Patents Assigned to The University
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PRIVACY PRESERVING TEXT REPRESENTATION LEARNING FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20210342546
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a computer-implemented system which learns textual representations while filtering out potentially personally identifying data and retaining semantic meaning within the textual representations are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Ghazaleh Beigi, Kai Shu, Ruocheng Guo, Suhang Wang, Huan Liu
  • CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC OXAZOLONE DERIVATIVES AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210340110
    Abstract: Cytotoxic compounds containing a phenyl core, amide link(s), an imidazolinone or a propenamide moiety. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions incorporating the cytotoxic compounds and methods for treating cancer. These compounds are cytotoxic against breast, prostate, and leukemia cancer cell lines via dual inhibition of Src kinases and tubulin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Moustafa E. EL-ARABY, Abdelsattar M. Omar, Ahmed Esmat, Farid Ahmed, Azizah M. Malebari, Ashraf B. Abdel-Naim, Thikryat Neamatallah
  • FATTY ACID SYNTHASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20210338676
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for inhibiting Fatty Acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: Duke University, Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Jesse Kwiek, Timothy Haystead, Philip Hughes, Yazan Alwarawrah
  • SOLAR POWERED ROBOTIC MOWER POWER SHED AND RELATED METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20210344299
    Abstract: A solar powered robotic mower power shed and related methods of use are disclosed. One example robotic mower power shed comprises a housing structure containing one or more compartments. The charging station further includes a roof structure equipped with one or more photovoltaic (PV) cell elements, wherein the one or more PV cell elements are configured to generate electrical energy from captured solar energy. The charging station also includes a charge control unit configured to receive electrical energy via a connection to the one or more PV cell elements and to provide the electrical energy to at least a robotic mower device docked in the housing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Solar Alliance
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Layne, Harvey Abouelata, Jonathan B. Hamilton
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OIL PRESSURE IN OIL CYLINDER OF DIAPHRAGM COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20210340974
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for monitoring oil pressure in an oil cylinder of a diaphragm compressor, including a piston rod and a strain gauge circuit. The strain gauge circuit includes a strain gauge component and a bridge circuit connected, and the strain gauge component is arranged on the surface of the piston rod. A strain gauge component is noninvasively arranged on the piston rod of the diaphragm compressor to measure the load of the piston rod, such that the oil pressure can be measured indirectly, and thus the oil pressure of the diaphragm compressor can be measured nondestructively. Nondestructive and noninvasive monitoring of the diaphragm compressor is safe and reliable, and can achieve accurate monitoring of the oil pressure especially in high-pressure working conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Xi'an Jiao Tong University
    Inventors: Xueyuan PENG, Xueying LI, Jiahao CHEN, Xiaohan JIA
  • VERTICAL AXIS TRAFFIC FLOW ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210339636
    Abstract: A traffic regulation system and method which combines energy harvesting from the movement of a plurality of vehicles on a roadway with wireless directional power beam transmission using the harvested energy to encourage compliance with traffic regulations. Electric power is generated from the movement of the moving vehicles by using a wind turbine to harvest wind energy from the movement of vehicles or by piezoelectric plates which harvest compression energy from the weight of the vehicle tires on the road surface. The electric power is transmitted to electric or hybrid vehicles which comply with the traffic regulations. The traffic regulations are one of driving at a posted speed and driving at a safe following distance. A control system adjusts the traffic regulation based on measurements received from a plurality of detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Etab ALGHAMDI, Hussain BASSI
  • TREATMENTS AGAINST MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUSES BASED ON MOSQUITO SALIVARY GLAND PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20210338776
    Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions comprising mosquito (e.g., Aedes aegypti) salivary polypeptides and related methods for preventing and/or treating mosquito-borne viral infections such as infections caused by flaviviruses and alphaviruses. The flavivirus that is prevented or treated includes Zika virus, West Nile virus, Dengue virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, and yellow fever virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Erol FIKRIG, Ryuta URAKI, Andrew HASTINGS
  • METHOD FOR MODIFYING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID IN GENOME OF CELL
    Publication number: 20210340528
    Abstract: Provided are: a method for modifying a target nucleic acid in the genome of a cell using a novel PAM sequence; and a cell in which a target nucleic acid in the genome is modified thereby. Accordingly, genome editing can be performed by targeting a position that could not be previously targeted as a target for genome editing, and thus the range of applications of genome editing can be expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyong Bum KIM, Hui Kwon KIM
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GALLIUM NITRIDE QUANTUM DOTS DOPED WITH METAL IONS
    Publication number: 20210340010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing gallium nitride quantum dots, and more particularly, to a method of manufacturing gallium nitride quantum dots doped with metal ions, which uses a wet-based synthesis method capable of lowering the fluorescence energy of pure gallium nitride by introducing metal ions into pure gallium nitride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Kwang Seob JEONG, Yu Chang CHOI
  • ANAPLEROTIC AGENTS FOR TREATMENT OF DISORDERS OF PROPIONATE AND LONG CHAIN FAT METABOLISM
    Publication number: 20210338624
    Abstract: Methods of treating propionic acidemia (PA), methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) and fatty acid oxidation disorders are described. The methods include administering an anaplerotic agent that can directly enter the tricarboxylic acid cycle, such as a succinate derivative or pro-drug, for example trisuccinylglycerol (TSG). Methods of restoring tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle function in a cell deficient for propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC) or methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MUT) by contacting the cell with a succinate derivative or pro-drug, such as TSG, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Gerard Vockley, Al-Walid A. Mohsen
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING REGULATORY T CELLS
    Publication number: 20210340496
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for modifying regulatory T cells. The inventors have identified nuclear factors that influence expression of Foxp3, a key transcriptional regulator of Treg cells. Treg cells can be modified by inhibiting and/or overexpressing one or more of these nuclear factors to produce stabilized Treg cells or destabilized Treg cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Alexander Marson, Jessica T. Cortez, Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Eric Shifrut, Frederic Van Gool
  • QUASI-REFLECTIONLESS MICROSTRIP BANDPASS FILTERS WITH IMPROVED PASSBAND FLATNESS AND OUT-OF-BAND REJECTION
    Publication number: 20210344365
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide an absorptive coupled-line bandpass filter. This bandpass filter includes a first port, which is coupled to a first absorptive stub, and a second port, which is coupled to a second absorptive stub. The bandpass filter also includes a coupled-line bandpass section coupled between the first and second ports, wherein the coupled-line bandpass section comprises a set of one or more parallel strip line resonators, which are coupled together in series and are coupled to the first and second ports through overlapping coupled-line sections, wherein at a center frequency of a passband for the absorptive coupled-line bandpass filter, the first and second absorptive stubs appear as open circuits, and outside of the passband, the first and second absorptive stubs appear as matched loads to ground and contribute to absorption of out-of-band signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Xiaohu Wu, Xiaoguang Liu
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FABRICATING AND ASSEMBLING PRINTABLE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20210343862
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Ralph G. NUZZO, John A. ROGERS, Etienne MENARD, Keon Jae LEE, Dahl-Young KHANG, Yugang SUN, Matthew MEITL, Zhengtao ZHU
  • METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20210339316
    Abstract: Methods for producing silver nanostructures with improved dimensional control, yield, purity, monodispersed, and scale of synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: University of Washington
    Inventors: Younan Xia, Sang-Hyuk Im, Yugang Sun, Yun Tack Lee, Benjamin Wiley
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING LIPOSOMES
    Publication number: 20210338584
    Abstract: The invention relates to liposomes, methods of producing liposomes, and methods of loading cell-derived liposomes with cargo molecules. The invention extends to such liposomes per se, and to the use of these liposomes as cellular delivery systems for the delivery of biologically and therapeutically active payload molecules, such as small molecules, RNAi molecules (e.g. siRNA), bioactive proteins, genome editing tools (e.g. Cas9) and drugs into cells for treating a range of disorders. The liposomes may also be used in a range of diagnostic and theranostic applications. The invention extends to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such liposomes, including populations of extracellular vesicles (EV), exosomes and to fusion proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: The University of Greenwich
    Inventors: Simon RICHARDSON, Benedita FERON
  • AUTOMATIC COAL MINING MACHINE AND FLUIDIZED COAL MINING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210340870
    Abstract: An automatic coal mining machine and a fluidized coal mining method are provided. A first excavation cabin is configured to cut coal seam to obtain raw coal and to be transported to a first coal preparation cabin for separating coal blocks from gangue. Then, the obtained coal blocks are transported to a first fluidized conversion reaction cabin. The first fluidized conversion reaction cabin converts the energy form of the coal block into liquid, gas or electric energy, which is transported to a first energy storage cabin for storing. Coal mining and conversion are carried out in underground coal mines, so it is not necessary to raise coal blocks to the ground for washing and conversion, thereby reducing the transportation cost of coal, improving the utilization degree of coal, and avoiding the pollution of the ground environment caused by waste in the mining and conversion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, BEIJING, SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yang JU, Heping XIE, Yong ZHANG, Yan ZHU, Feng GAO, Xiaodong NIE, Changbing WAN, Jinxin SONG, Chang LU, Hongbin LIU, Zhangyu REN
  • MULTISTAGE DELIVERY OF ACTIVE AGENTS
    Publication number: 20210338593
    Abstract: Multistage delivery vehicles are disclosed which include a first stage particle and a second stage particle. The first stage particle is a micro or nanoparticle that contains the second stage particle. The second stage particle includes an active agent, such as a therapeutic agent or an imaging agent. The multistage delivery vehicle allows sequential overcoming or bypassing of biological barriers. The multistage delivery vehicle is administered as a part of a composition that includes a plurality of the vehicles. Methods of making the multistage delivery vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, The Ohio State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mauro Ferrari, Ennio Tasciotti, Jason Sakamoto
  • JAK1 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210338812
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating pruritus in a subject in need thereof comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a JAK1 inhibitor. Also provided are methods of administering JAK1 inhibitors for use in treating pruritus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Washington University
    Inventor: Brian Kim
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSING AND/OR TREATING CANCER AND/OR CANCER TREATMENT INDUCED CARDIAC TOXICITY
    Publication number: 20210338699
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to the modelling, treatment, reducing resistance to the treatment, prevention, and diagnosis of diseases characterized by the formation of cancers and cancer treatment induced symptoms including cardiotoxicity. Embodiments include methods of treating cancer, comprising the steps of: providing a patient diagnosed with cancer with a therapeutic regime that includes at least one therapeutically effective dose of at least one agent that reduces the activity of at least one Rho/Rho kinase pathway. Other embodiments include methods of treating cancer, comprising the steps of: treating a patient diagnosed with cancer with a combination of therapeutic agents that includes at least one therapeutically effective anti-cancer agent and at least one compound that reduces the activity of at least one Rho/Rho kinase pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: The Trustees of Indiana University
    Inventors: Reuben Kapur, Lei Wei, Jianjian Shi
  • DESIGNED, ENZYMATIC BIOCIDE FOR REMOVAL OF FOODBORNE MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION
    Publication number: 20210340187
    Abstract: Provided are polypeptides that have at least about 95% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, optionally wherein the polypeptide has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4, with the proviso that the polypeptide does not have 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Bryan Berger, Holly Mayton