Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

Location: Los Alamos, NM
No. of patents: 219

Number	Title	Issue Date
8183994	Flexible, scalable, service-oriented surveillance system architecture A surveillance architecture having applications in a wide variety of surveillance-related applications is disclosed. This architecture can be used in various surveillance scenarios, including, but not limited to, chemical, biological, radiological surveillance and p...	05/22/2012
8176783	Non-contact fluid characterization in containers using ultrasonic waves Apparatus and method for non-contact (stand-off) ultrasonic determination of certain characteristics of fluids in containers or pipes are described. A combination of swept frequency acoustic interferometry (SFAI), wide-bandwidth, air-coupled acoustic transducers, na...	05/15/2012
8170813	Determining effects of turbine blades on fluid motion Disclosed is a technique for simulating wind interaction with wind turbines. A turbine blade is divided into radial sections. The effect that each of these radial sections has on the velocities in Eulerian computational cells they overlap is determined. The effect i...	05/01/2012
8170079	Code division multiple access signaling for modulated reflector technology A method and apparatus for utilizing code division multiple access in modulated reflectance transmissions comprises the steps of generating a phase-modulated reflectance data bit stream; modifying the modulated reflectance data bit stream; providing the modified mod...	05/01/2012
8168411	Highly thermostable fluorescent proteins Thermostable fluorescent proteins (TSFPs), methods for generating these and other stability-enhanced proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins, and assays and method for using the TSFPs and TSFP-encoding nucleic acid molecules are provided. The TSFPs of the i...	05/01/2012
8166801	Non-invasive fluid density and viscosity measurement The noninvasively measurement of the density and viscosity of static or flowing fluids in a section of pipe such that the pipe performs as the sensing apparatus, is described. Measurement of a suitable structural vibration resonance frequency of the pipe and the wid...	05/01/2012
8158247	Porous light-emitting compositions Light-emitting devices are prepared by coating a porous substrate using a polymer-assisted deposition process. Solutions of metal precursor and soluble polymers having binding properties for metal precursor were coated onto porous substrates. The coated substrates w...	04/17/2012
8157948	Method of fabricating metal- and ceramic- matrix composites and functionalized textiles A method of manufacturing an article comprises providing a first sheet, wetting the first sheet with a liquid precursor to provide a first wet sheet, and irradiating the first wet sheet in a pattern corresponding to a first cross section of the article such that the...	04/17/2012
8153014	Separation of carbon nanotubes into chirally enriched fractions A mixture of single-walled carbon nanotubes (“SWNTs”) is separated into fractions of enriched chirality by preparing an aqueous suspension of a mixture of SWNTs and a surfactant, injecting a portion of the suspension on a column of separation medium having a den...	04/10/2012
8148294	Metal-polymer composites comprising nanostructures and applications thereof Metal-polymer composites, and methods of making and use thereof, said composites comprising a thermally-cured dense polyaniline substrate; an acid dopant; and, metal nanostructure deposits wherein the deposits have a morphology dependent upon the acid dopant. ...	04/03/2012
8135662	Usage based indicators to assess the impact of scholarly works: architecture and method Although recording of usage data is common in scholarly information services, its exploitation for the creation of value-added services remains limited due to concerns regarding, among others, user privacy, data validity, and the lack of accepted standards for the r...	03/13/2012
8125486	Combining multi-layered bitmap files using network specific hardware Images and video can be produced by compositing or alpha blending a group of image layers or video layers. Increasing resolution or the number of layers results in increased computational demands. As such, the available computational resources limit the images and v...	02/28/2012
8125385	Apparatus and method for phase fronts based on superluminal polarization current An apparatus and method for a radiation source involving phase fronts emanating from an accelerated, oscillating polarization current whose distribution pattern moves superluminally (that is, faster than light in vacuo). Theoretical predictions and experimental meas...	02/28/2012
8124176	Polymer-assisted deposition of films A polymer assisted deposition process for deposition of metal nitride films and the like is presented. The process includes solutions of one or more metal precursor and soluble polymers having binding properties for the one or more metal precursor. After a coating o...	02/28/2012
8104536	Kerogen extraction from subterranean oil shale resources The present invention is directed to methods for extracting a kerogen-based product from subsurface (oil) shale formations, wherein such methods rely on fracturing and/or rubblizing portions of said formations so as to enhance their fluid permeability, and wherein s...	01/31/2012
8101786	Energy efficient synthesis of boranes The reaction of halo-boron compounds (B—X compounds, compounds having one or more boron-halogen bonds) with silanes provides boranes (B—H compounds, compounds having one or more B—H bonds) and halosilanes. Inorganic hydrides, such as surface-bound silane hydri...	01/24/2012
8100179	Production and delivery of a fluid mixture to an annular volume of a wellbore The methods described herein generally relate to preparing and delivering a fluid mixture to a confined volume, specifically an annular volume located between two concentrically oriented casing strings within a hydrocarbon fluid producing well. The fluid mixtures di...	01/24/2012
8098700	Single-exciton nanocrystal laser A laser system employing amplification via a single exciton regime and to optical gain media having single exciton amplification is provided. ...	01/17/2012
8083068	Apparatus for separating particles utilizing engineered acoustic contrast capture particles An apparatus for separating particles from a medium includes a capillary defining a flow path therein that is in fluid communication with a medium source. The medium source includes engineered acoustic contrast capture particle having a predetermined acoustic contra...	12/27/2011
8080244	Anti-influenza M2e antibody Humanized recombinant and monoclonal antibodies specific for the ectodomain of the influenza virus M2 ion channel protein are disclosed. The antibodies of the invention have anti-viral activity and may be useful as anti-viral therapeutics and/or prophylactic/vaccine...	12/20/2011
8080175	Scintillator having a MgAIOhost lattice A scintillator having a host lattice of MgAl2O4 was prepared by hot pressing under a vacuum environment a powder mixture of MgAl2O4, CeO2, and LiF. ...	12/20/2011
8071790	Synthetic analogs of bacterial quorum sensors Bacterial quorum-sensing molecule analogs having the following structures: and methods of reducing bacterial pathogenicity, comprising providing a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria which produce natural quoru...	12/06/2011
8067541	Highly thermostable fluorescent proteins Thermostable fluorescent proteins (TSFPs), methods for generating these and other stability-enhanced proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins, and assays and method for using the TSFPs and TSFP-encoding nucleic acid molecules are provided. The TSFPs of the i...	11/29/2011
8066852	Enrichment of light hydrocarbon mixture Light hydrocarbon enrichment is accomplished using a vertically oriented distillation column having a plurality of vertically oriented, nonselective micro/mesoporous hollow fibers. Vapor having, for example, both propylene and propane is sent upward through the dist...	11/29/2011
8063111	Anion-conducting polymer, composition, and membrane Anion-conducing polymers and membranes with enhanced stability to aqueous alkali include a polymer backbone with attached sulfonium, phosphazenium, phosphazene, and guanidinium residues. Compositions also with enhanced stability to aqueous alkali include a support e...	11/22/2011
8034448	Fibrous composites comprising carbon nanotubes and silica Fibrous composite comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes; and a silica-containing moiety having one of the structures: (SiO)3Si—(CH2)n—NR1R2) or (SiO)3Si—(CH2)n—NCO; ...	10/11/2011
8029652	Activation of molecular catalysts using semiconductor quantum dots Photocatalytic materials based on coupling of semiconductor nanocrystalline quantum dots (NQD) and molecular catalysts. These materials have capability to drive or catalyze non-spontaneous chemical reactions in the presence of visible radiation, ultraviolet radiatio...	10/04/2011
8003571	Buffer layers for coated conductors A composite structure is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, and a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material. Add...	08/23/2011
7999116	Explosive complexes Lead-free primary explosives of the formula [MII(A)R(BX)S](CY)T, where A is 1,5-diaminotetrazole, and syntheses thereof are described. Substantially stoichiometric equivalents of the reactants lead to...	08/16/2011
7988887	Metal-polymer composites comprising nanostructures and applications thereof Metal-polymer composites, and methods of making and use thereof, said composites comprising a thermally-cured dense polyaniline substrate; an acid dopant; and, metal nanostructure deposits wherein the deposits have a morphology dependent upon the acid dopant. ...	08/02/2011
7986399	Portable sample preparation and analysis system for micron and sub-micron particle characterization using light scattering and absorption spectroscopy There is provided a method and device for remote sampling, preparation and optical interrogation of a sample using light scattering and light absorption methods. The portable device is a filtration-based device that removes interfering background particle material f...	07/26/2011
7981319	Non-aqueous liquid compositions comprising ion exchange polymers Compositions, and methods of making thereof, comprising from about 1% to about 5% of a perfluorinated sulfonic acid ionomer or a hydrocarbon-based ionomer; and from about 95% to about 99% of a solvent, said solvent consisting essentially of a polyol; wherein said co...	07/19/2011
7977102	Isotopically labeled compositions and method Compounds having stable isotopes 13C and/or 2H were synthesized from precursor compositions having solid phase supports or affinity tags. ...	07/12/2011
7971073	Adaptive real-time methodology for optimizing energy-efficient computing Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is an effective way to reduce energy and power consumption in microprocessor units. Current implementations of DVFS suffer from inaccurate modeling of power requirements and usage, and from inaccurate characterization of ...	06/28/2011
7963165	Non-contact feature detection using ultrasonic Lamb waves Apparatus and method for non-contact ultrasonic detection of features on or within the walls of hollow pipes are described. An air-coupled, high-power ultrasonic transducer for generating guided waves in the pipe wall, and a high-sensitivity, air-coupled transducer ...	06/21/2011
7960144	Circular permutant GFP insertion folding reporters Provided are methods of assaying and improving protein folding using circular permutants of fluorescent proteins, including circular permutants of GFP variants and combinations thereof. The invention further provides various nucleic acid molecules and vectors incorp...	06/14/2011
7959889	Carbon microtubes A carbon microtube comprising a hollow, substantially tubular structure having a porous wall, wherein the microtube has a diameter of from about 10 μm to about 150 μm, and a density of less than 20 mg/cm3. Also described is a carbon microtube, having a ...	06/14/2011
7959841	Diamond-silicon carbide composite and method Uniformly dense, diamond-silicon carbide composites having high hardness, high fracture toughness, and high thermal stability are prepared by consolidating a powder mixture of diamond and amorphous silicon. A composite made at 5 GPa/1673K had a measured fracture tou...	06/14/2011
7957504	Method and apparatus for measuring enrichment of UF6 A system and method are disclosed for determining the enrichment of 235U in Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6) utilizing synthesized X-rays which are directed at a container test zone containing a sample of UF6. A detector placed behind the container test zone th...	06/07/2011
7955821	Nucleic acid encoding a self-assembling split-fluorescent protein system The invention provides a protein labeling and detection system based on self-complementing fragments of fluorescent and chromophoric proteins. The system of the invention is exemplified with various combinations of self-complementing fragments derived from Aequor...	06/07/2011

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