Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 11131172
    Abstract: A method for extracting gas by fracturing a coal seam through a combination of hydraulic slotting and multi-stage combustion impact wave comprises cutting slots in an impact borehole using a hydraulic slotting equipment to perform pressure relief and permeability enhancement on a coal seam and enlarge a N2 (nitrogen gas) or CO2 (carbon dioxide gas) storage space, injecting a large amount of N2 or CO2 into the borehole by means of a high pressure gas cylinder and a pressure reducing valve through a gas injection and extraction pipe, then injecting a certain amount of methane and dry air into a high-temperature and high-pressure combustion chamber by means of the high pressure gas cylinder and the pressure reducing valve, so that the gases are mixed and combusted to form high-temperature and high-pressure impact wave to push a piston to compress the N2 or CO2, thereby generating a large number of factures on the coal seam around the impact borehole under guiding action of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou Boan Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Baiquan Lin, Yang Zhao, Wei Yang, Qingzhao Li
  • Patent number: 11130533
    Abstract: A giant gully-crossing vehicle for polar scientific expeditions, including a gully-crossing bridge and a vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a stage and a travelling portion. The stage includes a top platform, a front bottom plate, a rear bottom plate and a multifunctional lock platform assembly. The front bottom plate and the rear bottom plate are capable of sliding independently relative to the top platform. The travelling portion includes a first travelling component, a second travelling component, a third travelling component, a fourth travelling component, a fifth travelling component and a sixth travelling component which are symmetrically provided at left and right sides of the stage and below the stage. Bridge bodies of the bridge components can be assembled to two gully-crossing bridges, and are connected to the multifunctional lock platform assembly when crossing gullies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology
    Inventors: Fuqiang Zhao, Qingxue Huang, Baoyu Chang, Pengyang Du
  • Patent number: 11133170
    Abstract: A solution-cathode glow discharge mass spectrometry (SCGD-MS) apparatus comprises a SCGD source and a mass spectrometer. The SCGD source may comprise conductive rods, a power source, and a capillary. A method for ionizing an analyte comprises flowing an electrically conductive liquid onto a conductive rod, applying an electric potential to a second conductive rod such that a plasma discharge forms between the first conductive rod and the electrically conductive liquid to produce ions, and separating the ions in a mass spectrometer. The analyte may be a polypeptide that may be contacted with trypsin. The analyte may be a solid, liquid, gas, chemical complex, or ion in solution. The method may comprise sequencing the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Kent State University
    Inventors: Jacob T. Shelley, Kelsey L. Williams, Gary M. Hieftje, Andrew J. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11129811
    Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to methods and compositions for preventing or treating bacterial infections. In certain embodiments the compositions comprise thioredoxin inhibitors, and/or thioredoxin-like inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Patrick Ketter, Bernard Arulanandam, M. Neal Guentzel
  • Patent number: 11133717
    Abstract: Examples described herein utilize a backscatter signal provided by a wirelessly powered device to estimate channel information, (e.g., a channel transfer function) between the wirelessly powered device and a transmitter system. The channel information may be used to optimize MIMO power transfer for linear as well as nonlinear backscatter devices. Examples of die method ‘may shift some or all of the power cost and complexity of coherent channel measurements from the WFD to the transmitters), and allow WPT optimization to milliwatt- or microwatt-class wirelessly powered devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Matthew S. Reynolds, Daniel Arnitz
  • Patent number: 11131341
    Abstract: A dual membrane restrictor adapted to be connected to an oil supplying device, a loading device, and a recycling device is provided. The dual membrane restrictor includes a casing and first and second membranes. The casing has a first channel connected to the oil supplying device, first and second chambers, a second channel connected to the loading device, and a third channel connected to the recycling device. The first membrane is disposed in the first chamber divided into first upper and lower chambers by the first membrane. The first channel is connected to the first upper chamber. The second membrane is disposed in the second chamber divided into second upper and lower chambers by the second membrane. The second upper chamber is connected to the first lower chamber and the second channel. The second lower chamber is connected to the second channel and the third channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Lin, Yu-Hsiang Lo, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Patent number: 11133182
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a tunneling field effect transistor having an overlapping structure between the source and drain regions providing a greater tunneling area. The source or drain region may be a doped region in a semi-conductive substrate. The other source or drain region may be formed by epitaxial deposition over the doped region. The gate is formed over the epitaxial region where the doped and epitaxial regions overlap. The doped region may be formed in a fin structure with the epitaxial region and gate being formed on the top and sides of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Steve S. Chung, E. Ray Hsieh, Kuan-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 11129790
    Abstract: A method is provided for reversibly modifying a protein or peptide on its glutamine residue(s) by performing a reaction, such as a transglutaminase-catalyzed reaction, between the protein or peptide and an amine-containing reagent, whereby the reagent is linked through its amine function to a side chain of the glutamine residue. Subjecting the modified protein to an appropriate stimulus regenerates the protein or peptide in its original form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Zhaohui Sunny Zhou, George O'Doherty, Shanshan Liu, Kevin Ryan Moulton, Lincoln Ombelets, Amissi Sadiki
  • Patent number: 11131845
    Abstract: A patterned line of optical radiation can be steered in the other two directions (e.g., line patterned in y, steered in x and z) with a 1-D phase shifter array in a Fourier optics configuration. Preferably the patterned line is provided by forming a line focus and modulating it with an array of grating light valve devices in an amplitude modulation configuration. Phase modulation is preferably provided with an array of grating light valve devices in a phase modulation configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Stephen S. Hamann, Olav Solgaard
  • Patent number: 11129797
    Abstract: A nanomedicine for the treatment of obesity comprising either noble metal nanoparticles having surface ligands comprising a mixture comprising (+)-catechin (2R,3S) and gingerol or particles of a carbon nanomaterial having an adsorbed mixture comprising (+)-catechin (2R,3S) and gingerol. Also provided are a method for making the noble metal nanomedicine and the carbon nanomedicine. The nanomedicine is used in a method of treating obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Imran Kazmi, Syed Sarim Imam, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Shahid Nadeem, Fahad A. Al-Abbasi, Firoz Anwar
  • Patent number: 11130296
    Abstract: A method of forming a polyolefin-perovskite nanomaterial composite which contains oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways. The method involves milling a polyolefin with particles of a perovskite nanomaterial, molding to forma composite plate, and subjecting the composite plate to an AC voltage. The AC voltage forms oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways by partial dielectric breakdown of the composite. The presence of the oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways gives the polyolefin-perovskite nanomaterial electrical and thermal conductivity and dielectric permittivity higher than the polyolefin alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
    Inventor: Bouchaib Zazoum
  • Patent number: 11130679
    Abstract: The disclosure extends to biodegradable hollow nanoparticles, and systems, methods, devices, and processes for producing the same. The disclosure includes a method of preparing a hollow mesoporous nanoparticle by providing a plurality of silica core particles. Each of the plurality of silica core particles comprises a diameter within a range of about 600 nanometers to about 30 nanometers. The method further includes synthesizing a mesoporous silica shell around the plurality of silica core particles forming a plurality of mesoporous coated silica core particles. Further, the method provides for etching the plurality of mesoporous coated silica core particles with an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate and water to remove the silica core particle from the plurality of mesoporous coated silica core particles forming a plurality of hollow mesoporous particles. The method also includes diffusing a payload into the plurality of hollow mesoporous particles in an aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Seyyed Pouya Hadipour Moghaddam, Hamidreza Ghandehari
  • Patent number: 11129885
    Abstract: As disclosed herein, the preS antigen on infectious hepatitis B virus (HBV) particles can provide B and T ceil epitopes that promote the humoral and cellular responses and enhance the seroprotection rate by overcoming non-responsiveness to the S antigen-only vaccines. Therefore, compositions and methods are disclosed using the preS antigen to develop vaccines and immune therapies for treating or preventing hepatitis B infection, in particular, virus-like particles (VLPs) are disclosed that contain the preS antigen on its surface. These VLPs can be used alone or in combination with vaccines containing the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) to vaccinate subjects against HBV as well as to activate T ceils for adoptive T cell therapy to eradicate HBV infected hapatocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc., Peking University
    Inventors: Ming Luo, Xiaodan Cai
  • Publication number: 20210291694
    Abstract: A smart parking lot system for charging electric vehicles (EVs) includes a charger unit, a switching unit, an interface unit, and a control unit. The charger unit includes m chargers, the switching unit includes matrix switch elements S(i,j) configured to switch a connection between an i-th input port and a j-th output port according to a control signal specifying an address (i,j) and a switching state. An interface unit includes n interface ports to be connected with EVs parked for charging. Each of the m chargers is connected with one of m input ports of the matrix switch, respectively. Each of the n interface ports is connected with one of n output ports of the matrix switch, respectively. The control unit is configured to provide for the EV connected with an interface port, accessibilities to at least two chargers with different output power levels, when available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Mostafa SHAABAN, Hatem Faiz SINDI
  • Publication number: 20210292708
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel approach that enables definitive endoderm cells or insulin-producing cells to be efficiently induced and/or manufactured from pluripotent stem cells. The present invention provides a method for producing definitive endoderm cells from pluripotent stem cells, comprising subjecting pluripotent stem cells to first culture in a differentiation-inducing medium in which insulin acts and subsequently to second culture in a differentiation-inducing medium in which insulin does not act.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: Kyoto University, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Noriko YAMAZOE, Hideyuki HIYOSHI, Taro TOYODA
  • Publication number: 20210292373
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are chimeric recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) capsid proteins comprising a region of VP1? that is replaced by the corresponding amino acids of the VP1? of AAV serotype 1 (AAV1) or AAV serotype 8 (AAV8), and particles comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Robert McKenna, Antonette D. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20210292397
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting bacterial aggregation, and in particular, to compositions and methods that inhibit autotransporter-mediated bacterial aggregation or attachment. Described herein are autotransporter binding molecules such as antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof. The autotransporter binding molecules block self-association between autotransporters and autotransporter-mediated surface attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: La Trobe University, The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Begona Heras, Jason Paxman, Mark Schembri, Alvin Lo
  • Publication number: 20210293748
    Abstract: Methods for nanopore-based protein analysis are provided. The methods address the characterization of a target protein analyte, which has a dimension greater than an internal diameter of the nanopore tunnel, and which is also physically associated with a polymer. The methods further comprise applying an electrical potential to the nanopore system to cause the polymer to interact with the nanopore tunnel. The ion current through the nanopore is measured to provide a current pattern reflective of the structure of the portion of the polymer interacting with the nanopore tunnel. This is used as a metric for characterizing the associated protein that does not pass through the nanopore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: University of Washington
    Inventors: Jens Gundlach, Ian Michael Derrington, Andrew Laszlo, Jonathan Craig, Henry Brinkerhoff
  • Publication number: 20210292227
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a colored glass and a preparation method thereof. The colored glass comprises a glass substrate, layer Aed structure and a Ti alloy layer, wherein the layered structure and the Ti alloy layer are laminated on the surface of the glass substrate; the layered structure comprises alternately stacked layer A and layer B; the layer A is a SiC or NiO layer; the layer B is an MN layer, a GaN layer, a ZrO2 layer or an Nb2O5 layer; the layer A is in contact with the glass substrate, the layer B is in contact with the Ti alloy layer. The color of the glass is controlled by adjusting the thickness of the layer A and the layer B in the layered structure. The Ti alloy layer has high reflectivity, which can make the colored glass bright in color, and has a certain protective and corrosion-resistant effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Shandong University
    Inventors: Hui Sun, Jianhong Gong, Tuofu Zhama, Shumei Song, Ruisong You
  • Publication number: 20210296840
    Abstract: A joined body (10) includes an optical material (11) and a cooling material (12) that are capable of transmitting light and are joined together. At a joining interface between the optical material (11) and the cooling material (12), the joined body (10) is capable of transmitting light, and also an atom contained in the optical material (11) diffusively enters the cooling material (12) in such a degree that an interference fringe is not generated in the joined body (10). A diffusive entry length of an atom contained in the optical material (11) into the cooling material (12) may be in a range from approximately 1.0 nm to approximately 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: National University Corporation Kitami Institute of Technology, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation National Institutes of Natural Sciences
    Inventors: Hiroaki FURUSE, Yuki KOIKE, Ryo YASUHARA