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US20120288909 MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF PENTANOL FROM GLUCOSE OR GLYCEROL  
The invention relates to the production of pentanol through recombinant gene expression and metabolic engineering.
US20120288626 Templated Monolayer Polymerization and Replication  
A self-replicating monolayer system employing polymerization of monomers or nanoparticle ensembles on a defined template provides synthesis of two-dimensional single molecule polymers. Systems of...
US20120288065 Compact Coherent Current and Radiation Source  
Coherent electronic current, which can be used to generate coherent radiation, is generated by first generating and transmitting an array of discrete electron beamlets from a nanocathode array...
US20120285429 OPTIMIZED FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DIRECT INJECTION ETHANOL ENHANCEMENT OF GASOLINE ENGINES  
Fuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct...
US20120285221 ACOUSTIC PROBE FOR LEAK DETECTION IN WATER PIPELINES  
Acoustic system for leak detection. The system includes a disk-shaped probe for insertion into fluid flowing within a pipe. The probe has a convex front surface facing in the flow direction and a...
8311147 Digital transmitter  
An equalizer provided in a digital transmitter compensates for attenuation in a signal channel to a digital receiver. The equalizer generates signal levels as a logical function of bit history to...
8310560 Three-dimensional imaging using a single camera  
The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements...
8310130 Electrochemical methods, devices, and structures  
The present invention provides devices and structures and methods of use thereof in electrochemical actuation. This invention provides electrochemical actuators, which are based, inter-alia, on an...
8309838 Potential amplified nonequilibrium thermal electric device (PANTEC)  
A semiconductor structure is provided that can be used for cooling, heating, and power generation. A first region of the semiconductor structure has a first length and comprises a first...
8309278 Guided self-assembly of block copolymer line structures for integrated circuit interconnects  
Complex self-assembled patterns can be created using a sparse template and local changes to the shape or distribution of the posts of the template to direct pattern generation of block copolymer....
US20120282826 MULTI-AXIS WATER JET PROPULSION USING COANDA EFFECT VALVES  
A propulsion system is provided that includes one or more pumps that form a jet for propulsion. A number of Coanda jet devices (CJDs) are coupled to the one or more pumps. The CJDs are arranged so...
US20120282530 BATTERY STRUCTURES, SELF-ORGANIZING STRUCTURES, AND RELATED METHODS  
An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an...
US20120281990 OPTICAL RECEIVER CONFIGURABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF MODULATION FORMATS  
The present invention provides a simple means of demodulating optical signals, e.g. wideband M-ary orthogonal. The demodulator comprises an optical processor and a comparison module. The optical...
US20120280421 Jamming Methods and Apparatus  
In exemplary implementations of this invention, a reconfigurable device comprises flexible bladder that encloses a jammable material. The geometry of the device can be altered by unjamming the...
8305050 Circuit and method to startup from very low voltages and improve energy harvesting efficiency in thermoelectric harvesters  
An energy harvesting system is provided that includes a startup module for starting the energy harvesting system operation from a completely OFF state. The startup module uses mechanical vibrations...
8304273 Insulated nanogap devices and methods of use thereof  
The present invention provides a method to eliminate undesired parallel conductive paths of nanogap devices for aqueous sensing. The method involves the electrical insulation of an electrode pair,...
8302580 Fuel management system for variable ethanol octane enhancement of gasoline engines  
Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management...
US20120278242 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT DATA COLLECTION, MONITORING, AND TRACKING  
A system for providing product data collection, monitoring, and tracking contains a memory and a processor configured by the memory to perform the steps of: receiving product information and a...
US20120277852 COATING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND COATED DEVICES  
In various embodiments, a coated device comprises: a substrate; a film coating at least part of the substrate, which film comprises a multilayer unit comprising a first layer and a second layer...
US20120277719 COATING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND COATED DEVICES  
The present disclosure provides, am ng other things, a coated device comprising: a porous substrate; a film coating at least part of the substrate, which film comprises a multilayer unit comprising...
US20120277118 DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID DAMAGE AND REPAIR USING ELECTROPHORESIS  
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for assessing DNA damage and repair in cells by measuring DNA migration under electrophoresis. In one exemplary embodiment, a microarray configured to...
US20120276458 NANOFIBER ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES  
Methods and devices for enhanced energy storage in an electrochemical cell are provided. In some embodiments, an electrode for use in a metal-air electrochemical cell can include a plurality of...
US20120276334 Surfaces with Controllable Wetting and Adhesion  
Surfaces that have both micrometer- and nanometer-scale features can have controllable wetting and adhesion properties. The surfaces can be reversibly switched between states of greater and lesser...
US20120275510 SCALING SIGNAL QUALITY WITH CHANNEL QUALITY  
A communication system, which may be applied to video communication, transmits a single stream that each of multiple multicast receivers decodes to a video quality commensurate with its channel...
US20120275040 PRECISION PARABOLIC MIRROR STRUCTURES  
Parabolic Mirror. The mirror includes a flexible material with a reflective surface and a rear surface. A flexible band is in contact with the rear surface of the flexible material. The bending...
US20120273987 INORGANIC NANOWIRES  
Provided in one embodiment is a method of forming an inorganic nanowire, comprising: providing an elongated organic scaffold; providing a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles attached to the...
US20120273784 FABRICATION OF ELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC SYSTEMS ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES BY LAYER TRANSFER METHOD  
A transfer layer includes a transparent substrate. A buffer layer is formed on the transparent substrate that comprises PbO, GaN, PbTiO3, La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 (LSCO), or LaxPb1-xCoO3 (LPCO) so that...
US20120273078 ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR PIPELINE REHABILITATION  
System for pipeline rehabilitation. The system includes repairing a leak in a pipe using a pair of substantially semi-cylindrical parts connected through a compliant joint. When the parts are...
US20120272722 IN-PIPE LEAK DETECTION BASED ON PRESSURE GRADIENT  
Leak detection system. The system includes a structure sized to fit within a pipe for supporting at least one sensing element near an inside wall of the pipe, whereby a pressure gradient at a leak...
US20120272642 SELF-REGULATING PRESSURE SOURCE  
Self-regulating pressure source. The pressure source includes a chamber enclosing a chemical monopropellant. A moveable boss is attached to a deformable membrane sealing an air chamber, the...
US20120272505 Robot having obstacle avoidance mechanism  
A robot is placed on a first surface of a panel. The robot includes a body and first and second feet connected to the body via joints. A flux conducting device is positioned on an opposing second...
8301219 Patient monitoring systems and methods  
Various systems and methods are provided for monitoring patient physiological data without the need for adhesives or wires to be connected to a patient. The system is also fully functional without...
8301027 Agile-beam laser array transmitter  
An Agile-Beam Laser Array Transmitter (ABLAT) uses an array of emitters and an array of lenses to project electromagnetic beams over a wide angular coverage area in the far field. Differences in...
8298830 Organic materials able to detect analytes  
The present invention generally relates to polymers with lasing characteristics that allow the polymers to be useful in detecting analytes. In one aspect, the polymer, upon an interaction with an...
US20120270797 ENGINEERED PROTEINS INCLUDING MUTANT FIBRONECTIN DOMAINS  
The present invention features engineered proteins that can include a genetically modified Fn domain; two or more such domains joined to one another; or at least one genetically modified Fn domain...
US20120270262 METHODS FOR MOBILE ZINC MEASUREMENT  
This invention relates to a method for using a zinc sensor compound to detect a disease associated with the disruption of zinc homeostasis, such as prostate cancer. The zinc sensor compound...
US20120270209 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SPECIFIC CAPTURE AND RELEASE OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COMPONENTS  
Living cells can be selectively and reversibly bound to functionalized dissolvable material (e.g., cross-linked hydrogel compositions) and subsequently released from the composition as viable...
US20120269973 Automated Layer By Layer Spray Technology  
The present invention comprises an automated apparatus capable of spray depositing polyelectrolytes via the LbL mechanism with minimal or no human interaction. In certain embodiments, the apparatus...
US20120269761 BIODEGRADABLE ELASTOMERS  
The present inventions in various aspects provide elastic biodegradable polymers. In various embodiments, the polymers are formed by the reaction of a multifunctional alcohol or ether and a...
US20120267820 FIBER DRAW SYNTHESIS  
Fiber draw synthesis process. The process includes arranging reactants in the solid state in proximate domains within a fiber preform. The preform is fluidized at a temperature below the melting...
8296207 Backward/forward trading contracts based on REIT-based pure property return indexes  
The present disclosure is directed to a method of approximating prices in a private property market. First, REIT return data is compiled from each REIT of a plurality of REITs at a predetermined...
8294603 System and method for providing high throughput entropy coding using syntax element partitioning  
A system and method for providing high throughput entropy coding contains the steps of: dividing syntax elements of video into one or more group of syntax elements; placing each group into a...
8293168 Nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit  
The present invention is generally directed to nanocomposite thermoelectric materials that exhibit enhanced thermoelectric properties. The nanocomposite materials include two or more components,...
8292272 Water separation under reduced pressure  
Water is separated from a liquid mixture (e.g., sea water) using a humidification chamber and a dehumidification chamber that are each operated at a pressure less than ambient atmospheric pressure...
8291768 Pressure measuring syringe  
A syringe having an internal pressure gauge comprises a syringe barrel; a piston within the barrel; a spring coupled to the piston at a first position of the spring, the spring having a second...
8291717 Cryogenic vacuum break thermal coupler with cross-axial actuation  
A system and method to connect a cryocooler (refrigerator) to a superconducting magnet or cooled object allows for replacement without the need to break the cryostat vacuum or the need to warm up...
US20120264653 Methods for High Fidelity Production of Long Nucleic Acid Molecules  
In a method for synthesizing a pool of nucleic acid molecules, a first nucleic acid has a first 5′ region and a first 3′ region and a second nucleic acid has a second 5′ region and a second 3′ re...
US20120264166 MULTIFUNCTIONAL BIOMATERIALS AS SCAFFOLDS FOR ELECTRONIC, OPTICAL, MAGNETIC, SEMICONDUCTING, AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS  
One-dimensional ring structures from M13 viruses were constructed by two genetic modifications encoding binding peptides and synthesis of a heterobifunctional linker molecule. The bifunctional...
US20120263672 Biocompatible Adhesive Materials and Methods  
Biocompatible adhesive materials, such as for use with biological tissues and/or medical implants, are provided, as well as methods and kits for making and using the biocompatible adhesive...
US20120263409 PHOTODETECTING FIBER  
Photodetecting fiber. The fiber detects and localizes an incident optical beam. A semiconducting core is in intimate contact with a material forming a resistive channel that breaks axial symmetry....