Patents Assigned to State University
  • Zero voltage switching operation of a minimum current trajectory for a DC-to-DC converter
    Patent number: 9595873
    Abstract: An apparatus for zero voltage switching is disclosed. A system and method also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes an MCT region module that defines a minimum current trajectory (“MCT”) for operation between a maximum positive power output to a maximum negative power output of a bidirectional DC-to-DC converter. The converter includes a dual active bridge series resonant converter. The MCT defines a boundary between a zero voltage switching (“ZVS”) region and a hard switching region. The apparatus includes an offset module that defines an offset to the MCT, the offset in the ZVS region, and an MCT control module that adjust switching of switches of the converter to maintain operation of the converter in the ZVS region between the maximum positive power output to a maximum negative power output along a trajectory defined by the MCT and the offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Regan A Zane, Daniel Seltzer, Dragan Maksimovic, Boris Jacobson, Donald Desrosiers
  • LIVE ATTENUATED EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI VACCINE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170065695
    Abstract: A live attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional evpB protein and a method of using the same to protect fish against infection from virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri. The methods and compositions for protecting fish against infection from virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri comprising administering to a fish a therapeutically effective amount of an attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional EvpB protein. The bacterium may include an insertion and/or deletion mutation in the evpB gene. The fish include catfish, preferably catfish fingerling or a catfish fry. The composition may be delivered via immersion delivery, an injection delivery, an oral delivery, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Mississippi State University
    Inventors: Attila Karsi, Mark L. Lawrence, Hossam Abdelhamed
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INTRADERMAL VACCINE DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20170065534
    Abstract: The present invention relates, generally, to compositions comprising at least one antigen encapsulated within at least one fibrous polymer matrix and their use in intradermal vaccine delivery. It has been discovered that the intradermal delivery of antigens into the antigenpresenting cell-rich layers of the skin requires less antigen than traditional vaccine delivery methods and is still capable of eliciting an immune response comparable to that observed with traditional vaccine delivery methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Katarzyna SAWICKA, Sanford SIMON
  • GENE EXPRESSION BASED BIOMARKER SYSTEM FOR IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS) DIAGNOSIS
    Publication number: 20170067107
    Abstract: We have identified a suite of genes in a limited number of human colonic tissue samples with expression patterns that correlate with whether an individual is experiencing symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) (FIG. 2). Interestingly, in the efforts to screen for genes that might be used as biomarkers for IBS, it was found that no single gene could be used for this purpose. Instead, when examining the entire dataset, there exist signature gene expression patterns (e.g., fingerprints or biosignatures) of IBS that have use as a diagnostic tool for IBS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Todd Sandrin, Peter Jurutka
  • Linear-Motion Stage
    Publication number: 20170067731
    Abstract: A linear-motion stage that is angularly or radially symmetric or asymmetric, or monolithic may be used as the moving mechanism in a Fourier transform spectrometer. In embodiments, a linear-motion stage includes a base; a first multiple-arm linkage extending from the base to a first carriage attachment end; a second multiple-arm linkage extending from the first carriage attachment end to the base; a third multiple-arm linkage extending from the base to a second carriage attachment end; a carriage extending from the first carriage end to the second carriage end. Also in embodiments, the first, second, and third multiple-arm linkages comprise a first arm rotateably connected to a second arm through a flexure, the angular travel of the first arm is configured to be different than an angular travel of the second arm as the carriage moves along the carriage motion line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Utah State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kendall B. Johnson, Gregory R. Hopkins
  • SEPARATION SAMPLING MODULES FOR USE WITHIN A BUCKET OF A CENTRIFUGE
    Publication number: 20170067812
    Abstract: A separation sampling module for use within a bucket of a centrifuge for monitoring separation of a sample in a container includes a housing operable for supporting the container for containing the sample and removably positionable within the bucket of the centrifuge, at least one light source for illuminating the sample, at least one light detector for detecting light from the sample, an accelerometer for measuring acceleration of the housing, and at least one of a power source and a connector operably connectable to a power source for use in powering the at least one light source. Light from the at least one light source passing through the sample defines a light path disposed in a direction across the direction of a centrifugal force when the separation sampling module is disposed in the bucket and rotated in the centrifuge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Tony P. HOANG, Kenneth A. HALVORSEN
  • MODIFIED POLYMERASES FOR REPLICATION OF THREOSE NUCLEIC ACIDS
    Publication number: 20170067039
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for replication of threose nucleic acids (TNAs) are described. The described methods include a method for transcribing a DNA template into a TNA, and a method for reverse transcribing a threose nucleic acid into a cDNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: John Chaput, Matthew Dunn
  • ADAPTERS AND INSTRUMENT MODULES FOR USE IN A CENTRIFUGE BUCKET
    Publication number: 20170065985
    Abstract: An adapter is connectable to any one of a plurality of different instrument modules so that the connected adapter and any one of the plurality of different instrument modules is positionable within a centrifuge bucket. The adapter includes, for example, a support positionable in a first portion of the centrifuge bucket so that the any one of the plurality of different instrument modules is positionable in a second portion of the centrifuge bucket, a processor attachable to the support, a power source or a connector to a power source operably electrically connected to the processor, an interface operably connected to the processor for receiving data from the any one of the plurality of different instrument modules, and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting data from the processor to a remote location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventor: Tony P. HOANG
  • Methods for wafer bonding and for nucleating bonding nanophases using wet and steam pressurization
    Patent number: 9589801
    Abstract: Substrates may be bonded according to a method comprising contacting a first bonding surface of a first substrate with a second bonding surface of a second substrate to form an assembly in the presence of an steam atmosphere under suitable conditions to form a bonding layer between the first and second surfaces, wherein the first bonding surface comprises a polarized surface layer; the second bonding surface comprises a hydrophilic surface layer; the first and second bonding surfaces are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Arizona Board Of Regents, A Body Corporated Of The State Of Arizona, Acting For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Nicole Herbots, Shawn Whaley, Robert Culbertson, Ross Bennett-Kennett, Ashlee Murphy, Matthew Bade, Sam Farmer, Brance Hudzietz
  • Isothiocyanate compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9586907
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions of matter and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, for use in inhibiting the growth of various microbial pathogens, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viral pathogens. Also provided herein are methods of treating microbial diseases/infections and cancer with the compositions. The compositions are additionally useful in wood preservation and food preservation by inhibition of microbial growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Arkady Mustaev, Natalia Kurepina
  • Dipole-based contact structure to reduce metal-semiconductor contact resistance in MOSFETs
    Patent number: 9589851
    Abstract: A transistor device includes a substrate; a source region and a drain region formed over the substrate; and a source/drain contact formed in contact with at least one of the source region and the drain region, the source/drain contact including a conductive metal and a bilayer disposed between the conductive metal and the at least one of the source and drain region, the bilayer including a metal oxide layer in contact with the conductive metal, and a silicon dioxide layer in contact with the at least one of the source and drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Huiming Bu, Hui-feng Li, Vijay Narayanan, Hiroaki Niimi, Tenko Yamashita
  • Multifunctional zinc oxide nano-structure-based circuit building blocks for re-configurable electronics and optoelectronics
    Patent number: 9590015
    Abstract: A vertically integrated reconfigurable and programmable diode/memory resistor (1D1R) and thin film transistor/memory resistor (1T1R) structures built on substrates are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Yicheng Lu, Yang Zhang, Chieh-Jen Ku
  • System and method for generating a dataset for real noise reduction evaluation
    Patent number: 9591240
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for generating a dataset of uncompressed color images taken with three digital cameras and exhibiting different levels of real noise, resulting from low-light conditions. For each scene there are, on average, two low-noise and two noisy images that are aligned at the pixel level both spatially and in intensity. In one embodiment, the dataset contains over 100 scenes and more than 400 images, including both 16-bit RAW formatted images and 8-bit BMP pixel and intensity aligned images from three digital cameras. The generated dataset of real noise images is useful in the evaluation of denoising algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Barbu, Josue Anaya
  • Sequestration of carbon dioxide with hydrogen to useful products
    Patent number: 9587256
    Abstract: Provided herein are genetically engineered microbes that include at least a portion of a carbon fixation pathway, and in one embodiment, use molecular hydrogen to drive carbon dioxide fixation. In one embodiment, the genetically engineered microbe is modified to convert acetyl CoA, molecular hydrogen, and carbon dioxide to 3-hydroxypropionate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, acetyl CoA, or the combination thereof at levels greater than a control microbe. Other products may also be produced. Also provided herein are cell free compositions that convert acetyl CoA, molecular hydrogen, and carbon dioxide to 3-hydroxypropionate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, acetyl CoA, or the combination thereof. Also provided herein are methods of using the genetically engineered microbes and the cell free compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Michael W. W. Adams, Robert M. Kelly, Aaron B. Hawkins, Angeli Lal Menon, Gina Lynette Pries Lipscomb, Gerrit Jan Schut
  • Mucosal immunization
    Patent number: 9585954
    Abstract: A method for eliciting an immune response by contacting a mucosal surface utilizing a composition including an antigen, a NOD agonist, and a mucoadhesive, wherein the NOD agonist is N-Acetyl-muramyl-L-Alanyl-D-Glutamin-n-butyl-ester (“Murabutide”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, Charles J. Arntzen, Daniel Tusé
  • Laterally varying II-VI alloys and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9589793
    Abstract: Described herein are semiconductor structures comprising laterally varying II-VI alloy layer formed over a surface of a substrate. Further, methods are provided for preparing laterally varying II-VI alloy layers over at least a portion of a surface of a substrate comprising contacting at least a portion of a surface of a substrate within a reaction zone with a chemical vapor under suitable reaction conditions to form a laterally varying II-VI alloy layer over the portion of the surface of the substrate, wherein the chemical vapor is generated by heating at least two II-VI binary compounds; and the reaction zone has a temperature gradient of at least 50-100° C. along an extent of the reaction zone. Also described here are devices such as lasers, light emitting diodes, detectors, or solar cells that can use such semiconductor structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate Acting For And On Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Cun-Zheng Ning, Anlian Pan
  • Mayetiola destructor susceptibility gene one (Mds-1) and its application in pest management
    Patent number: 9587248
    Abstract: Plants having increased resistance to a pest relative to corresponding control plants are provided. The resistant plants have inhibited expression, activity, or function of a susceptibility gene, and thereby have decreased expression, activity, or function of the susceptibility gene in the presence of the pest as compared to a control plant in which the wild-type susceptibility gene is normally expressed in the presence of the pest. Methods of producing plants with increased resistance are also provided. The methods involve altering the expression, activity, or function of a susceptibility gene, such as Mds-1, in the plant. Isolated Mds-1 sequences are provided that can be manipulated to enhance pest resistance in modified plants. Modified plants, plant cells, tissues, seeds, and progeny are also provided having enhanced pest resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Harold Trick, Xiuming Liu, Ming-Shun Chen
  • Process and catalyst for conversion of acetic acid to isobutene
    Patent number: 9586194
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for converting acetic acid to isobutene in the presence of a catalyst. In certain embodiments, a ZnxZryOz mixed oxide catalyst is used for carrying out a gas phase process for converting acetic acid to isobutene. In some embodiments, a ZnxZryOz mixed oxide catalyst made by an incipient wetness impregnation method is used and is indicated to be very stable for carrying out the conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Junming Sun, Changjun Liu, Yong Wang, Kevin Martin, Padmesh Venkitasubramanian
  • Topology- and load-aware (TLA) resource allocation for a medium access control (MAC) protocol
    Patent number: 9590918
    Abstract: A medium access control (MAC) protocol may be used to facilitate communication between nodes in a network. A protocol for allocating network resources between a set of nodes with demands may be an adaptive topology- and load-aware (TLA) allocation protocol. The allocation protocol may be executed by a bidder algorithm and an auctioneer algorithm on each node of the network. Claims and offers may be generated at each node and transmitted to other nodes on the network. The claims and offers may be updated as load and topology of the network change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jonathan Lutz, Charles Colbourn, Violet Syrotiuk
  • Switchable patterned metal shield inductance structure for wideband integrated systems
    Patent number: 9589719
    Abstract: Technologies are generally described for switchable patterned metal shield inductance structures. In some examples, an inductance structure on a substrate may include an inductor and a metal shield, where the metal shield separates and shields the inductor from the substrate. The configuration of the metal shield and the inductor may facilitate reduction in the overall inductance of the inductance structure. In particular, the metal shield may be configured to develop one or more eddy currents in response to an inductor-generated magnetic field. The eddy currents may then result in a magnetic field opposing the inductor-generated magnetic field, which may result in a reduction in the overall magnetic field and the overall inductance of the inductance structure. The metal shield may be switchable between multiple modes, where each mode may be effective to reduce the overall inductance by a different amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Deukhyoun Heo, Pawan Agarwal