Patents Assigned to State University
  • Patent number: 9061076
    Abstract: This invention is a process for the manufacture of a plant viral capsid to be used for the targeted delivery of therapeutics to diseased cells. The process uses a plant virus as the starting material. The choice of the plant virus overcomes a problem in the manufacture of a uniform starting material. The final product has an advantage over other plant virus-based delivery systems in that the plant virus selected has a natural structure that is resistant to breakdown during the delivery process. This system takes advantage of the reversible divalent cation switch that this capsid employs to assemble and disassemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Stefan Franzen, Richard Guenther, Steven A. Lommel, LiNa Loo
  • Patent number: 9060532
    Abstract: A method for the removal of mycotoxins from cereal or oil seed meal that includes the use of a mycotoxin sequestrant to form a food grade composition for human consumption wherein said composition contains no more or less than an FDA approved level of mycotoxin for a human food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Jack P Davis, Timothy H Sanders, Lauren Seifert
  • Patent number: 9063667
    Abstract: For dynamic memory relocation, a tracking module tracks accesses to a plurality of memory devices. Each of the plurality of memory devices is in communication with one memory controller of a plurality of memory controllers embedded in a computing device comprising a plurality of nodes. A migration module migrates first data from a first memory device in communication with a first memory controller to a second memory device in communication with a second memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Utah State University
    Inventors: Dean Michael Ancajas, Koushik Chakraborty, Sanghamitra Roy
  • Patent number: 9062072
    Abstract: Inhibitors of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) and angiogenesis and their methods of use including the treatment of cancer, hypoxia related pathologies, disorders leading to ischemia, for example stroke and ischemic heart disease, and non-cancerous angiogenic diseases are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: Emory University, Georgia State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Erwin G. Van Meir, Binghe Wang
  • Patent number: 9062331
    Abstract: The present invention is related to biosynthetic oil compositions and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of endogenous enzymes in plants capable of synthesizing oil. In preferred embodiments, said plants are algae. In further embodiments, said algae are from the family Chlamydomonas, Nannochloropsis, Dunaliella, Chiarella and Scenedesmus. In still further embodiments, said endogenous enzymes are diacylglycerol acyltransferases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Christoph Benning, Rachel Miller, Eric R. Moellering
  • Patent number: 9060970
    Abstract: It has been discovered that the Sal target represents a new and promising target for antibacterial drug discovery. The Sal target is distinct from the rifamycin target and from the CBR703 target. This indicates that antibacterial compounds that function through the Sal target should exhibit no, or minimal, cross-resistance with rifamycins and CBR703. This further implies that it should be possible to co-administer antibacterial compounds that function through the Sal target together with a rifamycin, together with CBR703, or together with both a rifamycin and CBR703, in order to achieve additive or synergistic antibacterial effects and in order to suppress or eliminate the emergence of resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Richard H. Ebright, David Degen, Katherine Y. Ebright
  • Patent number: 9065137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to primary and secondary electrochemical energy storage systems, particularly to such systems as battery cells, which use materials that take up and release ions as a means of storing and supplying electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Glenn G. Amatucci, Fadwa Badway
  • Publication number: 20150173281
    Abstract: ‘NCCH1’ is a new cultivar of hybrid dogwood with a compact, rounded habit, semi-evergreen foliage with maroon fall and winter foliage color, and 4-11 pink to red/purple floral bracts per inflorescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventor: Thomas G. Ranney
  • Publication number: 20150168318
    Abstract: Certain disclosed embodiments concern a method and an apparatus for determining molecular structure. One embodiment comprises producing sample ions from a sample, cooling molecules of the sample ions by either embedding sample ions in superfluid droplets, such as superfluidic helium droplets, or subjecting sample ions in a cooled ion trap, to a selected temperature approaching absolute zero. Plural cooled sample ions confined in a diffraction zone are oriented using a laser, and a diffraction image is produced from oriented sample ions using an electron beam. Molecular structure is determined using collected images from different orientations obtained under different polarization directions of the orientation laser. Embodiments of an apparatus for determining molecular structure also are disclosed. The apparatus operation, data accumulation and processing are controlled by software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Oregon State University
    Inventors: Joseph Beckman, Wei Kong, Valery G. Voinov, William M. Freund
  • Patent number: 9056125
    Abstract: An article for controlling the attachment and growth of cells on a surface of the article, and a method for the use of the article is provided. The article comprises a substratum having a surface and a film on the surface, the film comprising a network of a net positively charged composition and a net negatively charged composition, wherein the net positively charged composition comprises a net positively charged polyelectrolyte or the net negatively charged composition comprises a net negatively charged polyelectrolyte, and the net positively charged polyelectrolyte or the net negatively charged polyelectrolyte contain (i) a polymer repeat unit having at least two fluorine atoms, or (ii) a polymer repeat unit having a zwitterion group. The method comprises contacting the article with living tissue, living organisms, or with water in an aqueous system comprising living organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph B. Schlenoff, David S. Salloum, Thomas C. Keller, III, Scott G. Olenych
  • Patent number: 9057068
    Abstract: Compositions comprising therapeutic oligonucleotide compounds that target the expression of genes associated with tumorigenesis or cell transformation are provided. Methods are described to manipulate and treat the oncogenic deregulation of the TP53-associated apoptosis pathway. Markers for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and uses thereof are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Albert de la Chapelle, Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld
  • Patent number: 9056851
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound having the structure wherein R1 is H, wherein n and q are independently an integer from 0 to 8; A is absent or present and when present is wherein m is an integer from 0 to 8; R3 is an amino, alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, diol, piperazine, morpholine, piperidine, triazole, azide or biphenyl, each with or without substitution, branched or unbranched, or and R4 is alkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl, each with or without substitution, branched or unbranched, R2 is H, CH3, or alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, pyrrole, diazole, or triazole, each with or without substitution, branched or unbranched, or wherein n and q are independently an integer from 0 to 8; A is absent or present and when present is and R6 is azide, methoxy, trifluoromethyl, biphenyl, substituted phenyl, substituted triazole, or alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl, with or without substitution, branched or unbranched, when R1 is H then R2 is other than H or CH3, and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Peter Tonge, Carl Machutta, Gopal Reddy Bommineni, Kanishk Kapilashrami
  • Patent number: 9060269
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network traffic data for a plurality of different endpoint device types, wherein the network traffic data comprises network traffic data for each of the plurality of different endpoint device types, and predicts a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data. The method then adjusts a parameter of the cellular network architecture in response to the future traffic pattern predicted for the one of the plurality of different endpoint device types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Jia Wang, Lusheng Ji, Xiang-Yang Alexander Liu, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq
  • Patent number: 9058070
    Abstract: For predicting timing violations, a prediction module predicts a timing violation for a first instruction in a semiconductor device in response to use by the first instruction of a specified sensitized path. The prediction module further mitigates the predicted timing violation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Utah State University
    Inventors: Sanghamitra Roy, Koushik Chakraborty
  • Publication number: 20150163840
    Abstract: Techniques for sharing a cellular network connection amongst multiple devices over a local area network are provided that reduce cellular network load during crowded events. In an aspect, a devices is configure to perform operations that include scanning an area for another device that has established a first wireless cellular connection with a cellular network device of a cellular network and that enables an indirect connection of the device to the cellular network device via a direct connection of the device to the other device via a local network device. The operations further include, in response to identifying the other device as a result of the scanning, sending a request to the other device to connect to the other device via the local network device and to receive the indirect connection to the cellular network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicants: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lusheng Ji, Jeffrey Pang, Jia Wang, Shobha Venkataraman, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq, Xiang-Yang Alex Liu
  • Patent number: 9051180
    Abstract: Shape controlled synthesis of ferroelectric nanocrystals such as barium titanate (BaTiO3) nanocrystals is described. By tuning the molar ratio between the surfactant and the metal precursors, BaTiO3 nanocrystals with different shapes are readily obtained. This provides the nanoscopic ferroelectric building blocks for the fabrication of various electronic devices, as well as for fundamental research in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Zhiqun, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 9054688
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to sequential state elements (SSEs). More specifically, embodiments of flip-flops are disclosed, along with computerized methods and systems of designing the same. In one embodiment, the flip-flop includes a substrate and subcircuits that are formed on the substrate. The subcircuits provide subfunctions, wherein each of the subcircuits provides at least one of the subfunctions. More specifically, the subfunctions are provided in a sequential logical order by the subcircuits so that the flip-flop provides a flip-flop function. However, the subcircuits are interleaved out of the sequential logical order with respect to a corresponding subfunction provided by each of the subcircuits along a vector defined by the substrate. In this manner, interleaving the subcircuits along the vector of the substrate can provide separation between charge collection nodes without requiring increases in size. Thus, the flip-flop can be more compact and less expensive to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Clark, Sandeep Shambhulingaiah, Sushil Kumar, Chandarasekaran Ramamurthy
  • Patent number: 9050605
    Abstract: A nanocomposite material for use as an electromagnetic wave or radio frequency absorber or as a filter to trap or remove heavy metals. The nanocomposite material may be made with a one-pot synthesis, or thermodecomposition process, of magnetic graphene nanocomposites decorated with core-double-shell nanoparticles, wherein the double shell iron nanoparticles may comprise a crystalline iron core, an inner iron oxide layer around the crystalline iron core, and an outermost amorphous Si—S—O compound shell around the iron oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Lamar University, A Component of the Texas State University System, An Agency of the State of Texas
    Inventor: Zhanhu Guo
  • Patent number: 9051351
    Abstract: Small molecule, peptidic hepatocyte growth factors mimics, which act as both mimetics and antagonists, have been generated. These molecules have been shown or predicted to have therapeutic potential for numerous pathologies including dementia (e.g. Alzheimer's) and Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Joseph W. Harding, John W. Wright, Caroline C. Benoist, Leen H. Kawas, Gary A. Wayman
  • Patent number: D732187
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona acting for an on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jeff Houkal, Jordan Yaron