Patents Assigned to State University
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND MODIFYING PASSWORDS
    Publication number: 20140373088
    Abstract: A system for analyzing and modifying passwords in a manner that provides a user with a strong and usable/memorable password. The user would propose a password that has relevance and can be remembered. The invention would evaluate the password to ascertain its strength. The evaluation is based on a probabilistic password cracking system that is trained on sets of revealed passwords and that can generate password guesses in highest probability order. If the user's proposed password is strong enough, the proposed password is accepted. If the user's proposed password is not strong enough, the system will reject it. If the proposed password is rejected, the system modifies the password and suggests one or more stronger passwords. The modified passwords would have limited modifications to the proposed password. Thus, the user has a tested strong and memorable password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhir Aggarwal, Shiva Houshmand Yazdi, Charles Matt Weir
  • DE NOVO SYNTHESIS OF BACTERIOCHLORINS
    Publication number: 20140371286
    Abstract: A method of making a bacteriochlorin is carried out by condensing a pair of compounds of Formula II to produce the bacteriochlorin, wherein R is an acetal or aldehyde group. The condensing may be carried out in an organic solvent, preferably in the presence of an acid. The bacteriochlorins are useful for a variety of purposes such as active agents in photodynamic therapy, luminescent compounds in flow cytometry, solar cells, light harvesting arrays, and molecular memory devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Han-Je Kim, Jonathan S. Lindsey
  • Data Filter Cache Designs for Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Performance in Computing Systems
    Publication number: 20140372700
    Abstract: Certain embodiments herein relate to, among other things, designing data cache systems to enhance energy efficiency and performance of computing systems. A data filter cache herein may be designed to store a portion of data stored in a level one (L1) data cache. The data filter cache may reside between the L1 data cache and a register file in the primary compute unit. The data filter cache may therefore be accessed before the L1 data cache when a request for data is received and processed. Upon a data filter cache hit, access to the L1 data cache may be avoided. The smaller data filter cache may therefore be accessed earlier in the pipeline than the larger L1 data cache to promote improved energy utilization and performance. The data filter cache may also be accessed speculatively based on various conditions to increase the chances of having a data filter cache hit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: David Whalley, Magnus Själander, Alen Bardizbanyan, Per Larsson-Edefors
  • Nanoparticles, Nanosponges, Methods of Synthesis, and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20140370422
    Abstract: We disclose novel metallic nanoparticles coated with a thin protective carbon shell, and three-dimensional nano-metallic sponges; methods of preparation of the nanoparticles; and uses for these novel materials, including wood preservation, strengthening of polymer and fiber/polymer building materials, and catalysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Kun Lian, Qinglin Wu
  • MicroRNA fingerprints during human megakaryocytopoiesis
    Patent number: 8911936
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of diagnosing a cancer and/or myeloproliferative disorder using microRNAs. Also described are compositions and methods related to cancers and myeloproliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, Ramiro Garzon, George A. Calin
  • Cholera toxin chimera and its use as a staph vaccine
    Patent number: 8911748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chimeric protein vaccines and methods of use thereof in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of generating an immune response in a mammal, that includes administering to the mammal, a composition having a chimeric protein having at least one of: a portion of a cholera toxin, a portion of a heat-labile toxin, and a portion of a shiga toxin; and an antigen having at least one of: an antigenic material from S. aureus and an antigenic material from a S. aureus-specific polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Boise State University
    Inventor: Juliette Tinker
  • Precise broadband frequency modulated laser
    Patent number: 8913636
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium are described for a tunable laser source that produces a desired frequency modulated optical waveform with a precision within 0.01 percent over a bandwidth greater than about 50 gigaHertz. An apparatus includes a tunable laser having one or more drive inputs for affecting an optical frequency of light output by the laser; and an optical detector. Multiple optical paths are configured to direct light output by the laser onto the optical detector. A laser controller is configured to provide to a drive input a loopback signal based on a measured or predetermined difference in optical dispersion among the plurality of optical paths and a detector signal output from the optical detector. In some embodiments, a ranging device includes the tunable laser source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Montana State University
    Inventors: Peter A. Roos, Randy R. Reibel, Brant Kaylor, Zeb Barber, William Randall Babbitt
  • Apparatus and method for legged locomotion integrating passive dynamics with active force control
    Patent number: 8914151
    Abstract: A robot for legged locomotion incorporating passive dynamics with active force control and method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University
    Inventors: Jonathan Hurst, Devin Koepl
  • Bistable switchable liquid crystal window
    Patent number: 8913215
    Abstract: A bistable switchable liquid crystal device is provided in which the device can be switched between a transparent and an opaque state by a predetermined voltage pulse. The device is based on polymer stabilized cholesteric materials. No additional amount of voltage has to be applied to the device in order to sustain the optical states. Therefore, the device is energy-saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kent State University
    Inventors: Deng-Ke Yang, Lei Shi, Rui Bao
  • Methods for identifying fragile histidine triad (FHIT) interaction and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8911998
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of a cancer associated disorder using the Fhit gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, Francesco Trapasso
  • Methods of detection of species in bodily fluid
    Patent number: 8911959
    Abstract: Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) is currently diagnosed by relying on infected individuals (humans, dogs, etc.) to generate antibodies against the fungus. Since the immune response against Valley Fever can be delayed or absent in many cases, methods that detect a polypeptide or peptide component of the Coccidioides sp. fungus in a bodily fluid such as blood are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Douglas Lake, Kwasi Antwi, Janis E. Blair
  • INDOLYL OR INDOLINYL HYDROXAMATE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20140364477
    Abstract: Indolyl or indolinyl compounds of formula (I): wherein bond, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating cancer with these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: Ohio State University, National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Ching-Shih Chen, Jing-Ping Liou, Hsing-Jin Liu, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Pei-Wen Shan, Wen-Ta Chiu, Che-Ming Teng
  • METHOD OF THERMO-ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY AND HYPERTHERMIA
    Publication number: 20140364727
    Abstract: A method includes providing a pulsed magnetic field, exposing a tissue mass to the pulsed magnetic field, and receiving an ultrasonic signal from a region of the tissue imbued with magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
    Inventor: Daqing Piao
  • MICROLENS ARRAY ARCHITECTURES FOR ENHANCED LIGHT OUTCOUPLING FROM AN OLED ARRAY
    Publication number: 20140361270
    Abstract: Novel microlens array architectures for enhanced light outcoupling from light emission are provided. Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) that include an outcoupling layer including these novel microlens array architectures and method for fabricating such OLEDs are provided. These devices may be used to provide OLEDs with optimized light extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicants: Universal Display Corporation, Kent State University
    Inventors: Yue CUI, Deng-ke YANG, Ruiqing Ma, Gregory McGraw, Julia J. Brown
  • METHODS TO MUTATE CIRCULAR DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES
    Publication number: 20140363850
    Abstract: The invention provides improved mutagenic plasmids and a method for making and using them. In one embodiment a cyclic mutagenic nucleic acid is replicated to form interlocking, digestibly separable duplex or simplex rings; and then one or more of the interlocked rings are cleaved selectively by means of a restriction enzyme to liberate an intact duplex or simplex ring. The mutagenic plasmids show substantially improved efficiencies in transforming cellular microorganism that are exposed to them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Kennesaw State University Research and Services Foundation
    Inventor: John C. Salerno
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRAINING FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20140364821
    Abstract: A system and/or a method of evacuating patient fluid from a subdural space of a patient. The system includes a flexible subdural drain having a plurality of apertures and a port in fluid communication with a valve. A reservoir containing a cleansing fluid is in fluid communication with the valve. An outlet in fluid communication with the valve. In a flush state, the valve is configured to establish fluid communication between the reservoir and the flexible subdural drain for evacuating the cleansing fluid from the reservoir. In a priming state, the valve is configured to close the fluid communication between the reservoir and the flexible subdural drain. In a drain state, the valve is configured to establish fluid communication between the flexible subdural drain and the outlet for evacuating the patient fluid via a siphoning effect through the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventor: Kevin Gibbons
  • Industrial sweetpotato plant named 'NCPUR06-020'
    Publication number: 20140366234
    Abstract: ‘NCPUR06-020’ is a purple-fleshed sweetpotato with high levels of anthocyanin pigments in its storage roots. ‘NCPUR06-020’ was developed using conventional crossing and breeding methods, and it is intended for use in the natural colorant industry. The anthocyanins present in sweetpotatoes have a number of beneficial properties and they can be used for a wide range of purposes in the food processing and functional food industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: George Craig Yencho, Kenneth Vincent Pecota, Jarred Edward Driscoll
  • PAA nanoplatforms containing fluorophores and targeted moieties covalently linked and photosensitizer post-loaded
    Patent number: 8906343
    Abstract: A PAA nanoparticle containing a covalently linked fluorescent dye and a post-loaded tetrapyrrolic photosensitizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Health Research, Inc., The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ravindra K. Pandey, Raoul Kopelman, Anurag Gupta, Munawwar Sajjad
  • Computing time-decayed aggregates in data streams
    Patent number: 8908554
    Abstract: Aggregates are calculated from a data stream in which data is sent in a sequence of tuples, in which each tuple comprises an item identifier and a timestamp indicating when the tuple was transmitted. The tuples may arrive out-of-order, that is, the sequence in which the tuples arrive are not necessarily in the sequence of their corresponding timestamps. In calculating aggregates, more recent data may be given more weight by multiplying each tuple by a decay function which is a function of the timestamp associated with the tuple and the current time. The tuples are recorded in a quantile-digest data structure. Aggregates are calculated from the data stored in the quantile-digest data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Graham Cormode, Philip Korn, Srikanta Tirthapura
  • Preparation and uses of polyarylates
    Patent number: 8907043
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to polyarylates comprising repeating units having the structure: as well as their preparation and use as cell growth substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Ken James, Brochini Stephen, Varawut Tangpasuthadol, Joachim B. Kohn