Patents Assigned to State University
  • Paper-strength agents and methods for improving pulp products
    Patent number: 9428865
    Abstract: Paper strength agents comprising a vegetable protein or polysaccharide and a cross linker are disclosed. Methods of preparing such agents and using them to increase the strength of a pulp product are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Abdus Salam, Hasan Jameel, Lucian Lucia
  • Power source inverter for use with a photovoltaic solar panel
    Patent number: 9431924
    Abstract: An improved topology is presented for a single phase power source inverter that is designed to minimize double frequency ripple. The inverter circuit includes: a capacitor coupled in parallel across a direct current (DC) voltage source; a bridge circuit having three legs electrically connected in parallel with the voltage source and each other, such that each leg of the bridge circuit being comprised of two switches coupled in series with each other; a low pass filter electrically connected between the bridge circuit and a load; an auxiliary inductor having a first terminal electrically connected to one leg of the bridge circuit and a second terminal electrically connected to another leg of the bridge circuit and the load; and a controller that drives the switches of the bridge circuit in a manner that maintains instantaneous power transfer across the bridge circuit constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventor: Bingsen Wang
  • Method for inhibiting conidial germination and mycelial growth of fungi symbiotically associated with bark beetles
    Patent number: 9426992
    Abstract: A method for controlling conidial germination and mycelial growth in fungi comprising contacting a fungal cell with an anti-fungal small molecule in an amount effective to reduce or inhibit conidial germination and mycelial growth. A method for controlling bark beetle infestations of pine trees comprising contacting one or more fungal cells with an anti-fungal small molecule in an amount effective to reduce or inhibit conidial germination and mycelial growth. The anti-fungal small molecule is 5-(p-Bromobenzylidine)-?-isopropyl-4-oxo-2-thioxo-3-thiozolidineacetic acid. The species of the fungal cell is selected from a group that has an obligate symbiosis with the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and the western pine beetle (Dendroctonus bervicomis).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Montana State University—Billings
    Inventors: Kurt A. Toenjes, David K. Butler, Joy Goffena
  • Plant genes that confer resistance to trichothecene mycotoxins and fusarium head blight
    Patent number: 9428758
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed for modulating disease resistance in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Nilgun Ereken Tumer, John Edward McLaughlin, Mohamed Anwar Bin-Umer
  • METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING DIABETES OR LIVER STEATOSIS
    Publication number: 20160243152
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for treating diabetes and/or liver steatosis. For example, methods for using compositions containing a potato polysaccharide preparation to reduce one or more symptoms of diabetes or liver steatosis are provided. In some cases, a composition containing a potato polysaccharide preparation provided herein can be used to treat fatty liver disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: George B. STEFANO, Richard KREAM, Kirk J. MANTIONE
  • Method of locating a fault in a power distribution system comprising at least one solar panel distributed resource
    Patent number: 9423445
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist in identifying the location of the fault by continuing to inject current from the distributed resources into the distribution system, wherein at least one of the distributed resources is a solar panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Passinam Tatcho, Mischa Steurer, Hui Li
  • Lung targeting dual drug delivery system
    Patent number: 9421194
    Abstract: The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2009, 1,479,350 new cancer cases would be diagnosed in the United States of which 219,440 would be lung and bronchus related. The standard treatments for NSCLC include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, laser and photodynamic therapy, all with various success rates depending on the stage of the cancer. National Cancer Institute assesses, however, that results of standard treatment are generally poor with only a 15 percent 5-year survival rate for combined cancer stages. Challenges facing the current chemotherapy drugs include excessive toxicity to healthy tissues and limited ability to prevent metastases. A dual drug delivery system described herein selectively targets the lung to deliver anti-cancer drugs and inhibit the formation of metastases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Robert K. Prud'homme, Patrick J. Sinko, Howard A. Stone, Nathalie M. Pinkerton, Lei Shi, Jiandi Wan, Sherif Ibrahim, Dayuan Gao
  • System and method for preparing and delivering informational content
    Patent number: 9424565
    Abstract: At least one content publishing server having a memory storing a map data structure configured by a content author which defines relationships among plural resources and thereby define an informational item of higher granularity content. Each of the plural resources are associated with a first electronic file linked to said map data structure and configured to store information about the usage of the associated resource. Higher granularity content is associated with a second electronic file linked to said map data structure configured to store information about the usage of the higher granularity content. The server which delivers the informational item to a computer gathers feedback usage information reflecting how the higher granularity content and individual ones of the plural resources are used by users. The server updates the electronic files in accordance with the feedback usage information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Gerd Kortemeyer, Wolfgang Bauer
  • Synapse maintenance in the developmental networks
    Patent number: 9424514
    Abstract: The developmental neural network is trained using a synaptic maintenance process. Synaptogenic trimming is first performed on the neuron inputs using a synaptogenic factor for each neuron based on standard deviation of a measured match between the input and synaptic weight value. A top-k competition among all neurons then selects a subset of said neurons as winning neurons. Neuronal learning is applied only to these winning neurons, updating their synaptic weights and updating their synaptogenic factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Juyang Weng, Yuekai Wang, Xiaofeng Wu
  • Dual PPAR-? PPAR-? agonists
    Patent number: 9422239
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel compounds with activity as PPAR?/? and PPAR? dual agonists. The disclosure also provides methods of treating diabetes mellitus and methods of treating Alzheimer's disease utilizing the novel compounds, as well as pharmaceutical formulations comprising the novel compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: Auburn University, Ferris State University
    Inventors: Rajesh Amin, Tracey Boncher, Orlando Acevedo
  • Micro-channels, micro-mixers and micro-reactors
    Patent number: 9421507
    Abstract: A fluid micro-mixer apparatus includes a plurality of first microchannels for receiving a first fluid and a plurality of second microchannels for receiving a second fluid. A mixing chamber flow path is disposed to receive the first and second fluids after the first and second fluids exit their respective output ports. The mixing chamber flow path can include a first mixing chamber in the vicinity of the respective output ports, and the mixing chamber flow path can separate into at least two different flow paths downstream from the first mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Oregon State University
    Inventor: Richard Todd Miller
  • Stereospecific carbonyl reductases
    Patent number: 9422583
    Abstract: Stereospecific carbonyl reductases SCR1, SCR2, and SCR3 are described herein as are nucleotide sequences that encode these reductases. These stereospecific carbonyl reductases have anti-Prelog selectivity and have specificities that are useful for fine biochemical synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Jiangnan University
    Inventors: Gaetano T. Montelione, Rong Xiao, Yao Nie, Yan Xu
  • Apparatus and method for biologic sample rapid collection and recovery device, and convenient storage
    Patent number: 9423398
    Abstract: In accordance with exemplary embodiments, apparatus and method for biologic sample rapid collection and recovery device, and convenient storage are provided. An exemplary embodiment includes an apparatus comprising a lateral flow technology device including at least a membrane configured to bind an analyte from a sample that flows through the lateral flow technology device, in which a selected portion of the membrane bound to the analyte when placed directly in an analysis system does not substantially inhibit analysis of the analyte. An elution protocol is not required to extract the analyte bound from the selected portion before placed directly in the analysis system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
    Inventor: Francisco Manuel Ochoa Corona
  • Four coordinated platinum and palladium complexes with geometrically distorted charge transfer state and their applications in light emitting devices
    Patent number: 9425415
    Abstract: Described herein are platinum and palladium compounds with geometrically distorted charge transfer state, applications and methods for the preparation thereof. The platinum and/or palladium compounds described herein are capable of emitting light and can be used in light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jian Li, Eric Turner, Xiaochun Hang
  • Cold shock protein compositions and methods and kits for the use thereof
    Patent number: 9422599
    Abstract: The present invention provides cold shock protein-containing compositions for improved DNA synthesis reactions with improved reactivity, methods for synthesizing DNA using such compositions, kits for use in such methods, and DNA compositions yielded by such methods. The present invention further provides cold shock protein-containing compositions for the identification of endoribonuclease cleavage sites, methods for identifying endoribonuclease cleavage sites using such compositions, and kits for use in such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Masayori Inouye, Sangita Phadtare, Ikunoshin Kato, Ling Zhu, Hiroyuki Mukai, Takashi Uemori, Kazue Nishiwaki
  • GINGER METABOLITES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160235697
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to the use of metabolites of ginger and analogs thereof for the treatment and prevention of diseases, including but not limited to, cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: North Carolina A&T State University
    Inventors: Shengmin Sang, Huadong Chen, Yingdong Zhu
  • Decoding Low-Density Parity-Check Maximum-Likelihood Single-Bit Messages
    Publication number: 20160241257
    Abstract: For decoding messages, a decoder exchanges single-bit messages for a data channel between a plurality of M parity nodes and a plurality of N symbol nodes. Each parity node has one or more adjacent symbol nodes with a plurality of edges between the parity node and each adjacent symbol node. An extrinsic decision and an extrinsic parity value are calculated based on a time-varying lookup table. The lookup table stores the locally maximum-likelihood extrinsic decision for a quantized number of data channel states as a function of adjacent extrinsic parity values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Utah State University
    Inventors: Chris Winstead, Emmanuel Boutillon
  • Efficient Privacy-Preserving Ciphertext-Policy Attribute Based Encryption and Broadcast Encryption
    Publication number: 20160241399
    Abstract: A new construction of CP-ABE, named Privacy Preserving Constant CP-ABE (PPC-CP-ABE) that significantly reduces the ciphertext to a constant size with any given number of attributes is disclosed. PPCCP-ABE leverages a hidden policy construction such that the recipients' privacy is preserved efficiently. A Privacy Preserving Attribute Based Broadcast Encryption (PP-AB-BE) scheme is disclosed. PP-AB-BE is flexible because a broadcasted message can be encrypted by an expressive hidden access policy, either with or without explicit specifying the receivers. PP-AB-BE significantly reduces the storage and communication overhead. Also, PP-AB-BE attains minimal bound on storage overhead for each user to cover all possible subgroups in the communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Dijiang HUANG, Zhibin ZHOU
  • ADIPOSE DERIVED ADULT STEM CELLS IN HEPATIC REGENERATION
    Publication number: 20160237408
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method to derive hepatic stem cells from stem cells derived from non-liver tissue. In one embodiment of the invention, hepatic stem cells are derived from adipose stem cells. The invention also provides a method of enhancing hepatic cytokine production (e.g., HGF) from ASCs, which may be useful in the regeneration of liver tissue when transplanted in vivo. Tissue culture conditions, including media conditions, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: Louisiana State University, Artecel, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery M. GIMBLE, John W. LUDLOW
  • COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF USE, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20160235752
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for compositions including an antimicrobial agent, pharmaceutical compositions including the antimicrobial agent, methods of treatment of an infection, methods of treatment using compositions or pharmaceutical compositions, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: University of New Orleans, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: BRANKO S. JURSIC, DONNA M. NEUMANN