
B22F 2999/00 (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 20/12 (20130101)
B23K 20/24 (20130101)
B23K 20/129 (20130101)
B23K 20/233 (20130101)
B23K 26/0006 (20130101)
B23K 26/352 (20151001)
B23K 26/356 (20151001)
B23K 2101/001 (20180801)
B23K 2103/08 (20180801)
B23K 2103/26 (20180801)

Machines, Devices, or Processes for Grinding or Polishing; Dressing or Conditioning of Abrading Surfaces; Feeding of Grinding, Polishing, or Lapping Agents
B24B 39/003 (20130101)

Modifying the Physical Structure of Ferrous Metals; General Devices for Heat Treatment of Ferrous or Non-ferrous Metals or Alloys; Making Metal Malleable, e.g by Decarburisation or Tempering
C21D 1/26 (20130101)
C21D 1/30 (20130101)
C21D 7/04 (20130101)
C21D 7/08 (20130101)
C21D 10/005 (20130101)

Alloys
C22C 1/0433 (20130101)
C22C 1/0433 (20130101)
C22C 1/0433 (20130101)

Changing the Physical Structure of Non-ferrous Metals and Non-ferrous Alloys
C22F 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines
F01D 5/06 (20130101)
F01D 5/063 (20130101)

Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants
F05D 2220/32 (20130101)
F05D 2230/40 (20130101)
F05D 2230/239 (20130101)
F05D 2240/61 (20130101)
F05D 2300/175 (20130101)
F05D 2300/609 (20130101)
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US 10718270 Chuong et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)
APPLICANT(S) United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S) Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S) Conway Chuong (Manchester, Connecticut);  Tara L. D'Ambruoso (Oxford, Connecticut);  Michael DiFrancesco (Waterbury, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT A non-contact seal assembly is provided. The non-contact seal assembly includes a plurality of seal shoes arranged about a centerline in an annular array, the seal shoes including a first seal shoe extending axially along the centerline between a first shoe end and a second shoe end; a seal base circumscribing the annular array of the seal shoes; and a plurality of spring elements, each of the spring elements radially between and connecting a respective one of the seal shoes with the seal base, where the seal base and the plurality of spring elements are formed of a first material and the plurality of seal shoes are formed of a second material, where the first and second materials are joined together and the second material has a density lower than the first material.
FILED Thursday, June 15, 2017
APPL NO 15/623462
ART UNIT 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC
Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines
F01D 11/001 (20130101)
F01D 11/02 (20130101)
F01D 11/025 (20130101)
F01D 25/04 (20130101)

Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants
F02C 7/28 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants
F05D 2230/237 (20130101)
F05D 2240/55 (20130101)
F05D 2300/121 (20130101)
F05D 2300/522 (20130101)

Pistons; Cylinders; Sealings
F16J 15/442 (20130101)
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US 10718613 Fang et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E)
MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at Lexington, MA
APPLICANT(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Julia A. Fang (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  Brian Saar (Somerville, Massachusetts);  Tom Reynolds (Brookline, Massachusetts);  James K. Kuchar (Concord, Massachusetts);  Richard Charles Westhoff (Hudson, New Hampshire);  Erin Tomlinson (Somerville, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT Laser light source geolocation. The system includes two spaced-apart ground based sensors for receiving light from a laser source that has been off-axis scattered by air molecules and particulates to form scattered light imagery. A processor operates on the imagery from the two sensors to geolocate the laser light source on the ground.
FILED Wednesday, December 28, 2016
APPL NO 15/392091
ART UNIT 3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry
G01C 3/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves
G01S 5/20 (20130101)
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US 10718667 Mitchell
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S) Wavefront Research Inc. (Northhampton, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S) Wavefront Research, Inc. (Northhampton, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S) Thomas A. Mitchell (Nazareth, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT A reflective relay spectrometer design based on reflective optical relay systems, which is more compact in physical size and superior in spectral imaging quality than previous designs, is disclosed.
FILED Friday, March 13, 2015
APPL NO 14/657355
ART UNIT 2877 — 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 3/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01J 3/0205 (20130101)
G01J 3/2823 (20130101)
G01J 2003/1861 (20130101)
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US 10718756 Burke et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Peter Burke (Irvine, California);  Ted Pham (Westminster, California);  Phi Pham (Irvine, California)
ABSTRACT Mitochondria are central to the intrinsic apoptotic pathway of programmed cell death. Commitment to cell death occurs upon mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization, and dysregulation of this vital apoptotic control point is implicated in various pathologies. Provided herein are novel sensors which can detect, in real time and with great sensitivity, the release of protons from intact mitochondria caused by mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization. Embodiments include graphene based ion-sensitive field effect transistors.
FILED Friday, October 27, 2017
APPL NO 15/795924
ART UNIT 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/4145 (20130101)
G01N 33/5079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01N 33/5438 (20130101)
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US 10718766 Cartwright et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S) PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Mark J. Cartwright (West Newton, Massachusetts);  Nazita Gamini (Somerville, Massachusetts);  Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts);  Martin Rottman (La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France);  Michael Super (Lexington, Massachusetts);  Julie A. Tomolonis (Houston, Massachusetts);  Karen A. Sinclair (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT The disclosure provides methods, compositions, and kits for enhanced detection of microbes in samples and monitoring of antimicrobial activity in a subject.
FILED Friday, August 04, 2017
APPL NO 15/668794
ART UNIT 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/18 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/5695 (20130101)
G01N 33/56911 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01N 33/56961 (20130101)
G01N 2333/4724 (20130101)
G01N 2400/00 (20130101)
G01N 2800/26 (20130101)
G01N 2800/52 (20130101)
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US 10718889 Pau et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S) The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S) Stanley Pau (Tucson, Arizona);  Wei-Liang Hsu (Tucson, Arizona)
ABSTRACT Exemplary thin-film optical devices have first and second layer groups disposed as a layer stack on a substrate. The first layer group comprises a first PPN layer, a first LCP layer, and a first barrier layer all superposed. The second layer group is superposed relative to the first layer group, and includes a second PPN layer, a second LCP layer, and a second barrier layer all superposed. The first and second layer groups cooperate to polarize multiple wavelengths of an incident light flux in a broadband and/or wide-angle manner Each of the layer groups has an alignment layer, a respective liquid-crystal polymer layer, and a barrier layer.
FILED Monday, March 11, 2019
APPL NO 16/299066
ART UNIT 2871 — Optics
CURRENT CPC
Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere
C09K 19/38 (20130101)
C09K 19/56 (20130101)

Measurement of Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase or Pulse Characteristics of Infra-Red, Visible or Ultra-violet Light; Colorimetry; Radiation Pyrometry
G01J 4/04 (20130101)
G01J 2004/001 (20130101)

Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus
G02B 5/3016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G02B 5/3058 (20130101)

Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters
G02F 1/133528 (20130101)
G02F 1/133703 (20130101)
G02F 1/133788 (20130101)
G02F 2201/16 (20130101)
G02F 2203/04 (20130101)
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US 10719069 Behandish et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S) Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California)
INVENTOR(S) Morad Behandish (Mountain View, California);  Saigopal Nelaturi (Mountain View, California);  Johan de Kleer (Los Altos, California)
ABSTRACT A systematic approach to constructing process plans for hybrid manufacturing is provided. The process plans include arbitrary combinations of AM and SM processes. Unlike the suboptimal conventional practice, the sequence of AM and SM modalities is not fixed beforehand. Rather, all potentially viable process plans to fabricate a desired target part from arbitrary alternating sequences of pre-defined AM and SM modalities are explored in a systematic fashion. Once the state space of all process plans has been enumerated in terms of a partially ordered set of states, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) planning techniques are utilized to rapidly explore the state space, eliminate invalid process plans, for instance, process plans that make no physical sense, and optimize among the valid process plans using a cost function, for instance, manufacturing time and material or process costs.
FILED Friday, December 29, 2017
APPL NO 15/858677
ART UNIT 2118 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC
Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing
B29C 64/386 (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 50/00 (20141201)
B33Y 50/02 (20141201)

Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements
G05B 19/4188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G05B 19/40938 (20130101)
G05B 2219/31001 (20130101)
G05B 2219/35204 (20130101)
G05B 2219/49007 (20130101)
G05B 2219/49023 (20130101)

Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 30/17 (20200101)
G06F 2111/06 (20200101)
G06F 2119/18 (20200101)
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US 10719076 Gavrilets et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S) Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
ASSIGNEE(S) Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
INVENTOR(S) Vladislav Gavrilets (McLean, Virginia);  Christopher M. Boggs (Gainesville, Virginia);  Max G. Taylor (Houston, Texas)
ABSTRACT A system may include a follower aircraft including a processor configured to: determine a follower aircraft location at a time t0; receive a real-time kinematics (RTK) update from a lead aircraft, the RTK update including information associated with: a lead aircraft location at the time t0, the lead aircraft location at a time t1 relative to the lead aircraft location at the time t0, and an object location at the time t1 relative to the lead aircraft location at the time t1; perform RTK processing to determine the follower aircraft location at the time t0 relative to the lead aircraft location at a time t0; determine the follower aircraft location at a time t2 relative to the follower aircraft location at the time t0 by utilizing time relative navigation (TRN); and determine the object location at time t2 relative to the follower aircraft location at the time t2.
FILED Monday, February 25, 2019
APPL NO 16/284362
ART UNIT 3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC
Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves
G01S 19/51 (20130101)

Systems for Controlling or Regulating Non-electric Variables
G05D 1/0027 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G05D 1/0808 (20130101)
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US 10719578 Ladde et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S) Gangaram S. Ladde (Temple Terrace, Florida);  Olusegun Michael Otunuga (Huntington, West Virginia);  Nathan G. Ladde (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S) University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
INVENTOR(S) Gangaram S. Ladde (Temple Terrace, Florida);  Olusegun Michael Otunuga (Huntington, West Virginia);  Nathan G. Ladde (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT Aspects of a local lagged adapted generalized method of moments (LLGMM) dynamic process are described herein. In one embodiment, the LLGMM process includes obtaining a discrete time data set as past state information of a continuous time dynamic process over a time interval, developing a stochastic model of the continuous time dynamic process, generating a discrete time interconnected dynamic model of local sample mean and variance statistic processes (DTIDMLSMVSP) based on the stochastic model, and calculating a plurality of admissible parameter estimates for the stochastic model using the DTIDMLSMVSP. Further, in some embodiments, the process further includes, for at least one of the plurality of admissible parameter estimates, calculating a state value of the stochastic model to gather a plurality of state values, and determining an optimal admissible parameter estimate among the plurality of admissible parameter estimates that results in a minimum error among the plurality of state values.
FILED Tuesday, October 27, 2015
APPL NO 14/923964
ART UNIT 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC
Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 17/18 (20130101)
G06F 17/5009 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G06F 2217/10 (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 10/04 (20130101)
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US 10719630 Chiricescu et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S) BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire);  THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S) BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire);  The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S) Silviu S Chiricescu (Arlington, Massachusetts);  Andre DeHon (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania);  Udit Dhawan (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT A system and method for metadata processing that can be used to encode an arbitrary number of security policies for code running on a stored-program processor. This disclosure adds metadata to every word in the system and adds a metadata processing unit that works in parallel with data flow to enforce an arbitrary set of policies, such that metadata is unbounded and software programmable to be applicable to a wide range of metadata processing policies. This instant disclosure is applicable to a wide range of uses including safety, security, and synchronization.
FILED Tuesday, September 18, 2018
APPL NO 16/134942
ART UNIT 2419 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC
Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 21/64 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G06F 21/71 (20130101)
G06F 2212/45 (20130101)
G06F 2212/1016 (20130101)
G06F 2212/1041 (20130101)
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US 10719661 Rubin
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
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 Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S) Stuart H. Rubin (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT A computing device learns a natural language. A mapper included in the computing device non-deterministically maps an input natural language sentential form to a matching semantic that is associated with a computer language function component. A translator included in the computing device translates the matching semantic into a translated natural language sentential form.
FILED Wednesday, May 16, 2018
APPL NO 15/981747
ART UNIT 2658 — Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression
CURRENT CPC
Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 16/84 (20190101)
G06F 16/313 (20190101)
G06F 16/325 (20190101)
G06F 40/30 (20200101) Original (OR) Class
G06F 40/40 (20200101)
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US 10719775 Kerman
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E)
MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at Lexington, MA
APPLICANT(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Andrew J. Kerman (Arlington, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT Described herein are structures and techniques for highly-connected qubit interaction using a “paramagnetic tree coupling” scheme. In one embodiment, a structure for providing highly-connected qubit interaction includes a plurality of qubits and, for each of the plurality of qubits, a paramagnetic medium connecting the qubit to each other one of the plurality of qubits, where the paramagnetic medium includes a series of inductive couplers.
FILED Thursday, March 14, 2019
APPL NO 16/353420
ART UNIT 2844 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures
B82Y 10/00 (20130101)

Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models
G06N 10/00 (20190101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10719779 Sagduyu et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S) Intelligent Automation, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S) Intelligent Automation, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S) Yalin Evren Sagduyu (Gaithersburg, Maryland);  Jason Li (Potomac, Maryland);  Yi Shi (Germantown, Maryland);  Alexander Grushin (Rockville, Maryland);  Ziad El-Jamous (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT System and means generates synthetic forms of social media data such as data from microblogging services (e.g., Twitter) and social networking services (e.g., Facebook). This system and means jointly generate interaction graph structures and text features similar to input social media data. First, an interaction graph is generated by mapping social network interactions in input (real) social media data to graph structures. This interaction graph is fitted to a social network model (or a composite model) by minimizing the distance between the input and the synthetic interaction graphs (of potentially different sizes). The distance is measured statistically or based on the performance of social media analytics. Various patterns (such as anomalies), interaction types and temporal dynamics are generated synthetically. Second, text features are extracted from input social media data with topic modeling and statistical analysis of word tuple distributions. Based on these features, synthetic social media text is generated. Third, synthetic graph structures and text features are combined to generate the synthetic social media data. The system is particularly useful in generating data to be used for developing and testing new social media analytics or for generating or analyzing social bot network behavior and campaigns in social media, and for sharing test data with others without rate and privacy concerns.
FILED Thursday, December 29, 2016
APPL NO 15/393582
ART UNIT 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC
Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models
G06N 5/04 (20130101)
G06N 7/005 (20130101)
G06N 20/00 (20190101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10719895 Song et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S) Siemens Corporation (Iselin, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S) SIEMENS CORPORATION (Iselin, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S) Zhen Song (Austin, Texas);  Sanjeev Srivastava (Princeton Junction, New Jersey);  Xianjun S. Zheng (Plainsboro, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT A computer-implemented method of splitting whole building energy consumption includes collecting sensor data from a plurality Variable Air Volume (VAV) boxes in a building, an electric meter in the building, and a gas meter in the building. The total heating energy consumption is split across a plurality of zones within the building using the sensor data, thereby yielding heating energy consumption for each zone. The total cooling energy consumption is split across the plurality of zones using the sensor data, thereby yielding cooling energy consumption for each zone and the total ventilation energy consumption is split across the plurality of zones using the sensor data, thereby yielding ventilation energy consumption for each zone. Zone energy consumption by aggregating the heating energy consumption for the zone, the cooling energy consumption for the zone, and the ventilation energy consumption for the zone.
FILED Friday, July 05, 2019
APPL NO 16/503941
ART UNIT 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC
Air-conditioning; Air-humidification; Ventilation; Use of Air Currents for Screening
F24F 11/0001 (20130101)
F24F 11/46 (20180101)
F24F 11/52 (20180101)
F24F 11/63 (20180101)
F24F 2140/20 (20180101)
F24F 2140/60 (20180101)

Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables
G01R 21/00 (20130101)

Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements
G05B 15/02 (20130101)
G05B 2219/2639 (20130101)
G05B 2219/2642 (20130101)

Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 1/3203 (20130101)

Data Processing Systems or Methods, Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes; Systems or Methods Specially Adapted for Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial, Supervisory or Forecasting Purposes, Not Otherwise Provided for
G06Q 50/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720076 Pilly et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
APPLICANT(S) HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
INVENTOR(S) Praveen K. Pilly (West Hills, California);  Michael D. Howard (Westlake Village, California)
ABSTRACT Described is a closed-loop control system for memory consolidation in a subject. During operation, the system encodes information regarding environmental items as memories in both a long-term memory store and a short-term memory store. The system generates an activation level representation of a memory of interest related to at least one of the environmental items. An association strength representation for the memories is also generated. Memory consolidation is simulated when the subject is in NREM sleep or quiet waking by strengthening the association strength representation related to the memory of interest. The system predicts behavioral performance for the memory of interest as a probability that the memory of interest can be recalled on cue. When the behavioral performance is below a threshold, an intervention system can be activated.
FILED Monday, August 21, 2017
APPL NO 15/682065
ART UNIT 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 5/0476 (20130101)
A61B 5/4812 (20130101)

Educational or Demonstration Appliances; Appliances for Teaching, or Communicating With, the Blind, Deaf or Mute; Models; Planetaria; Globes; Maps; Diagrams
G09B 19/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720261 Majidi et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
APPLICANT(S) CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S) CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S) Carmel Majidi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Andrew Fassler (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Michael Bartlett (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Navid Kazem (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Matthew J. Powell-Palm (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Jonathan A. Malen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT Disclosed herein is a composite comprising an elastomer with an embedded network of liquid metal inclusions. The composite retains similar flexibility to that of an elastomer but exhibits electrical and thermal properties that differ from the properties of a homogeneous elastomer. The composite has applications for wearable devices and other soft matter electronics, among others.
FILED Thursday, February 02, 2017
APPL NO 15/423538
ART UNIT 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients
C08K 3/08 (20130101)
C08K 3/08 (20130101)
C08K 3/10 (20130101)
C08K 2201/001 (20130101)

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 21/00 (20130101)
C08L 21/00 (20130101)

Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor;
G03F 7/0002 (20130101)

Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties
H01B 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720560 Grayson et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S) Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S) Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S) Matthew Grayson (Evanston, Illinois);  Mark C Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois);  Chuanle Zhou (Evanston, Illinois);  Yang Tang (Evanston, Illinois);  Tejas Shastry (Washington, Illinois)
ABSTRACT A transverse thermoelectric includes a first array of hole-conducting nanowires and a second array of electron-conducting nanowires positioned orthogonal to the first array of nanowires. A substrate provides structure to the first array of nanowires and the second array of nanowires.
FILED Thursday, September 10, 2015
APPL NO 14/850014
ART UNIT 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 35/16 (20130101)
H01L 35/18 (20130101)
H01L 35/22 (20130101)
H01L 35/24 (20130101)
H01L 35/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01L 35/34 (20130101)
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US 10720635 Rolison et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
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) Debra R. Rolison (Arlington, Virginia);  Joseph F. Parker (Washington, District of Columbia);  Jeffrey W. Long (Alexandria, Virginia);  Jesse S. Ko (Arlington, Virginia)
ABSTRACT An article having a continuous network of zinc and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The zinc network is a fused, monolithic structure. A method of: providing an emulsion having a zinc powder and a liquid phase; drying the emulsion to form a sponge; annealing and/or sintering the sponge to form an annealed and/or sintered sponge; heating the annealed and/or sintered sponge in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized sponge having zinc oxide on the surface of the oxidized sponge; and electrochemically reducing the zinc oxide to form a zinc metal sponge.
FILED Monday, October 30, 2017
APPL NO 15/797181
ART UNIT 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy
H01M 4/06 (20130101)
H01M 4/38 (20130101)
H01M 4/42 (20130101)
H01M 4/94 (20130101)
H01M 4/134 (20130101)
H01M 4/0471 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01M 10/054 (20130101)
H01M 12/06 (20130101)
H01M 12/08 (20130101)
H01M 2004/021 (20130101)
H01M 2004/027 (20130101)
H01M 2220/20 (20130101)
H01M 2220/30 (20130101)

Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution
Y02E 60/128 (20130101)
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US 10720644 Barsoum et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S) Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S) Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S) Michel W. Barsoum (Moorestown, New Jersey);  Babak Anasori (Norristown, Pennsylvania);  Yury Gogotsi (Warminster, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising at least one layer having first and second surfaces, each layer comprising: a substantially two-dimensional array of crystal cells, each crystal cell having an empirical formula of M′2M″nXn+1, such that each X is positioned within an octahedral array of M′ and M″; wherein M′ and M″ each comprise different Group IIIB, IVB, VB, or VIB metals; each X is C, N, or a combination thereof; n=1 or 2; and wherein the M′ atoms are substantially present as two-dimensional outer arrays of atoms within the two-dimensional array of crystal cells; the M″ atoms are substantially present as two-dimensional inner arrays of atoms within the two-dimensional array of crystal cells; and the two dimensional inner arrays of M″ atoms are sandwiched between the two-dimensional outer arrays of M′ atoms within the two-dimensional array of crystal cells.
FILED Wednesday, April 20, 2016
APPL NO 15/567777
ART UNIT 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof;
C01B 21/0602 (20130101)
C01B 32/90 (20170801)
C01B 32/907 (20170801)

Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds
C01P 2002/20 (20130101)
C01P 2002/70 (20130101)
C01P 2002/85 (20130101)
C01P 2006/40 (20130101)

Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor
C30B 7/02 (20130101)
C30B 29/36 (20130101)
C30B 29/38 (20130101)
C30B 29/60 (20130101)
C30B 29/68 (20130101)

Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy
H01M 4/58 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01M 10/0525 (20130101)
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US 10720747 Rivera et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
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) Jose A. Rivera (Savoy, Illinois);  Tom Galvin (Champaign, Illinois);  J. Gary Eden (Champaign, Illinois)
ABSTRACT A resonator is provided that includes opposing mirrors arranged substantially parallel to each other and separated to confine reflections for gain. A gain medium is between the opposing mirrors. A pump pumps the gain medium. At least one microrefractive element, or tens, hundreds, thousands, millions or more, stabilizes the resonator. The refractive element is disposed between the opposing mirrors and is configured to support a laser beam at a position of the refractive element. A method for producing laser light directs pump light onto one or a plurality of microrefractive elements. Reflections from the one or a plurality of microrefractive elements are confined in a resonator volume. Gain is provided in the resonator volume. Laser energy is emitted from the resonator volume.
FILED Monday, November 21, 2016
APPL NO 15/778535
ART UNIT 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC
Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours
G01B 9/02007 (20130101)
G01B 9/02019 (20130101)
G01B 9/02028 (20130101)
G01B 9/02041 (20130101)
G01B 9/02082 (20130101)

Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus
G02B 21/0032 (20130101)

Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters
G02F 1/035 (20130101)

Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical
H01S 3/08 (20130101)
H01S 3/22 (20130101)
H01S 3/086 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01S 3/139 (20130101)
H01S 3/213 (20130101)
H01S 3/0604 (20130101)
H01S 3/0804 (20130101)
H01S 3/08018 (20130101)
H01S 3/08059 (20130101)
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US 10720815 Dawidowicz
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S) The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S) Edward Dawidowicz (Jackson, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT Various embodiments associated with a segmented magnetic core are described. The segmented magnetic core can be made up of multiple singular structures so as to allow an individual singular structure to be removed with ease and without disturbing another magnetic core. This modular core design allows for a significant reduction in motor housing weight due to compatibility of the design with lightweight materials and the potential absence of extensive housing when so designed. This modular core design can be incorporated into a motor or a generator and this modular core design can be accomplished, in one example, by way of stacking and/or interlocking employing low cost assembly. In one example, a motor or a generator uses sensors to detect an operational failure in a magnetic core, notifying a user early of the failure.
FILED Monday, November 07, 2016
APPL NO 15/344611
ART UNIT 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Dynamo-electric Machines
H02K 1/14 (20130101)
H02K 1/141 (20130101)
H02K 1/2706 (20130101)
H02K 15/0006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H02K 15/022 (20130101)
H02K 41/031 (20130101)
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US 10720823 Kim et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of the Navy (DON)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S) University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S) Eun Sok Kim (Rancho Palos Verdes, California);  Yufeng Wang (Los Angeles, California);  Qian Zhang (Methuen, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT A vibration energy harvester includes a proof mass that is a magnetic array or a coil array. The magnetic array has multiple magnets. The coil array has one or more coils. The vibration energy harvester includes an enclosed chamber. The enclosed chamber has the other of the coil array or the magnetic array that is not the proof mass. The one or more copper coils and the multiple magnets are configured to generate the electrical energy from a relative movement between the one or more copper coils and the multiple magnets. The vibration energy harvester includes a liquid suspension that suspends the proof mass within the enclosed chamber.
FILED Wednesday, January 11, 2017
APPL NO 15/404084
ART UNIT 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties
H01F 41/04 (20130101)

Dynamo-electric Machines
H02K 15/02 (20130101)
H02K 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H02K 35/00 (20130101)
H02K 35/02 (20130101)
H02K 35/04 (20130101)
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US 10720852 Soles
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S) U.S. GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S) The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S) Alexander M. Soles (Warren, Michigan)
ABSTRACT One example is an inverter assembly for converting direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC). A DC connector on the inverter assembly is connected to an upper DC bus. A silicon carbide (SiC) heat sink is mounted above the upper DC bus and at least one capacitor is mounted above the SiC heat sink. A lower DC bus is connected to the upper DC bus and a liquid cooled cold-plate cooling unit is positioned between the upper and lower DC busses. SiC half-bridge units are located between the upper DC bus and the cold-plate and between the lower DC bus and the cold-plate. A gate driver unit is located on the upper DC bus above one converter heatsink and another driver located on the lower DC bus below the other converter heatsink. An AC output connector connects the converters to the AC output connecter.
FILED Wednesday, January 30, 2019
APPL NO 16/262086
ART UNIT 2839 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, or Vehicle Parts, Not Otherwise Provided for
B60R 16/02 (20130101)

Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof
H02M 1/08 (20130101)
H02M 1/44 (20130101)
H02M 7/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H02M 7/5387 (20130101)

Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components
H05K 7/20254 (20130101)
H05K 7/20872 (20130101)
H05K 7/20927 (20130101)
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US 10720906 Jansen
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S) BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire)
ASSIGNEE(S) BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire)
INVENTOR(S) Douglas S. Jansen (Pelham, New Hampshire)
ABSTRACT A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is disclosed to provide reduced phase noise at higher operating frequencies. A buffer-first VCO configured according to an embodiment includes multiple VCO core circuits configured to provide synchronously tuned oscillator signals. Each VCO core circuit is coupled to a summing node through a buffer circuit that generates uncorrelated phase noise such that the summing node provides a summation output of the oscillator signals with reduced phase noise. A multiplexer-less VCO configured according to an embodiment includes multiple buffer-first VCO circuits configured to provide oscillator signals covering a range of frequencies. Each buffer-first VCO circuit is controlled or selected by an enable signal. Buffer circuits are configured to select one of the buffer-first VCO circuits for coupling to a transmission line during a given time period based on the enable signal. The transmission line is terminated in a matched impedance at each end of the line.
FILED Friday, July 06, 2018
APPL NO 16/029118
ART UNIT 2849 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
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 5/36 (20130101)
H03B 5/1203 (20130101)
H03B 5/1231 (20130101)

Tuning Resonant Circuits; Selecting Resonant Circuits
H03J 5/244 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H03J 2200/36 (20130101)

Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses
H03L 7/081 (20130101)
H03L 7/087 (20130101)
H03L 7/099 (20130101)
H03L 7/183 (20130101)
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US 10720928 LaRue et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
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) Matthew LaRue (Columbus, Ohio);  Waleed Khalil (Dublin, Ohio);  Tony Quach (Lebanon, Ohio);  Brian Dupaix (Columbus, Ohio)
ABSTRACT A frequency-agile phase modulator with glitch-free multiplexer in CMOS process technologies for applications including wireless communications, radar, automotive radar, etc. Examples herein offer a novel phase modulator architecture that, when combined with either a wideband power amplifier or multiple narrowband amplifiers, allows for a single transmitter to transmit radar, communication, telemetry, or other similar waveforms across multiple frequency bands. The embodiments herein allow one transmitter to cover a very large operating frequency range, resulting in a decrease in size, weight, power consumption, and cost for future “small” platform systems. In an embodiment, the phase modulator circuit includes a reconfigurable delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit that is configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) input signal (RFin) and a configuration signal. The phase modulator circuit also includes a frequency-agile, glitch-free multiplexer circuit configured to receive an oversampled baseband clock signal (clkOBB) and a phase select data input signal.
FILED Tuesday, March 12, 2019
APPL NO 16/299213
ART UNIT 2849 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC
Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 1/10 (20130101)

Pulse Technique
H03K 19/20 (20130101)

Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses
H03L 7/081 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication
H04L 27/36 (20130101)
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US 10721213 Hagelstrom et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
APPLICANT(S) Architecture Technology Corporation (Eden Prairie, Minnesota)
ASSIGNEE(S) Architecture Technology Corporation (Eden Prairie, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S) Ryan L. Hagelstrom (Chaska, Minnesota);  Ranga S. Ramanujan (Medina, Minnesota);  Nathan E. Bahr (Eden Prairie, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT A method of obfuscating a source of a multicast packet is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of multicast packets at a first device from one or more second devices, the multicast packets received over one or more network links. A source internet protocol (IP) address of each multicast packet of the plurality of multicast packets is an IP address of the one or more second devices that sent the multicast packet. The source IP address of each of the plurality of multicast packets is changed to an IP address other than an IP address of the first device or an IP address of the one or more second devices. The plurality of multicast packets can then be sent.
FILED Thursday, June 01, 2017
APPL NO 15/611127
ART UNIT 2431 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC
Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 21/606 (20130101)

Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication
H04L 12/18 (20130101)
H04L 45/74 (20130101)
H04L 63/0414 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10716462 Amirana et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S) The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia);  460MEDICAL, INC. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia);  460Medical, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Omar Amirana (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  Kenneth C. Armstrong (Cary, North Carolina);  Matthew W. Kay (Kensington, Maryland);  Marco A. Mercader (Arlington, Virginia);  Terrance J. Ransbury (Chapel Hill, North Carolina);  Narine Sarvazyan (Potomac, Maryland)
ABSTRACT Systems and methods for visualizing ablated tissue are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for imaging tissue comprising: a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end; an inflatable balloon disposed about the distal end of the catheter; and an optical housing extending from the distal end of the catheter into the balloon, the optical housing being configured to position inside the balloon a light source for illuminating a tissue outside the balloon and a camera for imaging the illuminated tissue.
FILED Wednesday, May 23, 2018
APPL NO 15/986970
ART UNIT 3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 1/05 (20130101)
A61B 1/00009 (20130101)
A61B 1/043 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61B 1/00045 (20130101)
A61B 1/00082 (20130101)
A61B 1/00186 (20130101)
A61B 1/0638 (20130101)
A61B 1/0676 (20130101)
A61B 1/0684 (20130101)
A61B 5/004 (20130101)
A61B 5/0044 (20130101)
A61B 5/0084 (20130101)
A61B 5/1459 (20130101)
A61B 5/6853 (20130101)
A61B 5/14503 (20130101)
A61B 5/14546 (20130101)
A61B 18/00 (20130101)
A61B 18/1492 (20130101)
A61B 90/30 (20160201)
A61B 90/35 (20160201)
A61B 90/361 (20160201)
A61B 2018/0022 (20130101)
A61B 2018/0212 (20130101)
A61B 2034/301 (20160201)
A61B 2090/365 (20160201)

Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change
Y02A 90/26 (20180101)
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US 10716519 del Alamo de Pedro et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California);  Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Gregorio Marañó (Madrid, Spain)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California);  Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Gregorio Marañó (Madrid, Spain)
INVENTOR(S) Juan Carlos del Alamo de Pedro (San Diego, California);  Lorenzo Rossini (San Diego, California);  Andrew Kahn (San Diego, California);  Javier Bermejo (Madrid, Spain);  Pablo Martínez-Legazpi (Madrid, Spain);  Raquel Yotti Alvarez (Madrid, Spain)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure provides methods for in-vivo assessment of the location and extent of blood flow stasis regions inside a cardiac chamber or blood vessel and systems for performing the methods. The disclosure provides methods for assessing risk of intracardiac or intravascular thrombus or of embolism originating in a cardiac chamber or vessel, and methods for assessing the need for and/or optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy.
FILED Wednesday, November 23, 2016
APPL NO 15/360783
ART UNIT 3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 5/029 (20130101)
A61B 5/0044 (20130101)
A61B 5/055 (20130101)
A61B 5/0263 (20130101)
A61B 5/0285 (20130101)
A61B 5/743 (20130101)
A61B 5/02028 (20130101)
A61B 5/7275 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61B 6/507 (20130101)
A61B 6/5205 (20130101)
A61B 6/5223 (20130101)
A61B 8/06 (20130101)
A61B 8/488 (20130101)
A61B 8/0883 (20130101)
A61B 8/5207 (20130101)
A61B 8/5223 (20130101)
A61B 2576/023 (20130101)

Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data
G16H 30/40 (20180101)
G16H 50/30 (20180101)
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US 10716605 Bottlang et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
APPLICANT(S) Zimmer, Inc. (Warsaw, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S) Zimmer, Inc. (Warsaw, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S) Michael Bottlang (Happy Valley, Oregon);  Steven M. Madey (West Linn, Oregon)
ABSTRACT Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for fixation of a fractured bone. In various embodiments, the systems and plates may provide elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to the osteosynthesis plate. This elastic suspension may promote load distribution between the screws that connect a bone segment to the plate, thereby reducing stress risers and load shielding effect. In addition, stress at the screw holes, and within the construct as a whole, is reduced by incorporation of these elastic elements in the plate. Additionally, in some embodiments, for instance if fracture healing by callus formation is desired, elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to the osteosynthesis plate may enable small, controlled amounts of relative motion between bone fragments connected by the plate, which may promote fracture healing by callus formation.
FILED Wednesday, August 23, 2017
APPL NO 15/684607
ART UNIT 3775 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 17/863 (20130101)
A61B 17/8004 (20130101)
A61B 17/8038 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61B 17/8047 (20130101)
A61B 17/8085 (20130101)
A61B 2560/00 (20130101)
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US 10716751 Bellinger et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Andrew Bellinger (Wellesley, Massachusetts);  Shiyi Zhang (Shanghai, China PRC);  Carlo Giovanni Traverso (Newton, Massachusetts);  Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts);  Stacy Mo (Darien, Illinois);  Tyler Grant (Arlington, Massachusetts);  Mousa Jafari (Waltham, Massachusetts);  Dean Liang Glettig (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  Angela DiCiccio (San Francisco, California);  Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, Washington);  Philip A. Eckhoff (Kirkland, Washington)
ABSTRACT Certain embodiments involve administering a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) in a constrained configuration, then unconstraining the structure such that it is retained at a location internally of the subject for a period of time. The structure includes a loadable component that can carry an active substance for release internally of the subject.
FILED Friday, November 22, 2019
APPL NO 16/693121
ART UNIT 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 9/48 (20130101)
A61K 9/0053 (20130101)
A61K 9/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 31/65 (20130101)
A61K 31/357 (20130101)
A61K 31/7048 (20130101)
A61K 47/10 (20130101)
A61K 47/32 (20130101)
A61K 47/34 (20130101)
A61K 47/40 (20130101)
A61K 47/42 (20130101)
A61K 47/58 (20170801)
A61K 47/6901 (20170801)

Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor
A61M 31/002 (20130101)

Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds
C08G 18/73 (20130101)
C08G 18/4277 (20130101)
C08G 63/08 (20130101)
C08G 83/006 (20130101)
C08G 2230/00 (20130101)

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 33/02 (20130101)
C08L 33/08 (20130101)
C08L 33/14 (20130101)
C08L 2203/02 (20130101)

Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change
Y02A 50/411 (20180101)
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US 10716752 Bellinger et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Andrew Bellinger (Wellesley, Massachusetts);  Shiyi Zhang (Shanghai, China PRC);  Carlo Giovanni Traverso (Newton, Massachusetts);  Robert S. Langer (Newton, Massachusetts);  Stacy Mo (Darien, Illinois);  Tyler Grant (Arlington, Massachusetts);  Mousa Jafari (Waltham, Massachusetts);  Dean Liang Glettig (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  Angela DiCiccio (San Francisco, California);  Lowell L. Wood, Jr. (Bellevue, Washington);  Philip A. Eckhoff (Kirkland, Washington)
ABSTRACT Certain embodiments involve gastric residence structures which can be administered to a subject (e.g., a patient) in a configuration constrained by a retaining element, and configured to mediate a change in shape when unconstrained by the retaining element to assume a configuration in the stomach in which is retained and unable to pass through the gastric pyloric orifice of the subject under gastrointestinal physiological conditions. The residence structures can be loaded with an agent for release in the stomach.
FILED Friday, November 22, 2019
APPL NO 16/693149
ART UNIT 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 9/48 (20130101)
A61K 9/0053 (20130101)
A61K 9/0065 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 31/65 (20130101)
A61K 31/357 (20130101)
A61K 31/7048 (20130101)
A61K 47/10 (20130101)
A61K 47/32 (20130101)
A61K 47/34 (20130101)
A61K 47/40 (20130101)
A61K 47/42 (20130101)
A61K 47/58 (20170801)
A61K 47/6901 (20170801)

Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor
A61M 31/002 (20130101)

Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds
C08G 18/73 (20130101)
C08G 18/4277 (20130101)
C08G 63/08 (20130101)
C08G 83/006 (20130101)
C08G 2230/00 (20130101)

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 33/02 (20130101)
C08L 33/08 (20130101)
C08L 33/14 (20130101)
C08L 2203/02 (20130101)

Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change
Y02A 50/411 (20180101)
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US 10716759 Tyavanagimatt et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
APPLICANT(S) SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Corvallis, Oregon)
ASSIGNEE(S) SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Corvallis, Oregon)
INVENTOR(S) Shanthakumar R. Tyavanagimatt (Corvallis, Oregon);  Matthew Reeves (Albany, Oregon);  N K Peter Samuel (Corvallis, Oregon);  Steven Priebe (Plesanton, California);  Ying Tan (Walnut Creek, California);  Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon)
ABSTRACT Disclosed are methods for hydration of ST-246 particles comprising exposing said particles to moisture by conveying volumes of air containing moisture.
FILED Tuesday, July 23, 2019
APPL NO 16/519815
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 9/1688 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 31/403 (20130101)
A61K 31/4035 (20130101)
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US 10716798 Simpson
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S) Robert U. Simpson (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S) THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S) Robert U. Simpson (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT A pharmaceutical composition for tranquilizing cardiomyocytes present in heart muscle in a subject diagnosed with a cardiac overload disease comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a Vitamin D5 compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. A method for treating or preventing heart failure in a subject diagnosed as having heart failure or being at risk for heart failure, comprises administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a Vitamin D5 compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
FILED Thursday, February 21, 2008
APPL NO 12/528246
ART UNIT 1628 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 31/59 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 31/59 (20130101)
A61K 45/06 (20130101)
A61K 2300/00 (20130101)
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US 10716809 Gros et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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)
INVENTOR(S) Alena Gros (Barcelona, Spain);  Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland)
ABSTRACT Methods of obtaining a cell population enriched for tumor-reactive T cells, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a bulk population of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a sample of peripheral blood; (b) specifically selecting CD8+ T cells that also express PD-1 and/or TIM-3 from the bulk population; and (c) separating the cells selected in (b) from unselected cells to obtain a cell population enriched for tumor-reactive T cells are disclosed. Related methods of administering a cell population enriched for tumor-reactive T cells to a mammal, methods of obtaining a pharmaceutical composition comprising a cell population enriched for tumor-reactive T cells, and isolated or purified cell populations are also disclosed.
FILED Wednesday, November 15, 2017
APPL NO 15/813398
ART UNIT 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 35/17 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 5/0636 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/5005 (20130101)
G01N 33/5094 (20130101)
G01N 33/56972 (20130101)
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US 10716828 Danial et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S) Nika N. Danial (Boston, Massachusetts);  Loren D. Walensky (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts);  Gregory Bird (Pelham, New Hampshire);  Susan R. Korsmeyer (Weston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Nika N. Danial (Boston, Massachusetts);  Loren D. Walensky (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts);  Gregory Bird (Pelham, New Hampshire);  Stanley J. Korsmeyer (Weston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT The invention provides composition and therapeutic, methods for modulating homeostatic pathways that are useful in treatment, and prevention of diabetes, diabetes associated disorders, metabolic disorders and cancer.
FILED Friday, May 02, 2008
APPL NO 12/598479
ART UNIT 1619 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/1761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10716830 Frey
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICANT(S) Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S) Mark R. Frey (Glendale, California)
ABSTRACT The invention provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits for treating, inhibiting and/or reducing the severity of inflammatory bowel disease and necrotizing enterocolitis in a subject in need thereof by administering an effective amount of a composition comprising an activator of ErbB4.
FILED Friday, May 18, 2018
APPL NO 15/984194
ART UNIT 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/1883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/573 (20130101)
G01N 2333/71 (20130101)
G01N 2440/14 (20130101)
G01N 2500/10 (20130101)
G01N 2800/065 (20130101)
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US 10716836 Orban et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S) Tihamer Orban (Brookline, Massachusetts);  Peter Blackburn (New York, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S) Joslin Diabetes Center Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts);  Mercia Pharma, Inc. (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S) Tihamer Orban (Brookline, Massachusetts);  Peter Blackburn (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment and monitoring the progress of autoimmune diseases. In some embodiments, the methods include the stimulation of regulatory T cells specific to autoantigens associated with the autoimmune disease. A specific embodiment relates to diabetes mellitus, and the prevention or delay of loss of residual β-cell mass, providing a longer remission period and delaying the onset of diabetes related, progressive, complications through immunotherapeutic induction of regulatory T cells specific for human insulin B chain. In addition, the methods described herein can be used to predict whether a subject, e.g., a subject with ongoing anti-insulin autoimmunity, will progress to T1DM, and to evaluate a subject's response to a therapeutic intervention.
FILED Monday, October 27, 2008
APPL NO 12/290049
ART UNIT 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 39/0008 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 2039/515 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 5/0636 (20130101)
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US 10716845 Barouch et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Dan H. Barouch (Newton, Massachusetts);  Christine Bricault (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT The invention features stabilized human immunodeficiency virus (H IV) clade C envelope (Env) trimers. The invention also features vaccines, nucleic acids, and vectors to deliver and/or facilitate production of the stabilized HIV clade C Env trimers. In addition, the invention features methods of making and using the stabilized HIV clade C Env trimers of the invention.
FILED Friday, October 03, 2014
APPL NO 15/026391
ART UNIT 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 39/12 (20130101)
A61K 39/21 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 2039/70 (20130101)
A61K 2039/545 (20130101)
A61K 2039/575 (20130101)
A61K 2039/55561 (20130101)
A61K 2039/55566 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 14/162 (20130101)
C07K 2319/00 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 7/00 (20130101)
C12N 2740/15034 (20130101)
C12N 2740/16022 (20130101)
C12N 2740/16034 (20130101)
C12N 2740/16071 (20130101)
C12N 2740/16111 (20130101)
C12N 2740/16122 (20130101)
C12N 2740/16134 (20130101)
C12N 2740/16171 (20130101)
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US 10716856 Georgiou et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S) Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S) BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S) George Georgiou (Austin, Texas);  Everett Stone (Austin, Texas)
ABSTRACT Methods and compositions related to the engineering of a protein with L-cyst(e)ine degrading enzyme activity are described. For example, in certain aspects there may be disclosed a modified cystathionine-γ-lyase comprising one or more amino acid substitutions and capable of degrading L-cyst(e)ine. Furthermore, certain aspects of the invention provide compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer with L-cyst(e)ine using the disclosed proteins or nucleic acids.
FILED Thursday, June 13, 2019
APPL NO 16/440222
ART UNIT 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/51 (20130101)
A61K 45/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 9/88 (20130101)

Enzymes
C12Y 404/01001 (20130101)
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US 10716867 De La Zerda et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S) The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California)
INVENTOR(S) Adam De La Zerda (Palo Alto, California);  Orly Liba (Stanford, California);  Elliott Sorelle (Stanford, California);  Bryan Knysh (Saratoga, California)
ABSTRACT A composition includes a plurality of gold nanoparticles each having at least one surface. The gold nanoparticles have an average length of at least about 90 nm and an average width of at least about 25 nm.
FILED Friday, February 05, 2016
APPL NO 15/548151
ART UNIT 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 5/0066 (20130101)
A61B 5/0084 (20130101)

Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 49/0056 (20130101)
A61K 49/0065 (20130101)
A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61K 49/0428 (20130101)
A61K 2123/00 (20130101)

Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures
B82Y 5/00 (20130101)

Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F
C01G 7/00 (20130101)

Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds
C01P 2004/04 (20130101)
C01P 2004/16 (20130101)
C01P 2004/64 (20130101)

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 25/06 (20130101)
C08L 2203/02 (20130101)
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US 10717086 Di Carlo et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Dino Di Carlo (Los Angeles, California);  Manjima Dhar (Los Angeles, California)
ABSTRACT A system for isolating and emulsifying particles or cells within droplets includes a microfluidic trapping device having an inlet and an outlet and one or more channels disposed between the inlet and the outlet, at least some of the one or more channels having a plurality of expansion regions serially arranged along the length thereof. A droplet generation device is fluidically coupled to the outlet of the microfluidic trapping device, the droplet generation device has a plurality of channels of a first height that terminate at an interface into a chamber having a second height that is greater than the first height, wherein the plurality of channels droplet generation device and the chamber contain an oil phase therein and wherein the interface is a step junction. In some embodiments, the droplet generation device is itself oriented at an angle with respect to horizontal to prevent droplet coalescence.
FILED Tuesday, August 29, 2017
APPL NO 15/690046
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus
B01J 19/00 (20130101)
B01J 2219/0034 (20130101)

Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use
B01L 3/00 (20130101)
B01L 3/502761 (20130101)
B01L 3/502784 (20130101)
B01L 3/502792 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B01L 2200/0652 (20130101)
B01L 2200/0668 (20130101)
B01L 2300/0816 (20130101)
B01L 2400/0478 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/54333 (20130101)
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US 10717750 Pomper et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S) THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S) THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S) Martin G. Pomper (Baltimore, Maryland);  Ronnie C. Mease (Fairfax, Virginia);  Sangeeta Ray (Ellicott City, Maryland)
ABSTRACT PSMA-targeted PET/SPECT agents for imaging PSMA-positive cancer and or tumor neovasculature and PSMA-targeted radiotherapeutic agent for the treatment of PSMA-positive cancer or tumor neovasculature are disclosed. Methods of imaging PSMA expressing tumors, or cells and kits also are disclosed.
FILED Monday, March 14, 2016
APPL NO 15/557854
ART UNIT 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 51/0497 (20130101)

Acyclic, Carbocyclic or Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium or Tellurium
C07F 5/003 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10717751 Gamsey et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICANT(S) Profusa, Inc. (South San Francisco, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) Profusa, Inc. (Emeryville, California)
INVENTOR(S) Soya Gamsey (San Francisco, California);  Viachaslau Bernat (Burlingame, California);  Alex Kutyavin (Lake Stevens, Washington);  Jacob William Clary (Moss Beach, California);  Sulolit Pradhan (Foster City, California)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure provides polymerizable luminescent dyes useful for incorporation into polymers. The dyes and the polymers can be used in sensing and imaging applications, for example, to provide accurate and optionally long term measurements of glucose in vivo. The present disclosure also provides sensors including the polymers described herein. The sensors can be implanted into a tissue of a subject and used for long-term or short-term continuous and semi-continuous collection of data of various biochemical analytes, optionally without the use of implantable hardware of any type and/or enzymatic and electrochemical detection methods.
FILED Wednesday, December 27, 2017
APPL NO 15/855555
ART UNIT 1622 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 5/1459 (20130101)
A61B 5/14532 (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

Organic Dyes or Closely-related Compounds for Producing Dyes; Mordants; Lakes
C09B 1/002 (20130101)
C09B 11/24 (20130101)
C09B 11/28 (20130101)
C09B 23/04 (20130101)
C09B 23/0008 (20130101)
C09B 23/0016 (20130101)
C09B 23/0025 (20130101)
C09B 23/0066 (20130101)
C09B 23/083 (20130101)
C09B 23/086 (20130101)
C09B 57/00 (20130101)
C09B 57/02 (20130101)
C09B 69/008 (20130101)

Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere
C09K 11/06 (20130101)
C09K 2211/104 (20130101)
C09K 2211/1055 (20130101)
C09K 2211/1096 (20130101)
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US 10717763 Tseng et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
APPLICANT(S) TissueTech, Inc. (Miami, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S) TISSUETECH, INC. (Miami, Florida)
INVENTOR(S) Scheffer Tseng (Pinecrest, Florida);  Hua He (Miami, Florida);  Sean Tighe (Tampa, Florida);  Suzhen Zhang (Miami, Florida);  Ying-Tieng Zhu (Homestead, Florida)
ABSTRACT Provided herein are methods for the production of native and reconstituted hyaluronan (HA) complexes containing pentraxin-3 (PTX3) and heavy chain 1 (HC1) of inter alpha inhibitor (IαI). Compositions containing the complexes and therapeutic methods using the complexes are provided. Combinations and kits for use in practicing the methods also are provided.
FILED Tuesday, February 12, 2019
APPL NO 16/274123
ART UNIT 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/00 (20130101)
A61K 38/191 (20130101)
A61K 47/55 (20170801)
A61K 47/69 (20170801)
A61K 47/6957 (20170801)

Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles
A61L 27/34 (20130101)
A61L 27/54 (20130101)
A61L 29/16 (20130101)
A61L 29/085 (20130101)
A61L 31/10 (20130101)
A61L 31/16 (20130101)
A61L 2300/41 (20130101)
A61L 2300/236 (20130101)
A61L 2300/252 (20130101)
A61L 2300/412 (20130101)
A61L 2300/426 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 1/36 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C07K 14/47 (20130101)
C07K 14/81 (20130101)
C07K 14/525 (20130101)
C07K 19/00 (20130101)
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US 10717765 Ware et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S) SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE (La Jolla, California)
INVENTOR(S) Carl Ware (La Jolla, California);  John Sedy (La Jolla, California)
ABSTRACT Ligand-specific HVEM variants, compositions comprising such variants, and methods of treating inflammatory diseases comprising administering such variants, are provided.
FILED Friday, May 25, 2018
APPL NO 15/990486
ART UNIT 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/00 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 14/03 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C07K 14/70578 (20130101)
C07K 16/28 (20130101)
C07K 2319/00 (20130101)
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US 10717769 Klapoetke et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
APPLICANT(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
ASSIGNEE(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
INVENTOR(S) Nathan Klapoetke (Ashburn, Virginia);  Brian Yichiun Chow (Cherry Hill, New Jersey);  Edward Boyden (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts);  Gane KA-Shu Wong (Edmonton, Canada);  Yongku Peter Cho (Vernon, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT The invention, in some aspects relates to compositions and methods for altering cell activity and function and the introduction and use of light-activated ion channels.
FILED Friday, August 02, 2019
APPL NO 16/530047
ART UNIT 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/00 (20130101)
A61K 41/0023 (20130101)

Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy
A61N 5/062 (20130101)
A61N 2005/0661 (20130101)
A61N 2005/0662 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 14/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 13/00 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/5041 (20130101)
G01N 33/5058 (20130101)
G01N 33/48728 (20130101)
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US 10717771 Simon et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S) MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S) MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S) Roger P. Simon (Atlanta, Georgia);  Zhi-Gang Xiong (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT A system, including methods and compositions, for treatment of ischemia.
FILED Tuesday, May 22, 2018
APPL NO 15/985761
ART UNIT 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 31/439 (20130101)
A61K 31/498 (20130101)
A61K 31/4418 (20130101)
A61K 31/4965 (20130101)
A61K 38/16 (20130101)
A61K 38/17 (20130101)
A61K 38/1767 (20130101)
A61K 45/06 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 14/43518 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10717776 Almo et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S) ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (Bronx, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S) Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, New York)
INVENTOR(S) Steven C. Almo (Pelham, New York);  Sarah Garrett-Thomson (New York, New York);  Ron Seidel (Larchmont, New York)
ABSTRACT Disclosed are tumor necrosis factor receptor 1B (TNFR-1B) signaling targets and TNFR-1B mutants and their uses for treatment of diseases and disorders.
FILED Thursday, April 05, 2018
APPL NO 15/945887
ART UNIT 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/00 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 14/7151 (20130101)
C07K 14/70578 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C07K 2319/30 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/5008 (20130101)
G01N 33/6863 (20130101)
G01N 2333/525 (20130101)
G01N 2333/70575 (20130101)
G01N 2500/04 (20130101)
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US 10717777 Walther et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
APPLICANT(S) The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S) Frans J. Walther (Redondo Beach, California);  Alan J. Waring (Irvine, California);  Larry M. Gordon (Torrance, California)
ABSTRACT Peptides suitable for preparation of lung surfactants are described. Examples include one that include a first fragment comprising the amino acid sequence of XWLXRALIKRIQAZI (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a first amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and a second fragment comprising the amino acid sequence of RZLPQLVXRLVLRXS (SEQ ID NO: 2) or a second amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein X is any amino acid but at least one amino acid at the X positions is not cysteine, or Z is any amino acid but at least one amino acid at the Z positions is not methionine. Surfactants that contain such peptides, and related compositions, methods of preparing and using the compositions are also described.
FILED Friday, December 16, 2016
APPL NO 16/063437
ART UNIT 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/00 (20130101)

Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations
A61P 11/00 (20180101)

Peptides
C07K 14/785 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10717778 Haynes et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S) Duke University (Durham, North Carolina);  MacroGenics, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland);  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S) DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, North Carolina);  MACROGENICS, INC. (Rockville, Maryland);  THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S) Barton F. Haynes (Durham, North Carolina);  Guido Ferrari (Durham, North Carolina);  Scott Koenig (Rockville, Maryland);  Leslie S. Johnson (Rockville, Maryland);  Chia-Ying Kao Lam (San Jose, California);  Julia A. Sung (Chapel Hill, North Carolina);  David M. Margolis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina);  Liqin Liu (Germantown, Maryland);  Jeffrey Lee Nordstrom (Olney, Maryland)
ABSTRACT The invention is directed to bispecific molecules comprising an HIV-1 envelope targeting arm and an arm targeting an effector cell, compositions comprising these bispecific molecules and methods of use. In certain aspects, the bispecific molecules of the present invention can bind to two different targets or epitopes on two different cells wherein the first epitope is expressed on a different cell type than the second epitope, such that the bispecific molecules can bring the two cells together. In certain aspects, the bispecific molecules of the present invention can bind to two different cells, wherein the bispecific molecules comprises an arm with the binding specificity of A32, 7B2, CH27, CH28, or CH44.
FILED Tuesday, September 29, 2015
APPL NO 15/514420
ART UNIT 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 39/42 (20130101)
A61K 39/39541 (20130101)
A61K 45/06 (20130101)
A61K 2039/505 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 16/44 (20130101)
C07K 16/283 (20130101)
C07K 16/468 (20130101)
C07K 16/1063 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C07K 16/2803 (20130101)
C07K 16/2809 (20130101)
C07K 16/2812 (20130101)
C07K 2317/31 (20130101)
C07K 2317/52 (20130101)
C07K 2317/72 (20130101)
C07K 2317/73 (20130101)
C07K 2317/76 (20130101)
C07K 2317/626 (20130101)
C07K 2317/732 (20130101)
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US 10717813 Wang et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota)
ASSIGNEE(S) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S) Shanfeng Wang (Knoxville, Tennessee);  Lichun Lu (Rochester, Minnesota);  Michael J. Yaszemski (Rochester, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT Fumaric acid or a salt thereof, such as a fumaryl halide (e.g. fumaryl chloride), which contains unsaturated carbon-carbon double bonds that can be used for in situ crosslinking, is copolymerized with poly(caprolactone) diol in the presence of an alkali metal salt. The resulting photocrosslinkable biocompatible and bioresorbable poly(caprolactone fumarate) biomaterial is useful in the fabrication of injectable an in-situ hardening scaffolds for application in skeletal reconstruction.
FILED Tuesday, January 19, 2016
APPL NO 15/000833
ART UNIT 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles
A61L 27/18 (20130101)
A61L 27/18 (20130101)
A61L 27/46 (20130101)
A61L 27/46 (20130101)
A61L 27/54 (20130101)
A61L 27/56 (20130101)

Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds
C08G 63/08 (20130101)
C08G 63/912 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 67/04 (20130101)
C08L 67/04 (20130101)
C08L 67/06 (20130101)
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US 10717825 Davis et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S) California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) California Instite of Technology (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S) Mark E. Davis (Pasadena, California);  Dorothy Pan (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure is directed to nanoparticle delivery systems for delivering biological agents, pharmaceutical compositions of comprising these nanoparticles, and methods of using these compositions. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide nanoparticles comprising polymers comprising alternating charged and uncharged segments comprising one or more of the following structural units of Formula (I) Formula (III):
wherein A is an uncharged segment comprising polyalkylene glycol; and B is a cationically charged segment comprising at least one polyhydroxy linkage.
FILED Tuesday, March 12, 2019
APPL NO 16/351168
ART UNIT 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 9/5031 (20130101)
A61K 47/34 (20130101)

Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds
C08G 69/40 (20130101)
C08G 73/028 (20130101)
C08G 79/08 (20130101)
C08G 81/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
C08J 3/12 (20130101)
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US 10717968 Rank et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S) Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Menlo Park, California)
INVENTOR(S) David R. Rank (Pacific Grove, California);  Paul S. Peluso (Newark, California);  David K. Hanzel (Palo Alto, California);  Geoff Otto (Brookline, Massachusetts);  Thang Pham (Mountain View, California);  Fred Christians (Los Altos Hills, California);  Arekadiusz Bibillo (Cupertino, California);  Insil Park (Fremont, California);  Sonya Clark (Oakland, California);  John Lyle (Fremont, California)
ABSTRACT Compositions that include polymerases with features for improving entry of nucleotide analogues into active site regions and for coordinating with the nucleotide analogues in the active site region are provided. Methods of making the polymerases and of using the polymerases in sequencing and DNA replication and amplification as well as kinetic models of polymerase activity and computer-implemented methods of using the models are also provided.
FILED Monday, February 12, 2018
APPL NO 15/894157
ART UNIT 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC
Peptides
C07K 2319/20 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 9/1252 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture
C12P 19/34 (20130101)

Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/6827 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6869 (20130101)

Enzymes
C12Y 207/07007 (20130101)

Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods
Y02P 20/52 (20151101)
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US 10717980 Hong et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
APPLICANT(S) UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Iowa City, Iowa)
ASSIGNEE(S) University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa)
INVENTOR(S) Liu Hong (Iowa City, Iowa);  Brad Amendt (Iowa City, Iowa);  Thad Sharp (Iowa City, Iowa);  Aliasger Salem (Iowa City, Iowa)
ABSTRACT In certain embodiments, the present invention provides the use of microRNA (miR)-200a to inhibit ossification and bone formation.
FILED Tuesday, March 12, 2019
APPL NO 16/299692
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 9/1641 (20130101)
A61K 9/1647 (20130101)
A61K 9/5153 (20130101)
A61K 31/713 (20130101)
A61K 48/00 (20130101)

Methods or Apparatus for Sterilising Materials or Objects in General; Disinfection, Sterilisation, or Deodorisation of Air; Chemical Aspects of Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles; Materials for Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads, or Surgical Articles
A61L 27/24 (20130101)
A61L 27/54 (20130101)
A61L 27/56 (20130101)
A61L 2300/258 (20130101)
A61L 2300/412 (20130101)
A61L 2300/624 (20130101)
A61L 2430/02 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 7/00 (20130101)
C12N 15/113 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12N 2310/141 (20130101)
C12N 2320/31 (20130101)
C12N 2320/32 (20130101)
C12N 2330/51 (20130101)
C12N 2740/15043 (20130101)
C12N 2740/16043 (20130101)
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US 10717990 Mali et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S) President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Prashant G. Mali (Somerville, Massachusetts);  George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts);  Luhan Yang (Somerville, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT A method of altering a eukaryotic cell is provided including transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding RNA complementary to genomic DNA of the eukaryotic cell, transfecting the eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme that interacts with the RNA and cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner, wherein the cell expresses the RNA and the enzyme, the RNA binds to complementary genomic DNA and the enzyme cleaves the genomic DNA in a site specific manner.
FILED Monday, June 30, 2014
APPL NO 14/319171
ART UNIT 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 9/22 (20130101)
C12N 15/01 (20130101)
C12N 15/10 (20130101)
C12N 15/63 (20130101)
C12N 15/81 (20130101)
C12N 15/85 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12N 15/87 (20130101)
C12N 15/90 (20130101)
C12N 15/102 (20130101)
C12N 15/907 (20130101)
C12N 15/1024 (20130101)
C12N 15/8201 (20130101)
C12N 2310/20 (20170501)
C12N 2800/80 (20130101)
C12N 2810/55 (20130101)

Enzymes
C12Y 301/00 (20130101)
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US 10717992 Spiegelman et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
APPLICANT(S) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Bruce M. Spiegelman (Waban, Massachusetts);  Rajesh R. Rao (Norwood, Massachusetts);  Jonathan Z. Long (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT The invention provides compositions and methods for regulating thermogenesis and muscle inflammation through modulation of Metrnl and/or Metrn activity and/or expression. Also provided are methods for preventing or treating metabolic disorders and muscle inflammation disorders in a subject through modulation of Metrnl and/or Metrn activity and/or expression. Further provided are methods for identifying compounds that are capable of treating metabolic disorders and muscle inflammation disorders by modulating Metrnl and/or Metrn activity and/or expression.
FILED Tuesday, January 21, 2014
APPL NO 14/762375
ART UNIT 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Peptides
C07K 14/47 (20130101)
C07K 14/52 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 15/86 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12N 2710/10042 (20130101)

Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/6876 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/136 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/158 (20130101)
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US 10718009 Iafrate et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S) THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Anthony John Iafrate (Newton, Massachusetts);  Long Phi Le (Boston, Massachusetts);  Zongli Zheng (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT The technology described herein is directed to methods of determining oligonucleotide sequences, e.g. by enriching target sequences prior to sequencing the sequences.
FILED Monday, May 21, 2018
APPL NO 15/984612
ART UNIT 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/6806 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6806 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6855 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12Q 1/6855 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6874 (20130101)
C12Q 2525/186 (20130101)
C12Q 2525/186 (20130101)
C12Q 2525/186 (20130101)
C12Q 2535/122 (20130101)
C12Q 2535/122 (20130101)
C12Q 2537/159 (20130101)
C12Q 2537/159 (20130101)
C12Q 2565/607 (20130101)
C12Q 2565/607 (20130101)
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US 10718021 Fiandaca et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
APPLICANT(S) GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia);  UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S) GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, District of Columbia);  UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, New York)
INVENTOR(S) Massimo S. Fiandaca (Millersville, Maryland);  Mark E. Mapstone (Pittsford, New York);  Yuriy Gusev (North Bethesda, Maryland);  Howard J. Federoff (Bethesda, Maryland)
ABSTRACT The present invention relates to methods of determining if a subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment. The methods comprise analyzing the gene expression profile from peripheral blood leukocytes taken from the subject and comparing the value of the subject's gene expression profile with the value of a normal gene expression profile. A change in the value of the subject's gene expression profile, above or below normal values is indicative that the subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment compared to a normal individual.
FILED Thursday, May 28, 2015
APPL NO 15/312856
ART UNIT 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/6876 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12Q 2600/16 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/118 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/158 (20130101)
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US 10718022 Green et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S) University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Michael R. Green (Boylston, Massachusetts);  Sanchita Bhatnagar (Free Union, Virginia)
ABSTRACT In some aspects, the disclosure relates to the reactivation of inactive X chromosomes (Xi). In some embodiments, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for the reactivation of inactive X chromosomes. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods described by the disclosure may be useful for the treatment of dominant X-linked diseases.
FILED Friday, April 15, 2016
APPL NO 15/566533
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
Animal Husbandry; Care of Birds, Fishes, Insects; Fishing; Rearing or Breeding Animals, Not Otherwise Provided For; New Breeds of Animals
A01K 2227/10 (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 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12Q 2600/156 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/158 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/178 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/5023 (20130101)
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US 10718025 Zhang et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California);  Sage Bionetworks (Seattle, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California);  Sage Bionetworks (Seattle, Washington)
INVENTOR(S) Kang Zhang (La Jolla, California);  Gregory Hannum (La Jolla, California);  Trey Ideker (La Jolla, California);  Stephen H. Friend (Seattle, Washington);  Justin Guinney (Seattle, Washington)
ABSTRACT The invention provides for methods for predicting age of a subject based on the epigenome of the subject.
FILED Tuesday, September 25, 2018
APPL NO 16/141076
ART UNIT 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/6881 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12Q 2600/16 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/118 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/136 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/154 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/5308 (20130101)
G01N 33/57484 (20130101)
G01N 2500/00 (20130101)
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US 10718028 Gerson et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S) CASE WESTERN RESERVE UIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S) CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S) Stanton L. Gerson (Hunting Valley, Ohio);  Yanming Wang (Beachwood, Ohio);  Allison G. Condie (Cleveland, Ohio)
ABSTRACT A fluorescent probe for binding to and detection of AP sites of DNA includes the following formula: F-L-X where F is a fluorescent moiety, X is an aminooxy group (—ONH2), and L is a linker that links or couples the fluorescent moiety to the oxyamine.
FILED Thursday, April 14, 2016
APPL NO 15/567050
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 49/0019 (20130101)
A61K 49/0032 (20130101)
A61K 49/0039 (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 1/6827 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6827 (20130101)
C12Q 1/6886 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12Q 2525/119 (20130101)
C12Q 2563/107 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/136 (20130101)
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US 10718732 Levine et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
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) Peter M. Levine (New York, New York);  Kenneth L. Shepard (Ossining, New York);  Ping Gong (Elmhurst, New York);  Levicky Rastislav (Irvington, New York)
ABSTRACT Electrochemical sensing of biomolecules eliminates the need for bulky optical instruments required in traditional fluorescence-based sensing assays. Integration of the sensor interface electrodes and active electrochemical detection circuitry on CMOS substrates miniaturizes the sensing platform, enhancing portability for point-of-care applications, while enabling high-throughput, highly-parallel analysis. One embodiment includes a four-by-four active sensor array for multiplexed electrochemical biomolecular detection in a standard 0.25-μm CMOS process. Integrated potentiostats, including control amplifiers and dual-slope ADCs, stimulate the electrochemical cell and detect the current flowing through on-chip gold electrodes at each sensor site resulting from biomolecular reactions occurring on the chip surface. Post-processing techniques for fabricating biologically-compatible surface-electrode arrays in CMOS that can withstand operation in harsh electrochemical environments are described. Demonstrations showing example operation of the active CMOS array for biomolecular detection include cyclic voltammetry of a reversible redox species, DNA probe density characterization, and quantitative and specific DNA hybridization detection in real time.
FILED Friday, August 19, 2016
APPL NO 15/241486
ART UNIT 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/6825 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/48 (20130101)
G01N 27/3277 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 23/5226 (20130101)
H01L 23/5283 (20130101)
H01L 23/53261 (20130101)
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US 10718742 Goldhor et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
APPLICANT(S) Speech Technology and Applied Research Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts);  Richard S. Goldhor (Bedford, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Speech Technology and Applied Research Corporation (Bedford, Massachusetts);  Richard S. Goldhor (Belmont, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Richard S. Goldhor (Belmont, Massachusetts);  Keith Gilbert (Framingham, Massachusetts);  Joel MacAuslan (Nashua, New Hampshire);  Karen Payton (Natick, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT In environments (such as acoustic and bioelectrical environments) characterized by multiple simultaneous sources, effective blind source separation from sensor response mixtures becomes difficult as the number of sources increases-especially when the true number of sources is both unknown and changing over time. However, in some environments, non-sensor information can provide useful hypotheses for some sources. Embodiments of the present invention provide an adaptive filtering architecture for validating such source hypotheses, extracting an estimated representation of source signals corresponding to valid hypotheses, and improving the separation of the remaining “hidden” source signals from the sensor response mixtures.
FILED Monday, November 11, 2019
APPL NO 16/679889
ART UNIT 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC
Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves
G01H 3/12 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 29/14 (20130101)
G01N 29/4472 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10718756 Burke et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Peter Burke (Irvine, California);  Ted Pham (Westminster, California);  Phi Pham (Irvine, California)
ABSTRACT Mitochondria are central to the intrinsic apoptotic pathway of programmed cell death. Commitment to cell death occurs upon mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization, and dysregulation of this vital apoptotic control point is implicated in various pathologies. Provided herein are novel sensors which can detect, in real time and with great sensitivity, the release of protons from intact mitochondria caused by mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization. Embodiments include graphene based ion-sensitive field effect transistors.
FILED Friday, October 27, 2017
APPL NO 15/795924
ART UNIT 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/4145 (20130101)
G01N 33/5079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01N 33/5438 (20130101)
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US 10718763 Konry et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S) Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Tania Konry (Boston, Massachusetts);  Pooja Sabhachandani (Boston, Massachusetts);  Saheli Sarkar (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT Platform technology involving aqueous microdroplet reaction vessels created, arrayed, and characterized by imaging microscopy in a microfluidic device are applied to a wide variety of bioassays involving the detection and phenotypic characterization of single cells. The bioassays include the rapid and automated detection of microbial pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity from patient samples as well as the characterization of immune responses using a patient's own cells, including the killing of tumor cells.
FILED Friday, July 15, 2016
APPL NO 15/744198
ART UNIT 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Mixing, e.g Dissolving, Emulsifying, Dispersing
B01F 13/0071 (20130101)

Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use
B01L 3/0241 (20130101)
B01L 3/502761 (20130101)
B01L 3/502784 (20130101)
B01L 2200/0668 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/533 (20130101)
G01N 33/5432 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01N 33/6863 (20130101)
G01N 33/54346 (20130101)
G01N 33/56911 (20130101)
G01N 33/56966 (20130101)
G01N 33/57492 (20130101)
G01N 35/08 (20130101)
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US 10719691 Robinson et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S) Joseph Paul Robinson (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Bartlomiej P. Rajwa (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Kathryn E. Ragheb (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Cheryl M. Holdman (Brookston, Indiana);  Valery P. Patsekin (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Euiwon Bae (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Jennifer Sturgis (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT A system for the characterization of a colony of microorganisms includes a coherent light source configured to provide coherent light of one or more wavelengths along a common optical path. A holder is configured to operationally arrange a substrate so that the colony of microorganisms on a surface of the substrate is positioned to receive the coherent light. Scattered light is generated from the colony of microorganisms receiving coherent light. A first image capture device is configured to receive the scattered light and generate a scatter image from the microorganism colony irradiated by the coherent light. The system also includes a magnifying lens configured to magnify the colony of microorganisms. A second image capture device is configured to capture a light image of the colony of microorganisms magnified by the magnifying lens. Methods of assigning organisms to categories with like organisms without necessarily identifying the organisms are also described.
FILED Thursday, April 21, 2016
APPL NO 15/565404
ART UNIT 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC
Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology;
C12M 41/36 (20130101)

Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus
G02B 21/365 (20130101)

Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers
G06K 9/0014 (20130101)
G06K 9/00134 (20130101)
G06K 9/00147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Image Data Processing or Generation, in General
G06T 7/0012 (20130101)
G06T 2207/10056 (20130101)
G06T 2207/30024 (20130101)
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US 10719780 Lee et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S) DRVision Technologies LLC (Bellevue, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S) DRVISION TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Bellevue, Washington)
INVENTOR(S) Shih-Jong James Lee (Bellevue, Washington);  Michael William Jones (Kenmore, Washington)
ABSTRACT A computerized efficient machine learning method for classification of data and new class discovery inputs labeled data and unlabeled data into a computer memory for a computerized machine tool to perform (a) initial supervised learning using the labeled data to generate a classifier, (b) semi-supervised learning using the labeled data, the classifier and the unlabeled data to generate an updated classifier and high confidence data, (c) active learning using the updated classifier and the unlabeled data to generate a data label request and receive new class labeled data to generate augmented labeled data, (d) new class discovery using the updated classifier and the data label request to generate data of potential new classes and receive labels for potential new class data to generate new class labeled data, and (e) supervised learning using the high confidence data, the labeled data and the augmented labeled data to generate an output classifier.
FILED Friday, March 31, 2017
APPL NO 15/475611
ART UNIT 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC
Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models
G06N 20/00 (20190101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720242 Siekmeier
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
APPLICANT(S) Peter J. Siekmeier (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) MCLEAN HOSPITAL CORPORATION (Belmont, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Peter J. Siekmeier (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT A system and method for evaluating an effectiveness of a therapy for a psychological condition includes selecting a therapy to be analyzed relative to psychological pathology. The selected therapy is applied to a model of the psychological condition that includes hyperdopaminergia as a function. A response is determined using an output of the model of the psychological condition. The response is compared to a control to determine a wellness metric and a report is generated indicating an effectiveness of the therapy based on the wellness metric.
FILED Monday, December 07, 2015
APPL NO 14/961729
ART UNIT 2126 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 5/04009 (20130101)
A61B 5/4088 (20130101)
A61B 5/04845 (20130101)
A61B 5/4848 (20130101)

Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data
G16H 50/20 (20180101)
G16H 50/50 (20180101) Original (OR) Class
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Department of Energy (DOE) 

US 10717079 Branch et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
APPLICANT(S) Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S) National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S) Darren W. Branch (Albuquerque, New Mexico);  Philip R. Miller (Albuquerque, New Mexico);  Thayne L. Edwards (Albuquerque, New Mexico);  David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT The present invention relates to encapsulated microfluidic packages and methods thereof. In particular embodiments, the package includes a device, a cradle configured to support the device, and a lid having a bonding surface configured to provide a fluidic seal between itself and the device and/or cradle. Other package configurations, as well as methods for making such fluidic seals, are described herein.
FILED Wednesday, January 25, 2017
APPL NO 15/415675
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use
B01L 3/502707 (20130101)
B01L 3/502715 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B01L 2200/12 (20130101)
B01L 2200/0689 (20130101)
B01L 2300/04 (20130101)
B01L 2300/16 (20130101)
B01L 2300/0816 (20130101)
B01L 2300/0887 (20130101)
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US 10717244 Ghanem et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S) GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan);  University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan);  University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S) Roger G. Ghanem (Los Angeles, California);  Venkateshwar R. Aitharaju (Troy, Michigan);  Hamid G. Kia (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
ABSTRACT Presented are manufacturing control systems for composite-material structures, methods for assembling/operating such systems, and transfer molding techniques for predicting and ameliorating void conditions in fiber-reinforced polymer panels. A method for forming a composite-material construction includes receiving a start signal indicating a fiber-based preform is inside a mold cavity, and transmitting a command signal to inject pressurized resin into the mold to induce resin flow within the mold cavity and impregnate the fiber-based preform. An electronic controller receives, from a distributed array of sensors attached to the mold, signals indicative of pressure and/or temperature at discrete locations on an interior face of the mold cavity. The controller determines a measurement deviation between a calibrated baseline value and the pressure and/or temperature values for each of the discrete locations. If any one of the respective measurement deviations exceeds a calibrated threshold, a void signal is generated to flag a detected void condition.
FILED Tuesday, February 20, 2018
APPL NO 15/899412
ART UNIT 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC
Shaping or Joining of Plastics; Shaping of Material in a Plastic State, Not Otherwise Provided For; After-treatment of the Shaped Products, e.g Repairing
B29C 33/0066 (20130101)
B29C 45/02 (20130101)
B29C 70/10 (20130101)
B29C 70/48 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B29C 70/086 (20130101)
B29C 70/546 (20130101)
B29C 70/548 (20130101)

Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds
C08G 59/20 (20130101)

Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
C08J 5/04 (20130101)
C08J 5/24 (20130101)
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US 10717247 Dyrlund et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S) The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Akron, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Akron, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S) Christopher David Dyrlund (Canton, Ohio);  Andres Ignacio Delgado (Medina, Ohio)
ABSTRACT Apparatus and method for manufacturing an air maintenance tire includes an air pumping tube assembly station constructing an air pumping tube sub-assembly, a tire preparation station for forming passageways in the tire to accept an outlet device of the air pumping tube sub-assembly, an air pumping tube sub-assembly installation station and a pressure regulator installation station. The air pumping tube sub-assembly inserts into an elongate tire groove opening, facilitated by groove-spreading apparatus.
FILED Monday, May 07, 2018
APPL NO 15/972278
ART UNIT 1749 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC
Producing Particular Articles From Plastics or From Substances in a Plastic State
B29D 30/0681 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B29D 2030/0094 (20130101)
B29D 2030/0612 (20130101)
B29D 2030/728 (20130101)

Vehicle Tyres Tyre Inflation; Tyre Changing or Repairing; Repairing, or Connecting Valves To, Inflatable Elastic Bodies in General; Devices or Arrangements Related to Tyres
B60C 13/00 (20130101)
B60C 13/02 (20130101)
B60C 23/001 (20130101)
B60C 23/10 (20130101)
B60C 23/12 (20130101)
B60C 23/0491 (20130101)
B60C 2013/026 (20130101)
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US 10717267 Menard et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Navy (DON)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S) X Display Company Technology Limited (Dublin, Ireland);  The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S) Etienne Menard (Limoges, France);  John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois);  Seok Kim (Urbana, Illinois);  Andrew Carlson (Urbana, Illinois)
ABSTRACT In a method of printing a transferable component, a stamp including an elastomeric post having three-dimensional relief features protruding from a surface thereof is pressed against a component on a donor substrate with a first pressure that is sufficient to mechanically deform the relief features and a region of the post between the relief features to contact the component over a first contact area. The stamp is retracted from the donor substrate such that the component is adhered to the stamp. The stamp including the component adhered thereto is pressed against a receiving substrate with a second pressure that is less than the first pressure to contact the component over a second contact area that is smaller than the first contact area. The stamp is then retracted from the receiving substrate to delaminate the component from the stamp and print the component onto the receiving substrate. Related apparatus and stamps are also discussed.
FILED Tuesday, June 28, 2016
APPL NO 15/195747
ART UNIT 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC
Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form
B32B 9/005 (20130101)
B32B 37/16 (20130101)
B32B 37/025 (20130101)
B32B 41/00 (20130101)
B32B 2313/00 (20130101)
B32B 2457/14 (20130101)

Printing Machines or Presses
B41F 16/00 (20130101)
B41F 16/006 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems
B81C 1/00373 (20130101)

Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 21/6835 (20130101)
H01L 21/67132 (20130101)
H01L 21/67144 (20130101)
H01L 23/4821 (20130101)
H01L 25/50 (20130101)
H01L 2221/68363 (20130101)
H01L 2221/68368 (20130101)
H01L 2221/68381 (20130101)
H01L 2224/32145 (20130101)
H01L 2224/83192 (20130101)
H01L 2224/95001 (20130101)
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US 10717366 Jaksic et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S) GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S) GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S) Marko Jaksic (Shelby Township, Michigan);  Constantin C. Stancu (Torrance, California);  Dawud S. Abu-Zama (Canton, Michigan)
ABSTRACT Presented are electrical capacitors with interleaved busbar architectures, methods for making/operating such capacitors, and electric-drive vehicles equipped with such capacitors. A bulk capacitor includes multiple capacitor devices disposed within an outer housing and operable to modify electric current transmitted between a power source and an electrical load. An interleaved busbar package is interposed between the capacitor devices and outer housing. The interleaved busbar package includes a first busbar plate that electrically connects to first terminals of the capacitor devices and defines a busbar pocket. A second busbar plate is seated within the busbar pocket and electrically connects to second terminals of the capacitor devices. The second busbar plate includes a capacitor basin that seats therein the capacitor devices. An isolator sheet is interleaved between and electrically insulates the first and second busbar plates. The capacitor devices and interleaved busbar package may be partially submerged in an epoxy endfill composition.
FILED Tuesday, May 07, 2019
APPL NO 16/405491
ART UNIT 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Propulsion of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Supplying Electric Power for Auxiliary Equipment of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electrodynamic Brake Systems for Vehicles in General; Magnetic Suspension or Levitation for Vehicles; Monitoring Operating Variables of Electrically-propelled Vehicles; Electric Safety Devices for Electrically-propelled Vehicles
B60L 15/007 (20130101)
B60L 50/40 (20190201) Original (OR) Class
B60L 50/61 (20190201)

Power Supply Lines, and Devices Along Rails, for Electrically- Propelled Vehicles
B60M 1/30 (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 7/003 (20130101)

Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components
H05K 7/1432 (20130101)
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US 10717647 Tyler et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Chemistry (CHE)
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S) NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S) NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S) Timothy P. Tyler (Chicago, Illinois);  Anne-Isabelle Henry (Chicago, Illinois);  Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois);  Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois)
ABSTRACT A sensing platform includes a substrate, an array of wells formed in the substrate, and sorted nanoparticles filling in the array of wells such that each well contains a single sorted nanoparticle, wherein the sorted nanoparticles are in a cluster state.
FILED Tuesday, September 26, 2017
APPL NO 15/715902
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures
B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B82Y 40/00 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 21/658 (20130101)
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US 10717666 Baxter et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
APPLICANT(S) Larry Baxter (Orem, Utah);  Nathan Davis (Bountiful, Utah)
ASSIGNEE(S) Hall Labs LLC (Provo, Utah)
INVENTOR(S) Larry Baxter (Orem, Utah);  Nathan Davis (Bountiful, Utah)
ABSTRACT A method for separating solids from liquids is disclosed. A double-roller system is provided. A process fluid is provided to the double-roller system. The process fluid comprises a suspended solid and a process liquid. The suspended solid comprises non-fibrous solid particles. A portion of the process fluid is compressed through the double-roller system to produce a compressed portion of the suspended solid. A product stream and a dilute fluid stream are separated. The product stream comprises a compressed portion of the suspended solid and a first portion of the process liquid. The dilute fluid stream comprises a second portion of the suspended solid and a second portion of the process liquid.
FILED Friday, May 05, 2017
APPL NO 15/588136
ART UNIT 1777 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC
Separation
B01D 21/06 (20130101)
B01D 21/14 (20130101)
B01D 21/245 (20130101)
B01D 21/2405 (20130101)
B01D 21/2427 (20130101)

Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge
C02F 1/004 (20130101)
C02F 11/121 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10717713 Valdez et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
APPLICANT(S) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California)
INVENTOR(S) Carlos A. Valdez (San Ramon, California);  Edmond Y. Lau (Dublin, California);  Brian P. Mayer (San Francisco, California)
ABSTRACT Novel compositions of matter based on homopiperazine precursor materials and forming a homopiperazine-based ligand are disclosed, along with suitable techniques and materials for the synthesis and utilization thereof. In particular various synthetic schemes and techniques for applying the disclosed compositions of matter as a decontaminating agent. The decontaminating agents include homopiperazine-based ligand-metal complexes that are particularly effective at neutralizing toxicity of nerve agents, pesticides, and other toxic organophosphorus-based compounds. In preferred approaches, the homopiperazine-based ligand-metal complexes act as catalysts to facilitate substitution of a leaving group of the organophosphorus-based compound with a functional group that does not permit the organophosphorus-based compound to inactivate acetylcholinesterase upon introduction of the organophosphorus-based compound to a living organism such as insects and mammals. Advantageously, the catalytic homopiperazine-based ligand-metal complexes are formed using inexpensive, readily-available precursor materials, and may be utilized to neutralize toxins without relying on damaging caustic reactants or environmentally unfriendly organic solvents.
FILED Wednesday, September 19, 2018
APPL NO 16/136057
ART UNIT 1624 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators
A01N 25/32 (20130101)
A01N 25/32 (20130101)
A01N 43/647 (20130101)
A01N 59/16 (20130101)

Chemical or Physical Processes, e.g Catalysis or Colloid Chemistry; Their Relevant Apparatus
B01J 31/06 (20130101)
B01J 31/182 (20130101)
B01J 31/0237 (20130101)
B01J 2531/16 (20130101)
B01J 2531/26 (20130101)
B01J 2531/842 (20130101)
B01J 2531/845 (20130101)
B01J 2531/847 (20130101)

Heterocyclic Compounds
C07D 243/08 (20130101)
C07D 249/04 (20130101)
C07D 249/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10717824 Chintapalli et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
APPLICANT(S) PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED (Palo Alto, California);  XEROX CORPORATION (Norwalk, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S) Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California);  Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S) Mahati Chintapalli (Mountain View, California);  Barkev Keoshkerian (Thornhill, Canada);  Gabriel Iftime (Dublin, California);  Quentin Van Overmeere (Mountain View, California)
ABSTRACT A method of producing a polymer aerogel can include dissolving gel precursors consisting of radical polymerizable monomers and crosslinkers, radical initiators, and a chain transfer agent (CTA) in a reaction solvent, wherein the monomers and cross-linkers produce stiff homopolymers; placing the gel precursors into a substrate; polymerizing the gel on the substrate; optionally removing the wet gel from the mold; optionally performing at least one solvent exchange on the gel; and removing the reaction solvent.
FILED Wednesday, December 26, 2018
APPL NO 16/232688
ART UNIT 1766 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof;
C01B 33/1585 (20130101)

Macromolecular Compounds Obtained by Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds
C08F 2/38 (20130101)
C08F 2/48 (20130101)
C08F 212/36 (20130101)
C08F 212/36 (20130101)
C08F 220/14 (20130101)
C08F 220/18 (20130101)
C08F 222/102 (20200201)
C08F 222/103 (20200201)
C08F 222/104 (20200201)
C08F 222/104 (20200201)

Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds
C08G 77/442 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
C08J 3/075 (20130101)
C08J 3/246 (20130101)
C08J 9/28 (20130101)
C08J 11/22 (20130101)
C08J 2201/0502 (20130101)
C08J 2205/026 (20130101)
C08J 2333/04 (20130101)
C08J 2347/00 (20130101)

Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients
C08K 5/37 (20130101)

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 33/08 (20130101)
C08L 33/10 (20130101)
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US 10717964 Papoutsakis et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
APPLICANT(S) University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware)
ASSIGNEE(S) University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware)
INVENTOR(S) Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis (Newark, Delaware);  Sergios Nicolaou (Larnaca, Cyprus);  Alan Fast (Newark, Delaware);  Vasiliki Falara (Newark, Delaware);  Robert Kyle Bennett (Elkton, Maryland);  William Brian Whitaker (Newark, Delaware);  Nicholas Richard Sandoval (Newark, Delaware);  Jacqueline Gonzalez (Elkton, Maryland);  Maciek Antoniewicz (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT A non-naturally occurring microbe capable of growing in a medium comprising methanol is provided. The methanol contributes to a significant percentage (e.g., at least 40%) of the carbon source for the non-naturally occurring microbe, which expresses heterologous methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) and heterologous ribulose monophosphate (RuMP) pathway enzymes. Methods for producing liquid fuels and chemicals by the non-naturally occurring microbe and methods for preparing the non-naturally occurring microbe are also provided.
FILED Monday, July 23, 2018
APPL NO 16/042257
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 1/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12N 9/0006 (20130101)
C12N 9/88 (20130101)
C12N 9/90 (20130101)
C12N 15/52 (20130101)
C12N 15/70 (20130101)

Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture
C12P 7/16 (20130101)
C12P 7/40 (20130101)
C12P 7/42 (20130101)
C12P 7/44 (20130101)
C12P 7/46 (20130101)
C12P 7/625 (20130101)

Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution
Y02E 50/10 (20130101)
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US 10717972 Denby et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by University of California (UC BERKELEY) at Berkeley, CA
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Charles M. Denby (Berkeley, California);  Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California);  James Kirby (Berkeley, California);  Rachel Alexandra Li (Santa Barbara, California)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure provides a genetically modified host cell capable of producing linalool (or 3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-dien-3-ol).
FILED Friday, December 09, 2016
APPL NO 15/777037
ART UNIT 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC
Beer; Preparation of Beer by Fermentation; Preparation of Malt for Making Beer; Preparation of Hops for Making Beer
C12C 11/003 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 9/0006 (20130101)
C12N 9/16 (20130101)
C12N 9/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12N 9/1085 (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)
C12P 7/04 (20130101)

Enzymes
C12Y 101/01034 (20130101)
C12Y 205/0101 (20130101)
C12Y 301/07011 (20150701)
C12Y 402/03025 (20130101)
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US 10718004 Simon et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
APPLICANT(S) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California)
INVENTOR(S) Melinda Simon (Fremont, California);  N. Reginald Beer (Pleasanton, California)
ABSTRACT Techniques, systems, and devices are described for implementing a droplet array for single-cell analysis. A method of conducting single-cell analysis comprises generating a plurality of droplets, wherein each of the plurality of droplets contains a core material surrounded by a protective shell; loading the plurality of droplets, via a carrying fluid, onto an array including a plurality of trap structures, wherein the plurality of droplets are held by the plurality of trap structures; selecting a target droplet, held by a trap structure, from the plurality of droplets; and releasing the target droplet from the trap structure.
FILED Tuesday, December 20, 2016
APPL NO 15/385799
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use
B01L 3/502761 (20130101)
B01L 3/502784 (20130101)
B01L 2200/0652 (20130101)
B01L 2200/0668 (20130101)
B01L 2300/0816 (20130101)
B01L 2300/0851 (20130101)
B01L 2400/086 (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 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10718057 Freiderich
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
National Security Complex and PANTEX Plant (Y-12)
NNSA Critical Mission Site
Operated by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at Oak Ridge, TN (CNS)
APPLICANT(S) Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S) Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S) John W. Freiderich (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT A method and electrolysis cell for producing lithium metal at a low temperature. The method includes combining (i) phenyl trihaloalkyl sulfone and (ii) an organic cation bis(trihaloalkylsulfonyl)imide or organic cation bis(trihalosulfonyl)imidic acid in a weight ratio of (i) to (ii) about 10:90 to about 60:40 to provide a non-aqueous electrolyte composition. A lithium compound selected from the group consisting of LiOH, Li2O and Li2CO3 is dissolved in the electrolyte composition to provide a soluble lithium ion species in the electrolyte composition. Power is applied to the electrolyte composition to form lithium metal on a cathode of an electrolysis cell. The lithium metal is separated from the cathode has a purity of at least about 95 wt. %.
FILED Monday, March 19, 2018
APPL NO 15/925007
ART UNIT 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Processes for the Electrolytic Production, Recovery or Refining of Metals; Apparatus Therefor
C25C 1/02 (20130101)
C25C 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10718258 Solomon et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S) GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S) GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S) Arun S. Solomon (Rochester Hills, Michigan);  William F. Spruit (Grand Blanc, Michigan);  David P. Sczomak (Troy, Michigan)
ABSTRACT A direct-injection stratified charge internal combustion engine includes a combustion cylinder to receive an air-fuel mixture, and an air intake port to inlet air into the combustion cylinder. The direct-injection engine also includes a fuel injector configured to deliver fuel within the cylinder in a spray pattern substantially aligned to a cylinder central axis to create the air-fuel mixture. A spark igniter is located within a path of the spray pattern to ignite combustion of the air-fuel mixture. The direct-injection engine further includes a movable piston defining a lower boundary of the combustion cylinder to contain the combustion of the air-fuel mixture. The piston is configured to include a bowl portion having local geometric features located on an intake port side of the combustion cylinder to redirect fluid flow towards a vortex in fluid communication with a combustion location near the cylinder central axis.
FILED Friday, November 18, 2016
APPL NO 15/355343
ART UNIT 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC
Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General
F02B 17/005 (20130101)
F02B 23/101 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Cylinders, Pistons or Casings, for Combustion Engines; Arrangements of Sealings in Combustion Engines
F02F 3/24 (20130101)
F02F 3/28 (20130101)

Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation
Y02T 10/125 (20130101)
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US 10718262 Arnold
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
APPLICANT(S) Steven Don Arnold (Washington, Utah)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S) Steven Don Arnold (Washington, Utah)
ABSTRACT A continuously variable displacement engine has a plurality of pistons received in a cylinder block and connected to a nutator. A crankshaft with an axis of rotation is carried in a crankcase and incorporates an upper journal with a first angle relative to the axis and a lower journal with a second angle with respect to the axis. A first slider ball is engaged on the upper journal and a second slider ball engaged on the lower journal. A carrier assembly captures the first and second slider balls and incorporates an actuating cylinder. An actuation piston assembly is translatably carried in the actuating cylinder and connected to the crankshaft intermediate the upper journal and lower journal. The actuating piston is controllably translated between a first high eccentricity position and second low eccentricity position. An anti-rotational assembly connects the nutator to a piston case. A balance mechanism is adapted to change the amount of counterbalance for the nutator and the axial location of the counterbalance consistent with eccentricity of the nutator.
FILED Tuesday, March 06, 2018
APPL NO 15/913166
ART UNIT 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC
Machines or Engines, in General or of Positive-displacement Type, e.g Steam Engines
F01B 3/0017 (20130101)
F01B 3/0023 (20130101)
F01B 2003/0097 (20130101)

Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General
F02B 75/26 (20130101)
F02B 75/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Gearing
F16H 23/02 (20130101)
F16H 23/04 (20130101)
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US 10718756 Burke et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Peter Burke (Irvine, California);  Ted Pham (Westminster, California);  Phi Pham (Irvine, California)
ABSTRACT Mitochondria are central to the intrinsic apoptotic pathway of programmed cell death. Commitment to cell death occurs upon mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization, and dysregulation of this vital apoptotic control point is implicated in various pathologies. Provided herein are novel sensors which can detect, in real time and with great sensitivity, the release of protons from intact mitochondria caused by mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization. Embodiments include graphene based ion-sensitive field effect transistors.
FILED Friday, October 27, 2017
APPL NO 15/795924
ART UNIT 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/4145 (20130101)
G01N 33/5079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01N 33/5438 (20130101)
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US 10719441 Yin et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Exascale Computing Project (ECP)
PathForward Project (PATHFORWARD)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
APPLICANT(S) Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Santa Clara, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. (Santa Clara, California)
INVENTOR(S) Jieming Yin (Bellevue, Washington);  Yasuko Eckert (Redmond, California);  Matthew R. Poremba (Shaverton, Pennsylvania);  Steven E. Raasch (Boston, Massachusetts);  Doug Hunt (Fort Collins, Colorado)
ABSTRACT An electronic device handles memory access requests for data in a memory. The electronic device includes a memory controller for the memory, a last-level cache memory, a request generator, and a predictor. The predictor determines a likelihood that a cache memory access request for data at a given address will hit in the last-level cache memory. Based on the likelihood, the predictor determines: whether a memory access request is to be sent by the request generator to the memory controller for the data in parallel with the cache memory access request being resolved in the last-level cache memory, and, when the memory access request is to be sent, a type of memory access request that is to be sent. When the memory access request is to be sent, the predictor causes the request generator to send a memory request of the type to the memory controller.
FILED Tuesday, February 12, 2019
APPL NO 16/274146
ART UNIT 2138 — Memory Access and Control
CURRENT CPC
Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 12/0802 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G06F 2212/60 (20130101)
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US 10719755 Swager et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S) MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Timothy Manning Swager (Newton, Massachusetts);  Rong Zhu (Waltham, Massachusetts);  Maude Desroches (Quebec, Canada);  Bora Yoon (Natick, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT A tag for detecting an analyte can include a radio frequency identification tag including a sensor portion, the sensor portion configured to change resistivity when the radio frequency identification tag contacts or interacts with an analyte, whereby the resistivity change alters an output of the radio frequency identification tag, wherein the sensor portion includes a circuit, and wherein the sensor portion is configured to activate the circuit or deactivate the circuit when contacted or having interacted with the analyte, wherein the sensor portion includes a conductive material associated with a polymer complex.
FILED Friday, March 30, 2018
APPL NO 15/942418
ART UNIT 2876 — Optics
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/127 (20130101)

Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers
G06K 19/0723 (20130101)
G06K 19/07771 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods
Y02P 70/521 (20151101)
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US 10719903 Artico et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
APPLICANT(S) International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S) International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S) Fausto Artico (Santo Stino di Livenza, Italy);  Jose R. Brunheroto (Mohegan Lake, New York);  Juan Gonzalez Garcia (Yorktown Heights, New York);  Nelson Mimura Gonzalez (Yorktown Heights, New York)
ABSTRACT Methods for dynamically executing computer code across multiple disparate processing unit architectures are disclosed. During execution of a first portion of computer code on a first processing unit, it is determined that a first dynamic hardware behavior of a plurality of dynamic hardware behaviors will occur at a subsequent point in time, based on a second dynamic hardware behavior that is occurring. The methods include determining to execute code corresponding to the first dynamic hardware behavior on a second processing unit, rather than the first processing unit, and scheduling computer program code corresponding to the first dynamic hardware behavior to execute on the second processing unit rather than the first processing unit. Upon completion of execution of the computer code corresponding to the first dynamic hardware behavior, a remaining portion of the computer code is scheduled to execute on the first processing unit.
FILED Friday, December 22, 2017
APPL NO 15/852404
ART UNIT 2195 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development
CURRENT CPC
Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 1/325 (20130101)
G06F 11/3409 (20130101)
G06F 2201/805 (20130101)

Image Data Processing or Generation, in General
G06T 1/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720248 Malloy, III et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE)
APPLICANT(S) BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S) BWXT mPower, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S) John D. Malloy, III (Goode, Virginia);  Billy E. Bingham (Lynchburg, Virginia);  Ronald C. Watson (Forest, Virginia);  Jason G. Williams (Concord, Virginia);  Matthew W. Ales (Issaquah, Washington);  James B. Inman (Forest, Virginia);  Sean M. Boyle (Charlotte, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT In a pressurized water reactor (PWR), emergency core cooling (ECC) responds to depressurization due to a vessel penetration break at the top of the pressure vessel by draining water from a body of water through an injection line into the pressure vessel. A barrier operates concurrently with the ECC to suppress flow of liquid water from the pressure vessel out the vessel penetration break. The barrier may comprise one or more of: (1) an injection line extension passing through the central riser to drain water into the central riser; (2) openings in a lower portion of a central riser to shunt some upward flow from the central riser into a lower portion of the downcomer annulus; and (3) a surge line providing fluid communication between a pressurizer volume at the top of the pressure vessel and the remainder of the pressure vessel which directs water outboard toward the downcomer annulus.
FILED Monday, March 17, 2014
APPL NO 14/215530
ART UNIT 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
Nuclear Reactors
G21C 1/32 (20130101)
G21C 1/322 (20130101)
G21C 15/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G21C 15/26 (20130101)
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US 10720254 Degtiarenko et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) at Newport News, VA
APPLICANT(S) Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S) JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC (Newport News, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S) Pavel V. Degtiarenko (Williamsburg, Virginia);  Giorgi Kharashvili (Newport News, Virginia)
ABSTRACT A system and process for the photo-nuclear production of 67Cu using mainly the 71Ga (γ, α)67Cu reaction. The system and process uses a high energy electron beam, with or without a radiator, in order to isotopically convert at least a portion of a liquid 71Ga target to 67Cu.
FILED Thursday, February 23, 2017
APPL NO 15/441204
ART UNIT 3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources
G21G 1/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G21G 1/12 (20130101)
G21G 2001/0094 (20130101)

X-ray Technique
H05G 2/00 (20130101)
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US 10720269 Huber et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
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) Dale L. Huber (Albuquerque, New Mexico);  John Daniel Watt (Albuquerque, New Mexico);  Jessica Anne Bierner (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT The present invention is directed to the syntheses of superparamagnetic nanoparticles and the incorporation of the nanoparticles as the magnetic component to form a strongly magnetic nanocomposite. The superparamagnetic nanoparticles possess no hysteresis and are too small to support eddy currents. The invention uses a ligand exchange procedure to produce aminated nanoparticles that are then cross-linked using epoxy chemistry. The result is a magnetic nanoparticle component that is covalently linked and well separated. By using this ‘matrix-free’ approach, it is possible to substantially increase the magnetic nanoparticle fraction, while still maintaining good separation, leading to a superparamagnetic nanocomposite with strong magnetic properties and low magnetic losses.
FILED Monday, February 19, 2018
APPL NO 15/899043
ART UNIT 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC
Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds
C08G 59/3218 (20130101)

Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients
C08K 3/08 (20130101)
C08K 2003/0856 (20130101)
C08K 2201/01 (20130101)
C08K 2201/011 (20130101)

Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties
H01F 1/0018 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720316 Cooks et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
APPLICANT(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S) Robert Graham Cooks (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Zane Baird (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Pu Wei (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT The invention generally relates to sample analysis systems and methods of use thereof. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes an ion generator configured to generate ions from a sample. The system additionally includes an ion separator configured to separate at or above atmospheric pressure the ions received from the ion generator without use of laminar flowing gas, and a detector that receives and detects the separated ions.
FILED Tuesday, August 14, 2018
APPL NO 16/103436
ART UNIT 2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/622 (20130101)

Electric Discharge Tubes or Discharge Lamps
H01J 49/0013 (20130101)
H01J 49/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01J 49/061 (20130101)
H01J 49/142 (20130101)
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US 10720338 Young et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC)
NNSA Critical Mission Site
Operated by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (FM&T) at Kansas City, MO
APPLICANT(S) HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING and TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri)
ASSIGNEE(S) Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri)
INVENTOR(S) Barbara Young (Kansas City, Missouri);  Randy Hamm (Kansas City, Missouri)
ABSTRACT A low temperature cofired ceramic substrate comprises a plurality of dielectric layers, at least one inner conductor layer, a plurality of bond pads, and a solder mask. The dielectric layers are formed from ceramic material and placed one on top of another to form a stack. The inner conductor is formed from electrically conductive paste and positioned on an upper surface of at least one inner dielectric layer. The bond pads are positioned on an outer surface of the stack. Each bond pad is formed from a plurality of conductive sublayers of thin film metal stacked one on top of another, with each conductive sublayer being formed from a different metal. The solder mask is positioned on the same outer surface of the stack as the bond pads and includes a plurality of openings, with each opening exposing at least a portion of one of the bond pads.
FILED Tuesday, November 07, 2017
APPL NO 15/805352
ART UNIT 2847 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 21/4857 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01L 23/49811 (20130101)
H01L 23/49894 (20130101)
H01L 24/48 (20130101)
H01L 2224/48227 (20130101)
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US 10720640 Friesen et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S) Arizona Board of Regents Acting For And on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S) ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Tempe, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S) Cody A. Friesen (Fort McDowell, Arizona);  Jose Antonio Bautista Martinez (Mesa, Arizona)
ABSTRACT Provided in one embodiment is an electrochemical cell, comprising: (i) a plurality of electrodes, comprising a fuel electrode that comprises aluminum and an air electrode that absorbs gaseous oxygen, the electrodes being operable in a discharge mode wherein the aluminum is oxidized at the fuel electrode and oxygen is reduced at the air electrode, and (ii) an ionically conductive medium, comprising an organic solvent; wherein during non-use of the cell, the organic solvent promotes formation of a protective interface between the aluminum of the fuel electrode and the ionically conductive medium, and wherein at an onset of the discharge mode, at least some of the protective interface is removed from the aluminum to thereafter permit oxidation of the aluminum during the discharge mode.
FILED Friday, September 28, 2018
APPL NO 16/145956
ART UNIT 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy
H01M 4/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01M 12/02 (20130101)
H01M 12/06 (20130101)
H01M 12/08 (20130101)
H01M 2300/0002 (20130101)
H01M 2300/0028 (20130101)

Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution
Y02E 60/128 (20130101)

Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification
Y10T 29/49108 (20150115)
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US 10720703 Loui et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS) at Albuquerque, NM
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) Hung Loui (Albuquerque, New Mexico);  Thomas Edward Christian, Jr. (Palmdale, California)
ABSTRACT Various embodiments presented herein relate to determining mutual coupling between a pair of antennas in an array antenna. Various operations presented herein enable comparison between a magnitude and phase of a signal transmitted from a first feed network (via a first antenna) and a magnitude and phase of a portion of the signal received at a second feed network (via a second antenna). Electrical effects engendered by any of the first feed network, a first switch, a first local circuit, the second feed network, a second switch, and a second local circuit can also be determined and their effects mathematically removed. Based upon the foregoing, a mutual coupling between the pair of antenna is determined.
FILED Tuesday, January 15, 2019
APPL NO 16/247932
ART UNIT 3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables
G01R 29/10 (20130101)

Antennas, i.e Radio Aerials
H01Q 1/523 (20130101)
H01Q 3/34 (20130101)
H01Q 3/267 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720853 Barlow et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
APPLICANT(S) Matthew Barlow (Springdale, Arkansas);  James A. Holmes (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S) Matthew Barlow (Springdale, Arkansas);  James A. Holmes (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
ABSTRACT An integrated silicon carbide rectifier circuit with an on chip isolation diode. The isolation diode can be a channel-to-substrate isolation diode or a channel to channel isolation diode.
FILED Wednesday, November 07, 2018
APPL NO 16/183115
ART UNIT 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 27/0605 (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 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720882 Tamizhmani et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE) at Golden, CO
APPLICANT(S) Govindasamy Tamizhmani (Gilbert, Arizona);  Sai Tatapudi (Chandler, Arizona)
ASSIGNEE(S) Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Arizona)
INVENTOR(S) Govindasamy Tamizhmani (Gilbert, Arizona);  Sai Tatapudi (Chandler, Arizona)
ABSTRACT A system for evaluation of soiling of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules may comprise a first pair of solar PV modules exposed to the elements, a second pair of solar PV modules enclosed within a protective housing having a glass cover; a component coupling the glass cover to the protective housing. The component may be configured to displace the glass cover for a limited period of time to temporarily expose the second pair of solar PV modules to the atmospheric elements.
FILED Friday, May 18, 2018
APPL NO 15/983375
ART UNIT 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/414 (20130101)
G01N 27/4145 (20130101)
G01N 27/4148 (20130101)
G01N 33/00 (20130101)

Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables
G01R 31/003 (20130101)

Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 22/34 (20130101)
H01L 31/042 (20130101)
H01L 2924/00 (20130101)
H01L 2924/0002 (20130101)
H01L 2924/00014 (20130101)

Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy
H02J 7/00 (20130101)

Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules
H02S 30/10 (20141201)
H02S 40/10 (20141201)
H02S 50/00 (20130101)
H02S 50/10 (20141201) Original (OR) Class
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US 10721218 Smith et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S) Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S) Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (Pullman, Washington)
INVENTOR(S) Rhett Smith (Kuna, Idaho);  Barry Jakob Grussling (Pullman, Washington)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for selectively encrypting data flows within a software defined network (SDN). In one embodiment, a communication device may be configured to receive a plurality of unencrypted data packets. The communication device may receive from an SDN controller a criterion used to identify at least one of the unencrypted data flows to be encrypted. Based on the criterion, an encryption subsystem may generate an encrypted data flow the unencrypted data packets based on an encryption key. In some embodiments, the encryption system may parse the packets and encrypt the data payloads without encrypting the routing information associated with the packet. In other embodiments, the encryption subsystem may be configured to encapsulate and encrypt the entire unencrypted data packet. In some embodiments, the encryption subsystem may further be configured to authenticate a sending device and/or to verify the integrity of a message.
FILED Friday, December 21, 2018
APPL NO 16/230173
ART UNIT 2439 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC
Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication
H04L 45/38 (20130101)
H04L 45/42 (20130101)
H04L 45/64 (20130101)
H04L 63/06 (20130101)
H04L 63/162 (20130101)
H04L 63/0428 (20130101)
H04L 63/0471 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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National Science Foundation (NSF) 

US 10716703 Kulstad et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S) Advanced Cooling Therapy, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S) Advanced Cooling Therapy, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S) Erik Kulstad (Palos Heights, Illinois);  Hugh Patrick Caherty (Canton, Michigan)
ABSTRACT Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed.
FILED Tuesday, December 29, 2015
APPL NO 14/982340
ART UNIT 3794 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
CURRENT CPC
Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification
A61B 2017/00084 (20130101)
A61B 2090/064 (20160201)

Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits
A61F 7/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
A61F 7/123 (20130101)
A61F 2007/0054 (20130101)
A61F 2007/0095 (20130101)
A61F 2007/126 (20130101)
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US 10717084 Sulchek et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
APPLICANT(S) GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S) Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S) Todd Sulchek (Atlanta, Georgia);  Alexander Alexeev (Atlanta, Georgia);  Gonghao Wang (Atlanta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT Microfluidic devices for cell sorting or cell fractionation are disclosed. A microfluidic device can comprise one or more inlets, a first wall and a second wall, and two or more outlets. The first and second walls can be substantially planar to each other and the first wall having can have a plurality of ridges protruding from the first wall and defining a compression gap between the ridge and a surface of the second wall. The microfluidic device can also be a cell sorting device for sorting a plurality of cells based on one or more biophysical cellular properties including size, elasticity, viscosity, and/or viscoelasticity wherein the cells are subjected to one or more compressions due to the compression gap. Also disclosed are methods for cell sorting based on a variety of biophysical cellular properties.
FILED Wednesday, November 09, 2016
APPL NO 15/774684
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use
B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B01L 3/502776 (20130101)
B01L 2200/0652 (20130101)
B01L 2300/0816 (20130101)
B01L 2300/0864 (20130101)
B01L 2400/086 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 15/0272 (20130101)
G01N 33/48 (20130101)
G01N 33/491 (20130101)
G01N 33/5005 (20130101)
G01N 2015/0065 (20130101)
G01N 2015/0288 (20130101)
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US 10717108 Jiang et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
APPLICANT(S) University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S) UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainseville, Florida)
INVENTOR(S) Peng Jiang (Gainesville, Florida);  Yin Fang (Gainesville, Florida);  Khalid Askar (Gainesville, Florida)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure describes various embodiments of a structure for a composite light regulating film, methods of using the composite light regulating film, and for methods of making a composite light regulating film. The composite light regulating film can include particles and an elastomer matrix. The composite film is configured to modify in response to a force.
FILED Monday, April 17, 2017
APPL NO 15/489184
ART UNIT 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General
B05D 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates
E06B 9/24 (20130101)
E06B 2009/2405 (20130101)
E06B 2009/2417 (20130101)
E06B 2009/2464 (20130101)
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US 10717508 Wiens et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
APPLICANT(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Alexander Joshua Wiens (San Jose, California);  Anette E. Hosoi (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT Underwater robotic systems are disclosed. In some instances, a robotic system may include a body, a flexible fin, and a rotatable mass associated with the body such that angular acceleration of the rotatable mass causes a reaction torque that rotates the body to deform the flexible fin to create thrust in water.
FILED Friday, November 16, 2018
APPL NO 16/194113
ART UNIT 3617 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Offensive or Defensive Arrangements on Vessels; Mine-laying; Mine-sweeping; Submarines; Aircraft Carriers
B63G 8/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B63G 8/20 (20130101)
B63G 2008/002 (20130101)
B63G 2008/004 (20130101)

Marine Propulsion or Steering
B63H 1/36 (20130101)
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US 10717646 Sreenivasan et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S) Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S) Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S) Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas);  Shrawan Singhal (Austin, Texas)
ABSTRACT A method and alignment system for minimizing errors in the deposition of films of tailored thickness. A first position on a stage is identified for optimal placement of a downward looking microscope (DLM) and an upward looking microscope (ULM) when alignment marks on the DLM and ULM are aligned, where the DLM is attached to a bridge and the ULM is attached to the stage. A second position on the stage is identified when the ULM on the stage is aligned with the alignment marks on a metrology tool. A surface of a chucked substrate affixed to the stage is then measured. A map between a substrate coordinate system and a metrology coordinate system may then be obtained using the measured surface of the chucked substrate with the first and second positions.
FILED Friday, May 19, 2017
APPL NO 15/600070
ART UNIT 2886 — Optics
CURRENT CPC
Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General
B05D 5/04 (20130101)
B05D 5/005 (20130101)

Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors
B41J 2/01 (20130101)

Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems
B81C 1/00373 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours
G01B 11/002 (20130101)
G01B 11/2441 (20130101)

Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus
G02B 21/0016 (20130101)
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US 10717647 Tyler et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Chemistry (CHE)
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S) NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S) NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S) Timothy P. Tyler (Chicago, Illinois);  Anne-Isabelle Henry (Chicago, Illinois);  Richard P. Van Duyne (Wilmette, Illinois);  Mark C. Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois)
ABSTRACT A sensing platform includes a substrate, an array of wells formed in the substrate, and sorted nanoparticles filling in the array of wells such that each well contains a single sorted nanoparticle, wherein the sorted nanoparticles are in a cluster state.
FILED Tuesday, September 26, 2017
APPL NO 15/715902
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures
B82Y 30/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B82Y 40/00 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 21/658 (20130101)
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US 10717672 Loh et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
APPLICANT(S) THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Kenneth Loh (San Diego, California);  Jesus Gonzalez (Bay Point, California)
ABSTRACT A method for creating multifunctional cementitious composites that provide load-bearing and self-sensing properties. The method involves dispersing conductive nanomaterials (e.g., multi-walled carbon nanotubes) into a polymer (e.g., latex) material from which a thin film is created and deposited (e.g., sprayed) onto aggregates, which after drying, can be incorporated with cementitious materials and desired liquids and cast, along with sufficient number of electrodes, into a form for curing. After curing, the resultant structure can be electrically tested through the electrodes, for structural characteristics, including determination of damage severity and location using back-calculation utilizing electrical resistance tomography (ERT), or electrical impedance tomography (EIT), to generate a spatial resistivity map (distribution).
FILED Tuesday, May 17, 2016
APPL NO 15/157079
ART UNIT 1767 — 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 14/06 (20130101)
C04B 14/026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C04B 14/026 (20130101)
C04B 14/026 (20130101)
C04B 20/1029 (20130101)
C04B 20/1029 (20130101)
C04B 28/02 (20130101)
C04B 28/02 (20130101)
C04B 2111/00008 (20130101)
C04B 2111/94 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/20 (20130101)
G01N 27/043 (20130101)
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US 10717769 Klapoetke et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
NIH Office of the Director (NIHOD)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)
APPLICANT(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
ASSIGNEE(S) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts);  The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
INVENTOR(S) Nathan Klapoetke (Ashburn, Virginia);  Brian Yichiun Chow (Cherry Hill, New Jersey);  Edward Boyden (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts);  Gane KA-Shu Wong (Edmonton, Canada);  Yongku Peter Cho (Vernon, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT The invention, in some aspects relates to compositions and methods for altering cell activity and function and the introduction and use of light-activated ion channels.
FILED Friday, August 02, 2019
APPL NO 16/530047
ART UNIT 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 38/00 (20130101)
A61K 41/0023 (20130101)

Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy
A61N 5/062 (20130101)
A61N 2005/0661 (20130101)
A61N 2005/0662 (20130101)

Peptides
C07K 14/405 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 13/00 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 33/5041 (20130101)
G01N 33/5058 (20130101)
G01N 33/48728 (20130101)
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US 10717788 Benicewicz et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S) University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S) University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina)
INVENTOR(S) Brian Benicewicz (Columbia, South Carolina);  Alan Decho (Columbia, South Carolina);  Lei Wang (Columbia, South Carolina);  Kristen Miller (Columbia, South Carolina)
ABSTRACT A method is generally provided for attaching a polymer chain onto a surface of a nanoparticle, where the polymer chain comprises a cyclic arrangement of saccharides. The resulting grafted nanoparticle is also generally provided, along with its methods of use by exposing to a bacteria colony.
FILED Thursday, April 02, 2015
APPL NO 14/677328
ART UNIT 1623 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes
A61K 47/58 (20170801)

Polysaccharides; Derivatives Thereof
C08B 37/0012 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 5/16 (20130101)
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US 10717966 Khetani et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
APPLICANT(S) Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado)
ASSIGNEE(S) COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Fort Collins, Colorado)
INVENTOR(S) Salman R. Khetani (Chicago, Illinois);  Dustin R. Berger (Fort Collins, Colorado);  Brenton R. Ware (Fort Collins, Colorado)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure provides co-cultures of human pluripotent stem cell derived hepatocytes and at least one non-parenchymal cell population in vitro, methods of preparing the co-cultures and methods of using the co-cultures for high throughput screening and evaluation of drug candidates. The stem cell derived hepatocyte co-culture system provides an in vitro model in which cell viability and relatively mature hepatocyte phenotype of stem cell derived hepatocytes are maintained for extended periods relative to conventional monoculture.
FILED Thursday, October 11, 2018
APPL NO 16/157930
ART UNIT 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 5/067 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12N 2501/39 (20130101)
C12N 2501/237 (20130101)
C12N 2502/13 (20130101)
C12N 2503/02 (20130101)
C12N 2533/90 (20130101)
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US 10717972 Denby et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by University of California (UC BERKELEY) at Berkeley, CA
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Charles M. Denby (Berkeley, California);  Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, California);  James Kirby (Berkeley, California);  Rachel Alexandra Li (Santa Barbara, California)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure provides a genetically modified host cell capable of producing linalool (or 3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-dien-3-ol).
FILED Friday, December 09, 2016
APPL NO 15/777037
ART UNIT 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC
Beer; Preparation of Beer by Fermentation; Preparation of Malt for Making Beer; Preparation of Hops for Making Beer
C12C 11/003 (20130101)

Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media
C12N 9/0006 (20130101)
C12N 9/16 (20130101)
C12N 9/88 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12N 9/1085 (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)
C12P 7/04 (20130101)

Enzymes
C12Y 101/01034 (20130101)
C12Y 205/0101 (20130101)
C12Y 301/07011 (20150701)
C12Y 402/03025 (20130101)
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US 10718055 Ren et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)
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) Zhiyong Ren (Superior, Colorado);  Lu Lu (Boulder, Colorado)
ABSTRACT The present invention relates to the unexpected discovery of systems for capturing carbon dioxide and producing hydrogen gas. In certain embodiments, the system treats wastewater. In certain embodiments, the system captures and sequesters CO2 as carbonate salts.
FILED Wednesday, June 15, 2016
APPL NO 15/182928
ART UNIT 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Separation
B01D 53/62 (20130101)
B01D 53/326 (20130101)
B01D 2251/404 (20130101)
B01D 2257/504 (20130101)

Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge
C02F 3/005 (20130101)
C02F 2103/08 (20130101)

Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Processes for the Production of Compounds or Non-metals; Apparatus Therefor
C25B 1/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C25B 9/08 (20130101)
C25B 11/0405 (20130101)
C25B 11/0442 (20130101)
C25B 13/02 (20130101)

Capture, Storage, Sequestration or Disposal of Greenhouse Gases [GHG]
Y02C 10/04 (20130101)

Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods
Y02P 20/152 (20151101)

Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Wastewater Treatment or Waste Management
Y02W 10/33 (20150501)
Y02W 10/37 (20150501)
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US 10718756 Burke et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Army (DOA)
Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL)
Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
APPLICANT(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Peter Burke (Irvine, California);  Ted Pham (Westminster, California);  Phi Pham (Irvine, California)
ABSTRACT Mitochondria are central to the intrinsic apoptotic pathway of programmed cell death. Commitment to cell death occurs upon mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization, and dysregulation of this vital apoptotic control point is implicated in various pathologies. Provided herein are novel sensors which can detect, in real time and with great sensitivity, the release of protons from intact mitochondria caused by mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization. Embodiments include graphene based ion-sensitive field effect transistors.
FILED Friday, October 27, 2017
APPL NO 15/795924
ART UNIT 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/4145 (20130101)
G01N 33/5079 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01N 33/5438 (20130101)
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US 10719099 Puggelli et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S) Lion Semiconductor Inc. (San Francisco, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) Lion Semiconductor Inc. (San Francisco, California)
INVENTOR(S) Alberto Alessandro Angelo Puggelli (Burlingame, California);  Thomas Li (Mountain View, California);  Wonyoung Kim (Mountain View, California);  John Crossley (Oakland, California);  Hanh-Phuc Le (Superior, Colorado)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure shows a reconfigurable Dickson Star SC regulator that can support multiple conversion ratios by reconfiguring between various modes. The reconfigurable Dickson Star SC regulator is designed to reduce the number of redundant capacitors by reusing capacitors and switches across multiple modes of operation (across multiple conversion ratios). The present disclosure also shows a hybrid (e.g., two-stage) voltage regulator.
FILED Monday, May 13, 2019
APPL NO 16/410917
ART UNIT 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC
Systems for Regulating Electric or Magnetic Variables
G05F 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy
H02J 7/00 (20130101)

Apparatus for Conversion Between AC and AC, Between AC and DC, or Between DC and DC, and for Use With Mains or Similar Power Supply Systems; Conversion of DC or AC Input Power into Surge Output Power; Control or Regulation Thereof
H02M 3/07 (20130101)
H02M 3/1582 (20130101)
H02M 2001/007 (20130101)
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US 10719755 Swager et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS) at Livermore, CA
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S) MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) Timothy Manning Swager (Newton, Massachusetts);  Rong Zhu (Waltham, Massachusetts);  Maude Desroches (Quebec, Canada);  Bora Yoon (Natick, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT A tag for detecting an analyte can include a radio frequency identification tag including a sensor portion, the sensor portion configured to change resistivity when the radio frequency identification tag contacts or interacts with an analyte, whereby the resistivity change alters an output of the radio frequency identification tag, wherein the sensor portion includes a circuit, and wherein the sensor portion is configured to activate the circuit or deactivate the circuit when contacted or having interacted with the analyte, wherein the sensor portion includes a conductive material associated with a polymer complex.
FILED Friday, March 30, 2018
APPL NO 15/942418
ART UNIT 2876 — Optics
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/127 (20130101)

Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers
G06K 19/0723 (20130101)
G06K 19/07771 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Production or Processing of Goods
Y02P 70/521 (20151101)
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US 10720380 Seal et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S) Starlet R. Glover (Farmington, Arkansas);  Sayan Seal (Fayetteville, Arkansas);  H. Alan Mantooth (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S) Sayan Seal (Fayetteville, Arkansas);  Michael D. Glover (Fayetteville, Arkansas);  H. Alan Mantooth (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
ABSTRACT A flip-chip wire bondless power device and method for using a two sided contact bare die power device as a single-connection-level power device. The device uses a top pad solder ball array for connecting a top pad electrically connected to the top contact of the bare die power device and a bottom pad solder ball array for connecting a bottom pad that is electrically through an electrically conductive bottom pad connector that is electrically connected to the bottom contact of the bare die power device using an electrically conductive die-attach material, the top pad and bottom pad, and thereby the top pad solder ball array and the bottom pad solder ball array are planar for flip chip mounting. A trench can be formed between the top pad and bottom pad for isolation and insulation purposes. A method of assembling a flip-chip wire bondless power device is also provided.
FILED Wednesday, June 13, 2018
APPL NO 16/007463
ART UNIT 2895 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC
Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 23/4952 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01L 23/49568 (20130101)
H01L 24/03 (20130101)
H01L 24/05 (20130101)
H01L 24/06 (20130101)
H01L 24/11 (20130101)
H01L 24/16 (20130101)
H01L 24/29 (20130101)
H01L 24/32 (20130101)
H01L 24/73 (20130101)
H01L 24/92 (20130101)
H01L 2224/0381 (20130101)
H01L 2224/0401 (20130101)
H01L 2224/1132 (20130101)
H01L 2224/03825 (20130101)
H01L 2224/04026 (20130101)
H01L 2224/05083 (20130101)
H01L 2224/05118 (20130101)
H01L 2224/05124 (20130101)
H01L 2224/05155 (20130101)
H01L 2224/05644 (20130101)
H01L 2224/06181 (20130101)
H01L 2224/9202 (20130101)
H01L 2224/16221 (20130101)
H01L 2224/29139 (20130101)
H01L 2224/32245 (20130101)
H01L 2224/73253 (20130101)
H01L 2224/92242 (20130101)
H01L 2924/10272 (20130101)
H01L 2924/13055 (20130101)
H01L 2924/13091 (20130101)
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US 10720560 Grayson et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S) Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S) Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S) Matthew Grayson (Evanston, Illinois);  Mark C Hersam (Wilmette, Illinois);  Chuanle Zhou (Evanston, Illinois);  Yang Tang (Evanston, Illinois);  Tejas Shastry (Washington, Illinois)
ABSTRACT A transverse thermoelectric includes a first array of hole-conducting nanowires and a second array of electron-conducting nanowires positioned orthogonal to the first array of nanowires. A substrate provides structure to the first array of nanowires and the second array of nanowires.
FILED Thursday, September 10, 2015
APPL NO 14/850014
ART UNIT 1721 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 35/16 (20130101)
H01L 35/18 (20130101)
H01L 35/22 (20130101)
H01L 35/24 (20130101)
H01L 35/32 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01L 35/34 (20130101)
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US 10720823 Kim et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of the Navy (DON)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S) University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S) Eun Sok Kim (Rancho Palos Verdes, California);  Yufeng Wang (Los Angeles, California);  Qian Zhang (Methuen, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT A vibration energy harvester includes a proof mass that is a magnetic array or a coil array. The magnetic array has multiple magnets. The coil array has one or more coils. The vibration energy harvester includes an enclosed chamber. The enclosed chamber has the other of the coil array or the magnetic array that is not the proof mass. The one or more copper coils and the multiple magnets are configured to generate the electrical energy from a relative movement between the one or more copper coils and the multiple magnets. The vibration energy harvester includes a liquid suspension that suspends the proof mass within the enclosed chamber.
FILED Wednesday, January 11, 2017
APPL NO 15/404084
ART UNIT 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties
H01F 41/04 (20130101)

Dynamo-electric Machines
H02K 15/02 (20130101)
H02K 33/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H02K 35/00 (20130101)
H02K 35/02 (20130101)
H02K 35/04 (20130101)
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

US 10717108 Jiang et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
APPLICANT(S) University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S) UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (Gainseville, Florida)
INVENTOR(S) Peng Jiang (Gainesville, Florida);  Yin Fang (Gainesville, Florida);  Khalid Askar (Gainesville, Florida)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure describes various embodiments of a structure for a composite light regulating film, methods of using the composite light regulating film, and for methods of making a composite light regulating film. The composite light regulating film can include particles and an elastomer matrix. The composite film is configured to modify in response to a force.
FILED Monday, April 17, 2017
APPL NO 15/489184
ART UNIT 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Processes for Applying Fluent Materials to Surfaces, in General
B05D 3/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Fixed or Movable Closures for Openings in Buildings, Vehicles, Fences or Like Enclosures in General, e.g Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates
E06B 9/24 (20130101)
E06B 2009/2405 (20130101)
E06B 2009/2417 (20130101)
E06B 2009/2464 (20130101)
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US 10717548 Santos Soto
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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) Luis H. Santos Soto (Odenton, Maryland)
ABSTRACT A deployable multi-section boom comprising a first hinge assembly including a base section adapted to be attached to a structure, a movable section that is pivotably attached to the base section and a first boom attached to the movable section. The first hinge assembly is configured to allow the first boom to pivot in a first direction to a first predetermined maximum angle with respect to the base section. A first constant torque assembly constantly urges the first boom to pivot in the first direction and includes a component attached to the base section of the first hinge assembly. The multi-section boom includes a second hinge assembly that includes a first section attached to the first boom and a second section that is pivotably attached to the first section. A second boom is attached to the second section of the second hinge assembly wherein the second hinge assembly allows the second boom to pivot in a second direction to a second predetermined maximum angle with respect to the first boom. A second constant torque assembly constantly urges the second boom to pivot in the second direction and includes a component that is attached to the first section of the second hinge assembly. The first constant torque assembly and second constant torque assembly cooperate to configure the multi-section boom in a fully deployed state wherein the constant torque applied to the first boom causes the entire multi-section boom to pivot in the first direction while the constant torque applied to the second boom causes the second boom to simultaneously pivot in the second direction with respect to the first boom while the entire multi-section boom continues to pivot in the first direction. The multi-section boom is fully deployed when the first boom pivots to the first predetermined maximum angle and the second boom pivots to the second predetermined angle.
FILED Monday, September 25, 2017
APPL NO 15/713747
ART UNIT 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
Manipulators; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices
B25J 17/0241 (20130101)
B25J 18/00 (20130101)
B25J 18/002 (20130101)

Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor
B64G 1/222 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B64G 2004/005 (20130101)
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US 10717836 Boghozian et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S) USA 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) Tane Boghozian (Redwood City, California);  Margaret M. Stackpoole (Santa Clara, California)
ABSTRACT Thermal protective materials suitable for use in a spacecraft include a substrate, such as carbon fibers or carbon felt, and cyanate ester resin or phthalonitrile resin, and cross-linkers. These thermal protective materials have a density of about 0.2 to about 0.35 g/cm3. Methods of making the thermal protective materials include mixing a cyanate ester resin or a phthalonitrile resin and a cross-linker to result in a resin solution, infusing the resin solution into a substrate, and curing the resin to result in the thermal protective material.
FILED Thursday, June 02, 2016
APPL NO 15/171635
ART UNIT 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than by Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds
C08G 73/0655 (20130101)

Working-up; General Processes of Compounding; After-treatment Not Covered by Subclasses C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H
C08J 5/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C08J 5/042 (20130101)
C08J 2379/04 (20130101)

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 79/04 (20130101)
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US 10718272 Lord et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC)
APPLICANT(S) UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S) United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S) Wesley K. Lord (South Glastonbury, Connecticut);  Matthew R Feulner (West Hartford, Connecticut);  Gabriel L. Suciu (Glastonbury, Connecticut);  Jesse M. Chandler (South Windsor, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT A gas turbine engine comprises a housing having an inlet leading to a fan rotor. A bypass door is mounted upstream of the inlet to the fan rotor, and is moveable away from a non-bypass position to a bypass position to selectively bypass boundary layer air vertically beneath the engine. An aircraft is also disclosed.
FILED Tuesday, April 18, 2017
APPL NO 15/490155
ART UNIT 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC
Aeroplanes; Helicopters
B64C 21/02 (20130101)
B64C 21/06 (20130101)
B64C 2230/06 (20130101)

Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft
B64D 27/14 (20130101)
B64D 33/02 (20130101)
B64D 2033/0226 (20130101)
B64D 2033/0286 (20130101)

Gas-turbine Plants; Air Intakes for Jet-propulsion Plants; Controlling Fuel Supply in Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants
F02C 9/18 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Jet-propulsion Plants
F02K 3/06 (20130101)

Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants
F05D 2250/90 (20130101)
F05D 2270/17 (20130101)

Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related to Transportation
Y02T 50/166 (20130101)
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US 10718524 Dai et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Glenn Research Center (GLENN)
APPLICANT(S) United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S) RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S) Zhongtao Dai (Glastonbury, Connecticut);  Jeffrey M. Cohen (Hebron, Connecticut);  Catalin G. Fotache (West Hartford, Connecticut);  Lance L. Smith (West Hartford, Connecticut);  Donald J. Hautman (Marlborough, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT A mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided, including a main mixer with fuel injection holes located between at least one radial swirler and at least one axial swirler, wherein the fuel injected into the main mixer is atomized and dispersed by the air flowing through the radial swirler and the axial swirler.
FILED Monday, October 02, 2017
APPL NO 15/722634
ART UNIT 3741 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC
Methods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or Solid Fuel Suspended In Air
F23C 7/004 (20130101)

Generating Combustion Products of High Pressure or High Velocity, e.g Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers
F23R 3/14 (20130101)
F23R 3/286 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
F23R 2900/03343 (20130101)
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US 10718636 Cox
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
APPLICANT(S) Louisiana Tech Research Corporation (Ruston, Louisiana)
ASSIGNEE(S) Louisiana Tech Research Corporation (Ruston, Louisiana)
INVENTOR(S) Bryan Cox (Marion, Arkansas)
ABSTRACT A magnetic position sensor having a substrate with an elongated, substantially continuous magneto-resistive section formed on the substrate. At least three electrodes are in contact with, and space at intervals along, the magneto-resistive section, thereby dividing the magneto-resistive section into at least first and second magneto-resistive regions. A magnet is configured to move in an direction which increases or decreases the magnetic field over the magneto-resistive layer, while a detection circuit configured to detect a change in voltage between the electrodes as the magnet moves from predominantly over the first magneto-resistive region to predominantly over the second magneto-resistive region.
FILED Wednesday, September 06, 2017
APPL NO 15/697198
ART UNIT 2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC
Measuring Not Specially Adapted for a Specific Variable; Arrangements for Measuring Two or More Variables Not Covered in a Single Other Subclass; Tariff Metering Apparatus; Measuring or Testing Not Otherwise Provided for
G01D 5/165 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables
G01R 33/093 (20130101)
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US 10718810 Kalgren et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
APPLICANT(S) Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S) SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (Stratford, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S) Patrick W. Kalgren (Conesus, New York);  Kenneth Gravenstede (Lima, New York);  Evan Grundman (Victor, New York);  John Gorton (Webster, New York)
ABSTRACT A Transistor Resonant Characteristic Sensor (TReCS) includes a sensing element positioned along electronic equipment so that the sensing element is electromagnetically coupled to the electronic equipment. The sensing element includes a coil. The sensing element is configured to detect magnetic oscillations associated with a characteristic signal generated by the electronic equipment. The TReCS sensor further includes an evaluation circuit connected to the sensing element for monitoring health state of the electronic equipment. The evaluation circuit includes one or more processing elements configured to diagnose health state of the electronic equipment based on extracted baseband information associated with the characteristic signal.
FILED Friday, June 10, 2016
APPL NO 15/736608
ART UNIT 2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC
Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables
G01R 31/42 (20130101)
G01R 31/315 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01R 31/2837 (20130101)
G01R 33/022 (20130101)
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US 10718884 Mecikalski
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
APPLICANT(S) Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Huntsville, Alabama)
ASSIGNEE(S) Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in (Huntsville, Alabama)
INVENTOR(S) John R. Mecikalski (Madison, Alabama)
ABSTRACT A weather forecasting system has memory for storing satellite image data and numerical weather prediction (NWP) model data, which indicates predicted atmospheric conditions for a geographic region. At least one processor is programmed to identify a cumulus cloud within the satellite image data and to define a zone of influence around the cumulus cloud. The zone of influence represents a boundary for the NWP model data to be used by the processor for predicting whether the cumulus cloud will produce a weather event (e.g., precipitation, convective storm, etc.) in the future.
FILED Monday, March 28, 2016
APPL NO 15/082744
ART UNIT 2127 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC
Meteorology
G01W 1/10 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 17/10 (20130101)
G06F 30/20 (20200101)
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US 10718915 Zhao
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) at Pasadena, CA
APPLICANT(S) California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S) Feng Zhao (Arcadia, California)
ABSTRACT A photonic integrated circuit including a beam launching waveguide, a local oscillator waveguide, a target interferometer, and a reference interferometer all integrated on a chip. The beam launching waveguide transmits target electromagnetic radiation off the chip and receives a retroreflection of the target electromagnetic radiation from a target off the chip. The target interferometer interferes the retroreflection with a local oscillator field transmitted from the local oscillator waveguide so as to form a target interference signal. The reference interferometer interferes a portion of the target electromagnetic radiation that does not leave the chip with the local oscillator field transmitted from the local oscillator waveguide to form a reference interference signal. The difference between the reference interference signal and the target interference signal is used to measure a distance to the target from the chip.
FILED Thursday, June 14, 2018
APPL NO 16/008317
ART UNIT 2883 — Optics
CURRENT CPC
Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours
G01B 9/0207 (20130101)
G01B 9/02015 (20130101)
G01B 9/02051 (20130101)
G01B 2290/60 (20130101)

Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry
G01C 3/00 (20130101)

Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus
G02B 6/125 (20130101)
G02B 6/4287 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G02B 2006/12138 (20130101)
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US 10720064 Suddreth et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S) HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey)
ASSIGNEE(S) HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. (Morris Plains, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S) John G. Suddreth (Cave Creek, Arizona);  Marisela Mendez Tapia (San Jose, California);  Jerry Ball (Peoria, Arizona);  Mark Giddings (Mesa, Arizona)
ABSTRACT Avionic display systems and methods are provided for generating avionic displays, which include symbology and other graphics pertaining to forecast overpressure events, which are forecast to occur during supersonic aircraft flight. In various embodiments, the avionic display system includes a display device on which an avionic display is produced. A controller architecture is operably coupled to the display device. Storage media contains computer-readable code or instructions that, when executed by the controller architecture, cause the avionic display system to determine whether an overpressure event is forecast to occur due to the predicted future occurrence of a sonic boom, which has a magnitude exceeding a boom tolerance threshold. When the controller architecture determines that an overpressure event is forecast to occur, the avionic display system further generates symbology on the avionic display indicative of or visually signifying the forecast overpressure event.
FILED Friday, December 28, 2018
APPL NO 16/235923
ART UNIT 2685 — Selective Communication
CURRENT CPC
Aeroplanes; Helicopters
B64C 30/00 (20130101)

Measurement of Mechanical Vibrations or Ultrasonic, Sonic or Infrasonic Waves
G01H 1/00 (20130101)
G01H 5/00 (20130101)
G01H 17/00 (20130101)

Traffic Control Systems
G08G 5/0017 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G08G 5/0021 (20130101)
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US 10720136 Zalewski et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Glenn Research Center (GLENN)
APPLICANT(S) ZIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S) ZIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S) Bart F. Zalewski (Lakewood, Ohio);  William B. Dial (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)
ABSTRACT An acoustic attenuation device includes resonator panels stacked in a thickness direction of the device. Each resonator panel is tuned to a different frequency range and includes a plurality of openings through which excited air resonates. The resonator panels are placed adjacent to other resonator panels such that all openings are accessible to the environment.
FILED Monday, December 04, 2017
APPL NO 15/830627
ART UNIT 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Sound-producing Devices; Methods or Devices for Protecting Against, or for Damping, Noise or Other Acoustic Waves in General; Acoustics Not Otherwise Provided for
G10K 11/168 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G10K 11/172 (20130101)
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US 10720261 Majidi et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of the Air Force (DAF)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)
APPLICANT(S) CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S) CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S) Carmel Majidi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Andrew Fassler (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Michael Bartlett (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Navid Kazem (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Matthew J. Powell-Palm (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania);  Jonathan A. Malen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT Disclosed herein is a composite comprising an elastomer with an embedded network of liquid metal inclusions. The composite retains similar flexibility to that of an elastomer but exhibits electrical and thermal properties that differ from the properties of a homogeneous elastomer. The composite has applications for wearable devices and other soft matter electronics, among others.
FILED Thursday, February 02, 2017
APPL NO 15/423538
ART UNIT 1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients
C08K 3/08 (20130101)
C08K 3/08 (20130101)
C08K 3/10 (20130101)
C08K 2201/001 (20130101)

Compositions of Macromolecular Compounds
C08L 21/00 (20130101)
C08L 21/00 (20130101)

Photomechanical Production of Textured or Patterned Surfaces, e.g for Printing, for Processing of Semiconductor Devices; Materials Therefor; Originals Therefor; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor;
G03F 7/0002 (20130101)

Cables; Conductors; Insulators; Selection of Materials for Their Conductive, Insulating or Dielectric Properties
H01B 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720666 Jones et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) at Pasadena, CA
APPLICANT(S) CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California);  HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. (Tokyo, Japan)
ASSIGNEE(S) California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California);  Honda Motor Co., LTD. (Tokyo, Japan)
INVENTOR(S) Simon C. Jones (Whittier, California);  Victoria K. Davis (Santa Clarita, California);  Christopher M. Bates (Monrovia, California);  Nebojsa Momcilovic (Vienna, Virginia);  Brett M. Savoie (Pasadena, California);  Michael A. Webb (Pasadena, California);  Thomas F. Miller, III (South Pasadena, California);  Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California);  Christopher Brooks (Dublin, Ohio);  Kaoru Omichi (Columbus, Ohio)
ABSTRACT Electrolyte solutions including at least one anhydrous fluoride salt and at least one non-aqueous solvent are presented. The fluoride salt includes an organic cation having a charge center (e.g., N, P, S, or O) that does not possess a carbon in the β-position or does not possess a carbon in the β-position having a bound hydrogen. This salt structure facilitates its ability to be made anhydrous without decomposition. Example anhydrous fluoride salts include (2,2-dimethylpropyl)trimethylammonium fluoride and bis(2,2-dimethylpropyl)dimethylammonium fluoride. Combining these fluoride salts with at least one fluorine-containing non-aqueous solvent (e.g., bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)ether; (BTFE)) promotes solubility of the salt within the non-aqueous solvents. The solvent may be a mixture of at least one non-aqueous, fluorine-containing solvent and at least one other non-aqueous, fluorine or non-fluorine containing solvent (e.g., BTFE and propionitrile or dimethoxyethane). The electrolyte solutions may be employed in electrochemical cells, such as batteries, fuel cells, electrolysis systems, and capacitors.
FILED Thursday, August 04, 2016
APPL NO 15/228876
ART UNIT 1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC
Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds
C07C 209/68 (20130101)

Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy
H01M 10/054 (20130101)
H01M 10/0525 (20130101)
H01M 10/0568 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
H01M 10/0569 (20130101)
H01M 2300/0025 (20130101)
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US 10721461 Brockers et al.
FUNDED BY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
Operated by California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) at Pasadena, CA
APPLICANT(S) California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S) Roland Brockers (Pasadena, California);  Curtis W. Padgett (Santa Clarita, California)
ABSTRACT A method, apparatus, and system provide for three-dimensional (3D) image reconstructing. Two or more cameras are mounted to one or more vehicles. The cameras are capable of moving with respect to each other. A baseline distance between each of the cameras is determined. A two-dimensional (2D) image is simultaneously acquired from each of the cameras. The acquiring is time synchronized and the vehicles are moving during the acquiring. The 2D images from the two or more cameras are matched. A delta pose between the cameras is reconstructed based on the matching and baseline distance. Based on the delta pose, a 3D image is instantaneously constructed.
FILED Monday, July 30, 2018
APPL NO 16/049309
ART UNIT 2486 — Recording and Compression
CURRENT CPC
Ships or Other Waterborne Vessels; Equipment for Shipping
B63B 49/00 (20130101)

Aeroplanes; Helicopters
B64C 39/024 (20130101)
B64C 2201/123 (20130101)
B64C 2201/127 (20130101)

Equipment for Fitting in or to Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements or Mounting of Power Plants or Propulsion Transmissions in Aircraft
B64D 47/08 (20130101)

Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 1/12 (20130101)

Image Data Processing or Generation, in General
G06T 7/74 (20170101)
G06T 7/593 (20170101)
G06T 2207/10012 (20130101)
G06T 2207/10032 (20130101)
G06T 2207/30212 (20130101)
G06T 2207/30244 (20130101)
G06T 2207/30248 (20130101)
G06T 2207/30252 (20130101)

Pictorial Communication, e.g Television
H04N 13/117 (20180501)
H04N 13/239 (20180501)
H04N 13/246 (20180501)
H04N 13/296 (20180501) Original (OR) Class
H04N 2013/0081 (20130101)
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Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

US 10717729 Taylor et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
APPLICANT(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S) Lynne S Taylor (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Lisa J Mauer (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Vivekanand Bhardwaj (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT The present disclosure relates to novel thiamine-organic acid salt, and the method of making the novel thiamine-organic acid salt.
FILED Tuesday, May 28, 2019
APPL NO 16/423321
ART UNIT 1624 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
General Methods of Organic Chemistry; Apparatus Therefor
C07B 2200/13 (20130101)

Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds
C07C 51/41 (20130101)
C07C 55/10 (20130101)
C07C 57/13 (20130101)

Heterocyclic Compounds
C07D 213/80 (20130101)
C07D 417/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C07D 417/06 (20130101)
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US 10718032 Perez Diaz et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, District of Columbia);  NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S) The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S) Ilenys M. Perez Diaz (Raleigh, North Carolina);  Jane M. Caldwell (Storm Lake, Iowa)
ABSTRACT Novel time and temperature integrator (TTI) assays, kits containing the components of the assays, and the novel components for those assays are provided herein. These novel TTI assays evaluate and/or determine the inactivation of biological material in/on a sample by quantifying the degradation of DNA using qPCR. The sample can be a food product (e.g., fruits, vegetables, meat from animals, or eggs) while the item can be any object (e.g., medical equipment, especially reusable medical equipment) for which one needs to determine that the amount of inactivation of specific hazardous biological material on the object or in a sample is at or below a pre-determined amount.
FILED Tuesday, September 09, 2014
APPL NO 14/917830
ART UNIT 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC
Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes
C12Q 1/689 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C12Q 1/6888 (20130101)
C12Q 2600/158 (20130101)
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US 10719691 Robinson et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S) Joseph Paul Robinson (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Bartlomiej P. Rajwa (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Kathryn E. Ragheb (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Cheryl M. Holdman (Brookston, Indiana);  Valery P. Patsekin (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Euiwon Bae (West Lafayette, Indiana);  Jennifer Sturgis (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT A system for the characterization of a colony of microorganisms includes a coherent light source configured to provide coherent light of one or more wavelengths along a common optical path. A holder is configured to operationally arrange a substrate so that the colony of microorganisms on a surface of the substrate is positioned to receive the coherent light. Scattered light is generated from the colony of microorganisms receiving coherent light. A first image capture device is configured to receive the scattered light and generate a scatter image from the microorganism colony irradiated by the coherent light. The system also includes a magnifying lens configured to magnify the colony of microorganisms. A second image capture device is configured to capture a light image of the colony of microorganisms magnified by the magnifying lens. Methods of assigning organisms to categories with like organisms without necessarily identifying the organisms are also described.
FILED Thursday, April 21, 2016
APPL NO 15/565404
ART UNIT 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC
Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology;
C12M 41/36 (20130101)

Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus
G02B 21/365 (20130101)

Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers
G06K 9/0014 (20130101)
G06K 9/00134 (20130101)
G06K 9/00147 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Image Data Processing or Generation, in General
G06T 7/0012 (20130101)
G06T 2207/10056 (20130101)
G06T 2207/30024 (20130101)
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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

US 10718872 Tosh et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Commerce (DOC)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S) Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S) GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS RESPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S) Ronald Tosh (Frederick, Maryland);  Zeeshan Ahmed (Washington, District of Columbia);  Ryan P. Fitzgerald (Washington, District of Columbia);  Nikolai Klimov (Ellicott City, Maryland)
ABSTRACT A photonic dosimeter accrues cumulative dose and includes: a substrate; a waveguide disposed on the substrate and that: receives a primary input light; transmits secondary input light from the primary input light to a dosimatrix; receives a secondary output light from the dosimatrix; and produces primary output light from the secondary output light; the dosimatrix disposed on the substrate and in optical communication with the waveguide and that: receives the secondary input light from the waveguide; produces the secondary output light that is communicated to the waveguide; and includes an active element that undergoes conversion from a prime state to a dosed state in response to receipt, by the active element, of a dose of radiation; and a cover layer disposed on waveguide and the dosimatrix.
FILED Friday, February 15, 2019
APPL NO 16/276932
ART UNIT 2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC
Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation
G01T 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G01T 1/026 (20130101)
G01T 7/00 (20130101)

Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus
G02B 6/124 (20130101)
G02B 6/29323 (20130101)
G02B 6/29338 (20130101)
G02B 2006/12107 (20130101)
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US 10719617 Ferraiolo et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Commerce (DOC)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S) Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S) GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S) David F. Ferraiolo (Leesburg, Virginia);  Gopi Katwala (Gaithersburg, Maryland);  Serban Gavrila (Chevy Chase, Maryland)
ABSTRACT An access control system for managing and enforcing an attribute based access control (ABAC) policy includes: a minimum ABAC implementation that produces a representation access control list in an ABAC policy system; and a local host system that produces a resource repository access control list in the local host system such that the resource repository access control list is based on the representation access control list.
FILED Tuesday, February 20, 2018
APPL NO 15/899485
ART UNIT 2431 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC
Electric Digital Data Processing
G06F 16/2455 (20190101)
G06F 21/6218 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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US 10720993 Lezec et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Commerce (DOC)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
APPLICANT(S) Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S) GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S) Henri J. Lezec (Silver Spring, Maryland);  Amit Agrawal (Bethesda, Maryland);  Wenqi Zhu (Arlington, Virginia);  Cheng Zhang (Gaithersburg, Maryland);  Shawn Divitt (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
ABSTRACT A metasurface optical pulse shaper includes a metasurface with superpixels disposed on an entry side of the metasurface and a wire grid polarizer disposed on an exit surface of the metasurface for controlling a phase, amplitude, or polarization of an optical pulse, wherein the metasurface in combination with dispersers provide for optical shaping of the optical pulse. A process for optically changing a pulse shape includes dispersing a primary optical pulse; separating spatially, by frequency, primary frequency waves; changing, by superpixels, a relative phase of the primary frequency waves and producing phase waves that are separated spatially by frequency and phase; and producing a plurality of shaped frequency waves such that, from an individual phase wave, a shaped frequency wave is produced that separated spatially by frequency and phase, such that a superposition of shaped frequency waves produce a shaped optical pulse that has pulse shape that is different than the primary optical pulse.
FILED Friday, May 10, 2019
APPL NO 16/409059
ART UNIT 2636 — Optical Communications
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 3/02 (20130101)

Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters
G02F 1/335 (20130101)

Transmission
H04B 10/071 (20130101)
H04B 10/25137 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Pictorial Communication, e.g Television
H04N 5/369 (20130101)
H04N 13/218 (20180501)
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Small Business Administration (SBA) 

US 10718262 Arnold
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
APPLICANT(S) Steven Don Arnold (Washington, Utah)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S) Steven Don Arnold (Washington, Utah)
ABSTRACT A continuously variable displacement engine has a plurality of pistons received in a cylinder block and connected to a nutator. A crankshaft with an axis of rotation is carried in a crankcase and incorporates an upper journal with a first angle relative to the axis and a lower journal with a second angle with respect to the axis. A first slider ball is engaged on the upper journal and a second slider ball engaged on the lower journal. A carrier assembly captures the first and second slider balls and incorporates an actuating cylinder. An actuation piston assembly is translatably carried in the actuating cylinder and connected to the crankshaft intermediate the upper journal and lower journal. The actuating piston is controllably translated between a first high eccentricity position and second low eccentricity position. An anti-rotational assembly connects the nutator to a piston case. A balance mechanism is adapted to change the amount of counterbalance for the nutator and the axial location of the counterbalance consistent with eccentricity of the nutator.
FILED Tuesday, March 06, 2018
APPL NO 15/913166
ART UNIT 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC
Machines or Engines, in General or of Positive-displacement Type, e.g Steam Engines
F01B 3/0017 (20130101)
F01B 3/0023 (20130101)
F01B 2003/0097 (20130101)

Internal-combustion Piston Engines; Combustion Engines in General
F02B 75/26 (20130101)
F02B 75/048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Gearing
F16H 23/02 (20130101)
F16H 23/04 (20130101)
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US 10720853 Barlow et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Energy (DOE)
Office of Science (DOE-SC)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
APPLICANT(S) Matthew Barlow (Springdale, Arkansas);  James A. Holmes (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S) Matthew Barlow (Springdale, Arkansas);  James A. Holmes (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
ABSTRACT An integrated silicon carbide rectifier circuit with an on chip isolation diode. The isolation diode can be a channel-to-substrate isolation diode or a channel to channel isolation diode.
FILED Wednesday, November 07, 2018
APPL NO 16/183115
ART UNIT 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC
Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for
H01L 27/0605 (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 7/06 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 

US 10718874 Taleyarkhan et al.
FUNDED BY
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
APPLICANT(S) PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S) Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S) Rusi P. Taleyarkhan (Lafayette, Indiana);  Brian C. Archambault (Lafayette, Indiana);  Thomas Grimes (Lafayette, Indiana);  Alex Hagen (West Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT Methods and systems that utilize centrifugally tensioned metastable fluid detector (CTMFD) sensors and an external probing source to detect the presence of fissile and fissionable materials, including but not limited to special nuclear materials (SNMs), in containers. Such a method includes subjecting a container to probing with a fission-inducing radiation species that induces fission in an fissile or fissionable material, detecting fission neutrons emitted from the fissile or fissionable material with CTMFD sensors that each contain a detection fluid in which the fission neutrons induce cavitation in a centrifugally tensioned portion of the detection fluid. A threshold energy neutron analysis mode is then utilized to reject the radiation species and detect a fraction of the fission neutrons that have energies above a predetermined energy threshold determined by centrifugally-induced tension in the centrifugally tensioned portion of the detection fluid within each of the CTMFD sensors.
FILED Tuesday, October 23, 2018
APPL NO 16/168797
ART UNIT 2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC
Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation
G01T 3/001 (20130101) Original (OR) Class

Conversion of Chemical Elements; Radioactive Sources
G21G 4/02 (20130101)
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Department of Transportation (USDOT) 

US 10717672 Loh et al.
FUNDED BY
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
APPLICANT(S) THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S) THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S) Kenneth Loh (San Diego, California);  Jesus Gonzalez (Bay Point, California)
ABSTRACT A method for creating multifunctional cementitious composites that provide load-bearing and self-sensing properties. The method involves dispersing conductive nanomaterials (e.g., multi-walled carbon nanotubes) into a polymer (e.g., latex) material from which a thin film is created and deposited (e.g., sprayed) onto aggregates, which after drying, can be incorporated with cementitious materials and desired liquids and cast, along with sufficient number of electrodes, into a form for curing. After curing, the resultant structure can be electrically tested through the electrodes, for structural characteristics, including determination of damage severity and location using back-calculation utilizing electrical resistance tomography (ERT), or electrical impedance tomography (EIT), to generate a spatial resistivity map (distribution).
FILED Tuesday, May 17, 2016
APPL NO 15/157079
ART UNIT 1767 — 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 14/06 (20130101)
C04B 14/026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
C04B 14/026 (20130101)
C04B 14/026 (20130101)
C04B 20/1029 (20130101)
C04B 20/1029 (20130101)
C04B 28/02 (20130101)
C04B 28/02 (20130101)
C04B 2111/00008 (20130101)
C04B 2111/94 (20130101)

Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/20 (20130101)
G01N 27/043 (20130101)
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

US 10718738 Fan et al.
FUNDED BY
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
APPLICANT(S) THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S) THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S) Xudong Fan (Saline, Michigan);  Hongbo Zhu (Ann Arbor, Michigan);  Katsuo Kurabayashi (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT A discharge ionization current detector for ionizing and detecting a sample component where the sample component is ionized by UV light is provided. The detector includes a UV light source, and a microfluidic channel having a first surface including a conducting or semiconducting material and an opposing second surface including a conducting or semiconducting material, one of the first surface and the second surface being a collection electrode and the other of the first surface and the second surface being a bias electrode, the microfluidic channel being configured to receive a sample component. The microfluidic channel is in fluid communication with the UV light source such that, when activated, UV light from the UV light source can enter the microfluidic channel and ionize the sample component, which releases an electron, and the ionized sample component and electron are detected by the collection and bias electrodes.
FILED Thursday, August 24, 2017
APPL NO 15/685139
ART UNIT 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC
Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties
G01N 27/64 (20130101)
G01N 27/66 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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United States Postal Service (USPS) 

US 10717112 Bombaugh et al.
FUNDED BY
United States Postal Service (USPS)
APPLICANT(S) United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S) United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S) Scott R. Bombaugh (Burke, Virginia);  Thomas J. Foti (Annandale, Virginia);  David E. Loyd (Stafford, Virginia);  Sarvang D. Shah (Fairfax, Virginia)
ABSTRACT Embodiments of a system and method for sorting and delivering articles in a processing facility. Delivery endpoints are divided and grouped into stop groups. A first sorter sorts items according to stop group and outputs the items to trays. The output trays from the first sorter are loaded to a second sorter. The second sorter sorts items for each stop group into trays based on carrier route segments. A manifest is created that comprises a list of the items in a tray. A mobile computing device alerts a delivery carrier when there is an item that needs to be delivered.
FILED Friday, May 05, 2017
APPL NO 15/587686
ART UNIT 3655 — Material and Article Handling
CURRENT CPC
Postal Sorting; Sorting Individual Articles, or Bulk Material Fit to be Sorted Piece-meal, e.g by Picking
B07C 3/00 (20130101)
B07C 3/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
B07C 3/14 (20130101)
B07C 2301/0041 (20130101)
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Government Rights Acknowledged 

US 10719924 Fluckiger et al.
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S) RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S) RAYTHEON COMPANY (Waltham, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S) David U. Fluckiger (McKinney, Texas);  Christopher J. Beardsley (McKinney, Texas);  Craig R. Franklin (McKinney, Texas)
ABSTRACT A system for processing video. The system may include a video camera, a processing unit, and a video display, the video camera being configured to generate a plurality of consecutive luminance frames, including a last frame and a plurality of preceding frames. The processing unit may be configured to: shift the plurality of preceding frames, to register the preceding frames with the last frame to form a plurality of shifted frames, take a Fourier transform of each of the plurality of frames, to form a corresponding plurality of initial Fourier transform frames, iteratively update the plurality of Fourier transform frames by, on the (n+1)th iteration of a plurality of iterations, replacing each Fourier transform frame with a linear combination of the Fourier transform frames of the nth iteration, the Fourier transform frames of the 0th iteration being the initial Fourier transform frames.
FILED Monday, April 27, 2015
APPL NO 15/569757
ART UNIT 2668 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC
Image Data Processing or Generation, in General
G06T 5/001 (20130101)
G06T 5/003 (20130101)
G06T 5/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
G06T 2207/10016 (20130101)
G06T 2207/10024 (20130101)
G06T 2207/10032 (20130101)
G06T 2207/20016 (20130101)
G06T 2207/20032 (20130101)
G06T 2207/20056 (20130101)
G06T 2207/20182 (20130101)
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.

This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, July 21, 2020.

The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.

HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?

Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.

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THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
     National Institutes of Health (NIH)
         National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Department of Defense (DOD)
     Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
         Army Research Office (ARO)

We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.

APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.

Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:

APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC

APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)

INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.

APPL NO
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ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:

3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices

You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.

CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.

The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.

The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.

  • A61B 1/149 (20130101)
  • A61B 1/71 (20130101)
  • A61B 1/105 (20130101)

The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.

VIEW PATENT
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