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11291369 — Method and apparatus for monitoring collection of physiological patient data

US 11291369	Hu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
APPLICANT(S)	University Of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University Of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Fu-Ming Hu (Ellicott City, Maryland); Lynn G. Stansbury (Seattle, Washington); Colin F. Mackenzie (Pasadena, Maryland); Thomas M. Scalea (Baltimore, Maryland); Deborah M. Stein (Owings Mills, Maryland); Shiming Yang (Halethorpe, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for monitoring collection of subject condition data is provided. The method includes receiving a value of a parameter of subject condition data and a value of a sample time, for each of a plurality of sample times. The method also includes storing the subject condition data in a data structure including a first field for holding data indicating a current sample time and a second field for holding data indicating the value of the parameter. The method also includes determining a time gap defined by a duration between the current sample time and a most recent sample time and determining whether the time gap exceeds a time gap threshold and causing an apparatus to perform remedial action. A method for presenting the subject condition data on a display is also provided.
FILED	Thursday, May 10, 2018
APPL NO	15/976409
ART UNIT	2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/01 (20130101) A61B 5/0006 (20130101) A61B 5/0008 (20130101) A61B 5/0022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1113 (20130101) A61B 5/1455 (20130101) A61B 5/02055 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 10/40 (20180101) G16H 10/60 (20180101)
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11291562 — Arm prosthetic device

US 11291562	Evans et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
APPLICANT(S)	DEKA Products Limited Partnership (Manchester, New Hampshire)
ASSIGNEE(S)	DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Manchester, New Hampshire)
INVENTOR(S)	Christopher O. Evans (Amherst, New Hampshire); N. Christopher Perry (Manchester, New Hampshire); Dirk Albertus van der Merwe (Canterbury, New Hampshire); Christopher C. Langenfeld (Nashua, New Hampshire); John Matthew Kerwin (Manchester, New Hampshire); Stewart M. Coulter (Bedford, New Hampshire); Stanley B. Smith, III (Raymond, New Hampshire); Keith David Violette (Sandown, New Hampshire); Steven W. Nickson (Derry, New Hampshire); Thomas S. Schnellinger (North Andover, Massachusetts); Alexander H. Muller (Manchester, New Hampshire); Gerald Michael Guay (Greenville, New Hampshire)
ABSTRACT	A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.
FILED	Friday, May 17, 2019
APPL NO	16/414931
ART UNIT	3774 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies
CURRENT CPC	Filters Implantable into Blood Vessels; Prostheses; Devices Providing Patency To, or Preventing Collapsing Of, Tubular Structures of the Body, e.g Stents; Orthopaedic, Nursing or Contraceptive Devices; Fomentation; Treatment or Protection of Eyes or Ears; Bandages, Dressings or Absorbent Pads; First-aid Kits A61F 2/54 (20130101) A61F 2/68 (20130101) A61F 2/581 (20130101) A61F 2/582 (20130101) A61F 2/585 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61F 2/586 (20130101) A61F 2002/587 (20130101) A61F 2002/689 (20130101) A61F 2002/701 (20130101) A61F 2002/764 (20130101) A61F 2002/769 (20130101) A61F 2002/5001 (20130101) A61F 2002/5061 (20130101) A61F 2002/5083 (20130101) A61F 2002/6827 (20130101) A61F 2002/6836 (20130101) A61F 2002/6845 (20130101) A61F 2002/6854 (20130101) A61F 2002/7625 (20130101) A61F 2002/7635 (20130101) A61F 2002/7645 (20130101) A61F 2002/7862 (20130101) A61F 2002/30462 (20130101) A61F 2220/0075 (20130101)
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11291637 — Methods for treating or preventing organophosphate poisoning

US 11291637	Krishnan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc (HJF) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC. (Bethesda, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Jishnu K. S. Krishnan (Bethesda, Maryland); Aryan M. Namboodiri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); John R. Moffett (North Potomac, Maryland); Peethambaran Arun (Clarksburg, Maryland); Narayanan Puthillathu (Rockville, Maryland); Ranjini Vengilote (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to methods of treating or preventing organophosphate poisoning in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject isoflurane, enflurane, halothane, sevoflurane, desflurane, xenon or argon in a therapeutically effective amount.
FILED	Monday, September 18, 2017
APPL NO	16/333685
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 9/0043 (20130101) A61K 31/02 (20130101) A61K 31/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 39/00 (20180101) A61P 39/02 (20180101)
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11291836 — Minimally invasive dermal electroporation device

US 11291836	Broderick et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
APPLICANT(S)	Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Kate Broderick (San Diego, California); Jay McCoy (Temecula, California); Stephen V. Kemmerrer (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	The disclosure is directed to a device for electroporating and delivering one or more antigens and a method of electroporating and delivering one or more antigens to cells of epidermal tissues using the device. The device comprises a housing, a plurality of electrode arrays projecting from the housing, each electrode array including at least one electrode, a pulse generator electrically coupled to the electrodes, a programmable microcontroller electrically coupled to the pulse generator, and an electrical power source coupled to the pulse generator and the microcontroller. The electrode arrays define spatially separate sites.
FILED	Friday, April 24, 2020
APPL NO	16/857963
ART UNIT	3783 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 2039/53 (20130101) Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 2037/0007 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/327 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/0412 (20130101) A61N 1/0424 (20130101) A61N 1/0476 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 35/02 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/87 (20130101)
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11291874 — System for extinguishing fires

US 11291874	Dhau
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
APPLICANT(S)	Molekule Inc. (San Francisco, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Molekule, Inc. (San Francisco, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jaspreet S. Dhau (San Francisco, California)
ABSTRACT	A firefighting system can include an aqueous solution, including an ionic liquid surfactant, and an application mechanism configured to disperse the solution toward a fire.
FILED	Tuesday, December 10, 2019
APPL NO	16/709773
ART UNIT	1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 1/0021 (20130101) A62D 1/0042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11291875 — Siloxane and glucoside surfactant formulation for fire-fighting foam applications

US 11291875	Ananth 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)	Ramagopal Ananth (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Arthur W. Snow (Alexandria, Virginia); Katherine Hinnant (Washington, District of Columbia); Spencer L. Giles (Lorton, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed is a firefighting composition of the surfactants below and water. The values of m, n, x, and y are independently selected positive integers. R is an organic group. R′ is a siloxane group.
FILED	Friday, August 27, 2021
APPL NO	17/458887
ART UNIT	1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Fire-fighting A62C 5/02 (20130101) Chemical Means for Extinguishing Fires or for Combating or Protecting Against Harmful Chemical Agents; Chemical Materials for Use in Breathing Apparatus A62D 1/0071 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11292019 — Cold spray device and system

US 11292019	Widener et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	South Dakota Board of Regents (Pierre, South Dakota)
ASSIGNEE(S)	South Dakota Board of Regents (Pierre, South Dakota); GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Christian Widener (Rapid City, South Dakota); Victor Champagne (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland); Matthew Trexler (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland); Dennis Helfritch (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland); Rob Hrabe (Rapid City, South Dakota)
ABSTRACT	Cold spray devices and systems are disclosed. They include a flowpath having an inlet adapted for receiving communication with two or more inputs and an outlet adapted to discharge the two or more inputs. A discharge nozzle may be included in the flowpath of the outlet and a confluence may be included in the flowpath at the inlet for combining the two or more inputs. A nozzle body houses the discharge nozzle separate and downstream from the confluence of the two inputs.
FILED	Friday, August 30, 2019
APPL NO	16/556676
ART UNIT	3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing
CURRENT CPC	Spraying Apparatus; Atomising Apparatus; Nozzles B05B 7/1486 (20130101) B05B 7/1613 (20130101) B05B 7/1693 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 24/04 (20130101)
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11292108 — Tool for removing collars

US 11292108	Eigner et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
APPLICANT(S)	United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	David J. Eigner (Columbia, Connecticut); Steven E. Eichner (Columbia, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A method comprises the steps of providing a tool over a collar secured to a stud on a gas turbine engine system. The collet is driven to rotate and remove the collar from the stud. A tool for removing collars from studs has a driver with a housing receiving a piston. A spring drives the piston, and the housing also has a hydraulic fluid supply opening for selectively receiving a hydraulic fluid to move the piston in opposition to a force from the spring. Collet fingers are movable between a released position and a secured position when a supply of hydraulic fluid is supplied into the housing.
FILED	Monday, October 28, 2019
APPL NO	16/665395
ART UNIT	3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Turning; Boring B23B 31/201 (20130101) B23B 31/204 (20130101) B23B 2215/76 (20130101) Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 21/002 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25B 23/105 (20130101)
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11292187 — Method for the fabrication of three-dimensional objects and apparatus for same

US 11292187	Mirkin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); David A. Walker (Evanston, Illinois); James L. Hedrick, III (Evanston, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Methods and apparatus comprising a dewetting phase and a polymerization liquid that are immiscible, and can be used for the formation of three-dimensional objects, wherein the method does not require a dead zone. Additionally, methods and apparatus that employ an optically transparent cooling apparatus to mitigate heat generated during the fabrication process, and the use of a mobile phase to provide a shearing interface to reduce interfacial adhesive forces.
FILED	Friday, October 30, 2020
APPL NO	17/085065
ART UNIT	1741 — 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 64/129 (20170801) Original (OR) Class B29C 64/245 (20170801) B29C 64/264 (20170801) B29C 67/00 (20130101) B29C 67/24 (20130101) 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)
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11292245 — Microelectromechanical shutters for organic vapor jet printing

US 11292245	Bishop et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	David J. Bishop (Boston, Massachusetts); Lawrence Barrett (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	A device includes a nozzle including a discharge end for discharging a fluid, a shutter plate including an aperture, the shutter plate positioned at the discharge end of the nozzle, a plurality of tethers coupled to the shutter plate, and a plurality of electrostatic actuators. Each of the plurality of electrostatic actuators are coupled to one or more of the plurality of tethers. The plurality of electrostatic actuators are configured to move the shutter plate between an open position and a closed position relative the discharge end of the nozzle. In the open position, the aperture is in fluid communication with the discharge end of the nozzle to permit fluid from the discharge end of the nozzle to flow through the aperture. In the closed position, at least a portion of the shutter plate inhibits fluid from the discharge end of the nozzle from flowing through the aperture.
FILED	Wednesday, June 03, 2020
APPL NO	16/891864
ART UNIT	1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/04 (20130101) B41J 2/04501 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B41J 2202/05 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/008 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/12 (20130101) C23C 14/54 (20130101)
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11292967 — Electrically-processed laser and scintillator materials

US 11292967	Cook 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)	Gary Cook (Beavercreek, Ohio); Ronald W. Stites (Beavercreek, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A method of treating a substrate comprises applying an electric field to a substrate comprising a layer of a dopant on at least one surface; applying a predetermined temperature to the substrate in the electric field; applying the electric field and the predetermined temperature for a time sufficient to induce migration of the dopant into the substrate to provide a doped substrate; and removing the electric field and returning the doped substrate to about room temperature, wherein the doped substrate is characterized in that a spectral laser output of the doped substrate exhibits a nominally single frequency having a linewidth less than about 5 nm. The substrate may be a glass material, a single crystal material, a poly-crystalline material, a ceramic material, or a semiconductor material, which may be optically transparent. Before treatment, the substrate may be an undoped substrate or a doped substrate.
FILED	Tuesday, March 02, 2021
APPL NO	17/189377
ART UNIT	1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/883 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/20 (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 3/16 (20130101)
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11293020 — Molecular sensor selection

US 11293020	Townshend 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 Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
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)	Brent Townshend (Menlo Park, California); Christina D. Smolke (Menlo Park, California)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein, among other things, is an automatable procedure that employs in vitro directed evolution to create DNA sequences that encode a ligand-responsive ribozyme and which, when transcribed, can control expression of genes they are coupled to. The method also allows creation of functional RNA sequences that bind target molecules, without requiring any modification or immobilization of the target.
FILED	Wednesday, May 27, 2020
APPL NO	16/884941
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	Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 15/1048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1096 (20130101) C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2330/31 (20130101)
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11293304 — Gas turbine engines including channel-cooled hooks for retaining a part relative to an engine casing structure

US 11293304	Spangler
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)	United Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Brandon W. Spangler (Vernon, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes an engine casing structure and a part retained relative to the engine casing structure by a channel-cooled hook. The channel-cooled hook includes at least a portion of a hook cooling channel. A vane assembly for the gas turbine engine is also provided.
FILED	Wednesday, May 02, 2018
APPL NO	15/968987
ART UNIT	3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Non-positive Displacement Machines or Engines, e.g Steam Turbines F01D 9/042 (20130101) F01D 25/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class F01D 25/14 (20130101) F01D 25/246 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2260/22141 (20130101)
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11293723 — Camouflage patterns

US 11293723	McIntosh et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Natick, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Scotlund McIntosh (Framingham, Massachusetts); Lisa Bareiss Hepfinger (Holliston, Massachusetts); Cheryl Ann Stewardson (Hopedale, Massachusetts); Anabela Dugas (Rochester, Massachusetts); James George Fairneny (Roslindale, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Camouflage patterns on a substrate such as a fabric comprise in a first aspect a substrate having a camouflage pattern with a set of intermixed colored blotches thereon, the colors of the set of intermixed colored blotches being selected from a group of colors comprising an Olive 527 color, a Dark Green 528 color, a Tan 525 color, a Brown 529 color, a Bark Brown 561 color and a Dark Cream 559 color. In another aspect the colors of the set of intermixed colored blotches being selected from a group of colors comprising an Olive 527 color, a Dark Green 528 color, a Light Sage 560 color, a Tan 525 color, a Brown 529 color, a Bark Brown 561 color and a Dark Cream 559 color.
FILED	Tuesday, November 17, 2020
APPL NO	17/099888
ART UNIT	1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Outerwear; Protective Garments; Accessories A41D 13/00 (20130101) A41D 29/00 (20130101) A41D 31/02 (20130101) A41D 2600/20 (20130101) A41D 2600/108 (20130101) Layered Products, i.e Products Built-up of Strata of Flat or Non-flat, e.g Cellular or Honeycomb, Form B32B 5/00 (20130101) Woven Fabrics; Methods of Weaving; Looms D03D 1/00 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 3/00 (20130101) F41H 3/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 2/90 (20130101) Y10S 428/919 (20130101)
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11293724 — Modular guard towers and methods of construction

US 11293724	Hoemann et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army (Alexandria, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (Alexandria, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	John M Hoemann (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Justin M Roberts (Florence, Mississippi)
ABSTRACT	Enclosed structures, such as guard towers, are provided which are designed to be easily transportable, constructed easily onsite and erected in a manner which produces an exceptionally blast resistant structure that is also advantageously designed for positioning within a perimeter wall. In particular, in some embodiments, the guard towers have a pentagon shape and are comprised of a plurality of composite panels. Each panel is able to be constructed onsite. The panels typically have a rectangular shape with at least one half of the panel constructed as a solid composite of concrete and metal. Once the panels are constructed, the panels are erected and arranged in a pentagon shape. The panels are bolted together with the use of vertical face connections. These connections provide better structural integrity, retained over time, particularly after subjection to a blast. In addition, the pentagon shape provides improved safety when positioned along a perimeter wall.
FILED	Tuesday, January 14, 2020
APPL NO	16/742813
ART UNIT	3633 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture
CURRENT CPC	General Building Constructions; Walls, e.g Partitions; Roofs; Floors; Ceilings; Insulation or Other Protection of Buildings E04B 1/34321 (20130101) Buildings or Like Structures for Particular Purposes; Swimming or Splash Baths or Pools; Masts; Fencing; Tents or Canopies, in General E04H 12/08 (20130101) E04H 12/12 (20130101) E04H 12/18 (20130101) Armour; Armoured Turrets; Armoured or Armed Vehicles; Means of Attack or Defence, e.g Camouflage, in General F41H 5/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11293733 — Firing trains

US 11293733	Albrecht
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Nicholas H. Albrecht (Ridgecrest, California)
ABSTRACT	The embodiments are directed to firing trains. The disclosed firing trains include an insensitive acceptor pellet having a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of relative percent theoretical maximum density (TMD) zones from the proximal end to the distal end. A donor pellet is adjacent to the insensitive acceptor pellet and is configured to initiate the insensitive acceptor pellet.
FILED	Wednesday, December 09, 2020
APPL NO	17/116567
ART UNIT	3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Explosive Charges, e.g for Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition F42B 12/207 (20130101) Ammunition Fuzes; Arming or Safety Means Therefor F42C 19/0815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11293778 — Attitude sensor system with automatic accelerometer bias correction

US 11293778	Kotwal et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
APPLICANT(S)	TIAX LLC (Lexington, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	TIAX LLC (Lexington, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas Kotwal (Burlington, Massachusetts); Michael Jacob Rutberg (Somerville, Massachusetts); Matthew Wiggins (San Jose, California); J. Thomas Fowler (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	An attitude sensor system with automatic bias correction having a primary attitude sensor wherein the primary attitude sensor comprises at least one accelerometer and an auxiliary sensor system configured to automatically estimate a bias of the accelerometer of the primary attitude sensor such that the resulting error is removed from an output of the attitude sensor system.
FILED	Wednesday, November 16, 2016
APPL NO	15/353417
ART UNIT	2116 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 9/08 (20130101) G01C 19/56 (20130101) G01C 25/005 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 7/02 (20130101)
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11293795 — Flow meter

US 11293795	Wiederoder et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)	U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Natick, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael S. Wiederoder (Boston, Massachusetts); Eric M. Brack (Holliston, Massachusetts); Matthew J. Hurley (Framingham, Massachusetts); Andrew M. Connors (Taunton, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A personal flow meter for measuring water consumption of an individual has a housing, inductors attached to the exterior of the housing and a rotatable member disposed within the housing. A front cover and rear cover are attached to the housing. The front cover includes a fluid inlet having an angulated internal fluid channel that causes water to enter the housing at an angle. The rear cover has a fluid outlet to allow egress of water within the housing. The rotatable member includes angulated fins. Water entering the housing via the internal fluid channel perpendicularly strikes the fins to initiate rotation of the rotatable member. Magnets are attached to the rotatable member in an alternating magnetic pole arrangement. Rotation of the rotatable member causes the inductors to generate voltage signals. Electronic circuitry processes the voltage signals and generates signals that represents the individual's water consumption over a period of time.
FILED	Wednesday, May 27, 2020
APPL NO	16/884400
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/582 (20130101) G01F 3/06 (20130101) G01F 15/063 (20130101) G01F 15/066 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11293851 — Controlling alkaline earth atoms for quantum computing and metrology applications

US 11293851	Cooper-Roy 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 Physics (PHY)
APPLICANT(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Alexandre Cooper-Roy (Downey, California); Jacob P. Covey (Pasadena, California); Ivaylo S. Madjarov (Pasadena, California); Jason R. Williams (Pasadena, California); Adam L. Shaw (Pasadena, California); Vladimir Schkolnik (Pasadena, California); Tai Hyun Yoon (Pasadena, California); Manuel Endres (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus for individually trapping atoms, individually imaging the atoms, and individually cooling the atoms to prevent loss of the atoms from the trap caused by the imaging. The apparatus can be implemented in various quantum computing, sensing, and metrology applications (e.g., in an atomic clock).
FILED	Monday, September 14, 2020
APPL NO	17/019986
ART UNIT	2886 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/55 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/6404 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/32 (20130101) Time-interval Measuring G04F 5/14 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 10/00 (20190101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/26 (20130101)
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11294016 — System and method for calibration of asymmetric gradient concomitant field correction parameters

US 11294016	Foo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
APPLICANT(S)	GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin)
ASSIGNEE(S)	GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas K. F. Foo (Clifton Park, New York); Louis M. Frigo (Brookfield, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	A method for correcting concomitant gradient field effects in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes determining a plurality of first phase difference measurements between two acquisitions using a plurality of first bipolar gradient waveforms applied to a first gradient coil. A first gradient coil constant is determined based on the plurality of first phase difference measurements and compensatory gradient waveforms are determined based on the first gradient coil constant. The compensatory gradient waveforms are applied to the gradient coils along with target gradient waveforms to compensate for a concomitant gradient field.
FILED	Thursday, December 03, 2020
APPL NO	17/111480
ART UNIT	2866 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 33/56554 (20130101) G01R 33/56581 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11294019 — Geolocation calibration for calibrating radio direction finding system by remote control

US 11294019	Saulnier et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven P. Saulnier (San Antonio, Texas); Benjamin S. Davis (Mico, Texas); Patrick D. Hanrahan (San Diego, California); Mike J. Herring (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A mobile radio direction finding (RDF) calibrator, and a method of using it to calibrate an RDF system aboard a vehicle. The calibrator has a GPS (global positioning satellite) or other GNSS (global navigation satellite system) receiver, which permits the calibrator to make its location known to the calibration process of the RDF-equipped vehicle. During calibration, the calibration process controls the calibrator remotely. As the RDF-equipped vehicle moves in a circle, it collects calibration response data, as well as location data, so that the calibration response data can be mapped to the correct azimuth.
FILED	Wednesday, December 27, 2017
APPL NO	15/854841
ART UNIT	3648 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 1/026 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 3/023 (20130101) G01S 19/13 (20130101) G01S 19/14 (20130101)
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11294020 — Electromagnetic vector sensor noise mitigation

US 11294020	Zhang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Quasar Federal Systems (San Diego, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	QUASAR FEDERAL SYSTEMS (San Diego, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Yongming Zhang (San Diego, California); Robert Dickey (Poway, California)
ABSTRACT	A radio receiver is made much more immune to jamming signals. A vector EM sensor, in a 2-dimensional (3-axis sensor) or 3-dimensional (6-axis sensor) sensor configuration, is combined with a unique digital rotation to a preferred direction to create a new reference channel and, using an advanced frequency domain noise mitigation algorithm or other noise cancellation algorithm, can effectively reject jamming and other interference signals and improve the signal-to-noise ratio (20-40 dB) and the receiving performance of the receiver. The method can cancel both near-field and far-field interference and improve accuracy for various applications concerned with establishing the direction, or bearing, to a source. A communication receiver with the vector sensor and the cancellation algorithm has unique anti-jamming capabilities even for multiple jamming sources.
FILED	Monday, March 11, 2019
APPL NO	16/298358
ART UNIT	3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Radio Direction-finding; Radio Navigation; Determining Distance or Velocity by Use of Radio Waves; Locating or Presence-detecting by Use of the Reflection or Reradiation of Radio Waves; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves G01S 3/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01S 3/78 (20130101) G01S 3/143 (20130101) G01S 3/8027 (20130101) Transmission H04B 1/123 (20130101)
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11294253 — Concurrent utilization of monolayer graphene as the planar-alignment layers and the transparent conductive electrodes in electro-optic liquid crystal devices

US 11294253	Basu 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)	Rajratan Basu (Annapolis, Maryland); Daniel Kinnamon (Annapolis, Maryland); Christopher M. Spillmann (Annandale, Virginia); Jakub Kolacz (Washington, District of Columbia); Jesse A. Frantz (Washington, District of Columbia); Jason D. Myers (Alexandria, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A graphene and liquid crystal device comprising a substrate, a layer of graphene on the substrate, and a layer of liquid crystal on the layer of graphene. A graphene and liquid crystal device wherein the layer of graphene is an alignment layer and an electrode for a liquid crystal device.
FILED	Wednesday, May 05, 2021
APPL NO	17/308430
ART UNIT	2871 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Devices or Arrangements, the Optical Operation of Which Is Modified by Changing the Optical Properties of the Medium of the Devices or Arrangements for the Control of the Intensity, Colour, Phase, Polarisation or Direction of Light, e.g Switching, Gating, Modulating or Demodulating; Techniques or Procedures for the Operation Thereof; Frequency-changing; Non-linear Optics; Optical Logic Elements; Optical Analogue/digital Converters G02F 1/155 (20130101) G02F 1/0316 (20130101) G02F 1/1337 (20130101) G02F 1/1357 (20210101) G02F 1/1418 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G02F 1/133711 (20130101) G02F 1/133738 (20210101) G02F 1/133753 (20130101) G02F 1/133757 (20210101) G02F 1/133796 (20210101)
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11294800 — Determining performance of autonomy decision-making engines

US 11294800	Hawthorne et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JH APL)
APPLICANT(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert C. Hawthorne (Columbia, Maryland); Galen E. Mullins (Silver Spring, Maryland); Paul G. Stankiewicz (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	An example method for simulation testing an autonomy software is provided. The example method may include receiving, at processing circuitry, mission parameters indicative of a test mission, environmental parameters, and vehicle parameters. The method may further include performing, by the processing circuitry, an adaptive search using a surrogate model of the autonomy software under test to selectively generate test scenarios for simulation, and clustering the plurality of test scenarios based on performance score metric values to determine performance boundaries for the autonomy software under test. The method may further include ranking the plurality of test scenarios based on a respective distance to a performance boundary to identify test scenarios of interest for modification of the autonomy software or real-world field testing of an autonomous vehicle.
FILED	Friday, October 05, 2018
APPL NO	16/152520
ART UNIT	2148 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Distances, Levels or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry or Videogrammetry G01C 21/343 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/3457 (20130101) G06F 11/3664 (20130101) G06F 11/3684 (20130101) G06F 11/3688 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/3696 (20130101) G06F 30/20 (20200101)
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11295029 — Computer file security using extended metadata

US 11295029	Greenblatt et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Digital Directorate (AFLCMC-HB)
APPLICANT(S)	Aaron B. Greenblatt (Redwood City, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Aaron B. Greenblatt (Redwood City, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Aaron B. Greenblatt (Redwood City, California); Adrián Yanes Martinez (Santa Barbara, California); Andrew Obler (Clovis, California); Daniel P. Christl (Phoenix, Arizona); Ryan Kim (Fairfax, Virginia); Nithya Arun (Nashua, New Hampshire); Praneet Nadella (Nashua, New Hampshire); Sahil Mahendrakar (Nashua, New Hampshire); Abhigya Wangoo (San Ramon, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of securing electronic computer files includes having a client-based application running in the background with a kernel extension and a communication channel over a network to a server. The client app. can intercept an interprocess communication for opening a file and then collect a swath of fingerprint information about the requesting process and the state of the computer. The fingerprint information is sent to the server, optionally through a Signal Protocol message hidden by steganography in an image. Based on the fingerprint information, the server sends a key and/or a command back, optionally through steganography, to the client. The file is then accessed and decrypted—or accessed and not decrypted—based on the server key and command. The command can include instructions to gather more data from the user or about the computer before allowing access.
FILED	Monday, July 20, 2020
APPL NO	16/933796
ART UNIT	2433 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 21/602 (20130101) G06F 21/6209 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 2221/2107 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/14 (20130101) H04L 9/0894 (20130101) H04L 9/3236 (20130101) H04L 63/0428 (20130101)
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11295119 — Systems and method for action recognition using micro-doppler signatures and recurrent neural networks

US 11295119	Andreou et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA)
APPLICANT(S)	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Andreas G. Andreou (Baltimore, Maryland); Kayode Sanni (Pikesville, Maryland); Thomas S. Murray (Odenton, Maryland); Daniel R. Mendat (Baltimore, Maryland); Philippe O. Pouliquen (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure may be embodied as systems and methods for action recognition developed using a multimodal dataset that incorporates both visual data, which facilitates the accurate tracking of movement, and active acoustic data, which captures the micro-Doppler modulations induced by the motion. The dataset includes twenty-one actions and focuses on examples of orientational symmetry that a single active ultrasound sensor should have the most difficulty discriminating. The combined results from three independent ultrasound sensors are encouraging, and provide a foundation to explore the use of data from multiple viewpoints to resolve the orientational ambiguity in action recognition. In various embodiments, recurrent neural networks using long short-term memory (LSTM) or hidden Markov models (HMMs) are disclosed for use in action recognition, for example, human action recognition, from micro-Doppler signatures.
FILED	Monday, July 02, 2018
APPL NO	16/626591
ART UNIT	2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00053 (20130101) G06K 9/00348 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/08 (20130101) G06N 3/0454 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/16 (20130101)
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11295201 — Time-division multiplexed neurosynaptic module with implicit memory addressing for implementing a neural network

US 11295201	Arthur et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	John V. Arthur (Mountain View, California); Bernard V. Brezzo (Somers, New York); Leland Chang (New York, New York); Daniel J. Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Paul A. Merolla (Palo Alto, California); Dharmendra S. Modha (San Jose, California); Robert K. Montoye (Rochester, Minnesota); Jae-sun Seo (White Plains, New York); Jose A. Tierno (Stamford, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments of the invention relate to a time-division multiplexed neurosynaptic module with implicit memory addressing for implementing a neural network. One embodiment comprises maintaining neuron attributes for multiple neurons and maintaining incoming firing events for different time steps. For each time step, incoming firing events for said time step are integrated in a time-division multiplexing manner. Incoming firing events are integrated based on the neuron attributes maintained. For each time step, the neuron attributes maintained are updated in parallel based on the integrated incoming firing events for said time step.
FILED	Friday, March 29, 2019
APPL NO	16/370570
ART UNIT	2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/08 (20130101) G06N 3/049 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06N 3/063 (20130101)
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11295882 — Magnetically anisotropic binder-free films containing discrete hexaferrite nanoplatelets

US 11295882	Cui 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)	HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Shanying Cui (Calabasas, California); Xin N. Guan (Monterey Park, California); Adam F. Gross (Santa Monica, California); Florian G. Herrault (Agoura Hills, California)
ABSTRACT	Some variations provide a magnetically anisotropic structure comprising a hexaferrite film disposed on a substrate, wherein the hexaferrite film contains a plurality of discrete and aligned magnetic hexaferrite particles, wherein the hexaferrite film is characterized by an average film thickness from about 1 micron to about 500 microns, and wherein the hexaferrite film contains less than 2 wt % organic matter. The hexaferrite film does not require a binder. Discrete particles are not sintered or annealed together because the maximum processing temperature to fabricate the structure is 500° C. or less, such as 250° C. or less. The magnetic hexaferrite particles may contain barium hexaferrite (BaFe₁₂O₁₉) and/or strontium hexaferrite (SrFe₁₂O₁₉). The hexaferrite film may be characterized by a remanence-to-saturation magnetization ratio of at least 0.7. Methods of making and using the magnetically anisotropic structure are also described.
FILED	Thursday, October 03, 2019
APPL NO	16/592477
ART UNIT	1785 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Magnets; Inductances; Transformers; Selection of Materials for Their Magnetic Properties H01F 1/348 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01F 10/28 (20130101) H01F 10/30 (20130101) H01F 10/205 (20130101) H01F 41/24 (20130101) Waveguides; Resonators, Lines, or Other Devices of the Waveguide Type H01P 1/36 (20130101) H01P 1/38 (20130101)
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11296206 — Device with heteroepitaxial structure made using a growth mask

US 11296206	Brueck et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe Key, Florida); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed.
FILED	Wednesday, October 17, 2018
APPL NO	16/162787
ART UNIT	2897 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02107 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02538 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 27/1211 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 29/785 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/7851 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66469 (20130101) H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101)
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11296207 — Method of forming a seed area and growing a heteroepitaxial layer on the seed area

US 11296207	Brueck et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, January 21, 2020
APPL NO	16/747765
ART UNIT	2897 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02107 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02538 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 27/1211 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 29/785 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/7851 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66469 (20130101) H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101)
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11296208 — Method of making heteroepitaxial structures and device formed by the method

US 11296208	Brueck et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, January 21, 2020
APPL NO	16/748327
ART UNIT	2897 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02107 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02538 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 27/1211 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 29/785 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/7851 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66469 (20130101) H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101)
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11296271 — Materials, devices, and methods for resonant ambient thermal energy harvesting

US 11296271	Strano et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
APPLICANT(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael S. Strano (Lexington, Massachusetts); Anton Lee Cottrill (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Sayalee Girish Mahajan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Tianxiang Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Volodymyr B. Koman (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure is directed to materials, devices, and methods for resonant ambient thermal energy harvesting. Thermal energy can be harvested using thermoelectric resonators that capture and store ambient thermal fluctuations and convert the fluctuations to energy. The thermal resonators can include heat engines disposed between masses of varying sizes or diodes. The masses or diodes can be made of high and ultra-high effusivity materials to transfer thermal energy through the resonator and optimize power output. The masses or diodes of the resonator can be tuned to the dominant frequency of the temperature waveform to maximize the amount of energy being converted. The resonators can be added to existing structures to supply or generate power, and, in some embodiments, the structures themselves can be a mass of the thermal resonator. Methods for constructing and/or using such devices are also provided, as are methods for formulating ultra-high effusivity materials.
FILED	Friday, August 31, 2018
APPL NO	16/120114
ART UNIT	1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Spring, Weight, Inertia or Like Motors; Mechanical-power Producing Devices or Mechanisms, Not Otherwise Provided for or Using Energy Sources Not Otherwise Provided for F03G 7/04 (20130101) F03G 7/06 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 35/02 (20130101) H01L 35/30 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 35/32 (20130101) Electric Machines Not Otherwise Provided for H02N 11/002 (20130101) Generation of Electric Power by Conversion of Infra-red Radiation, Visible Light or Ultraviolet Light, e.g Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules H02S 40/44 (20141201)
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11296346 — Borosulfate proton conducting materials

US 11296346	Epshteyn et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
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)	Albert Epshteyn (College Park, Maryland); Matthew D. Ward (Washington, District of Columbia); Brian L. Chaloux (Alexandria, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Borosulfate salts of protic Brønsted bases, for example NH₄[B(SO₄)₂], can serve as proton conductors in electrochemical devices such as fuel cells, flow batteries, and electrolyzers.
FILED	Friday, November 20, 2020
APPL NO	16/953691
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 8/188 (20130101) H01M 8/1004 (20130101) H01M 8/1016 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2300/0068 (20130101)
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11296373 — Rechargeable zinc/air batteries

US 11296373	Parker 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)	Joseph F. Parker (Riva, Maryland); Jeffrey W. Long (Alexandria, Virginia); Debra R. Rolison (Arlington, Virginia); Christopher N. Chervin (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	A zinc-air battery having: a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, a separator between the anode and the cathode, and a housing. The cathode includes: a cathode current collector and a composite having a porous carbon material, a porous cryptomelane-type MnOx material, a porous Ni_yFe_1-yOx material, and a binder. The anode includes: a continuous network having metallic zinc and having metallic zinc bridges connecting metallic zinc particle cores and a continuous network of void space interpenetrating the zinc network. The electrolyte fills the void space in the anode, is in contact with the cathode, and permeates the composite without completely filling or obstructing a majority of the pores. The housing encloses the anode, the cathode, and the separator and exposes the composite to ambient air.
FILED	Thursday, October 25, 2018
APPL NO	16/171251
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 4/38 (20130101) H01M 4/362 (20130101) H01M 4/364 (20130101) H01M 4/623 (20130101) H01M 4/8652 (20130101) H01M 4/8668 (20130101) H01M 4/9016 (20130101) H01M 12/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 2004/021 (20130101) H01M 2300/0002 (20130101)
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11296477 — Systems, apparatuses and methods for coherent beam combining of fiber laser beams with broadened linewidth

US 11296477	Beresnev 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)	U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Leonid A. Beresnev (Dayton, Maryland); Kristan P. Gurton (Olney, Maryland); David A. Ligon (Columbia, Maryland); Anthony R. Valenzuela (Baltimore, Maryland); Chatt C. Williamson (Mt. Airy, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method, apparatus and system for coherent beam combining (CBC) in high energy fiber laser (HEL) systems include generating a reference interference pattern of a signal source including at least two single-mode optical signals, capturing and evaluating the reference interference pattern, maximizing an intensity of the selected area of the captured, reference interference pattern, increasing a linewidth of the optical signals generating the reference interference pattern until the reference interference pattern is degraded, and adjusting a delay time of one of the at least two single-mode optical signals until the reference interference pattern is recovered, by adjusting a value of a delay of a delayed RF signal with a broaden linewidth to a respective EO linewidth broadening modulator in at least one channel of the at least two single-mode optical signals while evaluating the interference pattern on a display device.
FILED	Wednesday, May 01, 2019
APPL NO	16/400096
ART UNIT	2828 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 27/0905 (20130101) G02B 27/0927 (20130101) G02B 27/0961 (20130101) G02B 27/0994 (20130101) G02B 27/1006 (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 3/067 (20130101) H01S 3/0071 (20130101) H01S 3/0085 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/1003 (20130101) H01S 3/1301 (20130101) H01S 3/1305 (20130101) H01S 3/1307 (20130101) H01S 3/2383 (20130101) H01S 3/06754 (20130101)
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11296506 — Bidirectional charging panel

US 11296506	Fleming et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)	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)	Austin Galya Fleming (Newport Beach, California); Elizabeth Ann Geiss (Coronado, California); Benjamin William Rathwell (The Woodlands, Texas); Anthony Gerard Pollman (Monterey, California)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to a bidirectional charging panel (BCP). The BCP includes a relay for controlling a combustion engine and a battery voltage sensor for monitoring a battery voltage. The BCP also includes a grid switch to transfer continuous power between the battery and a grid interface, where the grid interface further includes a grid voltage sensor for monitoring a grid voltage of a grid of devices and a grid direct current outlet to transfer power to and from a grid of devices. The BCP also includes a controller to manage the flow of power between the battery and the grid of devices, where the controller uses the relay to start or stop the combustion according to the battery voltage and uses the grid interface to transfer power from the grid of devices to the battery in response to determining the battery voltage is lower than the grid voltage.
FILED	Monday, October 05, 2020
APPL NO	17/063556
ART UNIT	2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Arrangement or Mounting of Propulsion Units or of Transmissions in Vehicles; Arrangement or Mounting of Plural Diverse Prime-movers in Vehicles; Auxiliary Drives for Vehicles; Instrumentation or Dashboards for Vehicles; Arrangements in Connection With Cooling, Air Intake, Gas Exhaust or Fuel Supply of Propulsion Units in Vehicles B60K 25/00 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/007 (20200101) Original (OR) Class H02J 7/04 (20130101) H02J 7/0047 (20130101) H02J 7/007182 (20200101)
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11296814 — Systems and methods for covert communications

US 11296814	Page et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E) National Security Engineering Center (NSEC) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by MITRE Corporation (MITRE) at Bedford, MA
APPLICANT(S)	THE MITRE CORPORATION (McLean, Virginia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The MITRE Corporation (McLean, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark A. Page (McLean, Virginia); Steen A. Parl (McLean, Virginia); Scott Zhao (McLean, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A communications system and methods for covert communications are provided. A first transmitter that transmits an information carrying signal to a target receiver, a second transmitter and a third transmitter transmit jamming signals to the target receiver, such that the information carrying signals and the jamming signals are interleaved when received by the target receiver The information carrying signals and the jamming signals can be at least partially overlapping by an eavesdropper.
FILED	Thursday, July 09, 2020
APPL NO	16/925136
ART UNIT	2648 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
CURRENT CPC	Secret Communication; Jamming of Communication H04K 3/65 (20130101) H04K 3/825 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04K 2203/32 (20130101) H04K 2203/34 (20130101)
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11296995 — Reduced sized encoding of packet length field

US 11296995	Brewer
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)	Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho)
INVENTOR(S)	Tony Brewer (Plano, Texas)
ABSTRACT	Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for reducing the size of packet headers without reducing the range of packet lengths supported. A packet header includes a fixed-width length field. Using a linear encoding, the maximum packet size is a linear function of the fixed-width length field. Thus, to expand the range of sizes available, either the granularity of the field must be decreased (e.g., by changing the measure of the field from flits to double-flits) or the size of the field must be increased (e.g., by changing the size of the field from 4 bits to 5 bits). However, by using a non-linear encoding, the difference between the minimum and maximum size can be increased without decreasing the granularity within a first range of field values and without increasing the size of the length field.
FILED	Monday, August 31, 2020
APPL NO	17/007376
ART UNIT	2462 — Multiplex and VoIP
CURRENT CPC	Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 45/74 (20130101) H04L 47/365 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04L 49/109 (20130101)
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11297505 — System and method for aggregated machine learning on indicators of compromise on mobile devices

US 11297505	San Miguel et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWCPACIFIC)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (San Diego, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	John Michael San Miguel (Winchester, California); Megan Elane Monteverde Kline (Chula Vista, California); Roger Alexander Hallman (West Lebanon, New Hampshire); Jose Virgilio Romero-Mariona (San Diego, California); Johnny Phan (San Diego, California); Christopher Michael Weeden (San Diego, California); Scott Michael Slayback (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A system identifies whether a mobile device is compromised. The system includes mobile devices, a communication network, and a server. Each mobile device includes a processor, a power supply, and a network interface. The processor executes an operating system and applications including a monitor application. The power supply indicates the power consumed by the mobile device during executing the operating system and the applications. The network interface transfers information to and from the mobile device via a communication network. This transferred information includes logs securely collected by the monitor application. The logs can include a log of the system calls, a log of the power consumed, and a log of network activity. The server receives the logs from the mobile devices and generates a correlation among the logs, and the server identifies at least one mobile device that is an outlier in the correlation as a compromised mobile device.
FILED	Tuesday, October 08, 2019
APPL NO	16/596575
ART UNIT	2435 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 1/3209 (20130101) G06F 9/4406 (20130101) G06F 16/1734 (20190101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/6257 (20130101) G06K 9/6277 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 20/00 (20190101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/37 (20210101) Original (OR) Class H04W 12/63 (20210101) H04W 12/122 (20210101)
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11291221 — Methods for determination of bioactivity, quantity, removal, or inactivation of cereal amylase trypsin inhibitors in cereals, flours, plants, and complex foods

US 11291221	Schuppan 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)	Detlef Schuppan (Mainz, Germany); Victor Zevallos (Mainz, Germany)
ABSTRACT	The present invention features methods of extracting amylase trypsin inhibitors (ATIs) from processed and unprocessed foodstuff, determining bioactivity of ATIs, quantifying the amount of ATIs in a foodstuff, and reducing the content of ATIs in a foodstuff.
FILED	Friday, October 28, 2016
APPL NO	15/771798
ART UNIT	1791 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Treatment, e.g Preservation, of Flour or Dough, e.g by Addition of Materials; Baking; Bakery Products; Preservation Thereof A21D 6/00 (20130101) A21D 13/066 (20130101) Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 5/20 (20160801) A23L 5/23 (20160801) A23L 5/25 (20160801) Original (OR) Class A23L 7/107 (20160801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101)
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11291637 — Methods for treating or preventing organophosphate poisoning

US 11291637	Krishnan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc (HJF) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (Bethesda, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC. (Bethesda, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Jishnu K. S. Krishnan (Bethesda, Maryland); Aryan M. Namboodiri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); John R. Moffett (North Potomac, Maryland); Peethambaran Arun (Clarksburg, Maryland); Narayanan Puthillathu (Rockville, Maryland); Ranjini Vengilote (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The invention relates to methods of treating or preventing organophosphate poisoning in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject isoflurane, enflurane, halothane, sevoflurane, desflurane, xenon or argon in a therapeutically effective amount.
FILED	Monday, September 18, 2017
APPL NO	16/333685
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 9/0043 (20130101) A61K 31/02 (20130101) A61K 31/08 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 39/00 (20180101) A61P 39/02 (20180101)
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11291653 — Compounds and methods for treating an epileptic disorder

US 11291653	Baraban
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Scott C. Baraban (Novato, California)
ABSTRACT	Provided, inter alia, are methods for treating an epilepsy disorder using clemizole, a clemizole analog, or pharmaceutical salts thereof.
FILED	Thursday, April 30, 2020
APPL NO	16/864014
ART UNIT	1627 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/19 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/20 (20130101) A61K 31/27 (20130101) A61K 31/27 (20130101) A61K 31/36 (20130101) A61K 31/55 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/137 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/195 (20130101) A61K 31/197 (20130101) A61K 31/197 (20130101) A61K 31/357 (20130101) A61K 31/433 (20130101) A61K 31/433 (20130101) A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/473 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/4015 (20130101) A61K 31/4166 (20130101) A61K 31/4184 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/4184 (20130101) A61K 31/5513 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 31/7048 (20130101) A61K 33/00 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101)
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11291657 — Methods of treating inflammatory bowel disease with AMD3100 and Tacrolimus

US 11291657	Sun 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)	MedRegen, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Medregen, LLC (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Zhaoli Sun (Perry Hall, Maryland); Xuhang Li (Clarksville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to the field of inflammatory bowel disease. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods for treating inflammatory bowel disease in a patient comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a stem cell mobilizer and an immunosuppressive agent. In particular embodiments, the present invention provides a method for treating inflammatory bowel disease in a patient comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that mobilizes CD34⁺ and/or CD133⁺ stem cells and a low dose of an immunosuppressive agent.
FILED	Wednesday, August 14, 2019
APPL NO	16/540985
ART UNIT	1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 31/00 (20130101) A61K 31/395 (20130101) A61K 31/436 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 31/436 (20130101) A61K 38/13 (20130101) A61K 38/13 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 38/193 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101) A61K 2300/00 (20130101)
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11291688 — Extracellular matrix (ECM) hydrogel and soluble fraction thereof for the treatment of cancer

US 11291688	Badylak et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen Francis Badylak (West Lafayette, Indiana); George S. Hussey (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania); Lindsey Tamiko Saldin (El Segundo, California); Mark Hikaru Murdock (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	Methods are disclosed for reducing the proliferation of a tumor cell, increasing apoptosis of a tumor cell, and/or decreasing migration of a tumor cell. These methods include contacting the tumor cell with an effective amount of solubilized ECM or a soluble fraction of extracellular matrix (ECM), thereby reducing the proliferation of the tumor cell, increasing apoptosis of the tumor cell, and/or decreasing migration of the tumor cell. Methods are also disclosed for treating a subject with a tumor. The methods include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a soluble fraction of an ECM and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, thereby treating the tumor in the subject. In specific non-limiting examples, the tumor is a glioma and/or the ECM hydrogel is a urinary bladder ECM hydrogel.
FILED	Friday, March 02, 2018
APPL NO	16/490056
ART UNIT	1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 35/37 (20130101) A61K 45/06 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 35/00 (20180101)
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11291690 — Muscle derived cells for the treatment of gastro-esophageal pathologies and methods of making and using the same

US 11291690	Chancellor 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)	University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Pittsburgh Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael B. Chancellor (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jay Pasricha (Ellicott City, Maryland); Ronald Jankowski (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ryan Pruchnic (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides muscle-derived progenitor cells that show long-term survival following transplantation into body tissues and which can augment soft tissue following introduction (e.g. via injection, transplantation, or implantation) into a site of soft tissue. Also provided are methods of isolating muscle-derived progenitor cells, and methods of genetically modifying the cells for gene transfer therapy. The invention further provides methods of using compositions comprising muscle-derived progenitor cells for the augmentation and bulking of mammalian, including human, soft tissues in the treatment of various cosmetic or functional conditions, including malformation, injury, weakness, disease, or dysfunction. In particular, the present invention provides treatments and amelioration of symptoms for gastro-esophageal pathologies like gastro-esophageal reflux.
FILED	Monday, February 10, 2020
APPL NO	16/785756
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	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 2/04 (20130101) A61F 2/08 (20130101) A61F 2002/044 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 35/34 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Devices for Introducing Media Into, or Onto, the Body; Devices for Transducing Body Media or for Taking Media From the Body; Devices for Producing or Ending Sleep or Stupor A61M 2202/09 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0658 (20130101) C12N 2500/38 (20130101) C12N 2501/11 (20130101) C12N 2501/39 (20130101) C12N 2501/91 (20130101) C12N 2501/105 (20130101) C12N 2501/115 (20130101) C12N 2501/165 (20130101) C12N 2509/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101)
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11291691 — Methods and compositions for producing hepatocyte-like cells

US 11291691	Peltz 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)	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)	Gary Peltz (Redwood City, California); Dan Xu (Fremont, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods are provided for producing a population of hepatocyte-like cells (iHeps) from a population of adipocyte-derived stem cells (ASCs). Aspects of the methods include placing a population of ASCs into a three dimensional culture (e.g., hanging drop suspension culture, high density culture, spinner flask culture, microcarrier culture, etc.), and contacting the cells with a first and second culture medium. Also provided are methods of treating an individual, which include producing a population of iHeps from a population of ASCs, and administering an effective number of iHeps into the individual. Kits for practicing the methods are also described herein.
FILED	Tuesday, May 08, 2018
APPL NO	15/974377
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 35/407 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/067 (20130101) C12N 5/0696 (20130101) C12N 2500/62 (20130101) C12N 2501/12 (20130101) C12N 2501/16 (20130101) C12N 2501/39 (20130101) C12N 2501/119 (20130101) C12N 2501/155 (20130101) C12N 2501/237 (20130101) C12N 2501/415 (20130101) C12N 2501/602 (20130101) C12N 2501/603 (20130101) C12N 2501/604 (20130101) C12N 2501/606 (20130101) C12N 2506/45 (20130101) C12N 2506/1384 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2513/00 (20130101) C12N 2533/90 (20130101)
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11291706 — Methods for identification, assessment, prevention, and treatment of metabolic disorders using Slit2

US 11291706	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); Katrin J. Svensson (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present invention relates to methods for identifying, assessing, preventing, and treating metabolic disorders and modulating metabolic processes using Slit2.
FILED	Friday, July 15, 2016
APPL NO	15/741326
ART UNIT	1658 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0019 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Peptides C07K 14/705 (20130101) C07K 14/4702 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5023 (20130101) G01N 2333/4703 (20130101) G01N 2500/04 (20130101) G01N 2500/10 (20130101)
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11291707 — Polypeptide-polymer conjugates and methods of use thereof

US 11291707	Healy 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)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Kevin Edward Healy (Moraga, California); Samuel T. Wall (Osla, Norway); Krishanu Saha (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David V. Schaffer (Danville, California)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides polypeptide-polymer conjugates. A subject polypeptide-polymer conjugate is useful in a variety of applications, which are also provided.
FILED	Tuesday, September 01, 2020
APPL NO	17/009472
ART UNIT	1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 38/1709 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/58 (20170801) A61K 47/61 (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 27/22 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 31/16 (20130101) A61L 31/043 (20130101) A61L 2300/252 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 19/00 (20130101)
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11291710 — Methods and compositions for RNA-guided treatment of HIV infection

US 11291710	Khalili et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Temple University of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Kamel Khalili (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania); Wenhui Hu (Cherry Hill, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A method of preventing transmission of a retrovirus from a mother to her offspring, by administering to the mother a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease, and the two or more different multiplex gRNAs, wherein each of the at least two gRNAs is complementary to a different target nucleic acid sequence in a long terminal repeat (LTR) of proviral DNA of the virus that is unique from the genome of the host cell, cleaving a double strand of the proviral DNA at a first target protospacer sequence with the CRISPR-associated endonuclease, cleaving a double strand of the proviral DNA at a second target protospacer sequence with the CRISPR-associated endonuclease, excising an entire HIV-1 proviral genome, eradicating the HIV-1 proviral DNA from the host cell, and preventing transmission of the proviral DNA to the offspring.
FILED	Thursday, May 14, 2020
APPL NO	16/874295
ART UNIT	1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/0034 (20130101) A61K 35/12 (20130101) A61K 38/465 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 45/06 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 48/005 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 7/00 (20130101) C12N 9/22 (20130101) C12N 15/111 (20130101) C12N 2310/20 (20170501) C12N 2320/30 (20130101) C12N 2740/16063 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 301/21 (20130101)
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11291712 — Bacterial protein compositions and uses thereof

US 11291712	Rather et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Philip Rather (Dunwoody, Georgia); David Weiss (Decatur, Georgia); Chui-Yoke Chin (Atlanta, Georgia); Kyle Tipton (Decatur, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein is an attenuated Acinetobacter baumannii comprising an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the ABUW_1645 protein or a variant thereof. Disclosed herein are methods of treating or preventing colonization, infection, or disease by an Acinetobacter baumannii microbe, the method comprising administering a clinically effective dose of the attenuated Acinetobacter baumannii to a subject in need thereof, wherein the attenuated Acinetobacter baumannii comprises an expression vector expressing the ABUW_1645 protein or variants thereof.
FILED	Wednesday, September 19, 2018
APPL NO	16/647692
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/74 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/552 (20170801) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 31/04 (20180101) Peptides C07K 14/212 (20130101)
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11291737 — Ultrasmall nanoparticles and methods of making and using same

US 11291737	Wiesner et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Ulrich B. Wiesner (Ithaca, New York); Kai Ma (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Carlie Mendoza (East Meadow, New York)
ABSTRACT	An aqueous synthesis methodology for the preparation of silica nanoparticles (SNPs), core-shell SNPs having, for example, a size of 2 to 15 nm and narrow size-dispersion with size control below 1 nm, i.e. at the level of a single atomic layer. Different types of dyes, including near infrared (NIR) emitters, can be covalently encapsulated within and brightness can be enhanced via addition of extra silica shells. The surface may be functionalized with polyethylene glycol (PEG) groups and, optionally, specific surface ligands. This aqueous synthesis methodology also enables synthesis of 2 to 15 nm sized fluorescent core and core-shell aluminosilicate nanoparticles (ASNPs) which may also be surface functionalized. Encapsulation efficiency and brightness of highly negatively charged NIR fluorophores is enhanced relative to the corresponding SNPs without aluminum.
FILED	Wednesday, May 04, 2016
APPL NO	15/571420
ART UNIT	1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/0071 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/141 (20130101) A61K 9/5115 (20130101) A61K 9/5146 (20130101) A61K 9/5192 (20130101) A61K 49/0032 (20130101) A61K 49/0093 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 35/00 (20180101)
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11291832 — Patient-specific local field potential model

US 11291832	McIntyre et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
APPLICANT(S)	Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Cameron McIntyre (Lakewood, Ohio); Nicholas Maling (Cleveland, Ohio); Scott Lempka (Cleveland, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments discussed herein facilitate identification of a target area within a region of a brain for stimulation via one or more BS (Brain Stimulation) electrodes. One example embodiment comprises generating, based on radiological imaging of a region of a brain of a patient and BS electrode lead(s), a patient-specific anatomical model of the region and lead(s); populating the patient-specific anatomical model with neuron models based on associated neuronal densities of at least one of the region or one or more sub-regions of the region; constructing a patient-specific local field potential (LFP) model of the region based on the patient-specific anatomical model and location(s)/orientation(s) of the one or more BS electrode leads; and identifying, via the patient-specific LFP model of the region, a target area within the region for at least one of monitoring or treatment of a medical condition via the one or more BS electrode leads.
FILED	Monday, April 29, 2019
APPL NO	16/397141
ART UNIT	3792 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/055 (20130101) A61B 5/4064 (20130101) Electrotherapy; Magnetotherapy; Radiation Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy A61N 1/0534 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61N 1/36064 (20130101) A61N 1/36082 (20130101) A61N 1/36185 (20130101) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 20/30 (20180101)
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11292000 — Devices and methods for separating circulating tumor cells from biological samples

US 11292000	Mao et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Leidong Mao (Watkinsville, Georgia); Yang Liu (Athens, Georgia); Wujun Zhao (Athens, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A variety of devices, systems, kits, and methods are provided for separating or enriching circulating tumor cells in a biological sample such as whole blood. In some aspects, the devices are multi-stage devices including at least a filtering stage, and two separation stages for ferrohydrodynamic separation of magnetically labelled white blood cells and for marker-independent and size-independent focusing of magnetically labeled particles so as to separate or enrich unlabeled rare cells in the biological sample. The devices and methods are, in some aspects, capable of high throughput in excess of 6 milliliters per hour while achieving high separation (>97%) of the unlabeled rare cells.
FILED	Wednesday, May 08, 2019
APPL NO	16/406440
ART UNIT	1759 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/087 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/01 (20130101) B03C 1/32 (20130101) B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 1/42 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 25/16 (20130101)
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11292713 — Integrated analysis device analysis techniques

US 11292713	Cao et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)	Bionano Genomics, Inc. (San Diego, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Bionano Genomics, Inc. (San Diego, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Han Cao (San Diego, California); Michael David Austin (San Diego, California); Parikshit A. Deshpande (San Diego, California); Mark Kunkel (San Diego, California); Alexey Y. Sharonov (San Diego, California); Michael Kochersperger (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	Provided are integrated analysis devices having features of macroscale and nanoscale dimensions, and devices that have reduced background signals and that reduce quenching of fluorophores disposed within the devices. Related methods of manufacturing these devices and of using these devices are also provided.
FILED	Friday, May 01, 2020
APPL NO	16/864551
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502761 (20130101) B01L 2200/10 (20130101) B01L 2200/0663 (20130101) B01L 2200/0689 (20130101) B01L 2300/168 (20130101) B01L 2300/0816 (20130101) B01L 2300/0851 (20130101) B01L 2300/0858 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) B01L 2400/086 (20130101) B01L 2400/0415 (20130101) B01L 2400/0442 (20130101) B01L 2400/0487 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 2201/058 (20130101) Processes or Apparatus Specially Adapted for the Manufacture or Treatment of Microstructural Devices or Systems B81C 1/00119 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B81C 2201/019 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 2021/0346 (20130101) G01N 2021/6439 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/4981 (20150115)
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11292783 — Substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines as kappa opioid antagonists

US 11292783	Carroll et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
APPLICANT(S)	Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Frank Ivy Carroll (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Chad M. Kormos (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Pauline W. Ondachi (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Scott P. Runyon (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Hernan A. Navarro (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); James B. Thomas (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); S. Wayne Mascarella (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Potent opioid receptor antagonists of formula (I) and their use as pharmacotherapies for treating depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addiction to cocaine, methamphetamine, nicotine, alcohol, and opiates are disclosed. More specifically, the disclosure provides potent and selective kappa opioid receptor antagonist compounds, pharmaceutical compositions of those compounds and uses of those compounds to ameliorate or treat addictions, eating disorders, etc.
FILED	Friday, September 15, 2017
APPL NO	16/333849
ART UNIT	1624 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 25/00 (20180101) A61P 25/18 (20180101) A61P 25/24 (20180101) A61P 25/32 (20180101) A61P 25/34 (20180101) A61P 25/36 (20180101) Heterocyclic Compounds C07D 211/18 (20130101) C07D 217/26 (20130101) C07D 401/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07D 413/12 (20130101) C07D 487/08 (20130101)
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11292817 — Msp nanopores and uses thereof

US 11292817	Niederweis 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 UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Birmingham, Alabama)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Birmingham, Alabama)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael Niederweis (Homewood, Alabama); Mikhail Pavlenok (Birmingham, Alabama)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are mutant single-chain Mycobacterium smegmatis porin (Msp) and uses thereof.
FILED	Wednesday, August 19, 2020
APPL NO	16/997032
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Peptides C07K 14/35 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 2565/631 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/44743 (20130101) G01N 27/44756 (20130101) G01N 33/48721 (20130101)
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11292819 — Engineering pathogen resistance in plants

US 11292819	Ronald 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 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Pamela Ronald (Davis, California); Benjamin Schwessinger (Canberra, Australia); Rory Pruitt (Davis, California); Anna Joe (Davis, California); Weiguo Zhang (Zurich, Switzerland)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are compounds and methods for increasing disease resistance and/or root length in plants.
FILED	Monday, August 12, 2019
APPL NO	16/538643
ART UNIT	1663 — Plants
CURRENT CPC	Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8279 (20130101) C12N 15/8281 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101)
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11293008 — Media for culturing epithelial cells

US 11293008	LaBarge 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 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA)
APPLICANT(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark A. LaBarge (Orinda, California); Martha R. Stampfer (Oakland, California); James C. Garbe (San Francisco, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of growing primary human epithelial cells, in particular human epithelial cells using a basal formula containing individual (a) amino acids, (b) vitamins, (c) trace elements, and (d) other organics such as linoleic acid. The basal medium may be a mixture of amino acids, vitamins, and salts that constitute the basic media that is used to culture epithelial cells over a number of population doublings, e.g., over at least one week, while maintaining a normal phenotype and exerting low stress on the cultured cells, and maintaining lineage heterogeneity.
FILED	Friday, September 23, 2016
APPL NO	15/762517
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	Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0631 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2500/14 (20130101) C12N 2500/32 (20130101) C12N 2500/34 (20130101) C12N 2500/35 (20130101) C12N 2500/38 (20130101) C12N 2500/46 (20130101) C12N 2500/60 (20130101)
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11293010 — Methods of producing modified natural killer cells and methods of use

US 11293010	Childs et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department and of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard W. Childs (Rockville, Maryland); David S. J. Allan (Rockville, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein are method of producing NK cells that include one or more heterologous nucleic acids. The methods include culturing a population of isolated NK cells in the presence of one or more cytokines to produce a population of activated NK cells. The population of activated NK cells are transduced with a viral vector comprising the one or more heterologous nucleic acids, for example by contacting the activated NK cells with viral particles including the viral vector. The resulting transduced NK cells are then cultured in the presence of one or more cytokines, and optionally in the presence of irradiated feeder cells, to produce a population of expanded transduced NK cells. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject with a disorder (such as a tumor or hyperproliferative disorder) by administering to the subject NK cells produced by the methods described herein.
FILED	Wednesday, November 01, 2017
APPL NO	15/801085
ART UNIT	1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/17 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0068 (20130101) C12N 5/0646 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/867 (20130101) C12N 2501/65 (20130101) C12N 2501/505 (20130101) C12N 2501/515 (20130101) C12N 2501/599 (20130101) C12N 2501/999 (20130101) C12N 2501/2302 (20130101) C12N 2502/30 (20130101) C12N 2502/99 (20130101) C12N 2502/1135 (20130101) C12N 2510/00 (20130101) C12N 2510/04 (20130101) C12N 2740/15041 (20130101) C12N 2740/15043 (20130101) C12N 2799/027 (20130101)
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11293020 — Molecular sensor selection

US 11293020	Townshend 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 Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
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)	Brent Townshend (Menlo Park, California); Christina D. Smolke (Menlo Park, California)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein, among other things, is an automatable procedure that employs in vitro directed evolution to create DNA sequences that encode a ligand-responsive ribozyme and which, when transcribed, can control expression of genes they are coupled to. The method also allows creation of functional RNA sequences that bind target molecules, without requiring any modification or immobilization of the target.
FILED	Wednesday, May 27, 2020
APPL NO	16/884941
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	Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/113 (20130101) C12N 15/115 (20130101) C12N 15/1048 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/1096 (20130101) C12N 2310/12 (20130101) C12N 2310/16 (20130101) C12N 2330/31 (20130101)
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11293023 — Tunable endogenous protein degradation

US 11293023	Buckley et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Dennis Buckley (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Georg Winter (Vienna, Austria); Andrew J. Phillips (Arlington, Massachusetts); Timothy Heffernan (Sugar Land, Texas); James Bradner (Weston, Massachusetts); Justin Roberts (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Behnam Nabet (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides a means to modulate gene expression in vivo in a manner that avoids problems associated with CRISPR endogenous protein knock-out or knock-in strategies and strategies that provide for correction, or alteration, of single nucleotides. The invention includes inserting into the genome a nucleotide encoding a heterobifunctional compound targeting protein (dTAG) in-frame with the nucleotide sequence of a gene encoding an endogenously expressed protein of interest which, upon expression, produces an endogenous protein-dTAG hybrid protein. This allows for targeted protein degradation of the dTAG and the fused endogenous protein using a heterobifunctional compound.
FILED	Tuesday, February 06, 2018
APPL NO	15/889990
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 31/58 (20130101) A61K 31/506 (20130101) A61K 31/519 (20130101) A61K 31/551 (20130101) A61K 31/575 (20130101) A61K 31/4525 (20130101) A61K 31/4545 (20130101) A61K 31/4985 (20130101) A61K 31/5513 (20130101) A61K 35/17 (20130101) A61K 48/00 (20130101) A61K 2035/122 (20130101) Peptides C07K 14/47 (20130101) C07K 14/7051 (20130101) C07K 14/70517 (20130101) C07K 14/70521 (20130101) C07K 16/00 (20130101) C07K 16/2863 (20130101) C07K 2317/622 (20130101) C07K 2319/03 (20130101) C07K 2319/20 (20130101) C07K 2319/95 (20130101) Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/11 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 15/907 (20130101) C12N 2310/20 (20170501) C12N 2800/80 (20130101)
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11293048 — Attenuators

US 11293048	Yeakley et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
APPLICANT(S)	BioSpyder Technologies, Inc. (Rancho Santa Fe, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Bio Spyder Technologies, Inc. (Carlsbad, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Joanne M. Yeakley (Encinitas, California); Bruce Seligmann (Tucson, Arizona); Joel McComb (Rancho Santa Fe, California)
ABSTRACT	Methods for detecting nucleic acid sequences, where attenuator oligonucleotides are provided to reduce the number of detection products resulting from highly abundant sequences.
FILED	Wednesday, March 28, 2018
APPL NO	15/938178
ART UNIT	1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Measuring or Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids or Microorganisms; Compositions or Test Papers Therefor; Processes of Preparing Such Compositions; Condition-responsive Control in Microbiological or Enzymological Processes C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6841 (20130101) C12Q 2533/107 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101)
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11293051 — Compositions and methods for analyte detection

US 11293051	Church 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)	George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jehyuk Lee (Allston, Massachusetts); Daniel Levner (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Super (Lexington, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Methods of making a three-dimensional matrix of nucleic acids within a cell is provided.
FILED	Friday, April 23, 2021
APPL NO	17/238642
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	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 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/53 (20130101) G01N 2458/10 (20130101)
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11293052 — Compositions and methods for analyte detection

US 11293052	Church 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)	George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jehyuk Lee (Allston, Massachusetts); Daniel Levner (Boston, Massachusetts); Michael Super (Lexington, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Methods of making a three-dimensional matrix of nucleic acids within a cell is provided.
FILED	Friday, April 23, 2021
APPL NO	17/238682
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	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 1/6806 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 1/6844 (20130101) C12Q 1/6869 (20130101) C12Q 1/6874 (20130101)
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11293054 — Compositions and methods for analyte detection

US 11293054	Levner 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)	Daniel Levner (Boston, Massachusetts); Je-hyuk Lee (Allston, Massachusetts); George M. Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael Super (Lexington, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The inventions provided herein relate to detection reagents, compositions, methods, and kits comprising the detection reagents for use in detection, identification, and/or quantification of analytes in a sample. Such detection reagents and methods described herein allow multiplexing of many more labeled species in the same procedure than conventional methods, in which multiplexing is limited by the number of available and practically usable colors.
FILED	Wednesday, April 24, 2019
APPL NO	16/393215
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 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6804 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6816 (20130101) C12Q 1/6837 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2535/122 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) C12Q 2537/143 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) C12Q 2563/107 (20130101) C12Q 2563/179 (20130101) C12Q 2563/179 (20130101) C12Q 2565/514 (20130101) C12Q 2565/514 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/53 (20130101) G01N 2458/10 (20130101)
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11293064 — Human miRNAs for use in diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of human conditions and diseases

US 11293064	Rigoutsos 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)	Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Isidore Rigoutsos (Astoria, New York); Phillipe Loher (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Eric Londin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein are novel compositions, methods, and systems for determining whether a subject has, or is at risk of developing, or is at a given stage of a condition afflicting a tissue of interest, or determining the tissue or cell provenance of a biological sample, based on expression level of one or more of the novel miRNA and isomiR sequences disclosed herein. The compositions, methods, and systems described herein can be used to diagnose a disease or disorder, or prognose a given stage and/or progression of the disease or disorder, or determine the identity of the tissue or cell in a sample. In some embodiments, the compositions, methods, and systems described herein can be used to develop a treatment for the disease or disorder. For example, in some embodiments, the novel miRNAs can be used as therapeutics for treatment of a disease or disorder.
FILED	Friday, May 02, 2014
APPL NO	14/888637
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	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 1/6886 (20130101) C12Q 2600/118 (20130101) C12Q 2600/158 (20130101) C12Q 2600/178 (20130101)
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11293852 — White blood cell population dynamics

US 11293852	Higgins 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)	The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	John M. Higgins (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anwesha Chaudhury (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Systems and methods for modeling and detecting white blood cell population dynamic for diagnosis and treatment, e.g., of acute coronary syndrome or leukocytosis.
FILED	Friday, April 07, 2017
APPL NO	16/091576
ART UNIT	2886 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1459 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/49 (20130101) G01N 2015/008 (20130101) G01N 2015/1006 (20130101) G01N 2015/1402 (20130101) G01N 2015/1488 (20130101) G01N 2015/1493 (20130101) Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Specific Application Fields, Not Otherwise Provided for G16Z 99/00 (20190201)
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11293863 — Robust interferometer and methods of using same

US 11293863	Bornhop et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE)
APPLICANT(S)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Darryl J. Bornhop (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael Kammer (Nashville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Provided are improved optical detection systems and methods for using same, which systems and methods comprise single channel interferometric detection systems and methods for determining a characteristic property of samples. Such interferometric detection systems and methods employ a light beam that impinges two or more discrete zones along a channel, thereby avoiding variations that can result in increases in detection limits and/or measurement errors.
FILED	Monday, February 04, 2019
APPL NO	16/267311
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/75 (20130101) G01N 2021/458 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101)
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11293875 — Method and apparatus for continuous gas monitoring using micro-colorimetric sensing and optical tracking of color spatial distribution

US 11293875	Tao 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)	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)	Nongjian Tao (Fountain Hills, Arizona); Di Wang (Tempe, Arizona); Chenwen Lin (Tempe, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	A micro-colorimetric sensor for sensing target chemicals that converts time sequence information into a spatial distribution of color. By tracking the spatial color distribution, chemical exposure over time is thus detected, which overcomes the limitation of traditional colorimetric sensors. A porous media is coated on a top surface of the substrate. Multiple sensing chemicals are fused in parallel linear channels into the porous media coating. A plate is affixed over the substrate top surface to cover the plurality of parallel linear channels. An air sample is diffused along the porous media to get a clear pattern of spatial color distribution and color images are captured. Optical parameters like gradient of spatial color distribution, intensity, and absorbance, etc., can be tracked to calculate analytes concentrations.
FILED	Wednesday, September 26, 2018
APPL NO	16/142463
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/783 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/0037 (20130101) G01N 33/0039 (20130101) G01N 33/0047 (20130101) G01N 2021/7763 (20130101) G01N 2021/7793 (20130101) G01N 2201/0621 (20130101)
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11293915 — Bio-adhesive gels and methods of use

US 11293915	Singh et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)	Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Ankur Singh (Ithaca, New York); Ravi G. Patel (Livingston, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A gel composition that forms a three dimensional gel microenvironment that is formed of an adhesive protein, a maleimide-functionalized poly alkylene oxide, a linking agent and a nanoparticle, the components forming an interpenetrating network that exhibits improved mechanical and biochemical properties, as well as creates a favorable microenvironment for cellular growth and proliferation. The gel composition also creates a favorable microenvironment for testing various agents on normal or diseased cells, including chemotherapeutic agents on cancer cells or other diseased cells.
FILED	Friday, May 08, 2015
APPL NO	15/309276
ART UNIT	1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0012 (20130101) C12N 5/0062 (20130101) C12N 2533/10 (20130101) C12N 2533/30 (20130101) C12N 2533/54 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 33/5011 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11293925 — Identifying amyloidogenic proteins and amyloidogenic risk

US 11293925	Wall 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)	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Jonathan S. Wall (Knoxville, Tennessee); Emily Martin (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Immunoglobulin light chain proteins are used to generate synthetic fibrils in vitro. The fibrils are mixed with immunoglobulin light chain proteins from a biological sample. In either a direct binding assay, competition assay, or dilution-based competition assay, a signal is detected from the mixture. The intensity of the detectable signal relates to the level of binding between the immunoglobulin light chain proteins to the fibrils and can thus be used to identify amyloidogenic immunoglobulin light chain proteins in a biological sample of the subject and to assess amyloidogenic risk to a subject. For example, the signal intensities from the assays can be used in a comparison to one or more threshold (control) values derived from samples of known light chain types or in the absence of light chains. The comparisons permit identification of amyloidogenic proteins, assessment of amyloidogenic risk, and categorization of the subject into an appropriate “at risk” group.
FILED	Friday, October 19, 2018
APPL NO	16/165737
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 33/533 (20130101) G01N 33/534 (20130101) G01N 33/536 (20130101) G01N 33/582 (20130101) G01N 33/5044 (20130101) G01N 33/5082 (20130101) G01N 33/5094 (20130101) G01N 33/6842 (20130101) G01N 33/6845 (20130101) G01N 33/6857 (20130101) G01N 33/57407 (20130101) G01N 33/57496 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 2333/4709 (20130101) G01N 2800/7047 (20130101)
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11293932 — Multiplexed diagnostic to recognize concentrations of related proteins and peptides

US 11293932	Cummins et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
APPLICANT(S)	North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Brian Michael Cummins (Raleigh, North Carolina); Frances Smith Ligler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Glenn Walker (Raleigh, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed are methods and systems for determining concentrations of a target molecule and a variant thereof in a sample. The sample can comprise or be suspected to comprise a target molecule and at least one variant thereof and is exposed to one or more recognition elements that bind to the target molecule and/or the at least one variant. A signal is detected that is associated with the binding of the target molecule and/or a signal is detected that is associated with the binding of the at least one variant to the one or more recognition elements. The concentration of the target molecule and/or the at least one variant thereof is determined based on the signals. The system can comprise a receiver adapted to receive a sample comprising or suspected to comprise a target molecule and the at least one variant thereof, the receiver comprising one or more recognition elements that bind to one or more epitopes in the target molecule and/or the at least one variant thereof.
FILED	Friday, December 20, 2019
APPL NO	16/723402
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 33/74 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 33/566 (20130101) G01N 33/6845 (20130101) G01N 2333/635 (20130101)
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11294547 — Query-based three-dimensional atlas for accessing image-related data

US 11294547	Mori et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) National Institute on Aging (NIA) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
APPLICANT(S)	Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Michael I. Miller (Towson, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Susumu Mori (Ellicott City, Maryland); Michael I. Miller (Towson, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a system and method for a three-dimensional interface for interacting with a database. The three-dimensional interface can include an interactive three-dimensional atlas depicting an element of anatomy, machine, device, or other object. Given the three-dimensional nature of the atlas, a user can zoom in on particular areas to view them with more specificity. Different structural points of the anatomy are labeled with names or coordinates, such that the user can select one of the structural points and search a database for information related to that specific structural point. The user can also use specific keywords to search with respect to the specific structural point selected. The three-dimensional interface and atlas are displayed to the user on a computing device that can either house the database within its memory or alternately communicate with the database over a network.
FILED	Thursday, June 28, 2012
APPL NO	14/129552
ART UNIT	2174 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 3/04815 (20130101) G06F 3/04842 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 16/48 (20190101) G06F 16/444 (20190101) Image Data Processing or Generation, in General G06T 19/00 (20130101) G06T 2210/41 (20130101) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 50/50 (20180101) Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for Specific Application Fields, Not Otherwise Provided for G16Z 99/00 (20190201)
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Department of Energy (DOE)

11291203 — Soluble metallogels including antimicrobial silver metallogels

US 11291203	Compel 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); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado)
INVENTOR(S)	William Compel (Oakland, California); Keith Morrison (Livermore, California); James Armstrong (Fort Collins, Colorado); Christopher J. Ackerson (Fort Collins, Colorado)
ABSTRACT	A product includes a metallogel material having metal ions dispersed in an assembly having an organic compound. A method includes combining a metal salt, an organic compound precursor, and a glyme for forming a metallogel material having metal ions dispersed in an assembly having an organic compound.
FILED	Friday, December 06, 2019
APPL NO	16/706553
ART UNIT	1613 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs
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 25/04 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A01N 59/16 (20130101) Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 9/06 (20130101) A61K 33/38 (20130101) A61K 47/18 (20130101) A61K 47/20 (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 15/18 (20130101) A61L 15/20 (20130101) A61L 15/44 (20130101) A61L 15/58 (20130101) A61L 27/047 (20130101) A61L 27/54 (20130101) A61L 2300/102 (20130101) A61L 2300/104 (20130101) A61L 2300/404 (20130101) Treatment of Water, Waste Water, Sewage, or Sludge C02F 1/505 (20130101) C02F 2303/04 (20130101)
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11292288 — Superhydrophobic transparent glass (STG) thin film articles

US 11292288	Aytug et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Tolga Aytug (Knoxville, Tennessee); David Christen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	An article having a nanostructured surface and a method of making the same are described. The article can include a substrate and a nanostructured layer bonded to the substrate. The nanostructured layer can include a plurality of spaced apart nanostructured features comprising a contiguous, protrusive material and the nanostructured features can be sufficiently small that the nanostructured layer is optically transparent. A surface of the nanostructured features can be coated with a continuous hydrophobic coating. The method can include providing a substrate; depositing a film on the substrate; decomposing the film to form a decomposed film; and etching the decomposed film to form the nanostructured layer.
FILED	Tuesday, April 30, 2013
APPL NO	13/873282
ART UNIT	1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Producing Decorative Effects; Mosaics; Tarsia Work; Paperhanging B44C 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 3/04 (20130101) C03C 15/00 (20130101) C03C 17/00 (20130101) C03C 17/002 (20130101) C03C 17/02 (20130101) C03C 17/34 (20130101) C03C 2217/76 (20130101) C03C 2217/425 (20130101) C03C 2218/33 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/10 (20130101) C23C 14/58 (20130101) C23C 14/5806 (20130101) C23C 14/5873 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24355 (20150115) Y10T 428/24364 (20150115)
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11292617 — Spin-stabilized orbital rocket guidance

US 11292617	Gilkey
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 Egineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeffrey C. Gilkey (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	Technologies for guidance of a spin-stabilized orbital rocket are described herein. The spin-stabilized rocket includes a guidance controller. The guidance controller computes parameters of a burn of a second-stage engine of the rocket to reach a desired nominal orbit subsequent to burnout of the first stage of the rocket. The guidance controller computes the burn parameters of the second-stage engine based upon one or more desired orbit parameters and a current position and velocity of the rocket. The computation of the burn parameters is based upon a simulated point-mass model of the motion of the rocket. The guidance controller then controls the rocket to initiate a second-stage burn having the computed burn parameters.
FILED	Wednesday, July 24, 2019
APPL NO	16/521001
ART UNIT	3665 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
CURRENT CPC	Cosmonautics; Vehicles or Equipment Therefor B64G 1/002 (20130101) B64G 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B64G 1/36 (20130101) B64G 1/403 (20130101) B64G 2001/245 (20130101)
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11292753 — Method for alcohol upgrading to jet, diesel, gasoline, and valuable co-products

US 11292753	Li
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Zhenglong Li (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	A method for converting an alcohol to a jet-diesel hydrocarbon fraction, comprising contacting the alcohol with a pillared two-dimensional zeolite catalyst at a temperature of at least 200° C. and up to 500° C. to convert the alcohol to hydrocarbons comprising: (a) a first mixed olefin fraction containing a mixture of C₂-C₅olefins; (b) a first paraffin fraction containing C₃-C₅paraffins; and (c) a gasoline fraction containing C₆⁺ hydrocarbons; and the conversion of the alcohol is energy neutral or exothermic. The first mixed olefin fraction may be subjected to an oligomerization process to result in a second paraffin fraction containing C₃-C₆paraffins along with a C₇⁺ partially unsaturated fraction, and the first and second paraffin fractions combined into a total C₃-C₆paraffin fraction, which can in turn be subjected to a dehydrogenation or aromatization process with hydrogen gas as byproduct, and the hydrogen gas recycled for use in producing the jet-diesel fraction.
FILED	Thursday, October 29, 2020
APPL NO	17/083437
ART UNIT	1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus
CURRENT CPC	Acyclic or Carbocyclic Compounds C07C 1/24 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C07C 2/08 (20130101) C07C 5/03 (20130101) C07C 2529/05 (20130101) C07C 2529/40 (20130101) Feeding Fuel to Combustion Apparatus F23K 5/08 (20130101)
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11292819 — Engineering pathogen resistance in plants

US 11292819	Ronald 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 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
APPLICANT(S)	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Pamela Ronald (Davis, California); Benjamin Schwessinger (Canberra, Australia); Rory Pruitt (Davis, California); Anna Joe (Davis, California); Weiguo Zhang (Zurich, Switzerland)
ABSTRACT	Provided herein are compounds and methods for increasing disease resistance and/or root length in plants.
FILED	Monday, August 12, 2019
APPL NO	16/538643
ART UNIT	1663 — Plants
CURRENT CPC	Peptides C07K 14/195 (20130101) C07K 14/415 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 15/8279 (20130101) C12N 15/8281 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 21/02 (20130101)
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11292919 — Anti-fingerprint coatings

US 11292919	Aytug et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Tolga Aytug (Knoxville, Tennessee); John T. Simpson (Clinton, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	An article having a nanostructured surface and a method of making the same are described. The article can include a substrate and a nanostructured layer bonded to the substrate. The nanostructured layer can include a plurality of spaced apart nanostructured features comprising a contiguous, protrusive material and the nanostructured features can be sufficiently small that the nanostructured layer is optically transparent. A continuous layer can be adhered to a plurality of surfaces of the nanostructured features to render the plurality of surfaces of the nanostructured features both hydrophobic and oleophobic with respect to fingerprint oil comprising eccrine secretions and sebaceous secretions, thereby providing an anti-fingerprinting characteristic to the article.
FILED	Thursday, February 14, 2013
APPL NO	13/767244
ART UNIT	1783 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Chemical Composition of Glasses, Glazes or Vitreous Enamels; Surface Treatment of Glass; Surface Treatment of Fibres or Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals or Slags; Joining Glass to Glass or Other Materials C03C 17/002 (20130101) C03C 17/02 (20130101) C03C 17/34 (20130101) C03C 2217/76 (20130101) C03C 2217/425 (20130101) C03C 2218/33 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 5/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/10 (20130101) C23C 14/58 (20130101) C23C 14/5806 (20130101) C23C 14/5873 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/24355 (20150115)
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11292948 — Heat transfer/storage fluids and systems that utilize such fluids

US 11292948	Sandhage
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Kenneth Henry Sandhage (Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	Heat transfer/storage fluids that are resistant to oxidation in air at elevated temperatures, and systems that utilize such heat transfer/storage fluids, for example, as part of a concentrating solar power (CSP) system or other electricity-generating systems. The heat transfer/storage fluid is a molten chloride solution comprising two or more chlorides selected from the group consisting of CaCl₂, SrCl₂, BaCl₂, NaCl, and KCl.
FILED	Thursday, May 14, 2020
APPL NO	15/931982
ART UNIT	1761 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 5/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Heat-exchange Apparatus, Not Provided for in Another Subclass, in Which the Heat-exchange Media Do Not Come into Direct Contact F28D 2020/0047 (20130101) Details of Heat-exchange and Heat-transfer Apparatus, of General Application F28F 23/00 (20130101)
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11293008 — Media for culturing epithelial cells

US 11293008	LaBarge 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 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA)
APPLICANT(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark A. LaBarge (Orinda, California); Martha R. Stampfer (Oakland, California); James C. Garbe (San Francisco, California)
ABSTRACT	A method of growing primary human epithelial cells, in particular human epithelial cells using a basal formula containing individual (a) amino acids, (b) vitamins, (c) trace elements, and (d) other organics such as linoleic acid. The basal medium may be a mixture of amino acids, vitamins, and salts that constitute the basic media that is used to culture epithelial cells over a number of population doublings, e.g., over at least one week, while maintaining a normal phenotype and exerting low stress on the cultured cells, and maintaining lineage heterogeneity.
FILED	Friday, September 23, 2016
APPL NO	15/762517
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	Microorganisms or Enzymes; Compositions Thereof; Propagating, Preserving, or Maintaining Microorganisms; Mutation or Genetic Engineering; Culture Media C12N 5/0631 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C12N 2500/14 (20130101) C12N 2500/32 (20130101) C12N 2500/34 (20130101) C12N 2500/35 (20130101) C12N 2500/38 (20130101) C12N 2500/46 (20130101) C12N 2500/60 (20130101)
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11293078 — Separation of rare earth elements using supported membrane solvent extraction

US 11293078	Bhave et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-BATTELLE, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Ramesh R. Bhave (Knoxville, Tennessee); Syed Z. Islam (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Vishwanath Deshmane (Painted Post, New York)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for the recovery and separation of rare earth elements (REEs) are provided. The system and method include the supported membrane solvent extraction of REEs and the separation of light and heavy REEs that have been recovered from scrap permanent magnets and other electronic waste. In supported membrane solvent extraction, an organic phase consisting of an extractant and an organic solvent is immobilized in the pores of hollow fibers. An aqueous feed solution and a strip solution flow along the shell side and lumen side of the hollow fibers, respectively. The extractant functions as a carrier to selectively transport certain rare earth metal ions from the feed side to the strip side. The rare earth metals are concurrently back extracted in the strip solution, allowing processing to proceed continuously without equilibrium limitations.
FILED	Monday, August 12, 2019
APPL NO	16/537759
ART UNIT	1738 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 59/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11293116 — Tunable and reconfigurable atomically thin heterostructures

US 11293116	Vargas 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 Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S)	Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Anthony Vargas (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fangze Liu (Shijiazhuang, China PRC); Christopher Adrian Lane (Boston, Massachusetts); Daniel Rubin (Boston, Massachusetts); Swastik Kar (Belmont, Massachusetts); Arun Bansil (Dover, Massachusetts); Gianina Buda (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zachariah Hennighausen (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Heterocrystals of metal dichalcogenides and Bi₂S₃, Bi₂Se₃or Bi₂Te₃are presented, in which the metal dichalcogenides and Bi₂S₃, Bi₂Se₃or Bi₂Te₃do not largely retain their independent properties. These heterocrystals exhibit electronic and optical changes, which make them attractive for beyond-silicon electronics and optoelectronics. Particularly, these heterocrystals can be re-configured in a manner that allows bit writing and pattern drawing. Embodiments of these heterocrystals, methods of forming these heterocrystals, methods of reconfiguring the heterocrystals, information storage devices, optoelectronic circuits and photonic crystals are presented.
FILED	Wednesday, August 23, 2017
APPL NO	16/326856
ART UNIT	1737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/02 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/68 (20130101) C30B 30/00 (20130101) C30B 33/02 (20130101) C30B 33/04 (20130101) Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 7/1369 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02485 (20130101) H01L 21/02499 (20130101) H01L 21/02505 (20130101) H01L 21/02568 (20130101)
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11293279 — Multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography

US 11293279	Karra et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Triad National Security, LLC (TRIAD) at Los Alamos, NM
APPLICANT(S)	Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Satish Karra (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Hari S. Viswanathan (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Maruti Kumar Mudunuru (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Vamshi Krishna Chillara (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Dipen N. Sinha (Bay Shore, New York)
ABSTRACT	Apparatus includes a plurality of geological subsurface electrical line sensors spaced apart from each other proximate a predetermined geological subsurface region of interest, with at least one of the electrical line sensors situated as a line source to produce a multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography source signal, and with at least one of the electrical line sensors situated as a line detector to receive the multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography response signal associated with the source signal that propagates through the predetermined geological subsurface region of interest, and a controller including a processor and a memory configured with instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine an electrical mapping over the predetermined geological subsurface region of interest based on the multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography source signal, response signal, and the spatial positions of the geological subsurface electrical line sensors.
FILED	Wednesday, May 22, 2019
APPL NO	16/419350
ART UNIT	3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
CURRENT CPC	Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/26 (20130101) E21B 47/113 (20200501) Original (OR) Class Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow or Liquid Level; Metering by Volume G01F 1/60 (20130101) Geophysics; Gravitational Measurements; Detecting Masses or Objects; Tags G01V 3/24 (20130101)
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11293910 — Methods and devices for non-invasive root phenotyping

US 11293910	Benfey et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
APPLICANT(S)	Hi Fidelity Genetics, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Hi Fidelity Genetics, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Philip Benfey (Durham, North Carolina); Jesse Windle (Durham, North Carolina); Daniel Goldman (Durham, North Carolina); Jeffrey Aguilar (Durham, North Carolina); Logan Johnson (Durham, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure provides for an electronic sensor for detecting a root of a plant in soil, the electronic sensor that includes a first conductor plate configured to be disposed in soil, a switch, a power supply, and signal extractor. The switch is electrically coupled to the first conductor plate and is configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode. The power supply is electrically coupled to the switch and is configured to provide an electrical charge to the first conductor plate in the first mode of the switch. The signal extractor is electrically coupled to the switch and is configured to extract a signal response at the first conductor plate in the second mode of the switch. The present disclosure further provides a second conductor plate configured to be disposed in soil adjacent to and substantially parallel to the first conductor plate. The second conductor plate is electrically coupled to ground.
FILED	Friday, July 24, 2020
APPL NO	16/938822
ART UNIT	2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Horticulture; Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops or Seaweed; Forestry; Watering A01G 7/00 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 27/04 (20130101) G01N 27/22 (20130101) G01N 27/226 (20130101) G01N 33/0098 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 15/06 (20130101) G01R 15/142 (20130101) G01R 27/02 (20130101) G01R 27/22 (20130101) G01R 27/26 (20130101) G01R 27/2605 (20130101) G01R 31/2837 (20130101) G01R 35/00 (20130101)
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11294102 — Broadband and omnidirectional polymer antireflection coatings

US 11294102	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
APPLICANT(S)	The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Baomin Wang (State College, Pennsylvania); Noel C. Giebink (State College, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A method for generating antireflective coatings for polymeric substrates using a deposition process and/or a dissolving process can provide a coating onto the outer surface of the substrate. Some embodiments can include a GLAD generated fluoropolymer coating or a co-evaporated fluoropolymer coating on a substrate that may achieve ultralow refractive index as well as improved adhesion and durability properties on polymeric substrates. In some embodiments, the deposition process is performed such that a fluoropolymer can be evaporated to form chain fragments of the fluoropolymer. The chain fragments diffused into the substrate can subsequently re-polymerize, interlocking with the polymer chains of the substrate. In some embodiments, the co-evaporation process can form a nanoporous polymer chain scaffold of the fluoropolymer, from which a sacrificial material can be dissolved out. The formed coating can be a multilayer or continuously-graded antireflective coating that has strong adhesion with the substrate.
FILED	Wednesday, June 17, 2020
APPL NO	16/904041
ART UNIT	1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 127/12 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/12 (20130101) G02B 1/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11294103 — System and method for repeated metal deposition-dewetting steps to form a nano-particle etching mask producing thicker layer of engraved metasurface

US 11294103	Feigenbaum 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)	Eyal Feigenbaum (Livermore, California); Nathan James Ray (Tracy, California); Jae Hyuck Yoo (Dublin, California)
ABSTRACT	A method and system is disclosed for creating an optical component having a spatially controlled refractive index and uniform anti-reflective layer. The method may involve alternately depositing and dewetting two or more thin metal material layers on the substrate to form a mask having a spatially varying nano-particle distribution, and with an increased thickness beyond what could be achieved using a single, thick layer of the same material. The substrate may then be etched, using the mask, to imprint a spatially patterned nanostructure pattern on a surface the substrate in accordance with the mask.
FILED	Friday, May 15, 2020
APPL NO	16/875337
ART UNIT	1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/002 (20130101) G02B 1/11 (20130101) G02B 1/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11294349 — Injection withdrawal tracer tests to assess proppant placement

US 11294349	Dewers 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)	Thomas Dewers (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick V. Brady (Sandia Park, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	Placement of proppant in subterranean formations during hydraulic fracturing is assessed. A method of one aspect includes introducing a hydraulic fracturing fluid including a proppant into a subterranean formation through a well. Samples of the hydraulic fracturing fluid are recovered through the well over a period of time. A concentration of at least one tracer in each of the samples is determined. The concentrations of the at least one tracer in the samples are analyzed to assess placement of the proppant in the subterranean formation. Other methods, apparatus, and systems are also disclosed.
FILED	Monday, June 25, 2018
APPL NO	16/017712
ART UNIT	2148 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Earth Drilling, e.g Deep Drilling; Obtaining Oil, Gas, Water, Soluble or Meltable Materials or a Slurry of Minerals From Wells E21B 43/16 (20130101) Control or Regulating Systems in General; Functional Elements of Such Systems; Monitoring or Testing Arrangements for Such Systems or Elements G05B 19/406 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G05B 2219/40585 (20130101) Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 30/20 (20200101)
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11294747 — Self-regulating power management for a neural network system

US 11294747	Kegel 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)	Andrew G. Kegel (Redmond, Washington); David A. Roberts (Wellesley, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A neural network runs a known input data set using an error free power setting and using an error prone power setting. The differences in the outputs of the neural network using the two different power settings determine a high level error rate associated with the output of the neural network using the error prone power setting. If the high level error rate is excessive, the error prone power setting is adjusted to reduce errors by changing voltage and/or clock frequency utilized by the neural network system. If the high level error rate is within bounds, the error prone power setting can remain allowing the neural network to operate with an acceptable error tolerance and improved efficiency. The error tolerance can be specified by the neural network application.
FILED	Wednesday, January 31, 2018
APPL NO	15/884638
ART UNIT	2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 11/076 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 11/0706 (20130101) G06F 11/0793 (20130101) Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/03 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/02 (20130101) G06N 5/04 (20130101) G06N 20/00 (20190101)
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11295869 — Methods of preserving a nuclear fuel element

US 11295869	Rezvoi
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) at Idaho Falls, ID
APPLICANT(S)	Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
INVENTOR(S)	Aleksey Rezvoi (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
ABSTRACT	A method of preserving a nuclear fuel includes exposing a surface of a fuel element comprising aluminum to a phosphorus-containing acid and reacting the phosphorus-containing acid with the aluminum to form aluminum phosphate (AlPO₄). A nuclear fuel element includes a nuclear fuel and a shell surrounding the nuclear fuel. The shell comprises aluminum phosphate.
FILED	Monday, September 09, 2019
APPL NO	16/564552
ART UNIT	3646 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Use of Inorganic or Non-macromolecular Organic Substances as Compounding Ingredients C08K 2003/327 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 22/00 (20130101) C23C 22/07 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic or Electrophoretic Production of Coatings; Electroforming; Apparatus Therefor C25D 11/08 (20130101) Nuclear Reactors G21C 3/20 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G21C 13/087 (20130101) G21C 19/32 (20130101) G21C 21/02 (20130101) Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation or Particle Bombardment; Treating Radioactively Contaminated Material; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor G21F 5/008 (20130101)
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11295962 — Low temperature process for diode termination of fully depleted high resistivity silicon radiation detectors that can be used for shallow entrance windows and thinned sensors

US 11295962	Kenney et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Stanford University (LSJU) at Menlo Park, CA
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)	Christopher J. Kenney (Menlo Park, California); Julie D. Segal (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	Fabrication of vertical diodes for radiation sensing using a low temperature microwave anneal is provided. This kind of anneal allows the back side processing to be performed after the front side processing is done without damaging the front side structures. This enables a simplified fabrication of thinned detectors compared to a conventional silicon on insulator process. Another feature that this technology enables is a thin entrance window for a detector that also serves as the doped diode termination. Such thin entrance windows are especially suitable for detection of low energy radiation.
FILED	Wednesday, July 10, 2019
APPL NO	16/507777
ART UNIT	2893 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/24 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/324 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 21/26513 (20130101) H01L 31/1025 (20130101) H01L 31/1804 (20130101) H01L 31/1864 (20130101) H01L 31/1896 (20130101)
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11296240 — Tunneling full-wave infrared rectenna

US 11296240	Davids 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)	Paul Davids (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Andrew Lea Starbuck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert L. Jarecki, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David W. Peters (Albuqerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A rectenna is used for full-wave rectification of infrared radiation to produce electricity. In the rectenna, a metallic grating overlies a semiconductor body. A tunnel barrier is interposed between each grating element and the semiconductor body. Each of the grating elements overlies a bridge pair consisting of a region of n⁺-doped semiconductor and a region of p⁺-doped semiconductor, both of which are embedded in more lightly doped host semiconductor material. Each of the two regions that compose the bridge pair forms a rectifying tunnel junction through a tunnel barrier to at least one overlying grating element. Each of the two regions also forms a semiconductor junction with the host semiconductor material.
FILED	Wednesday, December 04, 2019
APPL NO	16/702732
ART UNIT	2822 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/068 (20130101) H01L 31/02008 (20130101) H01L 31/02021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/022425 (20130101)
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11296244 — Solar cell comprising a metal-oxide buffer layer and method of fabrication

US 11296244	Bush et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
APPLICANT(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Kevin Alexander Bush (Stanford, California); Axel F Palmstrom (Santa Barbara, California); Michael David McGehee (Palo Alto, California); Stacey F Bent (Stanford, California)
ABSTRACT	A perovskite-based solar cell comprising a transparent electrode disposed on a buffer layer that protects the perovskite from damage during the deposition of the electrode is disclosed. The buffer material is deposited using either low-temperature atomic-layer deposition, chemical-vapor deposition, or pulsed chemical-vapor deposition. In some embodiments, the perovskite material is operative as an absorption layer in a multi-cell solar-cell structure. In some embodiments, the perovskite material is operative as an absorption layer in a single junction solar cell structure.
FILED	Friday, September 15, 2017
APPL NO	16/334540
ART UNIT	1726 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 27/302 (20130101) H01L 31/03923 (20130101) H01L 31/03925 (20130101) H01L 31/022475 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 31/022483 (20130101) H01L 51/442 (20130101) H01L 51/4273 (20130101) Reduction of Greenhouse Gas [GHG] Emissions, Related to Energy Generation, Transmission or Distribution Y02E 10/549 (20130101)
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11296313 — Carbon dioxide treatment of cathodes

US 11296313	Kahvecioglu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)	UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Ozgenur Kahvecioglu (Naperville, Illinois); Gregory K. Krumdick (Homer Glen, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A method for producing water resistant cathodes is discussed. The method uses mixing cathode powder with solid carbon dioxide to create a mixture and heating the mixture to a temperature. The heating occurs for a time sufficient to cause lithium carbonate coatings to form on the powder. A method for coating lithium-containing cathode surfaces is also discussed. This method uses simultaneously sublimating solid CO₂and condensing atmospheric water vapor onto surfaces. Afterwards allowing the lithium to react with the sublimated CO₂for a time sufficient to create a lithium carbonate film on the surface.
FILED	Monday, April 23, 2018
APPL NO	15/960178
ART UNIT	1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Compounds of Alkali Metals, i.e Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, or Francium C01D 15/08 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 53/50 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2004/80 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/366 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 4/505 (20130101) H01M 4/525 (20130101) H01M 4/5825 (20130101) H01M 10/0525 (20130101) H01M 2004/028 (20130101)
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11296347 — Flow battery cleansing cycle to maintain electrolyte health and system performance

US 11296347	Song et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
APPLICANT(S)	ESS TECH, INC. (Wilsonville, Oregon)
ASSIGNEE(S)	ESS TECH, INC. (Wilsonville, Oregon)
INVENTOR(S)	Yang Song (West Linn, Oregon); Craig E. Evans (West Linn, Oregon)
ABSTRACT	A method of cleansing a redox flow battery system may include operating the redox flow battery system in a charge, discharge, or idle mode, and responsive to a redox flow battery capacity being less than a threshold battery capacity, mixing the positive electrolyte with the negative electrolyte. In this way, battery capacity degradation following cyclic charging and discharging of the redox flow battery system can be substantially reduced.
FILED	Friday, April 27, 2018
APPL NO	15/965722
ART UNIT	1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/0002 (20130101) G06K 9/0012 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 8/188 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 8/0693 (20130101) H01M 8/04186 (20130101) H01M 8/04611 (20130101) H01M 8/04932 (20130101)
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11296354 — Lithium metal recovery and synthesis

US 11296354	Ignacio de Leon et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)	UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Patricia Anne Ignacio de Leon (Westmont, Illinois); John N. Hryn (Hawthorn Woods, Illinois); Li Tang (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Edward F. Barry (Chicago, Illinois); Daniel Yoav Arenas (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A process and system for creating a lithium ion anolyte from lithium alloys. Metal and lithium alloys are processed to remove the metal with lithium from the alloy remaining. A lithium ion anolyte formed may be used in a process to form lithium metal. Alternatively, a process and system for recovering lithium from sources such as lithium alloys and lithium metal oxides and other feedstock such as recycled batteries into a thin lithium metal film via electrodeposition in an organic electrolyte contacting both anode (holder for lithium source) and cathode (substrate for lithium deposition) in a single-compartment electrolysis cell.
FILED	Friday, September 28, 2018
APPL NO	16/145364
ART UNIT	1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Production and Refining of Metals; Pretreatment of Raw Materials C22B 26/12 (20130101) Processes for the Electrolytic Production, Recovery or Refining of Metals; Apparatus Therefor C25C 1/02 (20130101) Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 10/052 (20130101) H01M 10/0561 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11296454 — Hermetic edge-connect headers and corresponding connectors

US 11296454	Kellogg 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 Soolutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
INVENTOR(S)	Rick A. Kellogg (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Bradley C. Salzbrenner (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles A. Walker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael E. McReaken (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Marshall S. Klee (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A hermetically-sealed edge-connect header that can withstand high temperatures, high pressures (or high vacuum levels), and high vibration environments, along with two corresponding connectors are disclosed. After brazing the edge-connect header components, the assembly is machined to form a slot with a portion of each of a plurality of electrical conductors removed in the machining process, resulting in a header with a high pin density. During the process of mating the first connector design to the edge-connect header, a plurality of wipers in the connector deflect, thereby causing the wipers to extend from the connector and contact the corresponding electrical conductors in the header. During the process of mating the second connector design to the edge-connect header, each of a plurality of wipers formed of low-mass, compliant metal wool, forms multiple contact points with a corresponding electrical conductor in the header.
FILED	Wednesday, December 09, 2020
APPL NO	17/116684
ART UNIT	2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrically-conductive Connections; Structural Associations of a Plurality of Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting Elements; Coupling Devices; Current Collectors H01R 12/85 (20130101) H01R 12/87 (20130101) H01R 12/89 (20130101) H01R 13/02 (20130101) H01R 13/03 (20130101) H01R 13/04 (20130101) H01R 13/05 (20130101) H01R 13/10 (20130101) H01R 13/11 (20130101) H01R 13/17 (20130101) H01R 13/24 (20130101) H01R 13/025 (20130101) H01R 13/26 (20130101) H01R 13/193 (20130101) H01R 13/502 (20130101) H01R 13/521 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01R 13/523 (20130101) H01R 13/533 (20130101) H01R 13/629 (20130101) H01R 13/2407 (20130101) H01R 13/5202 (20130101) H01R 13/5216 (20130101) H01R 13/5219 (20130101) H01R 13/6315 (20130101) H01R 24/60 (20130101) H01R 2107/00 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 29/49002 (20150115) Y10T 29/49204 (20150115)
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11296478 — Scaling high-energy pulsed solid-state lasers to high average power

US 11296478	Erlandson 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)	Alvin C Erlandson (Livermore, California); Andrew J Bayramian (Livermore, California); Constantin L Haefner (Livermore, California); Craig W Siders (Livermore, California); Thomas C Galvin (Livermore, California); Thomas M Spinka (Livermore, California)
ABSTRACT	Techniques are provided for scaling the average power of high-energy solid-state lasers to high values of average output power while maintaining high efficiency. An exemplary technique combines a gas-cooled-slab amplifier architecture with a pattern of amplifier pumping and extraction in which pumping is continuous and in which only a small fraction of the energy stored in the amplifier is extracted on any one pulse. Efficient operation is achieved by propagating many pulses through the amplifier during each period equal to the fluorescence decay time of the gain medium, so that the preponderance of the energy cycled through the upper laser level decays through extraction by the amplified pulses rather than through fluorescence decay.
FILED	Friday, November 08, 2019
APPL NO	16/678063
ART UNIT	3645 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Devices Using the Process of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] to Amplify or Generate Light; Devices Using Stimulated Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Wave Ranges Other Than Optical H01S 3/22 (20130101) H01S 3/025 (20130101) H01S 3/042 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01S 3/091 (20130101) H01S 3/0404 (20130101) H01S 3/0606 (20130101) H01S 3/0941 (20130101) H01S 3/1001 (20190801) H01S 3/1616 (20130101) H01S 3/2341 (20130101) H01S 3/10013 (20190801)
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11296507 — Smart dim fuse: electrical load flexibility controller using sub-circuit voltage modulation and load sensing

US 11296507	Goldin et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
APPLICANT(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Aaron Sargent Goldin (Redwood City, California); Ram Rajagopal (Palo Alto, California); Claudio Rivetta (Palo Alto, California); Juan M. Rivas Davila (Palo Alto, California)
ABSTRACT	Improved control of electrical power consumption is provided with “Smart Dim Fuses” (SDF) which can alter their output voltage as provided to the load circuits they are connected to. SDF units can replace conventional circuit breakers in electrical panels. The voltage control capability provided by SDF units can lead to improved control of electrical power consumption, since many loads can smoothly operate at lower power consumption when the voltage they are driven with decreases. SDF units can comply with relevant safety requirements, such as uninterrupted neutral connections between electrical mains and load circuits. SDF units can also provide a current limiting function that can substitute for the protective action of conventional circuit breakers.
FILED	Monday, July 09, 2018
APPL NO	16/030235
ART UNIT	2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric Switches; Relays; Selectors; Emergency Protective Devices H01H 85/0241 (20130101) H01H 2085/0266 (20130101) Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements H02H 3/093 (20130101) H02H 9/02 (20130101) Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 3/14 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H02J 3/382 (20130101) H02J 2310/14 (20200101)
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11297103 — High-fidelity model-driven deception platform for cyber-physical systems

US 11297103	Edgar et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI) at Richland, WA
APPLICANT(S)	BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Richland, Washington)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Thomas W. Edgar (Richland, Washington); Draguna L. Vrabie (West Richland, Washington); William J. Hofer (Richland, Washington); Kathleen E. Nowak (Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A system is described for protecting a cyber-physical system against a potential attacker of the cyber-physical system. The system includes at least one processor configured to: collect historical information about the cyber-physical system, and train, based on the historical information, a machine-learned model to predict future conditions of at least a portion of the cyber-physical system. Responsive to detecting an input signal to the cyber-physical system, the system is configured to output an alert to the cyber-physical system indicative of a potential attacker, and respond to the input signal by simulating, based on the future conditions predicted by the machine-learned model, functionality and communications of the at least a portion of the cyber-physical system.
FILED	Friday, April 19, 2019
APPL NO	16/389758
ART UNIT	2433 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/08 (20130101) G06N 3/0445 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 63/1416 (20130101) H04L 63/1491 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

11291209 — Compositions and methods for making and using hydrolytic enzymes for degrading polysaccharides made by foodborne pathogenic bacteria

US 11291209	Gomelsky et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
APPLICANT(S)	University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark Gomelsky (Laramie, Wyoming); Kurt Miller (Laramie, Wyoming); Volkan Köseo{hacek over (g)}lu (Charlottesville, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Compositions and uses involving L. monocytogenes PssZ, as well as homologs, variants, and fragments thereof, are described.
FILED	Thursday, August 15, 2019
APPL NO	16/542074
ART UNIT	1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/50 (20200101) Original (OR) Class Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 33/10 (20160801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/10 (20130101) Detergent Compositions; Use of Single Substances as Detergents; Soap or Soap-making; Resin Soaps; Recovery of Glycerol C11D 3/38636 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01 (20130101)
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11291369 — Method and apparatus for monitoring collection of physiological patient data

US 11291369	Hu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Department of the Army (DOA) U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
APPLICANT(S)	University Of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University Of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Fu-Ming Hu (Ellicott City, Maryland); Lynn G. Stansbury (Seattle, Washington); Colin F. Mackenzie (Pasadena, Maryland); Thomas M. Scalea (Baltimore, Maryland); Deborah M. Stein (Owings Mills, Maryland); Shiming Yang (Halethorpe, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for monitoring collection of subject condition data is provided. The method includes receiving a value of a parameter of subject condition data and a value of a sample time, for each of a plurality of sample times. The method also includes storing the subject condition data in a data structure including a first field for holding data indicating a current sample time and a second field for holding data indicating the value of the parameter. The method also includes determining a time gap defined by a duration between the current sample time and a most recent sample time and determining whether the time gap exceeds a time gap threshold and causing an apparatus to perform remedial action. A method for presenting the subject condition data on a display is also provided.
FILED	Thursday, May 10, 2018
APPL NO	15/976409
ART UNIT	2689 — Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives
CURRENT CPC	Diagnosis; Surgery; Identification A61B 5/01 (20130101) A61B 5/0006 (20130101) A61B 5/0008 (20130101) A61B 5/0022 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61B 5/1113 (20130101) A61B 5/1455 (20130101) A61B 5/02055 (20130101) A61B 5/02405 (20130101) Healthcare Informatics, i.e Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted for the Handling or Processing of Medical or Healthcare Data G16H 10/40 (20180101) G16H 10/60 (20180101)
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11292000 — Devices and methods for separating circulating tumor cells from biological samples

US 11292000	Mao et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Leidong Mao (Watkinsville, Georgia); Yang Liu (Athens, Georgia); Wujun Zhao (Athens, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A variety of devices, systems, kits, and methods are provided for separating or enriching circulating tumor cells in a biological sample such as whole blood. In some aspects, the devices are multi-stage devices including at least a filtering stage, and two separation stages for ferrohydrodynamic separation of magnetically labelled white blood cells and for marker-independent and size-independent focusing of magnetically labeled particles so as to separate or enrich unlabeled rare cells in the biological sample. The devices and methods are, in some aspects, capable of high throughput in excess of 6 milliliters per hour while achieving high separation (>97%) of the unlabeled rare cells.
FILED	Wednesday, May 08, 2019
APPL NO	16/406440
ART UNIT	1759 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/50273 (20130101) B01L 3/502715 (20130101) B01L 3/502753 (20130101) B01L 3/502761 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2200/027 (20130101) B01L 2200/0647 (20130101) B01L 2200/0652 (20130101) B01L 2300/087 (20130101) B01L 2300/0681 (20130101) B01L 2300/0864 (20130101) B01L 2400/043 (20130101) Magnetic or Electrostatic Separation of Solid Materials From Solid Materials or Fluids; Separation by High-voltage Electric Fields B03C 1/01 (20130101) B03C 1/32 (20130101) B03C 1/288 (20130101) B03C 2201/18 (20130101) B03C 2201/26 (20130101) Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 1/42 (20130101) C12M 23/16 (20130101) C12M 25/16 (20130101)
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11292030 — Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers having stress relief features

US 11292030	Horsley et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Technology Translational Impacts (TI) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Chirp Microsystems, Inc. (Berkeley, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CHIRP Microsystems Inc. (Berkeley, California)
INVENTOR(S)	David Horsley (Berkeley, California); Andre Guedes (Berkeley, California); Stefon Shelton (Oakland, California); Richard Przybyla (Emeryville, California)
ABSTRACT	A piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) is disclosed. The device consists of a flexible membrane that is connected to a rigid substrate via flexures. The flexures are defined by slots etched through the perimeter of the membrane. These features release the stress present on the structural layers of the membrane, making it less sensitive to residual stress. The flexures are designed to act as torsion springs so that the membrane's vibration mode shape is highly curved in the piezoelectric actuation area, thereby increasing the electromechanical coupling.
FILED	Thursday, December 13, 2018
APPL NO	16/219387
ART UNIT	2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/0603 (20130101) B06B 1/0666 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 9/122 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/187 (20130101) H01L 41/0533 (20130101) H01L 41/1876 (20130101)
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11292169 — Method of fabricating soft fibers using fused deposition modeling

US 11292169	Laput et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
APPLICANT(S)	CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Gierad Laput (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christopher Harrison (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Xiang Chen (Mountain View, California)
ABSTRACT	Embodiments disclosed herein describe a method of fabricating soft, flexible fibers using a 3D printer having an extrusion head. Embodiments of the method further include termination techniques to allow a series of fibers to be fabricated on the same object. Aspects of the certain embodiments offer a range of design parameters for controlling the properties of single strands and also of bundles of fibers. The method extends the capabilities of 3D printing without requiring any new hardware.
FILED	Monday, October 31, 2016
APPL NO	15/772193
ART UNIT	1744 — 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 48/02 (20190201) Original (OR) Class B29C 48/05 (20190201) B29C 48/266 (20190201) B29C 64/118 (20170801) Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29B, B29C or B29D, Relating to Moulding Materials or to Materials for Reinforcements, Fillers or Preformed Parts, e.g Inserts B29K 2101/12 (20130101) 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 70/00 (20141201) B33Y 80/00 (20141201)
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11292245 — Microelectromechanical shutters for organic vapor jet printing

US 11292245	Bishop et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
INVENTOR(S)	David J. Bishop (Boston, Massachusetts); Lawrence Barrett (Boston, Massachusetts); Stephen Forrest (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
ABSTRACT	A device includes a nozzle including a discharge end for discharging a fluid, a shutter plate including an aperture, the shutter plate positioned at the discharge end of the nozzle, a plurality of tethers coupled to the shutter plate, and a plurality of electrostatic actuators. Each of the plurality of electrostatic actuators are coupled to one or more of the plurality of tethers. The plurality of electrostatic actuators are configured to move the shutter plate between an open position and a closed position relative the discharge end of the nozzle. In the open position, the aperture is in fluid communication with the discharge end of the nozzle to permit fluid from the discharge end of the nozzle to flow through the aperture. In the closed position, at least a portion of the shutter plate inhibits fluid from the discharge end of the nozzle from flowing through the aperture.
FILED	Wednesday, June 03, 2020
APPL NO	16/891864
ART UNIT	1716 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Typewriters; Selective Printing Mechanisms,, i.e Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From a Forme; Correction of Typographical Errors B41J 2/04 (20130101) B41J 2/04501 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B41J 2202/05 (20130101) Microstructural Devices or Systems, e.g Micromechanical Devices B81B 7/008 (20130101) Coating Metallic Material; Coating Material With Metallic Material; Surface Treatment of Metallic Material by Diffusion into the Surface, by Chemical Conversion or Substitution; Coating by Vacuum Evaporation, by Sputtering, by Ion Implantation or by Chemical Vapour Deposition, in General C23C 14/12 (20130101) C23C 14/54 (20130101)
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11292933 — Stable oil-in-water nanoemulsion containing upconverting nanoparticles

US 11292933	Cross et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE) Directorate of Technology Translational Impacts (TI)
APPLICANT(S)	SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS (Pierre, South Dakota)
ASSIGNEE(S)	SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS (Pierre, South Dakota)
INVENTOR(S)	William Cross (Rapid City, South Dakota); Jeevan Meruga (Rapid City, South Dakota); Jon Kellar (Rapid City, South Dakota); P. Stanley May (Vermillion, South Dakota); Aravind Baride (Vermillion, South Dakota)
ABSTRACT	The present technology relates generally to a stable oil-in-water emulsion containing upconverting nanoparticles. In particular, the present technology relates to an ink formulation comprising a stable oil-in-water emulsion of upconverting nanoparticles useful for security printing. Preferably the upconverting nanoparticles comprise a β-Na(RE)F₄nanoparticle, wherein RE is a lanthanide, yttrium, or a combination or mixture thereof.
FILED	Tuesday, January 15, 2019
APPL NO	16/248371
ART UNIT	2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Printing, Duplicating, Marking, or Copying Processes; Colour Printing, B41M 3/144 (20130101) Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 11/023 (20130101) C09D 11/037 (20130101) C09D 11/38 (20130101) C09D 11/50 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09D 11/322 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/7773 (20130101)
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11292962 — Doped nanoparticles and methods of making and using same

US 11292962	Banerjee et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Amherst, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Amherst, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Sarbajit Banerjee (Amherst, New York); Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Christopher J. Patridge (Cheverly, Maryland); Peter Marley (Buffalo, New York)
ABSTRACT	Doped nanoparticles, methods of making such nanoparticles, and uses of such nanoparticles. The nanoparticles exhibit a metal-insulator phase transition at a temperature of −200° C. to 350° C. The nanoparticles have a broad range of sizes and various morphologies. The nanoparticles can be used in coatings and in device structures.
FILED	Monday, October 01, 2012
APPL NO	13/632674
ART UNIT	1788 — Miscellaneous Articles, Stock Material
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 30/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Compounds Containing Metals Not Covered by Subclasses C01D or C01F C01G 31/02 (20130101) Indexing Scheme Relating to Structural and Physical Aspects of Solid Inorganic Compounds C01P 2002/54 (20130101) C01P 2002/72 (20130101) C01P 2002/76 (20130101) C01P 2002/77 (20130101) C01P 2002/82 (20130101) C01P 2002/88 (20130101) C01P 2004/03 (20130101) C01P 2004/04 (20130101) C01P 2004/16 (20130101) C01P 2004/30 (20130101) C01P 2004/84 (20130101) C01P 2006/32 (20130101) C01P 2006/40 (20130101) Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 9/00 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C09K 11/691 (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 7/00 (20130101) C30B 25/00 (20130101) C30B 29/16 (20130101) C30B 29/60 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former USPC Cross-reference Art Collections [XRACs] and Digests Y10S 977/773 (20130101) Y10S 977/811 (20130101) Y10S 977/896 (20130101) Technical Subjects Covered by Former US Classification Y10T 428/2982 (20150115)
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11293046 — Method and device for cultivation and analysis of novel microbial species with unknown growth requirements

US 11293046	Epstein
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
APPLICANT(S)	Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Slava Epstein (Dedham, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides devices and methods for automatically preparing pure cultures of microbial cells under native environmental conditions. The devices and methods permit the discovery and investigation of novel microorganisms having unknown culture requirements from natural environments and microbiomes. Cultures obtained using the invention lead to the identification and isolation of novel biologically active compounds. The devices utilize a single entry pore in a thin membrane to select a single cell for clonal expansion.
FILED	Monday, May 23, 2016
APPL NO	15/575151
ART UNIT	1799 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Apparatus for Enzymology or Microbiology; C12M 23/02 (20130101) C12M 23/24 (20130101) C12M 29/00 (20130101) C12M 33/14 (20130101) C12M 41/36 (20130101) C12M 41/48 (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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11293116 — Tunable and reconfigurable atomically thin heterostructures

US 11293116	Vargas 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 Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S)	Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Anthony Vargas (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fangze Liu (Shijiazhuang, China PRC); Christopher Adrian Lane (Boston, Massachusetts); Daniel Rubin (Boston, Massachusetts); Swastik Kar (Belmont, Massachusetts); Arun Bansil (Dover, Massachusetts); Gianina Buda (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zachariah Hennighausen (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Heterocrystals of metal dichalcogenides and Bi₂S₃, Bi₂Se₃or Bi₂Te₃are presented, in which the metal dichalcogenides and Bi₂S₃, Bi₂Se₃or Bi₂Te₃do not largely retain their independent properties. These heterocrystals exhibit electronic and optical changes, which make them attractive for beyond-silicon electronics and optoelectronics. Particularly, these heterocrystals can be re-configured in a manner that allows bit writing and pattern drawing. Embodiments of these heterocrystals, methods of forming these heterocrystals, methods of reconfiguring the heterocrystals, information storage devices, optoelectronic circuits and photonic crystals are presented.
FILED	Wednesday, August 23, 2017
APPL NO	16/326856
ART UNIT	1737 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Single-crystal-growth; Unidirectional Solidification of Eutectic Material or Unidirectional Demixing of Eutectoid Material; Refining by Zone-melting of Material; Production of a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Single Crystals or Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; After-treatment of Single Crystals or a Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure; Apparatus Therefor C30B 25/02 (20130101) C30B 29/46 (20130101) Original (OR) Class C30B 29/68 (20130101) C30B 30/00 (20130101) C30B 33/02 (20130101) C30B 33/04 (20130101) Information Storage Based on Relative Movement Between Record Carrier and Transducer G11B 7/1369 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/0262 (20130101) H01L 21/02485 (20130101) H01L 21/02499 (20130101) H01L 21/02505 (20130101) H01L 21/02568 (20130101)
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11293851 — Controlling alkaline earth atoms for quantum computing and metrology applications

US 11293851	Cooper-Roy 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 Physics (PHY)
APPLICANT(S)	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Alexandre Cooper-Roy (Downey, California); Jacob P. Covey (Pasadena, California); Ivaylo S. Madjarov (Pasadena, California); Jason R. Williams (Pasadena, California); Adam L. Shaw (Pasadena, California); Vladimir Schkolnik (Pasadena, California); Tai Hyun Yoon (Pasadena, California); Manuel Endres (Pasadena, California)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus for individually trapping atoms, individually imaging the atoms, and individually cooling the atoms to prevent loss of the atoms from the trap caused by the imaging. The apparatus can be implemented in various quantum computing, sensing, and metrology applications (e.g., in an atomic clock).
FILED	Monday, September 14, 2020
APPL NO	17/019986
ART UNIT	2886 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Materials for Miscellaneous Applications, Not Provided for Elsewhere C09K 11/55 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 15/1434 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/6404 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 21/32 (20130101) Time-interval Measuring G04F 5/14 (20130101) Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 10/00 (20190101) Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation, or Stabilisation of Generators of Electronic Oscillations or Pulses H03L 7/26 (20130101)
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11293863 — Robust interferometer and methods of using same

US 11293863	Bornhop et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Chemistry (CHE)
APPLICANT(S)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Darryl J. Bornhop (Nashville, Tennessee); Michael Kammer (Nashville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Provided are improved optical detection systems and methods for using same, which systems and methods comprise single channel interferometric detection systems and methods for determining a characteristic property of samples. Such interferometric detection systems and methods employ a light beam that impinges two or more discrete zones along a channel, thereby avoiding variations that can result in increases in detection limits and/or measurement errors.
FILED	Monday, February 04, 2019
APPL NO	16/267311
ART UNIT	1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Length, Thickness or Similar Linear Dimensions; Measuring Angles; Measuring Areas; Measuring Irregularities of Surfaces or Contours G01B 9/02001 (20130101) Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 21/45 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01N 21/75 (20130101) G01N 2021/458 (20130101) G01N 2201/06113 (20130101)
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11294102 — Broadband and omnidirectional polymer antireflection coatings

US 11294102	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET)
APPLICANT(S)	The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Baomin Wang (State College, Pennsylvania); Noel C. Giebink (State College, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A method for generating antireflective coatings for polymeric substrates using a deposition process and/or a dissolving process can provide a coating onto the outer surface of the substrate. Some embodiments can include a GLAD generated fluoropolymer coating or a co-evaporated fluoropolymer coating on a substrate that may achieve ultralow refractive index as well as improved adhesion and durability properties on polymeric substrates. In some embodiments, the deposition process is performed such that a fluoropolymer can be evaporated to form chain fragments of the fluoropolymer. The chain fragments diffused into the substrate can subsequently re-polymerize, interlocking with the polymer chains of the substrate. In some embodiments, the co-evaporation process can form a nanoporous polymer chain scaffold of the fluoropolymer, from which a sacrificial material can be dissolved out. The formed coating can be a multilayer or continuously-graded antireflective coating that has strong adhesion with the substrate.
FILED	Wednesday, June 17, 2020
APPL NO	16/904041
ART UNIT	1715 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth
CURRENT CPC	Coating Compositions, e.g Paints, Varnishes or Lacquers; Filling Pastes; Chemical Paint or Ink Removers; Inks; Correcting Fluids; Woodstains; Pastes or Solids for Colouring or Printing; Use of Materials Therefor C09D 127/12 (20130101) Optical Elements, Systems, or Apparatus G02B 1/12 (20130101) G02B 1/111 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11294652 — Low-overhead detection techniques for synchronization problems in parallel and concurrent software

US 11294652	Liu et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF)
APPLICANT(S)	The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	Tongping Liu (San Antonio, Texas); Mohammad Mejbah ul Alam (San Antonio, Texas); Abdullah Al Muzahid (San Antonio, Texas)
ABSTRACT	The techniques described herein may provide techniques to detect, categorize, and diagnose synchronization issues that provide improved performance and issue resolution. For example, in an embodiment, a method may comprise detecting occurrence of synchronization performance problems in software code, when at least some detected synchronization performance problems occur when a contention rate for software locks is low, determining a cause of the synchronization performance problems, and modifying the software code to remedy the cause of the synchronization performance problems so as to improve synchronization performance of the software code.
FILED	Tuesday, April 16, 2019
APPL NO	16/385118
ART UNIT	2196 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 8/458 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G06F 9/524 (20130101) G06F 9/528 (20130101) G06F 9/4856 (20130101)
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11294984 — Methods of providing a search-ecosystem user interface for searching information using a software-based search tool and software for same

US 11294984	Kittur et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
APPLICANT(S)	Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Aniket Kittur (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Nathan Patrick Hahn (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Joseph Chee Chang (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	Methods of providing a search-ecosystem user interface that assist a user with searching information stored within a computer system and with managing results of the searching. In some embodiments, the methods include providing search-results items in an interactive workspace in which a user can manipulate the search-result items to make review more efficient. In some embodiments, the interactive workspace tracks user interactions with search-result items and visualizes such interaction to the user. In some embodiments, the methods include organizing search results using one or more task cards. In some embodiments, a user can add one or more additional sets of search results to a task card. In some embodiments, a user can share one or more task cards, interactive workspaces, and/or search-results items with one or more other users and allow such other user(s) to interact therewith. Other methods are disclosed, as is software for implementing the methods.
FILED	Wednesday, November 22, 2017
APPL NO	16/463068
ART UNIT	2159 — Data Bases & File Management
CURRENT CPC	Electric Digital Data Processing G06F 7/00 (20130101) G06F 16/951 (20190101) G06F 16/9535 (20190101) G06F 16/9537 (20190101) G06F 16/9538 (20190101) G06F 16/9577 (20190101) Original (OR) Class Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 67/22 (20130101)
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11295119 — Systems and method for action recognition using micro-doppler signatures and recurrent neural networks

US 11295119	Andreou et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA)
APPLICANT(S)	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Andreas G. Andreou (Baltimore, Maryland); Kayode Sanni (Pikesville, Maryland); Thomas S. Murray (Odenton, Maryland); Daniel R. Mendat (Baltimore, Maryland); Philippe O. Pouliquen (Baltimore, Maryland)
ABSTRACT	The present disclosure may be embodied as systems and methods for action recognition developed using a multimodal dataset that incorporates both visual data, which facilitates the accurate tracking of movement, and active acoustic data, which captures the micro-Doppler modulations induced by the motion. The dataset includes twenty-one actions and focuses on examples of orientational symmetry that a single active ultrasound sensor should have the most difficulty discriminating. The combined results from three independent ultrasound sensors are encouraging, and provide a foundation to explore the use of data from multiple viewpoints to resolve the orientational ambiguity in action recognition. In various embodiments, recurrent neural networks using long short-term memory (LSTM) or hidden Markov models (HMMs) are disclosed for use in action recognition, for example, human action recognition, from micro-Doppler signatures.
FILED	Monday, July 02, 2018
APPL NO	16/626591
ART UNIT	2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Recognition of Data; Presentation of Data; Record Carriers; Handling Record Carriers G06K 9/00053 (20130101) G06K 9/00348 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Computer Systems Based on Specific Computational Models G06N 3/08 (20130101) G06N 3/0454 (20130101) Speech Analysis or Synthesis; Speech Recognition; Speech or Voice Processing; Speech or Audio Coding or Decoding G10L 15/16 (20130101)
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11296206 — Device with heteroepitaxial structure made using a growth mask

US 11296206	Brueck et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Cudjoe Key, Florida); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed.
FILED	Wednesday, October 17, 2018
APPL NO	16/162787
ART UNIT	2897 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02107 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02538 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 27/1211 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 29/785 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/7851 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66469 (20130101) H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101)
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11296207 — Method of forming a seed area and growing a heteroepitaxial layer on the seed area

US 11296207	Brueck et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, January 21, 2020
APPL NO	16/747765
ART UNIT	2897 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02107 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02538 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 27/1211 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 29/785 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/7851 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66469 (20130101) H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101)
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11296208 — Method of making heteroepitaxial structures and device formed by the method

US 11296208	Brueck et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
APPLICANT(S)	UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	Steven R. J. Brueck (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Stephen D. Hersee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Seung-Chang Lee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
ABSTRACT	A method for making a heteroepitaxial layer. The method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A seed area delineated with a selective growth mask is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The seed area comprises a first material and has a linear surface dimension of less than 100 nm. A heteroepitaxial layer is grown on the seed area, the heteroepitaxial layer comprising a second material that is different from the first material. Devices made by the method are also disclosed.
FILED	Tuesday, January 21, 2020
APPL NO	16/748327
ART UNIT	2897 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Specific Uses or Applications of Nanostructures; Measurement or Analysis of Nanostructures; Manufacture or Treatment of Nanostructures B82Y 10/00 (20130101) B82Y 40/00 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 21/02107 (20130101) H01L 21/02381 (20130101) H01L 21/02532 (20130101) H01L 21/02538 (20130101) H01L 21/02639 (20130101) H01L 27/1211 (20130101) H01L 29/04 (20130101) H01L 29/16 (20130101) H01L 29/20 (20130101) H01L 29/045 (20130101) H01L 29/0665 (20130101) H01L 29/0673 (20130101) H01L 29/0676 (20130101) H01L 29/775 (20130101) H01L 29/785 (20130101) H01L 29/7783 (20130101) H01L 29/7827 (20130101) H01L 29/7851 (20130101) H01L 29/66462 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 29/66469 (20130101) H01L 29/66666 (20130101) H01L 29/66795 (20130101)
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11296243 — Physical forms of MXene materials exhibiting novel electrical and optical characteristics

US 11296243	Ghidiu et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael J Ghidiu (Bridgeton, New Jersey); Michel W Barsoum (Moorestown, New Jersey); Yury Gogotsi (Warminster, Pennsylvania); Aaron Thomas Fafarman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Andrew DeVries Dillon (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	The present invention(s) is directed to novel conductive M_n+1X_n(T_s) compositions exhibiting high volumetric capacitances, and methods of making the same. The present invention(s) is also directed to novel conductive M_n+1X_n(T_s) compositions, methods of preparing transparent conductors using these materials, and products derived from these methods.
FILED	Wednesday, December 11, 2019
APPL NO	16/710454
ART UNIT	1759 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Non-metallic Elements; Compounds Thereof; C01B 32/914 (20170801) C01B 32/921 (20170801) C01B 32/949 (20170801) Lime, Magnesia; Slag; Cements; Compositions Thereof, e.g Mortars, Concrete or Like Building Materials; Artificial Stone; Ceramics; Refractories; Treatment of Natural Stone C04B 35/56 (20130101) C04B 35/58 (20130101) C04B 35/5607 (20130101) C04B 35/5618 (20130101) C04B 35/58007 (20130101) C04B 2235/445 (20130101) C04B 2235/3201 (20130101) C04B 2235/3203 (20130101) C04B 2235/3205 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 31/022466 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01L 33/42 (20130101) H01L 51/5203 (20130101)
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11296319 — Filled carbon nanotubes and methods of synthesizing the same

US 11296319	Li et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Division of Materials Research (DMR)
APPLICANT(S)	Wenzhi Li (Miami, Florida); Yuba Poudel (Miami, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Miami, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Wenzhi Li (Miami, Florida); Yuba Poudel (Miami, Florida)
ABSTRACT	Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs), methods of synthesizing the same, and lithium-ion batteries comprising the same are provided. In situ methods (e.g., chemical vapor deposition techniques) can be used to synthesize CNTs (e.g., multi-walled CNTs) filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely (or nearly completely) and continuously (or nearly continuously) filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be synthesized on a carbon substrate. A lithium-ion battery can comprise a cathode, an anode comprising filled CNTs as described herein, and an electrolyte in contact with the cathode and/or the anode.
FILED	Wednesday, June 30, 2021
APPL NO	17/363395
ART UNIT	1727 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Processes or Means, e.g Batteries, for the Direct Conversion of Chemical Energy into Electrical Energy H01M 4/366 (20130101) H01M 4/0428 (20130101) H01M 4/583 (20130101) H01M 4/5815 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H01M 10/36 (20130101)
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11296585 — Single stack multiphase transverse flux machines

US 11296585	Sozer et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S)	Yilmaz Sozer (Stow, Ohio); Tausif Husain (Akron, Ohio)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Yilmaz Sozer (Stow, Ohio); Tausif Husain (Akron, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A single stack transverse flux machine includes a rotor assembly having an internal rotor disc with a rotor shaft extending from and rotating with the internal rotor disc, and a rotor ring having a plurality of stator poles interleaved with a plurality of interpoles. The plurality of stator poles and the plurality of interpoles are radially disposed around the internal rotor disc. Each stator pole has a plurality of core components spaced apart from one another. Primary magnets are interposed between the plurality of core components. The machine also includes a stator assembly with a plurality of shaped cores, each shaped core having a base with a plurality of legs with a corresponding gap therebetween. Each leg has a winding, and the shaped cores are positioned so that each leg is juxtaposed with a corresponding one of the plurality of core components and has an air gap therebetween.
FILED	Friday, July 19, 2019
APPL NO	16/516635
ART UNIT	2832 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Dynamo-electric Machines H02K 21/04 (20130101) H02K 21/10 (20130101) H02K 21/38 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11296615 — Cascaded H-bridge converters for battery energy storage systems

US 11296615	Wang et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S)	University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Shuo Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Amirhossein Moeini (Rolla, Missouri)
ABSTRACT	Systems and methods are configured to control DC side current harmonics of a cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converter that includes a plurality of cells. In various embodiments, an odd-order current harmonic is injected at the AC side of the CHB converter based on an optimization of a constrained optimization problem to achieve at least one of balancing the DC side current harmonics of the plurality of cells, reducing the DC side current harmonics of the plurality of cells, and meeting the requirements of the IEEE 519 standard. The optimization problem may include a cost function based on switching transitions of the CHB converter and at least one constraint based on, for example, an AC side current harmonic, a maximum demand load current of the CHB converter base on the IEEE 519 standard, and a zero-order current harmonic and an hth-order current harmonic for each cell of the CHB converter.
FILED	Monday, July 13, 2020
APPL NO	16/927177
ART UNIT	2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Circuit Arrangements or Systems for Supplying or Distributing Electric Power; Systems for Storing Electric Energy H02J 2207/20 (20200101) 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 1/008 (20210501) H02M 1/12 (20130101) H02M 1/14 (20130101) H02M 1/0074 (20210501) H02M 7/219 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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11296742 — Ultra-low-power millimeter-wave to baseband receiver module for scalable massive MIMO

US 11296742	Bendlin et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
APPLICANT(S)	AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia); University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)
ASSIGNEE(S)	AT and T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, Georgia); University of Notre Dame du Lac (South Bend, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Ralf Bendlin (Cedar Park, Texas); Jonathan David Chisum (South Bend, Indiana); Nicholas Joseph Estes (South Bend, Indiana); Bertrand Martyn Hochwald (South Bend, Indiana); Aditya Chopra (Austin, Texas)
ABSTRACT	Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a first radio module at a first location, a wireless MIMO signal, to obtain a first received RF signal. The wireless MIMO signal includes information originating at a remote MIMO transmitter and conveyed via a wireless channel. An envelope of the first received RF signal is detected by the first radio module without requiring a local oscillator, to obtain a first baseband signal. The first baseband signal may be filtered and/or amplified, after which it is compared to a reference value to obtain a first digital signal that is provided to a digital processor. The digital processor also obtains a second digital signal from a second radio module receiving the wireless MIMO signal at a second location and determines an estimate of the information originating at the remote MIMO transmitter according to the first and second digital signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
FILED	Friday, August 07, 2020
APPL NO	16/988103
ART UNIT	2632 — Digital Communications
CURRENT CPC	Transmission H04B 1/22 (20130101) Original (OR) Class H04B 7/08 (20130101) H04B 7/0413 (20130101) Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 27/06 (20130101)
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11297500 — Authenticating digital evidence

US 11297500	Jain
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
APPLICANT(S)	Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Shweta Jain (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT	A digital media authentication system comprises a media processing application executed by a mobile electronic device that computes a robust image hash for media data acquired by the mobile electronic device; a location attestation system that validates a location context of the media data, the location context determined in response to an object scene in a field of view of the mobile electronic device captured for conversion to the media data; and a blockchain network that maintains a ledger entry that includes the robust image hash, an immutable timestamp, and a location certificate validating the location context of the media data.
FILED	Wednesday, April 15, 2020
APPL NO	16/849058
ART UNIT	2497 — Cryptography and Security
CURRENT CPC	Transmission of Digital Information, e.g Telegraphic Communication H04L 9/3236 (20130101) H04L 9/3263 (20130101) H04L 9/3297 (20130101) H04L 2209/38 (20130101) Wireless Communication Networks H04W 12/02 (20130101) H04W 12/63 (20210101) H04W 12/069 (20210101) Original (OR) Class H04W 12/104 (20210101) H04W 12/106 (20210101)
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11297745 — Active thermal management system for electronic devices and method of achieving device-to-device isothermalization

US 11297745	King et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC)
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)	William P. King (Champaign, Illinois); Nenad Miljkovic (Urbana, Illinois); Patricia B Weisensee (St. Louis, Missouri); Beomjin Kwon (Chandler, Arizona); Tianyu Yang (Urbana, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	An active thermal management system for electronic devices comprises: a heat spreader having an internal channel; a thermally conductive body moveably positioned in the internal channel; and two or more electronic devices in thermal contact with a back surface of the heat spreader and positioned adjacent to the internal channel. A location of the thermally conductive body within the internal channel determines a path for heat flow from the back surface to a front surface of the heat spreader. The location of the thermally conductive body within the internal channel may be selected to minimize a temperature differential (ΔT) between the electronic devices.
FILED	Wednesday, March 20, 2019
APPL NO	16/359585
ART UNIT	2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 23/367 (20130101) H01L 23/473 (20130101) Printed Circuits; Casings or Constructional Details of Electric Apparatus; Manufacture of Assemblages of Electrical Components H05K 7/209 (20130101) H05K 7/20254 (20130101) H05K 7/20509 (20130101) H05K 7/20927 (20130101) H05K 7/20945 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)

11291209 — Compositions and methods for making and using hydrolytic enzymes for degrading polysaccharides made by foodborne pathogenic bacteria

US 11291209	Gomelsky et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
APPLICANT(S)	University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark Gomelsky (Laramie, Wyoming); Kurt Miller (Laramie, Wyoming); Volkan Köseo{hacek over (g)}lu (Charlottesville, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Compositions and uses involving L. monocytogenes PssZ, as well as homologs, variants, and fragments thereof, are described.
FILED	Thursday, August 15, 2019
APPL NO	16/542074
ART UNIT	1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Preservation of Bodies of Humans or Animals or Plants or Parts Thereof; Biocides, e.g as Disinfectants, as Pesticides or as Herbicides; Pest Repellants or Attractants; Plant Growth Regulators A01N 63/50 (20200101) Original (OR) Class Foods, Foodstuffs, or Non-alcoholic Beverages, Not Covered by Subclasses A23B - A23J; Their Preparation or Treatment, e.g Cooking, Modification of Nutritive Qualities, Physical Treatment; Preservation of Foods or Foodstuffs, in General A23L 33/10 (20160801) Indexing Scheme Relating to Foods, Foodstuffs or Non-alcoholic Beverages A23V 2002/00 (20130101) Reclamation of Contaminated Soil B09C 1/10 (20130101) Detergent Compositions; Use of Single Substances as Detergents; Soap or Soap-making; Resin Soaps; Recovery of Glycerol C11D 3/38636 (20130101) Fermentation or Enzyme-using Processes to Synthesise a Desired Chemical Compound or Composition or to Separate Optical Isomers From a Racemic Mixture C12P 19/02 (20130101) Enzymes C12Y 302/01 (20130101)
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11291997 — Rotary manifold for paper-based immunoassays

US 11291997	Henry et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
APPLICANT(S)	Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Fort Collins, Colorado)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Fort Collins, Colorado)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles S. Henry (Fort Collins, Colorado); Rachel Feeny (Fort Collins, Colorado); Alan B. Franklin (Fort Collins, Colorado); Cody Carrell (Fort Collins, Colorado)
ABSTRACT	A system for and methods of analyzing a test sample through the use of a rotary apparatus that includes a microfluidic paper-based apparatus (mPAD). The apparatus includes two or more layers that are rotatable with respect to one another. A middle layer may comprise a microfluidic apparatus having one or more reagent channels. Each of the reagent channels may include reagent dried on the surface of the channel, and, together with an absorption pad, may be aligned vertically with a sample chamber. Male and female engagement surfaces on each of the middle layer, the top layer, and the bottom layer interlock to secure each layers in vertical alignment so that fluid flows through the apparatus to contact a test sample with a reagent and facilitate detection of a target analyte in the test sample in the sample chamber.
FILED	Friday, August 02, 2019
APPL NO	16/530638
ART UNIT	1796 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions
CURRENT CPC	Chemical or Physical Laboratory Apparatus for General Use B01L 3/502746 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B01L 2300/126 (20130101) B01L 2300/0874 (20130101) B01L 2300/0887 (20130101) B01L 2400/088 (20130101) B01L 2400/0481 (20130101)
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

11293809 — Thermopile bias method for low voltage infrared readout integrated circuits

US 11293809	Quilligan et al.
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)	Gerard Quilligan (Greenbelt, Maryland); Shahid Aslam (Greenbelt, Maryland); Nicolas Gorius (Washington, District of Columbia); Daniel Glavin (Greenbelt, Maryland); John Kolasinski (Greenbelt, Maryland); Dat Tran (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	An apparatus include one or more DACs and a resistor divider are configured to generate a variable bias voltage V_BIASwith respect to a CM voltage V_CM. The CM voltage V_CMis applied to a cathode of one or more thermopiles or a negative input of one or more amplifiers to prevent saturation and over range of one or more low voltage readout amplifiers and one or more ADCs.
FILED	Friday, August 16, 2019
APPL NO	16/543208
ART UNIT	2842 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Temperature; Measuring Quantity of Heat; Thermally-sensitive Elements Not Otherwise Provided for G01K 7/021 (20130101) Original (OR) Class Amplifiers H03F 3/45 (20130101) H03F 3/68 (20130101) H03F 2200/129 (20130101) H03F 2200/228 (20130101) H03F 2203/45116 (20130101) Coding; Decoding; Code Conversion in General H03M 1/0854 (20130101)
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11293964 — Dynamic multidimensional electric potential and electric field quantitative measurement system and method

US 11293964	Generazio
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 (, None)
INVENTOR(S)	Edward R. Generazio (Yorktown, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	Various embodiments provide a multi-dimensional electric potential sensor array to remotely quantitatively measure static, quasi-static, and dynamic electric potential and electric field in free space, and emanating and propagating from objects. Various embodiments enable the evaluation of the integrity of electronic circuits and electronic components by quantitatively and dynamically imaging electric potential generated during electronic circuit activation, operation, and deactivation. In various embodiments, the electrical potential of active electronics and objects of interest in containers may be quantitatively measured by the electric potential and electric field methods and by using specified materials in a combined structural and electronic component design to construct a multi-dimensional sensor array.
FILED	Tuesday, July 14, 2020
APPL NO	16/928898
ART UNIT	2867 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables G01R 29/12 (20130101) Original (OR) Class G01R 29/0878 (20130101)
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Department of Commerce (DOC)

11294075 — Non-resonant electron spin resonant probe and associated hardware

US 11294075	Campbell et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Commerce (DOC)
APPLICANT(S)	Global Resonance Technologies, LLC (Washington, District of Columbia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Gaithersburg, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Jason Campbell (Washington, District of Columbia); Jason Ryan (Washington, District of Columbia); Kin Cheung (Washington, District of Columbia); Marc Desrosiers (Washington, District of Columbia); Robert Gougelet (Washington, District of Columbia); Pragya Shrestha (Washington, District of Columbia)
ABSTRACT	A non-resonant ESR instrument/probe that can easily accept an identification card (or the like) form factor device incorporating a radiation sensitive material providing reliable and calibrated dose measurement stably and permanently stored into the device and deployed to individual, persons, animals, or objects, to act as a personal-surrogate dosimeter primarily in radiation mass events with radiation dose derived from a measure of the radiation induced changes in paramagnetic density obtained via transmission mode electron spin resonance measurements.
FILED	Friday, March 02, 2018
APPL NO	16/489974
ART UNIT	2884 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Investigating or Analysing Materials by Determining Their Chemical or Physical Properties G01N 24/10 (20130101) Measurement of Nuclear or X-radiation G01T 1/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class
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Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)

11291712 — Bacterial protein compositions and uses thereof

US 11291712	Rather et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
APPLICANT(S)	The United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); EMORY UNIVERSITY (Atlanta, Georgia)
ASSIGNEE(S)	THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Philip Rather (Dunwoody, Georgia); David Weiss (Decatur, Georgia); Chui-Yoke Chin (Atlanta, Georgia); Kyle Tipton (Decatur, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	Disclosed herein is an attenuated Acinetobacter baumannii comprising an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the ABUW_1645 protein or a variant thereof. Disclosed herein are methods of treating or preventing colonization, infection, or disease by an Acinetobacter baumannii microbe, the method comprising administering a clinically effective dose of the attenuated Acinetobacter baumannii to a subject in need thereof, wherein the attenuated Acinetobacter baumannii comprises an expression vector expressing the ABUW_1645 protein or variants thereof.
FILED	Wednesday, September 19, 2018
APPL NO	16/647692
ART UNIT	1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Preparations for Medical, Dental, or Toilet Purposes A61K 35/74 (20130101) A61K 38/00 (20130101) A61K 39/02 (20130101) Original (OR) Class A61K 47/552 (20170801) A61K 2039/522 (20130101) A61K 2039/542 (20130101) A61K 2039/545 (20130101) Specific Therapeutic Activity of Chemical Compounds or Medicinal Preparations A61P 31/04 (20180101) Peptides C07K 14/212 (20130101)
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Small Business Administration (SBA)

11292030 — Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers having stress relief features

US 11292030	Horsley et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Technology Translational Impacts (TI) Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)	Chirp Microsystems, Inc. (Berkeley, California)
ASSIGNEE(S)	CHIRP Microsystems Inc. (Berkeley, California)
INVENTOR(S)	David Horsley (Berkeley, California); Andre Guedes (Berkeley, California); Stefon Shelton (Oakland, California); Richard Przybyla (Emeryville, California)
ABSTRACT	A piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) is disclosed. The device consists of a flexible membrane that is connected to a rigid substrate via flexures. The flexures are defined by slots etched through the perimeter of the membrane. These features release the stress present on the structural layers of the membrane, making it less sensitive to residual stress. The flexures are designed to act as torsion springs so that the membrane's vibration mode shape is highly curved in the piezoelectric actuation area, thereby increasing the electromechanical coupling.
FILED	Thursday, December 13, 2018
APPL NO	16/219387
ART UNIT	2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Methods or Apparatus for Generating or Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations of Infrasonic, Sonic, or Ultrasonic Frequency, for Performing Mechanical Work in General B06B 1/0603 (20130101) B06B 1/0666 (20130101) Original (OR) Class 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 9/122 (20130101) Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided for H01L 41/187 (20130101) H01L 41/0533 (20130101) H01L 41/1876 (20130101)
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11292113 — Tool system for installation/removal of interference fit components

US 11292113	Alabi
FUNDED BY
APPLICANT(S)	Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut)
INVENTOR(S)	Oluwaseun B. Alabi (South Windsor, Connecticut)
ABSTRACT	A tool system to install an interference fit component within a bore of a component, includes a guide bushing that at least partially fits within a bore of a component. A drive screw is of a length to extend through the guide bushing and the bore. A threaded insert is receivable at least partially within the bore, the threaded insert receivable at least partially within the interference fit component.
FILED	Friday, June 25, 2021
APPL NO	17/358636
ART UNIT	3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Tools or Bench Devices Not Otherwise Provided For, for Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging or Holding B25B 27/023 (20130101) Original (OR) Class B25B 27/026 (20130101) Indexing Scheme for Aspects Relating to Non-positive-displacement Machines or Engines, Gas-turbines or Jet-propulsion Plants F05D 2230/60 (20130101) F05D 2230/64 (20130101) F05D 2260/37 (20130101)
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