Patents Assigned to State University
  • Patent number: 7686561
    Abstract: A material-handler adapted for locating on top of an open topped railroad car includes a chassis mounted on tracks, and a first and second pair of outriggers extending from the chassis. Wheels and clamps are located at the distal ends of the outriggers to stabilize the material handler on the top of the railroad car. A knuckle boom is rotatably mounted on the chassis for manipulating cargo materials. The material handler of the invention also utilizes the clamps and wheels on the outriggers in conjunction with the boom to self-load and self-unload the material handler to and from the top of a railroad car, and to and from one care to another with possible different height and width. Operator safety is enhanced by allowing the operator to control the self-loading and unloading via remote control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
    Inventors: Marvin D. Smith, Fred Schroeder, Randy Perry, Bill Klutts
  • Patent number: 7687248
    Abstract: A method has been discovered to produce a resistant starch product that retains the same cooking quality as found in untreated rice starch or flour, but has a higher percentage of starch resistant to ?-amylase digestion. This method uses a debranching enzyme, e.g., pullulanase, to digest the starch, but does not require pre-treating the starch source prior to enzymatic treatment. This method produced resistant starch from low amylose starches, rice starch (24%) and rice flour (20%). Surprisingly the resistant starch product formed by this method retained the pasting characteristics of the untreated flour or starch, and was heat stable. This method may also be used to produce resistant starch from other botanical sources, e.g., corn, wheat, potato, oat, barley, tapioca, sago, and arrowroot. Resistant starch produced by this method has a variety of uses in food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Joan M. King, Siow Ying Tan
  • Patent number: 7689006
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for securing biometric data using multiple biometrics. The method includes the steps of: a) converting a first biometric to an irreversibly altered biometric using a parameterized transform function and b) prior to said conversion parameterizing a non-invertible transform function using at least one additional biometric. The apparatus is an apparatus for converting a first biometric to an irreversibly altered biometric using a parameterized non-invertible transform function comprising a computer containing a program for calculating the irreversibly altered biometric based upon input of a first biometric into the parameterized non-invertible transform function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of NY
    Inventors: Venu Govindaraju, Viraj Chavan, Sharat Chikkerur
  • Patent number: 7687547
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having the formula: In the formula, A2 represents N or C—X1a—R1 and A4 represents N or C—X2b—R2, provided that A2 and A4 are not both N. R1 and R2 independently represent H or a hydrocarbon group, provided that R1 and R2 are not both H. The hydrocarbon groups of R1 and R2 are preferably alkyl or alkenyl groups. More preferably, the hydrocarbon groups are alkyl groups. A1, A3, A6, and A8 independently represent CH or N. A5 and A9 independently represent CR3 or N, wherein R3 independently represents H, methyl, ethyl, or halo. A7 represents CR4 or N, wherein R4 represents H, methyl, ethyl, halo, nitro, hydroxy, amino, amido, or a methyl or ethyl group substituted independently with halo, nitro, hydroxy, amino, or amido. Not more than three of A5, A6, A7, A8, and A9 are N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Peter J. Tonge, Todd Sullivan, Francis Johnson
  • Patent number: 7687428
    Abstract: A method of preparing carbon-loaded, gold-based nanoparticle catalysts useful as anode catalysts for the electrocatalytic methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) as well as the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). AumPtnM100-m-n catalysts may be prepared by either a two-phase protocol or by a thermal decomposition/reduction protocol. The prepared nanoparticles having different bimetallic ratios are assembled on carbon black support materials and activated by thermal treatment. This approach provides good control of nanoparticle size, composition and/or surface properties. Electrocatalytic MOR activities of the prepared and activated AuPt nanoparticle provided in accordance with the methods of the invention are present in both acidic and alkaline electrolytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
    Inventors: Chuan-Jian Zhong, Jin Luo, Nancy N. Kariuki, Linyang Wang, Peter Njoki, Derrick Mott
  • Publication number: 20100075927
    Abstract: Chemotherapeutic conjugates of a peptide substrate to a phosphoramide chemotherapeutic agent in which a peptide substrate is covalently linked to the chemotherapeutic agent by a linker with an aminoarylmethyl or aminoheteroaryl moiety, wherein the linking of the peptide to the chemotherapeutic agent inhibits the cytotoxic activity of the chemotherapeutic agent, the peptide is a substrate for proteolytic cleavage by a tumor-specific enzyme; and the linker is capable of undergoing 1,6-elimination in vivo upon cleavage of the peptide substrate. Methods for synthesizing and methods of using the conjugates are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Longqin Hu, Xinghua Wu
  • Publication number: 20100076099
    Abstract: Specific polymer blends of polylactic acid (PLA) and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and poly-(butylenes adipate-co-terephthalate (PBAT) as a fatty acid quaternary ammonium modified clay. The blends are particularly useful for barrier packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Amar K. Mohanty, Yashodhan Parulekar, Mariappan Chidambarakumar, Napawan Kositruangchai, Bruce R. Harte
  • Publication number: 20100075308
    Abstract: Diagnostic and prognostic methods, compositions, assays, and kits useful for predicting the phenotype of subjects who have, or are at risk of developing, a mental disorder. The methods also include predicting the prognostic outcome of a subject's mental disorder as well as the subject's responsiveness to drug treatments for the mental disorder. The methods and kits include determining the allelic status of polymorphisms in the MAOA, TPH2 and DRD2 genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Wolfgang Sadee, David Saffen, Julia Pinsonneault, Audrey Papp, Ying Zhang, Jeong-Eun Lim, Danxin Wang
  • Patent number: 7683569
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus by which power is controlled in a hybrid electric vehicle such that high levels of performance and efficiency are realized. The present invention includes a method and apparatus developed to optimize the use of energy in a hybrid vehicle application from the hybrid energy storage device. The method and apparatus of the present invention is particularly useful with energy storage devices there the energy state, such as the state of charge, is readily determined by an easily measured attribute. Ultracapacitors and hydraulic storage cylinders are examples of the types of energy storage devices to which the present invention may be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bowling Green State University
    Inventor: Aaron Bloomfield
  • Patent number: 7684112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system of generating backward stimulated Rayleigh-Bragg scattering by focusing activating radiation through a multi-photon absorbing dye solution, thereby producing coherent output radiation with no measured frequency shift and measured pump threshold values independent of the spectral line width of the input activating radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Guang S. He, Paras N. Prasad
  • Patent number: 7683334
    Abstract: A phoswich radiation detector for simultaneous spectroscopy of beta rays and gamma rays includes three scintillators with different decay time characteristics. Two of the three scintillators are used for beta detection and the third scintillator is used for gamma detection. A pulse induced by an interaction of radiation with the detector is digitally analyzed to classify the type of event as beta, gamma, or unknown. A pulse is classified as a beta event if the pulse originated from just the first scintillator alone or from just the first and the second scintillator. A pulse from just the third scintillator is recorded as gamma event. Other pulses are rejected as unknown events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: The State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University
    Inventors: Abdollah T. Farsoni, David M. Hamby
  • Patent number: 7685540
    Abstract: As circuit sizes have increased, designs have become increasingly hierarchical. It is common for designs to have large numbers of macro blocks; many of these blocks are “soft,” and may have variable width and height. The present invention provides an alternate method to handle designs with large numbers of blocks. Rather than approaching them as expanded floorplanning, the problems are re-cast as traditional mixed size placement, and many macro blocks are treated as standard cells. Using existing mixed size placement tools, the superior reported are obtained. First, an effective “standard block design” methodology is provided. Second, new mixed size placement legalization algorithms that are more robust than the widely-used mixed-size Tetris algorithm is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of the State University of New York
    Inventors: Patrick H. Madden, Ameya R. Agnihotri
  • Patent number: 7684916
    Abstract: An imaging device collects color image data to facilitate distinguishing crop image data from background data. A definer defines a series of scan line segments generally perpendicular to a transverse axis of the vehicle or of the imaging device. An intensity evaluator determines scan line intensity data for each of the scan line segments. An alignment detector identifies a preferential heading of the vehicle that is generally aligned with respect to a crop feature, associated with the crop image data, based on the determined scan line intensity meeting or exceeding a maximum value or minimum threshold value. A reliability estimator estimates a reliability of the vehicle heading based on compliance with an intensity level criteria associated with one or more crop rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignees: Deere & Company, Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jiantao Wei, Shufeng Han
  • Patent number: 7682709
    Abstract: A method of preparing an n-type epitaxial layer of aluminum nitride conductively doped with germanium comprises directing a molecular beam of aluminum atoms onto the growth surface of a substrate that provides an acceptable lattice match for aluminum nitride; directing a molecular beam of activated nitrogen to the growth surface of the substrate; and directing a molecular beam of germanium to the growth surface of the substrate; while maintaining the growth surface of the substrate at a temperature high enough to provide the surface mobility and sticking coefficient required for epitaxial growth, but lower than the temperature at which the surface would decompose or the epitaxial layer disassociate back into atomic or molecular species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Robert F. Davis, Cheng Wang
  • Patent number: 7682473
    Abstract: A method for forming a finished implant prosthesis which comprises: (a) providing an unforged alloy consisting essentially of Ti(x %)Al(y %)Nb wherein x is between about 45 to 54% by atoms, y is between about 15 to 25% by atoms and the balance is niobium; (b) forging the alloy at an elevated temperature below a melting point of the alloy in a shape which is an implant preform; and (c) machining the implant preform to provide a machined implant; and (d) finishing the exposed surfaces of the implant so as to provide the exposed surfaces with a finish which provides biocompatibility, to thereby form the implant prosthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventor: Carl J. Boehlert
  • Patent number: 7682663
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for remote curing of resin-coated surfaces and articles by means of a vaporous curing agent. The method of the present invention includes the steps: (a) providing a surface of the substrate with a layer of a coating precursor comprising a curable material and a stabilized curing agent that is adapted to react with a gaseous, vaporous or aerosol initiating agent to activate the stabilized curing agent so as to cause the curable material to undergo a curing reaction; (b) subjecting the coating precursor to the gaseous, vaporous or aerosol initiating agent for sufficient time to initiate the curing reaction, and allowing the coating precursor to form a cured coating on the substrate. Another variation of the method of the present invention involves the reversal of the positions of the active compounds utilizing the interaction between the gaseous, vaporous or aerosol curing agent and coating precursor comprising a curable material and initiating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bowling Green State University
    Inventors: Andrei V. Fedorov, Andrey A. Ermoshkin, Douglas C. Neckers
  • Patent number: 7678195
    Abstract: A method of growing bulk single crystals of an AlN on a single crystal seed is provided, wherein an AlN source material is placed within a crucible chamber in spacial relationship to a seed fused to the cap of the crucible. The crucible is heated in a manner sufficient to establish a temperature gradient between the source material and the seed with the seed at a higher temperature than the source material such that the outer layer of the seed is evaporated, thereby cleaning the seed of contaminants and removing any damage to the seed incurred during seed preparation. Thereafter, the temperature gradient between the source material and the seed is inverted so that the source material is sublimed and deposited on the seed, thereby growing a bulk single crystal of AlN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Raoul Schlesser, Vladimir Noveski, Zlatko Sitar
  • Patent number: 7678351
    Abstract: Applying an acid treatment to eggshells provides a sorbent with unexpectedly high CO2 capture capacity and ability to regenerate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Ohio State University
    Inventors: Mahesh V. Iyer, Liang-Shih Fan
  • Patent number: 7679209
    Abstract: An electrical energy generating system converts wind power to electrical power with a wind deflecting structure that divides wind impinging on the structure into two separate accelerated flow paths. One or more turbines are positioned in proximity to the wind deflecting structure such that a portion of the vanes of the turbine is placed within one of the accelerated flow paths. An energy converter is coupled to the turbine that converts rotary motion of the turbine into electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cleveland State University
    Inventor: Majid Rashidi
  • Patent number: D611720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Florida State University
    Inventors: Sean Coyne, Rachelle McClure