Patents Assigned to The University
  • Solar cells, solid-state supercapacitors, and wireless self-charging power packs formed therewith using conductive thin films
    Patent number: 12176850
    Abstract: A wireless self-charging power pack including a solution processed conductive thin film integrating a solar cell with a solid-state supercapacitor. Additionally, a method of forming a wireless self-charging power pack including integrating a solar cell with a solid-state supercapacitor by forming a layer of conductive thin film between the solar cell and the solid-state supercapacitor through solution processing of the material forming the conductive thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventor: Xiong Gong
  • Method for pre-hydrotreating and purifying waste lubricating oil
    Patent number: 12173252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-hydrotreatment and purification method for waste lubricating oil, the method comprising the following steps: mechanical impurities are removed from waste lubricating oil, and then the oil is subjected to flash distillation to separate free water and a portion of light hydrocarbons; a bottom product of the flash distillation column is mixed with hydrogen and a self-sulfurizing oil-soluble transition metal catalyst, and then enters a slurry bed reactor for pre-hydrotreatment; a gas product obtained by performing separation on a reaction effluent is subjected to adsorption purification and then enters a hydrogen recycle compressor for cyclic use; a liquid product obtained by performing separation on a reaction effluent is subjected to hydrocyclone separation and solvent washing to remove solid residue, and finally a purified lubricating oil component is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Bin Liu, Yongming Chai, Chenguang Liu, Yuan Pan, Yichuan Li, Kongyuan Zhang, Yunqi Liu
  • Automatic grinding drill device for oral caries
    Patent number: 12171624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dental medical instruments, and specifically discloses an automatic grinding drill device for oral caries, including a mounting frame. Two retainers are arranged on the mounting frame, the bottom of the mounting frame is connected with a support plate through drive assemblies, a drill bit assembly is arranged at the bottom of the support plate, and a visual recognition module is also arranged on the support plate. The present invention has the advantage that the retainers keep a real-time relative static state with teeth of a patient during use, needing no frequent correction, so that operation steps are simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Guocheng Rao, Weichang Chen, Zitong Zeng, Chan Yang, Bo Zhang, Yonggang Liang, Nan Lin, Xueyan Zhou, Xuan Li, Zhenwei Wen, Tao Li
  • Selenated thiourea-based hybrid compounds as corrosion inhibitors for steel pipelines
    Patent number: 12173185
    Abstract: New selenated thiourea hybrid compounds are described herein, as well as the use of such selenated thiourea hybrid compounds in inhibiting corrosion of a steel material. Also described are methods for forming the new selenated thiourea hybrid compounds as well as anti-corrosion coatings containing the selenated thiourea hybrid compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Saadeldin Elsayed Ibrahim Shabaan, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Mohamed Gouda, Ibrahim Mohamed Abdelhalim Mohamed
  • Scatterometry with high harmonic generation (HHG) sources
    Patent number: 12174009
    Abstract: A method for extending scatterometry measurements of periodic structures created on a substrate into the deep UV and soft X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum is presented. The method comprises measuring the scattering of a high harmonic generated (HHG) beam, which is created by a driving laser, that is scattered from the structures on the substrate. The scattered HHG beam is measured by a spectrometer or a detector sensitive to HHG radiation. Also presented is a system for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Evgeny Frumker
  • Genetic approach for achieving ultra low nicotine content in tobacco
    Patent number: 12171177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tobacco products from plants comprising mutated berberine bridge enzyme-like nucleic acids and the recessive nic1 and/or nic2 alleles and methods of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, 22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
    Inventors: Ramsey S. Lewis, Ralph E. Dewey, Juan Sanchez Tamburrino
  • Anti-biofouling magnetic silk fibroin (SF)-based composite aerogel, and preparation method and use thereof
    Patent number: 12172103
    Abstract: A magnetic material used in the magnetic SF-based composite aerogel is a ferroferric oxide nanocubic particle, which is a magnetic nanomaterial with both excellent magnetocaloric performance and excellent photothermal performance. The magnetic SF-based composite aerogel prepared by the present disclosure exhibits excellent responsiveness to both alternating current (AC) magnetic fields and sunlight. Under an action of an AC magnetic field, the magnetic SF-based composite aerogel exhibits excellent temperature rise performance, which can inhibit the generation of biofouling in pores and channels inside a three-dimensional (3D) porous evaporation material. The magnetic SF-based composite aerogel exhibits excellent water evaporation performance under a sunlight irradiation, with a water evaporation rate of 2.03 kg m?2·h?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Hefei University of Technology
    Inventors: Yang Lu, Hanye Xing, Jingzhe Xue, Yonghong Song, Hao Xu, Sheng Chen, Kangkang Li, Liang Dong, Wei Zhang, Zongshun Peng, Lijing Wang
  • Adapted power window switch assembly and retrofit kit
    Patent number: 12173549
    Abstract: A mechanical adaptation to a vehicle power window controls is provided that require less hand/finger coordination and less force to actuate, therefore becoming useful for persons with limited control of their hands (e.g., arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury, among others). A power window control includes four levers, one on each control switch. Two of the levers are long and the other two are shorter. The long levers are provided on the two switches further away from the user (which control the front and rear left side windows). The short levers are attached to the two switches closer to the user (which control the front and rear right side windows).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: University of Puerto Rico
    Inventors: Mauricio A. Lizama, David Serrano, Santiago Duque
  • Electromagnetic leakage red and black signal identification method based on information entropy characteristics
    Patent number: 12177668
    Abstract: An electromagnetic leakage red and black signal identification method based on information entropy characteristics includes: acquiring electromagnetic information leakage signals of an information device in an idle state and an information processing state respectively, and calculating information entropy of the electromagnetic leakage signals in the idle state and the information processing state; and calculating an information entropy change of the electromagnetic leakage signals caused by information processing, and determining whether an electromagnetic leak contains red signals when the device processes information according to the information entropy change, so as to give an electromagnetic leakage red and black signal identification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Beihang University
    Inventors: Fei Dai, Xuanhong Ren, Yiqi Yan, Yuntao Jin
  • Synthesis and characterization of glauconite-based silicate nanorods as anticancer agent
    Patent number: 12171841
    Abstract: A method of cytotoxically treating cancer with aluminum silicate nanorods (SNRs) including aluminum, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and oxygen comprises contacting the SNRs at a concentration of 0.5 to 2 ?g/mL with a cancerous sample. The aluminum silicate nanorods have a longest dimension of 100 nanometers (nm) to 5500 nm and a diameter of 20 nm to 250 nm. The SNRs are porous with a pore size of 1 nm to 12 nm and include cisplatin in an amount of 20 to 300 mg/g. The cancerous sample has a reduced cell viability after the contacting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hassan A. Rudayni, Ahmed Aly Allam, Aya Fadlallah Abdelmonem Mohamed, Mostafa R. Abukhadra, Nohan Nasser Abdelfattah Ahmed
  • Methods, compositions, and kits for treating and/or preventing a side effect associated with radiation and/or chemotherapy exposure
    Patent number: 12171769
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and kits for treating and/or preventing in a subject one or more side effects associated with radiation and/or chemotherapy exposure, including methods, compositions and kits that include an active agent at a low dose. In some embodiments, methods, compositions, and kits for treating and/or preventing tissue damage in a subject are provided, including methods, compositions and kits that include an active agent at a low dose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: BioMimetix JV, LLC, Duke University
    Inventors: Kathleen Ashcraft, Mark Dewhirst, Ines Batinic-Haberle, James D. Crapo
  • Ethyl {[N?-(3-chlorophenyl)-N-(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl) carbamimidoyl]sulfanyl}acetate as an eco-friendly insecticidal agent against (Boisd.)
    Patent number: 12171233
    Abstract: A compound 2,4-dichloro-N-[(3-chlorophenyl)carbamothioyl]benzamide, its synthesis, and its use as an insecticidal agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, Mohamed A. Gad
  • Heterocyclic-dithiol click chemistry
    Patent number: 12171854
    Abstract: Disclosed are polymers, methods of making polymers, and compositions, focused on cross-linking heterocycles comprising a moiety of Formula I with thiols and thiolates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventor: Jeffrey N. Agar
  • Data input/output method using storage node-based key-value store
    Patent number: 12174788
    Abstract: Provided is a data input/output (I/O) method using a storage node-based key-value store in a storage disaggregation environment. The data I/O method using the storage node-based key-value store includes receiving a command converted from a key-value write request of an application from a calculation node according to a communication protocol used in the storage node, converting the command into an I/O request using a key included in the command, the I/O request including a logical block address and a value corresponding to the key, and storing the value in a storage device of the storage node using the logical block address of the I/O request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: GLUESYS CO., LTD., SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sung-Soon Park, Kyeung Pyo Kim, Young Jae Kim, Yeo Hyeon Park, Chang Gyu Lee
  • Preparation method and use of yellow fluorescent glass ceramic
    Patent number: 12172930
    Abstract: A preparation method and use of a yellow fluorescent glass ceramic are disclosed. The preparation method includes: mixing a monomer, a cross-linking agent and a filling solvent evenly, then adding fumed silica and stirring evenly, further adding an ultraviolet (UV) photoinitiator and an UV absorber, and stirring thoroughly; adding a yellow phosphor (Y,Gd)AG:Ce, stirring thoroughly and defoaming to obtain a slurry; introducing the slurry into a mold, and curing by UV irradiation or three-dimensional (3D) printing to obtain a body; putting the body into a high-temperature furnace for heating to obtain a phosphor-embedded porous silica glass; putting the porous silica glass into a high-temperature vacuum furnace for densification and sintering to obtain a densified fluorescent glass ceramic; and finally cutting and surface-polishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wenge Xiao, Chang Liu, Jianrong Qiu, Xiaofeng Liu
  • Plasma injection modules
    Patent number: 12173902
    Abstract: A plasma injection module includes a fuel receiving end, a discharge end opposite the fuel receiving end, and an axial fluid pathway extending between the fuel receiving end and the discharge end. An insulator assembly defines a first portion of the axial fluid pathway proximate to the fuel receiving end. An injection tube assembly having a permanent magnet is positioned downstream of the insulator. A voltage input connection is arranged downstream of the insulator assembly and upstream of the injection tube assembly. The voltage input connection secures a voltage source to the injection tube to form a plasma filament within and adjacent to the axial fluid pathway. During operation a permanent magnet produces a magnetic field that interacts with the plasma filament to rotate the plasma filament and increase an area of ignition between the plasma filament and the combustible material at the discharge end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventor: Sergey B. Leonov
  • N?-(2-naphthoyloxy)-2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)acetimidamide as an antimicrobial compound
    Patent number: 12172971
    Abstract: A N?-(2-naphthoyloxy)-2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)acetimidamide compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, Amer A. Amer
  • Delocalized lipophilic cation compounds and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 12172976
    Abstract: Provided are delocalized lipophilic cation (DLC) compounds and methods of using such compounds. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions that include a DLC compound. Provided methods include methods of killing cells and methods of fluorescently labeling mitochondria by contacting the cells with a DLC compound of the present disclosure. Also provided are methods of imaging cell mitochondria, methods of determining whether a patient has a mitochondria related disease, and methods of treating a patient for a mitochondria related disease. Kits that include compounds of the present disclosure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Zhen Cheng, Hao Chen
  • Systems and methods for mechanogenetic functional ultrasound imaging
    Patent number: 12172037
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for functional ultrasound imaging, where the system comprises: a) an apparatus for delivering a nucleic acid encoding a mechanosensitive ion channel to a target neural cell population in a region of a brain; and b) a functional ultrasound imaging device. The present disclosure provides a method for functional ultrasound imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Jin Hyung Lee, Bradley Jay Edelman, Peter Lin, Jan Liphardt
  • Water treatment method with porphyrin-containing adsorbent
    Patent number: 12172900
    Abstract: A nanomaterial and a method of preparing the nanomaterial are provided. The nanomaterial is a product formed by a reaction of functionalized carbon nanotube comprising first and second aminoalkyl groups covalently bonded to a surface of the carbon nanotube and a porphyrin ring of formula (I). A method of removing a pollutant from an aqueous solution by contacting the aqueous solution having an initial concentration of the pollutant with the nanomaterial is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventor: Asma Mohammed Elsharif