| 05th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20160033354 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LEAK DETECTION AND LOCATION FOR FLUID PIPELINES - The present invention discloses a method for leak detection and location for fluid pipelines, comprising a pipeline to be detected, characterized in that the pipeline to be detected is at least provided with two sensing devices having a certain distance therebetween. Acquisition points are formed at the positions of the sensing devices. The sensing devices can simultaneously sense acoustic vibrations of the pipeline in two directions, i.e., axial direction and radial direction of the pipeline, respectively. When there is a leak point in the pipeline to be detected between the two acquisition points, locating the leak point is performed according to the following formula: | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033355 | METHOD FOR SAFE CONTROL OF GAS DELIVERY TO AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SAMPLE HOLDER - System and method for safely controlling the containment of gas within a manifold system and the delivery of gas to a sample holder for an electron microscope for imaging and analysis. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033356 | AIR DATA PROBE WITH FLUID INTRUSION SENSOR - An air data probe includes a stationary housing assembly, an air data measurement unit, and a fluid sensing unit disposed proximate to an interface between the housing assembly and the air data measurement unit. The air data measurement unit is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the air data probe, relative to the stationary housing assembly. The fluid sensing unit includes a second electrically conductive sensing surface physically and dielectrically spaced from a first sensing surface. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033357 | FATIGUE TESTING DEVICE - A fatigue testing device | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033358 | Focused Focused Optical Configuration for NSMS Probes - A method for configuring a sensor of a non-interference stress management system is disclosed. The method may include determining a focal distance between a light transmitting fiber and a transmit lens, the focal distance configured to focus light from the transmit fiber to form a focused transmit beam, the transmit beam targeting a reflective structure. The method may further include positioning the light transmitting fiber and the transmit lens, wherein the light transmitting fiber and the transmit lens are separated by a transmit gap based on the focal distance and positioning a light receptive fiber and a receive lens to receive a focused reflected beam from the reflective structure, wherein the light receptive fiber is separated from the receive lens by a receive gap based on the focal distance. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033359 | Edge Propagating Optical Time Domain Reflectometer And Method Of Using The Same - An OTDR system utilizes a laser source that is turned “on” and kept powered until its light reaches the end of the fiber span being measured (i.e., until the fiber span is fully illuminated). At any point in time after the fiber is fully illuminated, the laser source can be turned “off”. The return (reflected and backscattered) signal is directed into a photodetector of the OTDR, and is measured from the point in time when the fiber span starts to be illuminated. The measurements are made by sampling the return signal at predetermined time intervals—defined as the sampling rate. The created power samples are then subjected to post-processing in the form of a differentiation operation to create a conventional OTDR trace from the collected data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033360 | MULTI-PEAK REFERENCE GRATING - Methods and apparatus are provided for using a multi-peak reference grating as an optical reference element to produce an optical spectrum with a plurality of reference wavelength peaks spanning a desired wavelength range. This multi-peak reference grating is suitable for use in swept-wavelength interrogation systems, such as those utilizing Bragg grating sensors. Each of the reference wavelength peaks may be characterized for absolute wavelength over a range of environmental operating conditions, such that the absolute wavelength of each reference wavelength peak can be found at any time given the contemporaneous environmental operating condition. This reference grating is interrogated concurrently with the Bragg grating sensors, and the position of each sensor peak relative to the reference grating peaks is used to calculate the absolute wavelength of each sensor (and hence, the corresponding parameter of interest). | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033361 | RADIAL ROLLING-BEARING TESTING DEVICE - A radial rolling-bearing testing device includes a rotary shaft which an inner ring of a radial rolling bearing is fitted, a rotational driving section which rotates a rotary shaft, a lubricant reservoir which is configured so as to retain lubricant in which a portion of the radial rolling bearing is immersed, and a load applying section which is configured so as to apply a radial load to the radial rolling bearing. A bottom surface of the lubricant reservoir is a curved concave surface which has a partially cylindrical form which is concentric to a central axis of the rotary shaft. An entirety of a housing which supports the rotary shaft may be integrally formed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033362 | METHOD FOR TESTING LIFE OF RADIAL-ROLLING BEARING AND RADIAL ROLLING-BEARING TESTING DEVICE - A method for testing a life of a radial rolling bearing and a radial rolling-bearing testing device. According to the method for testing the life of the radial rolling bearing and the radial rolling-bearing testing device, a portion of the radial rolling bearing is immersed in lubricant, and a bearing life is tested by rotating an outer ring and an inner ring relative to each other in a state where a radial load is applied to the radial rolling bearing. The radial load is applied in a horizontal direction. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033363 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT & SYSTEM - A method for processing data obtained from a condition monitoring system, the method comprising steps of obtaining one of a vibration enveloped or an acoustic emission envelope time waveform from at least one sensor, counting at least one of: (a) how many transient events cross a plurality of predetermined threshold levels within the time waveform, (b) a rate at which transient events cross a plurality of predetermined threshold levels within the time waveform, and (c) determining a periodicity of repetition of the transient events where applicable. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033364 | VEHICLE METER INDICATOR DEVICE - To show an image with minimal sense of discomfort felt by an occupant without quickening an updating cycle of an on-screen image, a virtual data generator making up a vehicle meter indicator device generates virtual data based on an arbitrary engine rotation speed between an engine rotation speed proportional to an image currently shown on a liquid crystal display device and a latest engine rotation speed rather than display data based on the latest engine rotation speed immediately before updating if the engine rotation speed declines. This allows the liquid crystal display device to show the generated virtual data on a liquid crystal panel as a virtual image for updating. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033365 | SUPPORT FOR AN ELECTRONIC MODULE OF A PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SENSOR - A support ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033366 | MOTION DETECTION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - Motion detection devices and systems are described herein. One motion detection device includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to measure velocity, orientation, and gravitational forces of the motion detection device and a computing component. The computing component can be configured to determine spectrum parameters of a mobile vehicle associated with the motion detection device using measurements from the IMU, determine IMU orientation parameters using measurements from the IMU, and estimate motion of the mobile vehicle using the spectrum parameters, the IMU orientation parameters, measurements from the IMU, and a motion estimation function. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TIRE WEAR - System for determining tire wear for tires of a wheeled motor vehicle including a direct tire pressure determination unit being configured to measure at least the tire pressure of the tires; an indirect tire pressure determination unit being configured to determine for at least some of the tires a roll radius factor corresponding to or depending from the roll radius of the respective tire; a tire force determination unit being configured to determine a vertical force factor corresponding to or depending from a vertical force applied to the tires; and a processing unit for determining the tire wear for such tires of the motor vehicle for which the indirect tire pressure determination unit provides the respective roll radius factor, namely by compensating the roll radius factor of the tires provided by the indirect tire pressure determination unit. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING TIRE TREAD PARAMETERS - Systems and methods for analyzing tire tread data to assess tire tread parameters, such as irregular wear characteristics of a tire tread, are provided. More particularly, an automated and robust flattening process c be performed to transform tire tread data, such as a tread surface map, into flattened tire tread data. The flattened tire tread data can provide tread heights defined in a measurement direction that is normal to the surface of the tire tread, as opposed to parallel to a radial axis of the tire. The flattened tread data can be analyzed to assess one or more parameters of the tread of the tire. For instance, local height indicators for the flattened tread data can be determined using a local maximum as a reference. Because the local height indicators are relative heights determined from a local maximum, quantification of tread depth can be more easily obtained. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033369 | MONITORING OF A FIRST EQUIPMENT OF A FIRST TECHNICAL INSTALLATION USING BENCHMARKING - In situations where first equipment of a first technical installation could hitherto not be monitored based on condition data of the first equipment from the first equipment alone, it is proposed that a first sensor measures first condition data of the first equipment and that art additional sensor measures additional condition data of an additional equipment of an additional technical installation. The first condition data and the additional condition data are transmitted to a sorting unit and processed by the sorting unit into a ranking list. A corresponding sorting unit and a system as well as a corresponding computer program and a computer program product are also disclosed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033370 | TRIPHASIC FLUID HANDLING - Aspects of the present disclosure include methods of moving a target fluid in a triphasic fluid arrangement from a vessel into a tube and systems and devices for practicing the same. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033371 | Sample Preparation Apparatus For Direct Numerical Simulation Of Rock Properties - A sample preparation apparatus and method of preparing a rock sample using such an apparatus, as useful in connection with the digital numerical simulation of properties of the rock. The disclosed apparatus includes a fixably mounted diamond wire cutter. Three linear translation stages are coupled to a specimen holder. One of the translation stages moves the specimen in a direction parallel to the plane of the cutting wire. The other two translation stages move the specimen in different directions from one another, and when actuated together, advance the specimen into the wire for short distances in a direction out of the plane of the cutting wire. Short piecewise linear cuts are made in the specimen, to provide a sample of the desired shape with a small cross-section. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033372 | TISSUE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033373 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION - An embodiment of the claimed invention is directed to a method that greatly streamlines and reduces costs for tissue preparation, preservation, long-term storage and sample retrieval for molecular analysis using a method based on dried blood spot (DBS) technology. In this method, a small needle punch sample of freshly excised tissue will be homogenized in stabilizing reagent and inserted into a device containing absorbent material and drying agent. This device is suitable for long-term sample storage at ambient temperature and allows for easy removal of sections for biomarker analysis. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033374 | DETERMINING AEROSOL MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY - Provided are methods for testing aerosol material compatibility of various samples to disinfectants, decontaminants, and other such materials that are used as aerosols. A test is performed in a controlled environment, such as an aerosol chamber, using a specific set of test parameters representative of actual use of tested materials, such as dispensing parameters and exposure parameters. During the test, a test surface of the sample is exposed to an aerosol mist. Other surfaces may be protected. After exposure to the aerosol mist, the sample may be allowed to sit for a period of time. The sample is later cleaned and tested to determine effects of various materials in the mist on the sample. In some embodiments, some or all operations may be repeated for the same sample or different samples. The test parameters may be varied to determine compatibility limits. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033375 | TESTING MODULE AND METHOD FOR TESTING TEST SAMPLE - A testing module is provided. The testing module includes a carrier, a block member, and a sampling assembly. A flow path connects a storage chamber to a mixing chamber to guide the flow of a fluid. The block member is formed in the flow path to block the fluid from flowing from the storage chamber to the mixing chamber before the connection of the sampling assembly. When the sampling assembly which contains a test sample is connected to the carrier, the fluid mixes with the test sample and flows to the mixing chamber. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033376 | Apparatus and Process for Producing Patterned, Micron and Nanometer Size Reaction and Mixing Zones for Fluids Deposited on Smooth, Rough and Porous Surfaces and Applications of that Process - Process for producing patterned, micron and nanometer scale features by reacting or mixing in the small volumes at the intersections of coalescing drops, at the fronts of colliding thin films in front of spreading drops, or in the pore space of a porous medium under the drop. The process can be implemented on smooth, rough or porous surfaces and embodiments include multiplexed, single drop chemical or biochemical sensors and encryption of information of a printed page. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033377 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLES, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN PRACTICING THE SAME - Methods for processing whole blood samples are provided. Aspects of the methods include depleting leukocytes from a whole blood sample to produce a leukocyte depleted sample, and then lysing red blood cells (RBCs) in the resultant leukocyte depleted sample to produce a leukocyte/RBC depleted sample. Also provided are compositions and kits for practicing embodiments of the invention. The methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including the detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033378 | SINGLE CELL CAPTURE WITH POLYMER CAPTURE FILMS - The present invention provides methods, systems, assemblies, and articles for capturing single cells with a polymer capture film. In certain embodiments, the polymer capture films comprise a plurality of individual channels with top and bottom openings, where the channels are dimensioned such that a single cell is: i) is captured inside the channel, partially or substantially occluding the channel, when negative pressure is provided to the bottom opening; or ii) is captured by the top opening, but does not enter the channel, when negative pressure is provided to the bottom opening. In some embodiments, the channels of the polymer capture film align with the wells of a multi-well chip such that the cell, or the contents of the single cell, may be transferred to a corresponding well. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033379 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Fracture Strength of the Margins of Thin Sheets of Brittle-Fracture Material - A method and an apparatus for examining the fracture strength of flat samples made of brittle-fracture material are provided. The margin of the respective sample is subjected to tensile stress by bending the material in a circular arc shape. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033380 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Edge Strength of Plate-Shaped Elements Made of Brittle-Fracture Material - An improved measurement method and a corresponding measurement device are provided that measure the edge strength of plate-shaped elements made of brittle-fracture material. For this purpose, a long sample is drawn apart at the short edges, wherein the force transmission points lie next to the center of gravity of the base surface of the sample. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033381 | ABRASION TEST METHODS AND DEVICES - A method according to one embodiment includes measuring an initial coating thickness on a tape bearing surface of a module in a carrier, running a tape across the tape bearing surface, and at intervals, measuring a residual thickness of the coating. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033382 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TESTING LOST CIRCULATION MATERIALS - Apparatus and methods for simulation of bore hole fractures are disclosed. A device for simulating a fracture in a subterranean formation comprises a housing, a gap in the housing, and one or more shims positioned inside the gap. The shims cover at least a portion of a surface of a wall forming the gap. The device further comprises an inlet for directing a sample fluid into the gap. The sample fluid flows through the gap and flows out of the gap through an outlet. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033383 | PORTABLE SENSORS FOR DETERMINATION OF LIQUID SURFACE TENSION, AND METHODS OF USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to the measurement of liquid surface tension using a small, portable sensor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sensor on which a droplet of the sample liquid is placed and quickly either wets and changes color or remains non-wetted for several minutes. The detection range of this type of sensor is tunable to surface tensions useful for detecting surfactant levels in water, biological liquids, and other liquids, making it useful for a variety of medical, veterinary, home-care, environmental, and global health applications. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033384 | Condensation Particle Counter Comprising Saturation Unit and Downstream Condensation Unit - A condensation particle counter comprising a saturation unit ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033385 | ENGINE OUTPUT SOOT DIAGNOSTIC CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON TRANSIENT DRIVE CYCLE DETECTION - An internal combustion engine control system including an internal combustion engine including at least one cylinder configured to perform combustion of an air/fuel mixture therein during a drive cycle. An electronic engine control module is configured to selectively execute at least one soot-based diagnostic operation that diagnoses the internal combustion engine based on exhausted soot. An electronic diagnostic evaluation module is in electrical communication with the engine control module and is configured to disable the at least one soot-based diagnostic operation based on at least one transient drive event of the internal combustion engine during the drive cycle. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033386 | OPTICS SYSTEM FOR A FLOW CYTOMETER - A flow cytometer includes a flow nozzle, a light source, an optics system, and a sensor analyzer. The flow nozzle provides a fluid along a flow path. The light source generates a light beam that illuminates the fluid. The optics system collects light rays that are radiated from the light beam by the fluid and passes or blocks the light rays based at least in part on the radiation angles associated with the light rays. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033387 | Enhancing Flow Cytometry Discrimination with Geometric Transformation - In flow cytometry, particles ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033388 | METHOD FOR TESTING THE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF AN ADHESIVE JOINT TO BE FORMED - A method for testing the fracture toughness of an adhesive joint to be formed between two components made of fiber-reinforced plastic, by forming a test joint between two sample elements and applying a tensile load onto this test joint until a pre-defined value is reached. One of these sample elements is formed by one of the components of the joint to be formed, and the tensile load acts on the other sample element. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033389 | STIMULUS RESPONSIVE POLYMERIC SYSTEM - Herein, a polymer-based device capable of lifting many times its own mass was fabricated by drying a solution of the polycation poly (diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride) (pDADMAC) on a surface coated with charged poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-based microgels. Due to strong polymer-polymer and polymer-surface interactions, when the pDADMAC solution dries on the microgel-modified surface, it bends. If the surface is flexible, it curls up into a scroll like structure, that can be opened up at high (ca. 80%) humidity. This process is fully reversible, i.e., if the humidity is decreased, the surface curls back up. This expansion/contraction behavior is capable of lifting relatively large masses, many times its own mass, and can potentially be used as an artificial muscle. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033390 | Motorized Variable Path Length Cell for Spectroscopy - The present invention is thus directed to an automated system and method of varying the optical path length in a sample that a light from a spectrophotometer must travel through. Such arrangements allow a user to easily vary the optical path length while also providing the user with an easy way to clean and prepare a transmission cell for optical interrogation. Such path length control can be automatically controlled by a programmable control system to quickly collect and stores data from different path lengths as needed for different spectrographic analysis. Such a methodology and system, as presented herein, is able to return best-match spectra with far fewer computational steps and greater speed than if all possible combinations of reference spectra are considered. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033391 | Mercury Monitor - An exemplary embodiment provides an analytical system for measurement of mercury concentration that can be used to monitor mercury concentration in industrial and sewage water and combustion gases. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033392 | STRUCTURE ASSESSMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS POLYPEPTIDE MIXTURE - Methods of analyzing glatiramer acetate (GA) to assess secondary structure, for example, alpha helical content and/or random coil content thereof are provided as are methods for preparing a composition comprising GA and methods for identifying a copolymer as GA. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033393 | RASTER OPTIC DEVICE FOR OPTICAL HYPER SPECTRAL SCANNING - A spectroscopic scanning device, a portable spectroscopic scanning system, and methods for using the spectroscopic scanning device are described that include at least one focusing element configured to collect light, a beam-steering element configured to direct a portion of the collected light from the at least one focusing element, and a detector configured to receive the directed light from the beam-steering element, wherein the beam-steering element is operable to successively select portions of light from a plurality of locations within its field of regard. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033394 | ESTIMATION OF WATER INTERFERENCE FOR SPECTRAL CORRECTION - A method includes decomposing a training set to obtain a principal component matrix having a plurality of principal component vectors. The method also includes variably rejecting portions of a sample spectrum vector that do not correspond to a selected one of the plurality of principal component vectors by incrementally providing a coefficient indicative of the weighting of the selected principal component vector for selected sub-regions. A corrected spectrum vector can be obtained by excluding certain sub-regions of the sample spectrum vector and corresponding principal component vector, multiplying the sample spectrum vector with the principal component matrix for non-excluded sub-regions, providing a predicted interference vector, and subtracting the predicted interference vector from the sample spectrum vector. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033395 | OPTICAL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER - An optical system for sensing an environmental parameter, comprising: a pulse generator for generating a first pulse having a first wavelength and a second pulse having a second wavelength; a pulse splitter for splitting each one of the first and second pulse into a sensing pulse and a reference pulse; a sensing arm for receiving the sensing pulses therefrom and comprising a spectro-ratiometric sensor; a reference arm for receiving the reference pulses; a time delay line for delaying a relative propagation of the sensing pulses and the reference pulses; a light detector for measuring an optical energy of the sensing pulse and the reference pulse, for the first and second wavelengths; and at least one optical link for optically connecting the pulse generator to the pulse splitter, and the sensing and reference arms to the light detector. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033396 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INFRARED DETECTION OF COAL MINE POLAR GAS - An infrared detection device can be used to detect coal mine polar gas. The detection device can include a central processor and a gas pool assembly having a moveable optical window. The moveable optical window can include a stationary pool body and a moveable pool body inserted into the stationary pool body. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033397 | RESONANT OPTICAL TRANSDUCERS FOR IN-SITU GAS DETECTION - Configurations for in-situ gas detection are provided, and include miniaturized photonic devices, low-optical-loss, guided-wave structures and state-selective adsorption coatings. High quality factor semiconductor resonators have been demonstrated in different configurations, such as micro-disks, micro-rings, micro-toroids, and photonic crystals with the properties of very narrow NIR transmission bands and sensitivity up to 10 | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033398 | SUBSTRATE TARGET FOR IN-SITU LITHOGRAPHY METROLOGY, METROLOGY METHOD FOR IN-SITU LITHOGRAPHY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE BY USING IN-SITU METROLOGY - A substrate can include a feature pattern included in an integrated circuit on the substrate and an in-situ metrology pattern spaced apart from the feature pattern on the substrate, the in-situ metrology pattern and the feature pattern both configured to have equal heights relative to a surface of the substrate. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033399 | OPTICAL METROLOGY WITH PURGED REFERENCE CHIP - An integrated metrology module includes a chuck for holding a sample and positioning the sample with respect to an optical metrology device, a reference chip for the optical metrology device, the reference chip being movable to various positions with respect to the optical metrology device, and a reference chip purge device provides a flow of purge gas or air over the reference chip while the reference chip is in the various positions. The reference chip purge device may be static or movable with the reference chip. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033400 | DETECTION OF PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS - A method of detecting particles in an air flow is described. The method includes receiving a signal indicative of light intensity scattered from the air flow at a plurality of wavelengths and processing the signal indicative of the intensity of received light at each of the wavelengths and a corresponding wavelength dependent parameter to generate an output signal indicative of at least one characteristic of particles in the air flow. A particle detection system is also described. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033401 | PLASMONIC STRUCTURE WITH ENHANCED BANDWIDTH - Embodiments are directed to a plasmonic structure having an enhanced resonance frequency bandwidth. In one aspect, a plasmon-enhanced coupler is provided having a first plasmon region and a second plasmon region. A resonance frequency bandwidth of the plasmon-enhanced coupler is a hybridization of at least one first resonance frequency of the first plasmon region, and at least one second resonance frequency of the second plasmon region. The first plasmon region may be implemented as a single layer of graphene conductive material, and the second plasmon region may be implemented as multiple layers of graphene conductive material. The resonance frequency bandwidth may be chosen to overlap a frequency that comprises a vibration frequency of certain molecules of interest. Radiation directed to the plasmon-enhanced coupler causes its plasmons to interact with the molecules of interest, thereby altering the radiation. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033402 | METHOD FOR LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSING SYSTEM - A method for a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensing system is disclosed. The LSPR sensing system has an optical detection system and a test specimen with metal nanoparticles arranged in an anisotropic periodic manner that generates a phase signal of the LSPR sensing system. The method includes: emitting an incident light toward the test specimen to excite the metal nanoparticles, thereby generating an emergent light; using the optical detection system to detect phases of a first polarization state and a second polarization state of the emergent light, where the first polarization state is perpendicular to the second polarization state; and obtaining a phase difference spectrum between the phases of the first and second polarization states, thereby determining a half maximum (FWHM) of the phase difference spectrum. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033403 | METHODS FOR FABRICATING MORPHOLOGICALLY TRANSFORMED NANO-STRUCTURES (MTNS) AND TUNABLE NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMER MATERIALS, AND DEVICES USING SUCH MATERIALS - In order to implement a microfluidics sensor having higher efficiency, Applicants have developed a method of formation of nano-structures having various shapes and sizes onto materials such as polymers, glass and silicon, which are compatible with the microfabrication processes. The adhesion of the nano-structures and feasibility to tune their properties (optical, electrical and mechanical) are two prime concerns when they are adopted for microfluidics devices. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033404 | PACKAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM - A package inspection system is provided, where an electromagnetic-wave detection part is hardly affected by illumination light for optical detection. Below a gap | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033405 | Detecting Device and Detecting Method of a Transparent Display Panel - The present disclosure relates to a detecting device and a detecting method of a transparent display panel. The method comprises: providing a reference pattern sheet having n pairs of first regions with a first color and second regions with a second color alternately arranged in a first direction, and each of the first regions and each of the second regions having a same predetermined width D in the first direction; forming a uniform predetermined illuminance on the reference pattern sheet; detecting directly the reference pattern sheet by a measuring device; detecting the reference pattern sheet through the transparent panel display by the measuring device; and thereby determining a clarity of the transparent display panel. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING OAM SPECTROSCOPY LEVERAGING FRACTIONAL ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM AS SIGNATURE TO DETECT MATERIALS - An apparatus that detects a material within a sample includes signal generation circuitry that generates a first signal having at least one orbital angular momentum applied thereto and applies the first signal to the sample. A detector receives the first signal after the first signal passes through the sample and detects the material responsive to a detection of a predetermined profile of orbital angular momentum states within the first signal received from the sample. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033407 | FLUOROMETER WITH MULTIPLE DETECTION CHANNELS - An optical sensor may have multiple detection channels to detect different characteristics of a fluid. For example, an optical sensor used in industrial cleaning and sanitizing applications may have multiple detection channels to detect when a system is both clean and properly sanitized. In one example, an optical sensor includes an optical emitter that directs light into a fluid, a first optical detector that detects light transmitted through the fluid, a second optical detector that detects light scattered by the fluid, and a third optical detector that detects fluorescent emissions emitted by the fluid. The optical emitter and optical detectors can be positioned around an optical analysis area. The optical sensor may include filters that control the characteristics of light detected by each of the optical detectors. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033408 | DETECTING APPARATUS - The present application discloses a detecting apparatus including: a light source for emitting excitation light; a storage portion in which a specimen is stored; a metal film which receives the excitation light to cause evanescent light for illuminating the specimen; a modulator for adjusting an incident angle of the excitation light on the metal film; a driver for generating a driving signal for driving the modulator; a detector for outputting a fluorescence signal in correspondence to intensity of fluorescence generated from the specimen under irradiation of the evanescent light; and an extractor which extracts a signal component from the fluorescence signal, the signal component deriving from the specimen. The incident angle changes in response to a change of the driving signal. The extractor extracts a synchronous signal component as the signal component, the synchronous signal component changing in synchronization with the change of the driving signal. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033409 | FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY ANALYZING AND FLUORESCENCE IMAGE SYNTHESIZING SYSTEM - A fluorescence intensity analyzing and fluorescence image synthesizing system and method are disclosed. The first fluorescence intensity detection device successively detects the plurality of first fluorescence intensities according to the first timing and the second fluorescence intensity detection device successively detects the plurality of second fluorescence intensities according to the second timing, and then the picture processing device analyzes the first and second timings and synthesizes the first and second fluorescence intensity ranges into the synthesized picture according to the fluorescence intensities, whereby the image processing technology may be used to calculate the fluorescence target range and thus mark the fluorescence target range. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033410 | OPTICAL EMISSION COLLECTION AND DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - This invention generally relates to optical devices that can collect and detect signal emissions effectively while allowing the excitation light path and the sample flow path to coexist non-obstructively in a compact format. The device has various embodiments, such as an embodiment including a plurality of reporters disposed on a sensing surface, wherein each one of the plurality of reporters is configured to react with a least one target analyte, a hyperspectral detection module configured to capture hyperspectral image data corresponding to the plurality of reporters, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the hyperspectral image data from the hyperspectral detection module and generate a temporal spectral signature corresponding to each one of the plurality of reporters from the received hyperspectral image data. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033411 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO STORM-BASED PATTERNING - This disclosure provides methods for generating super-resolution patterns of molecules on substrates. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033412 | PARTIALLY ENCAPSULATED WAVEGUIDE BASED SENSING CHIPS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Optical readers and alignment tools for detecting the level of an analyte. Described herein are small, disposable partially-encapsulated sensing chips for detecting an analyte level from a fluid sample (e.g., a blood sample) having an edge of the integrated sensing chip exposed to directly expose a plurality of excitation and a collection waveguides, as well as optical readers and methods of operating them. A fluid sample maybe applied to a sensing surface of the sensing chip in the housing so that an analyte level can be optically detected. Also described are methods of sensing an analyte using these devices and systems including an optical detector. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033413 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR XEROGEL BASED SENSORS - Chemical sensors today are deployed in massive volumes across multiple industries and yet at the same time they are subject to substantial research and development effort to establish new, faster, lower cost, more accurate, more sensitive chemical sensors. Such sensors and sensor arrays are being exploited across chemistry, biology, clinical biology, environmental science in civilian and military markets. Amongst the many sensor methodologies are xerogel substrates with two moieties, a receptor for molecular recognition of the analyte and a luminophore for signaling the recognition event. In order to fulfill the requirements for low cost there is a requirement for electronic excitation/read circuits that can support architectures with optical source—N sensors—X filters—M detectors, where M≧N and X=N|M. According to embodiments of the invention electronic excitation/read circuits for phase based luminophore sensors are presented that are compatible with single CMOS chip implementation and monolithic integration of the optical excitation/detection elements. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033414 | OPTICAL PATHOLOGY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An optical imaging method for analyzing an ex vivo tissue sample of a subject is provided. The method includes obtaining the ex vivo tissue sample, preparing the ex vivo tissue sample onto a sample receptacle of an optical imaging system, and emitting excitation light toward the ex vivo tissue sample. The method also includes acquiring imaging data of light emitted by the ex vivo tissue sample in response to the excitation light, analyzing the imaging data to determine whether the ex vivo tissue sample contains pathologic tissue, and generating an output indicating to an operator whether the ex vivo tissue sample contains pathologic tissue. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033415 | DEVICE AND METHODS OF DETECTION OF AIRBORNE AGENTS - Provided are methods, devices and systems that utilize free-surface fluidics and SERS for analyte detection with high sensitivity and specificity. The molecules can be airborne agents, including but not limited to explosives, narcotics, hazardous chemicals, or other chemical species. The free-surface fluidic architecture is created using an open microchannel, and exhibits a large surface to volume ratio. The free-surface fluidic interface can filter interferent molecules, while concentrating airborne analyte molecules. The microchannel flow enables controlled aggregation of SERS-active probe particles in the flow, thereby enhancing the detector's sensitivity. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033416 | METHOD OF CHECKING FORSTERITE, APPARATUS THAT EVALUATES FORSTERITE, AND PRODUCTION LINE THAT MANUFACTURES STEEL SHEET - The location where forsterite is present is checked in a region from which light excited by an electron beam is emitted when a material containing forsterite is irradiated with an electron beam. The material is preferably a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a forsterite layer. In addition, it is preferable that the accelerating voltage be 10 kV or more when an electron beam is radiated when the material is a grain oriented electrical steel sheet having a tension coating layer on the forsterite layer. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033417 | HETEROGENEOUS LUMINESCENT OXYGEN CHANNELING IMMUNOASSAYS - A chemiluminescent detection system, kits and microfluidics devices containing same, and methods of use thereof, are disclosed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033418 | COMBINATION GLOVE FOR DETECTING BREACH OF HYDROPHILIC FLUID - Provided for example is a combination glove comprising: (a) an top elastomer layer with an inner surface, the top elastomer layer being translucent or transparent; (b) an bottom elastomer layer with an outer surface, the bottom elastomer layer being darker than the top elastomer layer; and (c) a space or seam between the layers, wherein to either the inner-top or the outer-bottom surface has been adhered a hydrophilicity promoting composition of (i) a polyvinyl alcohol or (ii) an alkyl-aryl compound or a siloxane compound having a pendent one to two oxy-polymers, or (iii) a quaternary amine including an alkyl of C8 to C24, wherein the oxy-polymer is (1) a poly-oxyalkylene polymer that is predominantly oxyethylene or (2) a polyvinyl alcohol, wherein the hydrophilicity promoting composition enhances the spreading in the space or seam of any of the hydrophilic or aqueous fluid that breaches the top or bottom elastomer layer. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033419 | COLOR-CHANGE SENSOR USING FILM FOR DETECTING HARMFUL MATERIAL - The following description relates to a composite for a harmful material-detecting sensor, which includes a dye having a color-change function by reaction with acid or base and a polymer material, a method for producing the composite for the harmful material-detecting sensor, and a low-cost film-type color change harmful material sensor, which includes the composite for the harmful material-detecting sensor so as to quickly detect a harmful material and can be carried by an individual. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033420 | Inspection for Multiple Process Steps in a Single Inspection Process - Various embodiments for detecting defects on a wafer are provided. One method includes acquiring output generated by an inspection system for a wafer during an inspection process that is performed after at least first and second process steps have been performed on the wafer. The first and second process steps include forming first and second portions, respectively, of a design on the wafer. The first and second portions of the design are mutually exclusive in space on the wafer. The method also includes detecting defects on the wafer based on the output and determining positions of the defects with respect to the first and second portions of the design. In addition, the method includes associating different portions of the defects with the first or second process step based on the positions of the defects with respect to the first and second portions of the design. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033421 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT DEFECTS IN TRANSPARENT SOLIDS - A method and apparatus to measure specular reflection intensity, specular reflection angle, near specular scattered radiation, and large angle scattered radiation and determine the location and type of defect present in a first and a second transparent solid that have abutting surfaces. The types of defects include a top surface particle, an interface particle, a bottom surface particle, an interface bubble, a top surface pit, and a stain. The four measurements are conducted at multiple locations along the surface of the transparent solid and the measured information is stored in a memory device. The difference between an event peak and a local average of measurements for each type of measurement is used to detect changes in the measurements. Information stored in the memory device is processed to generate a work piece defect mapping indicating the type of defect and the defect location of each defect found. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033422 | FANO RESONANCE MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF HIGH ABSORPTION MATTER - The invention is a method of Fano resonance microwave spectroscopy of high absorption matter. The method comprises: embedding a magnetic-dipolar-mode (MDM) ferrite disk in the microwave cavity, loading a sample of the high absorption matter in the microwave cavity, using a bias magnetic field to tune the MDM resonance frequency of the ferrite disk to the resonance frequency of the cavity; and observing the symmetric Lorentz-like lineshape of the resonance peaks that are obtained. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033423 | Millimeter Wave Scanning Imaging System - A millimeter wave scanning imaging system for scanning objects comprises a transport means for transporting the objects in a first direction, a millimeter wave measurement system and a scanning system. The millimeter wave measurement system comprises a transmitter coupled to a first antenna and a receiver coupled to a second antenna, which are arranged distant to each other and form a gap through which the objects can be transported. The scanning system generates a synchronous arc-shaped movement of the first antenna and the second antenna. The signal from the transmitter is converted from H | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033424 | MOTION-BASED RADIOGRAPH INTERLOCK SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES, AND PROCESSES - A motion-based interlock apparatus, system, and method prevent an x-ray source in an x-ray machine from activating if the current relative motion between the x-ray source and an image receptor would compromise the quality of the resulting plain radiograph. The system activates the interlock based on either or both of the velocity and acceleration of the tubehead, as measured by instrumentation corresponding to any of the tubehead, the extension arm, or off board the x-ray machine. The system may preferably compare the measured motion against one or more acceptable motion thresholds. If the measured motion exceeds one or more of the acceptable motion thresholds, exposure may preferably be delayed until the motion of the tubehead subsides. By ensuring that the image is not exposed while the tubehead is moving substantially, the quality of the resultant radiograph is improved. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033425 | Apparatus and Method for Digital Radiographic Inspection of Pipes - A digital radiographic tool with drive car for moving along track sections attached longitudinally to a pipe is shown. The drive car carries (1) a collimator on one side of the pipe for projecting x-rays or gamma rays on said pipe and (2) a linear digital array on an opposing side of the pipe for collecting x-rays or gamma rays that have passed through the pipe. The collected rays are processed to indicate any defects in the pipe. The digital radiographic tool is adjustable to allow inspection of pipes that have obstructions adjacent thereto. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033426 | PORTABLE X-RAY BACKSCATTERING IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING A RADIOACTIVE SOURCE - A portable x-ray backscattering imaging system for creating a backscatter image representing an object is disclosed. The portable x-ray backscattering imaging system may include a drum, a radioactive source, a plurality of backscatter detectors, and a portable exterior shield. The drum may be rotatable about an axis of rotation at a rotational speed. The radioactive source may be connected to the drum and configured to generate x-rays. The plurality of backscatter detectors may be configured to detect backscattering radiation created as the x-rays generated by the radioactive source scatter back from the object. The portable exterior shield may enclose the drum. The exterior shield may be constructed of a material that substantially blocks the x-rays and defines a window that allows for the x-rays to pass through. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033427 | Diffractometry-Based Analysis Method And Associated Diffractometer, Particularly Suitable For Samples Comprising Multiple Layers Of Materials - A method and device that analyzes a sample with a diffractometer that includes a collimated source, a spectrometric detector, and a detection collimator. The sample is irradiated with an incident beam and the detector has a detection plane with multiple physical or virtual pixels. An measured energy spectrum is established for each pixel and each measured energy spectrum is readjusted. The spectrum is expressed as a function of a variable that accounts for the energy of the scattered radiation and an angle of diffraction. The fulfillment of at least one multiple material criterion is verified. Groups of pixels are formed using the results of the verification step, each group corresponding to a layer of material and different groups corresponding to different layers of material, and the spectra are combined by group, during which, for each group, the readjusted spectra for the pixels of the group are combined. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033428 | SAMPLE VISCOSITY AND FLOW CONTROL FOR HEAVY SAMPLES, AND X-RAY ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS THEREOF - An x-ray analysis system having an x-ray engine with an x-ray source for producing an x-ray excitation beam directed toward an x-ray analysis focal area; a sample chamber for presenting a sample stream to the x-ray analysis focal area, the analysis focal area disposed within a sample analysis area defined within the chamber; an x-ray detection path for collecting secondary x-rays and directing the x-rays toward a detector; an x-ray transparent barrier on a wall of the chamber through which the x-rays pass; and a blocking structure partially blocking the sample analysis area, for creating sample stream turbulence in the sample analysis area and over the barrier. The blocking structure may be disposed asymmetrically about a central axis of the x-ray analysis focal area and/or the sample analysis area; and may be a rounded pin. A heating element may be used to heat the sample stream for improving flow. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033429 | HANDHELD INSTRUMENT AS WELL AS MOBILE DEVICE FOR X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS - The invention relates to a handheld instrument and a mobile device for x-ray fluorescence analysis, having a housing ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033430 | XRF DEVICE WITH TRANSFER ASSISTANCE MODULE - A handheld x-ray fluorescence (XRF) device may include communication circuitry for communicating over a network. In some embodiments information related to sale and/or pricing of material identified by the XRF device is communicated by and/or to the XRF device. In some embodiments the XRF device communicates information regarding rental of the XRF device. In some embodiments the XRF device may be used to ascertain whether an item, for example an item of evidence or a particular item in a manufacturing environment, includes a material composition expected for the item, and in some embodiments storing or logging a result of such a determination. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033431 | THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY MEASURING DEVICE - In a periodic heating radiation temperature measuring technique thermophysical property measuring device that is equipped a heating laser beam irradiator to irradiate laser beams periodically to a sample at a frequency f and an infrared light condenser to condense infrared light radiated from a certain point of the sample, wherein the heating laser beam irradiator and the infrared light condenser being arranged to face each other across the sample, and measures a thermal diffusivity based on a periodic temperature change of the sample, and an infrared fiber that guides infrared light condensed by the infrared light condenser up to a radiation thermometer; and a controller that measures a phase difference θ between a period of a temperature change of the radiation thermometer and a period of the heating laser beams, and calculates a thermal diffusivity based on the phase difference θ and the frequency f. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033432 | SKIN TOUCH TEMPERATURE TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for simulating an effect of surface temperature of an electronic device on skin of a human being when the electronic device is touched by the human being. The method comprises applying heat to a material within a cavity of a body, the body comprising a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an inner surface that defines the cavity extending between the first end and the second end. The outer surface and the material have heat and thermal conductivity properties similar to human skin. The method comprises sensing a temperature of the material, and sensing a temperature of at least a portion of the outer surface when the portion of the outer surface contacts the electronic device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033433 | Gas Sensor - In order to prevent deterioration and a breakdown of a sensor element when the sensor element is activated in a state where liquid is attached thereto, and to remove the liquid in a short period of time with lower power consumption, there is provided a gas sensor including a first heating element and a second heating element that is formed around the periphery of the first heating element and has a wider forming area than the first heating element, and measuring a gas amount by heating the first heating element to a predetermined temperature, in which the second heating element is heated when the gas sensor is activated, and the first heating element is heated to the predetermined temperature after a heat value of the first heating element is restricted for a predetermined period of time. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033434 | PROCESS MAPPING OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND PROCESS SENSITIVITY - In one aspect, a method includes conducting a plurality of tests on process variables of a thermal process, with a test of the plurality of tests being conducted on two or more process variables, the test comprising: locally heating a region of a structure, wherein the local heating results in formation of a thermal field in the structure; assessing one or more temperature integrals of the thermal field; and based on results of the plurality of tests, generating a process map of the one or more temperature integrals of the thermal field, with the one or more temperature integrals based on a function of the two or more process variables. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033435 | METHOD OF MEASURING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROPERTIES AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROPERTY MEASURING APPARATUS - A method of measuring biological sample properties and a biological sample property measuring apparatus is provided. A method of measuring biological sample properties includes disposing a biomaterial to contact a sensing unit, detecting a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the sensing unit, and obtaining an RF property indicator of the biomaterial based on the detected RF signal. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033436 | GAS DETECTION APPARATUS - A gas detection apparatus ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033437 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND REGULATING GARDEN PARAMETERS - A remote sensor platform may utilize a low-cost touch sensor coupled to capacitive plates to measure the capacitance of a soil. The sensor platform may also use other sensors to measure other garden parameters, such as soil resistance, soil pH, ambient light, soil or air temperature, and humidity. Based on measurements of a soil's resistance and capacitance, the soil moisture content may be determined. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033438 | Paper-Based Reference Electrode And Potentiometric Ion Sensing - Microfluidic, electrochemical devices are described. The microfluidic, electrochemical device may include a sample zone on a first porous, hydrophilic layer, a reference zone and a microfluidic channel, wherein the microfluidic channel provides for predominantly diffusive fluid communication between the sample zone and the reference zone; (therefore realizing a similar function of a reference electrode), a fluid-impermeable material that defines each of the sample zone, reference zone and microfluidic channel, a first electrode in fluid communication with the sample zone and a second electrode in fluid communication with the reference zone. Also described are microfluidic, electrochemical devices containing an ion-selective membrane for potentiometric ion sensing. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033439 | HAND-HELD TEST METER WITH TEST STRIP SIMULATION PASSIVE CIRCUIT BLOCK - A hand-held test meter for use with an electrochemical-based analytical test strip in the determination of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample includes a housing, a micro-controller disposed in the housing, a test strip simulation passive circuit block disposed in the housing, and a strip port connector (“SPC”) configured to operationally receive an electrochemical-based analytical test. The test strip simulation passive circuit block is in electrical communication with the SPC and the SPC is configured in electrical communication with the micro-controller. In addition, the test strip simulation passive circuit block is configured to simulate insertion of an electrochemical-based analytical test strip into the SPC and also to simulate application of a bodily fluid sample to an electrochemical-based analytical test strip inserted into the SPC by presenting one or both of (i) an alternating current (AC) load to SPC; and (ii) a direct current (DC) load to the SPC. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033440 | BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURING MODULE - A method and device for measuring blood glucose are provided. The device includes a strip receiving part having a plurality of pins therein, the pins being arranged in such a manner that at least one of the pins contacts at least one electrode formed in a blood glucose measurement strip when the blood glucose measurement strip is inserted into the strip receiving part; and a controller configured to identify a type of the blood glucose measurement strip inserted into the strip receiving part and to control application of a testing voltage configured in response to the identified type of the blood glucose measurement strip to each pin of the strip receiving part. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033441 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - The ability to switch at will between amperometric measurements and potentiometric measurements provides great flexibility in performing analyses of unknowns. Apparatus and methods can provide such switching to collect data from an electrochemical cell. The cell may contain a reagent disposed to measure glucose in human blood. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033442 | TEMPERATURE SENSING ANALYTE SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND USING SAME - In some aspects, an analyte sensor is provided for detecting an analyte concentration level in a bio-fluid sample. The analyte sensor has a base, a first electrode and a second electrode wherein a thermocouple portion is provided integral with the second electrode thereby enabling on-sensor temperature measurement capability. In some embodiments, two and only two electrical contact engagement portions are provided thereby simplifying electrical contact. Manufacturing methods and systems utilizing the analyte sensors are provided, as are numerous other aspects. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033443 | LUMINESCENT OXYGEN CHANNELING IMMUNOASSAYS UTILIZING ELECTROCHEMICAL DISCHARGE OF SINGLET OXYGEN AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - Chemiluminescent detection systems, kits, and microfluidics devices containing same, as well as methods of production and use thereof, are disclosed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033444 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING REDOX REACTIONS IN SOLUTION - Described herein is a device comprising a plurality of first reaction electrodes arranged in an array, the plurality of first reaction electrodes configured to be exposed to a solution and having a capacitance; first circuitry configured to controllably connect the plurality of first reaction electrodes to a bias source and controllably disconnect the plurality of first reaction electrodes from the bias source; and second circuitry configured to measure a rate of charging or discharging of the capacitance. Also described herein is a method of using this device to sequence DNA. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033445 | GAS SENSOR WITH PARTITIONED FILTER - A gas sensor including a housing containing a potassium permanganate element sandwiched between two polytetrafluoroethylene elements, a carbon element, a polytetrafluoroethylene element located adjacent to the carbon element, a sensing electrode, a reference electrode, and a counter electrode with attached current collectors, and an electrolyte. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033446 | Devices and Methods for Measuring Analyte Concentration - Disclosed herein are devices and methods for the detection, quantification and/or monitoring of analytes. The systems and methods can be used, for example, to rapidly monitor gases downhole in a well. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033447 | GAS SENSOR, METHOD OF PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE PASTE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS SENSOR - A sensing electrode for sensing a predetermined gas component of a measurement gas, which is provided in a mixed-potential gas sensor that measures the concentration of the predetermined gas, component, is formed of a cermet containing a noble metal and an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte. The noble metal comprises | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033448 | ACTIVE CHEMICALLY-SENSITIVE SENSORS WITH RESET SWITCH - Methods and apparatus relating to FET arrays for monitoring chemical and/or biological reactions such as nucleic acid sequencing-by-synthesis reactions. Some methods provided herein relate to improving signal (and also signal to noise ratio) from released hydrogen ions during nucleic acid sequencing reactions. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033449 | COLUMN ADC - The described embodiments may provide a chemical detection circuit. The chemical detection circuit may comprise a column of chemically-sensitive pixels. Each chemically-sensitive pixel may comprise a chemically-sensitive transistor, and a row selection device. The chemical detection circuit may further comprise a column interface circuit coupled to the column of chemically-sensitive pixels and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the column interface circuit. Each column interface circuit and column-level ADC may be arrayed with other identical circuits and share critical resources such as biasing and voltage references, thereby saving area and power. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033450 | AMORPHOUS THIN FILM FOR SENSING - An apparatus and method for low-power sensing, for example, sensing of chemical or biochemical analytes in a gas or liquid phase are disclosed. One aspect relates to the use of a thin continuous film without grain boundaries as a sensing layer in devices for sensing a predetermined analyte and to low power devices having such sensing layer. The sensing layer has a surface exposed to the analyte. The electrical impedance of the sensing layer changes upon adsorption of the predetermined analyte on the exposed surface of the sensing layer. The sensing layer may have a thickness in the range between about 1 nm and 100 nm, such as between about 1 nm and 30 nm. The sensing layer may be an amorphous layer. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033451 | SINGLE MOLECULE FILTER AND SINGLE MOLECULE ELECTROGRAPH, AND PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - A single molecule filter includes: a membrane including: a first surface; a second surface; and a membrane aperture disposed in the membrane and traversing the membrane from the first surface to the second surface, the membrane aperture provided to communicate a single molecule across the membrane; and a nanotube disposed on the membrane and including: a first end disposed on the first surface of the membrane; a second end disposed distal to the first surface; and a tubular aperture extending along the nanotube from the first end to the second end, the tubular aperture provided to communicate the single molecule from the second end of the nanotube to the membrane aperture. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033452 | Fixed Value Residual Stress Test Block And Manufacturing And Preservation Method Thereof - A fixed value residual stress test block, comprising a main body ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033453 | ULTRASONIC DETECTION OF A CHANGE IN A SURFACE OF A WALL - A change in a surface of a wall is detected by transmitting a pulse of input ultrasonic vibrations into a proximal surface of the wall and then receiving ultrasonic vibrations from that proximal surface. The received ultrasonic vibrations are compared with a previously detected pulse of output ultrasonic vibrations that have been received from the proximal surface in order to identify, for example, a time of arrival of a current pulse of output ultrasonic vibrations. The time of arrival of this current pulse of output of ultrasonic vibrations may be used to detect a change in the surface of the wall, such as a change in the thickness of the wall. Other embodiments can detect a change in the roughness profile of the wall using changes in the received ultrasonic vibrations other than arrival time. | 2016-02-04 |
