Patents Assigned to State University
  • Publication number: 20210396705
    Abstract: A clinical or research instrument or apparatus is provided. In another aspect, an apparatus operably conducts microfluidic measurement of metabolic functions in biological samples. A further aspect employs an instrument which includes an enclosed sample chamber having walls of low oxygen permeability and an optically transparent material to allow remote probing or sensing of oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Denis A. PROSHLYAKOV, Julia V. BUSIK
  • Publication number: 20210395576
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising a product made from: (i) an acetoacetic ester; (ii) a diacrylate; (iii) a crosslinking agent that contains more than two acryloyl groups; and (iv) a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Oregon State University
    Inventors: Kaichang Li, Jian Huang
  • Publication number: 20210397674
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe an efficient O(n log n) method that implements the Inverse Chirp Z-Transform (ICZT). This transform is the inverse of the well-known forward Chirp Z-Transform (CZT), which generalizes the fast Fourier transform (FFT) by allowing the sampling points to fall on a logarithmic spiral contour instead of the unit circle. Thus, the ICZT can be viewed as a generalization of the inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Volodymyr Sukhoy, Alexander Stoytchev
  • Publication number: 20210398416
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for evaluating handwashing protocol compliance are disclosed herein. The system considers temporal combinations of segments of a test handwashing routine to recognize components of a compliant handwashing routine within the test handwashing routine. The system determines whether the components of the handwashing routine have been adequately performed and provides actionable feedback to a user to improve adherence to handwashing routine guidelines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Sandeep Gupta, Ayan Banerjee, Venkata Naga Sai Apurupa Amperayani
  • Publication number: 20210396799
    Abstract: High impedance fault (HIF) detection and location accuracy is provided. An HIF has random, irregular, and unsymmetrical characteristics, making such a fault difficult to detect in distribution grids via conventional relay measurements with relatively low resolution and accuracy. Embodiments disclosed herein provide a stochastic HIF monitoring and location scheme using high-resolution time-synchronized data in micro phasor measurement units (?-PMUs) for distribution network protection. In particular, a fault detection and location process is systematically designed based on feature selections, semi-supervised learning (SSL), and probabilistic learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Qiushi Cui, Yang Weng
  • Publication number: 20210399352
    Abstract: An apparatus for voltage sharing of series connected battery modules in a DC microgrid includes a battery management system and a battery module controller that generates, for an mth of N converters connected together to a DC microbus, a droop current ?d,m that includes a converter voltage error signal {tilde over (v)}err,m multiplied by a droop multiplier gd(i). Each converter is a DC/DC converter connected between a battery module, with one or more battery cells, and the DC microbus. The mth converter uses the droop current ?d,m, a common current reference ?all of a battery pack that includes the battery modules and an input current ?m to the mth converter to control switching of the mth converter. The common current reference ?all is from the battery management system. The voltage error signal {tilde over (v)}err,m is based on an output voltage {tilde over (v)}o,m of the mth converter and an average converter output voltage {tilde over (v)}avgeodcmastereodcmastereodcmaster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: Utah State University, University of Colorado Boulder
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Kamel Ahmed, Regan Zane, Dragan Maksimovic
  • Publication number: 20210398620
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of analyzing simulated solvent-mediated molecular interactions. The methods include defining a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) grids of voxels on simulated target molecules solvated with simulated solvent molecules to produce a 3D simulation structure. The simulated solvent molecules include simulated nonionic solvent molecules and simulated ionic solvent molecules. A first 3D grid of the plurality of 3D grids includes a first spatial resolution and is defined on the simulated nonionic solvent molecules. A second 3D grid of the plurality of 3D grids includes a second spatial resolution that differs from the first spatial resolution and is defined on the simulated ionic solvent molecules. Related systems and computer readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Matthias Heyden, Edgar Manriquez-Sandoval
  • Publication number: 20210397266
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for language-driven gesture understanding are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Sandeep Gupta, Ayan Banerjee
  • Publication number: 20210399788
    Abstract: Various embodiments comprise systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and apparatus for relay beamforming of mmWave communications in an environment having signal blockage and signal attenuation challenges, such as found in an urban setting. The various embodiments support distributed, relay-assisted beamforming mechanisms that exploit the spatial diversity of mmWave signal propagation, including a resource efficient relay selection scheme designed to optimally enhance QoS in 2-hop Amplify-and-Forward (AF) cooperative networks. Relay selection is implemented in a predictive and distributed manner, with some embodiments also employing predictive schemes to optimally select transmitting relays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Athina Petropulu, Anastasios Dimas, Dionysios Kalogerias
  • Publication number: 20210393788
    Abstract: IgA-based Fc-folate conjugates as a treatment for cancer are provided. The conjugates utilize only the Fc portion of IgA to target its receptor on neutrophils (Fc?R1) to elicit antibody-dependent cellular-cytotoxicity (ADCC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Wayne State University
    Inventor: Cecilia Speyer
  • Patent number: 11205103
    Abstract: A method of modelling data, comprising: training an objective function of a linear classifier, based on a set of labeled data, to derive a set of classifier weights; defining a posterior probability distribution on the set of classifier weights of the linear classifier; approximating a marginalized loss function for an autoencoder as a Bregman divergence, based on the posterior probability distribution on the set of classifier weights learned from the linear classifier; and classifying unlabeled data using the autoencoder according to the marginalized loss function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University
    Inventors: Zhongfei Zhang, Shuangfei Zhai
  • Patent number: 11204354
    Abstract: Kits and methods to distinguish between false and true labor are provided. The kits and methods can utilize differences in abundance and/or differences in the rate of change in abundance of B7-H2, SORC2, TF, C1-Esterase Inhibitor, Ran, IMD-H1 and/or PGAM1, as markers of true labor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: Wayne State University, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Adi L. Tarca, Piya Chaemsaithong, Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa, Sonia S. Hassan, Roberto Romero
  • Patent number: 11202808
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by restoring an ASD patient's gut microbiota. These methods can be used with ASD patient with or without ongoing gastrointestinal symptoms. Provided here is a method for ASD treatment in a subject in need thereof comprising or consisting essentially of administering a therapeutic composition comprising a fecal microbe or a fecal microbiota preparation to the subject. Also provided here is a method comprises administering an antibiotic to a human subject; subjecting the human subject to a bowel cleanse; and administering purified fecal microbiota to the human subject. Further provided are evaluation and quantitative characterization of patient symptom improvements upon treatment described here.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Regents of The University of Minnesota, Finch Therapeutics Holdings LLC
    Inventors: James Adams, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Dae-Wook Kang, Michael J. Sadowsky, Alexander Khoruts, Thomas J. Borody
  • Patent number: 11205139
    Abstract: Methods and systems, including those employing machine learning, utilizing one or more algorithms for relating the structure of a molecule in a library to its function are described. Embodiments described herein relate structure to function by considering the covalent structure of the molecule, the components of that structure that are common to many molecules in the library, and the properties of those components as they relate to the function in question. Applications include, for example, enhancement and amplification of the diagnostic and prognostic signals provided by peptide arrays for use in analyzing the profile of antibodies in the blood produced in response to a disease, condition or treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Neal Woodbury
  • Publication number: 20210386889
    Abstract: An automatic door handle/panel sanitizer dispensing assembly comprising a frame, a control unit including a processor, an actuator assembly controlled by the processor, the actuator assembly includes one of a pump and a valve, a first sensor operatively connected to the processor, a power storage unit powering the control unit, the actuator assembly, and the first sensor, a first nozzle and a second nozzle, both fluidly connected to the actuator assembly, a container coupled to the frame, for storing disinfectant, a threaded hook to hang the assembly onto the door handle, a tray having an arcuate shape and being arranged abutting a roof of the frame and being supported by the frame, a plurality of threaded tray holes extending through the tray arranged proximate to a rear end of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Giovanni Francesco SOLITRO, Johnathan Steven ALEXANDER, R. Shane BARTON
  • Publication number: 20210390669
    Abstract: Tracking-based motion deblurring via coded exposure is provided. Fast object tracking is useful for a variety of applications in surveillance, autonomous vehicles, and remote sensing. In particular, there is a need to have these algorithms embedded on specialized hardware, such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), to ensure energy-efficient operation while saving on latency, bandwidth, and memory access/storage. In an exemplary aspect, an object tracker is used to track motion of one or more objects in a scene captured by an image sensor. The object tracker is coupled with coded exposure of the image sensor, which modulates photodiodes in the image sensor with a known exposure function (e.g., based on the object tracking). This allows for motion blur to be encoded in a characteristic manner in image data captured by the image sensor. Then, in post-processing, deblurring is performed using a computational algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Suren Jayasuriya, Odrika Iqbal, Andreas Spanias
  • Publication number: 20210388521
    Abstract: Localized electrochemical deposition (LECD) is provided. The aim of LECD is to create a patterned electrodeposited metal layer on a cathode without the use of pre-deposition patterning steps. In embodiments described herein, an LECD device includes a cathode (a material to be plated) placed sufficiently close to a formation anode in a metal electrolyte chemical bath. The LECD device is then activated electrically in solution. An electric field created by the formation anode determines the locations of metal deposition, providing a localized deposition without need for photolithography or other masking of the material to be plated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventor: Antony Aguilar
  • Publication number: 20210390154
    Abstract: A system, methods and software for administering and managing experiential learning opportunities (ELOs) are disclosed. The system generally includes a database server storing a relational database containing ELO placement data and records and having an interface configured to communicate with a university computer having a student information database thereon, website server, configured to host an ELO website through which users interact with the relational database, and a memory in the website server, storing a content management system (CMS) that comprises modules and a data pool stored in/on storage nodes on the website server. The modules include a forms module for users to enter ELO data and submit ELO requests, ELO proposals, waivers and agreements, and a timelog module to collect and store timelog data and manage the timelog approval process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the California State University
    Inventor: Brianna WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20210392529
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and associated method for estimating a consensus driven distributed a spectral radius of a wireless sensor network are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Andreas Spanias, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu, Gowtham Muniraju
  • Patent number: RE48859
    Abstract: A rechargeable lithium-ion cell has a cell capacity and includes a positive electrode having a recharged potential and a negative electrode. The rechargeable lithium-ion cell also includes a charge-carrying electrolyte. The charge-carrying electrolyte includes a charge-carrying medium and a lithium salt. The rechargeable lithium-ion cell also includes a redox shuttle having the following structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Thomas F. Guarr, Matthew M. Gregory, Nicholas Robert Boersma, Robert Andrew Polik, Nicholas Mortimer