Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 10385409
    Abstract: Methods and kits are described for testing for the presence or absence of any fungus in a sample. Examples of fungi that can be detected include, but are not limited to, those belonging to the genera Candida, Aspergillus and Pneumocystis. The methods include obtaining a sample suspected of containing fungal nucleic acid, including at least one universal region of fungal nucleic acid, and testing for the presence or absence in the sample of the at least one universal region of fungal nucleic acid. Samples may be biological or non-biological.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: David S. Perlin, Steven Park, David W. Denning
  • Patent number: 10383980
    Abstract: The invention features a composition comprising a self-healing interpenetrating network hydrogel comprising a first network and a second network. The first network comprises covalent crosslinks and the second network comprises ionic or physical crosslinks. For example, the first network comprises a polyacrylamide polymer and second network comprises an alginate polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Jeong-Yun Sun, Xuanhe Zhao, Widusha R. K. Illeperuma, Kyu H. Oh, Joost J. Vlassak, Zhigang Suo, Jianyu Li, David J. Mooney
  • Patent number: 10384996
    Abstract: A fluorene-containing compound having a formula (I) where X and R are as defined in as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences
    Inventors: Fu-San Yen, Chi-Han Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10383595
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for the placement of elongate medical members within a patient's body using coaptive ultrasound that combines magnetic guidance with ultrasound visualization of the medical member in the patient's body. A coaptive ultrasound probe adaptor magnetically attracts an elongate medical member within the patient with sufficient force so as to allow the operator to manually guide the member to its intended location. The adaptor mates with an ultrasound probe to provide the medical operator ultrasound feedback of the position of the member, thus allowing internal placement without the need for more specialized medical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventor: Steven P. Tropello
  • Patent number: 10385467
    Abstract: A metal nanolaminate includes a plurality of units stacked in a longitudinal direction of the metal nanolaminate. Each of the units includes a first layer and a second layer stacked in the longitudinal direction. The first layer includes a first metal material formed of a first metallic element and the second layer includes the first metal material and a second metal material formed of a second metallic element. Each of the first layer and the second layer has a thickness of at least 5 nm but less than 100 nm in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Insuk Choi, Young Keun Kim
  • Patent number: 10386429
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for the selective mapping of water T1 relaxation times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Oxford University Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Christopher T. Rodgers, Liam D. Garrison
  • Patent number: 10383844
    Abstract: A composition for prevention or treatment of pulmonary fibrosis comprising chromenone derivatives represented by Formula I of the present invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as an active ingredient, produces altered heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) dimers, thereby preventing normal HSP27 non-phosphorylated polymers from performing a chaperone function and reducing a cell protection function that chaperone originally performs. Thus the inventive composition has a remarkable inhibitory effect on pulmonary fibrosis, in particular, an irradiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: College of Medicine Pochon Cha University Industry—Academic Cooperation, EWHA University—Industry Collaboration Foundation, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Younghwa Na, Yun-Sil Lee, Jae Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 10385035
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to various dinaphthothiophene compounds and processes for preparing these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Saint Louis University
    Inventors: Ryan D. McCulla, John T. Petroff, II, Satyanarayana M. Chintala, John C. Throgmorton
  • Patent number: 10384393
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of manufacturing a ceramic article. The methods may include providing a liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component, disposing the liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component on a support, curing the liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component, and subjecting the pre-ceramic polymer to pyrolysis. Apparatuses and systems for manufacturing a ceramic article also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chengying Xu, Amanda Schrand
  • Patent number: 10385327
    Abstract: The invention analyzed a protein sequence using the Udwary-Merski algorithm and identified a tetradomain fragment (DH1-DH2-UMA) which consists of two predicted DH-like domains and two pseudodomains N-terminal to them. This arrangement of domains and pseudodomains is fundamentally the opposite of what is typically observed in the DH cassettes of actinobacterial polyketide synthases or mammalian fatty acid synthases, both of which feature C-terminal pseudodomains. The invention modified E. coli by over expressing DH1-DH2-UMA in E. coli resulting in an increase in the overall production of all the fatty acids normally present in the E. coli fatty acid profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: University of Puerto Rico
    Inventors: Abel Baerga-Ortiz, Delise Oyola-Robles
  • Patent number: 10384194
    Abstract: A composite hollow particle comprising titanium dioxide and a metal ion in the shell which covers a hollow core. A method of making the composite hollow particle and a method of employing the composite hollow particle in production of hydrogen gas under visible light are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Reda Mohamedy Mohamed Ouf, Mohammad W. Kadi, Ibraheem Ahmed Mkhalid
  • Patent number: 10386372
    Abstract: The invention pertains to materials and methods for identifying and/or isolating isomers, particularly, of biomolecules, such as polypeptides and proteins. The methods of identifying and/or isolating isomers of a molecule according to the invention comprise subjecting a sample to ionization prior to IMS followed by MS. In some embodiments, the sample is subjected to metallization during the ionization step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Francisco Fernandez Lima, Kevin Jeanne Dit Fouque
  • Patent number: 10383935
    Abstract: This disclosure provides live, attenuated viruses, and methods of making and using the live, attenuated viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Ryan Andrew Langlois, Jessica Karen Fiege, Louisa Elizabeth Sjaastad, Barbara Mae Waring
  • Patent number: 10385082
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel amine-functionalized porphyrin compounds, as wells as pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof. The disclosed compounds can be used to impart antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and/or cell-adhesion specificity to a surface or material in need thereof, such as a surface of an indwelling medical implant, or a marine surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Xinyan T. Cui, Noah Snyder, Kasey Catt, James Eles
  • Patent number: 10386361
    Abstract: Hoxb5 identifies long-term hematopoietic stem cells. Expression of Hoxb5 distinguishes between LT-HSCs and non-LT-HSCs, and the marker identifies substantially all LT-HSC in the bone marrow. By utilizing fluorescent proteins under the endogenous expression control of Hoxb5, LT-HSC can be monitored and isolated, including without limitation detection and monitoring of HSC in bone morrow; production of LT-HSC from pluripotent stem cells such as iPS cells; for analysis of early stage LT-HSC; in screening methods for expansion and manipulation of LT-HSC, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: James Y. Chen, Masanori Miyanishi, Irving L. Weissman
  • Patent number: 10388896
    Abstract: A method for forming an organic thin film transistor is provided. An organic semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, and an insulating layer are formed on an insulating substrate. A method for forming the organic semiconductor layer is provided. An evaporating source is provided, and the evaporating source and the insulating substrate are spaced from each other. The carbon nanotube film structure is heated to gasify the organic semiconductor material to form the organic semiconductor layer on a depositing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Wei, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 10385086
    Abstract: The porous polymer compound has a three dimensional skeleton and pores and/or voids that are partitioned and formed by the three dimensional skeleton. The three dimensional skeleton comprises multiple sugar derivatives represented by formula (1) and multiple cations that interact with the hydroxyl groups and/or ether bonds of the sugar derivatives, and the three-dimensional skeleton is formed by each of the cations interacting with two or more sugar derivatives. Also provided are a method of separating a compound to be separated using the porous polymer compound; a single crystal of the porous polymer compound; a method of preparing a sample for crystal structure analysis using the single crystal; a method of determining a molecular structure of a compound to be analyzed using the sample for crystal structure analysis; and a method of determining an absolute configuration of a chiral compound using the sample for crystal structure analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Makoto Fujita, Yasuhide Inokuma
  • Patent number: 10383936
    Abstract: In this study, for the first time, protective efficacy of gD against ILTV challenge was evaluated. Immunization with recombinant Newcastle disease virus expressing ILTV gD induced a higher level of neutralizing antibodies and offered complete protection to chickens against lethal ILTV challenge. Uses of recombinant NDV as a vaccine vector are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: Siba K. Samal, Mallikarjuna Kanabagatte Basavarajappa, Sweety Samal
  • Patent number: 10383586
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus having a particle beamline for passage of charged particles of radiation therealong, comprising: a first beam tracker structure comprising at least one position sensitive detector (PSD) for determining a location with respect to a cross-sectional area of the beam line at which particles pass through the PSD; energy discrimination apparatus for determining an energy of particles that have passed through the first beam tracker structure; and support means for supporting a subject in a path of a particle along the beamline between the first beam tracker structure and the energy discrimination apparatus, the apparatus being configured to be operated in a selected one of a first mode and a second mode, the apparatus being configured, in the first mode of operation, to control an energy of the beam of charged particles passing through the first beam tracker structure such that a Bragg peak of charged particle absorption is located within the subject, and i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: University of Lincoln
    Inventors: Nigel Allinson, Grainne Riley, Chris Waltham, Michela Esposito, Tony Price, Phil Allport, Jon Taylor, Gianluigi Casse, Phil Evans, Gavin Poludniowski, Stuart Green, Spyros Manolopoulos, Jaime Nieto-Camero, Marcus Verhoeven
  • Patent number: 10385150
    Abstract: The present invention provides, inter alia, a process for incorporating a cyclopropenium ion into a polymeric system. Processes for making cross-linked polymers, linear polymers, and dendritic polymers, as well as for incorporating a cyclopropenium ion onto a preformed polymer are also provided. Further provided are stable, polycationic compounds, various polymers that contain stable cyclopropenium cations, and substrates containing such polymers. The use of these polymers in water purification systems, antimicrobial coatings, ion-transport membranes, cell supports, drug delivery vehicles, and gene therapeutic vectors are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Tristan Hayes Lambert, Luis M. Campos, Jeffrey Bandar, Emma Jane Dell