Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods to generate plants with high frequency of spontaneous haploid genome doubling for use in doubled haploid production. The invention relates to the BUBR1 nucleic acid and protein sequences identified, which are associated with spontaneous haploid genome doubling.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 20, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 9, 2024
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Thomas Lubberstedt, Ursula Karoline Frei
Abstract: A product includes a material having: nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material. A method includes forming a material comprising an alloy of nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2024
Assignees:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Eck Industries, Inc., Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., University of Tennessee Research Foundation, UT-Battelle, LLC
Inventors:
Scott K. McCall, Alexander Baker, Hunter B. Henderson, Tian Li, Aurelien Perron, Zachary Cole Sims, David Weiss, Ryan T. Ott, Orlando Rios, Max Neveau
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst which comprises a silica core having an outer surface and a mesoporous silica shell having an outer surface and an inner surface with the inner surface being inside the outer surface of said mesoporous silica shell proximate to and surrounding the outer surface of said silica core. Wherein the outer surface of the mesoporous silica shell has openings leading to pores within the mesoporous silica shell which extend toward the outer surface of said silica core. The catalyst also includes catalytically active metal nanoparticles positioned within the pores proximate to said core, wherein the catalytic metal nanoparticles comprise about 0.0001 wt % to about 1.0 wt % of the catalyst. Also disclosed are methods of making the catalyst and using it to carry out a process for catalytically hydrogenolysizing a polyolefinic polymer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 8, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2024
Assignees:
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Inventors:
Aaron D. Sadow, Wenyu Huang, Frédéric A. Perras, Marek Pruski, Akalanka Tennakoon, Xun Wu, Anne M. Lapointe
Abstract: This invention relates to a feedback predictive controller, systems comprising and methods employing the same. Preferably the feedback predictive controller and/or systems comprising the feedback predictive controller are part of an automatic insulin delivery system. The methods described herein can be used to control blood glucose concentration in a patient with diabetes. Preferably, the insulin delivery system is an artificial pancreas.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: A method is provided of making a magnetocaloric alloy composition comprising Ni, Co, Mn, and Ti, which preferably includes certain beneficial substitutional elements, by melting the composition and rapidly solidifying the melted composition at a cooling rate of at least 100 K/second (Kelvin/second) to improve a magnetocaloric property of the composition. The rapidly solidified composition can be heat treated to homogenize the composition and annealed to tune the magneto-structural transition for use in a regenerator.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Henrique Neves Bez, Anis Biswas, Arjun K. Pathak, Yaroslav Mudryk, Nikolai A. Zarkevich, Viktor Balema, Vitalij K Pecharsky
Abstract: The present application is directed to a compound having the Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein. The present application is also directed to a wax composition comprising a wax and a compound of Formula (I). Processes of making a wax composition and for coating a plant or plant part with the compound of Formula (I) are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 29, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 19, 2023
Assignees:
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Inventors:
Tong Wang, Tao Fei, Francisco Miquel Ang Leyva Gutierrez
Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds and compositions for nematode treatment. In particular, disclosed are compounds of formula (I), a method of treating a plant or a growing media for a nematode with compounds of formula (II), compositions, and methods of use.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2023
Assignee:
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Inventors:
Joel Robert Coats, James Scott Klimavicz, Jefferson De Oliveira Barizon, Gregory Lee Tylka
Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of methods for encoding, decoding, and matching patterns in collections of signals. These methods use weighting functions to scale the signals. This scaling enables the use of signals of arbitrary duration, wherein the signals may include discrete sequences and spike trains. In the most general case, the signals can be represented using functionals, which extends the expressive power of the methods. Further disclosed herein are embodiments of a system that performs these methods.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 31, 2023
Publication date:
November 30, 2023
Applicant:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: This invention relates to a wax composition comprising a plurality of fatty acid amide compounds having the Formula (I): where R1, R2, n1, n2, m1, and m2 are as described herein. This invention also relates to a wax composition comprising: a) one or more fatty acid amide compounds having the Formula (II): and b) one or more fatty acid amide compounds having the Formula (III): where R1, R2, n1, and n2 are as described herein. This invention also relates to a fatty acid amide compound having the Formula (I) and a process for preparing a compound of Formula (I).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2022
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignee:
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Abstract: A method for gas atomization of a titanium alloy, nickel alloy, or other alumina (Al2O3)-forming alloy wherein the atomized particles are exposed as they solidify and cool in a very short time to multiple gaseous reactive agents for the in-situ formation of a passivation reaction film on the atomized particles wherein the reaction film retains a precursor halogen alloying element that is subsequently introduced into a microstructure formed by subsequent thermally processing of the atomized particles to improve oxidation resistance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Andrew J. Heidloff, Joel R. Rieken, Iver E. Anderson
Abstract: The present invention relates to a homopolymer, copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer comprising plural polyol monomeric units. The polyol monomeric units being acrylated and acylated or acetalized. The acrylated and acylated or acetalized polyol monomeric units have an average degree of acrylation which is 1 or more, but less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol and have an average degree of acylation or acetalization which is 1 or more, but less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol. The present invention also relates to a method of making the homopolymers, copolymers, block copolymers, and statistical copolymers, and using them in various applications, such as asphalt rubber modifiers, adhesives, or an additive in a fracking fluid for oil fracking.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 17, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 14, 2023
Assignee:
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Inventors:
Eric W. Cochran, Nacu Hernandez, Michael Forrester, Shailja Goyal, Austin Hohmann
Abstract: An apparatus, systems, and methods of providing enrichment to poultry during raising or maintaining of the poultry. One or more light sources project beams to generate laser spots at and around the poultry. A control regimen moves the light spots relative the poultry in generally random fashion during timed sessions for each given time period (e.g. each day). The spot movement is designed to promote benefits to poultry and producer in correlation to experimental data related to animal welfare, health, and commercial value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 28, 2022
Date of Patent:
November 7, 2023
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Elizabeth Ann Kraayenbrink, Anna Butters-Johnson, Derek Kraayenbrink
Abstract: The disclosure provides for compositions and methods for the preservation of meat substitutes containing plant heme protein. In particular, small molecules that can fit in the unique heme pocket of plant heme proteins are provided to stabilize and preserve meat substitutes the products.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 12, 2023
Publication date:
November 2, 2023
Applicants:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark P. RICHARDS, Mark HARGROVE, Nantawat TATIYABORWORNTHAM, Jie YIN, Wenjing ZHANG
Abstract: The present invention relates to a nucleic acid construct. The nucleic acid construct includes a nucleic acid molecule configured to silence or reduce the expression of StBEL11 and/or StBEL29 and variants thereof, a 5? DNA promoter sequence, and a 3? terminator sequence, where the first nucleic acid molecule, the promoter sequence, and the terminator sequence are operatively coupled to permit transcription of the first nucleic acid molecule. The present invention is also directed to vectors, host cells, transgenic plants, and transgenic plant seeds, as well as non-transgenic mutant plants, and methods for altering tuber yield in a plant.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 11, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2023
Assignees:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polymer having the structure of Formula (I) and Formula (IV): wherein A, R1, R2, R3, a, and n are as described herein and wherein R, R?, R?, x, and k are as described herein and methods for preparation thereof. The present invention also relates to a compound having the structure of Formula (II): wherein A, R1, R2, R3, a, and n are as described herein. The present invention also relates to a process for polymerizing unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 11, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2023
Assignees:
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL
Inventors:
Aaron David Sadow, Bradley M. Schmidt, Gwanghoon Kwag, Hanbaek Lee, Dong Eun Kang
Abstract: Livestock animals and progeny thereof comprising at least one edited chromosomal sequence that alters expression or activity of a somatostatin receptor (SSTR) protein are provided. Livestock animal cells that contain such edited chromosomal sequences are also provided. The livestock animals have improved growth performance and weight gain. Methods for producing livestock animals with increased growth performance are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 7, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2023
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Jason Wayne Ross, Ronald Blythe Schultz, Nicholas Kurt Gabler
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for the characterization of a microtexture of a sample, component, or the like. The methods may include methods of determining a service life limiting region of a component, determining a treatment method for a component, and/or selecting components from a batch of components for use in production. The characterization may include calculating a microtexture level indicator from ultrasonic C-scan images for various samples, regions, components, or the like. The microtexture level indicator may include at least one of an average peak factor, a standard deviation of peak amplitude, and/or a baseband bandwidth.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 13, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 17, 2023
Assignees:
RTX Corporation, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc
Abstract: The broad applicability of at least certain aspects of the present invention derives from the ability to determine the critical location where secondary satellite formation occurs for any atomization system or design and allows for the rapid assessment of the effectiveness of various satellite reduction strategies, including but not limited to several embodiments detailed herein. Aspects of this invention can be utilized during initial atomization system design in order to evaluate effective chamber geometries and enabling strategies which reduce/eliminate satelliting, or can be retrofit to existing systems and allows for economic evaluation of effectiveness based off of initial capital expenditures versus increased operating requirements/expenses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 10, 2023
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Iver E. Anderson, Jordan A. Tiarks, Timothy E. Prost, Bo Kong, Emma H. White, Trevor M. Riedemann, Eric J. Deaton, Ross Anderson, David Byrd, Franz Hugolino Hernandez Gaitan
Abstract: The present application is directed to an asphalt binder composition comprising: an asphalt binder; a compound of formula (I): wherein R, A, n, and m are as described herein, a compound of formula (II): wherein R?, A?, n?, and m? are as described herein. The present application is also directed to further compositions, methods of producing an asphalt binder composition, and methods of paving.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 18, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2023
Assignee:
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Inventors:
Eric W. Cochran, Nacu Hernandez, Austin Hohmann, Ronald Christopher Williams, Michael Forrester, Joseph H. Podolsky, Paul Ledtje, Conglin Chen
Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of aluminum-based alloys having improved intergranular corrosion resistance. Methods of making and using the disclosed alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 19, 2023
Assignees:
UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Eck Industries Incorporated, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Orlando Rios, Hunter B. Henderson, David Weiss, Scott McCall, Eric Thomas Stromme, Zachary Cole Sims, Ryan Ott, Fanqiang Meng, Michael Kesler, Kevin Anderson