Patents Assigned to Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Commerce
  • Patent number: 10513768
    Abstract: A coinage cladding alloy for coinage includes nickel present in an amount from 5 wt. % to 7 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage cladding alloy; zinc present in an amount from 21 wt. % to 29 wt. %, based on the total weight of the coinage cladding alloy; manganese present in an amount from 12 wt. % to 16 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage cladding alloy; copper; an electrical conductivity from 2% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) to 3% IACS; and a color comprising a yellowness vector b* that is from 2 to 10, based on a CIE L*a*b* color space and determined in accordance with ASTM Standard E308-15 (2015).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Eric A. Lass, Mark R. Stoudt, Carelyn Campbell, Tsineng Tony Ying
  • Patent number: 10508358
    Abstract: Forming a transition zone terminated superconformal filling in a recess includes: providing an electrodeposition composition including: a metal electrolyte including a plurality of metal ions, solvent, and suppressor; providing the article including: a field surface and the recess that includes a distal position and a proximate position; exposing the recess to the electrodeposition composition; potentiodynamically controlling an electric potential of the recess with a potential wave form; bifurcating the recess into an active metal deposition region and a passive region; forming a transition zone; decreasing the electric potential of the recess by the potential wave form; progressively moving the transition zone closer to the field surface and away from the distal position; and reducing the metal ions and depositing the metal in the active metal deposition region and not in the passive region to form the transition zone terminated superconformal filling in the recess of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Daniel Josell, Thomas P. Moffat
  • Patent number: 10505095
    Abstract: A neural member includes: an axonal superconducting electrode; a dendritical superconducting electrode disposed opposing the axonal superconducting electrode; a synaptic barrier interposed between the axonal superconducting electrode and the dendritical superconducting electrode and including a plurality of magnetic clusters, the synaptic barrier being a tunable magnetic barrier between an ordered magnetic state and a disordered magnetic state such that: the axonal superconducting electrode, the dendritical superconducting electrode, and the synaptic barrier are arranged as a dynamically reconfigurable Josephson junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Michael Schneider, Stephen Russek, William Rippard, Matthew Pufall
  • Patent number: 10473818
    Abstract: A system for detecting gas leaks and determining their location and size. A data gathering portion of the system utilizes a hub and spoke configuration to collect path-integrated spectroscopic data over multiple open paths around an area. A processing portion of the system applies a high-resolution transport model together with meteorological data of the area to generate an influence function of possible leak locations on gas detector measurement paths, and applies an inversion model to the influence function and the spectroscopic data to generate gas source size and location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventors: Gregory B. Rieker, Ian Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury, Kuldeep Prasad, Anna Karion
  • Patent number: 10466363
    Abstract: A disciplined clock provides a disciplined time and a disciplined frequency synchronous with a reference clock. The disciplined clock includes: a time receiver to: receive a common view signal from the common view clock; and produce a receiver timing signal; a local clock to: receive a frequency correction; and produce a local timing signal; a time interval counter to: receive the receiver timing signal from the time receiver; receive the local timing signal from the lock clock; and determine a time difference between the receiver timing signal and the local timing signal; and a controller to: receive the time difference from the time interval counter; and communicate the frequency correction, based on the time difference, to the local clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventor: Michael A. Lombardi
  • Publication number: 20190309008
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for sequencing nucleic acids using nucleotide analogues and translocation of tags from incorporated nucleotide analogues through a nanopore. In aspects, this disclosure is related to composition, method, and system for sequencing a nucleic acid using tag molecules and detection of translocation through a nanopore of tags released from incorporation of the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicants: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Government of The United States of America, as Represented by The Secretary of Commerce
    Inventors: Jingyue JU, Shiv KUMAR, Chuanjuan TAO, Minchen CHIEN, James J. RUSSO, John J. KASIANOWICZ, Joseph W.F. ROBERTSON
  • Patent number: 10432320
    Abstract: A process for generating an entangled state of a plurality of particles includes: providing the plurality of particles, the plurality of particles interacting via long range interactions; producing a first entangled state in a first particle; entangling the first particle with a second particle to form a second entangled state, wherein particles that are not in the second entangled state are remaining particles; and proceeding, starting with the second entangled state, to propagate entanglement in a logarithmic progression through the remaining particles in a recursive manner, to produce an intermediate entangled state, such that the intermediate entangled state acts as an initial entangled state for a next iteration, until a final entangled state is formed to generate the entangled state of the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Alexey V. Gorshkov, Michael Foss-Feig, Zachary Eldredge, Zhe-Xuan Gong, Ali Hamed Moosavian, Jeremy T. Young
  • Patent number: 10424458
    Abstract: An electron reflectometer includes: a sample stage; a source that produces source electrons; a source collimator; and an electron detector that receives collimated reflected electrons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Lawrence H. Friedman, Wen-Li Wu
  • Patent number: 10408741
    Abstract: An optical phantom produces a time-resolved diffuse reflectance spectrum and includes: a light source; a spatial light modulator; and an optical delay line including optical fibers of different length that produce different time-of-flight distributions, such that different time-of-flight distributions are combined and produce phantom light having the time-resolved diffuse reflectance spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Jeeseong C. Hwang, Heidrun Wabnitz
  • Patent number: 10408672
    Abstract: A protector to protect a photon detector includes: a pulse rate comparator and a latcher, wherein the latcher latches to a set signal from the pulse rate comparator and protects the photon detector from detecting photons when the latch signal includes a latch protect level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: David M. Rutter, Alan H. Band
  • Patent number: 10390364
    Abstract: A process for dynamically controlling spectrum access includes: collecting occupancy data; applying nonparametric estimation to the occupancy data; determining a cumulative hazard function; receiving a service request to occupy the wireless communication channel from a secondary user; accepting the service request from the secondary user if the wireless communication channel is unoccupied by the primary user; calculating a maximum duration for which the secondary user may occupy the wireless communication channel; determining a probability that a remaining idle time of the primary user is greater than an occupation time of the wireless communication channel of the secondary user; granting access to the secondary user for occupation of the wireless communication channel if the probability is greater than a selected probability threshold; and denying access to the secondary user for occupation of the wireless communication channel if the probability is less than the selected probability threshold to dynamically
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Timothy A. Hall, Anirudha Sahoo, Charles Hagwood, Sarah Streett
  • Patent number: 10389514
    Abstract: An optical time distributor includes: a master clock including: a master comb; a transfer comb; and a free-space optical terminal; and a remote clock in optical communication with the master clock via a free space link and including: a remote comb that produces: a remote clock coherent optical pulse train output; a remote coherent optical pulse train; a free-space optical terminal in optical communication: with the remote comb; and with the free-space optical terminal of the master clock via the free space link, and that: receives the remote coherent optical pulse train from the remote comb; receives the master optical signal from the free-space optical terminal of the master clock; produces the remote optical signal in response to receipt of the remote coherent optical pulse train; and communicates the remote optical signal to the free-space optical terminal of the master clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Laura C. Sinclair, Nathan R. Newbury, William C. Swann, Hugo Bergeron, Jean-Daniel Deschenes
  • Patent number: 10378092
    Abstract: A coinage alloy for coinage includes nickel present in an amount from 4 wt. % to 11 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage alloy; zinc present in an amount from 20 wt. % to 35 wt. %, based on the total weight of the coinage alloy; manganese present in an amount from 3 wt. % to 6 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage alloy; copper; an electrical conductivity from 5% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) to 6% IACS measured in accordance with ASTM E1004-09 (2009); and a color comprising a yellowness vector b* that is from 6 to 11, based on a CIE L*a*b* color space and determined in accordance with ASTM Standard E308-15 (2015).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Eric A. Lass, Mark R. Stoudt, Carelyn Campbell
  • Patent number: 10379038
    Abstract: A process for measuring a size distribution of a plurality of nucleic acid molecules, the process comprising: labeling the nucleic acid molecules with a fluorescent dye comprising a plurality of fluorescent dye molecules to form labeled nucleic acid molecules, such that a number of fluorescent dyes molecules attached to each nucleic acid molecule is reliably proportional to the number of base pairs in the nucleic acid molecule, the fluorescent dye molecules having a first florescence spectrum; producing, by the labeled nucleic acid molecules, the first florescence spectrum in response to irradiating the labeled nucleic acid molecules at the first wavelength; and detecting the first florescence spectrum to measure the size distribution of the plurality of nucleic acid molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Samuel Martin Stavis, Craig Robert Copeland
  • Patent number: 10381107
    Abstract: A nucleic acid sequencer includes: an atomically thin membrane; a solid electrode spaced apart from the atomically thin membrane and arranged in a capacitive configuration with the atomically thin membrane; a spacer member; a complementary base covalently disposed on the atomically thin membrane and arranged to base pair with a nitrogenous base of the single stranded nucleic acid; a power source in electrical communication with the solid electrode and that provides electrical power to the solid electrode; and a resistor in electrical communication with the power source and that receives electric current from the power source and that also is in electrical communication with the atomically thin membrane such that an amount of the electric current changes in response to a change in the selected distance between the atomically thin membrane and the solid electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventor: Alex Smolyanitsky
  • Patent number: 10036683
    Abstract: An acousto-microwave system to determine a mass M of gas disposed in a vessel includes: a microwave transmitter disposed on the vessel to transmit microwave radiation inside the vessel, a portion of the microwave radiation occurring at a microwave resonance of the vessel; a microwave receiver disposed on the vessel to receive microwave radiation communicated through an interior of the vessel from the microwave transmitter; an acoustic transmitter disposed on the vessel to transmit acoustic radiation inside the vessel, a portion of the acoustic radiation occurring at an acoustic resonance of the gas in the vessel; and an acoustic receiver disposed on the vessel to receive acoustic radiation communicated through the gas from the acoustic transmitter. The mass M of the gas is determined by analyzing the microwave radiation received by the microwave receiver and the acoustic radiation received by the acoustic receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Michael R. Moldover, Keith A. Gillis, James B. Mehl
  • Patent number: 9507004
    Abstract: An electron spin resonance spectrometer includes a bridge to transmit an excitation frequency and to receive a signal frequency; a probe electrically connected to the bridge and comprising: a first conductor in electrical communication with the bridge to transmit the signal frequency to the bridge; a shorting member electrically connected to the first conductor to transmit the excitation frequency to a sample, to produce the signal frequency, and to transmit the signal frequency to the first conductor; and a second conductor electrically connected to the shorting member; and a magnet disposed proximate to the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jason P. Campbell, Kin P. Cheung, Jason T Ryan, Patrick M. Lenahan
  • Patent number: 9046731
    Abstract: Various plasmonic structures in the form of electrochromic optical switches are described which exhibit relatively high optical switching contrast. The switches generally include a collection of nanoslits formed in a thin electrically conductive film. An electrochromic material is disposed on the conductive film and along the sidewalls of the nanoslit(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Henri J. Lezec, Erich C. Walter, Amit Agrawal, Albert Alec Talin, Ting Xu
  • Publication number: 20150111759
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for sequencing nucleic acids using nucleotide analogues and translocation of tags from incorporated nucleotide analogues through a nanopore. In aspects, this disclosure is related to composition, method, and system for sequencing a nucleic acid using tag molecules and detection of translocation through a nanopore of tags released from incorporation of the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicants: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Government of the United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventors: Jingyue Ju, Shiv Kumar, Chuanjuan Tao, Minchen Chien, James J. Russo, John J. Kasianowicz, Joseph W.F. Robertson
  • Patent number: 6349600
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and method for determining the stable speeds for a rotating milling tool by non-cuttingly exciting the milling tool, by vibrating the milling tool, and measuring how the milling tool is excited. The present invention also provides a device and method for determining the stable speeds for a lathe tool by non-cuttingly exciting the lathe tool, by vibrating the tool using an excitation device mounted on a rotating lathe test bar, and measuring how the lathe tool is excited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventors: Matthew A. Davies, Brian Dutterer, Jon R. Pratt