Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTIC RECOGNITION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160203832
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of creating an automatic language characteristic recognition system. The method can include receiving a plurality of audio recordings. The method also can include segmenting each of the plurality of audio recordings to create a plurality of audio segments for each audio recording. The method additionally can include clustering each audio segment of the plurality of audio segments according to audio characteristics of each audio segment to form a plurality of audio segment clusters. Other embodiments are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Lena Foundation
    Inventors: Terrance D. Paul, Dongxin D. Xu, Sharmistha Sarkar Gray, Umit Yapanel, Jill S. Gilkerson, Jeffrey A. Richards
  • Muscadine grape plant named 'Ga. 1-1-48'
    Publication number: 20160205844
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of the muscadine grape plant, Vitis rotundifolia Michx., named ‘Ga. 1-1-48’, which has: early ripening berries, typically beginning in the last week of July in Georgia; yellow-green berries; self-fertile flowers; berries that separate with a high percentage of dry stem scars; and berries that are large for a self-fertile cultivar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick J. Conner
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING DNA METHYLATION
    Publication number: 20160199434
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for modulating DNA methylation of one or more gene promoters, treating a subject diagnosed with or suspected of having a disease or disorder characterized by DNA hypermethylation, decreasing c-myc expression, increasing desmoplakin expression, and inhibiting metastases. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Timothy Darren Eubank, Clay Braden Marsh, Duaa Dakhlallah
  • Power rectifier using tunneling field effect transistor
    Patent number: 9391068
    Abstract: A power rectifier includes a stage having a first Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor (“TFET”) having a source, a gate, and a drain, a second TFET having a source, a gate, and a drain, a third TFET having a source, a gate, and a drain, and a fourth TFET having a source, a gate, and a drain such that the source of the first TFET, the source of the second TFET, the gate of the third TFET, and the gate of the fourth TFET are connected, the gate of the first TFET, the gate of the second TFET, the source of the third TFET and the source of the fourth TFET are connected, the drain of the first TFET and the drain of the third TFET are connected, and the drain of the second TFET and the drain of the fourth TFET are connected. Alternative embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Huichu Liu, Ramesh Vaddi, Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Suman Datta
  • Production method for a graphene thin film
    Patent number: 9388050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a production method for graphene thin film. The production method for graphene thin film according to the present invention can produce a graphene thin film by using a reciprocating linear motion device to put a deposition plate into reciprocating linear motion and apply a graphene oxide solution onto a substrate, while the deposition plate is connected to the reciprocating linear motion device and in contact with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Chung-Ang University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Suk Tai Chang, Yeongun Ko
  • Alternative export pathways for vector expressed RNA interference
    Patent number: 9388410
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules containing a loop sequence designed to circumvent exportin-5 mediated export, and methods using these novel molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Harper, Beverly L. Davidson
  • System for locating a fault in a power distribution system comprising at least one microturbine distributed resource
    Patent number: 9389266
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist in identifying the location of the fault by continuing to inject current from the distributed resources into the distribution system, wherein at least one of the distributed resources is a microturbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Passinam Tatcho, Mischa Steurer, Hui Li
  • System for locating a fault in a power distribution system comprising at least one wind turbine distributed resource
    Patent number: 9389267
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist in identifying the location of the fault by continuing to inject current from the distributed resources into the distribution system, wherein at least one of the distributed resources is a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Passinam Tatcho, Mischa Steurer, Hui Li
  • Crystallographically-oriented carbon nanotubes grown on few-layer graphene films
    Patent number: 9390828
    Abstract: A thermal and electrical conducting apparatus includes a few-layer graphene film having a thickness D where D?1.5 nm and a plurality of carbon nanotubes crystallographically aligned with the few-layer graphene film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Strachan, David Patrick Hunley
  • System for locating a fault in a power distribution system using a direct current signal of a distributed resource modulated by an alternating current signal
    Patent number: 9389269
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist in identifying the location of the fault by continuing to inject a direct current (DC) signal from the controllable voltage source converter of at least one DC voltage distributed resource into the distribution system and modulating an alternating current (AC) signal on top of the direct current (DC) signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Passinam Tatcho, Mischa Steurer, Hui Li
  • N-substituted indenoisoquinolines and syntheses thereof
    Patent number: 9388211
    Abstract: N-Substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds, and pharmaceutical formulations of N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds are described. Also described are processes for preparing N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds. Also described are methods for treating cancer in mammals using the described N-substituted indenoisoquinoline compounds or pharmaceutical formulations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
    Inventors: Mark S. Cushman, Andrew E. Morrell, Muthukaman Nagarajan, Yves George Pommier, Smitha Antony, Keli K. Agama, Daniel E. Beck
  • Apparatus and method for minimizing errors by a cell edge user in a multi-cell communication system
    Patent number: 9391687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to performance improvement in a cell edge, particularly, to a method for selecting a precoder for a terminal in a multiple antenna system, wherein the method comprises: performing channel estimation for reference signals of a serving base station and another base station; determining a minimum singular value by using the channel estimation result; and if a complete collaborative feedback structure is used, feeding back a table of the determined, minimum singular value to the base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Joo-Hyun Lee, Sunghwan Kim, Jong-Hyeuk Lee, Chung-Yong Lee, Myoung-Seok Kim, Hoon-Dong Noh
  • Ultrasound machine providing composite image data
    Patent number: 9386965
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system combines successive images of a time series to produce high-resolution ultrasound. A piecewise registration process and deemphasizing of high-frequency spatial components may be used to aid in the combination process. A high-definition image may be obtained with or separately from this process by combining different images obtained with different ultrasound frequencies. The images are weighted to accentuate the contribution of high-frequency ultrasound data at the leading edge of imaged structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ray Vanderby, Mon-Ju Wu, Joseph Karls, Sarah Kuehl, William A. Sethares
  • Structural materials with nearly zero carbon emissions
    Patent number: 9388074
    Abstract: Processes and methods of making and preparing, compositions and structural products therefrom are provided, whereby the surface area of alumino-silicate based powders is greatly increased and rendered chemically active so that when the functionalized powders are mixed with water poly-condensation reactions occur between the surfaces binding the powders together to form a structural material with negligible emission of carbon compounds. In another embodiment, the surface functionalized powders can be mixed with an additive; a dry aggregate, such as sand and water to make a slurry that can be poured or cast into any desired shape and rapidly cured to a hardened shape suitable for use as a structural material with the mechanical strength equivalent to Portland-cement based concrete products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudipta Seal, Larry L. Hench, Suresh Babu Krishna Moorthy, David Reid, Ajay Karakoti
  • Method and apparatus for interference alignment in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 9391730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for interference alignment in a wireless communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bruno Clerckx, Duck Dong Hwang, Chun Kin Au Yeung, David James Love, Tae Joon Kim
  • Vaccinia virus polypeptides
    Patent number: 9389232
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to polypeptides present in a vaccinia virus (e.g., polypeptides that can be isolated from naturally processed and presented class I polypeptides originating from vaccinia virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus family). For example, methods for generating a vaccine comprising one or more of vaccinia virus polypeptides disclosed herein for preventing or treating Orthopoxvirus infection are provided. In addition, kits related to the use of vaccinia polypeptides are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Gregory A. Poland, Inna G. Ovsyannikova, Kenneth Lee Johnson
  • Deimmunized gelonin molecules and therapies
    Patent number: 9388397
    Abstract: Recombinant gelonin polypeptides with decreased antigenicity are provided. Cell-targeted constructs comprising said recombinant gelonin polypeptides are also provided. Such constructs can be used in methods for targeted cell killing, such as for treatment of cell proliferative diseases (e.g., cancer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Research Development Foundation
    Inventors: Michael G. Rosenblum, Lawrence Cheung
  • Multimodal cardiac phantom for imaging
    Patent number: 9386960
    Abstract: A multimodal cardiac phantom has a body structure with a shape and properties that mimic the elasticity, ultrasound, and magnetic properties of cardiac tissue. The multimodal cardiac phantom is advantageously produced from a polymer such as polyvinyl alcohol. The polyvinyl alcohol may include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) markers and ultrasound markers. The multimodal cardiac phantom can be used to evaluate and to configure apparatuses for imagining cardiac tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Vahid Tavakoli, Amir A. Amini
  • Isobaric tandem mass tags for quantitative proteomics and peptidomics
    Patent number: 9388132
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of tagging peptides and other molecules using novel isobaric tandem mass tagging reagents, including novel N,N-dimethylated amino acid 8-plex and 16-plex isobaric tandem mass tagging reagents. The tagging reagents comprise: a) a reporter group having at least one atom that is optionally isotopically labeled; b) a balancing group, also having at least one atom that is optionally isotopically labeled, and c) an amine reactive group. The tagging reagents disclosed herein serve as attractive alternatives for isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) and tandem mass tags (TMTs) due to their synthetic simplicity, labeling efficiency and improved fragmentation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Lingjun Li, Feng Xiang, Tyler Greer, Dustin Frost, Zhidan Liang
  • Thermal protection for disc brake components
    Patent number: RE46067
    Abstract: A disc brake for a motor vehicle is provided. The disc brake includes a brake disc, a brake caliper configured to straddle the brake disc, a tappet carried by the brake caliper and arranged to push a brake pad against the brake disc, and a bellows provided between the brake caliper and the tappet to seal a gap between the brake caliper and the tappet. A layer of flexible thermal insulation material may be provided between the bellows and the tappet. The layer of flexible thermal insulation material is configured to protect an outer surface of the bellows facing the brake pad from exposure to heat. Alternatively, the bellows may include a layer of flexible thermal insulation material on which an elastomer layer is formed. The layer of flexible thermal insulation material is configured to face the brake pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC
    Inventor: Alf Siebke