Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Publication number: 20100221894
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a nanowire using stress-induced growth. The method includes: providing a substrate with an intermediate layer formed thereon; forming thin film on the intermediate layer, wherein the thin film made of material having more than 2×10?6/° C. of thermal expansion coefficient difference from the intermediate layer; inducing tensile stress due to the thermal expansion coefficient difference between the thin film and the substrate by performing a heat treatment on the substrate with the thin film formed; and growing single-crystalline nanowire of the material by inducing compressive stress at the thin film through cooling of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Woo Young Lee, Jin Hee Ham, Woo Young Shim, Jong Wook Roh, Seung Hyun Lee, Kye Jin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20100223237
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product store data in an information processing system. Uncompressed data is received and the uncompressed data is divided into a series of vectors. A sequence of profitable bitmask patterns is identified for the vectors that maximizes compression efficiency while minimizes decompression penalty. Matching patterns are created using multiple bit masks based on a set of maximum values of the frequency distribution of the vectors. A dictionary is built based upon the set of maximum values in the frequency distribution and a bit mask savings which is a number of bits reduced using each of the multiple bit masks. Each of the vectors is compressed using the dictionary and the matching patterns with having high bit mask savings. The compressed vectors are stored into memory. Also, an efficient placement is developed to enable parallel decompression of the compressed codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Prabhat Mishra, Seok-Won Seong, Kanad Basu, Weixun Wang, Xiaoke Qin, Chetan Murthy
  • Publication number: 20100222401
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting vascular permeability and pathologic angiogenesis by modulating a signaling pathway delineated herein are described. Moreover, methods for producing and screening compounds and compositions capable of modulating the signaling pathway described herein, inhibiting vascular permeability, and inhibiting pathologic angiogenesis are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dean Li, Christopher Jones, Nyall London
  • Patent number: 7785776
    Abstract: Methods for analyzing a target nucleic acid are provided. A fluorescent label attached to a nucleic acid is incorporated into at least one strand of the target nucleic acid and the methods include monitoring change in fluorescence emission resulting from dissociation of the labeled strand of the amplification product from its complementary strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Idaho Technology, Inc., University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Carl T. Wittwer, Cameron Gundry, Richard David Abbott, Derek Allen David
  • Patent number: 7785496
    Abstract: Disclosed are electrochromic inks and devices incorporating the inks as well as methods for forming the inks and the devices. The disclosed inks include a dispersion of colloidal nanocomposite particles in a liquid carrier. The colloidal nanocomposites of the disclosed inks include nanoparticle templates, e.g., silica nanoparticles, and an intrinsically conductive polymer polymerized at the template nanoparticles. The inks can include a dispersion of the colloidal nanocomposites in a liquid carrier such as an aprotic polar organic solvent. The disclosed inks can be formulated to be utilized in any desired printing process such as inkjet printing processes. Products encompassed by the invention include all-polymer electronic, optic, photonic, electro-optic, and energy devices such as sensors, OFETs, RFID tags, printed circuit board, electrochromic devices, non-volatile memory devices, photovoltaics, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Clemson University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Goo Hwan Shim, Moon Gyu Han, Stephen H. Foulger
  • Patent number: 7786345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants for producing cellulose by a mechanism of autohydrolysis and a method producing soluble sugars using them, more particularly to transgenic plants transformed with recombinant cDNA coding cellulase, cellulose binding domain and chloroplast targeting peptide and a method producing soluble sugars using them. Transgenic plants and a method producing soluble sugars using them would be a highly cost-effective system for the production of soluble sugars on a large scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Postech Foundation
    Inventors: Hyeun-Jong Bae, Inhwan Hwang, Serge Laberge, Ginette Turcotte
  • Patent number: 7787126
    Abstract: A detection system for detecting target material is provided. The system comprises a photonic structure having a reflectance-band and associated side bands; an illumination source for illuminating at a wavelength in at least one of an edge of the reflectance-band and the side bands of the photonic structure and for generating a return beam; a detector system having an intensity-sensitive channel configured to detect an in-line signal from the return beam and a phase-sensitive channel configured to detect a differential phase contrast signal from the return beam; and a processing system for receiving and adding in quadrature the in-line signal and the differential phase contrast signal to generate a joint signal, and for determining one of the presence or the absence of the target material on the photonic structure using the joint signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: David D. Nolte, Xuefeng Wang
  • Patent number: 7786192
    Abstract: A concrete additive for a reinforced concrete composite is provided. The additive can have an exfoliated clay having an exfoliated layered silicate plate comprising structure, and at least one of an oligomer or polymer linking at least a portion of said silicate plate comprising structure. The additive can have a dispersant between the silicate plates. The clay can include sodium or calcium montmorillonite or a phosphatic clay. The oligomer or polymer can include polyvinyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn Birgisson, Charles L. Beatty
  • Patent number: 7786166
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for protecting muscarinic receptor(s) in a subject by administering at least one protective agent alone, in combination with other protective agents, or in combination with at least one neurologic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Healthpartners Research Foundation
    Inventors: William H. Frey, II, John Randall Fawcett
  • Patent number: 7786088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the targeted delivery of a delivery vehicle construct which specifically binds to and stimulates endocytosis into cells expressing the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR), and particularly human airway epithelia. The delivery vehicle construct comprises a portion of uPA and a cargo linked thereto and is useful for the targeted delivery of the cargo to a cell. In one aspect of the invention, the uPA portion of the delivery vehicle construct comprises the wild-type uPA, a fragment of uPA which has the PAI-1 binding region deleted, or a uPA peptide comprising amino acids 13-19 and is useful for the targeted delivery of the cargo to cells, and in particular to airway epithelia. The present invention also provides a method for delivering the delivery vehicle construct to a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael J. Welsh, Paola T. Drapkin
  • Patent number: 7785649
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a protein chip substrate and a method for manufacturing the protein chip substrate. The method includes deposition of plasma polymerized ethylenediamine (PPEDA) having an amine group on plasma polymerized cyclohexnane (PPCHex) by inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD), thereby preventing non-specific adsorption of proteins on a slide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Dong-geun Jung, Sang-hak Yeo, Chang-rok Choi
  • Patent number: 7786173
    Abstract: Tetralin analogs that have agonist activity at one or more of the S1P receptors are provided. The compounds are sphingosine analogs, which, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at S1P receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Kevin R. Lynch, Timothy L. Macdonald
  • Patent number: 7785794
    Abstract: The invention provides methods to identify polymorphisms at the human TLR4 locus, as well as methods to identify individuals at risk of indications that increase their morbidity and mortality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: David A. Schwartz, Brian C. Schutte
  • Patent number: 7788332
    Abstract: Event-driven processor architectures are particularly suited for use in multiple sensor node networks and simulators of such networks. A first variation of the processor is particularly suited for use in a sensor node in a wireless sensor network. Through use of the event-driven architecture and special message and timing coprocessors, this embodiment of the invention is optimized for low energy requirements and data monitoring operations in sensor networks. A second embodiment of the invention includes modifications necessary for use of the processor in a network simulation protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajit Manohar, Clint Kelly
  • Patent number: 7787557
    Abstract: An apparatus for correcting clipping distortion of a receiver system includes: an equalizer which generates a first equalization signal by equalizing a frequency domain clipping signal via a first equalization coefficient correcting a channel distortion, and generates a second equalization signal by equalizing the frequency domain clipping signal via a second equalization coefficient correcting the clipping distortion and the channel distortion; and a signal reconstruction unit which receives the first equalization signal and the second equalization signal from the equalizer, determines a transmission symbol by performing a hard decision with respect to the second equalization, and reconstructs a signal by using an amplitude of the transmission symbol and a phase of the first equalization signal when a level of the amplitude of the transmission symbol is greater than or equal to a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Young-Doo Kim, Eung Sun Kim, Gi Hong Lim, Ui Kun Kwon
  • Patent number: 7787429
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for establishing a path in a wireless network are provided where the method includes receiving location information about a first neighbor node and a second neighbor node, the first neighbor node being located within a range of a first hop from a source node, the second neighbor node being located within a range of a second hop from the source node, determining a direction of a point where the second neighbor node is located, based on the source node, by using the received location information; detecting a particular second neighbor node having a same direction of a point where a destination node is located, based on the source node, and limitedly establishing a path via the detected second neighbor node, when the source node establishes a path for transmitting predetermined data to the destination node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University Industrial & Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Paul Barom Jeon, Jun Hyeong Kim, Sang Do Park, Chul Hee Kang, Sun Shin An, Won Keun Kong, Joo Sang Youn
  • Patent number: 7785553
    Abstract: A method for reducing the explosive potential of a nitrogen-based fertilizer product includes coating the product with a composition including a coal combustion by-product. The coal combustion by-product may be oxidized prior to coating the product, and further may be one or more of Class C fly ash, Class F fly ash, and flue gas desulfurization waste. A primary binder and one or more secondary binders may be included. The primary binder may be water. The secondary binder may be one or more of an organic and an inorganic binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventor: Darrell N. Taulbee
  • Patent number: 7785259
    Abstract: Harmonic motion is produced in a subject using vibro-acoustography. An ultrasonic imaging system repetitively interrogates the subject and the Doppler shift in the reflected echo signals is analyzed to measure the phase and amplitude of harmonic motion produced in the subject at different prescribed frequencies. Shear wave propagation through the subject is determined from this information and mechanical properties related to “stiffness” of the subject are determined. A Kalman filter is employed in the phase and amplitude measurement to extract the harmonic motion information from background noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Wei Tan, James Fowler Greenleaf, Shigao Chen
  • Patent number: 7786147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel analogs of choline and methods of use or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and/or conditions such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington disease, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, Friedrich's ataxia, Pick's disease, Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, Refsom's disease, retinal degeneration, Cruetzfelt-Jacob syndrome or prion disease (mad cow disease), dementia with Lewy bodies, schizophrenia, paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and neurodegenerative conditions caused by stroke. The present compounds are effective to treat any neurological condition where acetylcholine transmission neurons and their target cells are affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Medical College of Georgia Research Institute., University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry J. Buccafusco, Alvin V. Terry, J. Warren Beach, Rammamohanna R. Jonnala
  • Patent number: D622854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignees: Mako Surgical Corp., University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Otto, Amit Mistry, Martin Roche, Thomas Coon, Thomas L. Wickiewicz, Scott A. Banks, Dana C. Mears