Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Publication number: 20190017164
    Abstract: A method of producing gallium-doped zinc oxide films with enhanced conductivity. The method includes depositing a gallium-doped zinc oxide film on a substrate using a pulsed laser and subjecting the deposited gallium-dope zinc oxide film to a post-treatment effecting recrystallization in the deposited film, wherein the recrystallization enhances the conductivity of the film. Another method of producing gallium-doped zinc oxide films with enhanced conductivity. The method includes the steps of depositing a gallium-doped zinc oxide film on a substrate using a pulsed laser and subjecting the deposited gallium-dope zinc oxide film to an ultraviolet laser beam resulting in recrystallization in the film, wherein the recrystallization enhances the conductivity of the film. A film comprising gallium-doped zinc oxide wherein the film contains a recrystallized grain structure on its surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gary J. Cheng, Qiong Nian
  • Publication number: 20190017047
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for decreasing Ataxin 2 mRNA and protein expression. Such methods are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate Ataxin 2 associated diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such Ataxin 2 associated diseases include spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and parkinsonism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicants: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: C. Frank Bennett, Susan M. Freier, Stefan M. Pulst, Daniel R. Scoles, Gene Hung
  • Publication number: 20190019648
    Abstract: A system for generating an electron beam array, comprising a light source, a first substrate having a plurality of plasmonic lenses mounted thereon, the plasmonic lenses configured to received light from the light source and produce an electron emission, and a plurality of electrostatic microlenses configured to focus the electron emissions into a beam for focusing on a wafer substrate. A light source modulator and digital micro mirror may be included which captures light from the light source and projects light beamlets on the plasmonic lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Liang Pan, Xianfan Xu
  • Publication number: 20190020295
    Abstract: A hybrid electrical machine containing surface mounted magnets which includes a magnetically permeable cylindrically shaped stator assembly having at least one stator winding formed about a plurality of stator teeth, a rotor assembly concentrically disposed within the stator assembly, including a magnetically permeable rotor backiron, a rotational drive mechanism coupled to the rotor backiron, and a plurality of protruding rotor poles, each including a magnetically permeable pole support assembly, a winding provided around the pole support assembly, and a radially magnetized permanent magnet assembly disposed about the pole support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Scott Sudhoff, Steve Pekarek, Omar Abdul Laldin
  • Publication number: 20190020291
    Abstract: A microrobot is disclosed. The microrobot includes a magnet configured to provide a motive force when magnetic force of one or more electrical coils act upon the magnet, a support member coupled to the magnet, a thermo-responsive polymer member coupled to each end of the support member at a proximal end, the thermo-responsive polymer member configured to articulate when heated, wherein the thermo-responsive polymer members configured to receive light from a microrobot structured light system and convert the received light into heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: David J. Cappelleri, Maria Guix Noguera, Song Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190015494
    Abstract: Provided are compositions that include one or more peptides, wherein each peptide is at least 8 amino acids long and has an amino acid sequence as set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-45. Also provided are in vitro populations of dendritic cells that include the disclosed compositions, in vitro populations of CD8+ T cells capable of being activated upon being brought into contact with the disclosed populations of dendritic cells, antibodies or antibody-like molecules that specifically bind to complexes of MHC class I molecules and the disclosed peptides, methods for treating and/or preventing cancer such as leukemia using the disclosed compositions and/or populations, methods for making cancer vaccines using the disclosed compositions, methods for screening target peptides for inclusion in an immunotherapy composition, methods for determining a prognosis of a leukemia patient, and kits that include at least one of the disclosed peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicants: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, The University of Birmingham
    Inventors: Donald F. Hunt, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Stacy Alyse Malaker, Mark Cobbold, Sarah Penny
  • Publication number: 20190019310
    Abstract: A reference imaging system including a planar reference piece. The reference imaging system further includes a three-axis gantry for positioning the planar reference piece at a plurality of points in a 3D coordinate system. Additionally, the reference imaging system includes a yaw actuator for adjusting the yaw angle of the object. Furthermore, the reference imaging system includes a pitch actuator for adjusting the pitch of the object. Moreover, the reference imaging system includes a computer processing unit for controlling the 3D position, pitch and yaw of the planar reference piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Jian Jin
  • Publication number: 20190016670
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing a trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluoromethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure: wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl, each with or without subsutitution; and R1 is —H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(aryl), -(heteroaryl), -(alkylaryl), -(alkylheteroaryl), —NH-(alkyl), —N(alkyl)2, —NH-(alkenyl), —NH-(alkynyl) —NH-(aryl), —NH-(heteroaryl), —O-(alkyl), —O-(alkenyl), —O-(alkynyl), —O-(aryl), —O-(heteroaryl); —S-(alkyl), —S-(alkenyl), —S-(alkynyl), —S-(aryl), or —S-(heteroaryl), comprising: (a) reacting a compound having the structure: with a trifluoromethylating agent in the presence of a base in a first suitable solvent under conditions to produce a compound having the structure: and (b) maintaining the compound produced in step (a) in a second suitable solvent under conditions sufficient to produce the trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluormethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure:
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Ngai, Katarzyna N. Hojczyk
  • Publication number: 20190017990
    Abstract: The invention discloses a proteoliposome or a planar lipid bilayer membrane comprising a single protein manufactured using glycerol or polyethylene glycols (PEG) in the rehydration step. Products so prepared are useful for nanopore sensing technology, including ultrafast DNA sequencing and biomedical diagnostic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Peng Jing
  • Publication number: 20190016759
    Abstract: Disclosed are capsid-modified rAAV expression vectors, as well as infectious virions, compositions, and pharmaceutical formulations containing them. Also provided are methods of preparing and using the disclosed capsid-protein-mutated rAAV constructs in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, including, inter alia, as mammalian cell-targeting delivery agents, and as human gene therapy vectors. Also disclosed are large-scale production methods for capsid-modified rAAV expression vectors, viral particles, and infectious virions having improved transduction efficiencies over those of the corresponding, un-modified, rAAV vectors, as well as use of the disclosed compositions in the manufacture of medicaments for a variety of in vitro and/or in vivo applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Arun Srivastava, George Vladimirovich Aslanidi, Sergei Zolotukhin, Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Kim M. Van Vliet, Li Zhong, Lakshmanan Govindasamy
  • Publication number: 20190015005
    Abstract: A device and method is described for electronic human prosthetics, and specifically a body-machine interface (BMI) device where the input, output and on-board computing are combined into a single unit to form a compact ECG, respiratory sensing, temperature-sensing-prosthetics device. The devices (BMIs) can also communicate with other body-machine interface devices (BMI) and/or with external controllers wirelessly. The compact device has ultrasonic battery charging system. One or more BMI can be wirelessly connected so that a closed loop of BMIs, or a BMI and an external controller, can wirelessly send trigger pulses to the stimulator over the heart, glossopharyngeal nerve(s) or diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicants: San Diego State University Research Foundation, Electronic and Telecommunication Research Institute
    Inventors: Kee S. MOON, Sung Q. LEE, Woosub YOUM
  • Publication number: 20190019583
    Abstract: Provided is a plasma diagnosis system using multiple-path Thomson scattering, including: a light source which supplies pulsed laser beams; an optical system which includes first and second beam focusing units and supplies a pulsed laser beam in a vertical polarization state and a pulsed laser beam in a horizontal polarization state to the first and second beam focusing units; a collection optic system which measures a first collection signal obtained by collecting signals scattered from the plasma and a second collection signal obtained by collecting signals scattered from the plasma and measures the first and second collection signals; and a controller which measures a Thomson scattering signal for the plasma by using the first and second collection signals. The first and second collection signals are configured with one of a background scattering noise signal and a mixed signal of a Thomson scattering signal and the background scattering noise signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Sogang University
    Inventors: Kyu Man CHO, Seung Hyun YOON, Wha-Keun AHN, June Gyu PARK
  • Patent number: 10181647
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus can include a transmission medium that is positioned within layers of an antenna apparatus that are positioned adjacent to a first upper layer that is configured to include a signal receiving and transmission element (e.g. an antenna, patch antenna, etc.). The transmission medium can include or otherwise be connected to one or more resonators so that only a signal within a pre-selected band is passable through the transmission band. Any signal in a band outside of the pre-selected band may not be passable through the transmission medium due at least in part to the resonators. In some embodiments, the transmission medium may be part of a stripline or a microstrip. Embodiments of the apparatus may also be configured to block backward radiation emittable from the antenna to help prevent a body of a person near that device from absorbing such radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Douglas H. Werner, Zhihao Jiang
  • Patent number: 10182499
    Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit as well as printed passive and active electronic components using additive printing technology is provided. The fabrication process includes a substrate and a first conductive layer that is printed with conductive ink on the substrate. An insulation layer that has uniform thickness is printed on the first conductive layer and the substrate, less via cavities, test point cavities, and a surface mount component contact point and mounting cavities. The insulation layer is replaceable with resistive layer or semi-conductive layer to fabricate electronic components. The vias are printed with conductive ink inside of the via cavities. Additionally, a second conductive layer is printed on the vias and over the insulation layer. The insulation, resistive, or semi-conducting layer, the vias, and the conductive layers are repeatedly printed in sequence to thus form the multilayer printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Memphis Research Foundation
    Inventor: Bashir I. Morshed
  • Patent number: 10180479
    Abstract: A method of inducing spin polarization in an analyte is provided. The method exposes 14N spin defect centers embedded within 25 nm of a diamond surface to a magnetic field while an analyte is near the surface. The 14N spin defect centers are polarized by treatment with an electromagnetic wave protocol having a visible light pulse (p0); a microwave pulse (mw1), a radio frequency pulse (rf1), a microwave pulse (mw2) and a radio frequency pulse (rf2) resulting in polarization of the nuclear spins of the 14N spin defect centers. Polarized spins in the 14N spin defect centers induce spin polarization in the analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Carlos A. Meriles, Daniela Pagliero, Abdelghani Laraoui
  • Patent number: 10182356
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for selecting a radio frequency beam by a receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a beamforming scheme includes determining a number of reference signal intervals in which a reference signal is transmitted based on a number of transmitting apparatuses, estimating full channel information by repetitively performing a partial channel estimating based on the number of reference signal intervals, and selecting a reception RF beam and a transmission RF beam for each of the transmitting apparatuses based on the full channel information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Young-Chai Ko, Myeong-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10179953
    Abstract: Selective electropolymerization of conducting polymers using a hydrogel stamp is disclosed. The ability of this simple method to generate patterned films of conducting polymers with multiple surface chemistries in a single-step process and to incorporate biomolecules in these films is further described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sheereen Majd, Mohammad Reza Abidian, Soohyun Park
  • Patent number: 10179166
    Abstract: Disclosed are vaccines containing one or more immunogenic polypeptides derived from an EtpE protein from an Ehrlichia sp. or nucleic acid encoding these polypeptides. Also disclosed is a method for vaccinating a subject against Ehrlichia sp. that involves administering to the subject a composition comprising any of the disclosed vaccines. Also disclosed is a method for diagnosing and/or monitoring the treatment of Ehrlichiosis in a subject that comprising assaying a biological sample (e.g., blood, serum, or plasma sample) from the subject for the presence of an antibody that specifically binds an EtpE polypeptide. Also disclosed are methods for delivering a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to a cell in a subject that involves conjugating the agent, or a delivery vehicle comprising the agent, to polypeptide containing the C-terminal domain of an EtpE protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Yasuko Rikihisa, Dipu Mohan-Kumar
  • Patent number: 10181065
    Abstract: Chipless RFID tags and methods of using the same are provided. Each RFID tag provided herein can generate a unique and unclonable (unclonable chipless RFID, or UCR) identifier from its intrinsically random manufacturing process. The UCR device can monitor increase in storage temperature beyond that which is appropriate for a specific commodity to which the device is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark M. Tehranipoor, Haoting Shen, Kun Yang, Domenic J. Forte
  • Patent number: 10180167
    Abstract: A brake assembly apparatus is provided for a vehicle braking system. The brake assembly apparatus comprises a vibration damping sleeve for damping vibration between a first braking component and a second braking component. The sleeve includes (i) a first set of spring elements projecting toward a circumferential surface of the first braking component and tuned with a first preload against the circumferential surface of the first braking component, and (ii) a second set of spring elements projecting toward a circumferential surface of the second braking component and tuned with a second preload against the circumferential surface of the second braking component. The first and second sets of spring elements cooperate to damp vibration of certain frequencies between the first and second braking components based upon the first and second preloads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC
    Inventors: Daniel E. Banks, David R Church