Patents Assigned to Board of Controls of Michigan Technological University
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Patent number: 7514596Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of concurrently introducing multiple genes into plants and trees is provided. The method includes simultaneous transformation of plants with multiple genes from the phenylpropanoid pathways including 4CL, CAld5H, AldOMT, SAD and CAD genes and combinations thereof to produce various lines of transgenic plants displaying altered agronomic traits. The agronomic traits of the plants are regulated by the orientation of the specific genes and the selected gene combinations, which are incorporated into the plant genome.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Vincent Lee C. Chiang, Laigeng Li
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Publication number: 20080066855Abstract: A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate. The method includes applying an adhesive to the substrate, broadcasting an aggregate onto the adhesive, the aggregate having the capacity to receive an anti-icing chemical into the aggregate, and applying the anti-icing chemical onto the aggregate so that at least a portion of the anti-icing chemical is received into at least a portion of the aggregate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Russell Alger
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Patent number: 7288696Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel DNA sequence, which encodes a previously unidentified lignin biosynthetic pathway enzyme, sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (SAD) that regulates the biosynthesis of syringyl lignin in plants. Also provided are methods for incorporating this novel SAD gene sequence or substantially similar sequences into a plant genome for genetic engineering of syringyl-enriched lignin in plants.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Vincent Lee C. Chiang, Laigeng Li
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Patent number: 7288409Abstract: A method of concurrently introducing multiple genes to plants and trees is provided. The method includes an Agrobacterium-mediated gene delivery system by which multiple genes together with a single selectable marker gene are simultaneously transferred and inserted into the genome of plants, including trees.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2000Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Vincent L. Chiang, Laigeng Li
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Patent number: 7278262Abstract: A control for a working apparatus having a boom arm. The apparatus includes a controller operable to receive signals from at least one pressure sensor. The at least one pressure sensor detects pressure of hydraulic fluid in at least one chamber of a control valve. The controller compares the signals from the at least one pressure sensor to parameters generated by testing the working apparatus. The controller predicts boom arm oscillations based on the comparison of the signals with the parameters, and generates a control signal in response to predicting the boom arm oscillations.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Kee Moon
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Patent number: 7279197Abstract: A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate. The method includes applying an adhesive to the substrate, broadcasting an aggregate onto the adhesive, the aggregate having the capacity to receive an anti-icing chemical into the aggregate, and applying the anti-icing chemical onto the aggregate so that at least a portion of the anti-icing chemical is received into at least a portion of the aggregate.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Russell G. Alger
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Publication number: 20070219132Abstract: Black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof are provided. Also provided are methods of using black bear PTH and functional fragments for increasing cAMP in a bone-forming cell; reducing apoptosis in a bone-forming cell; decreasing the ratio of expression levels of Bax protein to Bcl-2 protein in a bone-forming cell; increasing the expression level of one or more of a bone matrix protein, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional regulator in a bone-forming cell; enhancing bone mineral density, increasing bone mass, decreasing bone loss, or reducing the incidence of bone fractures, or any combination thereof, in a subject; also provided are antibodies directed against black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicant: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Seth Donahue
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Patent number: 7232941Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated cellulose synthase promoter, methods for genetically altering cellulose and lignin biosynthesis, and to methods for improving strength properties of juvenile wood and fiber in trees. The invention further relates to methods for identifying regulatory elements in a cellulose synthase promoter and to methods for augmenting expression of polynucleotides operably linked to a cellulose synthase promoter.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Vincent L. Chiang, Luguang Wu, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, Daniel T. Carraway
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Patent number: 7193193Abstract: A method of performing magnetic annealing of a ferromagnetic thin film applied to a substrate includes applying an oscillating magnetic field to the ferromagnetic thin film to induce a current therein and heat the ferromagnetic thin film. A directional magnetic field is applied to the ferromagnetic thin film at the same time as the ferromagnetic thin film is heated, and the ferromagnetic thin film is allowed to acquire a desired magnetic characteristic, and then the oscillating magnetic field is removed and the ferromagnetic thin film is allowed to cool.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Paul L. Bergstrom, Melissa L. Trombley
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Patent number: 7183092Abstract: The invention comprises modified luciferase proteins which are more resistant to inhibition by test chemicals than wild type luciferase. The modified luciferases also contain greater thermostability than wild type luciferase.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Eileen H. Kim Choi, David R. Shonnard, Irina V. Rybina
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Publication number: 20060272325Abstract: A control for a working apparatus having a boom arm. The apparatus includes a controller operable to receive signals from at least one pressure sensor. The at least one pressure sensor detects pressure of hydraulic fluid in at least one chamber of a control valve. The controller compares the signals from the at least one pressure sensor to parameters generated by testing the working apparatus. The controller predicts boom arm oscillations based on the comparison of the signals with the parameters, and generates a control signal in response to predicting the boom arm oscillations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2005Publication date: December 7, 2006Applicant: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Kee Moon
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Publication number: 20060234372Abstract: A cell culture assembly and a method for culturing cells that provide mechanical stimulation to cells. The cell culture assembly can include a flow chamber positioned in a fluid path and a support comprising cells positioned within the flow chamber to expose the cells to the fluid path. The cell culture assembly can further include a means for producing a steady flow of fluid in the fluid path, and a means for producing an oscillatory flow of fluid in the fluid path simultaneously with producing the steady flow of fluid in the fluid path to mechanically stimulate the cells. The method can include transporting fluid in the fluid path at a substantially steady flow rate, and transporting fluid in the fluid path at a substantially oscillatory flow rate simultaneously with transporting fluid in the fluid path at a substantially steady flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2005Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Seth Donahue
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Publication number: 20060217639Abstract: A device for non-invasively mechanically stimulating bone or muscle includes a vibrational energy generator for applying vibrational energy to a first end of a length of a tissue which includes bone and/or muscle. The vibrational energy is for inducing strain in at least one region within the length of tissue. A restraint is disposed opposite the first end of the length to resist translation of the length during operation of the device and to provide loading to the bone or muscle. A connecting structure couples the restraint to the vibrational energy generator. The device does not require gravity to operate and as a result is expected to have applications in space, such as with astronauts, with those having bone ailments such as bed-ridden patients, persons with osteoporosis or disuse atrophy, athletes, recovering bone cancer patients, and persons with muscoskeletal disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicants: University of Florida, Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Jeffrey Leismer
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Publication number: 20060206964Abstract: This invention relates to polynucleotide molecules encoding cellulose synthase, promoters of cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase polypeptides, methods for genetically altering cellulose and lignin biosynthesis, and methods for improving strength properties of juvenile wood and fiber in trees. The invention further relates to methods for identifying regulatory elements in a cellulose synthase promoter and transcription factors that bind to such regulatory elements, and to methods for augmenting expression of polynucleotides operably linked to a cellulose synthase promoter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Vincent Chiang, Luguang Wu, Chandrashekhar Joshi, Daniel Carraway
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Publication number: 20060185441Abstract: A system for and method of evaluating a log. The system includes an analysis module having at least one input terminal connectable to the at least one input device. The at least one input terminal is operable to receive at least one signal representing at least one measured property of the log and at least one determined parameter of the log determined in response to an energy being applied to the log. The analysis module further includes a processor coupled to the at least one input terminal. The processor determines a predictive modulus of elasticity (MOE) of the log based at least in part on the at least one measured property and the at least one sensed parameter. The analysis module also includes an output terminal coupled to the processor and connectable to an output device. The output terminal transmits a third signal representing the predictive MOE.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Xiping Wang, Robert Ross, James Mattson, John Erickson, John Forsman, Earl Geske, Michael Wehr
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Publication number: 20060150161Abstract: A method of ordering instructions. The method can include placing a first instruction that consumes a value of an object before a second instruction that produces the value of the object such that the first instruction is processed before the second instruction and a physical location is allocated to the value of the object upon processing the first instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: July 6, 2006Applicant: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Soner Onder
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Patent number: 7057087Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a transgenic plant that exhibits altered characteristics resulting from over expression or under expression of a novel polypeptide PtM3 or its homolog PtM4. The altered characteristics resulting from over-expression include at least one of the ability to convert axillary meristem to floral meristem; to accelerate flowering i.e., early flowering; to increase fruit production; to increase nut production; to increase seed output; to increase branching; to increase flower production; to increase fruit yield; to increase flower yield and a combination thereof. The altered characteristics resulting from suppressed expression include at least one of complete sterility; partial sterility (sterility of only one sex of a bisexual plant); reduced pollen production; decreased flowering; increased biomass and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2002Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Gopi Krishna Podila, Leland James Cseke, Banalata Sen, David F. Karnosky
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Patent number: 7049481Abstract: The invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding functional cellulose synthases and UDP-glucose binding domain thereof, transgenic plants and plant cells transformed with the polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods of transforming plants and plant cells with cellulose synthase or UDP-encoding polynucleotides.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2000Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Vincent L. Chiang, Luguang Wu, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, Daniel T. Carraway
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Patent number: 7043990Abstract: A system for and method of evaluating a log. The system includes an analysis module having at least one input terminal connectable to the at least one input device. The at least one input terminal is operable to receive at least one signal representing at least one measured property of the log and at least one determined parameter of the log determined in response to an energy being applied to the log. The analysis module further includes a processor coupled to the at least one input terminal. The processor determines a predictive modulus of elasticity (MOE) of the log based at least in part on the at least one measured property and the at least one sensed parameter. The analysis module also includes an output terminal coupled to the processor and connectable to an output device. The output terminal transmits a third signal representing the predictive MOE.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2002Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignees: Board of Control of Michigan Technological University, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of AgricultureInventors: Xiping Wang, Robert J. Ross, James A. Mattson, John Erickson, John W. Forsman, Earl A. Geske, Michael A. Wehr
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Patent number: 6999000Abstract: A transponder-based microwave telemetry apparatus for moving machinery includes a microwave transmitter disposed outside the moving machinery to fill a chamber of the moving machinery with microwave energy. The transponder-based microwave telemetry apparatus also includes a transponder disposed inside the moving machinery for measuring a sensed condition of a part of the moving machinery and providing a modulated microwave signal that contains information on the sensed condition. The transponder-based microwave telemetry apparatus further includes a receiver disposed outside the moving machinery to separate modulated and continuous-wave signal components of the signal and extracts information from the modulated component.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: The Board of Control of Michigan Technological UniversityInventors: Richard Lynn Campbell, Douglas Bruce Brumm, Glen Barna, Carl Anderson