Patents Assigned to University
  • Method for producing 30-halogenated betulinic acid
    Patent number: 9012666
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing 30-halogenated betulinic acid. Betulin is used as a raw material and selectively oxidized and halogenated to generate 30-betulinic acid, and the selected oxidation and halogenation agent has high selectivity and does not affect C-3 hydroxyl or carbon-carbon double bonds. Oxidation and halogenation are completed in one step, so the process route is short, the treatment method is simple, and the product is purified easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Wenzhou University
    Inventors: Xiufeng Yan, Mingjiang Wu, Lihua Wang, Ping Yu, Nan Li
  • Fuel compositions containing an isomerized component of a single carbon number and methods of preparing the fuel compositions
    Patent number: 9012710
    Abstract: Fuel compositions containing an isomerized component of a single carbon number may contain at least 97 wt. %, based on the total weight of the fuel composition, of an isomerized component consisting of aliphatic paraffin isomers all having the formula CnH2n+2, where 10?n?22 and n has the same value for each aliphatic paraffin isomer in the isomerized component. The fuel compositions have a normal alkane content of less than 10 wt. %, based on the total weight of the fuel composition. Methods for preparing the fuel compositions include hydroisomerizing a normal alkane starting material to form an isomerized mixture and subsequently removing remnant normal alkanes from the isomerized mixture by solvent dewaxing and/or distillation. Some of the fuel compositions may have freezing points at or below ?47° C., making them amenable for use a surrogate fuels in the place of JP-8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: University of Dayton
    Inventors: Heinz J. Robota, Jhoanna C. Alger
  • Incremental speech recognition for dialog systems
    Patent number: 9015048
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating incremental speech recognition in dialog systems. An example system configured to practice the method receives incremental speech recognition results of user speech as part of a dialog with a user, and copies a dialog manager operating on the user speech to generate temporary instances of the dialog manager. Then the system evaluates actions the temporary instances of the dialog manager would take based on the incremental speech recognition results, and identifies an action that would advance the dialog and a corresponding temporary instance of the dialog manager. The system can then execute the action in the dialog and optionally replace the dialog manager with the corresponding temporary instance of the dialog manager. The action can include making a turn-taking decision in the dialog, such as whether, what, and when to speak or whether to be silent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Oregon Health and Science University
    Inventors: Iker Arizmendi, Jason Williams, Ethan Selfridge
  • Image processing method and image processing device
    Patent number: 9014467
    Abstract: An image processing method includes a segmentation step that segments an input image into a plurality of regions by using an automatic segmentation algorithm, and a computation step that calculates a saliency value of one region of the plurality of segmented regions by using a weighted sum of color differences between the one region and all other regions. Accordingly, it is possible to automatically analyze visual saliency regions in an image, and a result of analysis can be used in application areas including significant object segmentation, object recognition, adaptive image compression, content-aware image resizing, and image retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: OMRON Corporation, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Shi-Min Hu, Ming-Ming Cheng, Guo-Xin Zhang, Niloy J. Mitra, Xiang Ruan
  • Electrical impedance myography
    Patent number: 9014797
    Abstract: Electrical impedance myography (EIM) can be used for the assessment and diagnosis of muscular disorders. EIM includes applying an electrical signal to a region of tissue and measuring a resulting signal. A characteristic of the region of tissue is determined based on the measurement. Performing EIM at different frequencies and/or different angular orientations with respect to a muscle can aid in the assessment and diagnosis. Devices are described that facilitate assessment and diagnosis using EIM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., Northeastern University
    Inventors: Carl A. Shiffman, Ronald Aaron, Seward B. Rutkove
  • Substituted heteroaryl aldehyde compounds and methods for their use in increasing tissue oxygenation
    Patent number: 9012450
    Abstract: Provided are substituted heteroaryl aldehydes and derivatives thereof that act as allosteric modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the modulators, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediate by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from increased tissue oxygenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc., Cytokinetics, Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Brian Metcalf, Chihyuan Chuang, Jeffrey Warrington, Kumar Paulvannan, Matthew P. Jacobson, Lan Hua, Bradley Morgan
  • Spatially integrated aerial photography for bridge, structure, and environmental monitoring
    Patent number: 9014415
    Abstract: Spatially Integrated Small-Format Aerial Photography (SFAP) is one aspect of the present invention. It is a low-cost solution for bridge surface imaging and is proposed as a remote bridge inspection technique to supplement current bridge visual inspection. Providing top-down views, the airplanes flying at about 1000 feet can allow visualization of sub-inch (large) cracks and joint openings on bridge decks or highway pavements. On board Global Positioning System (GPS) is used to help geo-reference images collected and allow automated damage detection. A deck condition rating technique based on large crack detection is used to quantify the condition of the existing bridge decks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Inventors: Shen-En Chen, Edwin W. Hauser, Charles G. Boyle
  • Bicycle pedals with locking function
    Patent number: 9010217
    Abstract: A bicycle pedal with a locking function has a base and a securing member. The base is positioned on a side of the bicycle and has a U-shaped main body and a through hole disposed on the main body. The securing member has a securing rod with an end attached to the bicycle and disposed through the through hole, and a stopping portion disposed at another end of the securing rod. wherein the main body is capable of sliding along the securing rod between a locking position and a non-locking position, and when the main body is at the locking position, the main body moves to one end of the securing rod and pushes against the stopping portion to prevent wheels from rotating, and when the main body is at the non-locking position, the main body moves to another end of the securing rod to release the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Shu-Te University
    Inventors: Wen-Liang Chen, Ying-Liang Yao
  • Real-time time encoding and decoding machines
    Patent number: 9014216
    Abstract: Methods for decoding a signal encoded by a Time Encoding Machine (TEM) include defining a plurality of time-windows, each time-window corresponding to a portion of a TEM-encoded signal and made up of a plurality of trigger values, at least two of the time-windows overlapping, decoding each of the time-windows using a Time Decoding Machine (TDM) to generate a decoded time-window, and stitching the decoded time-windows together to generate a TEM-decoded signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Aurel A. Lazar, Erno K. Simonyi, Ádám Tóth, László Tiborné Tóth
  • Porous magnetic sorbent
    Patent number: 9011695
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of producing polymer sorbents having magnetic properties, and can be used for removing petroleum products from a water surface. A magnetic porous sorbent for removing thin petroleum films from a water surface is proposed, said sorbent being produced on the basis of industrial synthetic divinyl rubber, as a result of the modification thereof by an oxidative chlorophosphorylation reaction with subsequent immobilization of magnetite FeO nanoparticles; and a method for producing a magnetic material is proposed, said method comprising the formation of FeO nanoparticles by an ion deposition method directly within a porous polymer matrix. The sorbent has a good sorption capacity in relation to thin petroleum films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Baku State University
    Inventors: Abdulseid Abdulhamid Azizov, Mohammed Alfadul Sulaiman, Vaqif Malik Akhmadov, Rasim Mirali Alosmanov, Irada Aydin Bunyad-Zadeh, Abel Mamedali Magerramov
  • Methods for treatment of inflammatory and infectious viral diseases
    Patent number: 9011845
    Abstract: Methods and therapeutic treatments of diseases such as viral infections are provided including applying peg-Arginase I. Methods are provided that treat inflammation mediated diseases with peg-Arginase I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventors: Timothy Paul Foster, Paulo Cesar Rodriguez, James Milton Hill, Augusto Ochoa
  • Vacuum glass panel and manufacturing method of same
    Patent number: 9010149
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vacuum glass panel and a manufacturing method of the same. The vacuum glass panel according to the present invention includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate facing the first glass plate with a vacuum space therebetween, an edge of the second glass plate being in contact with the first glass plate, and a plurality of spacers disposed between the first glass plate and the second glass plates to separate the first glass plate and the second glass plate from each other. The plurality of spacers are formed of a glass including alumina (Al2O3) particles and silica (SiO2) particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kongju National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Euy-Sik Jeon, Sang-In Moon, Jeong-Bae Kim
  • Snapshot spectral imaging based on digital cameras
    Patent number: 9013691
    Abstract: Snapshot spectral imagers comprise an imaging lens, a dispersed image sensor and a restricted isometry property (RIP) diffuser inserted in the optical path between the source image and the image sensor. The imagers are used to obtain a plurality of spectral images of the source object in different spectral bands in a single shot. In some embodiments, the RIP diffuser is one dimensional. An optional disperser may be added in the optical path, to provide further dispersion at the image sensor. In some embodiments, all imager components except the RIP diffuser may be part of a digital camera, with the RIP diffuser added externally. In some embodiments, the RIP diffuser may be included internally in a digital camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University
    Inventors: Michael Golub, Menachem Nathan, Amir Averbuch, Asaf Kagan, Valery Zheludev, Roman Malinsky
  • Long-range acoustical positioning system on continental shelf regions
    Patent number: 9013959
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a geophysical position of an object in an underwater channel are provided. Acoustic signals from at least two sources are received by a receiver of the object. The acoustic signals have a frequency corresponding to at least one waveguide mode associated with the underwater channel, where the acoustic signals are transmitted at predetermined transmission times. An arrival time for the at least one waveguide mode is determined from the received signals, based on the predetermined transmission times. The geophysical position is determined based on the arrival time and a modal group velocity for the at least one waveguide mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Mohsen Badiey, Boris Katsnelson
  • Systems and methods for particle detection
    Patent number: 9012830
    Abstract: A particle detection system is provided. The particle detection system includes at least one tapered optical fiber, a light source configured to transmit light through the at least one tapered optical fiber, a photodetector configured to measure a characteristic of the light being transmitted through the at least one optical fiber, and a computing device coupled to the photodetector and configured to determine whether a nanoparticle is present within an evanescent field of the at least one tapered optical fiber based on the measured light characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Washington University
    Inventors: Jiangang Zhu, Sahin Kaya Ozdemir, Lan Yang
  • Multiple accumulator systems and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 9010101
    Abstract: The invention is an accumulator system in which multiple elastomeric accumulators are attached in series or parallel in order to generate total differential pressure in excess of that generated in a non-series system. Also disclosed is a “stacked” accumulator system. The system stores energy when the accumulators deform from their original shape in response to the flow of a pressurized fluid. The stored energy is available for use when the fluid is released from the accumulators and the accumulators return to their original shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Eric J. Barth, Alexander V. Pedchenko, Wayne J. Book
  • Efficient processes for large scale preparation of phosphaplatins antitumor agents
    Patent number: 9012669
    Abstract: An efficient process for synthesizing phosphaplatins in large quantities is disclosed by adding platinum complex to a concentrated pyrophosphate solution at pH from between about 6.0 to 8.5. After stirring, the temperature and pH are lowered to precipitate out desired phosphaplatins. Particularly, the disclosed processes reduce the need to use large volumes of starting materials, and shorten the reaction time. In addition, disclosed is a process for recycling un-reacted materials from a first phosphaplatins synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Houston System
    Inventors: Rathindra N. Bose, Shadi Moghaddas, Homa Dezvareh
  • Methods and compositions for improving sugar transport, mixed sugar fermentation, and production of biofuels
    Patent number: 9012177
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to host cells containing a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide where the polypeptide transports cellodextrin into the cell. The present disclosure further relates to methods of increasing transport of cellodextrin into a cell, methods of increasing growth of a cell on a medium containing cellodextrin, methods of co-fermenting cellulose-derived and hemicellulose-derived sugars, and methods of making hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon derivatives by providing a host cell containing a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide where the polypeptide transports cellodextrin into the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: N. Louise Glass, Chaoguang Tian, William T. Beeson, IV, Huimin Zhao, Jing Du, Jin Ho Choi, James H. Doudna Cate, Jonathan M. Galazka, Suk-Jin Ha, Yong-Su Jin, Soo Rin Kim, Sijin Li, Xiaomin Yang
  • Photoelectric element having stacked charge-transport layers
    Patent number: 9013023
    Abstract: A photoelectric element includes a first electrode; and a second electrode positioned so as to face the first electrode; and a semiconductor disposed on a face of the first electrode, the face being positioned so as to face the second electrode; and a photosensitizer carried on the semiconductor; and a first charge-transport layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second charge-transport layer interposed between the first charge-transport layer and the second electrode. The first charge-transport layer and the second charge-transport layer contain different oxidation-reduction materials. The oxidation-reduction material in the first charge-transport layer has an oxidation-reduction potential higher than an oxidation-reduction potential of the oxidation-reduction material in the second charge-transport layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Waseda University
    Inventors: Michio Suzuka, Takashi Sekiguchi, Naoki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Nishide, Kenichi Oyaizu, Fumiaki Kato
  • Scour sensor and method of using same
    Patent number: 9010176
    Abstract: A scour sensor and method of detecting scour in the bed of a body of water as well as a sensor and method for determining the subgrade modulus of a subgrade are provided. The scour sensor includes an elongated rod that can be driven into the bed of a body of water such that a portion of the rod is cantilevered from the bed into the water. The rod has a known dynamic characteristic that is variable depending on the amount of the rod that is embedded in the subgrade. In one implementation, the known characteristic is the natural frequency of the rod. The scour sensor further includes a sensor element for monitoring a dynamic characteristic of the rod. Methods of using and calibrating a scour sensor are also provided. Further, the sensor may be used to determine a subgrade modulus of the subgrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Farhad Ansari, Amirhossein Iranmanesh