Patents Assigned to Resesarch Foundation, Inc.
  • Macrocyclic compounds and methods of treatment
    Patent number: 8357708
    Abstract: The instant invention describes macrocyclic compounds having therapeutic activity, and methods of treating disorders such as cancer, tumors and cell proliferation related disorders, or affect cell differentiation, dedifferentiation or transdifferentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: University of Florida Resesarch Foundation, Inc., Smithsonian Institutution
    Inventors: Hendrik Luesch, Taori Kanchan, Valerie J. Paul
  • Method and apparatus for measuring strain using a luminescent photoelastic coating
    Patent number: 6943869
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring strain on a surface of a substrate utilizes a substrate surface coated with at least one coating layer. The coating layer provides both luminescence and photoelasticity. The coating layer is illuminated with excitation light, wherein longer wavelength light is emitted having a polarization dependent upon stress or strain in the coating. At least one characteristic of the emitted light is measured, and strain (if present) on the substrate is determined from the measured characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignees: Resesarch Foundation, Inc., Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Hubner, Peter G. Ifju, Kirk S. Schanze, Shujun Jiang, Yao Liu, David A. Jenkins