Patents Assigned to State University
  • Publication number: 20180077542
    Abstract: A unified enterprise mobile data system that allows fine distinction and control of groups from individual contacts. The group structures that a user sees in the group screen generally matches the business structures the user works with. When the user is associated with and accesses a screen for a group, s/he sees messages just for this group. Each group is associated with a secured shared data storage space; group calendar, to-do list, and task tracker. The group structure provides a unified entry to access all group associated resources. Aggregate secured shared data storage space, group calendar, to-do list, and task tracker covering all groups with which the user is associated are also accessible to the user, providing rapid generalized access to all the user's information and data. The unified enterprise mobile data system provides dynamic membership for users in geolocation-based groups in response to the user's movements in and around locations of the enterprise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying XIE, Varun PATEL
  • Publication number: 20180076668
    Abstract: The present application provides a wireless power transfer system including a transmitter and at least one receiver, and also provides transmitters and receivers for such systems. The transmitter includes a driver coil and a transmitter coil magnetically coupled to each other and arranged along a plane, the driver coil and the transmitter coil being tuned to resonate at differing frequencies. The receiver includes a load coil and a receiver coil magnetically coupled to each other and arranged along a plane, the load coil and the receiver coil being tuned to resonate at differing frequencies. The driver coil and the transmitter coil of the transmitter, and the load and the transmitter coil of the receiver are strongly magnetically coupled to each other. The transmitter and the receiver are magnetically coupled to each to effectuate wireless power transfer from the transmitter to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Patanjali V. PARIMI, David E. SENIOR
  • Publication number: 20180072697
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds formula (I) and salts thereof: wherein the bond represented by ---- is a single bond or a double bond, and R1 has any of the values defined in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, cancer, and psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Carl WAGNER, Peter JURUTKA, Pamela MARSHALL
  • Publication number: 20180071716
    Abstract: Embodiments of templated polymeric materials capable of binding lysophosphatidic acids (LPAs) are disclosed. Methods of making and using the templated polymeric materials also are disclosed. The disclosed templated polymeric materials are molecularly imprinted polymers that bind LPAs and facilitate the production of lysophosphatidic acid-enriched samples, for instance through extraction of lysophosphatidic acids from biological samples, such as plasma or serum samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Portland State University
    Inventors: Robert M. Strongin, Martha Sibrian-Vazquez, Jialu Wang, Jorge O. Escobedo-Cordova
  • Publication number: 20180076373
    Abstract: Nowotny-Juza phases offer a wide range of potential applications including solar cell and thermoelectric device fabrication. The disclosure presents a solution phase synthesis of the Nowotny-Juza semiconductors LiZnP, LiCdP, and LiZnSb. These samples are phase pure, crystalline, and exhibit particle sizes of around 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Javier Vela-Becerra, Miles Arthur Burris White, Michelle JoAnn Thompson, Gordon J. Miller
  • Patent number: 9913451
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N?-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ralph E. Dewey, Balazs Siminszky, Steven W. Bowen, Lily Gavilano
  • Patent number: 9914960
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for colorimetric detection schemes for detecting a variety of biomolecules. The compositions and methods employ DNA hybridization chain reaction for catalytic aggregation of gold nanoparticles. In this catalytic aggregation scheme, a single target DNA strand triggers the formation of multiple inter-particle linkages in contrast to the single linkage formed in conventional direct aggregation schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Boise State University
    Inventors: Jeunghoon Lee, Bernard Yurke, Elton Graugnard, Will Hughes, Bert Huttanus
  • Patent number: 9916475
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for extending security of an application-based computer operating system are disclosed. One system includes a memory. The system also includes an application-based operating system security module bridge implemented using the memory. The application-based operating system security module bridge is for receiving, from a reference monitor, a registration for at least one security authorization hook, for receiving a callback when a protected event occurs, for communicating with the reference monitor that registered the at least one security authorization hook corresponding to the callback, and for receiving, from the reference monitor, an access control decision associated with the protected event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT
    Inventors: William Harold Enck, Adwait Pravin Nadkarni, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Stephan Heuser
  • Patent number: 9917365
    Abstract: An apparatus may include two or more active antenna elements with a corresponding antenna pattern. The apparatus may further include a single radio frequency signal chain communicatively coupled with the two or more active antenna elements. The apparatus may also include multiple passive antenna elements in proximity to the two or more active antenna elements. The multiple passive antenna elements may alter the antenna pattern to form multiple simultaneous beams associated with the two or more active antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ahmed Umar Kauser, Hani Mehrpouyan
  • Patent number: 9915668
    Abstract: The invention relates to antibodies, antibody fragments and binding agents that specifically recognize oligomeric tau but do not bind to monomeric tau, fibrillar tau or non-disease associated forms of tau.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michael Sierks, Huilai Tian
  • Patent number: 9915757
    Abstract: Compositions for increasing the thermal stability of optical absorbers are provided as well as methods of making and using the resulting compositions. The compositions or complexes of the present teachings generally include an optical absorber bound to a metal or a metal oxide through one or more linkers, which contain a metal binding moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: William E. Bernier, Megan Fegley, Bradley Galusha, Francis D. Goroleski, Wayne E. Jones, Jr., Kenneth H. Skorenko
  • Patent number: 9916927
    Abstract: Electrically insulating Al2O3—SiO2 thin coatings have been deposited on long-length 316 stainless steel (SS) tape using a reel-to-reel continuous sol-gel dip coating process for co-winding insulation into YBCO pancake coils, a high temperature superconductor magnet technology. Coatings with a thickness of ˜2 ?m are achieved after just one dip with a tape withdrawal speed of ˜16 mm/s (1 m/min) and a calcination at 700° C. The coatings were measured to have a room-temperature breakdown voltage of about 100 V, corresponding to a dc dielectric strength of about 50 MV/m. Consequently, this process has low cost and high throughput and produces a thin electrical insulation with excellent thermal, dielectric, and mechanical properties. A new technique has been developed in the coating process to mitigate coating buildup near the edges of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Hom Kandel, Jun Lu, Youri Viouchkov, Scott Gundlach, Adam Voran, William D. Markiewicz
  • Patent number: 9914807
    Abstract: A bulk polymer composite comprising a thiol-ene polymer matrix, or the corresponding polymers derived from a phosphinyl, selenol, or arsinyl monomer, and metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed within said matrix, said nanoparticles being bonded to polymer molecules contained in the matrix. Terpolymers that further comprise repeat units derived from a molecular metal oxide cluster, and composites in which such terpolymers function as a matrix for metal oxide nanoparticles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Albert Stiegman
  • Publication number: 20180065936
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds formula (I) and salts thereof: wherein R1-R4 have any of the values defined in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, cancer, inflammation, hyperresponsiveness, allergic conditions, asthma, and psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful to lower IL-4, IL-5, or IL-15 levels in an animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Carl WAGNER, Peter JURUTKA, Pamela MARSHALL
  • Publication number: 20180065941
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides phenothiazine derivative compounds and salts thereof, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of using these compounds in a variety of applications, such as treatment or suppression of diseases associated with decreased mitochondrial function resulting in diminished ATP production and/or oxidative stress and/or lipid peroxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sidney HECHT, Omar KHDOUR, Sandipan Roy CHOWDHURY, Indrajit BANDYOPADHYAY
  • Patent number: 9908926
    Abstract: A region of the TRPM8 protein that functions as a temperature switch (FIG. 1) has been identified, and can be expressed, purified and applied in combination with other proteins. The function of the switch is maintained even when the region or domain is isolated from the entire protein. As the protein domain is a temperature switch, it can be used to control other proteins and signaling pathways in vitro and in vivo; and 2) TRPM8 is a therapeutic target that is being pursued primarily for intervention in pain (neuropathic and inflammatory) and cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wade Van Horn, Nicholas Sisco, Parthasarathi Rath
  • Patent number: 9909139
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dsRNA construct used to silencing specific eukaryotic translation initiation factor in plants to produce a plant resistant to viruses such as Potyviruses, Luteoviruses, and Furoviruses. More specifically, the plant would be resistant to viruses such as Wheat streak mosaic virus, Triticum mosaic virus, Soil bourne mosaic virus, or Barley yellow dwarf virus. Also disclosed are non-transgenic wheat plants having the genes for eIF(iso)4E-2 or eIF4G silenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of Agriculture, Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: John Fellers, Harold N. Trick, Luisa Cruz, Jessica Rupp
  • Patent number: 9910957
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visualization, sharing and analysis of large data sets are described. Systems and methods may include receiving an input data set, wherein the input data set includes data that can be classified in classification dimensions wherein a first classification dimension is a linear ordering of data entries and a second classification dimension represents analysis criteria, traits of the data entries, or aspects of the data entries; obtaining an unabridged data table listing results for each combination of coordinates in the first classification dimension and the second classification dimension; and displaying contents of the unabridged data table as a visual array wherein two axes correspond to the coordinates and a third axis corresponds to a third classification dimension, wherein the third classification dimension represents an actual value of the respective data point for the coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: St. Petersburg State University
    Inventors: Stephen Obrien, Anton Svitin, Sergey V. Malov, Nikolay Cherkasov, Paul G. Geerts
  • Patent number: 9910982
    Abstract: Large-scale, time-sensitive secure distributed control systems and methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes detecting an anomaly at a module among a plurality of modules in a network. The method also includes adjusting a reputation level of the module associated with the detected anomaly. Further, the method includes controlling interaction of the module associated with the detected anomaly within the network based on the adjusted reputation level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Mo-Yuen Chow, Wente Zeng
  • Patent number: D812344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: William J. Brazile, Mollie J. Brazile