Patents Assigned to Board of Trustees
  • N-ACYLATED HISTIDINE DIPEPTIDES AS ANTICANCER AGENTS
    Publication number: 20240124520
    Abstract: N-Acylated histidine dipeptides of formula are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating breast cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michael BRUNO, Jijuan GU URBAN, Jennifer LI-POOK-THAN, Teri SLIFER, Michael SNYDER
  • ADAPTIVE CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT MONITORING OF UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20240126258
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for monitoring unstructured environments. A predetermined path can be determined according to an assignment of geolocations to one or more agronomically anomalous target areas, where the one or more agronomically anomalous target areas are determined according to an analysis of a plurality of first images that automatically identifies a target area that deviates from a determination of an average of the plurality of first images that represents an anomalous place within a predetermined area, where the plurality of first images of the predetermined area are captured by a camera during a flight over the predetermined area. A camera of an unmanned vehicle can capture at least one second image of the one or more agronomically anomalous target areas as the unmanned vehicle travels along the predetermined path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Girish Chowdhary, Chinmay P. Soman, Beau David Barber
  • Boron nitride nanotube aluminum composites and methods of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 11958108
    Abstract: Methods for large-scale additive manufacturing of high-strength boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT)/aluminum (Al) (e.g., reinforced Al alloy) metal matrix composites (MMCs) (BNNT/Al MMCs), as well as the BNNT/Al MMCs produced by the large-scale additive manufacturing methods, are provided. A combination of ultrasonication and spray drying techniques can produce good BNNT/Al alloy feedstock powders, which can be used in a cold spraying process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Arvind Agarwal, Cheng Zhang, Tanaji Paul, Sohail Mazher Ali Khan Mohammed, Denny John
  • Disentangled representations for gait recognition
    Patent number: 11961333
    Abstract: Gait, the walking pattern of individuals, is one of the important biometrics modalities. Most of the existing gait recognition methods take silhouettes or articulated body models as gait features. These methods suffer from degraded recognition performance when handling confounding variables, such as clothing, carrying and viewing angle. To remedy this issue, this disclosure proposes to explicitly disentangle appearance, canonical and pose features from RGB imagery. A long short-term memory integrates pose features over time as a dynamic gait feature while canonical features are averaged as a static gait feature. Both of them are utilized as classification features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Xiaoming Liu, Ziyuan Zhang
  • Use of pyridoxal acetal salts as water-triggered pro-fragrances
    Patent number: 11958859
    Abstract: A pro-fragrance delivery system based on a vitamin scaffold and a fragrant alcohol. The vitamin scaffold may be a vitamer of vitamin B6 or derivatives thereof. The pro-fragrance releases the fragrant alcohol by action of water at neutral pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Gregory R. Boyce
  • Methods for extracting and encapsulating phenolics from food waste
    Patent number: 11958672
    Abstract: The disclosed articles, apparatus, methods, and compositions provide for the integration of different and environmentally-friendly processes for extraction, stabilization, and formulation of active compounds with health and/or other benefits from lignocellulosic by-products of food processes. The active compounds can include one or more of polyphenols, flavonoids, o-diphenols, anthocyanins, and phenolic acids. A high-pressure, high-temperature extraction process provides a means to recover a substantial portion of the active compounds from a biomass feedstock. The corresponding extract can be encapsulated, which provides a convenient form for stabilization and delivery of the active compounds into a final product, for example an active packaging material or corresponding actively packaged food item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bahar Aliakbarian, Mojgan Nejad
  • Wnt compositions and methods for purification
    Patent number: 11957787
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, processes, compositions, and kits for generating bone graft materials for use at a site of bone defect that utilizes a composition which contains liposomal Wnt polypeptide, such as liposomal Wnt3a polypeptide, liposomal Wnt5a polypeptide, or liposomal Wnt10b polypeptide. Also disclosed herein are methods, processes, compositions, and kits for enhancing mammalian bone marrow cells that utilizes a composition which contains liposomal Wnt polypeptide, such as liposomal Wnt3a polypeptide, liposomal Wnt5a polypeptide, or liposomal Wnt10b polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Jill Helms, Girija Dhamdhere
  • Additive-polymer composite materials and methods of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 11958956
    Abstract: Additive-polymer precursor materials for filaments (e.g., for three-dimensional (3D) printing) are provided, as well as methods of fabricating and using the same. One or more two-dimensional (2D) additive materials (e.g., nano materials, such as nanosheets) can be mixed with a polymer base to give an additive-polymer precursor composite material. The additive material can be dissolved in a first solvent to give an additive solution, and the polymer can be dissolved in a second solvent to give a polymer base. The additive solution can be mixed with the polymer base to give a mixed solution. Solvent casting can then be performed on the mixed solution to evaporate the solvent(s) and give the additive-polymer precursor composite material, which can have a layered structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Daniela Rodica Radu, Cheng-Yu Lai, Melissa Venedicto, Faizan Syed, Dakota Aaron Thomas, Samuel Oyon
  • Composite electrodes and methods for the fabrication and use thereof
    Patent number: 11959182
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are precursor compounds, composite electrodes comprising the same, and methods of making and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    Inventors: Pravin Shinde, James Donahue, Patricia R. Fontenot, Arunava Gupta, Shanlin Pan
  • Biomimetic chemocatalytic cascades of degradable polymers
    Patent number: 11958031
    Abstract: A method of simultaneously modifying degradation rates of at least two compounds including a first compound having a first unmodified degradation rate constant k1 and a second compound having a second unmodified degradation rate k2 is provided. The method includes combining a first composition including the first compound with a second composition including the second compound, degrading the first compound and forming a first degradation product; and degrading the second compound and forming a second degradation product. The second degradation product modifies the first unmodified degradation rate constant k1 of the first compound to a first modified degradation rate k1? and the first degradation product modifies the second unmodified degradation rate k2 of the second compound to a second modified degradation rate k2?. Compositions resulting from the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: John R. Dorgan, Bin Tan
  • Electrically controllable surgical tools
    Patent number: 11957366
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electrically controllable surgical tools. In general, surgical devices are provided having an electrically controllable, fingered operating end for use in angiography, endovascular and/or neurological surgery. The finger(s) at the operating end can be made from ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) material to facilitate control of the finger(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: MaineHealth, Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
    Inventors: Robert D. Ecker, Mohsen Shahinpoor
  • Method for ablating or roughening wafer surfaces
    Patent number: 11958739
    Abstract: The present invention provides a simple method for ablating a protective thin film on a bulk surface and roughening the underlying bulk. In an embodiment, silicon nitride thin films, which are useful as etch-stop masks in micro- and nano-fabrication, is removed from a silicon wafer's surface using a hand-held “flameless” Tesla-coil lighter. Vias created by a spatially localized electron beam from the lighter allow a practitioner to perform micro- and nano-fabrication without the conventional steps of needing a photoresist and photolithography. Patterning could be achieved with a hard mask or rastering of the spatially confined discharge, offering—with low barriers to rapid use—particular capabilities that might otherwise be out of reach to researchers without access to conventional, instrumentation-intensive micro- and nano-fabrication workflows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Jason Rodger Dwyer, Y. M. Nuwan D. Y. Bandara, Brian Sheetz
  • Semiconductor apparatuses and methods involving diamond and GaN-based FET structures
    Patent number: 11961837
    Abstract: In certain examples, methods and semiconductor structures are directed to an integrated circuit (IC) having a diamond layer section and a GaN-based substrate being monolithically integrated or bonded as part of the same IC. In a specific example, the GaN-based substrate includes GaN, AlxGayN (0<x<1; x+y=1) and a dielectric layer, and a diamond layer section which may include polycrystalline diamond. The IC includes: a GaN-based field effect transistor (FET) integrated with a portion of the GaN-based substrate, and a diamond-based FET integrated with a portion of the diamond layer section, the diamond FET being electrically coupled to the GaN-based FET and situated over or against a surface region of the GaN-based substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Srabanti Chowdhury, Mohamadali Malakoutian, Matthew A. Laurent, Chenhao Ren, Siwei Li
  • Human Therapeutic Targets and Modulators Thereof
    Publication number: 20240120023
    Abstract: Methods for identifying biosynthetic gene clusters that include genes for producing compounds that interact with specific target proteins are disclosed. Some methods relate to bioinformatics methods for identifying and/or prioritizing biosynthetic gene clusters. Related systems, components, and tools for the identification and expression of such gene clusters are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Naughton, Colin Harvey, Ulrich Schlecht, Maureen Elizabeth Hillenmeyer, Joe Horecka
  • SHIGELLA MULTI-EPITOPE FUSION ANTIGEN PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20240115686
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response in a subject (such as against Shigella) are provided. In examples, the compositions can include fusion proteins including one or more epitopes from Shigella or E. coli. In examples, the methods can include administering a disclosed fusion protein to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventor: Weiping Zhang
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MUSCLE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20240115583
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions for preventing or treating muscle conditions such as muscle damage, injury, or atrophy. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise a prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) compound and a myotoxin. In some embodiments, the muscle damage, injury, or atrophy is the result of a nerve injury, a surgical procedure, or a traumatic injury. Methods of promoting muscle regeneration and methods of increasing muscle mass are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Helen M. Blau, Adelaida R. Palla, Andrew Tri Van Ho
  • RIBOCIL C ANTIBIOTICS EFFECTIVE FOR GRAM-NEGATIVE PATHOGENS
    Publication number: 20240116911
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are antibacterial compounds that accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria, methods of preparing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to inhibit or kill microbes, and methods of treating microbial infections, such as Gram-negative bacterial infections. Compounds selected for conversion to potential Gram-negative antibacterial compounds were identified based on compounds having low globularity and low flexibility. Amine substituents were then strategically added to the selected compounds to provide compounds having antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Paul J. Hergenrother, Emily Jane Geddes, Bryon Shane Drown, Stephen E. Motika, Erica Nicole Parker
  • Stacked magnetic cores having small footprints
    Patent number: 11955268
    Abstract: Stacked magnetic cores that can achieve high density with a small footprint are provided. A stacked magnetic core can include a plurality of magnetic films with an adhesive film between each magnetic film and the adjacent magnetic film(s). That is, the magnetic films and adhesive films can be disposed in an alternating fashion. Each adhesive film can be a dielectric/insulating film such that each magnetic film is electrically insulated from every other magnetic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Carlos Riera Cercado, Markondeyaraj Pulugurtha, Juan Camilo Gomez, Veeru Jaiswal
  • Cabled differential for cable controlled joint
    Patent number: 11951619
    Abstract: Cable-actuated differential enabling N degrees of freedom provided by a plurality of pulleys and at least N+1 tensioning cables. The cable-actuated differential increases a dynamic force range by minimizing co-activation of the tensioning cables at any operating point. A cable-actuated differential having three cables provides motor based control of a 2 DOF joint that can be applied to robots or teleoperation. A cable-actuated mechanical differential having opposing bevel gears and a middle bevel gear meshed with the opposing gear allows an output connector to controllably and independently rotate about the x axis or y axis via three operational modes without backlash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr., Alex Nathan Kahn
  • In situ rapid testing for assessing quality of concrete
    Patent number: 11953492
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to simulate, approximate, or replicate conditions similar to concrete elements being placed under pressures equivalent to several hundred feet of ocean water and to provide information useful to assess relative durability of concrete without coring or other destructive actions. The quality of concrete can be assessed by measuring the pressure drop of water or other liquid to ingress through the concrete surface under high pressure over time. A rapid assessment of quality of existing concrete is provided. Systems and methods can efficiently assess long term durability of existing concrete elements such as those used in midrise buildings, parking garages, bridge decks, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Atorod Azizinamini, Amer I. Awwad