Patents Assigned to Texas A&M
  • Context aware movement recognition system
    Patent number: 10678337
    Abstract: A movement recognition system includes a feature extraction circuit and a classification circuit that is orientation independent. The feature extraction circuit is configured to receive a plurality of acceleration or angular velocity measurements from a sensor or multiple sensors that include a three dimensional (3D) accelerometer and 3D gyroscope. Each of the measurements is taken at different times. The feature extraction circuit is also configured to determine a difference between a first of the measurements and each other of the measurements. The classification circuit is configured to classify a movement of an object attached to the sensor irrespective of an orientation of the sensor on the object utilizing a signal recognition technique based on the difference between the first of the measurements and each other of the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Roozbeh Jafari, Jian Wu
  • Low-Power Multi-Channel Analyzer for Portable Radiation Systems
    Publication number: 20200158891
    Abstract: Provided herein are multi-channel analyzers (MCA) designed for radiation detections systems. The MCA has an application specific single-chip structure of an integrated circuit chip with at least one instance of the MCA that has a plurality of MCA functions integrated thereon. An analog-to-digital converter and/or a microcontroller unit may be integrated on the chip to reduce the footprint and power and energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Sunil P. Khatri, Craig M. Marianno, Ronald Evan Guise
  • Mechanical reticulation of polymeric-based closed cell foams
    Patent number: 10647037
    Abstract: Polymeric based closed cell foams, such as shape memory polymer foams, contain bubbles. Making these bubbles continuous is called reticulation. Disclosed are embodiments of a device and method to controllably reticulate polymer-based closed cell foams by puncturing the membranes of these polymer-based closed cell foams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Jennifer N. Rodriguez, Duncan J. Maitland, Thomas S. Wilson
  • Method and system for stability determination of asphaltenes utilizing dielectric constant measurements
    Patent number: 10648939
    Abstract: A method of determining if unstable asphaltenes are present in a crude oil sample includes obtaining a crude oil sample and performing a fractional analysis of the crude oil sample. In one embodiment, the method further includes measuring, via a cylindrical capacitor, a dielectric constant of the crude oil sample. Responsive to the measured dielectric constant, presence of unstable asphaltenes within the crude oil sample is determined. Responsive to the determined presence of unstable asphaltenes in an amount above a predetermined value, asphaltene precipitation is mitigated by addition of a chemical additive to the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Berna Hascakir, Abhishek Punase
  • Pathogen resistant citrus compositions, organisms, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 10640784
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to pathogen resistant citrus compositions, organisms, systems, and methods. For example, a composition may comprise a peptide (e.g., a defensin peptide) and/or a nucleic acid (e.g., a defensin nucleic acid). A pathogen resistant citrus plant may comprise, in some embodiments, a defensin peptide and/or an expressible nucleic acid encoding a defensin peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: T. Erik Mirkov, Kranthi Kiran Mandadi
  • Methods to enhance separation performance of metal-organic framework membranes
    Patent number: 10639593
    Abstract: A method produces a metal-organic framework on a surface of another metal-organic framework. One embodiment comprises contacting the first metal-organic framework with a ligand and solvent solution; wherein the first metal-organic framework comprises a first ligand and a first metal; wherein the ligand and solvent solution comprises a second ligand that is different from the first ligand in the first metal-organic framework; and allowing the second ligand from the ligand and solvent solution to exchange with the first ligand present in the first metal-organic framework for a period of time suitable to produce the second metal-organic framework on the surface of the first metal-organic framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Hae-Kwon Jeong, Hyuk Taek Kwon
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING A DERFORMED SHAPE OF A STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200123891
    Abstract: An apparatus for predicting a deformed shape of a structure, and method of operating and forming the same. In an embodiment, the apparatus is formed with a riser with ends coupled respectively to an upper location and a lower location. The apparatus includes sensorsconfigured to sense an inclination of the riser at riser nodes positioned on the riser between the upper location and the lower location. The apparatus further includes a data processing system configured to produce an estimate of a deformed shape of the riser employing deformed shaped functions to represent, respectively, the estimate of the deformed shape of the riser above and below the riser nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Junho Choi, Moo-Hyun Kim
  • Implant-based repair of osteochondral defects
    Patent number: 10624987
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a unique technology for preparing a growth-factor free, cylindrical, hydrogel implant that has multiple (three or more) longitudinal hydrogel zones with varying chemical and physical properties. The implant may be wholly made of hydrogels or the hydrogels may be associated with cells, such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Melissa A. Grunlan, Mariah S. Hahn, William B. Saunders
  • Method and system for stability determination of asphaltenes utilizing dielectric constant measurements
    Patent number: 10620145
    Abstract: A method of determining asphaltene stability within a crude oil sample that includes obtaining a crude oil sample and performing a fractional analysis of the crude oil sample. The method further includes measuring, via a cylindrical capacitor, a dielectric constant of the crude oil sample and its fractions. Responsive to the measured dielectric constant, the stability of the asphaltenes within crude oil sample is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Berna Hascakir, Abhishek Punase
  • Low density parity check decoder
    Patent number: 10615823
    Abstract: A method and system for decoding low density parity check (“LDPC”) codes. A method and system for decoding low density parity check (“LDPC”) codes. An LDPC code decoder includes decoding circuitry configured to process blocks of an LDPC matrix. The decoding circuitry includes a control unit that controls processing by the decoding circuitry. The control unit is configured to cause the decoding circuitry to process blocks of a layer of the LDPC matrix out of order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Kiran Kumar Gunnam, Gwan S. Choi
  • Processes and products for enhanced biological product
    Patent number: 10604763
    Abstract: The invention relates to genetic constructs encoding a compartmenting peptide, wherein expression of the compartmenting peptide leads to formation of a droplet body comprising a targeted biological product, and to vectors including such constructs. The invention also relates to methods of increasing the yield of a biological product in a plant, and to methods for producing a transgenic plant which produces an increased yield of a biological product. The invention also relates to transgenic plants, host cells, plant propagation products and plant parts. The invention also relates to the biological products themselves, produced according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A & M University System
    Inventors: Shuhua Yuan, Xin Wang
  • Cotton transgenic event TAM66274
    Patent number: 10604764
    Abstract: The invention provides cotton event TAM66274, and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising event TAM66274. The invention also provides polynucleotides specific for event TAM66274 and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising polynucleotides specific for event TAM66274. The invention also provides methods related to event TAM66274.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Keerti S. Rathore, Devendra Pandeya, LeAnne M. Campbell, Sreenath R. Palle
  • Flexible mid-infrared photonics for chemical sensing
    Patent number: 10591410
    Abstract: A flexible waveguide structure including a waveguide on a flexible substrate, both having transparent windows in the mid-infrared range, may serve as a photonic chemical sensor for measuring characteristic absorptions of analytes brought in physical contact with the waveguide. Such a sensor may, in accordance with some embodiments, be formed by an aluminum-nitride waveguide on a borosilicate substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventor: Pao Tai Lin
  • Drought tolerant plants produced by modification of the stay-green STGX locus
    Patent number: 10590431
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches the generation of drought tolerant plants. The present disclosure enables manipulation of a phenotypic characteristic referred to as “stay-green” to facilitate drought adaptation in plants by recombinant, mutagenic and/or breeding and selection methods. Plant management practice systems to increase crop yield and harvest efficiency in water-limited environments are also taught herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: The State of Queensland, The Texas A&M University System, Grains Research and Development Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Kenneth Borrell, David Robert Jordan, John Mullet, Patricia Klein
  • Methanesulfonic acid mediated solvent free synthesis of conjugated porous polymer networks
    Patent number: 10584201
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synthesis of porous polymer networks and applications of such materials. The present disclosure relates to a method of fabricating of a porous polymer network comprising: (a) providing: (i) a first reactant comprising a plurality of compounds comprising at least one acetyl group, said plurality of compounds comprising at least one compound type, and (ii) a second reactant comprising an alkylsulfonic acid, and (b) creating a solution of said reactants, (c) casting said solution in a form, and (d) treating said solution under such conditions so as to produce a porous polymer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Lei Fang, Zi-Hao Guo, Chenxu Wang, Qiang Zhang, Hong-Cai Zhou
  • Grapefruit tree named ‘TR-1’
    Patent number: PP31702
    Abstract: The new grapefruit ‘TR-1’ is provided. The variety is produced from a mutation of ‘Rio Red’ grapefruit, which can be distinguished by its outstanding features. TR-1 is a red grapefruit variety originated as a budsport mutation from Rio Red grapefruit and differentiating from the Rio Red grapefruit by a Red external color contrasting to the yellow with red blush from Rio Red grapefruit. The internal color is red with milder flavor reduced bitter taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Eliezer Silva Louzada, Hilda Sonia del Rio
  • plant named ‘15334-1 GR’
    Patent number: PP31706
    Abstract: ‘15334-1 GR’ is a new and distinct hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid with novel characteristics that include upright branched stems, numerous, outward-facing, flowers with a background between strong red and deep purplish pink and a strong red eye zone, a prolonged blooming season, and generally hastate, trilobed leaves with slightly indented margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Dariusz P. Malinowski, William E. Pinchak, R. Steve Brown
  • plant named ‘15516 GR’
    Patent number: PP31722
    Abstract: ‘15516 GR’ is a new and distinct hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid with novel characteristics that include upright branched stems, numerous, outward-facing, flowers that are between dark red and dark purplish red with a dark red center eye, a prolonged blooming season, and cordate leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Dariusz P. Malinowski, William E. Pinchak, R. Steve Brown
  • plant named ‘15011 GR’
    Patent number: PP31723
    Abstract: ‘15011 GR’ is a new and distinct hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid with novel characteristics that include upright branched stems, numerous, outward-facing, near white, lighter than yellowish white flowers with a light purplish pink blush and a center eye that is nearest strong purplish red, a prolonged blooming season, petals with indented top margins, and hastate, trilobed leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Dariusz P. Malinowski, William E. Pinchak, R. Steve Brown
  • plant named ‘15719 GRW’
    Patent number: PP31750
    Abstract: ‘15719 GRW’ is a new and distinct hardy herbaceous Hibiscus hybrid with novel characteristics that include upright branched stems, numerous, outward-facing, very light purplish-blue flowers, which can intensify to very pale purplish blue in response to high UV radiation, with a dark-red eye with an external halo of vivid red, a prolonged blooming season, and hastate, trilobed leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Dariusz P. Malinowski, William E. Pinchak, R. Steve Brown