Patents Assigned to The Texas A & M University
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Publication number: 20230374396Abstract: A high voltage discharge generating a plasma wave front is disposed within a headspace over an oil-containing liquid in order to create various chemical changes within the headspace, and ultimately within the liquid in order to inactivate various microbes, synthesize new chemicals, speed separation of a mixture, and aid in oil extraction. Such a discharge may be repeated at an optimum duration and duty-cycle to maximize the chemical effects of the non-equilibrium plasma at a substantially lower temperature than for an equilibrium plasma.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Jamie Kraus, David Staack, Howard Jemison
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Patent number: 11821095Abstract: Processes and systems for electrochemical exfoliation that use a compression reactor and, more particularly, to processes and systems for electrochemical exfoliation of planar parent materials, such as graphite. A reactor for electrochemical exfoliation may include a container configured to hold an electrolyte solution. The reactor may further include a porous chamber, wherein the porous chamber is configured to hold a parent material in fluid communication with the electrolyte solution. The reactor may further include a pressure source positioned to apply a pressure along a length of the porous chamber to thereby compress the parent material in the porous chamber. The reactor may further include a first counter electrode. The reactor may further include a working electrode. The reactor may further include an electrical power source in electrical communication with the first counter electrode and the working electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company, The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Rohan Ashok Hule, Micah J. Green, Joshua T. Hope, Wanmei Sun
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Patent number: 11820010Abstract: A geared parallel manipulator of the SCARA type is provided that consists of a pair of motors, each driving in a controlled manner a pinion. The two pinions mesh each with a rack, said two racks being joined together via a revolute, or via a flexure hinge. The proposed parallel manipulator is simple in design and can be fabricated inexpensively of stamped sheet metal or of extruded parts. It can also be fabricated as a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) using thin film technologies.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Texas A&M University Corpus ChristiInventor: Petru Aurelian Simionescu
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Patent number: 11816834Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed for a machine learning system for automatic genotype selection and performance evaluation using multi-source and spatiotemporal remote sensing data collected from an unmanned aerial system (UAS). A computing device may be configured to access images of a field having a first genotype and a second genotype of at least one crop or plant planted therein. The computing device may apply an image processing routine to the images to analyze the images of the field and determine characteristics of the first genotype and the second genotype of the at least one crop or plant planted in the field. The computing device may then apply a machine learning routine to forecast a first estimated yield of the first genotype and a second estimated yield of the second genotype using the identified characteristics of the first genotype and the second genotype.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Jinha Jung, Juan Landivar, Murilo Maeda, Akash Ashapure
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Publication number: 20230355956Abstract: The present invention provides a direct cardiac compression device comprising one or more passive chambers that taper from an aperture to an apex; one or more inflatable active pockets individually independently inflatable, wherein each of the one or more inflatable active pockets is connected to the one or more passive chambers at least partially from the aperture to the apex and wherein the each of the one or more inflatable active pockets does not tension the adjacent one or more inflatable active pockets upon inflation; and a frame in contact with the one or more active chambers to at least partially surround the one or more active pockets.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicants: The Texas A&M University System, CorInnova Inc.Inventors: John C. Criscione, Erica Christine Hord, Michael McDowall
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Publication number: 20230358006Abstract: A surge gate for blocking a surge of water includes a sleeve disposed below a waterline of the water, wherein the sleeve has an open upper end and a closed lower end, and a piston slidably disposed in the sleeve, wherein the piston is configured to rise vertically within the sleeve along a vertical axis between a first position with an upper end of the piston positioned below the waterline, and a second position with the upper end of the piston positioned above the waterline.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: The Texas A&M University SystemInventor: John Albert Sweetman
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Patent number: 11807586Abstract: Synthetic compositions comprising a plant element and at least one fungal endophyte are described. The fungal endophyte is capable of improving plant tolerance to biotic stress as compared to a reference plant element not further comprising the endophyte. Examples of biotic stress include the biotic stress caused by a nematode, an aphid, a fleahopper, a lygus bug, a stink bug, a soy looper, a cabbage looper, or a fungus.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMInventor: Gregory A. Sword
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Patent number: 11806332Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating COVID-19 by administering a pharmaceutical composition providing inhibition of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) main protease (MPro) in a patient. The disclosure also provides other methods as well as pharmaceutical formulations for use in treating COVID-19 patients.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMInventors: Wenshe Liu, Kai Yang, Erol Vatansever, Shiqing Xu
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Patent number: 11801362Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to surgical cannulas and methods relating thereto. In some embodiments, a method includes cutting one or more lines in a tubular member to form a tubular body and a hinge of a surgical cannula. In some embodiments, a surgical cannula includes a fiber brag grating (FBG) reflector mounted to a tendon for deflecting a distal tip of the surgical cannula. A controller is coupled to the FBG reflector and is configured to determine a tension in the tendon based on reflected light from the FBG reflector. In some embodiments, a surgical cannula includes a tubular body including a plurality of apertures extending therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMInventors: Seok Chang Ryu, Rohith Karthikeyan, Shivanand Pattanshetti
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Publication number: 20230343220Abstract: A vehicle platooning system includes a lead vehicle including a lead powertrain system, a lead steering system, and a lead breaking system, a follower vehicle including a follower powertrain, a follower steering system, a follower braking system, and a follower vehicle control unit wherein the follower powertrain system, the follower steering system, and the follower braking system are each controllable by the vehicle control unit, and a hard connect including a mechanical linkage physically connected between the lead vehicle and the follower vehicle, a sensor unit, and a hard connect control unit configured to control the operation of the follower powertrain system, the follower steering system, and the follower braking system of the follower vehicle based on sensor data provided to the hard connect control unit by the sensor unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Swaminathan Gopalswamy, Michiel Ashley, David Franklin
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Publication number: 20230340337Abstract: A process for continuously upgrading heavy oil to produce light hydrocarbon gases which are recycled in the process as a carrier gas used in spark-discharge hydrocarbon cracking within the process. The process also produces light hydrocarbon liquids which are used to upgrade the heavy oil. An apparatus for continuously upgrading heavy oil to produce light hydrocarbon gases which are recycled in the as a carrier gas used in spark-discharge hydrocarbon cracking within the apparatus. The apparatus also produces light hydrocarbon liquids which are used to upgrade the heavy oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Howard Jemison, David Staack, Kunpeng Wang
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Patent number: 11795211Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for generating broadly neutralizing bovine anti-HIV Env antibodies, compositions comprising the broadly neutralizing bovine antibodies, and methods of treatment or prevention of HIV using the broadly neutralizing bovine antibodies. In certain embodiments, a broadly neutralizing bovine antibody comprises a polyclonal F(ab) or F(ab?)2 fragment. In certain embodiments, a broadly neutralizing bovine antibody comprises a humanized bovine monoclonal antibody.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, The Scripps Research Institute, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMInventors: Devin Sok, Dennis R. Burton, Vaughn V. Smider, Ian Wilson, Michael Criscitiello, Waithaka Mwangi
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Patent number: 11799016Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device includes depositing an amorphous layer on a substrate, masking a portion of the amorphous layer, removing a portion of the amorphous layer to form a first channel into the amorphous layer, depositing a semiconductor layer onto the substrate layer, and removing at least a portion of a defect region of the semiconductor layer to form a second channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Michael Everett Babb, Harlan Rusty Harris
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Patent number: 11793177Abstract: The present invention concerns non-human animals with cells having a genome that is lacking the entire E3 ubiquitin ligase (Ube3a) gene (including all isoforms and alternative promoters). These animals are useful for modeling Angelman Syndrome. The invention also includes methods for assessing the effect of an agent, such as potential therapeutics, on an animal model by exposing the animal or cells, tissues, or organs isolated therefrom, to an agent of interest.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMInventors: Edwin John Weeber, David J. Segal, Henriette O'Geen, Benjamin Pyles, Scott V. Dindot
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Patent number: 11794188Abstract: A combination micro/macro-fluidic analysis system with one or more of a droplet transition unit, a droplet cleaving unit, a droplet synchronization, and a merging unit to enable highly efficient complex droplet microfluidic assays.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEMInventors: Arum Han, Adrian Guzman, Han Zhang, Jose Wippold, Jing Dai
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Publication number: 20230335107Abstract: Provided herein is a reference-free foreign accent conversion (FAC) computer system and methods for training models, utilizing a library of algorithms, to directly transform utterances from a foreign, non-native speaker (L2) or second language (L2) speaker to have the accent of a native (L1) speaker. The models in the reference-free FAC computer system are a speech-independent acoustic model to extract speaker independent speech embeddings from an L1 speaker utterance and/or the L2 speaker, a speech synthesizer to generate L1 speaker reference-based golden-speaker utterances and a pronunciation correction model to generate a L2 speaker reference-free golden speaker utterances.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: The Texas A&M UniversityInventors: Guanlong Zhao, Shaojin Ding, Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna
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Publication number: 20230336189Abstract: A method and system for decoding low density parity check (LDPC) codes. An LDPC code decoder includes LDPC decoding circuitry comprising a Q message generator and a P sum adder array. The Q message generator combines an R message from a previous iteration with a P message to produce a Q message. The P sum adder array adds the P message to a difference of an R message from a current iteration and the R message from the previous iteration to produce an updated P message.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Kiran Kumar GUNNAM, Gwan S. CHOI
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Patent number: 11786641Abstract: An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam having an outside surface; and a membrane that encapsulates at least 50% of the outside surface of the SMP foam; wherein (a) the SMP foam includes a thermoset SMP, and (b) the membrane includes a thermoplastic polymer. Other embodiments are addressed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Duncan J. Maitland, Adam M. Orendain
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Patent number: 11788052Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for preventing or reducing symptoms or disease associated with Xylella fastidiosa or Xanthomonas axonopodis in a plant. The invention provides novel bacteriophages virulent to Xylella fastidiosa or Xanthomonas axonopodis, including XfaMija and XfaMijo, and further provides methods for treating or preventing Pierce's Disease or Citrus Canker in plants.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Carlos F. Gonzalez, Stephen J. Ahern, Mayukh Das, Ryland F. Young, III, Tushar Suvra Bhowmick
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Patent number: PP35448Abstract: A new and distinct Hibiscus plant having ruby-red colored flowers and a compact growth habit.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Dariusz Malinowski, Andrzej Klimowski, Robert Steven Brown