Patents Assigned to State University
  • High throughput selection of specific cell binding and lytic polypeptides
    Patent number: 9482666
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for identifying cell binding and/or lytic polypeptides that permit production of specific polypeptide therapeutics in a high throughput manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate of the State of Arizona, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Valeriy Domenyuk, Chris Diehnelt, Stephen Johnston
  • Virtual oscillator control of power electronics inverters
    Patent number: 9484745
    Abstract: A system includes power electronics inverters connected in a network. The power electronics inverters can utilize measurements at local terminals, without a need to exchange information between other power electronics inverters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Brian Johnson, Sairaj Dholpe, Abdullah Hamadeh, Philip Krein
  • Compositions and methods for the diagnosis and therapy of BCL2-associated cancers
    Patent number: 9480699
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for the treatment of cancers associated with overexpression of a BCL2 gene and/or gene product in a subject, and methods and compositions for the improvement of anti-cancer therapy, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Also provided are methods for determining the efficacy of a cancer therapy in a subject, methods for diagnosing cancer, methods for assessing patient prognosis, and methods for inducing apoptosis of a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Carlo M. Croce, George A. Calin
  • Metal fluoride compositions for self formed batteries
    Patent number: 9484594
    Abstract: The described invention provides compositions related to an electronically insulating amorphous or nanocrystalline mixed ionic conductor composition comprising a metal fluoride composite to which an electrical potential is applied to form 1) a negative electrode, and 2) a positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode and positive electrode are formed in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Glenn G. Amatucci, Anna Halajko, Fadwa Badway
  • Recombinant bacterium and methods of antigen and nucleic acid delivery
    Patent number: 9481888
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant bacterium and methods of using the recombinant bacterium to induce an immune response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Roy Curtiss, III, Wei Kong
  • Rice cultivar designated ‘CL152’
    Patent number: 9480219
    Abstract: The herbicide-tolerant rice cultivar designated ‘CL152’ and its hybrids and derivatives are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Steven D. Linscombe
  • Ultrananocrystalline diamond contacts for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9484474
    Abstract: A method of forming electrical contacts on a diamond substrate comprises producing a plasma ball using a microwave plasma source in the presence of a mixture of gases. The mixture of gases include a source of a p-type or an n-type dopant. The plasma ball is disposed at a first distance from the diamond substrate. The diamond substrate is maintained at a first temperature. The plasma ball is maintained at the first distance from the diamond substrate for a first time, and a UNCD film, which is doped with at least one of a p-type dopant and an n-type dopant, is disposed on the diamond substrate. The doped UNCD film is patterned to define UNCD electrical contacts on the diamond substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: UChicago Argonne, LLC, Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Anirudha V. Sumant, John Smedley, Erik Muller
  • FINE FOCUS MICROSCOPE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160313546
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the present invention, a fine focus microscope includes an objective lens for collecting light from an object being imaged, and a tube lens for forming a first image from light received from the objective lens. The fine focus microscope further includes a fine focus lens for forming a second image from the first image, and an eyepiece for forming a third image from the second image, wherein the third image is viewable by a user. The fine focus microscope further includes a field lens for directing light from the second image to the eyepiece, and a positioning system mechanically coupled to the fine focus lens, the eyepiece, and the field lens. The positioning system changes a position of the fine focus lens, the eyepiece, and the field lens with respect to the objective lens to provide a change in focus of the object being imaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Martin Feldman
  • Rice Cultivar Designated 'CL271'
    Publication number: 20160309673
    Abstract: The herbicide-tolerant rice cultivar designated ‘CL271’ and its hybrids and derivatives are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and amechanical College
    Inventor: Steven D. Linscombe
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO DIAGNOSE DIABETES AND/OR TO TREAT NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF DIABETES
    Publication number: 20160310572
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a genome-wide transcriptional analysis of differentially expressed genes in diabetic, non-diabetic, normal and wounded tissue. The analysis allowed development of compositions and methods to diagnose diabetes and/or to treat negative effects of diabetes, including delayed wound healing and reduced vision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Fu-Shin YU
  • Micropropagation of alexandrian laurel (L)
    Patent number: 9474272
    Abstract: Alexandrian laurel (Danae racemosa L.) is a highly demanded evergreen shrub. However, seed germination often takes up to 12 to 18 months with a germination rate of only about 20%. Also, due to its slow-growth rate, it typically takes up to six years to produce a saleable one-gallon size plant. Germinating seeds in the presence of cytokinins and/or auxins increased in vitro shoot multiplication and seedling quality enhancement. Benzyladenine was found to balance seedling development by simultaneously accelerating shoot growth and slowing down root growth, whereas thidiazuron significantly promoted shoot multiplication and proliferation by producing 5-30 shoots per seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: North Carolina A&T State University
    Inventors: Guochen Yang, Zhongge Lu
  • Antimicrobial agents
    Patent number: 9475783
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein R1-R7 and W have any of the values defined in the specification, and salts thereof. The compounds have good solubility and are useful for treating bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Edmond J. LaVoie, Ajit Parhi, Yongzheng Zhang, Daniel S. Pilch, Malvika Kaul
  • Lead compound for otoprotection: targeting HGF signaling with dihexa
    Patent number: 9475854
    Abstract: A novel method of preventing or reducing ototoxicity in vertebrates undergoing treatment with therapeutically effective amounts of platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin or aminoglycoside antibiotics is disclosed herein. The method(s) comprise administering an effective amount of an otoprotective agent comprising Dihexa prior to, concomitantly with, or subsequently to administration of the platinum-based chemotherapeutic agent or aminoglycoside antibiotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Allison Coffin, Joseph Harding, Leen Kawas, Phillip Uribe
  • Methods to mutate circular deoxyribonucleotides
    Patent number: 9476079
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICES FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventor: John C. Salerno
  • Coherent imaging fiber based hair removal device
    Patent number: 9474576
    Abstract: A photoepilation device including a compact hand piece applicator and a portable electronics module for use in a non-medical setting. The hand piece, which contains no electrical signals, allows the user to focus on individual hair follicles by observing a magnified image provided on a semiconductor display. The image from the hand piece is transported to a remote CCD through a coherent imaging fiber. which also delivers the therapeutic energy pulse from a remotely located source to the localized target. Destruction of pluripotential follicular stems cells found in the hair bulb and bulge regions is possible via a single low power laser diode. Control of pulse width and spot size attains a range of fluence levels up to 85 J·cm?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventor: Harbans S. Dhadwal
  • Fatigue monitoring for composite materials
    Patent number: 9476815
    Abstract: Fatigue failure in composite materials can be successfully modeled and predicted by monitoring irreversible gains in entropy. Permanent degradations in composites are marked by irreversible processes that are characterized by increases in entropy. By measuring changes in entropy, one can model and predict the deterioration and failure of composites. The technique may be used to predict the deterioration and failure of composites under essentially any type of loading—constant, variable, bending, torsion, tension, compression, or other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Michael M. Khonsari, Mehdi Naderi Abadi
  • Bacterial identification
    Patent number: 9476085
    Abstract: The present invention provides for separation of bacterial species and serotypes using electrophoretic methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Thomas Taylor, Mark Hayes, LaKeta Kemp, Paul Jones
  • Nanoscale emitters with polarization grading
    Patent number: 9478699
    Abstract: A nanowire comprises a polar semiconductor material that is compositionally graded along the nanowire from a first end to a second end to define a polarization doping profile along the nanowire from the first end to the second end. The polar semiconductor material may comprise a group IH-nitride semiconductor, such as an alloy of GaN and AlN, or an alloy of GaN and InN. Such nanowires may be formed by nucleating the first ends on a substrate, growing the nanowires by depositing polar semiconductor material on the nucleated first ends on a selected growth face, and compositionally grading the nanowires during growth to impart the polarization doping. The direction of the compositional grading may be reversed during the growing of the nanowires to reverse the type of the imparted polarization doping. In some embodiments, the reversing forms n/p or p/n junctions in the nanowires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Roberto C. Myers, Siddharth Rajan
  • Flexible electrical devices and methods
    Patent number: 9478363
    Abstract: Flexible electrical devices are provided that include a coated inner carbon nanotube electrode that has an exterior surface, an outer carbon nanotube electrode disposed on the exterior surface of the coated inner carbon nanotube electrode, and an overlap region in which the coated inner carbon nanotube electrode and the outer carbon nanotube electrode overlap one another, in which the device has a fiber-like geometry and first and second electrode ends. Methods are provided for fabricating an electrical component that includes a flexible electrical component having a fiber-like geometry and includes carbon nanotube electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Smithyman, Zhiyong Liang
  • Blackberry named ‘Von’
    Patent number: PP27299
    Abstract: ‘Von’ is a new and distinct blackberry (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus Watson) cultivar, which originated as an open-pollinated seedling from bulked seed collected from a population of F1 seedlings from the cross of NC 194 (non-patented)×Navaho (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,679, expired). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields, large uniform fruit size, great fruit quality, mid- to late season fruit ripening, prolific fruiting row establishment, excellent shelf life and healthy plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: James Ralph Ballington, Gina Elizabeth Fernandez