Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Patent number: 10176790
    Abstract: A guitar support for supporting a guitar during a performance includes a base, a stand having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a curved middle portion. A lower end of the lower portion is connected to the base. A shaped support element is connected to a top end of the upper portion, the shaped support element having a top surface shaped to support a guitar body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventor: Jonathan J. Gangi
  • Patent number: 10172974
    Abstract: In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition described herein comprises the reaction product of (i) an alkoxylated or alkenoxylated citric acid, citrate, or ester of citric acid, and optionally a non-alkoxylated and non-alkenoxylated citric acid, citrate, or ester of citric acid, with (ii) a polyol. Additionally, in some cases, a composition described herein comprises the reaction product of (i) and (ii) above and (iii) one or more additional monomers. In some cases, the composition is cross-linked by the use of one or more oxidants such as sodium periodate (NaIO4) and/or silver nitrate (AgNO3), which can be reduced into a reduced oxidant that provides short-term antimicrobial activity. Such a composition can have both short-term and long-term antibiotic and antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jian Yang, Jinshan Guo
  • Patent number: 10175168
    Abstract: A sensor for hydrocarbons uses a waveguide with a first cladding layer, a second cladding layer with a measurement region with hydrophobic measurement material, and a core between the first and second cladding layers. Light is coupled into the waveguide. The measurement material is exposed to the hydrocarbon allowing the hydrocarbon to diffuse into it and change refractive index of the material, which changes intensity of light evanescently coupled through the first cladding layer. Light coupled through the first cladding layer is measured to determine exposure of the sensor to the hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kevin Lear, Timothy Erickson
  • Patent number: 10172558
    Abstract: A high aspect ratio shadow mask and a method of making and using the high aspect ratio shadow mask can provide multiple conductive trace pathways along high aspect ratio electrodes. The high aspect ratio shadow mask can include a substantially planar base layer and a plurality of hollow high aspect ratio projections extending from the substantially planar base layer. The high aspect ratio shadow mask can further include a plurality of openings along the hollow projections which define trace deposition patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sandeep Negi, Rajmohan Bhandari, Mobashir Hasan Shandi
  • Patent number: 10176933
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes first and second electrodes and a solid state electrolyte. The first electrode includes carbon nanotubes, a conductive polymer, and a metallization on said carbon nanotubes. The second electrode similarly includes carbon nanotubes, a conductive polymer, and a metallization on said carbon nanotubes. The solid state electrolyte is disposed at least in part between the first electrode and the second electrode. In at least some embodiments, the conductive polymer of the first electrode includes polyaniline, and the metallization of the first electrode is a gold metallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Pedro P. Irazoqui, Oren Gall, Chuizhou Meng, Jimin Maeng
  • Patent number: 10172962
    Abstract: This invention relates to biotechnology, more particularly, to water-soluble polymeric delivery systems for the imaging, evaluation and/or treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. Using modern MR imaging techniques, the specific accumulation of macromolecules in arthritic joints in adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats is demonstrated. The strong correlation between the uptake and retention of the MR contrast agent labeled polymer with histopathological features of inflammation and local tissue damage demonstrates the practical applications of the macromolecular delivery system of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dong Wang, Jindrich Kopecek, Scott C. Miller, Pavla Kopeckova
  • Patent number: 10173967
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an azo polymer forms a complex with a lithium ion and a sodium ion among alkali metal ions, but does not form a complex with a potassium ion. Therefore, the azo polymer is expected to be utilized as a material for a sensor capable of selectively detecting a specific alkali metal ion, or as a novel material capable of selectively trapping a specific alkali metal ion from a solution in which metal ions are mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: LG Chem, Ltd., IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: Yang Kyoo Han, In-Joon Byun, Sung Soo Yoon, Je Gwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10174081
    Abstract: Materials and methods for making and using cationic anti-microbial peptides (CAMPs), and compositions containing such peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: George Mason Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Barney Bishop, Monique van Hoek
  • Patent number: 10175222
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nano membrane structure includes preparing a temporary structure having a substrate in which a through-hole is formed in a central portion, and a nano membrane including silicon nitride (SiN), that covers the through-hole on the substrate, and including a central area formed on the through-hole, and a peripheral area formed on the substrate. The method includes preparing an insulating support member including at least one of silicon and a compound containing silicon, and in which a micropore is formed in a central portion, forming a complex structure by performing a hydrophilic surface processing of a surface of the nano membrane and one surface of the insulating support member and by bonding the temporary structure and the insulating support member so that at least a portion of the central area of the nano membrane and the micropore face, and removing the substrate from the complex structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Ki-Bum Kim, Jae-Seok Yu, Hyung-Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 10175216
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are provided for fitting kinetic models to measurements of dynamic curves where the kinetic models give rise to nonlinear fitting equations in two or more unknowns that can be formulated so that they are linear in one or more of the unknown parameters and nonlinear in one or more of the unknown parameters. Such systems, methods and devices may be utilized to monitor and characterize the attributes of a given tracer such as a radioactive substance within a body, a drug within the body, a concentration of a substance within a particular medium, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dan J. Kadrmas, Mehmet Bugrahan Oktay
  • Patent number: 10176060
    Abstract: Provided are a memory apparatus for applying fault repair based on a physical region and a virtual region and a control method thereof. That is, the fault repair is applied based on the physical region and the virtual region which use an information storage table of a virtual basic region using a hash function, thereby improving efficiency of the fault repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Seon Wook Kim, Ho Kwon Kim, Jae Yung Jun, Kyu Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10172362
    Abstract: Biofilms are provided which are capable of regulating their own thickness, reducing contamination and preventing biofouling. Constructs are introduced into bacteria that comprise nucleic acid molecules encoding an autoinducer synthase polypeptide, a transcriptional regulator and a biofilm dispersal protein. Nucleic acid molecules may also be introduced which encode a nitric oxide synthase, an epoxide hydrolase, or both. Biofilms of the bacteria may be used to reduce biofouling and contamination of a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas K. Wood, Manish Kumar, Thammajun L. Wood
  • Patent number: 10172297
    Abstract: A monitoring and control system and method for a plant factory based on TV white spaces (TVWSs) are disclosed. The monitoring and control system for the plant factory includes a sensor assembly installed inside and outside a plant factory and measuring an environmental state, an actuator assembly installed inside the plant factory and creating a growing environment, and a central data processing assembly assigning a TV white space (TVWS) channel to the sensor assembly and the actuator assembly, receiving the environmental state from the sensor assembly through the TVWS channel, generating a control signal controlling the actuator assembly to meet a predetermined conditions for an internal environment of the plant factory for an optimal state of growth of crops in response to the environmental state, and transmitting the control signal to the actuator assembly through the TVWS channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Foundation of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation
    Inventors: Woncheol Lee, Hyungmin Chang, Joopyoung Choi, Deokwon Yun, Kyumin Park
  • Patent number: 10174008
    Abstract: Methods of making indole analogs using a rhodium-containing catalyst are described, along with methods of using the compounds to treat hyperglycemic, hyperlipidemic, or autoimmune disorders in mammals, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions. Disclosed herein is a method of making indoles. The method comprises contacting a reactant of formula I wherein E is a protecting group, —SO2-Aryl, or —SO2-substituted-Aryl; and R and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halo, C1-C12-alkyl and aryl; with a rhodium(1)-containing catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Weiping Tang, Xiaoxun Li
  • Patent number: 10174161
    Abstract: B/N Lewis pairs have been discovered to catalyze rapid epimerization of meso-lactide (LA) or LA diastereomers quantitatively into rac-LA. The obtained rac-LA can be kinetically polymerized into poly(L-lactide) and optically resolved D-LA, with a high stereoselectivity factor kL/kD of 53 and an ee value of 91% at 50.6% monomer conversion, by a bifunctional chiral catalyst. The epimerization and enantioselective polymerization can be coupled into a one-pot process for transforming meso-LA directly into poly(L-lactide) and D-LA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eugene Y. Chen, Jian-Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 10174042
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel poly(phenylene ethynylene) (PPE) compounds, methods for synthesizing these compounds, and materials and substances incorporating these compounds. The various PPEs show antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: STC.UNM, University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Whitten, Kirk S. Schanze, Anand Parthasarathy, Eunkyung Ji, Motokatsu Ogawa, Thomas S. Corbitt, Dimitri Dascier, Ying Wang, Linnea K. Ista, Eric H. Hill
  • Patent number: 10178308
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for photographing a panoramic image including the steps of recognizing movement of a corresponding photographing apparatus by comparing a current real-time input image with a previous image through a motion estimation mechanism with exposure compensation, determining a time to photograph each next picture by determining whether movement in a photography direction reaches a preset threshold value, and photographing each next picture by manual or automatic operation at the determined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Sung-Dae Cho, Soo-Kyun Kim, Jae-Won Moon, Yun-Je Oh, Hee-Won Jung, Sang-Hwa Lee, Nam-Ik Cho, Seong-Jong Ha
  • Patent number: 10177279
    Abstract: Provided are a horizontal light emitting diode (LED) device and a method for fabricating the same. The horizontal LED device includes a sapphire substrate; an n-type GaN layer disposed on the sapphire substrate; an activation layer disposed on the n-type GaN layer; a p-type GaN layer disposed on the activation layer; a current spreading layer disposed on the p-type GaN layer; a p-electrode disposed on the current spreading layer; a plurality of holes exposing the n-type GaN layer through the current spreading layer, the p-type GaN layer, and activation layer; and an n-electrode disposed on the exposed n-type GaN layer and being in ohmic contact with the exposed n-type GaN layer at a plurality of positions on bottom surfaces of the plurality of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Tae Yeon Seong, Ki Seok Kim, Junyong Jin
  • Patent number: 10174072
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates methods and compositions for treating parasitic diseases, for example, leishmaniasis. In a further aspect, the compounds of the methods and compositions are isolated from Pentalinon andrieuxii. 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: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Abhay R. Satoskar, James F. Fuchs, Alan Douglas Kinghorn, Li Pan, Claudio M. Lezama-Davila, Eric Bachelder
  • Patent number: 10176324
    Abstract: Method, system and computer program product for applying existing anti-tampering and obfuscation techniques to virtual machine technology and offers several distinct advantages. The anti-tampering and obfuscation transforms can be applied continuously to prevent adversaries from gaining information about the program through emulation or dynamic analysis. In addition, the encryption can be used to prevent hackers from gaining information using static attacks. The use of a virtual machine also allows for low overhead execution of the obfuscated binaries as well as finer adjustment of the amount of overhead that can be tolerated. In addition, more protection can be applied to specific portions of the application that can tolerate slowdown. The in-corporation of a virtual machine also makes it easy to extend the technology to integrate new developments and resistance mechanisms, leading to less development time, increased savings, and quicker deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Jack W. Davidson, Jason D. Hiser