Patents Assigned to Auburn University
  • Patent number: 12263488
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Shin Horikawa, Steve R. Best, I-Hsuan Chen, Zhongyang Cheng, Songtao Du
  • Patent number: 12237708
    Abstract: A charging apparatus includes a control unit configured to determine an average ion concentration, a surface ion concentration and a solid phase potential for anode particles and an electrolyte potential in an anode, using a predefined electrochemical reduced order model. The control unit is further configured to determine a side reaction rate from the solid phase potential and the electrolyte potential. The control unit is further configured to reduce the magnitude of the charging current applied to a secondary battery based on at least one of a cutoff voltage, the surface ion concentration and the side reaction rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Auburn University, LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Song-Yul Choe, Yilin Yin, Ha-Na Cho, Won-Tae Joe, Hyoung Jun Ahn, Jin-Hyung Lim
  • Patent number: 12145086
    Abstract: In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a pipe and a magnetic field generator such as an array of permanent magnets. The magnetic field generator generates a magnetic field through a filter section of the pipe. Multiple filter elements are positioned within the filter section of the pipe. The filter elements include a magnetic material and a biorecognition element to bind with a microorganism. The biorecognition element may be a bacteriophage that is genetically engineered to bind with the microorganism. The magnetic field forces the filter elements to positions within the filter section of the pipe. A fluid media may be flowed from an inlet of the pipe to an outlet of the pipe, through the filter section. The fluid media may be a liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Bryan A. Chin, Zhongyang Cheng, Songtao Du, Pengyu Chen
  • Patent number: 12102980
    Abstract: A composite comprises a carbonaceous and a metallic nanotube conjugated with a carbonaceous support. The composite may be used to remove contaminants from water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Dongye Zhao, Wen Liu
  • Patent number: 12043674
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to novel compounds comprising 4-imidazolidinone-fused cyclic peptides and compositions thereof. The present invention also relates to methods of generating said compounds and compositions thereof as well as methods of inhibiting protein-protein interaction using said compounds or compositions thereof. In another aspect, the present invention relates, in part, to methods of treating or preventing a various diseases or disorders using said compounds or compositions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Monika Raj, Victor Adebomi
  • Patent number: 12022802
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of making a training aid for detecting a biohazard, and related devices and methods of using the device, including a canine training aid. The devices are made by positioning a polymer layer in proximity and physically separated from a biological material, so that volatile organic compounds contact and bind or infuse the polymer layer. The device is made render-safe by inactivating the infused polymer layer, such as by heating to a temperature sufficient to inactivate biological agents on or in the analyte-infused polymer layer. The device can be stored in a substantially air-tight configuration for subsequent use in training, such as canine and/or or artificial detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: The United States of America as Represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Auburn University Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Kathleen Giles, Thomas Craig Angle, Lowell Paul Waggoner, Thomas Passler, Terrence Fischer
  • Patent number: 12027630
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor comprises an annealed layer comprising crystalline zinc oxide. A passivation layer is adjacent to the thin-film transistor. The passivation layer has a thickness and material composition such that when a dose of radiation from a radiation source irradiates the thin-film transistor, a portion of the dose that includes an approximate maximum concentration of the dose is located within the annealed layer. The annealed layer has a thickness and threshold displacement energies after it has been annealed such that: a) a difference between a transfer characteristic value of the thin-film transistor before and after the dose is less than a first threshold; and b) a difference between a transistor output characteristic value of the thin-film before and after the dose is less than a second threshold. The thresholds are based on a desired performance of the thin-film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Minseo Park, Michael C. Hamilton, Shiqiang Wang, Kosala Yapa Bandara
  • Patent number: 11998777
    Abstract: There is provided a respirator for supplying clean air for a wearer. The respirator comprises a face assembly comprising an oronasal mask configured to seal against and cover a nose region and a mouth region of the wearer. The face assembly may be configured to be interchangeable on the respirator between a half-face assembly and a full-face assembly. The respirator comprises a securing headgear releasably securable with the face assembly, the securing headgear assembly configured to secure the respirator on a head of the wearer. The respirator comprises a facepiece assembly for supplying the wearer with air for inhaling and releasing air exhaled by the wear, the facepiece assembly releasably securable with the face assembly. One or more of the face assembly, the facepiece assembly, or the securing headgear are configured to be released from the respirator, sterilized, and releasably resecured with the respirator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Zachary Eugene Hubert Kohrman, Michael John Kohrman
  • Patent number: 11942639
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electrochemical cells comprising electrodes prepared from layered materials comprising a substantially two-dimensional ordered array of cells having an empirical formula of Mn+1Xn, where M comprises a transition metal selected from the group consisting of a Group IIIB metal, a Group IVB metal, a Group VB metal, a Group VIB metal, and any combination thereof, X is CxNy wherein x+y=n, and n is equal to 1, 2, or 3. Also disclosed herein are batteries comprising the electrochemical cells and methods for electrochemically preparing MXene compositions with the use of the electrochemical cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Majid Beidaghi, Armin Vahid Mohammadi
  • Patent number: 11920171
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes genes and proteins of the coenzyme F430 synthetic pathway. The genes and proteins in the pathway find uses as isolated nucleic acids, transformation vectors, a transformation media, genetically modified cells, methods of modulating methanogenesis, methods of modulating methane oxidation, methods of making a tetrapyrrole compound, methods of oxidizing methane, methods of biogenic methane synthesis is provided, methods of assaying an organism for potential methanogenic or methanotrophic activity, and isolated proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventor: Steven Mansoorabadi
  • Publication number: 20240020634
    Abstract: The present tree seedling inventory system includes both a mobile platform used to obtain images of seedlings and a tree seedling inventory system to count the seedlings. A recurrent neural network can receive processed imaging data and utilize a model to accurately count the seedlings as the mobile platform passes along a seedling bed. The system may also provide additional accurate seedling quality data about the seedlings, such as shoot height, root collar diameter, and needle coloration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Auburn University
    Inventors: Yin Bao, James L. Johnson, Bobby Bradford, Rafael Bidese Puhl
  • Patent number: 11841341
    Abstract: A method of target molecule detection includes simultaneously obtaining a first signal from a first working electrode and a second signal from a second working electrode, wherein the first signal is responsive to interaction of the first recognition element with the target molecule in a sample, and the second signal is indicative of background noise from the sample. The method further includes generating a modified signal that is proportional to an instantaneous difference between the first and second signals, wherein the modified signal indicates an amount of the target molecule present in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Christopher J. Easley, Mark D. Holtan, Subramaniam Somasundaram
  • Patent number: 11826632
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing individualized protective gear such as pads based on a body scan, and the resulting pads, are disclosed herein. A body scan is taken of a wearer-defined area for a desired set of pads. The scan is converted to a mesh model. The mesh model is used to define a first surface of the pad shell and then translationally or orthogonally offset to provide a second surface of the pad shell. The mesh is also flattened to provide a liner for the pad. The shell may be manufactured using additive printing technology. The shell and the liner are then attached, such as by adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Michael Edgar Zabala, Vitale Kyle Castellano, Jacob Stuart Larson, Austin J. Harris
  • Patent number: 11719830
    Abstract: A navigation system for a mobile object generates navigation data for the mobile object based on satellite navigation signals received from a plurality of satellites and base data received from a stationary base station. The navigation data includes code phase estimates and carrier phase estimates for the plurality of satellites. The system computes position, velocity and time estimates for the mobile object in accordance with the code phase estimates and carrier phase estimates, and performs a navigation function for the mobile object in accordance with the position, velocity and time estimates. The system generates code phase estimates by performing a Vector Delay Locked Loop (VDLL) computation process that drives a code NCO for each channel of a plurality of channels, and generates carrier phase estimates for the plurality of satellites by performing a RTK Vector Phase Locked Loop computation process that drives a carrier NCO for each channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Deere & Company, Auburn University c/o Office of Innovation Advancement and Commercialization
    Inventors: Scott M. Martin, David M. Bevly, Richard G. Keegan, Stephen F. Rounds
  • Patent number: 11690437
    Abstract: A medical backpack for storing medical supplies and medical equipment is disclosed. The medical backpack can be used by medics working in rural or remote areas that are not accessible by car and where access to hospitals and medical supplies is limited or non-existent. The medical backpack is light enough to carry long distances and comprised of a number of different compartments that are flexible to equip with various supplies for specific needs and circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Randall N. Bartlett, Scott W. Kramer
  • Publication number: 20230201235
    Abstract: Provided is a method of treating a disease caused by a nidovirus that encodes Nsp15, such as a coronavirus, an arterivirus, or a torovirus, in a subject in need thereof comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an active agent selected from 3?-uridylic acid, 5?-uridylic acid, citrate, methacycline, meclocycline sulfosalicylate, mitoxantrone, epirubicin hydrochloride, daunorubicin hydrochloride, sorafenib, sunitinib malate, primaquine diphosphate, closantel, isopropyl ester of N4-hydroxycytidine, GpU dinucleotide or derivatives thereof, and tipiracil or N-substituted derivatives thereof. Further provided are a method of inhibiting an Nsp15 endoribonuclease of a nidovirus that encodes Nsp15 and compounds of formulas (I?) and (II?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: The University of Chicago, UChicago Argonne, LLC, Auburn University
    Inventors: Youngchang Kim, Natalia Ivanovna Maltseva, Robert Jedrzejczak, Andrzej Joachimiak, Jacek Wower, Glenn Randall
  • Patent number: 11682734
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor comprises an annealed layer comprising crystalline zinc oxide. A passivation layer is adjacent to the thin-film transistor. The passivation layer has a thickness and material composition such that when a dose of radiation from a radiation source irradiates the thin-film transistor, a portion of the dose that includes an approximate maximum concentration of the dose is located within the annealed layer. The annealed layer has a thickness and threshold displacement energies after it has been annealed such that: a) a difference between a transfer characteristic value of the thin-film transistor before and after the dose is less than a first threshold; and b) a difference between a transistor output characteristic value of the thin-film before and after the dose is less than a second threshold. The thresholds are based on a desired performance of the thin-film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Minseo Park, Michael C. Hamilton, Shiqiang Wang, Kosala Yapa Bandara
  • Patent number: 11666624
    Abstract: Disclosed are recombinant bacteriophage constructs and related exogenous peptide sequences for generating immune responses against CD47. The disclosed recombinant phage constructs bind to antibodies against CD47 and can be administered to an animal to generate an immune response against CD47, including generating anti-CD47 antibodies. The disclosed recombinant phage may comprise an amino acid sequence of CD47, epitopic fragments, variants, or functional mimics thereof. Also disclosed are methods for making and selecting such recombinant phage constructs and compositions that comprise such constructs (e.g., compositions for inducing an immune response against CD47 including pharmaceutical or veterinary compositions used as vaccines). Also disclosed are recombinant polynucleotides comprising genomic nucleic acid of the recombinant phage constructs disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Auburn University, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine—Auburn
    Inventors: Tatiana I. Samoylova, Alexandre M. Samoylov, Kenny V. Brock, Anna M. Cochran, James W. Gillespie
  • Patent number: 11629951
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of determining characteristics of reflective surfaces and transparent materials are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, a method of determining characteristics of transparent materials includes using a camera to capture light from a target structure with light regions and dark regions. Before the light is captured by the camera, it passes through a transparent specimen, reflects off of a reflective surface, and passes through the transparent specimen a second time. Deformations in the transparent specimen caused by, e.g., static or dynamic stresses deflect the light passing through it. The amount of the deflection can be used to determine the stresses in the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Hareesh V. Tippur, Chengyun Miao
  • Publication number: 20230115487
    Abstract: Methods of dewatering viscous materials are provided. The method comprises contacting the viscous material with pressurized carbon dioxide at a temperature and for a time wherein at least a fraction of water is expressed from the viscous material. Then the pressure is released, and the water expressed from the viscous material is removed to yield a dewatered product. Exemplary viscous materials that can be dewatered by the method include black liquor from wood pulping operations, wet lignin, wet super water absorbent polymers and sugar solutions. The pressurized carbon dioxide is present in subcritical or supercritical form. The method provides dewatering at reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Auburn University
    Inventors: Osei Asafu-Adjaye, Brian Via, Bhima Sastri, Sujit Banerjee