Patents by Inventor A. Rao

A. Rao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20120005773
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Eric D. Aasen, Mark Scott Abad, Edwards Allen, Thandoni Rao Ambika, Veena S. Anil, Alice Clara Augustine, Stephanie L. Back, Pranesh Badami, Amarjit Basra, Kraig L. Brustad, Molian Deng, Todd Dezwaan, Charles Dietrich, Stephen M. Duff, Karen K. Gabbert, Steve He, Bill L. Hendrix, Hongwu Jia, Vidya Kammaradi Ramanath Bhat, Hongwu Jia, Vidya Kammaradi Ramanath Bhat, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Kevin R. Kosola, Kempagangaiah Krishnamurthy, Ganesh Kumar, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Shantala Lakkanna, Mark E. Leibman, Linda Lutfiyya, Savitha Madappa, Sivalinganna Manjunath, Robert J. Meister, Bellur Narasimba Prasad, Sasha Preuss, Qungang Qi, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, S. Sangeetha, Scott Saracco, Chitresh Sharma, Vijay K. Sharma, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Padmini Sudarshana, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Huai Wang, Jingrui Wu, Xiaoyun Wu, Xiaofeng Sean Yang, Qin Zeng, Jianmin Zhao
  • PHOSPHODIESTARASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20120004201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phosphodiesterase (PDE) type 4, phosphodiesterase (PDE) type 7 and dual PDE type 4/PDE type 7 inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Sonali Rudra, Nidhi Gupta, Kakade Ganesh Chandrakant, Tarun Jain, Sreedhara Rao Voleti, Abhijit Ray, Sunanda G. Dastidar, Lalitha Vijaykrishnan
  • LIPID A AND OTHER CARBOHYDRATE LIGAND ANALOGS
    Publication number: 20120003295
    Abstract: The core structure of pentaerythritol has been used as a replacement for one or both sugars in lipid A, leading to the generation of a series of lipid A analogs. These lipid A analogs may further differ from lipid A with respect to, e.g., the number, nature and location of negatively charged groups, and the number, nature and location of the lipid chains. The lipid A analogs may be lipid A agonists useful as immunostimulatory agents, or lipid A antagonists useful in the treatment of septic shock. In a like manner, a residue of pentaerythritylamine may be used as a replacement for an amino sugar residue in a carbohydrate ligand having a biological activity of interest, generating a series of ligand analogs. These are useful, e.g., as haptens, inhibitors of bacterial-host cell adhesion, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: ONCOTHYREON INC.
    Inventors: Zi-Hua Jiang, R. Rao Koganty, Wladyslaw Budzynski
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OPERATING SYSTEM INDEPENDENCE
    Publication number: 20120005256
    Abstract: A method and system of operating system independent cloud computing is provided. In one embodiment, a method of a client device includes accessing a first application through a first application template. The first application template resides on a server. The method also includes accessing the first application based on a response to a request of a user interface of the client device. Furthermore, the method includes processing the first application through a processor such that the first application accesses the first application template such that the client device permits an access of the first application through the first application template. The method also includes executing the first application through the first application template such that an execution of the first application through the first application template emulates the execution of the first application installed on an operating system of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: DESKSTREAM, INC.
    Inventors: Rao Cherukuri, Rajavel Lenin
  • VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20120003266
    Abstract: The invention features compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of one or more strains of Chikungunya virus, as well as other alphavirus-mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: The United States of America,as represented by The Secretary, National Institues of Health
    Inventors: Gary J. Nable, Wataru Akahata, Srinivas Rao
  • GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS IN THE PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GENE PROMOTER
    Publication number: 20120003647
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods of identifying a subject at risk for increased cellular PSA production and/or prostate cancer by detecting the presence or absence of a genetic polymorphism in the prostate specific antigen gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Scott D. Cramer, Anuradha Rao, Jianfeng Xu, Bao-li Chang
  • DELIVERY OF BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS TO ISCHEMIC AND/OR INFARCTED TISSUE
    Publication number: 20120004544
    Abstract: The delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue are described herein where such a system may include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region of tissue to be imaged in a body lumen that is normally filled with an opaque bodily fluid such as blood. A translucent or transparent fluid, such as saline, can be pumped into the imaging hood until the fluid displaces any blood, thereby leaving a clear region of tissue to be imaged via an imaging element in the deployment catheter. Additionally, any number of therapeutic tools can also be passed through the deployment catheter and into the imaging hood for performing any number of procedures on the tissue for identifying, locating, and/or accessing ischemic and/or infarcted tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Voyage Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Vahid SAADAT, Sekhar Rao
  • HARQ Operating Point Adaptation In Communications
    Publication number: 20120005548
    Abstract: Various embodiments are provided to address some of the current issues in establishing and adapting an HARQ operating point. Some embodiments include determining (101) a metric that indicates the predictability of a signal to noise plus interference ratio (SINR) for signaling from a wireless device and setting (102) a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operating point for communication with the wireless device using the metric. By setting the HARQ operating point based on a metric that indicates the predictability of SINR for wireless device signaling, throughput can be improved over present-day HARQ operating point adaptation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventor: Anil M. Rao
  • DYNAMIC SIGNAL DETECTION THRESHOLD
    Publication number: 20120003938
    Abstract: A method for setting a signal detection threshold according to one embodiment includes determining a measure of a noise floor in a signal derived from a radio frequency signal received by an antenna using a same circuit used to detect a subcarrier signal during transmitting and prior to sending a command to a transponder to respond; and setting a signal detection threshold above the noise floor. Such methodology may also be implemented as a system using logic for performing the various operations. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTELLEFLEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dean Kawaguchi, Manu H. R. Rao
  • STORAGE MANAGER FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH VIRTUAL STORAGE
    Publication number: 20120005673
    Abstract: A storage manager connects containers of virtual machine (VM) images and virtual storage device data within hosts. The storage management provides a set of northbound application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow configuration of images associated with VM images and virtual storage devices provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The northbound APIs, include methods for creating a virtual storage container that contains storage for the VM instance and also at least one virtual storage device to be provided to an operating system executed by the VM, a method for causing an attach of the virtual storage container to the host and a method for causing a deployment of the virtual storage device within the host. A set of southbound APIs are provided by the host, including at least a method that creates virtual storage devices and a method that attaches virtual storage devices to the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ezequiel Cervantes, David Joseph Gimpl, Elfred Pagan, Sudhir Gurunandan Rao, Murali Krishna Somarouthu
  • Filter Life Pulsating Indicator and Water Filter System and Method
    Publication number: 20120000858
    Abstract: A computer based method for generating a pulsating water flow through a faucet in response to a filter status, comprising the steps of: determining a water flow rate through a first filter; determining a duration of water flow at said water flow rate; determining the filtered volume of water filtered by said first filter based upon said water flow rate and duration of water flow; determining the filter status by comparing said filtered volume of water and an expected rated service life value of said first filter; and causing the faucet to expel pulsating water when the faucet is in the on state, when the filter status represents that remaining filter life is below a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Andy Butler, Jackie Lai, Todd Pope, Anurupa Rao
  • Method and Apparatus for Providing Highly-Scalable Network Storage for Well-Gridded Objects
    Publication number: 20120005424
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of storage nodes comprising a plurality of corresponding storage disks and configured to store data in a distributed manner between the storage disks that achieves a Redundant Array of Independent Disks-0 (RAID0) like performance based on positioning information and without indexing the distributed data. A network component comprising a storage disk configured to maintain a plurality of physical files for different user data that are mapped to different volumes, wherein the volumes are distributed between the storage disk and a second storage disk based on a RAID0 like data distribution scheme without being indexed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Guangyu Shi, Masood Mortazavi, Jian Chen, Venu Gopala Rao Kotha
  • Multi illuminant shading correction using singular value decomposition
    Patent number: 8089534
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining shading correction coefficients of an imaging device. An inversion surface is determined based on an image captured by the imaging device. The inversion surface is approximated using the captured image and eigenvectors associated with singular values of the inversion surface, to form multiple reconstruction weights. A polynomial fit is applied to: i) the multiple reconstruction weights to determine a first set of polynomial coefficients and ii) the eigenvectors to determine a second set of polynomial coefficients. The first and second sets of polynomial coefficients are used to form the shading correction coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
    Inventors: Pravin Rao, Shane Hu
  • System and method for assessing risk
    Patent number: 8090734
    Abstract: An improved data handling system is disclosed that facilitates the collection, storage and distribution of information for use by one or more recipient performing a process such as assessing the risk associated with a transaction. A system for handling information includes an administrator for facilitating communication with a subscriber and an information acquisition engine that is for facilitating communication with one or more provider of information and an information assimilator that is for facilitating communication with a database. The system is configured to facilitate receiving a request from the subscriber defining one or more set of information and one or more provider of information to be received by the information acquisition engine and combined by the information assimilator into an information suite to be stored in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald M. Maloche, Rao S. Manepalli, Randy Mills, Ana Muniz, Mark Rutter
  • On-chip power-measurement circuit using a low drop-out regulator
    Patent number: 8089822
    Abstract: A circuit and method are provided for controlling power consumption in an electronic circuit. Generally, the method involves measuring current flow through a memory core in the circuit, the memory core including a number of cells each with a number of active devices, and, if current flow exceeds a predetermined amount limiting it by applying reverse body bias to the active devices. In one embodiment, power is supplied to the memory through a low drop-out (LDO) regulator fabricated on a common substrate therewith, and the LDO regulator functions as a current mirror to mirror current through the memory core through a replica stack. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Talluri V. Chankya, V. Sambasiva Rao
  • Dynamically configurable IP based wireless device and wireless networks
    Patent number: 8090356
    Abstract: A wireless communication and control system including a wireless device. There is a central server for storing communication protocols and control protocols and communicating the communication protocols and selectively communicating the control protocols between the wireless device and the central server. A communication protocol configures the system for communication and control protocols configure the system as one of a selection of intelligent appliance controllers. Alternately the control protocols configure the system as one of a selection of Internet terminals. The wireless device is any hand-held communication device, such as a hand-held computing device, wireless telephone, or cellular phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: IP Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Raman K. Rao, Sunil K. Rao, Sanjay K. Rao
  • Endoglucanases
    Patent number: 8088608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variant endoglucanases and particularly endoglucanases having improved properties over wild-type endoglucanase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Andrew Shaw, Ish Kumar Dhawan, Onorato Campopiano, Kripa Rao
  • Method of increasing filler content in papermaking
    Patent number: 8088250
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing paper with a higher proportion of mineral filler particles than is otherwise be possible without the expected loss in paper strength. The method allows for the use of the greater amount of filler particles by coating at least some of the filler particles with a material that prevents the filler materials form adhering to a strength additive. The strength additive holds the cellulose fibers together tightly and is not wasted on the filler particles. The method is particularly effective when the filler particles are a PCC-GCC blend and when the GCC particles are coated with the adherence preventing coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Weiguo Cheng, Jun Li, Yulin Zhao, Qing Long Rao
  • Operational amplifier having improved slew rate
    Patent number: 8089314
    Abstract: A slew rate improved operational amplifier circuit is provided to improve the slew rates of an operational amplifier with minimal sacrifices in power dissipation and other operational amplifier parameters. To improve the slew rates of operational amplifiers, additional current sources are activated when a slewing operation is detected. The detection of slewing operations and the activation of current sources upon detection can be implemented using two comparator circuits—one for a positive slewing operation, and one for a negative slewing operation. A sub-45 nm FinFET implementation of this slew rate improvement concept was implemented and compared against slew rate optimized individual two-stage operational amplifiers. Simulations show that slew rates were significantly improved by the implementation of the comparator circuits (5590 V/?s vs. 273 V/?s), with minimal increases in power dissipation (78 ?W vs. 46 ?W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
    Inventors: Rajesh A. Thakker, Mayank Shrivastava, Maryam Shojaei Baghini, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Ramgopal V. Rao, Mahesh B. Patil
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME TRANSPORT OF MULTI-MEDIA INFORMATION IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20110320648
    Abstract: In one embodiment of a networking module, a first block receives a serial digital media signal, and provides a parallel digital media signal based on the serial digital media signal. A second block, operative with the first block, stores the parallel digital media signal in a corresponding slot in an outgoing frame, and sends the outgoing frame in response to receiving an incoming frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Baranitharan Subbiah, Sanjay Katabathuni, Shoby A. Cherian, Chi-Lie Wang, Maria Hu, Sudhakar Rao, Kap Soh, Scott W. Mitchell, Raymond Su, Lomberto P. Jimenez