Patents Assigned to University
  • Publication number: 20170058096
    Abstract: A method for making an epoxy-carbon nanotube polymer composite. Carbon nanotubes of fly ash are initially dispersed in an organic solvent, then an epoxy resin is added to the dispersion. The epoxy-carbon nanotube mixture is ultrasonicated, degassed, mixed with a curative, then placed into a mold to cure to form the composite. The composite produced contains different amounts of fly ash carbon nanotubes homogeneously dispersed an epoxy resin matrix, and exhibits unusual physical properties such as viscoelasticity and flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Numan SALAH, Sami S. HABIB, Zishan H. KHAN, Mahmoud N. NAHAS
  • Publication number: 20170056042
    Abstract: A jet stream generating device that generates a jet stream of liquid includes: a cylindrical liquid chamber; a nozzle configured to open an end part of the liquid chamber and inject liquid F in the liquid chamber to outside; a liquid supply path configured to supply liquid F into the liquid chamber; a laser beam irradiation part configured to irradiate a pulse laser beam into the liquid chamber, and vaporize the liquid F in the liquid chamber; and a laser oscillator configured to control laser beam intensity and laser beam pulse width independently. An inner surface of the liquid chamber has a mirror plane for reflecting and guiding the pulse laser beam emitted from the laser beam irradiation part to the end part of the liquid chamber, and an adjusting part configured to adjust a distance between the nozzle and the laser beam irradiation part is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Nakagawa, Teiji Tominaga, Michihiro Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20170059433
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for a MEMS-fabricated variable capacitor. In one embodiment the capacitor is a comb drive comprising a plurality of plates interdigitated with a corresponding blades. As the plates move relative to the blades, the capacitance of the sensor changes. The capacitor is sufficiently sensitive to measure respiratory pressure in an animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: A. George Akingba, Jason V. Clark
  • Publication number: 20170060102
    Abstract: To ameliorate the detrimental effects of time delays, techniques and systems are disclosed for detecting time delays in a plant, facility, or environment (such as a power system) controlled by an NCS, and for providing more resilient control capabilities for adapting to the detected time delays. A time delay estimate can be determined by comparing the expected state of the plant, calculated from a plant model, with the state of the plant described by its telemetry data. Techniques for adapting to a time delay include: switching to an emergency controller and acting in accordance with a local reference model; sending adjusted control commands in accordance with an expected plant state; and instructing a transmitter to transmit subsequent communications packets over multiple redundant communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Arman SARGOLZAEI, Mohamed ABDELGHANI, Kang K. YEN
  • Publication number: 20170055512
    Abstract: Novel devices and methods of capturing, controlling and preventing infestation of insects using microfabricated surfaces are provided. In particular, a mechanism of insect capture inspired by the microstructures of the leaf surfaces of plants and the key features of those surfaces with respect to the capture and control of pests have been determined and engineered into a variety of microfabricated surfaces capable of reproducing the effectiveness of these physical capture methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, The University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Catherine Loudon, Robert Corn, Megan Szyndler, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter
  • Publication number: 20170061195
    Abstract: A hybrid estimator system using visual and inertial sensors for real-time pose tracking on devices with limited processing power using at least one processor, a memory, a storage and communications through a protocol and one or more than one software module for a hybrid estimator, real-time algorithm selection to process different measurements, statistical learning for these characteristics to compute the expected device computing cost of any strategy for allocating measurements to algorithms, and algorithm selection based on the statistical learning module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Mingyang Li, Anastasios Mourikis
  • Publication number: 20170056481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Surfactant Protein D (SP-D) or nucleic acids encoding SP-D or variants thereof such as surfactant protein A or mannan binding lectin for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a parasitic infection. Methods for determining the presence of a parasitic infection by determining levels of SP-D in a sample are also disclosed. Also disclosed are helminths for treating allergy, inflammation or infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: University of Southampton, University of Cape Town
    Inventors: Howard William Clark, William Horsnell
  • Publication number: 20170064302
    Abstract: Provided is a video encoding method including: calculating a difference value between a rate-distortion (R-D) cost of a first coefficient level from among coefficient levels of a sub-block and an R-D cost of a second coefficient level adjacent to the first coefficient level by using a distortion difference calculated by using an integer of the first coefficient level and an integer of the second coefficient level and a rate variation between the first coefficient level and the second coefficient level; selecting one of the integer values of the first and second coefficient levels as a modified value of the first coefficient level based on the difference value; and outputting the modified value of the first coefficient level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sang-kwon NA, Soo-ik CHAE, Ki-won YOO, Soon-woo CHOI, Wook-seok JEONG
  • Publication number: 20170058410
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to double emulsion droplet compositions, polymer particles that can be formed from such double emulsion droplet compositions, and to methods and apparatuses for making such compositions and particles. A double emulsion generally describes larger droplets that contain smaller droplets therein. These double emulsion droplet compositions can be used to create a variety of materials including polymer particles and polymeric shells and are further useful for encapsulating a variety of species including catalyst compounds and pharmaceutical agents. The double emulsion droplet compositions disclosed herein are readily formed using planar droplet (“digital”) microfluidic devices without channels, and either air or an immiscible liquid as an ambient medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robin L. Garrell, Alexander K. Tucker-Schwartz, Heather Shepherd, Debalina Chatterjee
  • Publication number: 20170058036
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel compositions comprising anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof derived from 6G8G7 and 7C5B2 anti-DEspR variant antibodies, including fully human, composite engineered human, humanized, monoclonal, and polyclonal anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof, and methods of their use in a variety of therapeutic applications. The compositions comprising the anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof described herein are useful in diagnostic and imaging methods, such as DEspR-targeted molecular imaging of angiogenesis, and for companion diagnostic and/or in vivo non-invasive imaging and/or assessments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Nelson Ruiz-Opazo, Victoria L.M. Herrera
  • Publication number: 20170058198
    Abstract: A phosphor is represented by the general formula aMIX.MII1-xMIMVO4:(Re)x where MI is at least one atomic element selected from the group consisting of K, Li, Na, Rb, Cs, Fr, Cu, and Ag, with K being essential; MII is at least one atomic element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, Mn, Zn, Cd, and Sn; MV is at least one atomic element selected from the group consisting of P, V, Nb, Ta, As, Sb, and Bi; X is at least one halogen element, with F being essential; Re is at least one atomic element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements, with Eu being essential; and a is in the range 0.6?a?1.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo Institute of Technology, National University Corporation Nagoya University
    Inventors: Hisayoshi DAICHO, Yu SHINOMIYA, Kiminori ENOMOTO, Hideo HOSONO, Satoru MATSUISHI, Hiroshi SAWA, Akitoshi NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20170056023
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a cutting guide is disclosed for use in a surgical procedure to removed damaged tissue from a patient and form a recipient site configured and dimensioned to receive a donor graft. The cutting guide includes a first arm that abuts a section of the damaged tissue to be removed, and a second arm including a hole and a slot that receives a cutting implement, the first arm and the slot defining a distance therebetween corresponding to a desired dimension of the recipient site. In another embodiment, a cutting guide is disclosed for use in forming a donor graft from donor tissue. The cutting guide includes a body that receives the donor tissue, and a shaping member that is rotatably secured to the body. The shaping member includes at least one vane that shapes the donor tissue so as to form the donor graft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Ferris M. Pfeiffer, James L. Cook, James P. Stannard
  • Publication number: 20170056512
    Abstract: The invention provides bipartite inhibitors of bacterial RNA polymerase having the general structural formula (I): X-?-Y??(I) wherein X is an moiety that binds to the rifamycin binding site of a bacterial RNA polymerase, Y is a moiety that binds to the GE23077 binding site of a bacterial RNA polymerase, and ? is a linker. The invention also provides compositions comprising such compounds, methods of making such compounds, and methods of using said compounds. The invention has applications in control of bacterial gene expression, control of bacterial growth, antibacterial chemistry, and antibacterial therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Richard H. Ebright, David Degen, Yu Zhang, Yon Ebright
  • Publication number: 20170064803
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and devices for generating electron dense air plasmas at atmospheric pressures. In particular, this disclosure relate to self-contained toroidal air plasmas. Methods and apparatuses have been developed for generating atmospheric toroidal air plasmas. The air plasmas are self-confining, can be projected, and do not require additional support equipment once formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventor: Randy D. Curry
  • Publication number: 20170062072
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a physically unclonable function (PFU) is described. In operation, the method includes applying a domain wall shift pulse challenge to a plurality of nanowires of a domain wall memory (DWM) array, wherein the nanowires of the domain wall memory (DWM) array have process induced variations, resulting in pinning potentials which affect the velocity of the domain walls along the length of the nanowires. Following the application of the domain wall shift pulse, the response to the challenge is determined by measuring the response of the plurality of nanowires of the domain wall memory to the applied domain wall shift pulse challenge to provide a physically unclonable function (PUF) for the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Swaroop Ghosh, Anirudh Srikant Iyengar, Kenneth Ramclam
  • Publication number: 20170057998
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial surface, in particular a surface functionalised with a peptide comprising an antimicrobial moiety. The invention comprises a surface functionalised with a peptide comprising an antimicrobial moiety and a binder moiety, wherein the peptide is immobilized on the surface by electrostatic interactions between the binder moiety and the surface. Further provided is a medical device, a peptide and a method for the immobilization of a peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicants: The University of Birmingham, The Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Artemis Stamboulis, Felicity Jane de Cogan, Robert Scott, Anna Frances Acushia Peacock
  • Publication number: 20170057903
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing organic compounds, such as esters, from an organic feedstock that includes at least one of a biopolymer or a lipid. The method includes heating the feedstock in the presence of a solid catalyst, such as a solid, inorganic Lewis acid catalyst, and reaction medium that includes an alcohol. At least certain ester products have an ester group corresponding to a substituent of the alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of NV, Reno
    Inventors: Hongfei Lin, Lisha Yang
  • Publication number: 20170062821
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of producing a graphene material by exposing a polymer to a laser source. In some embodiments, the exposing results in formation of a graphene from the polymer. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of separating the formed graphene from the polymer to form an isolated graphene. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of incorporating the graphene material or the isolated graphene into an electronic device, such as an energy storage device. In some embodiments, the graphene is utilized as at least one of an electrode, current collector or additive in the electronic device. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to the graphene materials, isolated graphenes, and electronic devices that are formed by the methods of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: James M. Tour, Jian Lin, Zhiwei Peng, Carter Kittrell
  • Publication number: 20170061984
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for removing reverberation from signals. The systems and methods can be applicable to audio signals, for example, to voice, musical instrument sounds, and the like. Signals such as the vowel sounds in speech and the sustained portions of many musical instrument sounds can be composed of a fundamental frequency component and a series of harmonically related overtones. The systems and methods can exploit the intrinsically high degree of mutual correlation among the overtones. When such signals are passed through a reverberant channel, the degree of mutual correlation among the partials can be reduced. An inverse channel filter for the removal of reverberation can be found by employing an adaptive filter technique that maximizes the cross-correlation among signal overtones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: The University of Rochester
    Inventors: Mark F. Bocko, Sarah Smith
  • Publication number: 20170059572
    Abstract: The present invention provides that exosomes from human body fluid samples contain double stranded genomic DNA that spans all chromosomes and may be used to determine the mutation status of genes of interest in diseases, such as cancer. Furthermore, the present invention provides the use of exosomes to produce therapeutic proteins and for their use in therapy as well as the detection of cancer cell-derived exosomes to diagnose cancer and monitor therapeutic response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Raghu KALLURI, Sónia MELO