Patents Assigned to University
  • Publication number: 20170044282
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing functionalised monomers, the method comprising: a) providing a starting material selected from terpenes and terpenoids; b) forming a derivative of the starting material by incorporation of a hydroxyl group; c) esterifying the hydroxyl group of the derivative to introduce a moiety containing a vinyl group, so as to produce a functionalised monomer. The functionalised monomer can be polymerised to obtain a bio-derived polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: The University of Nottingham
    Inventors: Steven Howdle, Robert Stockman, Marina Fuentes, Jose Souto, Dominika Regentova, Derek Irvine
  • Publication number: 20170047520
    Abstract: The invention provides novel materials, methods and designs to enable improved power conversion efficiencies of organic photovoltaics (OPVs). In particular, the invention provides novel materials and interlayers for polymer-based solar cells. Novel functional fullerene-based interlayers are disclosed that enable high efficiency devices in conjunction with numerous active layer and electrode materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Zachariah Page, Yao Liu, Thomas P. Russell, Todd Emrick
  • Publication number: 20170046601
    Abstract: Method for determining one or more viewer affects evoked from visual content using visual sentiment analysis using a correlation model including a plurality of publisher affect concepts correlated with a plurality of viewer affect concepts includes detecting one or more of the plurality of publisher affect concepts present in selected visual content, and determining, using the correlation model, one or more of the plurality of viewer affect concepts corresponding to the one or more of the detected publisher affect concepts. A method for determining one or more visual content to evoke one or more viewer affects using visual sentiment analysis is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York
    Inventors: Shih-Fu Chang, Yan-Ying Chen, Tao Chen
  • Publication number: 20170043166
    Abstract: Sensory information can be delivered to a subject mammal, for example, for restoring a sense of cutaneous touch and limb motion to the subject mammal. A biomimetic electrical signal is generated based on (a) a stimulation reference signal applied to a somatosensory region of a nervous system of a reference mammal, (b) a stimulated-response signal acquired from a sensory cortex of the reference mammal in response to application of the stimulation reference signal to the thalamic nucleus, and (c) a natural-response signal acquired from the sensory cortex in response to peripheral touch stimuli and/or peripheral nerve stimulation of the reference mammal. The biomimetic electrical signal is applied to a somatosensory region of a nervous system of the subject mammal to induce an activation response, in a sensory cortex of the subject mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Research Foundation for State University of New York (The)
    Inventors: John S. CHOI, Joseph T. FRANCIS
  • Publication number: 20170043038
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to reagents useful for generating immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and for diagnosing infection and disease in a subject that has been exposed to M. tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventor: Maria Laura Gennaro
  • Publication number: 20170045272
    Abstract: A turbo-compression cooling system includes a power cycle and a cooling cycle coupled one to the other. The power cycle implements a waste heat waste heat exchanger configured to evaporate a first working fluid and a turbine configured to receive the evaporated working fluid. The turbine is configured to rotate as the first working fluid expands to a lower pressure. A condenser condenses the first working fluid to a saturated liquid and a pump pumps the saturated liquid to the waste heat waste heat exchanger. The cooling cycle implements a compressor increasing the pressure of a second working fluid, a condenser condensing the second working fluid to a saturated liquid upon exiting the compressor, an expansion valve expanding the second working fluid to a lower pressure, and an evaporator rejecting heat from a circulating fluid to the second working fluid, thereby cooling the circulating fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Todd M. Bandhauer, Torben P. Grumstrup
  • Publication number: 20170044173
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating drug and alcohol abuse, depression, anxiety, or a compulsive disorder in a subject comprising administering to the subject a compound having formula 2: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and X are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: The University of Bath
    Inventors: John LEWIS, Stephen Husbands
  • Publication number: 20170042717
    Abstract: Active wearable body brace embodiments provide selectable conformation control of the interface between the trunk of a human subject and the brace, which conformation may be varied over time and responsively to feedback and an updateable prescription. Further active wearable body brace embodiments provide selectable movement control of the interface between the trunk of a human subject and the brace with up to six degrees of freedom between elements to allow a controller to implement operations such as muscle challenges, active support, and passive-like support where actuators mimic springs. Further embodiments may also provide detection functions such as quantifying muscle weakness. The features of these embodiments may be combined in various ways to provide still further embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Sunil K. AGRAWAL, Joon-Hyuk PARK, Paul STEGALL
  • Publication number: 20170045442
    Abstract: A comparative discrimination spectral detection (CDSD) system for the identification of chemicals with overlapping spectral signatures, including: a radiation source for delivering radiation to a sample; a radiation collector for collecting radiation from the sample; a plurality of beam splitters for splitting the radiation collected from the sample into a plurality of radiation beams; a plurality of low-resolution optical filters for filtering the plurality of radiation beams; a plurality of radiation detectors for detecting the plurality filtered radiation beams; and a processor for: receiving a set of reference spectra related to a set of target chemicals and generating a set of base vectors for the set of target chemicals from the set of reference spectra, wherein the set of base vectors define a geometrical shape in a configuration space; receiving a set of filtered test spectra from the plurality of radiation detectors and generating a set of test vectors in the configuration space from the set of filte
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
    Inventors: Menelaos K. Poutous, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Kevin J. Major, Jas S. Sanghera, Ken Ewing
  • Publication number: 20170047709
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to a method of controlling emission wavelength of a light emitting device, and a system for wavelength control of a light emitting device, for example for wavelength stabilisation of a laser diode. One method of controlling emission wavelength of a light emitting device comprises: determining an indication of series resistance of the device, the series resistance comprising ohmic resistance of the device; providing a current through the device to maintain light emission of the device; measuring a forward voltage of the device during said light emission, the forward voltage being across an impedance comprising impedance of an active region of the device and the series resistance; determining an indicator of active region voltage on the basis of the measured forward voltage and the determined indicator of series resistance; and controlling a temperature of the device on the basis of the determined indicator of active region voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Cranfield University
    Inventors: Elizabeth Jane Hodgkinson, Ralp Peter Tatam, c/o Abdullah Shah Asmari
  • Patent number: 9568366
    Abstract: A multidimensional spectrometer encodes frequency information into laser pulses so that a frequency insensitive detector may be used to collect data for a multi-dimensional spectrograph only from intensity information and knowledge of a modulation providing the encoding. In one embodiment the frequency encoding may be done by a conventional interferometer greatly simplifying construction of the spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Zurich
    Inventors: Martin Thomas Zanni, Peter Hamm, Jan Helbing
  • Patent number: 9570652
    Abstract: An LED is provided. The LED includes at least two light emitting units located on a same plane. Each light emitting unit includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second semiconductor layer stacked in that order. Each light emitting unit further includes a first electrode and a second electrode electrically connected with the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer respectively. The active layer of each light emitting unit is spaced from the active layers of other light emitting units. A distance between adjacent active layer ranges from 1 micron to 1 millimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan-Hao Jin, Qun-Qing Li, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 9566347
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method of modulating the phagocytic activity of at least one phagocyte in a subject. The present invention also includes a method of providing a composition resistant to phagocytosis to a subject. The present invention further includes a method of treating, ameliorating or preventing an inflammatory disease in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Dennis E. Discher, Pia L. Rodriguez Nunez, Diego A. Pantano
  • Patent number: 9569978
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes selecting, by a virtual problem-based learning (PBL) system, information indicative of a medical profile of a patient; accessing, by the virtual PBL system, information indicative of a team of students using the virtual PBL system; generating, by the virtual PBL system and based on the medical profile, an medical PBL schema comprising a medical problem to be solved by the team of students; generating a plurality of sections in the medical PBL schema, with each section promoting solving of the medical problem, and with each section associated with (i) a private work environment for a student to privately analyze the medical problem, and (ii) a shared, anonymous work environment for the students to view analysis performed by other students in solving the medical problem; and transmitting, to one or more client systems used by the students participating in the virtual problem-based learning system, the medical PBL schema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Universal Research Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Ali Adel Hussam
  • Patent number: 9567585
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, oligonucleotide modulators of human 5?-HT2C receptor (HTR2C) and improved methods and composition for treating HTR2C-related diseases, disorders or conditions based on such modulators. In particular, oligonucleotides modulators according to the invention target specific regions in the Exon V/Intron V junction of the human HTR2C pre-mRNA and drive expression of HTR2C Vb splice isoform, leading to increased generation of non-edited strong HTR2C receptor and enhanced serotonin receptor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., University of Kentucky
    Inventors: Stefan Stamm, Manli Shen, Serene Josiah
  • Patent number: 9568741
    Abstract: A method of optimising at least one measure that is a quadratic function of a wavefunction, such as the spot size of a laser, the method comprising: superimposing a plurality of wavefunctions; determining a relationship between the superimposed wavefunctions and the quadratic measure, and using the determined relationship to identify the superimposed wavefunctions that provide a desired or optimised quadratic measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: University Court of The University of St Andrews
    Inventors: Kishan Dholakia, Jorg Baumgartl, Michael Mazilu, Anna Chiara De Luca
  • Patent number: 9566255
    Abstract: Here provided is a method for regulating retinal endothelial cell viability in a mammal by administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a quinic acid analog. The method may be applied to prevent, treat or cure pathological conditions of retinal endothelial cells associated with radiation retinopathy, diabetic retinopathy and chemotherapy for retinoblastoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Charles Ryan Yates, Jena Steinle Smith, Duane Douglas Miller, Jordan J. Toutounchian
  • Patent number: 9566241
    Abstract: Stable nanoparticle compositions comprising buprenorphine and at least one biodegradable polymer. The disclosure also provides methods of controlling pain in an animal and methods of treating addiction in a human utilizing the stable nanoparticle compositions, as well as pharmaceutical formulations comprising the stable nanoparticle compositions. The stable nanoparticle compositions are capable of releasing buprenorphine over several days, weeks, or months following administration. The stable nanoparticle compositions of buprenorphine utilize biodegradable polymers capable of degrading into non-toxic components in the body of an animal and may be excreted in the urine of the animal following their metabolism in the body. The stable nanoparticle compositions can advantageously provide sustained release of buprenorphine in the body after a single administration without the need for surgical removal of implanted matrices subsequent to depletion of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: William R. Ravis, Yuh-Jing Lin
  • Patent number: 9569958
    Abstract: A method for prioritizing events on an electrical power system, including: (a) acquiring at least one data portion representative of the behavior of the electrical power system, the at least one data portion containing at least one power system event; (b) assigning at least one rank value to the at least one data portion based on the type of power system event, the rank value indicative of a priority of the event; and (c) conducting subsequent operations on the at least one data portion in accordance with the at least one rank value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Karthick Muthu-Manivannan, Carl L. Benner, Peng Xu, Billy Don Russell
  • Patent number: 9567291
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to N-(4-(bis(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)methylene)-8 -(dimethylamino)naphthalen-1(4H)-ylidene)-N-methylmethanaminium, derivatives, and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to compounds of formula I. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing Nox related diseases and conditions comprising administering an effective amount of compounds disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the Nox related disease or condition is cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventor: Jack Arbiser