Patents Assigned to The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Patent number: 11915871Abstract: In one aspect, separator-free energy storage devices are disclosed. Such devices comprise a first electrode and a second electrode. In some embodiments, the first electrode is opposite the second electrode. The first and/or second electrodes are formed from a nanocomposite material. The nanocomposite material includes plurality of carbon nanostructures, each of which is at least partially coated with a layer of material comprising a transition metal oxide. In some embodiments, the coating layer is uniform or substantially uniform in one or more properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBOROInventors: Jianjun Wei, Yiyang Liu, Zheng Zeng
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Patent number: 11559045Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides synergistic mixtures for inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees and related compositions and methods.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Kaira Wagoner, Olav Rueppell
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Patent number: 11515556Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to a highly ionically conductive solid electrolyte membrane and to batteries comprising such solid electrolyte membrane.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignees: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Sung-Jin Cho, Alla Letfullina
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Publication number: 20210364517Abstract: The invention is directed to methods and systems for early detection of viral diseases, and more specifically to systems and methods for early detection of viral diseases that are capable of detecting very low viral loads, such as for example and not limitation, SARS-CoV-2 loads.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicants: The Penn State Research Foundation, The National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Vyacheslav V. ROTKIN, Ming ZHENG, Tetyana IGNATOVA, Daniel HAYES, Suresh KUCHIPUDI
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Patent number: 11031151Abstract: The devices and methods described herein push forward the resolution limits of directed self-assembly (DSA) technology for advanced device applications. Specifically described herein, are compositions of bioinspired DSA materials and methods using these bioinspired DSA materials to form sub-7 nm line-space patterns and to achieve functional nanoscopic structures, e.g., conducting nanowires on a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBOROInventors: Daniel J. C. Herr, Hemali Rathnayake, Kristen Dellinger
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Patent number: 10632099Abstract: This disclosure is directed to non-aromatic difluoro analogues of resorcylic acid lactones, pharmaceutical compositions comprising non-aromatic difluoro analogues of resorcylic acid lactones, and methods of treatment comprising non-aromatic difluoro analogues of resorcylic acid lactones.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Mitchell P. Croatt, Lara Fakhouri, Nicholas H. Oberlies, Cedric Pearce
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Patent number: 10620120Abstract: In one aspect, nanoplasmonic devices are described herein. In some embodiments, a nanoplasmonic device comprises a radiation transmissive substrate, a metal layer positioned on the substrate and at least one aperture extending through the metal layer to the radiation transmissive substrate, wherein width of the aperture decreases with increasing depth of the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventor: Jianjun Wei
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Patent number: 10577356Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having a CB1 receptor-binding moiety and a directing moiety. In related aspects, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention, methods for inhibiting a pathway modulated in part by the CB1 receptor activity, and methods for treating a condition or disorder mediated in part by CB1 receptor activity. In certain embodiments, the compounds are compounds of Formula I. Methods of preparing compounds of Formula I are also described. In another aspect, the invention provides methods of identifying a selective agonist of the beta-arrestin pathway over the G-protein pathway.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Patricia H. Reggio, Derek M. Shore, Dow P. Hurst
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Patent number: 10524455Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides tritriacontene compositions for inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; mite-infested brood extract compositions for inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; methods of inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; methods of selecting one or more honey bee(s) exhibiting hygienic behavior, and methods for assessing the degree of hygienic behavior within a honey bee colony.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Kaira Wagoner, Olav Rueppell
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Patent number: 10512251Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides tritriacontene compositions for inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; mite-infested brood extract compositions for inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; methods of inducing hygienic behavior in honey bees; methods of selecting one or more honey bee(s) exhibiting hygienic behavior, and methods for assessing the degree of hygienic behavior within a honey bee colony.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Kaira Wagoner, Olav Rueppell
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Patent number: 10434085Abstract: This disclosure is directed to non-aromatic difluoro analogues of resorcylic acid lactones, pharmaceutical compositions comprising non-aromatic difluoro analogues of resorcylic acid lactones, and methods of treatment comprising non-aromatic difluoro analogues of resorcylic acid lactones.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Mitchell P. Croatt, Lara Fakhouri, Nicholas H. Oberlies, Cedric Pearce
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Patent number: 10412962Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to antifungal nanofibrous materials and the use of such materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Lifeng Zhang, Dennis R. LaJeunesse, Nafisa Sirelkhatim
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Publication number: 20190040045Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having a CB1 receptor-binding moiety and a directing moiety. In related aspects, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention, methods for inhibiting a pathway modulated in part by the CB1 receptor activity, and methods for treating a condition or disorder mediated in part by CB1 receptor activity. In certain embodiments, the compounds are compounds of Formula I. Methods of preparing compounds of Formula I are also described. In another aspect, the invention provides methods of identifying a selective agonist of the beta-arrestin pathway over the G-protein pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Patricia H. Reggio, Derek M. Shore, Dow P. Hurst
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Patent number: 10184937Abstract: A system and method for determining the presence and level of allergy indicators in a human fluid sample such as, but not limited to, blood serum and saliva, is disclosed. In another embodiment, the method may assess a level of allergens in a consumable product. The system and method may make use of functionalized magnetic nanoparticles that have modified surfaces suitable for attracting allergy indicators from human fluid sample and allergens from consumable products. The system and method may provide a minimally invasive assessment of allergy indicators to determine whether one is allergic to a substance.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignees: United Arab Emirates University, University Of North Carolina At GreensboroInventor: Yousef Haik
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Patent number: 10152898Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed invention encompass physiological and behavioral measurement techniques that can index dynamical diseases. Embodiments include a system and method for continuously measuring locomotor patterns which may be in combination with classic summary measures of performance, compared to summary measures alone. A unique classification of mathematics may be employed to prescribe certain patterns which correspond to locomotor patterns of a test subject.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventor: Christopher K. Rhea
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Patent number: 10118914Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having a CB1 receptor-binding moiety and a directing moiety. In related aspects, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention, methods for inhibiting a pathway modulated in part by the CB1 receptor activity, and methods for treating a condition or disorder mediated in part by CB1 receptor activity. In certain embodiments, the compounds are compounds of Formula I. Methods of preparing compounds of Formula I are also described. In another aspect, the invention provides methods of identifying a selective agonist of the beta-arrestin pathway over the G-protein pathway.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Patricia H. Reggio, Derek M. Shore, Dow P. Hurst
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Patent number: 10076259Abstract: A method of determining the susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias in a subject, the method including determining a reserve of refractoriness (RoR) and a reserve of memory (RoM) and combining the reserve of refractoriness (RoR) and the reserve of memory (RoM) to produce a metric of stability-of-propagation reserve (SoPR) in the subject, a higher value of SoPR indicating lower susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias in the subject. Systems and apparatus for carrying out the method are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignees: University of North Carolina Greensboro, Duke UniversityInventors: Joseph M. Starobin, Vivek Varadarajan, Wanda Krassowska Neu, Salim F. Idriss
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Publication number: 20170166554Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having a CB1 receptor-binding moiety and a directing moiety. In related aspects, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of the invention, methods for inhibiting a pathway modulated in part by the CB1 receptor activity, and methods for treating a condition or disorder mediated in part by CB1 receptor activity. In certain embodiments, the compounds are compounds of Formula I. Methods of preparing compounds of Formula I are also described. In another aspect, the invention provides methods of identifying a selective agonist of the beta-arrestin pathway over the G-protein pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Patricia H. Reggio, Derek M. Shore, Dow P. Hurst
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Patent number: 9144682Abstract: The present invention provides a method of stimulating an excitable tissue (e.g., in vitro, in vivo) with a primary electrical stimulus through a primary electrode at a primary stimulation frequency, to produce a propagating action potential in the excitable tissue. The invention is carried out by concurrently stimulating the excitable tissue with a secondary electrical stimulus through at least one secondary electrode at a secondary stimulation frequency. The primary and secondary stimulation frequencies are preferably different from one another. The secondary electrical stimulus preferably has an amplitude not more than one third that of the primary electrical stimulus. Preferably, propagation of the action potential in the excitable tissue is enhanced (e.g., when propagation of action potentials in the tissue is otherwise unstable, partially blocked, or fully blocked). Apparatus for carrying out the method is also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: The University of North Carolina GreensboroInventors: Joseph M. Starobin, Vivek Varadarajan
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Patent number: 9126165Abstract: Disclosed are arrays for monitoring ecosystems, such as bodies of water, and methods and systems for making such arrays. In one embodiment, the array may include a plurality of oligonucleotides immobilized at known locations on a substrate, such that each location on the array is an oligonucleotide having a sequence derived from a single, predetermined operational taxonomic unit (OTU). The sequences immobilized on the array may be from known, or unknown organisms. Also disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating bioindicators diagnostic of specific ecosystems. The arrays and bioindicators of the invention may be used for rapid, and continual monitoring of ecosystems.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: The University of North Carolina at GreensboroInventors: Parke A. Rublee, Vincent C. Henrich, III