Patents Assigned to The State University
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Patent number: 9541517Abstract: An electrochemical sensor for sensing a gaseous analyte includes a substrate having at least two electrodes disposed thereon, and a carbon nanotube-polyaniline (CNT/PANI) film disposed on the substrate and in contact with at least two electrodes. The CNT/PANI film includes carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of polyaniline. The thickness of the polyaniline coating is such that electron transport can occur along and/or between the carbon nanotubes.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventor: Vladimir Samuilov
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Publication number: 20160377055Abstract: This invention relates to a novel turbine design that increases turbine efficiency whereby turbine blades experience cyclic pitch variations while rotating about the blade axis which is accomplished by means of a concentric end cam double follower mechanism. This mechanism rotates the blades by 90 degrees about a horizontal axis which allows the blades rotating upstream and downstream to be oriented horizontally and vertically so minimum drag and maximum drag are obtained respectively. Since the aiding downstream drag is at a maximum, and the adverse upstream drag is at a minimum, this configuration allows for higher power output compared to conventional vertical axis wind turbines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Jubilee Prasad Rao, Francisco Javier Diez-Garias
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Patent number: 9526766Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for potentiating the effect of antibiotics. The compositions comprise a non-covalent complex of alpha-lactalbumin and fatty acid. The fatty acids are cis, unsaturated, C14 to C20 fatty acids. The complex and antibiotic can be administered to an individual together or separately. The antibiotic may be one to which resistance has developed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventors: Anders P. Hakansson, Laura R. Marks, Hazeline Hakansson
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Publication number: 20160367531Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein R1-R3, n, 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicants: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Taxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Edmond J. LaVoie, Ajit Parhi, Daniel S. Pilch, Yongzheng Zhang, Malvika Kaul
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Publication number: 20160365577Abstract: A positive electrode comprising ?-VOPO4 and/or Nax(?-VOPO4) wherein x is a value from 0.1 to 1.0 as an active ingredient, wherein the electrode is capable of insertion and release of sodium ions and a reversible sodium battery containing the positive electrode are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventors: Ruigang ZHANG, Fuminori MIZUNO, Chen LING, M. Stanley WHITTINGHAM, Ruibo ZHANG, Zehua CHEN
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Publication number: 20160365940Abstract: Systems and methods for improved data transmission utilizing a communication facilitator are described in accordance with embodiments of the invention. One embodiment includes a plurality of nodes, that each comprise: a transmitter; a receiver; and an encoder that encodes message data for transmission using a plurality of codewords; a cooperation facilitator node comprising: a transmitter; and a receiver; wherein the nodes are configured to transmit data parameters to the cooperation facilitator; wherein the cooperation facilitator is configured to generate cooperation parameters based upon the data parameters received from the nodes; wherein the cooperation facilitator is configured to transmit cooperation parameters to the nodes; and wherein the encoder in each of the nodes selects a codeword from the plurality of codewords based at least in part upon the cooperation parameters received from the communication facilitator and transmit the selected codeword via the multiple access channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicants: California Institute of Technology, The State University of New York at BuffaloInventors: Parham Noorzad, Michelle Effros, Michael Langberg
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Publication number: 20160360968Abstract: Disclosed are sensor assemblies and a Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) system. A sensor assembly includes at least one a motor configured to vibrate a sensing optode at a first frequency. A system includes a plurality of sensor assemblies and a controller for processing signals from the sensor assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: The Research Foundation for The State University o f New YorkInventor: David W. Bernat
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Patent number: 9519964Abstract: A system and methods for generating 3D images from 2D bioluminescent images and visualizing tumor locations are provided. A plurality of 2D bioluminescent images of a subject are acquired using any suitable bioluminescent imaging system. The 2D images are registered to align each image and to compensate for differences between adjacent images. After registration, corresponding features are identified between consecutive sets of 2D images. For each corresponding feature identified in each set of 2D images, an orthographic projection model is applied, such that rays are projected through each point in the feature. The intersection points of the rays are plotted in a 3D image space. All of the 2D images are processed in the same manner, such that a resulting 3D image of a tumor is generated.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Dimitris Metaxas, Debabrata Banerjee, Xiaolei Huang
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Patent number: 9517994Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula I: or a salt thereof, wherein R1-R3 have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula I. The compounds are useful as antibacterial agents.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Richard H. Ebright, Juan Shen
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Patent number: 9518105Abstract: The present invention is based, in part, on our discovery of compositions and methods that can be used to treat a patient who has a compromised bone (due, for example, to a disease such as osteoporosis or an injury such as a bone fracture). The compositions can also be administered prophylactically. For example, they can be administered to help maintain bone health as a patient ages. More specifically, the compositions include polypeptides that constitute (or that include) a fragment of a calcitonin receptor (CR) and polypeptides that constitute (or include) biologically active variants of those fragments. Sequence-specific formulas are provided herein, and polypeptides conforming to those formulas, as well as nucleic acids encoding them, expression vectors, host cells, pharmaceutical formulations, and methods of their preparation and use are within the scope of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: The Research Foundation For The State University of New YorkInventor: Srinivas Pentyala
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Publication number: 20160355936Abstract: Disclosed are cathodes comprising a conductive support substrate having a catalyst coating including Ni5P4 nanocrystals. The conductive support substrate is capable of incorporating a material to be reduced, such as water or hydrogen cations. Also disclosed are methods for generating hydrogen gas from water via an electrolysis reaction or from the reduction of hydrogen cations, wherein the catalyst is part of a conductive support within a cathode, including (a) placing an anode and the inventive cathode in an electrolyte, (b) placing the anode and cathode in conductive contact with an external source of electricity, (c) providing a source of water to the cathode, and (d) using the external source of electricity to drive an electrolysis reaction at the cathode, whereby the hydrogen gas is generated from water. In certain embodiments, the reaction uses a free catalyst, wherein the catalyst is placed in proximity to the cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: G. Charles Dismukes, Anders Laursen, Martha Greenblatt
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Patent number: 9511329Abstract: A membrane is provided including a coating layer having cellulose nanofibers produced from oxidized cellulose microfibers and an electrospun substrate upon which the coating layer is applied. The nanofibers of the electrospun substrate have a diameter greater than that of the cellulose nanofibers. The membrane also has non-woven support upon which the electrospun substrate is disposed. Microfibers of the non-woven support have a diameter greater than that of the nanofibers of the electrospun substrate. Application of electrospun membrane is in microfiltration area, while the cellulose nanofiber membrane serves in ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis after chemical modification.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventors: Benjamin Chu, Benjamin S. Hsiao, Hongyang Ma
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Patent number: 9510581Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide a lure composition, lure arrangement, and/or method for attracting and capturing bed bugs and the like. In some embodiments, the present invention combines a collection structure with a chemical lure composition that has improved efficacy due to a synergistic combination of elements. The present invention reduces the need for sprayed or broadcast attractants. In one aspect of the invention, a lure composition for attracting bed bugs and the like is provided. The 5-chemical lure mixture comprises a combination of Nonanal, 1-octen-3-ol, L-lactic acid, spearmint oil, and coriander Egyptian oil. In another embodiment of the invention, the mixture comprises a 4-chemical lure mixture Nonanal, 1-octen-3-ol, spearmint oil, and coriander Egyptian oil.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Changlu Wang, Narinderpal Singh
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Patent number: 9505821Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode pro-apoptotic polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the aforementioned polypeptide, polynucleotide, or antibody. The invention further discloses therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of proliferative disorders and bacterial infections using the nucleic acids and proteins of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Jianjie Ma, Jae-Kyun Ko, Chul-Woo Kim, Noah Weisleder
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Patent number: 9504588Abstract: A system, method, computer-readable medium, apparatus, and device for simulating placement of an expandable device in a cavity is provided. For example, a three or more dimensional image of a cavity, e.g., a tubular cavity, geometry is acquired. A centerline of the cavity, and a perimeter of the cavity based on the centerline of the cavity and the three-dimensional image of the cavity geometry, are determined. The length of a wire of the expandable device as the wire rotates along the perimeter of the cavity in a deployment direction is determined. A pitch of the rotation of the wire based on a local diameter at the centerline site of rotation and in-air parameters of the expandable device is determined. A deployed device length of the expandable device along the centerline of the cavity is determined. A processor is usable to determine and/or calculate each of the above.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventors: Chandramouli Sadasivan, Baruch Barry Lieber, David Fiorella, Henry Woo
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Patent number: 9505954Abstract: A method for solvent-less adhesive bonding is provided comprising depositing thin, functional, polymeric films on one or more substrates and bonding the substrates to each other or to other substrates. Depositing the polymeric films, including, for example, chemically reactive polymers and thermoplastics with adhesive qualities, may be accomplished using an initiated chemical vapor deposition technique compatible with a variety of monomers, including monomers with chemically functional moieties such as amine and epoxy groups. The technique allows for deposition of polymeric films on a wide variety of substrates/devices and provides an alternative for other coating/deposition methods that are incompatible with certain substrates/devices and/or do not provide adequate control over the resulting polymeric film. The provided method is advantageous in that it is applicable to fabrication of hybrid devices and is compatible with microfabrication technology, including that in clean-room settings.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventor: Magnus Bergkvist
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Patent number: 9505763Abstract: Methods for regulating cancer cell growth and survival, inhibiting cancer cell growth, promoting cancer cell death, and/or treating a cancer make use of antagonists of a type I BMP receptor. In some embodiments the cancer is a lung cancer and the cancer cell is a lung cancer cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: Vanderbilt University, Rutgers, The State University of new JerseyInventors: Charles C. Hong, John Langenfeld
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Patent number: 9498408Abstract: A portable self medication management system and method comprising at least a plurality of receptacles, a scanner, a display screen, a housing for a compact electronic box, a compact electronic box and a processor to acquire medication information from a medication container, determine whether the medication information exists in a first database, if the medication information does not exist in the first database, associate the medication information with a location information comprising a receptacle and store the medication information and the location information in the first database, indicate the location information, and confirm placement of the medication container in the associated receptacle, notify a user to administer the medication held in the medication container, and request the user to scan the medication container of the notified medication, detect retrieval of an incorrect medication container from the plurality of receptacles, and issue a warning of the detection, and provide instructions foType: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New YorkInventors: Craig Lehmann, John Brittelli
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Publication number: 20160333357Abstract: The present application relates at least in part to methods for the administration of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to the spinal cord of a human or animal patient and also to a method of treatment for spinal cord injury and other diseases and disorders of the CNS. In particular, the application discloses methods to deliver an siRNA compound locally, directly and without the need for transduction vehicles and formulations in effective doses to the injured spinal cord to promote recovery of CNS function and or attenuation of allodynia.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicants: Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Elena FEINSTEIN, Martin GRUMET
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Patent number: 9494602Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for measuring the level of MG53 found in a biological fluid as a biomarker for a disease or disorder, e.g., tissue damage, exercise capacity or a muscle-related disease or disorder. In addition, the invention relates to targeting the native MG53 found in the blood as a therapeutic approach.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Noah Weisleder, Jianjie Ma