Patents Assigned to The University
  • Solar Energy Forecasting
    Publication number: 20170031056
    Abstract: Aspects of solar energy forecasting are described herein. In one embodiment, a method of solar energy forecasting includes masking at least one sky image to provide at least one masked sky image, where the at least one sky image includes an image of at least one cloud captured by a sky imaging device. The method further includes geometrically transforming the at least one masked sky image to at least one flat sky image based on a cloud base height of the at least one cloud. Once the cloud is identified, the motion of the at least one cloud may be determined over time. Rays of solar irradiance can be traced using the identified clouds and cloud motion and a solar energy forecast generated by ray tracing the irradiance of the sun upon a geographic location according to the motion of the at least one cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Rolando Vega-Avila, Hariharan Krish-Naswami, Jaro Nummikoski
  • Data Selection
    Publication number: 20170032145
    Abstract: A method of selecting data, the method comprising, receiving data indicating a first requirement and identifying first records stored in a first database. The first records relate to first data subjects and the identification is based upon the first requirement. The first data subjects cannot be identified from the records of the first database. Second records are identified, the second records being stored in a second database and relating to the first data subjects. The first data subjects can be identified from the identified records of the second database. Each of the second records corresponds to a respective one of the first records, and the identification of the second records is based upon the first requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: The University of Manchester, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
    Inventors: John Philip New, John Martin Gibson, Iain Edward Buchan, John David Ainsworth
  • BIS(PHOSPHINE)-CARBODICARBENE CATALYST COMPLEXES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170029453
    Abstract: An organometallic complex of a tridentate bis(phosphine)-carbodicarbene ligand and a transition metal, is described. In some embodiments the ligand has the structure of Formula (I): The complexes are useful in methods of making an allylic amine carried out by reacting a 1,3-diene with a substituted amine in the presence of such an organometallic complex to produce by intermolecular hydroamination the allylic amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Simon Meek, Courtney Roberts, Matthew Goldfogel, Matthew Joannou
  • Therapeutic uses of selected pyrazolopyrimidine compounds with anti-Mer tyrosine kinase activity
    Patent number: 9555030
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyrimidine compounds, methods of use, and processes for making compounds with anti-Mer tyrosine kinase activity comprising Formula I, II, III, IV, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition, salt, isotopic analog, or prodrug thereof, are provided. The pyrazolopyrimidine compounds described herein have Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK) inhibitory activity and are useful as anti-infective agents, immunostimulatory and immunomodulatory agents, anti-cancer agents (including against MerTK ?/? tumors and ITD and TKD mutant forms of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)), and as adjunctive agents in combination with chemotherapeutic, radiation or other standard of care for neoplasms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Xiaodong Wang, Stephen Frye
  • Methods, systems, and computer readable media for source and listener directivity for interactive wave-based sound propagation
    Patent number: 9560439
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for supporting source or listener directivity in a wave-based sound propagation model are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes computing, prior to run-time, one or more sound fields associated with a source or listener position and modeling, at run-time and using the one or more sound fields and a wave-based sound propagation model, source or listener directivity in an environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills
    Inventors: Ravish Mehra, Lakulish Shailesh Antani, Dinesh Manocha
  • Neural processing unit
    Patent number: 9558444
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for neural-based processing. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include reading, from a first memory, context information stored based on at least one connection value; reading, from a second memory, an activation value matching the at least one connection value; sending, by a first processor, the context information and the activation value to at least one of a plurality of microengines to configure the at least one microengine as a neuron; and generating, at the at least one microengine, a value representative of an output of the neuron. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents Of The University Of California
    Inventors: Douglas A. Palmer, Michael Florea
  • Magnetic particle-polymer hybrid materials with functionalized polymers derived from norbornenyl reagents
    Patent number: 9556294
    Abstract: A magnetic particle-polymer hybrid material can include: a substance having a structure of Formula 1 or derivative or salt thereof: Z(L-FP)m (Formula 1), wherein: Z is a magnetic particle smaller than 1 mm; m is a positive integer and defines the number of (L-FP) coupled to the Z; L is a linker linked to the magnetic particle; FP is a functionalized polymer having: a first structure derived from a first norbornene compound linked to the magnetic particle through the L; and one or more monomeric units each including a second structure derived from a second norbornene compound, where one of the monomeric units is linked to the first structure through a saturated or unsaturated alkyl, each monomeric unit includes a functional group capable of binding with another substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Kansas
    Inventors: Paul Ronald Hanson, Oliver Reiser, Alexander Schätz, Alan Rolfe
  • Methods for preparing alkylfurans
    Patent number: 9556137
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for preparing alkylfurans, such as 2,5-dialkylfurans and 2-alkylfurans. Furfural or 5-alkylfurfural can be reacted with aniline or diaminobenzene, or derivatives thereof, to form the corresponding imine, which can be reduced to form alkylfurans and to regenerate the aniline or diaminobenzene, or derivatives thereof. The alkylfuran may be, for example, 2,5-dimethylfuran or 2-methylfuran.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Micromidas, inc., The Regents Of The University of California
    Inventors: Makoto N. Masuno, Saikat Dutta, Mark Mascal
  • Multiple arm apparatus and methods for separation of particles
    Patent number: 9555354
    Abstract: The invention provides apparatus for separation of particles and methods for using the apparatus. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes three arms extending radially from a central reservoir, each arm being associated with a separation electrode. At least one on the arms includes a separation medium. Using a sequence of driving and mobility-changing voltages, target particles can be separated from closely related particles within a sample. For example, single point mutations can be resolved from a sample containing predominantly wild type nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Andrea Marziali, Joel Pel
  • Inhibition of cancer metastasis
    Patent number: 9556256
    Abstract: P-Selectin on platelets and endothelium binds cell surface chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycans, which are abundantly and stably expressed on the surface many cancer cells. Binding of the cancer cells through the CS moieties may be blocked to inhibit the interaction of cancer cells with platelets and endothelium. The present inventors disclose compositions and methods for the inhibition of cancer metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of The University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Behjatolah M. Karbassi, Thomas Kieber-Emmons
  • Device for separating boron from carbonate
    Patent number: 9556036
    Abstract: A device and method for separating boron from carbonate are provided. The device in some embodiments, includes a first half having a heating section, a second half having a cooling section and a plurality of vials disposed therebetween. The second half is opposite the first half. The plurality of vials are adapted to receive boron and an alkaline matrix such that, during heating of the first half and cooling of the second half, boron is sublimated and condensed on a closed end of each of the plurality of vials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents Of The University Of Michigan
    Inventors: Sarah M. Aciego, Bryan K. Sell
  • Nanoemulsions
    Patent number: 9554995
    Abstract: The invention relates to nanoemulsions useful for analytical techniques and delivery of cargoes such as pharmaceutically active agents. In particular, the invention relates to nanoemulsions comprising an oil phase dispersed in an aqueous phase and at least two peptide surfactants adsorbed at the liquid-liquid interface, one peptide surfactant comprising a short peptide sequence having ?-helical propensity and at least one second polypeptide surfactant comprising at least two peptide sequences having ?-helical propensity linked by a linking sequence of 3 to 11 amino acid residues. Optionally the at least one second polypeptide surfactant comprises at least one pharmacokinetic modifying agent and/or a targeting agent. Furthermore, the nanoemulsion may further comprise a cargo such as a pharmaceutically active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Anton Peter Jacob Middelberg, Bijun Zeng
  • Methods, systems, and computer readable media for predicting early onset glaucoma
    Patent number: 9554755
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for predicting early onset glaucoma via structural parameters obtained via time and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) are disclosed. SD-OCT technology measures the thicknesses of the layers of the retina that contain the cells that die in glaucoma before there is any functional loss. A multivariable predictive model may be used for the diagnosis of early glaucoma using a combination of optic nerve head (ONH), peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) parameters measured via SD-OCT. The model generates a glaucoma probability score for individual patient, which is valuable information in assisting clinicians in glaucoma diagnosis and treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Kasongo Mwanza, Donald Lyle Budenz, Joshua Lindsey Warren
  • Compositions and methods related to antibodies to staphylococcal protein A
    Patent number: 9556281
    Abstract: Embodiments concern methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. Aspects include methods and compositions for providing a passive immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve an antibody that binds Staphylococcal protein A (SpA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Olaf Schneewind, Dominique M. Missiakas, Hwan Keun Kim, Carla Emolo, Andrea DeDent
  • Stochastic computational model parameter synthesis system
    Patent number: 9558300
    Abstract: A stochastic computational model parameter synthesis system comprising at least one processor capable of executing processor executable code, and a non-transitory computer memory operably coupled with the at least one processor and storing processor executable code, which when executed by processor, causes processor to synthesize at least one parameter of a stochastic computational model to satisfy one or more behavioral specifications of properties observed in a modeled system. The processor generates and searches randomized projections of a first parameter space having n dimensions into one or more second abstract parameter space having d dimensions, where d is less than n, and outputs a signal indicative of a synthesized parameter value to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumit K. Jha, Christopher J. Langmead
  • Therapeutic uses of selected pyrrolopyrimidine compounds with anti-mer tyrosine kinase activity
    Patent number: 9555031
    Abstract: Uses of pyrrolopyrimidines with anti-Mer tyrosine kinase activity as anti-infective agents, immunostimulatory and immunomodulatory agents, anti-cancer agents (including against MerTK?/? tumors and ITD and TKD mutant forms of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)), and as adjunctive agents in combination with chemotherapeutic, radiation or other standard of care for neoplasms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Xiaodong Wang, Weihe Zhang, Stephen Frye
  • Flux focusing magnetic gear assembly using ferrite magnets or the like
    Patent number: 9559577
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a flux focusing magnetic gear assembly using ferrite magnets or the like. The present invention also relates generally to a flux focusing magnetic gear assembly using ferrite magnets or the like that incorporates an outer stator assembly that converts a variable input to a constant output. The present invention further relates generally to an axially aligned flux focusing magnetic gear assembly using ferrite magnets or the like. The improved flux focusing magnetic gear assemblies of the present invention find applicability in traction, wind, and ocean power generation, among other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Inventor: Jonathan Bird
  • Mach-Zehnder interferometer having a doubly-corrugated spoofed surface plasmon polariton waveguide
    Patent number: 9557223
    Abstract: A Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) structure based on a doubly-corrugated spoofed surface plasmon polariton (DC-SSPP) waveguide is presented. The dependence of phase change on the dielectric loading of the DC-SSPP structure causes the output from both arms to interfere and enhance features on the transmission spectrum of the MZI. The proposed MZI structure can be used for tag-free bio-molecular sensing. The highly localized electro-magnetic field at frequencies close to SSPP resonance is shown to reduce the sample amount needed to produce interference patterns without affecting the selectivity of the sensing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents Of The University Of Michigan
    Inventors: Pinaki Mazumder, Zhao Xu, Kyungjun Song
  • Cobalt-based MRI contrast agent and imaging system
    Patent number: 9555135
    Abstract: Novel, non-toxic cobalt-based contrast and imaging agents for use in enhanced medical imaging modalities and processes are described, as well the manufacture of markers containing such contrast agents is described, and uses for such imaging markers and contrast agents in a variety of therapeutic applications and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, The University of Houston System
    Inventors: Steven J. Frank, Karen Martirosyan
  • Surveillance and tracking system and method
    Patent number: 9557413
    Abstract: A system for detecting object movement including a sensory network having at least one sensory device using modulated radar for detecting an object in proximity to the sensory network. The sensory network including a wireless transmission system and a base station having a computer processing system located remote from the sensory network and including a wireless transmission system to communicate with the sensory network. The base station having a computer readable program code for causing the computer processing system to analyze data received from the sensory network to determine motion characteristics of the object in proximity to the sensory network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Memphis Research Foundation
    Inventors: Robert Kozma, Lan Wang, Khan M. Iftekharuddin, Ross Deming, Orges Furxhi, Sergi Consul