Patents Assigned to The University of Florida
  • Patent number: 11865172
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to isolated influenza virus that is capable of infecting canids and causing respiratory disease in the canid. The subject invention also pertains to compositions and methods for inducing an immune response against an influenza virus of the present invention. The subject invention also pertains to compositions and methods for identifying a virus of the invention and diagnosing infection of an animal with a virus of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
    Inventors: Patti Cynthia Crawford, Paul J. Gibbs, Edward J. Dubovi, Ruben Omar Donis, Jacqueline Katz, Alexander I. Klimov, Nallakannu P. Lakshmanan, Melissa Anne Lum, Daniel Ghislena Emiel Goovaerts, Mark William Mellencamp, Nancy J. Cox, William L. Castleman
  • Patent number: 11864964
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for forming an anti-microbial layer on an apparatus. Also disclosed is a method for improving the anti-bacterial properties of a titanium device coated with titanium-nitride (TiN). Also disclosed is a medical apparatus comprising an anti-microbial layer prepared by the disclosed methods. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Josephine F. Esquivel-Upshaw, Fan Ren, Patrick Carey, Arthur E. Clark, Jr., Christopher D. Batich
  • Patent number: 11866353
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for methods and systems for separating ultrafine particulate pollutants from aqueous suspensions. The present disclosure provide for methods and systems that can reduce the amount of ultrafine particulate pollutants from aqueous solutions, for example storm water runoff, which are not readily or easily removed using current state of the art techniques. In general, methods of the present disclosure provide for removing a portion of target ultrafine particulate pollutants using magnetic nanoparticles, which form aggregates with the ultrafine particulate pollutants. After a time period a magnetic field is applied and the aggregate can be separated from the aqueous suspension. Subsequently, the aggregates can be broken down and the magnetic nanoparticles recycled or reused while the ultrafine particulate contaminants are further processed, recycled, or disposed of.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Judy
  • Publication number: 20240002396
    Abstract: The instant invention describes macrocyclic compounds having antiproliferation activity, and methods of treating disorders such as cancer, tumors and cell proliferation related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Smithsonian Institution
    Inventors: Hendrik Luesch, Valerie J. Paul, Susan Matthew, Qi-Yin Chen, Ranjala Ratnayake
  • Patent number: 11863568
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises training at least one model based at least in part on interactions between one or more users and electronic messages sent to addresses associated with the one or more users, receiving a first electronic message sent to a first address associated with a first user, analyzing the first electronic message to generate first feature data, determining one or more characteristics of the first user to generate second feature data, inputting, to the at least one model, the first feature data and the second feature data, and receiving, as output of the at least one model, data indicating whether to output, to the first user, a warning regarding the first electronic message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Cisco Technology, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolaos Sapountzis, Fabio R. Maino, Madhuri Kolli, Daniela Alvim Seabra De Oliveira
  • Patent number: 11859355
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for waste-to-energy ash in engineered aggregate in road construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy G. Townsend, Justin G. Roessler, Christopher C. Ferraro
  • Patent number: 11857774
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method and apparatus for venting of intravenous tubing to remove air bubbles, and more particularly, to a venting valve that allows air bubbles to escape along a venting path while not permitting fluid passage through the venting path. An example air extraction device may include: a chamber; a fluid inlet to convey fluid from intravenous tubing into the chamber; a fluid outlet to convey fluid from the chamber to intravenous tubing for supplying to a patient; a top portion of the chamber; a branch tube extending from the top portion of the chamber, where the branch tube receives air from the fluid in the chamber; and a ball received within the chamber, where the ball is configured to rise with an influx of fluid to the chamber from the fluid inlet and to seal off the branch tube from the chamber in response to the fluid level rising to the top portion of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrey Suprun, David Hutchinson
  • Publication number: 20230414608
    Abstract: The invention relates to kinase inhibitor compounds and methods of identifying and using them. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating or preventing herpesvirus infection and/or herpesvirus-associated diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Fisher, Terri G. Edwards, David C. Bloom
  • Patent number: 11856096
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes, in part, a key management unit configured to generate a seeding key during a start-up phase, an encryption module configured to encrypt data using the seeding key and deliver the encrypted data to a second integrated circuit, and an encoder configured to encode the seeding key and deliver the encoded seeding key to the second IC. The second integrated circuit includes, in part, a decoder configured to decode the seeding key. Each of the integrated circuits further includes, in part, a linear-feedback shift register that receives the same clock signals and loads the seeding key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Swarup Bhunia, Christopher Vega, Shubhra Deb Paul, Parker Difuntorum, Reiner Dizon, Patanjali Sristi Lakshmiprasanna Sriramakumara
  • Publication number: 20230407329
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of improving rAAV production in mammalian cells via the manipulation of a concentration of potassium chloride present in the media in which the mammalian cells are cultured and/or in which the rAAV particles are produced. The concentration of potassium chloride present in such media may be manipulated by, for example, supplementing a base medium with additional potassium chloride either before, at the same time as, or after the cells are contacted (e.g., infected) with one or more viral vectors (e.g., recombinant Herpes Simplex Virus (rHSV) vectors). Some embodiments of the present invention further contemplate supplementing the base medium with additional potassium chloride and sodium chloride in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Nathalie Clement, Laura Adamson
  • Patent number: 11845997
    Abstract: Described herein are bioaerosol detection systems and methods of use. In embodiments of bioaerosol detection systems and methods of use as described herein, systems and methods detect one or more coronaviruses and/or one or more influenza strains. In embodiments, coronaviruses according to systems and methods as described herein are SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In embodiments, influenza strains and/or particles according to the present disclosure are H1N1 influenza.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chang-Yu Wu, Xiao Jiang, Maohua Pan, John Lednicky, Alexandros Demetrios Theodore, Zhonghui Hugh Fan, Nima Afshar Mohajer
  • Publication number: 20230399658
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for packaging a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) particle comprising using inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) and rep genes of different serotypes and/or using chimeric rep genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Mario Mietzsch, Robert McKenna
  • Patent number: 11840555
    Abstract: The present invention provides AAV capsid proteins comprising a modification in the amino acid sequence and virus vectors comprising the modified AAV capsid protein. The invention also provides methods of administering the virus vectors and virus capsids of the invention to a cell or to a subject in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Aravind Asokan, Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Long Ping Victor Tse, Brittney Gurda
  • Patent number: 11840746
    Abstract: Described herein are approaches to stabilizing AlFeSi ternary intermetallic compounds while destabilizing competing phases. The inclusion of metals such as Mn, Ni, Co, Cu, or Zn to produce quaternary systems accomplishes this problem associated with AlFeSi ternary intermetallic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Sujeily Soto Medina, Michele V. Manuel, Richard Hennig, Lilong Zhu, Biswas Rijal
  • Patent number: 11834501
    Abstract: The invention provides antibodies, antibody fragments or antigen-binding fragments, as well as related antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) and chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), that specifically recognize human ROR2. Also provided in the invention are methods of using such antibodies in various diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christoph Rader, Haiyong Peng, Xiuling Li
  • Patent number: 11833586
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printing method and apparatus are disclosed for freeform fabrication of metal articles. 3D printed articles are formed from a build material comprising metal powder(s), polymer(s), and solvent(s). A coagulation agent, such as a nebulized non-solvent, is disposed onto/about the build material during 3D printing to cause at least partial solidification of the build material to form a green body structure. Multiple build materials can be mixed at a variable ratio to achieve a composition gradient through the green body structure. The 3D printed green body structure can be heated to remove some or all of the polymer, solvent, and/or for debinding. The debinded green body structure can be sintered at a specific sintering temperature or over a temperature gradient, for a period of time, in accordance with the sintering properties of the particular metal powder in the debinded green body structure, to form a finished metal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Marc Sole Gras, Bing Ren
  • Publication number: 20230381104
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods for delivering inhibitory nucleic acids to prokaryotic cells using extracellular vesicles (e.g., exosomes, microvesicles, etc.) derived from mammalian cells. The disclosure provides methods for regulating the expression of one or more genes in a prokaryotic cell. The disclosure further provides methods of treating diseases associated with prokaryotic gene dysregulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Christian Jobin, Thomas D. Schmittgen, Rachel Newsome
  • Publication number: 20230381170
    Abstract: Described are small molecule embodiments, ALS compounds, that bind with the (G4C2)exp RNA repeat transcription of the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 involved in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD). These ALS compounds comprise a pyridocarbazole moiety having at least one substituent. Preferred ALS compounds comprise bridged dimers of the pyridocarbazole moiety in which the bridge between the two pyridocarbazole moieties is a polyoxyethylenyl group or an aminobispolyoxyethylenyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventor: Matthew D. Disney
  • Publication number: 20230381342
    Abstract: Disclosed are AAV viral-based vector compositions useful in delivering a variety of nucleic segments, including those encoding therapeutic polypetides to selected mammalian host cells for use in therapeutic autoimmune modalities, including, for example, the in vivo induction of immunological tolerance via a liver-directed AAV-based gene therapeutic regimen for treating and/or ameliorating autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated.
    Inventor: Brad E. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11826311
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for coaxial nozzles, capsule fabrication systems comprising coaxial nozzles, and methods of capsule fabrication using capsule fabrication systems. In certain embodiments, coaxial nozzle configurations, capsule fabrication systems, and methods as described herein can be used for multi-layered capsule fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Yifei Jin