Patents Assigned to State University
  • Publication number: 20140326316
    Abstract: Thin films comprising crystalline Fe2XY4, wherein X is Si or Ge and Y is S or Se, are obtained by coating an ink comprised of nanoparticle precursors of Fe2XY4 and/or a non-particulate amorphous substance comprised of Fe, X and Y on a substrate surface and annealing the coating. The coated substrate thereby obtained has utility as a solar absorber material in thin film photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Delaware State University
    Inventors: Daniela Rodica Radu, Cheng-Yu Lai
  • Publication number: 20140328616
    Abstract: A spring lock includes a sinusoidal spring that has one or more crests and troughs formed along a length of the sinusodial spring, the length extending along a sliding axis, the one or more crests and troughs forming a sinusoidal spring profile. The spring lock further includes a lock bar that has a track extending along the sliding axis, the track being configured to hold the sinusodial spring and allow the sinusoidal spring to move along the sliding axis, the track further including one or more depressions and plateaus with the depressions and plateaus forming a lock bar profile, wherein the spring lock is locked when the sinusoidal spring profile and the lock bar profile are out-of-phase and the spring lock is unlocked when the sinusoidal spring profile and the lock bar profile are in-phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Utah State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Morgan E. Davidson, Mike S. Watson
  • Publication number: 20140327211
    Abstract: Seals having incorporated heat pipes are disclosed relating to pumps and other comparable sealing equipment that may include a seal face, a cavity, a wicking material within the cavity, and a working fluid within the cavity. The seals may be used as a pump seal rings and in other applications having comparable heat transfer requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Michael M. Khonsari, Nian Xiao
  • Publication number: 20140326920
    Abstract: A catalyzed metal hydride alloy is disclosed, which includes lithium amide and magnesium hydride and rubidium hydride is the catalyst. A method of making the metal hydride alloy includes combining rubidium hydride with lithium amide and magnesium hydride in a vessel to form a mixture and mechanically milling the mixture. A method of manufacturing rubidium hydride is also disclosed which includes milling rubidium metal in a vessel pressurized with hydrogen gas at an initial minimum rotation rate and increasing the rotation rate to a maximum rotation rate, alternating between periods of milling and rest, re-pressurizing the vessel with hydrogen during the rest periods, and incubating the contents of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Delaware State University
    Inventors: Andrew Goudy, Tolulope Durojaiye, Jalaal Hayes
  • Patent number: 8877211
    Abstract: A BHV-1 mutant virus has been made that incorporates into a single virus two or more deletions in one or more of three genes—glycoprotein N, glycoprotein E and Us9. Specifically, a BHV-1 UL49.5?30-32 CT-null virus was made and tested. This mutant virus was then used to incorporate additional changes, e.g., the glycoprotein E cytoplasmic-tail deletion, the Us9 deletion, or both. This triple mutant BHV-1 UL49.5?30-32 CT-null/gE CT?/Us9? virus will be superior to the current BHV-1 mutants because the mutant virus will not be shed following reactivation, will be a DIVA based on gE CT-specific serum antibodies, and will induce better protective response by inducing higher SN titers and better cellular immune response. This new virus will have sufficient viral replication in the nasal epithelium and will be a good vaccine for protection of cattle from BHV-1. The new mutant viruses can also be used as vectors for exogenous genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Shafiqul I. Chowdhury, Hui Yong Wei
  • Patent number: 8877147
    Abstract: A system for converting fuel is provided and includes a first reactor comprising a plurality of ceramic composite particles, the ceramic composite particles comprising at least one metal oxide disposed on a support, wherein the first reactor is configured to reduce the at least one metal oxide with a fuel to produce a reduced metal or a reduced metal oxide; a second reactor configured to oxidize at least a portion of the reduced metal or reduced metal oxide from the said first reactor to produce a metal oxide intermediate; a source of air; and a third reactor communicating with said source of air and configured to regenerate the at least one metal oxide from the remaining portion of the solids discharged from the said first reactor and the solids discharged from the said second reactor by oxidizing the metal oxide intermediate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Liang-shih Fan, Fanxing Li
  • Patent number: 8877476
    Abstract: A soluble and stable form of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) has been made, 5-Lox is the enzyme which initiates leukotriene biosynthesis by catalyzing the two-step transformation of arachidomc acid to leukotriene A4 (LTA4). The soluble and stable 5-LOX is suitable for a number of applications, including, but not limited to, high throughput screening of 5-LOX inhibitors, structural analysis of the enzyme's active site, designing inhibitors based on the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme's active site, and synthesis of LTA4. Using Stable-5-LOX, the crystal structure for 5-LOX has been resolved and the amino acids defining the active site determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Marcia E. Newcomer, Sue G. Bartlett, Nathaniel C. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 8877951
    Abstract: Superparmagnetic acid-functionalized nanoparticle catalysts are provided along with methods of using the same to protonate an oxygen atom of a carbon-oxygen bond. Particularly, the catalysts comprise a nanoparticle having a ferromagnetic core surrounded by a metal oxide shell. The nanoparticle is at least partially coated with an acid-functionalized siloxane compound. The acid-functionalized nanoparticles may be used to catalyze any number of reactions that can be catalyzed in the presence of protons. The ferromagnetic core permits the nanoparticle catalyst material to be separated from the reaction medium through application of a magnetic field and reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hongwang Wang, Stefan Bossmann, Byungjun Kollbe Ahn, Xiuzhi Susan Sun
  • Patent number: 8880146
    Abstract: The present invention enables a safe and noninvasive assessment of tumor resistance using one diffusion or sodium MRI scan over the entire tumor. The evaluation can be done before therapy and can help select a strategy of treatment. The invention can be used in different types of tumors in most parts of the human body. The level of tumor resistance can be determined reproducibly and quickly. The results can be used immediately to create individualized therapy. The invention allows clinicians to avoid ineffective therapies, which may be more harmful than useful, or come up with the other more appropriate alternatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor D. Schepkin, Cathy W. Levenson
  • Patent number: 8877571
    Abstract: Methods of anodizing aluminum using a hard mask and related embodiments of semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. Other methods and related embodiments are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jovan Trujillo, Curtis Moyer
  • Patent number: 8880378
    Abstract: Several embodiments of systems and methods for adaptive smart environment automation are described herein. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method includes determining a plurality of sequence patterns of data points in a set of input data corresponding to a plurality of sensors in a space. The input data include a plurality of data points corresponding to each of the sensors, and the sequence patterns are at least partially discontinuous. The method also includes generating a plurality of statistical models based on the plurality of sequence patterns, and the individual statistical models corresponding to an activity of a user. The method further includes recognizing the activity of the user based on the statistical models and additional input data from the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Diane J. Cook, Parisa Rashidi
  • Publication number: 20140322725
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising chimeric polypeptides that bind to free ubiquitin proteins or free ubiquitin-like proteins with high affinity, as well as chimeric polypeptides that bind to both free and conjugated ubiquitin proteins or free and conjugated ubiquitin-like proteins, and methods of using the chimeric polypeptides to determine the amount of free or total ubiquitin or free or total ubiquitin-like proteins in various types of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert E. Cohen, Yun-Seok Choi
  • Publication number: 20140319415
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel use of a SPP system for replacing natural amino acid residues with non-naturally occurring amino acids in a protein or peptide, using cell based expression system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Masayori Inouye, Yojiro Ishida, Lili Mao, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Jung Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20140318593
    Abstract: A thermoelectric composite and a thermoelectric device and a method of making the thermoelectric composite. The thermoelectric composite is a semiconductor material formed from mechanically-alloyed powders of elemental constituents of the semiconductor material to produce nano-particles of the semiconductor material, and compacted to have at least a bifurcated grain structure. The bifurcated grain structure has at least two different grain sizes including small size grains in a range of 2-200 nm and large size grains in a range of 0.5 to 5 microns. The semiconductor material has a figure of merit ZT, defined as a ratio of the product of square of Seebeck coefficient, S2, and electrical conductivity ? divided by the thermal conductivity k, which varies from greater than 1 at 300 K to 2.5 at temperatures of 300 to 500K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Rama Venkatasubramanian, Judy Stuart, Ryan Wiitala, Peter Thomas, Carl C. Koch, Tsungta Ethan Chan
  • Publication number: 20140318657
    Abstract: A fluid conveying apparatus including a wall structure forming a channel for conveying fluid. The channel is bounded by an interior face of the wall structure. A rice leaf-like textured surface is formed on the interior face. The textured surface includes a plurality of micropillars projecting from the interior face and arranged in a geometry akin to rice leaf micropapillae. In some embodiments, the textured surface is a replica of a rice leaf hierarchical structure. In other embodiments, the micropillars are arranged to define a plurality of longitudinal grooves having a transverse sinusoidal pattern. The micropillars can are arranged in a substantially uniform micropattern, and have a diameter of about 2 ?m, a height of about 4 ?m, and a pitch distance of about 4 ?m. A nanostructured coating can assist in rendering the micropillars superhydrophobic, and mimics the waxy nanobumps of a native rice leaf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Gregory D. Bixler, Bharat Bhushan
  • Patent number: 8874380
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for predicting the optimal amounts of radiopharmaceutical and/or chemotherapy agents to administer to a patient, by determining the level of saturation of the therapeutic agents in the patient's cells. The method comprises measuring cellular incorporation of the candidate therapeutic agents in a target cell population on a cell-by-cell basis. The method is able to identify an optimal cocktail of therapeutic agents for treatment of a disease. A method of high-throughput drug discovery incorporating this method, and a 2-stage targeting method of treating a disease using this method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: John M. Akudugu, Venkata S. V. P. Neti, Roger W. Howell
  • Patent number: 8874941
    Abstract: For multicore power performance management, a first core has a first architecture and is designed for a first voltage-frequency domain. A second core has the first architecture and that is designed for a second voltage-frequency domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Utah State University
    Inventors: Koushik Chakraborty, Sanghamitra Roy
  • Patent number: 8871999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genes, proteins and methods comprising molecules that alter amino acid levels. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to altering guanidino substrate hydrolysis activities in plants, arthropods and microorganisms using molecules within the arginase family and other molecules that alter an amino acid levels. In ones embodiment, the present invention relates to altering threonine substrate deamination and dehydration activities in plants, arthropods and microorganisms using molecules within the threonine deaminase family and other molecules that alter amino acid levels. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to using genes, proteins and methods comprising arginase or threonine deaminase for altering the pathophysiology of plants, arthropods and microorganisms. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to altering guanidino substrate hydrolysis activity in plants, arthropods, and microorganisms using arginase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Gregg A. Howe, Hui Chen
  • Patent number: 8871750
    Abstract: Aromatase inhibitors are administered to a female patient prior to endometrial ablation or resection procedures in order to thin the endometrium to a thickness of less than 6 mm, and preferably less than 4 mm, so as to enhance the treatment outcome. Of course, administration of aromatase inhibitors would be useful for other surgical procedures on the endometrial cavity and the uterus. Commercially available aromatase inhibitors, including, the nonsteroidal preparations, anastrozole and letrozole, and a steroidal agent, exemestane, are well-tolerated, and have been shown to decrease serum estrogen levels. The aromatase inhibitor can be used alone, or in combination with other aromatase inhibitors or pharmaceutical agents, such as hormones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Mohamed F. M. Mitwally, Michael P. Diamond, Robert F. Casper
  • Patent number: PP25022
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Corylus plant named ‘Dorris’ characterized by a spreading plant habit and low vigor, yellowish-green developing and fully expanded leaves during the spring and summer, resistance to eastern filbert blight caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller, presence of random amplified polymorphic DNA markers 152-800 and 268-580, expression of incompatibility alleles S1 and S12 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 14 of 24 microsatellite marker loci differ from both parents OSU 309.074 and ‘Delta’, and from one parent at an additional 9 marker loci.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: State of Oregon Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University
    Inventors: Shawn A. Mehlenbacher, David C. Smith, Rebecca L. McCluskey