Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 9293708
    Abstract: A method of regioselectively preparing a pyridine-containing compound is provided. In particular embodiments, the method includes reacting halogen-functionalized pyridal[2,1,3]thiadiazole with organotin-functionalized cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b?]dithiophene or organotin-functionalized indaceno[1,2-b:5,6-b?]dithiophene. Also provided is a method of preparing a polymer. The method includes regioselectively preparing a monomer that includes a pyridal[2,1,3]thiadiazole unit; and reacting the monomer to produce a polymer that includes a regioregular conjugated backbone section, wherein the section includes a repeat unit containing the pyridal[2,1,3]thiadiazole unit. A polymer that includes a regioregular conjugated backbone section, and electronic devices that include the polymer, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Guillermo C. Bazan, Lei Ying, Ben B. Y. Hsu, Wen Wen, Hsin-Rong Tseng, Gregory C. Welch
  • Patent number: 9290499
    Abstract: Compound of Formula (I): are described, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions containing the same, and methods of use thereof in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Xiaodong Wang, Jing Liu, Chao Yang, Weihe Zhaug, Stephen Frye, Dmitri Kireev
  • Patent number: 9295145
    Abstract: A magnetic device includes first and second magnetic cores defining first, second, and middle legs extending between first and second back walls, an air gap defined in the middle leg. First, second, and middle legs, and first and second back walls have a substantially equal width. A first winding is located on the first leg, a second winding located on the second leg, and a third winding located on the middle leg. The magnetic device can be part of an electronic ballast circuit including an AC power source, a positive AC rail, a negative AC rail, a resonant capacitor coupled between the positive and negative AC rails, multiple positive and negative lamp terminals configured to couple to respective gas discharge lamps, and windings on a magnetic device coupled between the positive AC rail and respective positive lamp terminals. The third winding is coupled between AC power source and positive AC rail to define a resonant inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Folker, John J. Dernovsek, Stephen D. Mays, II, Thomas M. Poehlman, Wei Xiong
  • Patent number: 9289598
    Abstract: A vestibular stimulation electrode lead is described for conducting electrical stimulation signals generated by an implanted vestibular stimulation module. An extra-vestibular lead branch carries the stimulation signals from the stimulation module to a vestibular entry location. A stopper collar is bent away at a first discrete angle from a distal end of the extra-vestibular lead branch to penetrate into a vestibular structure at the entry location. An intra-vestibular electrode array is bent away at a second discrete angle from the stopper collar and has an outer surface with one or more electrode contacts for delivering the stimulation signals to vestibular neural tissue at a target location within the vestibular structure. The first and second discrete angles form a geometry of the stopper collar and intra-vestibular electrode array that limits insertion of the intra-vestibular electrode array beyond the target location within the vestibular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Charles Coleman Della Santina, Andreas Marx
  • Patent number: 9289625
    Abstract: A system, method and device for treating tumor cells utilizing a resorbable therapy seed made up of microspheres containing a beta- or alpha-particle-emitting radiation source and a resorbable polymer matrix. These seeds are implanted within the tumor and then rapidly dissolved so as to release the microspheres from the polymer matrix. These microspheres then spread within a preselected target area and provide radiation therapy in a predetermined amount and at a preselected rate according the specific needs and necessities of the users. The configuration of the microspheres, the types of radiation provided and the location and use of these microspheres provides desired localized treatment to target cells while preferentially avoiding or minimizing undesired damage to surrounding tissue. The present invention provides a method for making the seeds, as well as a method for utilizing the seeds as a part of the treatment method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Battelle Memorial Institute, University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Darrell R. Fisher, You Han Bae, Zhonggao Gao
  • Patent number: 9289412
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are neuroprotective compounds. Methods for the preparation of such compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the compounds disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of neurodegenerative conditions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Joseph P. Steiner, Avindra Nath, Norman Haughey
  • Patent number: 9293734
    Abstract: Light extraction blocks, and OLED lighting panels using light extraction blocks, are described, in which the light extraction blocks include various curved shapes that provide improved light extraction properties compared to parallel emissive surface, and a thinner form factor and better light extraction than a hemisphere. Lighting systems described herein may include a light source with an OLED panel. A light extraction block with a three-dimensional light emitting surface may be optically coupled to the light source. The three-dimensional light emitting surface of the block may includes a substantially curved surface, with further characteristics related to the curvature of the surface at given points. A first radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum principal curvature k1 at a point p on the substantially curved surface may be greater than a maximum height of the light extraction block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Levermore, Emory Krall, Jeffrey Silvernail, Kamala Rajan, Julia J. Brown
  • Patent number: 9290524
    Abstract: Methods for producing functionalized graphene from graphite oxide or graphite are disclosed in which ionic liquids are used as a reaction medium to promote chemical functionalization of the graphene through electrochemically interacted exfoliation of graphene sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Jinwen Zhang, Yu Fu
  • Patent number: 9291811
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments of the invention, an electrowetting device and a method for improving the response speed of an electrowetting device may be provided. The electrowetting device can includes: an electrode; an insulation film including a dielectric material that is coated over the electrode; a droplet positioned over the insulation film; and a power control unit configured to control a voltage applied to the electrode, where the power control unit reaches a particular contact angle by applying a first voltage that is higher than a second voltage corresponding to the particular contact angle, and applies the second voltage once the particular contact angle is reached. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the response speed of an electrowetting device can be improved by applying different voltages according to the contact angle of the droplet in an electrowetting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Sang-Kug Chung, Jeong-Byung Chae, Jeong-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9291636
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are example methods, systems, and devices involving electrically-conductive wires, such as standard IC bonding wires, that are configured so as to operate as inertial sensors. One embodiment of the disclosed methods, systems, and devices may take the form of a system that includes a first electrically-conductive wire and a second electrically-conductive wire, where the first wire and the second wire are electromagnetically coupled; and a sensor oscillator, where the sensor oscillator is coupled to the first wire and the second wire, and where the sensor oscillator is configured to output a sensor-oscillator signal that is frequency modulated based on a change in complex impedance between the first wire and the second wire, where the change in complex impedance is due to a displacement of the first wire relative to the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: University of Washington Through its Center for Commercialization
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Otis, Yu-Te Liao, William James Biederman
  • Patent number: 9289445
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits featuring a ribonucleoside chain terminator for use in preventing or inhibiting a retrovirus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventor: Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 9290463
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Radiolabeled Compounds labeled with fluorine, bromine, iodine, carbon, or tritium isotopes and methods of use thereof for treating or preventing a psychiatric disorder in a subject, for stabilizing the mood of a subject having a mood disorder, or as imaging agents for a serotonin receptor. Compositions comprising an imaging-effective amount of a Radiolabeled Compound are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Joseph John Mann, J. S. Dileep Kumar
  • Patent number: 9289280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for filtering obstructive material within the vasculature of a subject. The device includes a generally ellipsoid shaped frame having a plurality of shape-memory arms with a collapsible, sieve-like structure positioned within the elliptical frame. The device may be used as an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter for the prevention of pulmonary embolism, or any other procedure requiring filtering of a vein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Bashir A. Tafti, Edward W. Lee, Stephen T. Kee
  • Patent number: 9289504
    Abstract: A protein nanocapsule having a single-protein core and a thin polymer shell anchored covalently to the protein core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yunfeng Lu, Ming Yan, Juanjuan Du
  • Patent number: 9294698
    Abstract: A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes: two-dimensionally arrayed unit pixels, each including a PD performing optical-electrical conversion of an incident light; an FD and an output terminal provided for each of pixel groups, each including one or more pixels, the terminal being capable of outputting a noise signal and a signal-noise sum signal separately; first lines to which the terminals are connected in common and which are capable of holding voltages based on signals outputted from the terminals; second lines provided in parallel with the first lines and capable of holding a voltage; inter-transfer-line capacitive elements connecting the second lines and the first lines; a reset switch resetting each of the second lines to a reset voltage; a readout switch provided for each of the second lines; and a third line to which the second lines are connected in parallel via the readout switches, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Tohoku University, Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Sugawa, Nana Akahane, Satoru Adachi
  • Patent number: 9292967
    Abstract: A novel “contour person” (CP) model of the human body is proposed that has the expressive power of a detailed 3D model and the computational benefits of a simple 20 part-based model. The CP model is learned from a 3D model of the human body that captures natural shape and pose variations. The CP model factors deformations of the body into three components: shape variation, viewpoint change and pose variation. The CP model can be “dressed” with a low-dimensional clothing model. The clothing is represented as a deformation from the underlying CP representation. This deformation is learned from training examples using principal component analysis to produce so-called eigen-clothing. The coefficients of the eigen-clothing can be used to recognize different categories of clothing on dressed people. The parameters of the estimated 20 body can be used to discriminatively predict 3D body shape using a learned mapping approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Brown University
    Inventors: Michael J. Black, Oren Freifeld, Alexander W. Weiss, Matthew M. Loper, Peng Guan
  • Patent number: 9291383
    Abstract: An appliance such as a refrigerator receives a demand response signal indicating a peak demand period and operates the refrigerator in an energy savings mode by disabling an anti-sweat heater. A sensor on an external surface of the refrigerator enables the anti-sweat heater during the peak demand period if moisture is detected by the sensor. A preselected location can be defined where incipient moisture would form such as reducing the amount of insulation in this location. By forming a depression in the location and using an impedance-type sensor, moisture can be easily detected. The sensor signal is sent to the controller which then activates the anti-sweat heater to remove the moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Clemson University, Hokkaido University
    Inventor: John K. Besore
  • Patent number: 9293246
    Abstract: A component printed circuit board is provided between a magnetic component and a main printed circuit board. The magnetic component includes a device such as an inductor or transformer and includes a bobbin for winding one or more coils and a magnetically permeable core. Terminal pins protrude from the bobbin toward the main printed circuit board and provide electrical connection between the magnetic component and the main printed circuit board. The component printed circuit board includes component vias positioned to accept one or more of the terminal pins allowing the terminal pins to be used for electrical connection to both the component printed circuit board and the main printed circuit board. One or more component traces or shielding layers are disposed on the component printed circuit board. Each component trace provides an electrical connection between two or more terminal pins passing through the component printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Folker, David Blevins, Thomas Poehlman
  • Patent number: 9292742
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus capable of facilitating analysis of a substance having a repeating structure has: an ion intensity data acquisition portion for acquiring ion intensity data arising from the substance, the data including information about a relative intensity of each ion against mass-to-charge ratio; a mass information acquisition portion for acquiring mass information about the repeating unit of the substance; a data alignment portion for aligning the ion intensity data within each given range of mass-to-charge ratios based on the mass information about the repeating unit of the substance; and an image generation portion for generating an image based on the aligned ion intensity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: The University of Electro-Communications, JEOL Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Mukousaka, Kanae Teramoto, Hideki Koike
  • Patent number: 9291010
    Abstract: A guide dolly for a drilling rig, the guide dolly having: a first dolly engagement roller assembly that is to move in parallel with a drilling mast of the drilling rig. The guide dolly also having a first dolly arm pivotably connected to the first dolly engagement roller assembly. The first dolly arm is configured to attach to a top drive of the drilling rig. A movement of the first dolly arm is to change a position of the top drive over a drilling location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Canyon Oak Energy LLC, Loadmaster Universal Rigs, Inc.
    Inventor: R. Michael Barnes