Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 11229124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for formation of a redistribution layer using photo-sintering and to the redistribution layer formed by the method. The method for forming a redistribution layer using photo-sintering includes printing, on a substrate, a liquid electrode pattern for a redistribution layer; coating a transparent polymer on the substrate and the pattern; photo-sintering the electrode pattern using photonic energy; and evaporating an organic substance contained in the liquid electrode pattern via the photo-sintering to remove the polymer on a top face of the electrode pattern to form a redistribution layer as the sintered electrode pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: SeungBoo Jung, KwangHo Jung, WooRam Myung, HakSan Jeong, BumGeun Park, ChoongJae Lee, KyungDeuk Min
  • Patent number: 11228180
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide for hierarchically distributed voltage regulation and power flow optimization in a power distribution network. According to one embodiment, a regional coordinator system may determine power flow for an autonomous grid (AG) representing a portion of the distribution network based on a set of voltage parameters from nodes in the AG. The set of voltage parameters my include a current voltage magnitude. The regional coordinator system may provide, to a central controller system of the distribution network, one or more power flow parameters based on the determined power flow for the AG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Xinyang Zhou, Changhong Zhao, Zhiyuan Liu, Lijun Chen
  • Patent number: 11227467
    Abstract: [Problem] The object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus that enables a user to reliably perform bet-related processes such as betting. [Solution] The information processing apparatus implements: a process of displaying specified currency information corresponding to a bet by an input device to a display device when paper stock read by a reading device has specified currency information, a process of converting the specified currency information corresponding to the bet by the input device to other currency information when the paper stock read by the reading device has other currency information, and a process of displaying the converted other currency information on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuki Emori
  • Patent number: 11225692
    Abstract: Described herein various PCR based assays that can detect H. penaei and/or V. parahaemolyticus that causes AHPND in a nucleic acid sample obtained from one or more shrimp. In some aspects, the PCR based assays can detect one or more of the following genes: the flgE gene from H. penaei, the shrimp 18s rRNA gene, the shrimp beta actin gene from shrimp, a bacterial 16S rRNA gene from bacteria (any type of bacteria) the Vibrio pirA gene, and the Vibrio pirB gene. The assays described herein can be single assays or can be multiplexed such that more than one gene and/or more than one bacterial species can be detected in a single reaction. Other compositions, compounds, methods, features, and advantages of the present disclosure will be or become apparent to one having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following drawings, detailed description, and examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Luis F. Aranguren Caro, Arun Dhar, Roberto Cruz Flores
  • Patent number: 11225524
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to Mer Tyrosine Kinase (MERTK) (e.g., human MERTK, or both human and mouse MERTK) and compositions comprising such antibodies, wherein said antibody agonizes MERTK signaling on endothelial cells. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating cancer, by administering an antibody that specifically binds to MERTK and agonizes MERTK signaling on endothelial cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Rockefeller University
    Inventors: Sohail Tavazoie, Nils Halberg, Masoud Tavazoie
  • Patent number: 11226304
    Abstract: An apparatus for selectively detecting an anion in a medium and/or selectively measuring the concentration of an anion in a medium. The apparatus comprises at least one sensor and a conductive polymer film and is configured such that dielectric and/or electric property changes of the conductive polymer film can be detected by the sensor when the conductive polymer film is in hydraulic contact with the medium or after it has been in hydraulic contact with the medium. Methods of selectively detecting an anion in a medium and/or selectively determining a concentration of an anion in a medium are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: University of South Australia, Sentek Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Drew Raymond Evans, Sam Rudd, Peter Buss, Michael Reginald Dalton, Michael Robert Portmann
  • Patent number: 11225626
    Abstract: Phase change material compositions and methods for using the compositions to prepare substrate coatings or bulk blended polymers that advantageously lower friction between interacting substrate surfaces and lower substrate surface wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Reza Gheisari, Andreas A. Polycarpou
  • Patent number: 11225663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting motor neuron-specific miRNAs in a population of cells or subject. More particularly, the invention relates to detecting motor neuron-specific miRNAs to detect and treat motor neuron diseases associated with dysregulation of motor neuron-specific miRNAs, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Timothy M. Miller, Mariah Lawler Hoye, Ted Hyman, Erica Koval, Joseph Dougherty
  • Patent number: 11227385
    Abstract: Methods for classifying and measuring orientations of objects, as nonlimiting examples, implants utilizing two-dimensional radiographs. One such method determines a three-dimensional orientation of an object based on its area projected onto a two-dimensional image and known or measured geometry. Another such method provides an automated solution to computationally determine the orientation and characterizing features of an implant based on two-dimensional radiographs. Orientations and characteristics of one or more objects in the vicinity of an object of interest may also be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Loyola University Chicago
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Murphy, Cameron James Killen, Karen Wu
  • Patent number: 11228212
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes wireless power transfer systems and methods. One such system comprises a transmitter coil coupled to a power source; a receiver coil coupled to a load; and a metamaterial screen disposed between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil and configured to amplify and focus a magnetic field generated by the transmitter coil towards the receiver coil in a non-contact manner. Other systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong-Kyu Yoon, Woosol Lee
  • Patent number: 11224646
    Abstract: A vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) formulated for intranasal administration, comprises a first vaccine component comprising one or more M. tuberculosis, Mycobacterium vaccae (M. vaccae) or Mycobacteroium bovis (M. bovis) antigens, and a second vaccine component comprising a Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Sarah Stanley, Erik Van Dis, Kimberly Sogi, Daniel A. Portnoy, Chris Rae
  • Patent number: 11228036
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-performance lithium-containing organic sulfur electrode material and a preparation method of an integrated flexible electrode. According to the present invention, 1,3-diisopropenyl benzene with diene bonds and Li2S6 are used as precursors to react to generate the lithium-containing organic sulfide Poly (Li2S6-r-DIB) through an in-situ polymerization method. The synthesized lithium-containing organic sulfide Poly (Li2S6-r-DIB) can be directly attached to a flexible conductive carbon cloth to prepare the integrated flexible electrode due to its good viscosity when heated to a certain temperature. The obtained flexible electrode has the advantages of high capacity, high flexibility, stable structure and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shiyou Zheng, Junhe Yang, Fei Dong, Yuepeng Pang
  • Patent number: 11224656
    Abstract: There are provided, inter alia, compositions including a scintillator nanocrystal linked to a chemical agent moiety through a scintillator-activated photocleavable linker, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Milan T. Makale, Wolfgang J. Wrasidlo, Santosh Kesari, Joanna McKittrick, Gustavo A. Hirata Flores, Olivia Graeve
  • Patent number: 11224612
    Abstract: Glycosaminoglycans, particularly hyaluronic acid, are extracted from alligator carcasses, feet, backstraps, and eyeballs. The alligator-derived glycosaminoglycans can be used in treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF), in treating other inflammatory conditions, and for other purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechnical College
    Inventors: Jack N. Losso, Jose Daniel Estrada Andino
  • Patent number: 11225483
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment. The disclosed compounds are based on fused 1,4-diazepine and pyrrolidinedione scaffolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Gary E. Schiltz, Karl A. Scheidt
  • Patent number: 11227701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible electrode and a method for manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the flexible electrode includes a substrate 10, a bonding layer 20 formed by adsorbing an amino group (NH2)-containing monomolecular material on the substrate 10, and a conductive layer 30 formed by coating metal nanoparticles 31 on the bonding layer 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Jinhan Cho, Yongmin Ko
  • Patent number: 11224647
    Abstract: A method of immunizing a susceptible host against a pathogen comprising administering to the host a vaccine that comprises an attenuated recombinant live vaccine strain lacking a polynucleotide encoding CapB (LVS ?capB), wherein the LVS ?capB expresses an antigen of at least one pathogen from Table 1; or administering to the host a vaccine that comprises an attenuated Listeria monocytogenes expressing the antigen of the pathogen from Table 1; or administering to the host a prime vaccine and a heterologous booster vaccine where the prime vaccine comprises an attenuated recombinant live vaccine strain lacking a polynucleotide encoding CapB (LVS ?capB), wherein the LVS ?capB expresses an antigen of at least one pathogen from Table 1 and the heterologous booster vaccine comprises an attenuated Listeria monocytogenes expressing the antigen of the pathogen from Table 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Marcus A. Horwitz, Qingmei Jia
  • Patent number: 11224876
    Abstract: Microfluidic structures and methods for manipulating fluids, fluid components, and reactions are provided. In one aspect, such structures and methods can allow production of droplets of a precise volume, which can be stored/maintained at precise regions of the device. In another aspect, microfluidic structures and methods described herein are designed for containing and positioning components in an arrangement such that the components can be manipulated and then tracked even after manipulation. For example, cells may be constrained in an arrangement in microfluidic structures described herein to facilitate tracking during their growth and/or after they multiply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Brandeis University, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Seth Fraden, Hakim Boukellal, Yanwei Jia, Seila Selimovic, Amy Rowat, Jeremy Agresti, David A. Weitz
  • Patent number: 11224665
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to compositions and methods for preventing and treating cancer. More specifically, the invention relates to MAVS compositions and their use in cancer therapeutics that may be used to treat various cancers alone or in combination with other anti-cancer therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Herbert K. Lyerly, Zachary C. Hartman
  • Patent number: PP33868
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Vaccinium plant named ‘TH-920’, characterized by a combination of early-to-mid season ripening; large berries with good scar and flavor and high fruit quality; moderately vigorous growth suited to home gardens, soft pink flowers at opening, bronze coloring to newly emerging foliage, berries transitioning from pink hued to sky-blue during ripening; and a chilling requirement of about 500-550 hours below about 45° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: D. Scott NeSmith