Patents Assigned to State University
  • Patent number: 7628567
    Abstract: A fluid injection and removal system to inject or remove fluids from a landfill or contaminated area. The system allows for treatment of waste in the landfill or the contaminated area. The fluid injection and removal system includes a permeable layer and at least one perforated pipe. The permeable layer enables essentially uniform distribution of the fluid into the underlying waste or contaminated area. The fluid injection and removal system can be combined with a leachate collection system to create a leachate recirculation system for use in a landfill. The leachate collection system includes at least one perforated collection pipe embedded in a drainage layer. Sensors can be provided in the permeable layer to enable the change in the physical characteristics of the waste adjacent the permeable layer to be monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventor: Milind V. Khire
  • Patent number: 7629123
    Abstract: Mutations located within the gene encoding the homeobox transcription factor, ENGRAILED 2 (EN2), have now been identified as molecular markers associated with susceptibility for autism and related disorders. Thus, the present invention relates to compositions in the form of diagnostic kits, primers and target sequences, for use in methods for determining the predisposition, the onset or the presence of autism spectrum disorder in a mammal. Moreover, therapeutic methods for treating a person inflicted with, or predisposed to, an autism spectrum disorder based upon modulating the level or activity of EN2 are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignees: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University
    Inventors: James H. Millonig, Linda Brzustowicz, Neda Gharani
  • Publication number: 20090297448
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel barcode microstructures and methods for making and using the microstructures for molecular recognition, and/or delivery of therapeutic, diagnostic, contrast, and imaging agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: The Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate act ing for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Hao Yan, Qiangbin Wang, Yan Liu
  • Publication number: 20090298101
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of determining the severity of rhinoconjunctivitis in a patient by determining the levels of C5a or C5a-desArg in the patient's blood, plasma or serum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventor: Rauno Joks
  • Publication number: 20090295627
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for improved estimation of environmental parameters in a dual-polarization radar system. In some embodiments, environmental parameters can be estimated using a linear combination of data received in two orthogonal polarization states. In particular, embodiments of the invention improve ground clutter and noise mitigation in dual polarization radar systems. Moreover, embodiments of the invention also provide for systems to determine the differential reflectivity and/or the magnitude of the co-polar correlation coefficient and the differential phase in a dual polarization radar system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Colorado State University Research Foundation Technology Transfer
    Inventors: Chandrasekaran Venkatachalam, Cuong M. Nguyen, Dmitri N. Moisseev
  • Patent number: 7625671
    Abstract: A safe and economical electrochemically active material useful in rechargeable battery cell electrode compositions comprises a nanostructure amalgam of a transition metal fluoride and carbon. The nanoamalgam may be prepared by subjecting a precursor mixture of a transition metal fluoride, such as FeF3, and carbon to extreme, high energy impact comminution milling which results in the conversion of the mixture to a unique and distinct nanostructure material. When incorporated as active electrode material in lithium battery cell fabrications, the nanoamalgam enables the attainment of stable specific discharge capacities in the range of 250 to 500 mAh/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University
    Inventor: Glenn G. Amatucci
  • Patent number: 7625515
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing photonic band gap structures operable in the optical spectrum has been presented. The method comprises the steps of filling a plurality of grooves of an elastomeric mold with a UV curable first polymer, each groove in parallel with each other and partially curing the first polymer. A second polymer is coated on the first polymer. A substrate or a multi-layer polymer structure is placed on the filled mold and the resulting structure is exposed to UV light (i.e., is UV cured). The mold is peeled away from the first and second polymers such that a layer of polymer rods is formed on the substrate/multi-layer polymer structure. The process is repeated until a desired number of layers have been formed. The multi-layer structure can be used to create ceramic and metallic photonic band gaps by infiltration, electro-deposition, and/or metal coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Hwang Lee, Kai-Ming Ho, Yong-Sung Kim, Kristen Constant, Chang-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 7627438
    Abstract: An observer based Q control method for a cantilever in an atomic force microscopy is provided that provides for a “dual” Q behavior such that a particular effective Q is achieved when a sample is present and another effective Q when a sample is absent. In the control method, the transfer function from dither input to photo-diode output is independent of the observer so that the cantilever effectively behaves like a spring-mass-damper system. The effective quality factor and stiffness of the cantilever can be changed by appropriately choosing the state feedback gain. The method provides sample-imaging using transient atomic force microscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Murti V. Salapaka, Deepak Ranjan Sahoo
  • Patent number: 7625703
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel alleles characterized by polymorphisms in the CAST gene. The alleles may be used to genetically type animals. In a preferred embodiment, the alleles may be used as markers for animal meat quality and/or growth. Methods for identifying such markers, and methods of screening animals to determine those more likely to produce desired meat quality and/or growth and preferably selecting those animals for future breeding purposes are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Max F. Rothschild, Daniel C. Ciobanu
  • Patent number: 7625584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for complexing a protein in a dispersed medium. Also disclosed are associated proteins produced by the methods of complexing of the present invention. Pharmaceutically effective stabilized protein dosages are also disclosed. The present invention also relates to a method for associating AHF protein in a dispersed medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Sathyamangalam V. Balasubramanian, Robert M. Straubinger, Karthik Ramani, Marc Besman, Ramesh Kashi
  • Patent number: 7622035
    Abstract: A method of deresinating a crude oil comprises contacting the crude oil with a carbon dioxide containing fluid, the crude oil having an initial API gravity and comprising an oil phase, resins, and asphaltenes, and wherein the carbon dioxide containing fluid enters the oil phase of the crude oil in a manner such that the resins and asphaltenes precipitate out of the crude oil such that the final API gravity of the crude oil is higher than the initial API gravity of the crude oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Nael Naguib Zaki, Peter Kelley Kilpatrick, Ruben Guillermo Carbonell
  • Patent number: 7623993
    Abstract: A method to provide active noise control to reduce noise and vibration in reverberant acoustic enclosures such as aircraft, vehicles, appliances, instruments, industrial equipment and the like is presented. A continuous-time multi-input multi-output (MIMO) state space mathematical model of the plant is obtained via analytical modeling and system identification. Compensation is designed to render the mathematical model passive in the sense of mathematical system theory. The compensated system is checked to ensure robustness of the passive property of the plant. The check ensures that the passivity is preserved if the mathematical model parameters are perturbed from nominal values. A passivity-based controller is designed and verified using numerical simulations and then tested. The controller is designed so that the resulting closed-loop response shows the desired noise reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Atul Kelkar, Suresh M. Joshi
  • Patent number: 7622248
    Abstract: The present invention provides catalytic RNA molecules having cis or trans aminoacylation activity. The catalytic RNA molecules having cis aminoacylation activity comprise a catalytic domain and an aminoacylation domain. The catalytic RNA molecules having trans aminoacylation activity only have the catalytic domain. A method is provided for constructing and screening of these molecules. These molecules are suitable for aminoacylating with specific amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Hiroaki Suga, Hiroshi Murakami, Hirohide Saito
  • Patent number: 7622574
    Abstract: Provided are antisense poly-2?-O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)oligoribonucleotides which are complementary to the IL-14? gene and/or transcribed IL-14? mRNA. Also provided are monoclonal antibodies reactive with discreet IL-14? peptides. The oligoribonucleotides and monoclonal antibodies are useful in inhibiting the growth of lymphocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Julian L. Ambrus, Jr., Long Shen, Richard Ford, Chongjie Zhang
  • Patent number: 7622254
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide of a protective antigenic determinant (PAD polypeptide) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and nucleic acids encoding a PAD polypeptide. The PAD polypeptide and nucleic acids encoding a PAD polypeptide are useful in the development of antibodies directed to PAD, vaccines effective in providing protection against PRRSV infection, and diagnostic assays detecting the presence of PAD antibodies generated by a PAD-specific vaccine. The invention also discloses methods of generating antibodies to PAD, for vaccinating a pig to provide protection from PRRSV infections, a method of preparing the vaccine, a method of treating PRRSV infections in a pig, and a method of detecting antibodies to PAD of PRRSV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Delbert Linn Harris, Matthew M. Erdman
  • Patent number: 7621171
    Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing samples, such as gas samples, are described. One method comprises providing a gas sample, increasing pressure applied to the gas sample to compress the sample to a smaller volume and provide a pneumatically focused gas sample, and analyzing the pneumatically focused gas sample using any of a variety of analytical techniques. Also disclosed are systems for gas analysis, including systems for analysis of pneumatically focused, and thereby concentrated, gas samples and for analysis of particulate matter in gas samples. Analytical systems constructed within personal computer cases also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University
    Inventor: Robert O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20090286861
    Abstract: The present invention provides peptides (including analogs and derivatives thereof) corresponding to residues 96-110 and 35-47 of ras-p21, which peptides have attached thereto a membrane-penetrating leader sequence. The subject peptides, analogs and derivatives thereof are useful in treatment of cancers and have been shown to induce phenotypic reversion of pancreatic cancer cells to non-cancerous cells. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more subject peptides are also provided by the present invention. The present invention further provides replication incompetent Adenovirus (AdV) vectors comprising a promoter sequence and a nucleotide sequence encoding a subject peptide. Methods of treating cancer by administering one or more subject peptides, pharmaceutical compositions, and/or AdV vectors are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Matthew Pincus, Josef Michl
  • Publication number: 20090287623
    Abstract: The invention is a technique for performing sampling in connection with Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations in which no attempt is made to limit the selected samples to a selected slice of the entire sample domain, as is typical in Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling. Rather, samples are taken from the entire domain and any samples that fall below a randomly selected probability density level are discarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Richard Paul Martin, Konstantinos Kleisouris
  • Publication number: 20090284229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for charging the cell by electrodeposition of metal fuel on the anode thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Cody A. Friesen, Joel R. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20090286244
    Abstract: The invention provides a yeast-enhanced red fluorescent protein. In an embodiment of the invention, the yeast-enhanced red fluorescent protein is monomeric and is expressible in Candida albicans. The invention also provides a novel visible color marker for plasmid expression in yeast, particularly Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventor: Neta Dean