Patents Assigned to University
  • Signal processing methods and systems for explosive detection and identification using electromagnetic radiation
    Patent number: 9575045
    Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to signal processing methods and systems for identifying a material on a body of a person using electromagnetic radiation. A radar system may measure a first reflection of radiation incident on a body of a person. The first reflection may be from a surface of the body. The radar system may measure a second reflection of the radiation. The second reflection may be from a first material residing on or proximate to the surface of the body. An analyzer may determine, relative to the first reflection, a delay in the second reflection due to propagation of a portion of the radiation through the first material. The analyzer may determine, based on the delay, at least one of: the first material and a dielectric constant of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Carey Rappaport, Jose Angel Martinez-Lorenzo
  • Nanopore-facilitated single molecule detection of nucleic acids
    Patent number: 9574228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new and improved oligonucleotide detection method based on the nanopore technology with a probe containing a complementary sequence to the target oligonucleotide and a terminal extension at the probe's 3? terminus, 5? terminus, or both termini. The improved nanopore sensor with the probe enables sensitive, selective, and direct detection, differentiation and quantification of target oligonucleotides such as miRNAs. The inventive detection method may also be employed as a non-invasive and cost-effective diagnostic method for cancer detection based on miRNA levels in the patient's blood sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Li-Qun Gu, Yong Wang, Kai Tian
  • Hybrid energy storage device
    Patent number: 9576747
    Abstract: A hybrid energy storage device includes a positive pole including a supercapacitor first electrode and a battery positive electrode located in a same plane and contacts with each other, a negative pole including a supercapacitor second electrode and a battery negative electrode located in a same plane and contacts with each other, and a separator located between the positive pole and the negative pole. The supercapacitor second electrode, the battery negative electrode, the supercapacitor first electrode, the battery positive electrode, and the separator are planar structures. The supercapacitor first electrode, the supercapacitor second electrode, the battery positive electrode, the battery negative electrode, the separator and electrolyte are packaged in a shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan-Li Yin, Chang-Hong Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Method of treating low blood pressure
    Patent number: 9572856
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The George Washington University a Congressionally Chartered Not-for-Profit Corporation
    Inventor: Lakhmir Chawla
  • Sense amplifier and semiconductor memory device employing the same
    Patent number: 9576623
    Abstract: The present disclosure herein relates to a sense amplifier and a semiconductor memory device employing the same. The sense amplifier includes an inverter including a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor, and a switching unit configured to change a connection relationship between the pull-up transistor and the pull-down transistor according to whether an input terminal of the inverter is precharged or a signal applied to the input terminal is sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Seongook Jung, Hanwool Jeong, Young Hwi Yang, Kyoman Kang
  • Organic-inorganic hybrid thin film and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 9576876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic-inorganic hybrid thin film and a method for preparing the same and more specifically to an organic-inorganic hybrid thin film including a stable new functional group and a method for preparing the organic-inorganic hybrid thin film that is formed by the molecular layer deposition method alternately using inorganic precursor and organic precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: BASF Coatings GmbH, IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: Myung Mo Sung, Kyu Seok Han
  • Controlled deposition of metal and metal cluster ions by surface field patterning in soft-landing devices
    Patent number: 9574263
    Abstract: A soft-landing (SL) instrument for depositing ions onto substrates using a laser ablation source is described herein. The instrument of the instant invention is designed with a custom drift tube and a split-ring ion optic for the isolation of selected ions. The drift tube allows for the separation and thermalization of ions formed after laser ablation through collisions with an inert bath gas that allow the ions to be landed at energies below 1 eV onto substrates. The split-ring ion optic is capable of directing ions toward the detector or a landing substrate for selected components. The inventors further performed atomic force microscopy (AFM) and drift tube measurements to characterize the performance characteristics of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: University of North Texas
    Inventors: Guido Fridolin Verbeck, IV, Stephen Davila
  • Method for accurately testing yarn hairiness through stretching one-directionally
    Patent number: 9575049
    Abstract: A method for accurately testing yarn hairiness through stretching one-directionally, belonging to a technical field of textile testing, is provided. A suction pipe is provided on an external side of a laser and connected with an exhausting fan through a sleeve connector and a hose. An air inlet of the suction pipe generates a negative pressure under an effect of the exhausting fan to laterally suck the yarn running at a tension state among the laser, a projection receiver and the suction pipe. The hairiness on a yarn surface stretches straight one-directionally towards an airflow direction at a height of a center of the air inlet of the suction pipe. The one-directional straight stretched hairiness on the yarn surface is accurately projected to the projection receiver of a testing head at an equal length for accurately testing a hair amount and a hair length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Wuhan Textile University
    Inventors: Zhigang Xia, Weilin Xu, Wenxiang Ye, Genyang Cao
  • System that secures an electrode array to the spinal cord for treating back pain
    Patent number: 9572976
    Abstract: This invention provides a device for implantation directly into the spinal cord for the purpose of treating back pain. Electrodes on a backing that conforms directly to the spinal cord are installed as a source of electrical stimulation and pain relief. The electrode array is maintained on the spinal cord by way of a spring or support structure that is anchored to an anatomical structure outside the spinal cord but near the site of implantation. Suitable anchoring structures include the vertebrae and the dura. Secured in this fashion, the support structure maintains a gentle pressure of the electrode array against the spinal cord so as to stay in electrical contact but minimize injury or inflammation. The device may accommodate and buffer movement of the spinal cord both laterally and in a caudal-rostral fashion so that the electrode array remains in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Howard, Hiroyuki Oya, Steve Viljoen, Chandan G. Reddy
  • Method of detecting steganographically hidden images via low-order bit comparisons
    Patent number: 9578201
    Abstract: The invention is a method for scanning an image data file to determine the presence of a payload, including the steps of identifying the values of one or more lower-order bits in the bytes of an uncompressed image data file to determine the distribution of values at one or more bit positions, and comparing bit position images to reveal hidden payloads from significant variations in contiguous color blocks in the bit position images not otherwise explainable from the original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit
    Inventor: Adam C Sargent
  • Thin film transistor and thin film transistor array with semiconductor fragments
    Patent number: 9577105
    Abstract: A thin film transistor based on carbon nanotubes comprises a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconducting layer, an insulating layer and a gate electrode. The drain electrode is spaced apart from the source electrode. The semiconductor layer is electrically connected with the source electrode and the drain electrode. The gate electrode is insulated from the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the semiconductor layer by the insulating layer. The semiconductor layer includes a number of semiconductor fragments, each of the number of semiconductor fragments includes multilayer semiconductor molecular layers, and a quantity of layers of the number of semiconductor molecular layers ranges from about 1 to about 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan-Hao Jin, Qun-Qing Li, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Neoepitope detection of disease using protein arrays
    Patent number: 9575070
    Abstract: A diagnostic device for and method of detecting the presence of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in a patient including a detector device for detecting a presence of at least one marker indicative of HNSCC, the detector device including a panel of markers for HNSCC. A diagnostic device for and method of staging HNSCC in a patient including a detector device for detecting a presence of at least one marker indicative of stages of HNSCC, the detector device including a panel of markers for HNSCC. Markers for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma selected from the markers listed in Table 5. Methods of personalized immunotherapy, making a personalized anti-cancer vaccine, and predicting a clinical outcome in a HNSCC patient. A method of making a panel of HNSCC markers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Michael A. Tainsky, Sorin Draghici, Ho-Sheng Lin
  • Phononic Metamaterials
    Publication number: 20170047499
    Abstract: Phononic metamaterials and methods for reducing thermal conductivity in at least partially crystalline base material are provided, such as for thermoelectric energy conversion. In one implementation, a method for reducing thermal conductivity through an at least partially crystalline base material is provided. In another implementation, a phononic metamaterial structure is provided. The phononic metamaterial structure in this implementation includes: an at least partially crystalline base material configured to allow a plurality of phonons to move to provide thermal conduction through the base material; and at least one disordered (e.g., amorphous) material coupled (e.g., as an inclusion or layer) to the at least partially crystalline base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Colorado a body corporate
    Inventor: Mahmoud I. Hussein
  • PROTON RESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20170047513
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a memory device operating based on proton conduction between a source electrode and a drain electrode through a proton-conducting layer. As the memory device operates, protons from the source migrate through the proton-conducting layer and into the drain electrode. The memory device exhibits memory, in the form of changing net conductivity, based on the amount of protons conducted from source to drain. The memory device can be reset by regenerating the source electrode (e.g., through electrical or chemical action). The memory device can be incorporated into an integrated circuit as a memory element. Related methods of using the memory device are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: University of Washington
    Inventors: Marco Rolandi, Erik Josberger, Yingxin Deng
  • SELECTION AND USE OF STEM CELLS
    Publication number: 20170044497
    Abstract: A population of human stem cells is, or is selected to be, positive for CD271 and acetylated tubulin. Cells are isolated by a method comprising isolation of a cell from a mixed population of cells based on expression of cell surface markers, wherein the markers are CD271 and acetylated tubulin. The isolated cells may be used in therapy for example by producing tissues such as bone, cartilage or tendon, or in pharmaceutical compositions comprising isolated cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: National University of Ireland, Galway
    Inventors: Francis Peter BARRY, Aline Myriam MORRISON
  • AAV-BASED GENE THERAPY FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
    Publication number: 20170043036
    Abstract: Disclosed are AAV viral-based vector compositions useful in delivering a variety of nucleic acid segments, including those encoding therapeutic polypeptides to selected mammalian host cells for use in therapeutic autoimmune modalities, including, for example, the in vivo induction of immunological tolerance via a liver-directed AAV-based gene therapeutic regimen for treating and/or ameliorating autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc
    Inventor: Brad E. Hoffman
  • METHODS FOR TREATING T-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
    Publication number: 20170042904
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating T-ALL that involve administering an inhibitor of jumonji D3 (JMJD3) demethylase. Another embodiment of the invention relates to methods inhibiting T-ALL cell proliferation and/or survival that involves administering an inhibitor of jumonji D3 (JMJD3) demethylase to a population of T-ALL cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: New York University
    Inventors: Iannis AIFANTIS, Panagiotis NTZIACHRISTOS
  • NITROGEN-POLAR SEMIPOLAR GAN LAYERS AND DEVICES ON SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20170047220
    Abstract: Methods and structures for forming epitaxial layers of semipolar III-nitride materials on patterned sapphire substrates are described. Semi-nitrogen-polar GaN may be grown from inclined c-plane facets of sapphire and coalesced to form a continuous layer of (2021) GaN over the sapphire substrate. Nitridation of the sapphire and a low-temperature GaN buffer layer is used to form semi-nitrogen-polar GaN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Yale University
    Inventors: Jung Han, Benjamin Leung
  • SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONICALLY GENERATING MUSIC
    Publication number: 20170047054
    Abstract: A musical instrument for electronically producing music from audio segments. The musical instrument comprises: an apparatus having a first surface; a plurality of selectable elements disposed in a substantially circular geometry on the first surface; and at least one memory storing the plurality of audio segments, each of the plurality of audio segments being associated with a respective selectable element in the plurality of selectable elements, wherein, in response to detecting selection of a subset of the plurality of selectable elements, the system is configured to generate music using audio segments in the plurality of audio segments that are associated with the selected subset of the plurality of selectable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Brown University
    Inventors: Peter Bussigel, Joseph Rovan
  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170047531
    Abstract: Novel phosphorescent metal complexes containing 2-phenylisoquinoline ligands with at least two substituents on the isoquinoline ring are provided. The disclosed compounds have low sublimation temperatures that allow for ease of purification and fabrication into a variety of OLED devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: BIN MA, Alan DEANGELIS, Chuanjun XIA