Patents Assigned to The University of Florida
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Patent number: 11865172Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: 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 PREVENTIONInventors: 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
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Patent number: 11864964Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Josephine F. Esquivel-Upshaw, Fan Ren, Patrick Carey, Arthur E. Clark, Jr., Christopher D. Batich
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Patent number: 11866353Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Judy
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Publication number: 20240002396Abstract: The instant invention describes macrocyclic compounds having antiproliferation activity, and methods of treating disorders such as cancer, tumors and cell proliferation related disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Smithsonian InstitutionInventors: Hendrik Luesch, Valerie J. Paul, Susan Matthew, Qi-Yin Chen, Ranjala Ratnayake
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Patent number: 11863568Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: Cisco Technology, Inc., University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Nikolaos Sapountzis, Fabio R. Maino, Madhuri Kolli, Daniela Alvim Seabra De Oliveira
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Patent number: 11859355Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for waste-to-energy ash in engineered aggregate in road construction.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Timothy G. Townsend, Justin G. Roessler, Christopher C. Ferraro
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Patent number: 11857774Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrey Suprun, David Hutchinson
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Publication number: 20230414608Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Fisher, Terri G. Edwards, David C. Bloom
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Patent number: 11856096Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Swarup Bhunia, Christopher Vega, Shubhra Deb Paul, Parker Difuntorum, Reiner Dizon, Patanjali Sristi Lakshmiprasanna Sriramakumara
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Publication number: 20230407329Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Nathalie Clement, Laura Adamson
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Patent number: 11845997Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20230399658Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Mario Mietzsch, Robert McKenna
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Patent number: 11840555Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignees: 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
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Patent number: 11840746Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: Sujeily Soto Medina, Michele V. Manuel, Richard Hennig, Lilong Zhu, Biswas Rijal
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Patent number: 11834501Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATEDInventors: Christoph Rader, Haiyong Peng, Xiuling Li
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Patent number: 11833586Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATEDInventors: Yong Huang, Marc Sole Gras, Bing Ren
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Publication number: 20230381104Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Christian Jobin, Thomas D. Schmittgen, Rachel Newsome
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Publication number: 20230381170Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventor: Matthew D. Disney
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Publication number: 20230381342Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated.Inventor: Brad E. Hoffman
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Patent number: 11826311Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATEDInventors: Yong Huang, Yifei Jin