Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • METAL OXIDE
    Publication number: 20100025617
    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 (ZnxTi1-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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicants: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITY, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SOPHIA UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sciences 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
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CROSSING CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS
    Publication number: 20100030251
    Abstract: Devices and methods for crossing total chronic occlusions in body lumens (e.g., blood vessels, etc.). The devices and methods may involve guidewire assisted delivery of a device designed to both traverse a chronic total occlusion (CTO) and create a passageway through the CTO for a treatment device (e.g., an angioplasty balloon, stent, etc.). Some devices of the present invention may include an expandable sleeve constructed of material that expands in response to temperature changes. In other devices, an expandable sleeve may be provided in which two or more interlocking cylindrical sections can be arranged such that the cylindrical sections have a first, smaller diameter at which the expandable sleeve can be inserted through a CTO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Gurpreet S. Sandhu, Charanjit S. Rihal
  • MANUFACTURING CROSS-STRUCTURES OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20100028814
    Abstract: Techniques for manufacturing cross-structures of nanostructures, such as nanowires and carbon nanotubes are provided. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing cross-structures of nanostructures include providing a substrate, patterning a first mask layer on the substrate, adsorbing first nanostructures onto surface regions of the substrate where the first mask layer does not exist, removing the first mask layer from the substrate, patterning a second mask layer on the substrate to which the first nanostructures are adsorbed, and adsorbing second nanostructures onto the surface regions of the substrate where the second mask layer does not exist, under conditions effective to manufacture cross-structures of nanostructures on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Seoul National University Research & Development Business Foundation ("SNU R&DB FOUNDATION")
    Inventors: Seunghun Hong, Sung Young Park, Seon Namgung
  • System for controlling the temperature of an associated electronic device using an enclosure having a working fluid arranged therein and a chemical compound in the working fluid that undergoes a reversible chemical reaction to move heat from the associated electronic device
    Patent number: 7656028
    Abstract: A package for a semiconductor chip or other heat producing device has a supporting substrate to which the devices mount and electrically connect. An enclosure is formed over the heat producing devices and filled with a working fluid including a chemical compound that reacts endothermically to absorb heat produced by the devices and releases the heat in a reverse reaction to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Wendy L. Wilkins, Barry K. Gilbert
  • Fiber optic SERS sensor systems and SERS probes
    Patent number: 7656525
    Abstract: Fiber optic surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems (also referred to as “SERS system”), portable SERS systems, SERS probes, and methods of using the SERS systems and SERS probes to detect an analyte, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Yiping Zhao, Yongjun Liu
  • Integrated nanomechanical sensor array chips
    Patent number: 7655269
    Abstract: The invention provides sensor, preferably biosensor devices and method of fabrication. The devices have significant advantages over the prior art methods having compatibility with future trends in clinical diagnostics and chemical detection. The underlying principle involves the integration of nanometer diameter, micron long metal or semiconductor rods onto a substrate to form a suspended nanomechanical cantilevers. The cantilever rods are rigidly attached to the substrate on one or both ends, and resonate at a characteristic frequency depending on the diameter, length, and stiffness of the rod. The metal or semiconductor rods are integrated onto the substrate using electrofluidic or fluidic assembly techniques. A receptor coating is placed on the metal or semiconductor rods prior to or following rod alignment using self-assembly chemistries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Theresa S. Mayer, Christine D. Keating
  • Immunogenic proteins of
    Patent number: 7655427
    Abstract: The invention provides novel immunogenic proteins LigA and LigB from Leptospira for use in the development of effective vaccines and antibodies, as well as improved diagnostic methods and kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung-Fu Chang, Raghavan U. M. Palaniappan
  • pRNA chimera
    Patent number: 7655787
    Abstract: A circularly permuted chimeric pRNA molecule carrying a stabilized biologically active RNA, such as a ribozyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Peixuan Guo, Stephen M. Hoeprich, Dan Shu
  • Cytotoxic ribonuclease variants
    Patent number: 7655757
    Abstract: This invention relates to cytotoxic variants of human ribonuclease 1 (RNase 1) identified through analysis of the interaction between RNase 1 and the human ribonuclease inhibitor (hRI) as defined by the three dimensional (3-D) atomic structure of the RNase 1 hRI complex. Also disclosed is the 3-D structure of the hRI.RNase 1 complex and methods for designing the RNase 1 variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ronald T. Raines, George N. Phillips, Jr., R. Jeremy Johnson, Jason G. McCoy
  • Lanthionine antibiotic compositions and methods
    Patent number: 7655236
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an isolated and purified DNA sequence which encodes a lantibiotic, mutacin I, is disclosed. The nucleic acid sequence is set forth in SEQ ID No: 1 and the amino acid sequence is set forth in SEQ ID No: 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: Fengxia Qi, Page W. Caufield, Ping Chen
  • Composition for forming a photosensitive organic anti-reflective layer and method of forming a pattern using the same
    Patent number: 7655389
    Abstract: A composition for forming a photosensitive organic anti-reflective layer includes about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of an acid-labile thermal cross-linking agent that is decomposed by an epoxy group and a photo-acid generator, about 10 to about 22 percent by weight of a copolymer resin that includes an acrylate monomer containing anthracene or a methacrylate monomer containing anthracene, about 0.1 to about 1 percent by weight of a photo-acid generator, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Sang-Woong Yoon, Jong-Chan Lee, Ki-Ok Kwon, Sang-Ho Cha, Geun Huh
  • Nitrogen removal from molten metal by slags containing titanium oxides
    Patent number: 7655066
    Abstract: The invention relates to titanium oxide containing slag compositions and associated methods for reducing the nitrogen content of metals. The titanium oxide slag compositions can be used to reduce nitrogen content in various molten metals including steel, nickel, copper, iron, and the like. The nitrogen content of the metals can be reduced by contacting the metal with the titanium oxide containing slag composition. The slag compositions are capable of reducing the nitrogen content of steel to less than 20 ppm without the need for specialized high-quality starting materials or processing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Peng Fan, Weol D. Cho
  • Heat pumped parametric MEMS device
    Patent number: 7654140
    Abstract: A micro-electrical mechanical oscillator has a resonant frequency of oscillation that is varied by application of heat. The resonant frequency is varied at a frequency different from the resonant frequency of the oscillator to amplify oscillations. In one embodiment, the oscillator is disc of material supported by a pillar of much smaller diameter than the disc. The periphery of the disc is heated by a laser to provide a time varying shift of the resonant frequency (or equivalently the stiffness) of the disc. Feedback from movement of the disc is used to modulate the intensity of the laser, and thus the stiffness of the disc to provide parametric amplification of sensed vibrations, using heating as a pump. Various other shapes of micro-electrical mechanical oscillators are used in other embodiment, including an array of such oscillators on a substrate, each having different resonant frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxim Zalalutdinov, Anatoli Olkhovets, Alan T. Zehnder, Bojan Ilic, David Alan Czaplewski, Lidija Sekaric, Jeevak M. Parpia, Harold G. Craighead
  • Universal quantum gate
    Patent number: 7655850
    Abstract: Universal quantum gates that include single qubit and two-qubit gates are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Doyeol Ahn
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring dynamic cardiovascular function using n-dimensional representatives of critical functions
    Patent number: 7654966
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus and device for the monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation of the state of a dynamic pulmonary system is disclosed. This method and system provides the processing means for receiving sensed and/or simulated data, converting such data into a displayable object format and displaying such objects in a manner such that the interrelationships between the respective variables can be correlated and identified by a user. This invention provides for the rapid cognitive grasp of the overall state of a pulmonary critical function with respect to a dynamic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dwayne Westinskow, James Agutter, Noah Syroid, David Strayer, Robert Albert, S. Blake Wachter, Frank Drews
  • Differential signal termination block
    Patent number: 7656250
    Abstract: A termination block for connecting a first signal device and a second signal device. The termination block includes a housing, first and second pair of connectors, and an electrical circuit having passive elements that connect the first and second pair of connectors and provide impedance matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Patrick Zabinski, Rick Philpott
  • Composition and method for regulation of body weight and associated conditions
    Patent number: 7655622
    Abstract: Methods for regulating body weight and/or regulating weight gain are provided herein. The methods are useful, for instance, for treating or preventing obesity. Specifically, methods of administering varying levels of various alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (?-MSH) analog compounds to an animal are provided for reducing body weight and/or reducing the rate of body weight gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignees: Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    Inventors: Miles B. Brennan, Ute Hochgeschwender
  • Heat pump system with multi-stage compression
    Patent number: 7654104
    Abstract: A multi-compressor heat pump system configured to provide heating and cooling over a range of ambient temperatures. The compressors can be operated independently and alone or together in series for maximum output. Heat exchangers are selectively fluidically connected to the compressors to enable refrigerant flow between the compressors and at least two heat exchangers in a manner that enables the heat pump system to be selectively operable in various modes. Preferred aspects include selectively operating the compressors based on the ratio of the evaporating and condensing pressures of the refrigerant within the heat pump system, a mixing chamber between the compressors, and a lubricant management system to prevent the accumulation of a lubricant in one of the compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eckard A. Groll, William J. Hutzel, Stefan S. Bertsch, David B. Bouffard
  • Glutathione-S-transferase gene from confers abiotic stress tolerance in plants
    Patent number: 7655837
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to isolation and characterization of PjGST gene from Prosopis juliflora and a method for producing abiotic stress tolerant transgenic plant, more specifically salt and/or drought stress tolerant plant by expression of the gene in rice, tobacco and other plant species. The present disclosure also provides transformed plant, plant cells, plant tissue, plant part, seed, or progeny thereof with enhanced expression of PjGST gene to confer salt and/or drought stress tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ajay Parida, Suja George
  • High efficiency twisted leaf ceiling fan
    Patent number: D609329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny S. Parker, Thomas Zambrano