##  [Patents](/past-issues/octobernovember-2017/patents) 

**Anti-Clogging Filter System**  
Erik P. Brown  
[U.S. Patent 9,630,137 B2](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9,630,137.PN.&OS=PN/9,630,137&RS=PN/9,630,137)  
April 25, 2017

**High Surface Area Graphene-Supported Metal Chalcogenide Assembly**  
Marcus A. Worsley, Joshua D. Kuntz, Christine A. Orme  
[U.S. Patent 9,631,148 B2](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9,631,148.PN.&OS=PN/9,631,148&RS=PN/9,631,148)  
April 25, 2017

**Apolipoprotein Nanodiscs with Telodendrimer**  
Juntao Luo, Wei He, Kit S. Lam, Paul Henderson, Matthew Coleman, R. Holland Cheng, Li Xing  
[U.S. Patent 9,644,038 B2](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9,644,038.PN.&OS=PN/9,644,038&RS=PN/9,644,038)  
May 9, 2017

**Spectroscopic Quantification of Extremely Rare Molecular Species in the Presence of Interfering Optical Absorption**  
Ted Ognibene, Graham Bench, Alan Daniel McCartt, Kenneth Turteltaub, Chris W. Rella, Sze Tan, John A. Hoffnagle, Nabil Saad, Eric Crosson  
[U.S. Patent 9,645,077 B2](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9,645,077.PN.&OS=PN/9,645,077&RS=PN/9,645,077)  
May 9, 2017

**Conformal, Wearable, Thin Microwave Antenna for Sub-Skin and Skin Surface Monitoring**  
Mark C. Converse, John T. Chang, Eric B. Duoss  
[U.S. Patent 9,653,784 B2](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9,653,784.PN.&OS=PN/9,653,784&RS=PN/9,653,784)  
May 16, 2017

**Shape-Memory Polymer Foam Device for Treating Aneurysms**  
Jason M. Ortega, William J. Benett, Ward Small, Thomas S. Wilson, Duncan J. Maitland, Jonathan Hartman  
[U.S. Patent 9,662,119 B2](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9,662,119.PN.&OS=PN/9,662,119&RS=PN/9,662,119)  
May 30, 2017