Patents Assigned to Northwest University
  • Patent number: 12258598
    Abstract: A ?-glycosidase SS-BGL mutant for modifying ginsenoside and application thereof are provided, which relate to the field of genetic engineering technologies. The ?-glycosidase SS-BGL mutant is ?-glycosidase SS-BGL with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 having mutation at one or more sites. A single-site mutation includes: A1, making glutamine at 96th position of SEQ ID NO: 1 to be mutated to glutamic acid; A2, making asparagine at 97th position of SEQ ID NO: 1 to be mutated to aspartate; A3, making asparagine at 128th position of SEQ ID NO: 1 to be mutated to aspartate; A4, making asparagine at 302th position of SEQ ID NO: 1 to be mutated to aspartate. A double-site mutation is a combination of A3 and A4, a three-site mutation is a combination of A1, A2 and A4, and a four-site mutation is a combination of A1, A2, A3 and A4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Northwest university
    Inventors: Weina Li, Daidi Fan
  • Patent number: 12165488
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of monitoring landslide mass geological disasters, and discloses a multi-state triggered system and method for remote automatic monitoring and early warning of a landslide mass. The multi-state triggered system for remote automatic monitoring and early warning of a landslide mass includes: a landslide mass monitoring module, a data preprocessing module, a communication module, a central control module, a displacement monitoring module, a stability evaluation module, an abnormality early warning module, a power supply module, a data storage module and a display update module. In the present disclosure, through the displacement monitoring module and the stability evaluation module, long-term automatic monitoring of the landslide mass can be realized, and the displacement change of the landslide mass can be grasped so as to evaluate the stability of the landslide mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Northwest University
    Inventors: Haijun Qiu, Wen Nie, Chi Du, Dongdong Yang, Zijing Liu
  • Patent number: 12134789
    Abstract: A glycosyltransferase BS-YjiC mutant, a construction method and an application thereof provided, relating to the field of genetic engineering technologies. The glycosyltransferase BS-YjiC mutant is obtained by performing site-directed mutation on amino acids at the 125th, 178th, 313th, 125th and 178th, or 125th and 313th positions of a wild-type glycosyltransferase BS-YjiC with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. Compared with the wild-type glycosyltransferase BS-YjiC, the glycosyltransferase BS-YjiC mutant is more suitable for catalyzing protopanaxadiol (PPD) to generate rare ginsenosides F12 and Rh2, which is more conducive to the flexibility of the production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Northwest university
    Inventors: Weina Li, Daidi Fan, Chenhui Zhu
  • Patent number: 11974583
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fermenting Gynostemma pentaphyllum with antihypertensive effect, the method comprising the following steps: 1) pretreatment of Gynostemma pentaphyllum: crushing Gynostemma pentaphyllum raw tea to prepare a homogenate; 2) activation of Tibetan Kefir: activating Tibetan Kefir in sterile milk; and 3) fermentation of Gynostemma pentaphyllum: taking the homogenate of Gynostemma pentaphyllum, the sterile milk and the activated Tibetan Kefir for fermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Northwest University
    Inventors: Tianli Yue, Xiaoyu Ma, Chen Niu, Zhengcao Xiao, Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 11965738
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data analysis-based intelligent deformation monitoring system for mountain landslides, which solves the technical problem in the prior art that when a landslide occurs in a landslide area, it is not possible to implement region-specific monitoring for landslide soil, thus failing to minimize the real-time impact of the landslide area. The present disclosure involves marking a sub-area where a landslide occurs as a landslide area, marking a real-time sliding direction within the landslide area as a landslide flow direction, setting areas at both sides of the landslide flow direction as landslide slopes, generating a control adjustment signal or a risk monitoring signal through landslide slope analysis, and sending the signal to a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Northwest University
    Inventors: Haijun Qiu, Yaru Zhu, Dongdong Yang, Zijing Liu, Zhigang Ren, Jianhua Qiang, Shuyue Ma
  • Publication number: 20230413836
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fermenting Gynostemma pentaphyllum with antihypertensive effect, the method comprising the following steps: 1) pretreatment of Gynostemma pentaphyllum: crushing Gynostemma pentaphyllum raw tea to prepare a homogenate; 2) activation of Tibetan Kefir: activating Tibetan Kefir in sterile milk; and 3) fermentation of Gynostemma pentaphyllum: taking the homogenate of Gynostemma pentaphyllum, the sterile milk and the activated Tibetan Kefir for fermentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Northwest University
    Inventors: Tianli YUE, Xiaoyu MA, Chen NIU, Zhengcao XIAO, Yuan WANG
  • Patent number: 11783691
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Beidou communication-based integrated monitoring system for a slope surface crack, which in particular relates to the field of geological disaster monitoring. Due to a certain trend of landslide damage degrees, and consequent offsets of a slope area over time, monitoring points pre-arranged possibly become non-optimal monitoring points with undesired monitoring effects. In view of this, the present disclosure includes an arrangement module, a monitoring module, an early warning module and a supervision module; and a slope offset threshold is set according to information of a slope, and configured to determine whether positions of the monitoring points are located in a normal area, and under the condition that a slope offset exceeds the threshold, it is indicated that the monitoring points cannot properly monitor the slope area, and need to be rearranged according to an offset direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Northwest University
    Inventors: Haijun Qiu, Yaru Zhu, Bingzhe Tang, Ya Liu
  • Publication number: 20230228567
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air-ground integrated landslide monitoring method and device. The monitoring method comprises the following steps: step one, performing high-precision (centimeter-level) vertical aerial photogrammetry and oblique photogrammetry on a monitored area by using an unmanned aerial vehicle, and quickly generating a digital topographic map, a digital orthographic map and a digital surface model; step two, performing accurate and intensive monitoring on the monitored area through a monitoring device; and step three, finally sending obtained data to a processor, and after the monitoring data are processed by the processor, sending the data to a remote-control center, so that real-time transformation and spatialization of dynamic landslide monitoring information are achieved. The present disclosure also provides a landslide monitoring device. The landslide monitoring device comprises a control box, a bottom plate and an unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Northwest University
    Inventors: Haijun QIU, Yaru ZHU, Bingzhe TANG, Shuyue MA
  • Patent number: 10281377
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sample loading apparatus for laser ablation, including a target seat, a base, an air channel, an aerosol channel and a sample chamber, wherein a shrinking mouth is formed in the top of the sample chamber and positioned on a lower surface of the aerosol channel; a spring is arranged in the sample chamber; an opening is formed in a lower surface of the sample chamber and communicated with an air outlet; a stop valve is arranged at the air outlet; one end of the aerosol channel is communicated with a carrier gas inlet, and the other end is communicated with an aerosol outlet; and a top of the aerosol channel includes a first transparent material. The present invention increases stable reliability in a continuous use process, and improves consistency of aerosol transmission efficiency, so that different samples are analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Northwest University
    Inventors: Honglin Yuan, Kaiyun Chen, Zhian Bao
  • Patent number: 10243660
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of optical modulation, the method comprising irradiating an optical switch with a control beam at a first control time and irradiating the optical switch with a signal beam at a signal time. The transmitted intensity of the signal beam in a direction depends on the delay time between the first control time and the signal time and the transmitted intensity of the signal beam in the direction is detectably different than a static signal. The optical switch comprises a nanorod array, the nanorod array comprising a plurality of nanorods extending outwardly from a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: Northwester University, UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Robert P. H. Chang, Richard D. Schaller, John B. Ketterson, Peijun Guo
  • Patent number: 9873770
    Abstract: Solid-state shear pulverization of semi-crystalline polymers and copolymers thereof and related methods for enhanced crystallization kinetics and physical/mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Northwester University
    Inventors: John M. Torkelson, Cynthia Pierre, Amanda Flores Walker, Philip J. Brunner
  • Patent number: 8017786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from H, OH, F, Cl, Br, methoxy and ethoxy; or alternatively, R1 and R2 together form —OCH2O—, R3 is selected from H, OH, methoxy, ethoxy and halogens; R4 is OH or acyloxy; R5 is cycloalkoxyl, amino and substituted amino, and when R5 is selected from amino, at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is not H. The present invention further relates to a process for synthesizing a compound of the formula (I), and use of the compound of the formula (I) in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Northwest University
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zheng, Qunzheng Zhang, Shixiang Wang, Xinfeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 7208085
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new and improved kind of chromatographic cake and its manufacturing methods and applications. The objective of this invention is to provide an improved chromatographic apparatus and methods for manufacturing such an apparatus, whereby the separation and simultaneous renaturation and purification of biopolymers can be efficiently performed with excellent results. The chromatographic cakes of this invention generally comprise a chromatographic packing cake with a mobile phase inlet and a mobile phase outlet, together with a chromatographic packing packed into an inner cavity region of the chromatographic packing cake. The ratio of the thickness to the diameter of the inner cavity region of the chromatographic packing cake is less than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Northwest University
    Inventors: Xindu Geng, Yangjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20040001892
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of semi-interpenetrating polymeric networks that include a linear polymer molecule functionalized with a bioactive moiety. The linear polymer is physically entangled within a matrix based upon a thermo-responsive polymer. The bioactive moiety is, e.g., a therapeutic moiety or a moiety that enhances the interaction of a cell with the polymer network. The polymer networks of the invention are flowable at room temperature, becoming solid or semi-solid at elevated temperatures (e.g., body temperature). The polymer networks are of use as drug delivery vehicles and as matrices for tissue engineering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, Northwest University
    Inventors: Kevin E. Healy, Ranee A. Stile