Patents Assigned to The University
  • OPHTHALMOSCOPE
    Publication number: 20160120404
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ophthalmoscope comprising a camera and an associated illumination device; the invention further concerns a novel method for processing a plurality of images of the eye taken by said device; and software, typically included in said ophthalmoscope, for executing said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicants: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, The Greater Glasgow Health Board, The University Court of the University of St Andrews
    Inventors: Stewart Jordan, Mario GIARDINI, Iain Livingstone, Andrew Bastawrous
  • OPIOID DETECTION BASED ON HIGH QUALITY GRAPHENE TRANSISTOR ARRAYS AND A SYNTHETIC MU RECEPTOR
    Publication number: 20160123919
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for fabricating field-effect devices and sensor arrays. The field of the invention also pertains to methods of using the sensors individually, in combination, and in array fashion to detect molecules. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Alan T. JOHNSON, Jin XI, Ganghee HAN, Mitchell LERNER, Jeffery G. SAVEN, Renyu LIU, Felipe MATSUNAGA, Jose Manuel PEREZ-AGUILAR
  • MODIFICATION OF RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS FOR MANUFACTURING FILM PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20160122649
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a compound and/or method of making a compound includes the modification of rheological properties of thermotropic main chain liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) by melt state reactive processing. The modified liquid crystalline polymer may have an increased viscosity while retaining its liquid crystal properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Christopher J. Ellison, Zhenpeng Li
  • EFFICIENT FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20160122825
    Abstract: Methods for identifying oncogenic biomarkers specific to a patient's cancer. Methods are also provided for identifying candidate therapeutic agents for treating a patient's cancer based on the oncogenic biomarkers. Methods for treating patient's having cancers that express mutant PIK3R1 and ras genes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Gordon B. MILLS, Yiling LU, Han LIANG, Wai Ting CHEUNG
  • Time synchronization and controlled asynchronization of remote trigger signals
    Patent number: 9331842
    Abstract: A mechanism is disclosed for transmitting pulses onto respective cables so that the pulses arrive at the remote ends of the respective cables in synchronized (or controllably asynchronized) fashion. First, the round-trip time of flight of each cable is measured using speedy delivery pulses, i.e., pulses whose leading edges have exponential shape. Second, a calculation is performed to determine the input delay(s) between the pulses that would produce desired output delay(s). For example, it may be desirable that the pulses arrive at the respective remote ends at the same time, in which case the desired output delay(s) is (are) zero. Third, the same speedy delivery pulses are transmitted onto the respective cables so that the interpulse delay(s) conform to the computed input delay(s). Thus, the desired output delay(s) are achieved at the remote ends of the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Robert H. Flake
  • Stable activatable particles as radiotherapeutic agents for the treatment of disease
    Patent number: 9327038
    Abstract: The present invention provides radiotherapeutic agents and compositions and methods for making and using the same. In some embodiments, the radiotherapeutic agent is a nanoparticle comprising a radionuclide and a carrier moiety. In some embodiments, the radionuclide is produced by activating a stable activatable particle via neutron activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Anthony J. Di Pasqua, Xiuling Lu, Michael Jay
  • Pest repellent comprising geranylacetone
    Patent number: 9326520
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions for inhibiting the activity of an insect pest against a subject (or repelling an insect pest from an environment or preventing attraction to an environment) which compositions comprise geranylacetone as an active ingredient plus a carrier plus a further active ingredient selected from the list consisting of: 6-Methyl-hepten-2-one, octanal, plus optional other chemicals. Also provided are related materials and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: The University Court of the University of Aberdeen, Rothamsted Research Limited
    Inventors: John Anthony Pickett, James George Logan, Michael Alexander Birkett, Anne Jennifer Mordue
  • Measurement of neural functionality using phase sensitive optical coherence reflectometry
    Patent number: 9326719
    Abstract: Optical methods, devices, and systems for noninvasively detecting transient surface displacements in a neuron are disclosed. Methods, devices, and systems provided may employ a phase-sensitive optical low coherence reflectometer. In addition, surface displacements due to action potential propagation in neural tissues may be detected in some embodiments using back-reflected light. According to some embodiments, exogenous chemicals or reflect ion coatings are not required. Transient neural surface displacement of less then 1 nm in amplitude and 1 ms in duration may be detected and may be generally coincident with action potential arrival to the optical measurement site. The systems and methods may be used for noninvasive detection of various neuropathies such as retinal neuropathies. They may also be useful in detecting the effects of various pharmacological agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Taner Akkin, Thomas E. Milner, Digant P. Dave, H. Grady Rylander, III
  • Mass spectrometer detector using optically active membrane
    Patent number: 9329126
    Abstract: A detector suitable for mass spectroscopy uses a thin membrane that converts the kinetic energy of impinging molecules into corresponding photons, the latter detected with a suitable photosensor. The arrival of molecules at the membrane is detected by detection of the corresponding photons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Hamburg, The University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Robert H. Blick, Jonathan Rodriguez, Hyunseok Kim, Zlatan Aksamija, Wolfgang Hansen, Christian Heyn
  • Polymeric Ionic Liquids, Methods of Making and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20160114309
    Abstract: Polymeric ionic liquids, methods of making and methods of using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: The University of Toledo
    Inventors: Jared L. Anderson, Fei Zhao, Yunjing Meng, Qichao Zhao
  • User-Powered Recommendation System
    Publication number: 20160117599
    Abstract: Recommendation systems are widely used in Internet applications. In current recommendation systems, users only play a passive role and have limited control over the recommendation generation process. As a result, there is often considerable mismatch between the recommendations made by these systems and the actual user interests, which are fine-grained and constantly evolving. With a user-powered distributed recommendation architecture, individual users can flexibly define fine-grained communities of interest in a declarative fashion and obtain recommendations accurately tailored to their interests by aggregating opinions of users in such communities. By combining a progressive sampling technique with data perturbation methods, the recommendation system is both scalable and privacy-preserving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Divesh Srivastava, Tae Won Cho, Yin Zhang
  • Image processing apparatus, image processing method and program
    Patent number: 9324148
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus which calculates a feature value of an image. The apparatus comprises first obtaining means for obtaining an image; calculation means for calculating a set of numerical values formed from degrees of contributions of each of a plurality of order, wherein the degree of contributions of each order indicate contributions of monomials of the order for intensity values which are calculated using an approximation polynomial, and wherein the approximation polynomial provides a relationship between a pixel position of the image and an intensity value at the pixel position and is formed from a plurality of the monomials each having an order out of the plurality of orders; and first output means for outputting the set of the calculated numerical values as the feature value of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha and The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Ryo Ishikawa, Kiyohide Satoh, Katsushi Ikeuchi, Bo Zheng, Yonggi Sun
  • Utilization of distributed generator inverters as STATCOM
    Patent number: 9325173
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for operating a solar farm inverter as a Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) device—a STATCOM—for voltage control. The solar farm inverter can provide voltage regulation, damping enhancement, stability improvement and other benefits provided by FACTS devices. In one embodiment, the solar farm operating as a STATCOM at night is employed to increase the connectivity of neighboring wind farms that produce peak power at night due to high winds, but are unable to connect due to voltage regulation issues. The present invention can also operate during the day because there remains inverter capacity after real power export by the solar farm. Additional auxiliary controllers are incorporated in the solar farm inverter to enhance damping and stability, and provide other benefits provided by FACTS devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: The University of Western Ontario
    Inventors: Rajiv Kumar Varma, Vinod Khadkikar, Shah Arifur Rahman
  • Recovering lead from a lead material including lead sulfide
    Patent number: 9322105
    Abstract: In an example of a method for recovering lead from a lead material including lead sulfide, methane sulfonic acid is selected as a leaching acid for the lead material. The lead material is exposed to a solution including the methane sulfonic acid and i) ferric methane sulfonate or ii) oxygen, which leaches lead from the lead sulfide in the lead material, and generates a liquid leachate including a lead-methane sulfonate salt. The liquid leachate is purified, and lead is recovered from the purified liquid leachate using electrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Stefan Fassbender, David Dreisinger, Zhenghui Wu
  • Method of determining metabolic function using magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
    Patent number: 9322895
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel lactate difference imaging (LDI) technique, allowing assessment of the metabolic responses of tissue over a period of time. This approach utilizes lactate change over a time period as an indicator of viable tissue, and offers benefits in the management and treatment of the effects of many common diseases, in particular stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: Greater Glasgow Health Board, The University Court of the University of Glasgow
    Inventors: Celestine Santosh, William Holmes, Rosario Lopez
  • Small molecule inhibitors of the pleckstrin homology domain and methods for using same
    Patent number: 9320734
    Abstract: Pleckstrin homology domain binding compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods for their use are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Daruka Mahadevan, Emmanuelle J. Meuillet, Eugene A. Mash, Jr., Vijay M. Gokhale, Garth Powis, Shuxing Zhang
  • Rapid synthesis of silicon carbide-carbon composites
    Patent number: 9321692
    Abstract: Production of pore-free carbon/carbon-silicon carbide composite materials with mechanical properties making them suitable for use in such applications as the production of aircraft landing system brake components including brake discs. The method includes: providing a porous carbon-carbon composite preform; surrounding the porous carbon-carbon composite preform with silicon powder to form an intermediate construct; applying a uniaxial load to the construct; applying direct electrical current to an assembly containing the loaded construct of porous carbon-carbon preform surrounded by silicon powder, thereby melting the silicon powder and infiltrating the pores of the carbon-carbon preform with liquid silicon; and initiating a combustion-type reaction between the silicon and carbon in the preform, thereby forming silicon carbide in the preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: Honeywell International Inc., The University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Manuel Koucouthakis, Douglas J. Steinke, Alexander Mukasyan, Jeremiah D. E. White
  • Methods and use of bifunctional enzyme-building clamp-shaped molecules
    Patent number: 9321759
    Abstract: This invention is in the fields of cancer therapy. More particularly it concerns compounds which are useful agents for inhibiting cell proliferative disorders, especially those disorders characterized by over activity and/or inappropriate activity of a EGFR, including EGFR-related cancers, and methods for treating these disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Mark I. Greene, Hongtao Zhang, Alan Berezov, Zheng Cai
  • Dendritic macroporous hydrogels prepared by crystal templating
    Patent number: 9320827
    Abstract: The present invention includes a hydrogel and a method of making a porous hydrogel by preparing an aqueous mixture of an uncrosslinked polymer and a crystallizable molecule; casting the mixture into a vessel; allowing the cast mixture to dry to form an amorphous hydrogel film; seeding the cast mixture with a seed crystal of the crystallizable molecule; growing the crystallizable molecule into a crystal structure within the uncrosslinked polymer; crosslinking the polymer around the crystal structure under conditions in which the crystal structure within the crosslinked polymer is maintained; and dissolving the crystals within the crosslinked polymer to form the porous hydrogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Scott Zawko, Christine Schmidt
  • Recovering lead from a mixed oxidized material
    Patent number: 9322104
    Abstract: In an example of a method for recovering lead from a mixed oxidized lead material, methane sulfonic acid is selected as a leaching acid for the mixed oxidized lead material. The mixed oxidized lead material is exposed to a solution including the methane sulfonic acid, which leaches lead from any of a lead oxide or a lead carbonate in the mixed oxidized lead material, and generates a liquid leachate including a lead-methane sulfonate salt. The liquid leachate is purified, and lead is recovered from the purified liquid leachate using electrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: The University of British Columbia, BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Fassbender, David Dreisinger, Zhenghui Wu