Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Sensing circuit
    Patent number: 8531902
    Abstract: A circuit includes a degeneration p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor, a load PMOS transistor, and a clamp transistor configured to clamp a voltage applied to a resistance based memory element during a sensing operation. A gate of the load PMOS transistor is controlled by an output of a not-AND (NAND) circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Seong-Ook Jung, Jisu Kim, Kyungho Ryu, Jung Pill Kim, Seung H. Kang
  • Human growth hormone immunoglobulin fusion proteins
    Patent number: 8529899
    Abstract: Disclosed are fusion proteins comprising a biologically active molecule and an immunoglobulin (Ig) Fc domain which is linked to the biologically active molecule. The Fc domain is a hybrid human Fc domain of (i) IgG1, IgG2 or IgG4 or (ii) IgG4 and IgD. The hybrid Fc is useful as a carrier of biologically active molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Genexine, Inc., Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Sehwan Yang, Young Chul Sung
  • Identification of the hepcidin binding site on ferroportin
    Patent number: 8530619
    Abstract: The invention relates to materials and procedures for the use of the hepcidin binding domain (HBD) on ferroportin. A 20 amino acid peptide of the HBD was synthesized and shown to recapitulate the characteristics and specificity of hepcidin binding to cell surface ferroportin. The affinity of hepcidin for the HBD peptide permits a rapid, sensitive assay of hepcidin in biological fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jerry Kaplan, Diane M. Ward, Ivana De Domenico
  • Polycrystalline complex-shaped mesoscale components
    Patent number: 8530039
    Abstract: A polycrystalline mesoscale component, formed through a process including filing a mold cavity formed in a photoresist with a mold fill, is provided with an overall length L divided into multiple segments with a second segment extending from a first segment at a nonlinear angle. The first segment has a first segment height H1 and a first segment thickness T1, while the second segment has a second segment height H2 and a second segment thickness T2, with the lesser of H1 and H2 defining a minimum segment height Hmin and the lesser of T1 and T2 defining a minimum segment thickness Tmin. The resultant component has a ratio of L:Hmin:Tmin of 20-80:1:0.5-10 where Hmin is between 5 and 500 microns. In specific instances, the nonlinear angle is acute, the multiple segments are rectilinear in cross section, and a segment thickness has an edge resolution of between 0.1 and 2 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: James H. Adair, Mary Frecker, Christopher Muhlstein, Eric Mockensturm, Harriet Black Nembhard, Randy S. Haluck, Abraham Mathew, Nicholas Antolino, Gregory R Hayes, Milton Aguirre, Rebecca Kirkpatrick, Chumpol Yuangyai
  • Ubiquitous monitoring system capable of performing integral monitoring for smart objects
    Patent number: 8533145
    Abstract: There is provided a ubiquitous monitoring system comprising a plurality of sensing nodes; one or more monitoring agents receiving and transmitting sensing data of the sensing nodes; a monitoring module receiving the sensing data from the one or more monitoring agents and managing the sensing data for each type and time; an analysis module deducing one of function information, performance information, and status information for each of smart objects in a ubiquitous space, based on the sensing data, deducing one of function information, performance information, and status information of a ubiquitous service performed by coupled smart objects, and transmitting a result of deduction; and a monitoring viewer displaying the result of deduction to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ajou Univeristy Industry Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Jai Hoon Kim, Sung Hwa Lim, Byoung Hoon Lee, Dong Wook Lee, We Duke Cho
  • Methods for transfecting natural killer cells
    Patent number: 8530187
    Abstract: Methods for stably transfecting mammalian natural killer cells comprising: transfecting a packaging cell line with a retroviral expression vector; culturing the transfected packaging cell line in a cell culture medium; and culturing the mammalian natural killer cells with the cell culture medium. Natural killer cells transfected according to the disclosed methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael A. Caligiuri, Rossana Trotta, Jianhua Yu, Brian Becknell
  • Image restoring device and image restoring method
    Patent number: 8532422
    Abstract: A simple and practical image restoring device capable of improving the performance of image restoration. An image restoring device (100) is provided with a first restoration processing unit (160a) and estimates original image information from the degraded image information into which information unnecessary for the original image information is incorporated. A correlation calculating section (164) calculates the correlation value of the estimation error of when the state amount of a system at time n+1 including the original image information is estimated by information up to time n or the time n+1 with respect to the degraded image information of only the time n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo University of Science Educational Foundation Administration Organization
    Inventors: Nari Tanabe, Toshihiro Furukawa, Shunichi Kitahara
  • Wrapper cell for hierarchical system on chip testing
    Patent number: 8533548
    Abstract: Wrapper cells for simultaneous testing of parent functional elements and child functional elements in a hierarchical SoC (System on Chip) provide a substantially reduced integrated circuit footprint by eliminating a multiplexer and providing simpler interconnections. Identical wrapper cells may be used for input and output data lines reducing the cost of the cell library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kyuchull Kim, Kewal K. Saluja
  • Therapeutic agents comprising pro-apoptotic proteins
    Patent number: 8530225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to targeted killing of a cell utilizing a chimeric polypeptide comprising a cell-specific targeting moiety and a signal transduction pathway factor. In a preferred embodiment, the signal transduction pathway factor is an apoptosis-inducing factor, such as granzyme B, granzyme A, or Bax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Research Development Foundation
    Inventors: Michael G. Rosenblum, Yuying Liu
  • Metal oxide
    Patent number: 8529785
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric material excellent in piezoelectricity. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type complex oxide represented by the following General Formula (1). A(ZnxTi(1-x))yM(1-y)O3??(1) wherein A represents at least one kind of element containing at least a Bi element and selected from a trivalent metal element; M represents at least one kind of element of Fe, Al, Sc, Mn, Y, Ga, and Yb; x represents a numerical value satisfying 0.4?x?0.6; and y represents a numerical value satisfying 0.1?y?0.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Sophia University, University of Yamanashi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science Educational Foundation Administrative Organization
    Inventors: Makoto Kubota, Kaoru Miura, Toshihiro Ifuku, Jumpei Hayashi, Masaki Azuma, Olga Alexandrovna Smirnova, Hiroshi Funakubo, Hiroshi Uchida, Nobuhiro Kumada, Satoshi Wada, Takashi Iijima, Soichiro Okamura
  • Mechanical decoupling in high-temperature superconducting tapes
    Patent number: 8530390
    Abstract: A novel method and structure for creating a high-temperature superconducting tape. The concept of the invention is to use a conductor insulation which not only electrically insulates the conductors of the coil windings from each other, but also mechanically insulates them from the much stronger encapsulant. The insulation material mechanically decouples the conductor from the encapsulant at the boundary between them, thereby preventing damage as a result of thermal and electromagnetic shearing forces. The proposed structure allows the encapsulant to continue performing its functions of preventing coarse motion and stabilizing the coil as a whole, while allowing fine relative displacements of individual coil windings caused by radial stress gradients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: David K. Hilton, Matthieu Dalban-Canassy, Hubertus W. Weijers, Ulf P. Trociewitz, David C. Larbalestier
  • Automatic remeshing by mapping a 2D grid on 3D genus-G meshes based on topological analysis
    Patent number: 8531456
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel remeshing approach for genus-g meshes that overcomes distortion problems. The proposed approach is based on continuous mapping of a 2D grid on the 3D meshed model. The criteria of the new mesh can be defined directly on the 2D grid. The remeshing is invariant to the original mesh. Due to topological analysis, the mapping of the 2D grid onto the 3D mesh minimizes distortion and guarantees continuity. The 2D grid, the element shapes and the density (multiresolution) can be changed straightforwardly, thus generating a modular approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Anath Fischer, Dvir Steiner
  • Permanent magnet motor with stator-based saliency for position sensorless drive
    Patent number: 8531143
    Abstract: A permanent magnet motor for position sensorless drive operation provides a stator design that exhibits a saliency (machine asymmetric) functionally dependent on rotor position as caused by periodic magnetic saturation of stator structure. This saturation property is caused by rotor zigzag leakage flux from surface permanent magnets. The stator structure may be designed to further saturate from zigzag leakage flux to provide greatest spatial saliency in the quadrature phase for motor position sensorless position estimation. The position, velocity, and shaft torque can be extracted by measuring the phase current from the stator coil of permanent magnet motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shih-Chin Yang, Takhiro Suzuki, Robert Donald Lorenz, Thomas Merlin Jahns
  • Methods and materials for assessing enzyme-nucleic acid complexes
    Patent number: 8530172
    Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials involved in assessing samples for enzyme-nucleic acid complexes. For example, methods and materials for using antibodies to determine the presence, absence, or amount of enzyme-nucleic acid complexes (e.g., human topoisomerase I-DNA complexes) in a sample (e.g., a biological sample such as a tissue biopsy) are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Scott H. Kaufmann, Anand G. Patel
  • Micelle encapsulation of a combination of therapeutic agents
    Patent number: 8529917
    Abstract: The invention provides active agents, such as paclitaxel, rapamycin, or 17-DMAG, encapsulated by safe poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(lactic acid) (“PEG-b-PLA”) micelles. The compositions provide effective solubilization of drug combinations, such as paclitaxel, rapamycin, and 17-DMAG, as well as others described herein. A significant advantage of PEG-b-PLA as a carrier is that it is less toxic than Cremophor® EL or DMSO, which are used in currently known compositions. Additionally, PEG-b-PLA micelles are easier to handle than DMSO and they do not possess a foul odor, which is a problem with formulations currently in clinical trials. Accordingly, the invention provides stable and biocompatible drug formulations that improve bioavailability without causing toxicity. It was also found that larger doses of individual drugs in micelle formulations can be administered compared to non-micelle formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventor: Glen S. Kwon
  • Method of producing nanoparticles, nanoparticles, and lithium battery comprising electrode comprising the nanoparticles
    Patent number: 8530088
    Abstract: A method of preparing nanoparticles includes using low-temperature plasma and a pulsed second process gas. Nanoparticles having uniform sizes and nanoparticles having a core-shell structure may be formed. A lithium battery includes an electrode that includes the nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Jin-hwan Park, Tae-sung Kim, Kwang-su Kim
  • Catalysts, methods of making catalysts, and methods of use
    Patent number: 8530687
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for acyclic diaminocarbenes (ADCs) catalysts such as those shown in FIG. 1.1 and in the Examples, methods of making catalysts, methods of using catalysts, and the like. Catalyst of the present disclosure can be useful in various catalytic transformations. Embodiments of the catalyst can be used in hydroamination, cycloisomerization, allylic rearrangement reactions, alkyne hydration reactions, Meyer-Schuster rearrangement reactions, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Sukwon Hong, Hwimin Seo
  • Method and apparatus for computed imaging backscatter radiography
    Patent number: 8532259
    Abstract: Systems and methods of x-ray backscatter radiography are provided. A single-sided, non-destructive imaging technique utilizing x-ray radiation to image subsurface features is disclosed, capable of scanning a region using a fan beam aperture and gathering data using rotational motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Nucsafe, inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Shedlock, Christopher Meng, Nissia Sabri, Edward T. Dugan, Sharon Auerbach Jacobs
  • Co-fermentation of glucose, xylose and/or cellobiose by yeast
    Patent number: 8530211
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using yeast cells to produce ethanol by contacting a mixture comprising xylose with a Spathaspora yeast cell under conditions suitable to allow the yeast to ferment at least a portion of the xylose to ethanol. The methods allow for efficient ethanol production from hydrolysates derived from lignocellulosic material and sugar mixtures including at least xylose and glucose or xylose, glucose and cellobiose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: Thomas W. Jeffries, Laura B. Willis, Tanya M. Long, Yi-Kai Su
  • Computer controlled power supply assembly for a LED array
    Patent number: 8531127
    Abstract: The present invention consists of a power supply and LED circuit arrangement for powering LED arrays such that single or multiple LED failures will have minimal affect on the utility of the LED array. The power supply consists of an analog or microcontroller-based feedback module with single/multiple feedback signals in series with a synchronous buck-boost converter followed by an optional filter and a LED array. The assembly utilizes the feedback signal, to modulate various parameters of the LED array, such as the output intensity, LED junction temperature, and chromaticity. The power supply can drive different circuit arrangements of LEDs including series, parallel, and combinations thereof. Typical feedback signals include LED current, temperature, and ambient luminance and contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc
    Inventors: Richard F. M. Smith, Richard H. Cockrum, James S. Kang, Phyllis R. Nelson