Patents Assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12122901
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a dry-type lubricant for use in a dry product hopper to help improve dry product flow and to improve anti-jamming properties of the dry product. The example lubricant can comprise a hydrophilic fiber, such as cellulose, having a width to length aspect ratio that provides a thin fiber. A plurality of hydrophobic particles are deposited on the surface of the fiber, resulting in a fiber surface exhibiting amphiphobic properties. Further, the fiber can operably absorb water, and then releases the absorbed water to the surface of the fiber under mechanical stress, such as when mixed with a product in a hopper. This can result in the water being disposed on the surface of the fiber, to provide lubrication to a product in a hopper to improve flow and anti-jamming characteristics of the product in the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Thuo, Paul Ramon Gregory, Boyce S. Chang, Chuanshen Du
  • Patent number: 12091602
    Abstract: A heteroaryl-thio-substituted pyrone compound that is a heteroaryl-thio-substituted pyrone or a heteroaryl-thio-substituted coumarin. In various embodiments, the heteroaryl-thio-substituted pyrone compound or a reaction product thereof is a metal corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Shanks, George A. Kraus, William Bradley, Jiajie Huo, Kyle Podolak
  • Patent number: 12084772
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for post-processing a printed graphene ink pattern or other deposition on a substrate. A pulsed UV laser is tunable between various energy densities to selectively modify the printed ink or deposition in electrical or physical properties. In one example, radical improvements in electrical conductivity are achieved. In another example, controlled transformation from essentially 2D printed or deposited graphene to surface topology of 3D nanostructures are achieved. The 3D structures are beneficial in such applications as electrochemical sensors of different types and characteristics. In another example, hydrophobicity of the printed or deposited graphene can be manipulated starting from a hydrophilic to super hydrophobic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Claussen, Suprem Das
  • Publication number: 20240294675
    Abstract: This patent document provides a caged catalyst comprising a catalyst encapsulated in a cage compound of Formula I represented [ZrIV6O4(OI)4(linker)6]). The catalysts demonstrated excellent activities and size selectivity in a model RCM reaction, suggesting successful encapsulation into MOFs. ROMP of cyclopentene mediated by G3@UiO-67 achieved significantly higher molecular weight and lower dispersity than the counterpart mediated by the free catalyst. The ultra-high molecular weight polymers generated by the encapsulated catalysts demonstrated significantly improved mechanical and adhesive properties compared to the low molecular weight counterparts and commercial polymers. The simplicity and generality make this method readily applicable to the ROMP of a wide range of low-strain cyclic olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicants: The Trustees of Boston College, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jia Niu, Wenyu Huang, Zefeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 12071352
    Abstract: A method is provided for making high quality silicon sulfide having 4N (99.99% by weight) or better purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitriy Pavlovich Bayko, Steven Kmiec, Steve W. Martin
  • Patent number: 12070798
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an electromagnet alignment system for AM or 3D printing technology providing improved in-situ alignment of the magnetic particulate material as it is dispensed during deposition to form a 3D shape. In-situ alignment of the magnetic particulate material can be controlled to be unidirectional or multi-directional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Cajetan Ikenna Niebedim, Abhishek Sarkar, Matthew J. Kramer, Thomas Lograsso, Mark Christopher Haase, Somashekara Adinarayanappa, Mariappan Parans Paranthaman
  • Patent number: 12054789
    Abstract: In this disclosure, a method or kit for using the method of extracting, concentrating, and detecting microbes from a sample is disclosed. The method disclosed herein use transition or rare earth metal-based magnetic ionic liquids (MILs) to extract viable microbes from a sample and to detect them via an amplification-based method and/or a non-amplification-based methods. The method and kit can be used in-field and on-site for detection of viable microbes in a sample within about an hour, without using any powered heat source or powered tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared L. Anderson, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, Kevin D. Clark, Stephanie A. Hice
  • Patent number: 12054411
    Abstract: A system for reducing total dissolved solids in wastewater can include a vertical reactor that can include a flexible sheet material, where the flexible sheet material can be configured to facilitate the growth and attachment of an algal biofilm. The vertical reactor can include a shaft, where the shaft can be associated with and can support the flexible sheet material, and a drive motor, where the drive motor can be coupled with the shaft such that the flexible sheet material can be selectively actuated. The system can include a fluid reservoir containing a portion of wastewater through which the flexible sheet material is configured to pass as well as a stressor operably configured to stimulate the algae to produce an extracellular polymeric substance. A method of reducing total dissolved solids in wastewater includes moving an algal biofilm through the wastewater and moving the algal biofilm through a gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
    Inventors: Zhiyou Wen, Juan Peng, Martin A. Gross, Kuldip Kumar, Thomas Kunetz
  • Patent number: 12037594
    Abstract: Method of increasing protein content in a eukaryotic cell comprising an NF-YC4 gene comprising modifying the transcriptional repressor binding site; method of producing a plant with increased protein content comprising crossing and selecting for increased protein content; method of increasing resistance to a pathogen or a pest in a plant cell or plant comprising an NF-YC4 gene comprising modifying the transcriptional repressor binding site, alone or in further combination with expressing QQS in the plant cell or plant; method for producing a plant with increased resistance to a pathogen or a pest comprising crossing and selecting for increased resistance to the pathogen or the pest; a cell, collection of cells, tissue, organ, or organism, such as a plant, in which the NF-YC4 gene comprises a promoter comprising a transcriptional repressor binding site that has been modified so that the transcriptional repressor cannot prevent transcription of the NF-YC4; plants and hybrids thereof; and seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Eve Syrkin Wurtele
  • Patent number: 12030843
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for the conversion of polymers, oligomers, or mixtures thereof into shorter alkanes, carboxylic acids, alcohols, alkyl halides or aldehydes. This process includes contacting the polymers, oligomers, or mixtures thereof with the compound of formula (I): Al(R1)3??(I) where R1 is independently selected at each occurrence thereof from the group consisting of H, aryl, C1-C8 alkyl, and C1-C8 alkoxy, as a reaction mixture, in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a transition metal catalyst, a lanthanide series metal catalyst, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron David Sadow, Uddhav Kanbur
  • Patent number: 12023641
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composition comprising amphiphilic Janus particles and a waterborne binder, wherein the particles are self-stratified, and methods of making and using the same. The disclosure also relates to the synthesis of amphiphilic Janus particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Yifan Li, Shan Jiang
  • Publication number: 20240210913
    Abstract: A method for predicting remaining useful life for industrial equipment and associated sensor modules are provided. The method includes monitoring machine sensor data for the industrial equipment in an industrial environment using at least one sensor and applying a two-tier model implemented by a computing device by executing a set of instructions from a non-transitory machine readable memory using a processor of the computing device. The two-tier model receives as input sensor data comprising the machine sensor data and applies physics of failure of the industrial equipment to determine a prediction for remaining useful life for the industrial equipment, uncertainty in the prediction for the remaining useful life for the industrial equipment, and an explanation to the prediction for the remaining useful life for the industrial equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicants: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Percev LLC
    Inventors: Venkat Pavan Nemani, Chao Hu, Hao Lu, Andrew T. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 12016333
    Abstract: A coat protein of Junonia coenia densovirus (JcDNV) is used to deliver attached peptide insect toxin across the gut epithelium of a fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. A fusion protein comprising VP4 attached to an insect toxin via a peptide linker is developed. A composition comprising a JcDNV coat protein attached to an insect toxin via a peptide linker can be used for insect pest control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryony C. Bonning, Mariah Kemmerer
  • Patent number: 12012609
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to conductive graphene matrix-encapsulated cells. A matrix-encapsulated cell includes an encapsulating polymer matrix including a biopolymer and graphene. The matrix-encapsulated cell also includes one or more of the cells encapsulated within the encapsulating polymer, wherein the graphene directly contacts at least some of the cells. The matrix encapsulating the one or more cells is electrically conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Nastaran Hashemi, Reza Montazami, Marilyn Christine McNamara, Jasmin Okuzono
  • Patent number: 12005113
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel nucleotide and amino acid sequences of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (“PEDV”), including novel genotypes thereof, all of which are useful in the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against multiple swine PEDV genotypes and isolates. Diagnostic and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention, as are infectious clones useful in the propagation of the virus and in the preparation of vaccines. Particularly important aspects of the invention include polynucleotide constructs that replicate in tissue culture and in host swine. The invention also provides for novel full length PEDV genomes that can replicate efficiently in host animals and tissue culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Zoetis Services LLC, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianqiang Zhang, Qi Chen, Phillip Gauger, Darin Madson, John Morgan Hardham, Meggan Bandrick, Jay Gregory Calvert, James Richard Thompson, Mira Ivanova Stoeva, Walter Valdez
  • Patent number: 12000809
    Abstract: A gas chromatographic (GC) column using a zwitterionic compound and methods of use thereof are disclosed herein. The volatile free acids were observed to strongly retain on these zwitterionic compounds-based columns with excellent peak symmetry. By carefully tuning the structures of these zwitterionic compounds, different selectivity toward volatile free acids was demonstrated. These stationary phases possess a wide working range with thermal stabilities at higher temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared L. Anderson, Kosuke Kuroda, He Nan
  • Patent number: 11993733
    Abstract: The present application relates to polyurethane polymers produced by polymerizing a reactant mixture comprising triglycerides of Physaria fendleri, one or more polyisocyanates, and one or more polyols, wherein the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri have a hydroxyl value ranging from 90 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri to 250 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri. The present application also relates to polyester polymers produced by polymerizing a reactant mixture comprising triglycerides of Euphorbia Lagascae, and one or more dicarboxylic acids. Also disclosed are the methods of formation of the polyurethane and polyester polymers, and their use as adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Greg Curtzwiler, Keith Vorst, Alexandra Ivey, Sharan Raman
  • Patent number: 11993209
    Abstract: A multi-camera vision system is utilized onboard a work vehicle having an operator cabin and an apparatus associated with performance of a work task. The system includes: one or more display devices defining a plurality of display areas and a plurality of cameras carried by the work vehicle and coupled to display feeds at the display areas. A first camera of the cameras is oriented to selectively provide a first selected feed of at least a portion of the apparatus during performance of the work task. A controller is configured to display the first selected feed of the selected feeds with an insert, overlay, or icon that indicates the origin and orientation of the first camera as the first selected feed depicts performance of the work task by the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Brian M. Huenink, Jeremy B. Shuler, Jake Flanders, Christopher M. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11986808
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to molecularly-imprinted cross-linked micelles that can selectively hydrolyze carbohydrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Yan Zhao
  • Patent number: 11986904
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an Al—Ce—Ni alloy for use in additive manufacturing. The disclosed alloy embodiments provide fabricated objects, such as bulk components, comprising a heterogeneous microstructure and having good mechanical properties even when exposed to conditions used during the additive manufacturing process. Methods for making and using alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan R. Dehoff, Hunter B. Henderson, Scott McCall, Richard Michi, Peeyush Nandwana, Ryan Ott, Alexander J. Plotkowski, Orlando Rios, Amit Shyam, Zachary C. Sims, Kevin D. Sisco, David Weiss, Ying Yang