Patents Assigned to State University
  • Rice cultivar designated ‘CL131’
    Patent number: 9220220
    Abstract: A novel rice cultivar, designated ‘CL131,’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘CL131,’ to the plants of rice ‘CL131,’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘CL131’ with itself or another rice variety, and to single gene conversions of such plants. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar ‘CL131’ with another rice cultivar. The invention further relates to other derivatives of the cultivar ‘CL131.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Steven D. Linscombe
  • Pyridine-oxyphenyl coordinated iridium (III) complexes and methods of making and using
    Patent number: 9221857
    Abstract: Iridium (III) complexes are described together with methods to prepare and use such complexes. Also described are devices that utilize the iridium (III) complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jian Li, Eric Turner, Nathan J. Bakken
  • Dimeric diagnostic arrays
    Patent number: 9222125
    Abstract: The invention provides dimeric diagnostic arrays and methods for their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventor: Ning Zhang
  • Stable emitters
    Patent number: 9224963
    Abstract: Stable and efficient organic light-emitting diodes were prepared using tetradentate platinum-based blue and red emitters. In one example, a series of stable and efficient red phosphorescent OLEDs was fabricated employing a phenyl-pyridyl-carbazole based tetradentate cyclometalated Pt(II) complex as an emitting dopant and utilizing a commercially available host, transporting, and blocking materials. By implementing this platinum complex in electrochemically stable device architectures, long operational lifetimes were achieved with an estimated LT97 of over 600 hrs at luminance of 1000 cd/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jian Li, Guijie Li
  • Vitamin E conjugates, and their uses as antioxidants and prodrug delivery vehicles
    Patent number: 9220787
    Abstract: Tocopherol conjugates are disclosed that are useful as antioxidants or as pro-drug delivery vehicles. The conjugates are amphiphilic, and tend to localize at the interface between water domains and lipid domains. A prototype embodiment disclosed is an alpha tocopherol-linker-carnosine conjugate that has been designated VECAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Cristina M. Sabliov, Carlos E. Astete, David Spivak
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) expansion methods and materials
    Patent number: 9220810
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns materials and methods for growing and expanding MSC while maintaining their undifferentiated phenotype, self-renewal ability, and/or multi-lineage potential. In one embodiment, a method of the invention comprises i) seeding freshly isolated MSC on a planar surface or a 3-D scaffold and growing the cells under physiological or low O2 tension for a period of time sufficient to support formation of 3-D ECM network; ii) decellularizing the planar surface or 3-D scaffold; and iii) reseeding the decellularized planar surface or 3-D scaffold with MSCs, whereby the reseeded MSCs can be grown on the scaffold and maintain an undifferentiated phenotype. In one embodiment, the 3-D scaffold comprises or is composed of PET. In one embodiment, the MSC are human MSC (hMSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Teng Ma, Junho Kim
  • Inhibition and dispersion of bacterial biofilms with benzimidazole derivatives
    Patent number: 9221765
    Abstract: Disclosure is provided for benzimidazole derivative compounds that prevent, remove and/or inhibit the formation of biofilms, compositions including these compounds, devices including these compounds, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Christian Melander, Steven A. Rogers, Robert W. Huigens, III
  • Composition and methods for improved fuel production
    Patent number: 9222032
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention are configured to produce boiler and transportation fuels. A first phase of the method may include oxidation and/or hyper-acidification of bio-oil to produce an intermediate product. A second phase of the method may include catalytic deoxygenation, esterification, or olefination/esterification of the intermediate product under pressurized syngas. The composition of the resulting product—e.g., a boiler fuel—produced by these methods may be used directly or further upgraded to a transportation fuel. Certain embodiments of the present invention also include catalytic compositions configured for use in the method embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Mississippi State University
    Inventors: Philip H. Steele, Sathishkumar Tanneru, Sanjeev K. Gajjela
  • Method of making fatty acid N-acylalkanolamines
    Patent number: 9221747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for making a fatty acid N-acylalkanolamine having the formula: One of the methods comprises the steps of providing a vinyl ester of a fatty acid having the formula: providing a primary or secondary alkanolamine having the formula: NHR1R2; and reacting the vinyl ester of the fatty acid with the alkanolamine under conditions effective to form the fatty acid N-acylalkanolamine. The other method comprises the steps of providing a fatty acid; purifying the fatty acid; providing a primary or secondary alkanolamine having the formula: NHR1R2; reacting the fatty acid with the alkanolamine under conditions effective to form the fatty acid N-acylalkanolamine; and purifying the formed fatty acid N-acylalkanolamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Tong Wang, Xiaosan Wang
  • Fluorophore chelated lanthanide luminescent probes with improved quantum efficiency
    Patent number: 9221759
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel luminescent compositions of matter containing a fluorophore, synthetic methods for making the compositions, macromolecular conjugates of the compositions, and the use of the compositions in various methods of detection. The invention also provides kits containing the compositions and their conjugates for use in the methods of detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Arkady Mustaev, Maxim Kozlov, Salvatore Marras, Lev Krasnoperov, Laura Wirpsza, Shyamala Pillai
  • Antibacterial agents: salinamide derivatives
    Patent number: 9221880
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof, wherein X and Y have any of the values defined herein. The compounds inhibit bacterial RNA polymerase, inhibit bacterial growth, and have applications in, analysis of RNA polymerase structure and function, control of bacterial gene expression, control of bacterial growth, antibacterial chemistry, antibacterial therapy, and drug discovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Richard H. Ebright, Yon W. Ebright, Yu Feng, David Degen
  • Fatigue assessment
    Patent number: 9222865
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed relating to the assessment of fatigue damage in objects that include for example, subjecting a fatigued object to a cyclic mechanical stress, measuring a rate of temperature rise in the fatigued object, and assessing a degree of fatigue of the fatigued object based on the rate of temperature rise in the fatigued object. Methods of measuring internal structural characteristics and methods of correlating fatigue damage to results from excitation tests are also taught.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Michael M. Khonsari, Mehdi Amiri
  • Nano-porous membrane based sensors
    Patent number: 9222907
    Abstract: Sensors include nano-porous alumina membranes that are sensitized by immobilization of antibodies in the nano-pores. The nano-membranes can be sensitized to respond to a single target compound, or different portions of the nano-membrane can be differently sensitized. Capture of the target compound can be detected based on a spectral signature associated with electrical conductance in the nano-pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University
    Inventors: Shalini Prasad, Ravi Kiran Kondama Reddy
  • System and method for validating program execution at run-time
    Patent number: 9223967
    Abstract: A pipelined processor comprising a cache memory system, fetching instructions for execution from a portion of said cache memory system, an instruction commencing processing before a digital signature of the cache line that contained the instruction is verified against a reference signature of the cache line, the verification being done at the point of decoding, dispatching, or committing execution of the instruction, the reference signature being stored in an encrypted form in the processor's memory, and the key for decrypting the said reference signature being stored in a secure storage location. The instruction processing proceeds when the two signatures exactly match and, where further instruction processing is suspended or processing modified on a mismatch of the two said signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventor: Kanad Ghose
  • Compositions and methods for localized drug delivery through mammary papillae
    Patent number: 9220680
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of conditions affecting breast tissue. The compositions can include one or more therapeutic agents or diagnostic agents, and an effective carrier. The composition can be specifically adapted for transdermal permeation through the mammary papilla, areola, or a combination thereof, and into underlying breast tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: South Dakota State University
    Inventors: Omathanu P Perumal, Kaushalkumar Dave, Chandradhar Dwivedi, Sreevidy Santha
  • CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTERS
    Publication number: 20150372615
    Abstract: Circuits and methods for photovoltaic inverters are provided. In some embodiments, a power inverter circuit is provided, the inverter comprising: an input terminal for a direct current source coupled to a first conductor; a first side of a capacitor coupled to the input terminal; a second input terminal for the direct current source coupled to first sides of a first switch and second switch; a second side of the capacitor coupled to first sides of a third switch and fourth switch; a first side of a first inductor coupled to the first input terminal, the first side of the capacitor and the first conductor; a second side of the first inductor coupled to second sides of the first switch and third switch; and a first side of a second inductor coupled to a second conductor, and second sides of the second switch and fourth switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, for and on behalf of, Arizona State University
    Inventor: Rajapandian Ayyanar
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING FLEXIBLE FLOATING PHOTOBIOREACTORS
    Publication number: 20150368598
    Abstract: A top reference photobioreactor system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a flexible floating photobioreactor having a buoyancy tube filled with a gas that is less dense, and a ballast tube filled with a substance, such as saltwater, that is more dense, than the liquid in which the photobioreactor floats. A top reference photobioreactor method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes controlling a depth of the top reference photobioreactor by controlling a volume and/or density of ballast in the ballast tube and/or by controlling a volume and/or density of gas in the buoyancy tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicants: Solix Algredients, Inc., Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Christopher Wayne Turner, Bryan Rhea McCarty, Peter Allen Letvin, Bryan Dennis Willson, Daniel Robert Herboldsheimer
  • HCV E2 CONSTRUCT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150368668
    Abstract: Methods of producing and using Hepatitis C virus (HCV) eE2 polypeptides are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicants: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Emory University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Joseph Marcotrigiano, Jillian L. Whidby, Arash Grakoui
  • METHODS TO TREAT INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNG
    Publication number: 20150366937
    Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising leukotoxin for the treatment of lung inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicants: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Scott Kachlany, Benjamin Belinka
  • PORTABLE METABOLIC ANALYZER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150369795
    Abstract: A system for measuring and tracking metabolic rate, physical activity and calorie intake. The metabolic rate is measured with a design that features an adaptive sampling mechanism for accurate breath sample collection, optimized flow rate measurement for minimizing backpressure while maximizing accuracy, humidity regulation and water condensation reduction mechanism for reliable performance, as well as breath temperature measurement for volume and humidity corrections. The system further comprises an improved algorithm for determining physical activity such as related energy expenditure, and a mechanism for tracking changes in food intake over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Francis Tsow, Xiaojun Xian, Erica Forzani, Nongjian Tao