Patents Assigned to Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate
  • METHOD FOR INSERTING GENETIC MATERIAL INTO GENOMIC DNA
    Publication number: 20140377870
    Abstract: The present invention provides reagents and methods for improved homologous recombination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Ariz
    Inventors: Bertram JACOBS, Stacy White, Kip Conwell, Jeffrey Langland, James Jancovich, Karen Kibler
  • Methods of detection of species in bodily fluid
    Patent number: 8911959
    Abstract: Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) is currently diagnosed by relying on infected individuals (humans, dogs, etc.) to generate antibodies against the fungus. Since the immune response against Valley Fever can be delayed or absent in many cases, methods that detect a polypeptide or peptide component of the Coccidioides sp. fungus in a bodily fluid such as blood are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Douglas Lake, Kwasi Antwi, Janis E. Blair
  • Quantum dot barcode structures and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8895072
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel barcode microstructures and methods for making and using the microstructures for molecular recognition, and/or delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, contrast, and imaging agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Hao Yan, Qiangbin Wang, Yan Liu
  • Electronic display test device and related method
    Patent number: 8877571
    Abstract: Methods of anodizing aluminum using a hard mask and related embodiments of semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. Other methods and related embodiments are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jovan Trujillo, Curtis Moyer
  • Method and system for aligning color filter array
    Patent number: 8860940
    Abstract: A method and system of aligning color filter array are disclosed. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Cynthia Bell, John Stowell, Donald E. Adams
  • Integrated circuits secure from invasion and methods of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8860197
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device that is secure from invasion and related methods are disclosed herein. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Clark, David R. Allee
  • Flexible identification systems and related methods
    Patent number: 8860575
    Abstract: Embodiments of flexible identification systems are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Arizona, State University
    Inventors: David R. Allee, Lawrence T. Clark, Terry L. Alford, Constantine A. Balanis, James T. Aberle, Kevin Baugh
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESISTIVE MICROCRACKED PRESSURE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20140290390
    Abstract: Embodiments of a resistive microcracked pressure sensor having a metal stack with a metallic conductor encapsulated within an elastomer substrate and related method of manufacture are disclosed. During manufacture, the metallic conductor forms a plurality of microcracks that increase the overall resistance of the metallic conductor. The microcracks in the metallic conductor allow greater magnitudes of normal and shear forces to be applied to the pressure sensor without fracturing metallic conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Action for and on Behalf of AZ
    Inventors: Oliver Graudejus, James Abbas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MICRON-SCALE CONTINUOUS LIQUID JET
    Publication number: 20140263693
    Abstract: A nozzle for producing a liquid jet a fluid, methods using the nozzle, and an injector comprising the nozzle of the invention for providing the liquid jet of a fluid to a vacuum system are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, a body corporate of the state of Arizona, acting for and on behalf
    Inventors: R. Bruce Doak, John Spence, Uwe Weierstall
  • ENERGY EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTED ESTIMATION USING NONLINEAR AMPLIFIERS
    Publication number: 20140269989
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a distributed estimation system. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of
    Inventors: Robert Santucci, Mahesh K. Banavar, Andreas Spanias, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu
  • USER IDENTIFICATION ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA
    Publication number: 20140280592
    Abstract: Users may be identified across websites, such as social media websites. Prior user information data and candidate user information data may be received. An algorithm may identify a first plurality of behavioral patterns in the prior user information data and a second plurality of behavioral patterns in the candidate user information datum. The algorithm may determine whether the candidate user information datum and the prior user information data correspond to the same user based, at least in part, on the first and second pluralities of behavioral patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Ariz
    Inventors: Reza Zafarani, Huan Liu
  • Stack Data Management for Software Managed Multi-Core Processors
    Publication number: 20140282454
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing stack data in multi-core processors having scratchpad memory or limited local memory. In one embodiment, stack data management calls are inserted into software in accordance with an integer linear programming formulation and a smart stack data management heuristic. In another embodiment, stack management and pointer management functions are inserted before and after function calls and pointer references, respectively. The calls may be inserted in an automated fashion by a compiler utilizing an optimized stack data management runtime library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Ariz
    Inventors: Ke Bai, Aviral Shrivastava, Jing Lu
  • Methods and Systems for Peptide/Protein Amplification
    Publication number: 20140273090
    Abstract: An amino acid chain of interest is selected or captured for amplification. The amino acid chain of interest including at least one amino acid sequence is denatured and read. The read amino acid sequence is transcribed to synthesize a mRNA equivalent. The amino acid chain of interest is then amplified using a biological system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of
    Inventor: Rolf U. Halden
  • MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD LOCALIZATION IN THE PRESENCE OF CHANNEL UNCERTAINTIES
    Publication number: 20140274166
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a wireless sensor network system. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on behalf of Ariz
    Inventors: Xue Zhang, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu, Mahesh K. Banavar, Andreas Spanias
  • METHOD OF PROVIDING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE STRUCTURE AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20140254113
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a method of providing an electronic device structure. Other embodiments for related methods and electronic device structures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizo
    Inventors: Emmett Howard, Douglas E. Loy, Nicholas Munizza
  • Heterostructure Si Solar Cells Using Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors
    Publication number: 20140251425
    Abstract: To improve the efficiency of heterostructure silicon photovoltaic devices, II-VI wide bandgap semiconductor layers can replace the TCO/doped amorphous silicon/intrinsic amorphous silicon layers on the front side or on both sides of the silicon bulk layer. For example, photovoltaic devices are described containing a first contact electrode; a first doped II-VI semiconductor layer disposed over the first contact electrode; a doped crystalline silicon layer disposed over the first doped II-VI semiconductor layer; and a second contact electrode disposed over the doped silicon layer, where one of the doped crystalline silicon layer and the first doped II-VI semiconductor layer is n-doped N and the other is p-doped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona
    Inventors: Yong-hang Zhang, Jing-Jing Li, Ding Ding
  • Technology mapping for threshold and logic gate hybrid circuits
    Patent number: 8832614
    Abstract: A method of mapping threshold gate cells into a Boolean network is disclosed. In one embodiment, cuts are enumerated within the Boolean network. Next, a subset of the cuts within the Boolean network that are threshold is identified. To minimize power, cuts in the subset of the cuts are selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Sarma Vrudhula, Niranjan Kulkarni
  • Zirconium and hafnium boride alloy templates on silicon for nitride integration applications
    Patent number: 8803194
    Abstract: Semiconductor structures are provided comprising a substrate and a epitaxial layer formed over the substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer comprises B; and one or more element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf and Al and has a thickness greater than 50 nm. Further, methods for integrating Group III nitrides onto a substrate comprising, forming an epitaxial buffer layer of a diboride of Zr, Hf, Al, or mixtures thereof, over a substrate; and forming a Group III nitride layer over the buffer layer, are provided which serve to thermally decouple the buffer layer from the underlying substrate, thereby greatly reducing the strain induced in the semiconductor structures upon fabrication and/or operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: John Kouvetakis, Radek Roucka
  • Synthetic Antibodies
    Publication number: 20140221253
    Abstract: Methods for synthetic antibodies, methods for making synthetic antibodies, methods for identifying ligands, and related methods and reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Ariz
    Inventors: Stephen A Johnston, Neal Woodbury, John C Chaput, Christopher W Diehnelt, Hao Yan
  • Dual stage active pixel devices and related methods
    Patent number: 8796608
    Abstract: Embodiments of dual stage active pixel devices are described herein. Other examples, implementations, and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behlf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Edward H. Lee, David R. Allee, George R. Kunnen