Patents Assigned to Queensland University of Technology
  • Publication number: 20240404081
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a quantity of relative motion between a host vehicle and a target vehicle; in response to the quantity of relative motion being below a threshold, determine a pose of the host vehicle subject to a constraint on motion of the host vehicle; and in response to the quantity of relative motion being above the threshold, determine the pose of the host vehicle without the constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Stephen Hausler, Shubham Shrivastava, Punarjay Chakravarty, Ankit Girish Vora, Michael Milford, Sourav Garg
  • Patent number: 12065647
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for novel RNA inhibition molecules (e.g., small/short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules), polynucleotides encoding such molecules, use of such novel RNA inhibition molecules to inhibit a target gene by suppressing the expression of the mRNA of the target gene, and for application such as the of control insect pests, and transgenic plants that produce, and are protected, by these novel RNA inhibition molecules are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Elane Fishilevich, Kenneth Narva, Xiaozeng Yang, Meghan L. Frey, Murugesan Rangasamy, Wendy Lo, Premchand Gandra, Peter Michael Waterhouse
  • Publication number: 20240034845
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing polymer particles by precipitation polymerisation, the method comprising: providing a reaction solution comprising (i) solvent, (ii) a photo-active compound that upon being subjected to a wavelength of light forms two o-quinodimethane structures, and (iii) a multi-dienophile compound; subjecting the reaction solution to the wavelength of light, which promotes step-growth Diels-Alder polymerisation of the photo-active and multi-dienophile compounds; wherein as a result of the step-growth Diels-Alder polymerisation polymer precipitates from the reaction solution and self-assembles into the polymer particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Christopher Winfried Barner-Kowollik, Florian Feist, Jordan Peter Hooker, Laura Marie-claude Delafresnaye
  • Patent number: 11830377
    Abstract: Disclosed is a suturing training device and a method of using the device. The device comprises a base having a first side and a second side, the base defining a plane. The device also comprises a first anchor and a second anchor positioned on the first side of the base. The first and second anchors are each connectable to a segment of tissue so that the tissue is suspended therebetween in use of the device. An actuator is associated with one or both of the first anchor and the second anchor. The actuator is actuatable to cause relative movement of the first and second anchors along the plane. A force gauge is configured to measure a force applied to the tissue when the first and second anchors are moved relative one another by the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dietmar Hutmacher, Nathan Castro, Onur Bas
  • Patent number: 11752002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional multiphasic synthetic tissue scaffold comprising first, second and third compartments, wherein: each said compartment comprises distinct microstructural, and/or chemical, and/or mechanical properties, and is connected with at least one other compartment of the scaffold via a continuous interface; the tissue scaffold is porous; and the external morphology of the tissue scaffold mimics that of a mammalian joint or a component thereof. The invention further relates to a method for producing the three dimensional multiphasic synthetic tissue scaffold using a polymeric material, the method comprising using a three-dimensional (3D) bioprinter to print the tissue scaffold by continuously deposit the polymeric material onto a platform until the tissue scaffold is produced in its entirety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: Cedryck Vaquette, Hei Man Hayman Lui, Saso Ivanovski, Randy Bindra
  • Publication number: 20230227657
    Abstract: A fluorescent macromolecule comprising: a linear sequence-defined backbone; and a plurality of fluorophores attached to the backbone in a pre-determined order to form a fluorophore sequence, wherein the fluorophores in the fluorophore sequence are separated from one another by a distance permitting interaction between adjacent fluorophores such that the macromolecule emits fluorescence at a plurality of wavelengths when irradiated by light to form a fluorescence emission spectrum, and wherein the fluorescence emission spectrum has a profile that is determined by the fluorophore sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Christopher Winfried Barner-Kowollik, Florian Feist, James Peter Blinco, Anja Sabrina Goldmann
  • Patent number: 11448799
    Abstract: A device for altering vergence of light to improve human vision of an electronic display. The change in vergence is received at the pupil of the wearer. The altered light effectively recreates the rays emitted by a pixel such that they reach a presbyopic eye as though they were being viewed at a distance (i.e., the rays are substantially parallel). As such, the emmetropic presbyopic eye produces a sharp image of the electronic display. The device comprises: a refractive element that refracts rays, emitted from a pixel of an electronic display, at a predetermined vergence, wherein the refractive element is located directly adjacent or on the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: FORGETSPECS.COM PTY LTD, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Darrell Bruce Edwards, Marwan Suheimat, David A. Atchison
  • Publication number: 20210400858
    Abstract: A new banana cultivar ‘QCAV-4’ is provided that, when under significant disease pressure, remains largely free from infection by Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4). In the absence of such significant disease pressure, ‘QCAV-4’ appears to be essentially phenotypically identical to the wild type parent Cavendish Grand Nain. This includes in relation to immature and mature plant characteristics, fruit characteristics, and yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: James Dale, Robert Harding, Harjeet Khanna, Anthony James, Jennifer Kleidon, Mark Smith, Upendra Shekhawat
  • Publication number: 20210254058
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for novel RNA inhibition molecules (e.g., small/short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules), polynucleotides encoding such molecules, use of such novel RNA inhibition molecules to inhibit a target gene by suppressing the expression of the mRNA of the target gene, and for application such as the of control insect pests, and transgenic plants that produce, and are protected, by these novel RNA inhibition molecules are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicants: DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Elane FISHILEVICH, Kenneth NARVA, Xiaozeng YANG, Meghan L. FREY, Murugesan RANGASAMY, Wendy LO, Premchand GANDRA, Peter Michael WATERHOUSE
  • Publication number: 20200315943
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of at least partly removing a biological deposit, such as a dag, from the skin of an animal. The method includes administering to the biological deposit an effective amount of a composition containing a keratinase, and optionally one or both of a reducing agent and a surfactant. Also provided is a composition for use in the aforementioned method as well as a method of making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd, Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: Robert Speight, Laura Navone
  • Publication number: 20200029807
    Abstract: An ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprising: an illumination light source and an optical assembly for directing light from the light source into an eye of a subject; a photosensor array comprising a plurality of photosensors positioned for acquiring images of portions of a fundus of the eye; an objective lens positioned along an imaging axis intersecting a point on the fundus of the eye wherein the objective lens is positioned for refracting light that has been reflected by the fundus to form an image of the fund us on an image plane of the objective lens such that the image plane is positioned away from the photosensor array; and a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses wherein the microlens array is spaced away from and positioned behind the image plane and wherein the microlens array is positioned in between the image plane and the photosensor array such that each microlens in the array projects a different view of the image formed at the image plane thereby forming an array of elemental imag
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: Anjali Jaiprakash, Douglas Palmer, Donald Gilbert Dansereau, Thomas Coppin, Krishan Rana, Jonathan Roberts, Ross Crawford
  • Patent number: 10544545
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a substrate is provided comprising forming a lignin solution by at least partially dissolving lignin in a solvent, coating the lignin solution onto the substrate and exposing the lignin coated substrate to a treatment selected from the group consisting of a heat treatment and an acid treatment. The coating provides for improved waterproofing and/or strengthening of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Leslie Alan Edye, Albert John Tietz
  • Patent number: 10293042
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel recombinant polypeptides of Bahia grass pollen and to genetic sequences encoding same. More particularly, the present invention is directed to Pas n 1 polypeptides and derivatives, and fragments thereof and genetic sequences encoding same. The molecules of the present invention are useful in a range of therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic applications including, but not limited to, applications in the context of conditions characterized by an aberrant, inappropriate or otherwise unwanted immune response to the Bahia grass pollen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Robyn O'Hehir, Janet Davies, Jennifer Rolland
  • Patent number: 9789177
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel recombinant polypeptides of Bahia grass pollen and to genetic sequences encoding same. More particularly, the present invention is directed to Pas n 1 polypeptides and derivatives, and fragments thereof and genetic sequences encoding same. The molecules of the present invention are useful in a range of therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic applications including, but not limited to, applications in the context of conditions characterized by an aberrant, inappropriate or otherwise unwanted immune response to the Bahia grass pollen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: Robyn O'Hehir, Janet Davies, Jennifer Rolland
  • Patent number: 9562086
    Abstract: Isolated protein complexes are provided comprising keratinocyte growth factor and vitronectin, or at least domains thereof that enable binding to and activation of both a keratinocyte growth factor receptor and an integrin receptor for vitronectin. These protein complexes include synthetic proteins where the keratinocyte growth factor and vitronectin sequences are joined by a linker sequence. In particular forms, vitronectin sequences do not include a C-terminal heparin binding domain. Also provided are uses of these protein complexes for stimulating or inducing cell migration and/or proliferation in wound healing, tissue engineering, cosmetic and therapeutic treatments such as skin replacement, skin replenishment and treatment of burns where epithelial cell migration is required. In other embodiments, the invention provides inhibition of cancer cell metastasis, particularly in relation to breast cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Zee Upton
  • Patent number: 9452049
    Abstract: Systems and method to affect anatomical structures is disclosed. The systems and method can be used to regenerate bone. The system can comprise a nanofiber mesh configured to substantially conform to an anatomical structure, wherein at least a portion of the nanofiber mesh defines a fillable space. The system can comprise a carrier substance comprising an active agent, such as a bone morphogenetic protein, The carrier substance can be disposed within the fillable space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Robert E. Guldberg, Yash M. Kolambkar, Dietmar W. Hutmacher
  • Patent number: 9447421
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sugar cane (Saccharum spp.) comprising introducing a nucleotide sequence of interest into a sugar cane callus tissue or cell thereof via Agrobacterium mediated delivery, wherein the sugar cane callus tissue is less than 28 days post-initiation. The invention further provides methods for transforming a sugar cane callus tissue or cell thereof comprising inoculating the sugar cane callus tissue that is less than 28 days post-initiation with an Agrobacterium comprising a nucleotide sequence of interest to produce an Agrobacterium-inoculated sugar cane tissue or cell thereof; and co-cultivating the Agrobacterium and the sugar cane callus tissue to produce a transformed sugar cane callus tissue or cell thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: Syngenta Participations AG, Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: Robert Jason Christopher Geijskes, Paulo Cezar De Lucca
  • Patent number: 9441234
    Abstract: A sugar cane plant cell comprising a recombinant nucleic acid molecule is provided, the recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence of interest, a promoter and the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the promoter is downstream of and in operative association with the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and upstream of and in operative association with the nucleotide sequence of interest, and the nucleotide sequence of interest is expressed at a level at least about 6 times greater than the level of expression of said nucleotide sequence of interest in a control. Additionally, a method of increasing the expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a sugar cane plant cell using the recombinant nucleic acid molecule of the invention is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignees: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mark D. Kinkema, Stacy Miles
  • Publication number: 20160258113
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a substrate is provided comprising forming a lignin solution by at least partially dissolving lignin in a solvent, coating the lignin solution onto the substrate and exposing the lignin coated substrate to a treatment selected from the group consisting of a heat treatment and an acid treatment. The coating provides for improved waterproofing and/or strengthening of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Queensland University of Technology
    Inventors: Leslie Alan Edye, Albert John Tietz
  • Patent number: 9434953
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules comprising one or more nucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, and/or SEQ ID NO:10 that can be operably linked to a promoter, thereby making the promoter inducible by a chemical compound that can induce the expression of the alcohol dehydrogenase system of Aspergillus nidulans. Methods for making an inducible promoter and for making the expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest inducible are also provided. Further provided are plants, plant parts, and plant cells, comprising the compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Manuel Benito Sainz, Mark David Kinkema