Patents Assigned to Board of Regents of University of Texas System
  • Patent number: 12383196
    Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for identifying subjects suffering from depression that will respond to treatment with an antidepressant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Amit Etkin, Madhukar Trivedi, Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 12387288
    Abstract: A method of conforming a periodic array to a surface is provided. The method comprises calculating, with a spatially-variant lattice algorithm, a pair of planar gratings across the surface, wherein the planar gratings are generated via reciprocal lattice vectors and summing the pair of planar gratings. Intersections produced by summing the gratings are scanned for maxima on the surface, and a periodic array of elements is located at the maxima on the surface. A normal vector is calculated at each maximum on the surface, and each element is rotated to match the direction of the respective normal vector at each maximum on the surface. The elements are then conformed to the surface via a shrink-wrap modifier operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Raymond C. Rumpf, Cesar Luis Valle, Gilbert T. Carranza
  • Patent number: 12378201
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a new series of 8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives/analogs that are potent KDM4 inhibitors with high activity and selectivity against KDM4 enzymes. Also disclosed are the pharmaceutical compositions comprising such 8-hydroxyquinoline-based potent KDM4 inhibitors, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and method of use thereof, for treating cancer and neoplastic diseases and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jer-Tsong Hsieh, Jung-Mo Ahn, Zhi-Ping Liu
  • Patent number: 12370370
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a patient post operation having electrically conducting leads which are adapted to extend from inside the patient. The leads having electrodes adapted to communicate with a heart of the patient and apply electrical signals to the heart. The electrodes providing cardiac signals to the computer in response to the electrical signals so the computer can determine in real time at least one of heart volume, end diastolic heart volume, end systolic heart volume, stroke volume, change in heart volume, change in stroke volume, contractility, respiration rate or tidal volume regarding the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jonathan W. Valvano, John A. Pearce, Marc D. Feldman, Kaarthik Rajendran, John Porterfield, Anil Kottam, Wes Johnson
  • Publication number: 20250235399
    Abstract: Described herein are dry powder inhalation mixtures for pulmonary delivery and processes for making the same. A process for making a dry powder inhaler blend as described herein comprises introducing an active pharmaceutical ingredient, a lubricant, and a carrier into a multi-screw extruder; and continuously mixing the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the lubricant, and the carrier in the multi-screw extruder to form a dry powder inhaler blend. In this method, the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the lubricant, and the carrier are in the form of a powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Hugh Smyth, Feng Zhang, Jamie Spahn
  • Patent number: 12364640
    Abstract: An embodiment includes an apparatus for coupling a user to a robot to provide robot-assisted physical therapy to the user. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Harmonic Bionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit John Varghese, William Wu
  • Patent number: 12359204
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating an autoimmune disorder or a cancer in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising: administering an effective amount of a composition comprising an oligonucleotide that specifically binds a complementary sequence of the Interleukin-7 receptor (IL7R) pre-mRNA that influences splicing of exon 6, wherein the SM-ASO increases or decreases inclusion of exon 6 in IL7R pre-mRNAs and respectively decreases or increases expression of the soluble isoform of IL7R (sIL7R). In certain embodiments, the oligonucleotide is an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), or a splice-modulating antisense oligonucleotide (SM-ASO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, Gaddiel Galarza-Munoz, Shelton S. Bradrick
  • Patent number: 12359266
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method and kit for single-primer tiled sequencing comprising: reverse transcribing a target nucleic acid with multiple tiled primers spaced along the genome, each only targeting one annealing site to form amplicons in the presence of terminating 3? azido nucleotides to incorporate the terminating 3? azido nucleotides into the cDNA; click-ligating a downstream primer onto tire 3? azido terminated cDNA such that a second template-specific primer is not required; amplifying the click-ligated cDNA; and sequencing the amplicons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Andrew Routh, Elizabeth Jaworski
  • Patent number: 12357682
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to the development of immunogenic compositions comprising a DNA copy of at least one live attenuated plus-sense single-stranded RNA virus genome, such as the genome of a live-attenuated Zika vims (ZIKV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) or yellow fever vims (YFV). The immunogenic compositions can be used for treating or conferring protective immunity against diseases related to plus-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, e.g. for affording prolonged immunoprotection against such viruses and protective immunity is conferred at low diseases, e.g., as low as 300 or 500 ng after administration of a single pLAV dosage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jing Zou, Xuping Xie, Pei-Yong Shi
  • Publication number: 20250226119
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for initiating and sustaining a transport barrier within a magnetically confined plasma in a plasma fusion device. For a toroidal magnetic configuration, a characteristic region of the magnetic field can be established by generating a current within the plasma or by other means. The location of the characteristic region can be controlled to be suitably close to the interior walls of the plasma fusion device to allow a quantity of particles to be injected into the plasma at or inside the characteristic region. The quantity of particles can augment the density of the plasma and create a density gradient within the characteristic region, resulting in the formation of a transport barrier at or inside the characteristic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Kotschenreuther, Swadesh Mahajan, David R. Hatch, Xing Liu, Gabriele Merlo
  • Publication number: 20250222179
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure concern devices comprised of resorbable, shape-memory foam configured to allow for healing at a desired location. In particular embodiments, use of the device at the location utilizes the inherent environment at the location to allow expansion of the device, resulting in an improved fit for the device. In specific cases, the device is a vaginal stent configured for use for pediatric or adolescent populations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicants: Baylor College of Medicine, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Julie Hakim, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Melissa Grunlan
  • Patent number: 12351560
    Abstract: Procedures for inhibiting hormone receptor activation include administering to a subject in need of hormone receptor inhibition a compound having a chemical structure of a molecule that, when docked in the PPIase pocket, could disrupt proline-rich loop conformation and interactions. Procedures for treating prostate cancer or breast cancer include administering to a subject having prostate cancer or breast cancer a compound having a chemical structure of a molecule that, when docked in the PPIase pocket, could disrupt proline-rich loop conformation and interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Marc Cox, Artem Cherkasov, Fuqiang Ban
  • Publication number: 20250205358
    Abstract: Photoactivatable nanoparticles for simultaneous PD-L1 immune checkpoint targeting and blocking are capable of modulating tumor stroma, promoting self-delivery, improving tumor growth inhibition, and improving survival outcomes even with just a single priming dose. Light activation of the nanoparticles disrupts tumor collagen, reduces tumor fibroblasts, and promotes their self-delivery in vitro and in vivo which correlates with overall survival in mice. This demonstrates their ability to overcome the most significant barrier in nanoparticle delivery in PDAC tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Girgis Obaid, Chanda Bhandari, Nimit Shah
  • Patent number: 12336976
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of treating a tumor or cancer in a subject whose tumor or cancer cells express low levels of asparagine synthetase (ASNS), and compounds and compositions useful in such treatment. Also disclosed herein are methods of evaluating whether to administer a compound that inhibits glutathione production or a glutaminase inhibitor to a subject with a tumor or cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Timothy Heffernan, Jeffrey Kovacs, Nakia Spencer, Christopher Bristow
  • Patent number: 12335035
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology provide a novel deep learning-based error correction coding scheme for AWGN channels under the constraint of moderate to low bit quantization (e.g., one-bit quantization) in the receiver. Some embodiments of the error correction code minimize the probability of bit error can be obtained by perfectly training a special autoencoder, in which “perfectly” refers to finding the global minima of its cost function. However, perfect training is not possible in most cases. To approach the performance of a perfectly trained autoencoder with a suboptimum training, some embodiments utilize turbo codes as an implicit regularization, i.e., using a concatenation of a turbo code and an autoencoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Andrews, Eren Balevi
  • Patent number: 12329780
    Abstract: Modified hydrophilic carbon clusters (HCCs), poly(ethylene glycol)-hydrophilic carbon clusters (PEG-HCCs) and similarly structured materials like graphene quantum dots (GQDs), PEGylated GQDs, small molecule antioxidants, and PEGylated small molecule antioxidants. These materials have been modified with an iron chelating moiety, deferoxamine, or a similar chelating moiety. By exploiting common binding sites, the carbon nanostructure facilitates intracellular transport including in mitochondria, reduces oxidative breakdown of the chelator moiety prior to treatment, and reduces both the cause and consequences of metal induced oxidative stress within the body thus providing a novel form of therapy for a range of oxidative and metal-related toxicities. Graphenic materials can be used for the treatment of acute and chronic mitochondrial electron transport chain dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignees: William Marsh Rice University, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, The United States Government
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Lizanne Nilewski, William Sikkema, Kimberly Mendoza, Thomas Andrew Kent, William Dalmeida, Jr., Paul J. Derry, Ah-Lim Tsai, Muralidhar L. Hegde, Prakash Dharmalingam, Pavana Dixit Hegde, Sankar Mitra, Joy Mitra
  • Patent number: 12325747
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to PD-L1 and methods of using such antibodies to treat cancers, such as those that express or overexpress PD-L1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Michael A. Curran, Carlo Toniatti, Ashvin R. Jaiswal, Dongxing Zha, Kui Voo, Bianka Prinz, Nadthakarn Boland
  • Publication number: 20250179448
    Abstract: Leaf-branch compost cutinase (LCC) and other cutinase mutants with activity over ranges of temperature and pH are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Hongyuan LU, Daniel DIAZ, Andrew ELLINGTON, Hal ALPER
  • Patent number: 12318512
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for adhering a metal layer to a polymer substrate and device manufacture therefrom. The metal layer is deposited on a sacrificial substrate of a mold to form part of an interior surface of the mold, and a solution of monomers is deposited on the metal layer. The monomers are then polymerized together to form the polymer substrate on the metal layer. Then the polymer substrate is removed from the mold such that the metal layer is removed from the mold and adhered to the polymer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Taylor Ware, Walter Voit
  • Patent number: 12322831
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte membrane for an alkali metal or an alkali metal ion battery, comprising: a composite membrane comprising an ionically conductive polymer; an alkali metal salt; and a filler comprising a carbon nitride nanosheet, an oxygenated carbon nitride nanosheet or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: Enpower Greentech, Inc., Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Henghui Xu, Yutao Li, Yong Che, John B. Goodenough