Patents Assigned to Universitat de Barcelona
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Patent number: 11882761Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein M1 and M2 are each independently a first row transition metal, a second row transition metal, or a third row transition metal in the Periodic Table of Elements; and wherein L1, L2, a1, a2, Ar1, Ar2, R1 to R4, and LK in Formula 1 are as described in the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONAInventors: Yongsik Jung, Laura Rodriguez Raurell, Joao Carlos Lima, Seungyeon Kwak, Hyeonho Choi, Kyuyoung Hwang
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Publication number: 20240016430Abstract: Methods are provided of measuring and improving attention of a person with first and second eyes. These methods include: displaying one or more stimuli aimed at attracting attention of the person; obtaining, through an eye tracker, positions of the first and second eyes over time; calculating, from the obtained positions of the first and second eyes, a gaze direction evolution for each of the eyes and corresponding angular velocity evolution for each of the gaze directions; determining a motion synchrony evolution of the first and second eyes by comparing the calculated angular velocity evolution of the first eye with the calculated angular velocity evolution of the second eye; and measuring the attention of the person depending on the determined motion synchrony evolution. Computer programs, systems and computer systems that are suitable to perform such methods of measuring and improving attention are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: Universitat De Barcelona, Institució Catalana De Recerca I Estudis AvançatsInventor: Hendrik Anne SUPÈR
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Patent number: 11860349Abstract: A programmable multiple-point illuminator for an optical microscope includes a light source and a spatial light modulator (SLM) to modulate a light beam from the light source. The modulated light beam scans across a sample provided with fluorophores placed under the microscope objective. The SLM includes a first and a second acousto-optic deflectors, said two acousto-optic deflectors being arranged in cascade to provide respective deflection in different directions, whereby the SLM is enabled to scan in two dimensions across the sample. The SLM further includes a telescope relay to conjugate the first modulation plane with the second modulation plane. The illuminator also has an arbitrary waveform generator configured to synthesize holograms, and is arranged to simultaneously inject a first such hologram into the first acousto-optic deflector and a second such hologram into the second acousto-optic deflector, in order to modulate the light beam in response to said holograms.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Universitat De BarcelonaInventors: Mario Montes Usategui, Raúl Bola Sampol, Estela Martín Badosa, Dorian Treptow
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Publication number: 20230285311Abstract: A composition comprising nanoparticles, a method for the preparation of a composition comprising nanoparticles and uses of the composition for dental treatment are provided. Each nanoparticle is made of polymeric material and includes an antimicrobial agent encapsulated therein. The polymeric material can include Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA), or other polymers such as Polylactic (PLA), Polyglycolic (PGA), or Polycaprolactone (PCL). The active molecule is calcium hydroxide in the range of 0.1 to 5 mg/ml. The composition has a pH in the range of 8-13.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicants: Universitat Internacional De Catalunya, Fundacio Privada, Universitat De BarcelonaInventors: Fernando Salvador Duran-Sindreu Terol, Jose Antonio Gonzalez Sanchez, Roman Perez Antonanzas, Firas Elmsmari, Elena Sanchez Lopez, Maria Luisa Garcia Lopez
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Patent number: 11725248Abstract: The present invention provides methods of determining a survival predictor score of a subject having mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The present invention also provides methods of predicting the survival outcome of a subject having MCL and provides methods of selecting a treatment for a subject having MCL.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Oregon Health & Science University, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Oslo University Hospital HF, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchInventors: Louis M. Staudt, David William Scott, George W. Wright, Andreas Rosenwald, Pau Abrisqueta, Rita Braziel, Elias Campo Guerri, Wing C. Chan, Joseph M. Connors, Jan Delabie, Diego Villa, Kai Fu, Randy D. Gascoyne, Timothy Greiner, Elaine S. Jaffe, Pedro Jares, Anja Mottok, German Ott, Lisa M. Rimsza, Graham Slack, Dennis Weisenburger, Erlend B. Smeland, James Robert Cook
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Patent number: 11574704Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for selecting a treatment option for an activated B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (ABC DLBCL) subject, a germinal center B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (GCB DLBCL) subject, a primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma (PMBL) subject, a Burkitt lymphoma (BL) subject, or a mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) subject by analyzing digital gene expression data obtained from the subject, e.g., from a biopsy sample.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Universitat de Barcelona, Hospital Clinic de BarcelonaInventors: Louis M. Staudt, George W. Wright, David William Scott, Joseph M. Connors, Randy D. Gascoyne, Lisa Rimsza, Elias Campo Guerri, Raymond Tubbs, Timothy C. Greiner, James Robert Cook, Kai Fu, Paul Michael Williams, Chih-Jian Lih, Elaine S. Jaffe, Rita M. Braziel, Andreas Rosenwald, Erlend B. Smeland, Wing C. Chan, German Ott, Jan Delabie, Dennis Weisenburger
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Patent number: 11510936Abstract: In the present invention it is shown that the inactivation of the Pyk2 gene does not alter hippocampal development but prevents hippocampal-dependent memory tasks and LTP. Inventors clearly provide evidence for multiple roles of Pyk2 in spine morphology and postsynaptic structure. Thus, the inventors used direct overexpression of PYK2 by AAV-mediated gene transfer into the brain of Huntington's and Alzheimer's mouse models and found that overexpression of PYK2 in these 2 models improves synaptic properties and spine density deficits which is also accompanied by a rescue of spatial memory. Accordingly it was demonstrated that PYK2 may restore cognitive functions in neurodegenerative diseases. Thus the present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignees: INSERM, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONAInventors: Jean-Antoine Girault, Albert Giralt, Veronica Ines Brito, Silvia Gines
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Patent number: 11426371Abstract: The present application provides novel compositions and methods for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Compounds of the invention are acid ceramidase inhibitors, reduce AML cell viability, inhibit AML cell proliferation, increase cell death of AML cells, and induce apoptosis in AML cells. A primary compound of the invention is SACLAC: 2-chloro-N-((2S,3R)-1,3-dihydroxyoctadecan-2-yl)acetamide. The bromine analog of SACLAC (SABRAC: 2-bromo-N-((2S,3R)-1,3-dihydroxyoctadecan-2-yl)acetamide) is also useful for treating AML. SACLAC has much better activity than other know drugs used to treat AML.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignees: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Universität de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)Inventors: Thomas P. Loughran, Jr., Gemma Fabrias, Jose Luis Abad, Josefina Casas, David J. Feith, Su-Fern Tan, Jennifer M. Pearson, Antonio Delgado Cirilo
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Publication number: 20220255097Abstract: A self-powered system and a method for power extraction and measurement of energy-generator units are disclosed. The system comprises an energy generator unit (10) providing an electrical current IFC and a voltage VFC; an instrumentation block (20) to measure the electrical current IFC; and a power management unit (30) connected to the energy generator unit (10) via a first input that collects the electrical current IFC, extracting an electrical power provided by the energy generator unit (10). The power management unit (30) also has a second input which is connected to a feedback element (40) connected to a voltage reference VREF, to the voltage VFC and to the instrumentation block (20). A variation of an equivalent input impedance of the power management unit (30) sets a given parameter of the energy generator unit (10) to a controlled given value and the instrumentation block (20) assists in the control of the parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Universitat De BarcelonaInventors: Albert Alvarez Carulla, Pedro Luis Miribel Catala, Yaiza Montes Cebrian, Jordi Colomer Farrarons
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Patent number: 11363689Abstract: Method for generating light spectra and corresponding device.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignees: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA, ENLIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES S.L.Inventors: Adrià Huguet Ferran, Blas Garrido Fernández, Sergio Hernández Márquez
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Publication number: 20220143107Abstract: The present invention provides a solid oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of living microorganisms and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable water absorbing excipient(s), wherein the composition has a water content, determined according to European Pharmacopoeia 9.4, section 2.5.12., from 0.5 to 30% with respect the total weight of the composition. The invention also provides processes for its preparation as well as it use in therapy. The live-cell based composition of the invention is stable at mild conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER (IDIBAPS), FUNDACIÓ CLÍNIC PER A LA RECERCA BIOMÈDICA, HOSPITAL CLÍNIC DE BARCELONA, UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONAInventors: Josep M. SUÑÉ NEGRE, Alex SORIANO VILADOMIU, Andrea AIRA GOMEZ, Csaba FEHER
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Patent number: 11308300Abstract: Methods are provided for generating a barcode with embedded colour palette for colour correction of a captured image in digital format. These methods comprise: generating an initial barcode according to a barcode standard and formed by light colour and dark colour encoding units jointly encoding a reference to storage location; splitting a predefined set of reference colours into reference dark and reference light colours depending on contrast threshold; modifying the initial barcode by replacing dark colour encoding units by reference dark colours and light colour encoding units by reference light colours; and updating the storage location with data representing the reference colours included in the modified barcode and positions of said reference colours in the modified barcode. Methods are provided for colour correction based on a barcode determined by said methods. Computer programs and systems are provided which are suitable for performing said barcode generation methods and colour correction methods.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONAInventors: Ismael Benito Altamirano, Olga Casals Guillen, Cristian Fàbrega Gallego, Juan Daniel Prades García, Andreas Hans Wilhelm Waag
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Publication number: 20220049307Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method to diagnose or determine the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease in a subject based on the determination of the methylation pattern in certain regions of mitochondrial DNA from said subject or determining the nucleotide at the polymorphic position 16519 in the mitochondrial DNA of said subject. Finally, the present invention relates to nucleic acids suitable for application of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicants: FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIÓ BIOMÈDICA DE BELLVITGE (IDIBELL) S.A., UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONAInventors: Marta BARRACHINA CASTILLO, Isidre FERRER ABIZANDA, Marta BLANCH LOZANO
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Patent number: 11230656Abstract: Described herein is the use of organic materials in methods of barocaloric cooling. The barocaloric effects may be exhibited where the organic material is near a non-isochoric phase transition, such as a non-isochoric first-order phase transition. The organic material has one or more carbon atoms and may be an organic compound or a salt thereof. In some cases that organic material is a soft matter material, such as a plastic crystal or a liquid crystal. The methods may be adapted for use of the organic material as a heating agent.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignees: Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Universitat de BarcelonaInventors: Javier Eduardo Moya Raposo, Alexander Avramenko, Lluís Manosa Carrera, Josep Lluís Tamarit Mur, Pol Marcel Lloveras Muntané
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Publication number: 20210307141Abstract: Method for generating light spectra and corresponding device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicants: Universitat de Barcelona, Enlighting Technologies S.L.Inventors: Adrià Huguet Ferran, Blas Garrido Fernández, Sergio Hernández Márquez
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Publication number: 20210292338Abstract: Described herein are compounds having Formula I or Formula II: wherein each dashed line independently represents a saturated or unsaturated bond; R1 and R?1 are aryl or heteroaryl as defined herein; and R2 and R?2 are as defined herein. Further described is a method of inhibiting nuclear translocation of ERK1/2 in a cell, by contacting the cell with a compound having Formula I or Formula II. The compounds may also be for use in treating a disease or disorder associated with nuclear translocation of ERK1/2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicants: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., Universitat de Barcelona, Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis AvançatsInventors: Rony SEGER, Karen FLORES, Xavier BARRIL ALONSO, Carlos GALDEANO CANTADOR
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Patent number: 11053549Abstract: Disclosed is an in vitro method to diagnose or determine the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease in a subject based on the determination of the methylation pattern in certain regions of mitochondrial DNA from the subject or the determination of the nucleotide at the polymorphic position 16519 in the mitochondrial DNA of the subject. Also, disclosed are nucleic acids suitable for the in vitro method to diagnose or determine the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIÓ BIOMÈDICA DE BELLVITGE (IDIBELL) S.A., UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONAInventors: Marta Barrachina Castillo, Isidre Ferrer Abizanda, Marta Blanch Lozano
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Patent number: 11028444Abstract: The invention provides methods and materials related to a gene expression-based survival predictor for DLBCL patients.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona, Queen Mary University of London, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Oslo University Hospital HF, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Rochester, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch, Julius-Maximilians-University of WürzburgInventors: Lisa M. Rimsza, Andrew T. Lister, Wing C. Chan, Dennis Weisenburger, Jan Delabie, Erlend B. Smeland, Harald Holte, Stein Kvaløy, Rita M. Braziel, Richard I. Fisher, Pedro Jares, Armando Lopez-Guillermo, Elias Campo Guerri, Elaine S. Jaffe, Georg Lenz, Wyndham H. Wilson, George W. Wright, Sandeep S. Dave, Louis M. Staudt, Randy D. Gascoyne, Joseph M. Connors, Hans-Konrad Muller-Hermelink, Andreas Rosenwald, German Ott
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Publication number: 20210124161Abstract: A programmable multiple-point illuminator for an optical microscope (M) including a light source and a spatial light modulator (SLM) to modulate a light beam from the light source. The modulated light beam scans across a sample placed under the microscope objective, the sample being provided with fluorophores. The SLM includes a first acousto-optic deflector and a second acousto-optic deflector, the first acousto-optic deflector having a first modulation plane and the second acousto-optic deflector having a second modulation plane, said two acousto-optic deflectors being arranged in cascade to provide respective deflection in different directions, whereby the SLM is enabled to scan in two dimensions across the sample. The SLM further a telescope relay to conjugate the first modulation plane with the second modulation plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONAInventors: Mario MONTES USATEGUI, Raúl BOLA SAMPOL, Estela MARTÍN BADOSA,, Dorian TREPTOW
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Patent number: 10962554Abstract: The present invention concerns subject matter connected to or making use of IgLON5, IgLON5 fragments and variants of IgLON5 and IgLON5-fragments. In particular the present invention relates to a use of a polypeptide comprising one or more sequences of IgLON5, an IgLON5-fragment or a variant thereof for the diagnosis of a disease, in vitro methods for diagnosing such a disease, a polypeptide comprising one or more sequences of IgLON5, an IgLON5-fragment or a variant thereof or a nucleic acid encoding said polypeptide for use in the treatment of a disease, a pharmaceutical composition comprising such polypeptide, a method for treating such a disease, an autoantibody binding to IgLON5, an IgLON5-fragment or a variant thereof, a method for isolating such autoantibody, a medical or diagnostic device comprising such autoantibody or such polypeptide and a test kit for the diagnosis of a disease, which test kit comprises such autoantibody and/or such polypeptide.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER, INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS, UNIVERSITÄT DE BARCELONA, HOSPITAL CLÍNIC DE BARCELONAInventors: Josep Dalmau, Francesc Graus