Patents Assigned to University
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR CONNECTING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140023064
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for connecting emergency communications are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Henning G. Schulzrinne, Wonsang Song, Jong Yul Kim
  • LOW CONCENTRATION AMMONIA NANOSENSOR
    Publication number: 20140021067
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor for sensing a gaseous analyte includes a substrate having at least two electrodes disposed thereon, and a carbon nanotube-polyaniline (CNT/PANI) film disposed on the substrate and in contact with at least two electrodes. The CNT/PANI film includes carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of polyaniline. The thickness of the polyaniline coating is such that electron transport can occur along and/or between the carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventor: Vladimir Samuilov
  • Nanoparticle Compositions and Methods for Making and Using the Same
    Publication number: 20140024565
    Abstract: A composition that includes solid lubricant nanoparticles and an organic medium is disclosed. Also disclosed are nanoparticles that include layered materials. A method of producing a nanoparticle by milling layered materials is provided. Also disclosed is a method of making a lubricant, the method including milling layered materials to form nanoparticles and incorporating the nanoparticles into a base to form a lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Ajay P. Malshe, Arpana Verma
  • Real Time Detecting and Tracing Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20140023279
    Abstract: A real time detecting and tracing apparatus comprises an image accessing module, an image preprocessing module, an image pyramids generation module, a detecting module, a tracing module, and a moving module. The image accessing module accesses an environmental image. The image preprocessing module shrinks the size of the environmental image and outputs a shrunken image. The image pyramids generation module generates an image pyramid according to the shrunken image. The detecting module scans the levels of the image pyramid and performs a sorting operation so as to position an object in the environmental image. The tracing module generates a tracing information according to the object information from the detecting module. The moving module traces or removes the object according the tracing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventor: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
  • ACTIVE MATERIALS FOR ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140020739
    Abstract: Tandem electro-optic devices and active materials for electro-optic devices are disclosed. Tandem devices include p-type and n-type layers between the active layers, which are doped to achieve carrier tunneling. Low bandgap conjugated polymers are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of The University of California
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Letian Dou, Jing-Bi You
  • BIOMASS GASIFICATION/PYROLYSIS SYSTEM AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140021028
    Abstract: A system and process capable of promoting the energy content of a syngas produced from a biomass material. The system and process entail compacting a loose biomass material and simultaneously introducing the compacted biomass material into an entrance of a reactor tube, and then heating the compacted biomass material within the tube to a temperature at which organic molecules within the biomass material break down to form ash and a fuel gas mixture. The fuel gas mixture is withdrawn from the tube and the ash is removed from the tube through an exit thereof. The entrance and exit of the tube, the compaction step, and the removal step cooperate to inhibit ingress of air into the tube by forming a plug of the biomass material at the entrance of the tube and a plug of ash at the exit of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph E. Paganessi, Peter J. Schubert, Alan D. Wilks
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID SORBENT BY IMPREGNATING AN OXIDE INTO NANOPORES OF ACTIVATED CARBONE AND USE THEREOF IN WATER TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20140021139
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing an organic-inorganic composite hybrid adsorbent by impregnating activated carbon nanopores with an oxide and a water treatment method using the same, and particularly, to an adsorbent including a porous adsorbent and ferrihydrite, goethite, hematite or magnetite incorporated into the porous adsorbent, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Kwang Ho Choo
  • GAMMA-GLUTAMYL TRANSPEPTIDASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20140024685
    Abstract: Compositions that are effective in inhibiting gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase are disclosed. Methods of producing and using these compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: Ohio State Innovation Foundation, The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Marie H. Hanigan, Pui Kai Li
  • Substituted Benzamides and Their Uses
    Publication number: 20140024649
    Abstract: Provided herein are Substituted Benzamides, compositions, and method of their manufacture and use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: Auckland UniServices Limited, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Amato Giaccia, Edwin Lai, Olga Razorenova, Denise Chan, Michael Patrick Hay, Muriel Bonnet, Connie Sun, Ray Tabibiazar, Po-wai Yuen
  • Method For Selecting Transmitting Points In A Communication System
    Publication number: 20140023159
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying a specific number of communicating points having relatively smallest accumulated path values from a plurality of transmitting points for a receiving point in a communication system. The method includes steps of: (a) defining a first coordination of each of the plurality of transmitting points and the receiving point on a complex plane; (b) transferring the first coordination of the receiving point to a second coordination thereof, in which the second coordination of the receiving point is near an origin of the complex plane; and (c) identifying the specific number of transmitting points having relatively smallest accumulated path values based on the second coordination of the receiving point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Chung-Jung Huang, Chih-Sheng Sung, Ta-sung Lee
  • Methods and Means for Monitoring Disruption of Tissue Homeostasis in the Total Body
    Publication number: 20140024019
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medical diagnostics. Provided are methods and kits for determining the health status of a subject, for early detection of tissue damage, for early diagnosis and monitoring of a disease, and/or for evaluation of treatment effectiveness in a subject using circulating tissue macrophages (CTM) as a mirror of disrupted tissue homeostasis and disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: Universidad de Salamanca, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
    Inventors: Jacobus Johannes Maria Van Dongen, José Alberto Orfao De Matos Correia E Vale
  • TOPICAL CO-ENZYME Q10 FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20140023627
    Abstract: Topical formulations of CoQ10 reduce the rate of tumor growth in an animcal subject. In the experiments described herein, CoQ10 was shown to increase the rate of apoptosis in a culture of skin cancer cells but not normal cells. Moreover, treatment of tumor-bearing animals with a topical formulation of CoQ10 was shown to dramatically reduce the rate of tumor growth in the animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: University of Miami
    Inventors: Sung L. HSIA, Niven Rajin Narain, Jie Li, Kathryn J. Russell, Karrune V. Woan, Indushekhar Persaud
  • Mammalian Sweet and Amino Acid Heterodimeric Taste Receptors Comprising T1R3 and T1R1
    Publication number: 20140024043
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of sweet or amino acid taste receptors comprising T1R3 and T1R1, two heterologous G-protein coupled receptor polypeptides from the T1R family of sensory G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of sweet and amino acid taste receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Charles S. Zuker, Jayaram Chandrashekar, Greg Nelson, Yifeng Zhang, Nicholas J. P. Ryba, Mark A. Hoon
  • NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING SKIN-WHITENING, ANTI-OXIDIZING AND PPAR ACTIVITIES AND MEDICAL USE THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20140023603
    Abstract: Provided are a novel compound having skin-whitening, anti-oxidizing and PPAR activities and a medical use thereof, and the compound has skin-whitening activities for the suppression of tyrosinase, and accordingly, is useful for use in skin-whitening pharmaceutical composition or cosmetic products; has anti-oxidant activities, and accordingly, is useful for the prevention and treatment of skin-aging; and has PPAR activities, and in particular, PPAR? and PPAR? activities, and accordingly, is useful for use in pharmaceutical compositions or health foods which are effective for the prevention and treatment of obesity, metabolic disease, or cardiovascular disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Hae Young Chung, Hyung Ryong Moon, Min Hi Park, Young Mi Ha, Yun Jung Park, Ji Young Park, Jin Ah Kim, Ji Yeon Lee, Kyung Jin Lee
  • Paclitaxel trihydrates and methods of making thereof
    Patent number: 8633240
    Abstract: Novel paclitaxel trihydrates. The paclitaxel trihydrates described herein are obtained by recrystallizing paclitaxel from a water/alcohol solution. Such recrystallization is known in the art to yield the one previously known paclitaxel crystalline trihydrate polymorph. Formation of the novel paclitaxel trihydrates described herein is induced by subjecting paclitaxel trihydrate crystals to an elevated pressure. As evidenced by NMR spectra, the novel paclitaxel trihydrates described herein have three-dimensional structures and/or water coordination geometry structures that are distinct from any previously known paclitaxel trihydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: James K. Harper, David M. Grant
  • Registration of 3D tomography images
    Patent number: 8634626
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for analyzing medical image change, particularly bone changes, either bone gain or loss. Disclosed also are methods and apparatus for bone registration of computed tomography (CT) images. These new methods and apparatus significantly improve the efficiency of current matching procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Lin Shi, Defeng Wang
  • Wireless power transmission for implantable medical devices
    Patent number: 8634928
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus and method for increasing a gain of a transmitted power signal in a wireless link when operating in a mid field wavelength that is within a range between wavelength/100 to 100*wavelength and within a medium having a complex impedance between a transmit antenna and a receive antenna. The apparatus and method maximize the gain in the wireless link using simultaneous conjugate matching, to increase power transfer within the transmitted power signal, wherein the simultaneous conjugate matching accounts for interaction between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, including the complex impedance of the medium between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Stephen O'Driscoll, Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Teresa H. Meng
  • Concave-hemisphere-patterned organic top-light emitting device
    Patent number: 8633497
    Abstract: A first device is provided. The first device includes an organic light emitting device, which further comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic emissive layer disposed between the first and second electrode. Preferably, the second electrode is more transparent than the first electrode. The organic emissive layer has a first portion shaped to form an indentation in the direction of the first electrode, and a second portion shaped to form a protrusion in the direction of the second electrode. The first device may include a plurality of organic light emitting devices. The indentation may have a shape that is formed from a partial sphere, a partial cylinder, a pyramid, or a pyramid with a mesa, among others. The protrusions may be formed between adjoining indentations or between an indentation and a surface parallel to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Michael Slootsky, Richard Lunt
  • Methods for identifying drug targets based on genomic sequence data
    Patent number: 8635031
    Abstract: This invention provides a computational approach to identifying potential antibacterial drug targets based on a genomic sequence and its annotation. Starting from a fully sequenced genome, open reading frame assignments are made which determine the metabolic genotype for the organism. The metabolic genotype, and more specifically its stoichiometric matrix, are analyzed using flux balance analysis to assess the effects of genetic deletions on the fitness of the organism and its ability to produce essential biomolecules required for growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Bernhard Palsson
  • Techniques for determining physical properties of underground structures using lightning
    Patent number: 8633699
    Abstract: A method and apparatus includes detecting lightning induced electromagnetic pulses and determining a physical property of an underground structure based on the lightning induced electromagnetic pulses. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an antenna, a low noise amplifier, a processor, cable, and a transmitter. The antenna includes three substantively perpendicular loops of electrical conductors. The processor is configured to condition the amplified signal. The cable is about 100 meters in length and connects the low noise amplifier to the processor. The transmitter is configured to send conditioned data to a data aggregation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Ivan Richard Linscott, Timothy Chevalier, Umran S. Inan, David Strauss