Patents Assigned to University
  • Publication number: 20170031883
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for content extraction from markup language text. The content extraction process may parse markup language text into a hierarchical data model and then apply one or more filters. Output filters may be used to make the process more versatile. The operation of the content extraction process and the one or more filters may be controlled by one or more settings set by a user, or automatically by a classifier. The classifier may automatically enter settings by classifying markup language text and entering settings based on this classification. Automatic classification may be performed by clustering unclassified markup language texts with previously classified markup language texts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Suhit Gupta, Gail Kaiser, Salvatore J. Stolfo
  • Publication number: 20170032100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that the expression levels of some microRNAs (miRNAs) can use a diagnostic signature to predict transplant outcomes in a transplant recipient. Thus, in various embodiments described herein, the methods of the invention relate to methods of diagnosing a transplant subject for acute rejection such as acute cellular rejection (ACR), methods of predicting a subject's risk of having or developing ACR and methods of assessing in a subject the likelihood of a successful or failure minimization of immunosuppression therapy (IST) dosage from standard ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennslyvania
    Inventors: Abraham SHAKED, Bao-Li CHANG, Brendan KEATING, Toumy GUETTOUCHE
  • Publication number: 20170033295
    Abstract: Novel compounds that contain azadibenzofuran, azadibenzothiophene, and azadibenzoselenophene with fused rings that can be used as a host material in phosphorescent OLEDs is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chuanjun XIA, Lichang ZENG, Walter YEAGER, Zhiqiang JI
  • Publication number: 20170029790
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein relates to methods and materials for producing simvastatin and related compounds such as huvastatin. In particular, the disclosure teaches that variants of the LovD acyltransferase polypeptide can be engineered to exhibit properties that facilitate their use in the production of simvastatin and/or huvastatin. The materials and processes disclosed herein are designed so that fermentation facilities currently producing lovastatin can be converted to producing simvastatin and related compounds with minimal modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yi Tang, Xue Gao, Xinkai Xie
  • Publication number: 20170029891
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and predicting the occurrence of ischemia. For example, the present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and predicting the risk and cause of transient neurological events (TNE) as ischemic or non-ischemic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Frank SHARP, Glen C. JICKLING
  • Publication number: 20170029519
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides proteins comprising antibody antigen binding domains that bind to Fn14 and uses thereof. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating wasting disorders, such as cachexia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: La Trobe University
    Inventors: Nicholas Johannes Hoogenraad, Amelia Jane Johnston, John Silke
  • Publication number: 20170027657
    Abstract: A medical tool for use with an endoscopic capsule includes: a jaw assembly configured to maintain the endoscopic capsule at a certain position or within a range of positions relative to the jaw assembly while the endoscopic capsule is inside a bodily lumen, the jaw assembly having a first jaw and a second jaw, the first jaw having a first portion and a second portion that is opposite from the first portion; and a control configured to move at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw from a first configuration in which the first and the second jaws are spaced at a first distance, to a second configuration in which the first and the second jaws are spaced at a second distance that is less than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Alexander Martin Zoellner, Caitlin Claire Ploch, Harsh Rajesh Sheth, Junaid Ahmed Bakhtiyar Zaman, Po-Hao Huang, Saumitra Kumar Thakur
  • Publication number: 20170028002
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of use pertaining to rAAV-mediated delivery of therapeutically effective molecules for treatment of diseases such as Pompe disease. These compositions in combination with various routes and methods of administration result in targeted expression of therapeutic molecules in specific organs, tissues and cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry John Byrne, Darin J. Falk, Christina Pacak, Lara Robert Deruisseau, Cathryn Mah, David D. Fuller
  • Publication number: 20170029453
    Abstract: An organometallic complex of a tridentate bis(phosphine)-carbodicarbene ligand and a transition metal, is described. In some embodiments the ligand has the structure of Formula (I): The complexes are useful in methods of making an allylic amine carried out by reacting a 1,3-diene with a substituted amine in the presence of such an organometallic complex to produce by intermolecular hydroamination the allylic amine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Simon Meek, Courtney Roberts, Matthew Goldfogel, Matthew Joannou
  • Patent number: 9555030
    Abstract: Pyrazolopyrimidine compounds, methods of use, and processes for making compounds with anti-Mer tyrosine kinase activity comprising Formula I, II, III, IV, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition, salt, isotopic analog, or prodrug thereof, are provided. The pyrazolopyrimidine compounds described herein have Mer tyrosine kinase (MerTK) inhibitory activity and are useful as anti-infective agents, immunostimulatory and immunomodulatory agents, anti-cancer agents (including against MerTK ?/? tumors and ITD and TKD mutant forms of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)), and as adjunctive agents in combination with chemotherapeutic, radiation or other standard of care for neoplasms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Xiaodong Wang, Stephen Frye
  • Patent number: 9556235
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound including a peptidomimetic which interacts sterically with the binding site of a F11R molecule, the peptidomimetic including a peptidomimetic having the SEQ ID NO: 4D. The present invention also provides a method for treating a disorder comprising administering peptide 4D to a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Elizabeth Kornecki, Anna Babinska, Yigal H. Ehrlich, Moro Salifu
  • Patent number: 9556658
    Abstract: A door checker for a vehicle includes a hinge rotatably connecting a door to a vehicle body and having a shaft, a slider penetratingly inserted into the shaft and linearly moving with rotational force of the shaft, and a checking unit linearly reciprocating in a radial direction of the shaft by the slider. By implementing a manipulation feeling in opening and closing a door by increasing a section for checking the door by converting a rotational movement of the door into a linear movement based on a screw principle, operability can be improved to enhance marketability, and durability can be enhanced by increasing the section for implementing operating force for opening and closing a door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Pusan National University Industry—University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Yoong Ho Jung, Hyung Don Kim, Sung Min Son
  • Patent number: 9557573
    Abstract: A light emitting device is presented. The device comprises an array of pixels and an electrode arrangement, wherein said array of pixels comprises pixels of first and second groups comprising first and second pluralities of light emitting nanorods aligned along first and second predetermined axes respectively, the axes being substantially perpendicular to each other, and the pixels of said array are associated with a plurality of electrode elements of said electrode arrangement thereby enabling modulation of optical emission of one or more pixels separately from one or more other pixels of said pixel array by controllable application of an electric field, the device being therefore configured and operable as an active pixel emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ltd., Qlight Nanotech, Ltd.
    Inventors: Volker Hilarius, Nadja Velesco, Uri Banin, Hagai Arbell, Serge Velesco
  • Patent number: 9560722
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided. The lighting device includes a substrate, integrated circuits (22?, 24), embedded passive components (26, 27), and a lighting component (22), the device being arranged in an architecture having three layers: an integrated circuits layer (11) including the integrated circuits (22?, 24), wherein the integrated circuits layer (11) is integrated on a first side of the substrate; an embedded passive components layer (12) including the embedded passive components (26, 27), wherein the embedded passive components (26, 27) are embedded in grooves formed in the substrate and wherein the embedded passive components are connected to the integrated circuits (22?, 24) through vias (28) in the substrate; and a bonded layer (13), including the lighting component (22), the lighting component (22) being connected to the integrated circuit layer (11) through flip-chip bonding or monolithic integration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chik Patrick Yue, Johnny Kin On Sin, Kei May Lau
  • Patent number: 9556490
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new method for detecting or monitoring a liver disease in a subject that has no indication of any liver pathologies, by measuring the amount of concentration of albumin mRNA in an acellular blood sample from the subject, and then comparing the amount or concentration of albumin mRNA with a standard control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu, Rebecca Wing Yan Chan
  • Patent number: 9555008
    Abstract: A method of making a hyperbranched amphiphilic polyester compound includes drying under vacuum a mixture of 2-(4-hydroxybutyl)-malonic acid and p-toluene sulphonic acid as catalyst. The vacuum is then released with a dry inert gas after drying. The dried mixture is heated under the inert gas at a temperature sufficient for polymerization. The inert gas is evacuated while continuing to heat the mixture. The formed polymer is then dissolved in dimethylformamide and precipitated out by adding methanol. Modifications of the method yield nanoparticles of polyesters having properties suited for coencapsulating fluorescent dyes together with therapeutic drugs, resulting in theranostic nanoparticles, that is, nanoparticles useful in both therapeutic treatments and diagnostic methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Manuel Perez, Santimukul Santra
  • Patent number: 9555105
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs). The aAPC comprises at least one stimulatory ligand and at least one co-stimulatory ligand where the ligands each specifically bind with a cognate molecule on a T cell of interest, thereby mediating expansion of the T cell. The aAPC of the invention can further comprise additional molecules useful for expanding a T cell of interest. The aAPC of the invention can be used as an “off the shelf” APC that can be readily designed to expand a T cell of interest. Also, the aAPC of the invention can be used identify the stimulatory, co-stimulatory, and any other factors that mediate growth and expansion of a T cell of interest. Thus, the present invention provides powerful tools for development of novel therapeutics where activation and expansion of a T cell can provide a benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: James L. Riley, Carl H. June, Robert H. Vonderheide, Nicole Aqui, Megan M. Davis
  • Patent number: 9559336
    Abstract: An apparatus facilitating luminosity uniformity across organic light emitting diode (OLED) device is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device including: an anode; a semiconductor material coupled to the anode; and a cathode coupled to the semiconductor material. The apparatus can also include a hollow heat sink coupled to the cathode and configured to reduce a temperature of the OLED device resulting in a first temperature of the OLED device being a first value in a first region of the OLED device and a second temperature of the OLED device being a second value in a second region of the OLED device. A temperature distribution characterized by a change in temperature from the first temperature to the second temperature to a third temperature is approximately ?-shaped from the first region to the second region to the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Wei Yan, Shu Hung Henry Chung
  • Patent number: 9556418
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of culturing organized skeletal muscle tissue from precursor muscle cells by cyclically stretching and relaxing said muscle cells on a support in vitro for a time sufficient to produce said organized skeletal muscle tissue, including reseeding said organized skeletal muscle tissue by contacting additional precursor muscle cells to said organized skeletal muscle tissue on said solid support, and then repeating said step of cyclically stretching and relaxing said muscle cells in said support in vitro for time sufficient to enhance the density (i.e., increased number of nuclei and/or number of multinucleated cells) of said organized skeletal muscle tissue on said support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: George J. Christ, Benjamin T. Corona
  • Patent number: 9560694
    Abstract: Cooperative caching systems incorporating Plug-and-Play base stations are described herein. Plug-and-Play base stations with large caching capacities are employed in a wireless network to perform cooperative transmission with macro base stations. Each Plug-and-Play base station can either have wireless backhaul or a low-cost wired backhaul connection to the macro base stations. Cooperative caching systems can direct traffic between the Plug-and-Play base stations and the macro base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Vincent Kin Nang Lau