Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 8629353
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an apparatus that is used to provide a circuit layer via a supportive substrate or material layer having an upper surface and having edge surfaces configured and arranged to define patterned aperture channels. The material layer includes an array of patterned islands which provide an upper surface of the material layer for securing and supporting circuitry. The patterned islands are flexible due, for example, to patterned flexures located between and connecting the islands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Rostam Dinyari, Peter Peumans, Kevin Huang
  • Patent number: 8628939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a membrane protein expression vector containing the major envelope protein P9 of Cystovirus phi6 as a fusion partner, to cells transformed by the expression vector, and to a process for producing membrane proteins using the cells. Target proteins can be effectively expressed by the expression vector of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Foundation of Soongsil University—Industry Cooperation
    Inventors: Dong-bin Lim, Yuna Jung
  • Patent number: 8629098
    Abstract: Modular aAPCs and methods of their manufacture and use are provided. The modular aAPCs are constructed from polymeric microparticles. The aAPCs include encapsulated cytokines and coupling agents which modularly couple functional elements including T cell receptor activators, co-stimulatory molecules and adhesion molecules to the particle. The ability of these aAPCs to release cytokines in a controlled manner, coupled with their modular nature and ease of ligand attachment, results in an ideal, tunable APC capable of stimulating and expanding primary T cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Tarek Fahmy, Erin Steenblock
  • Patent number: 8628701
    Abstract: A method of preparing micro-capsules. The active ingredient, preferably provided in the form of an acid salt dissolved in a basic aqueous solution, is emulsified into a polymer solution, preferably PLGA in a relatively volatile solvent such as dichloromethane, to create a water in oil emulsion. This emulsion is further emulsified into an aqueous solution having a pH of a between about 7.4 and 8.0 and most preferably between about 7.8 and 8.0 to create a water in oil in water solution. The polymer solvent is allowed to evaporate, causing the emulsified active ingredient and surrounding polymer matrix to precipitate, thereby forming the micro-capsules. The micro-capsules are separated from the suspension, washed and freeze dried. The method has a very high encapsulation efficiency, even at high loading rates. Additionally, the dissolution rate of the micro-particles produced by the method is very steady over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Xavier University of Louisiana
    Inventors: Tarun K. Mandal, Richard Graves
  • Patent number: 8630308
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for detecting deviations from legitimate operation on a wireless network. The method includes detecting a sequence of observable events related to operation of an entity in the wireless network, and determining from the detected sequence of observable events for a particular entity in the wireless network what number of idle slots occurred between two consecutive observable events to provide a first output. The method further includes obtaining a second output corresponding to the number of idle slots between two consecutive observable events for legitimate operation of any entity in the wireless network using the network transmission protocol, and comparing a function of the first output with a function of the second output to determine whether or not the particular entity is deviating from legitimate operation of the network transmission protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Xiaodong Wang, Alberto Lopez Toledo
  • Patent number: 8629103
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the treatment of non-proliferative cystic disease of the breast. More particularly, the present invention relates generally to the treatment of non-proliferative cystic disease of the breast in BRCA1 mutant carriers. Accordingly, the invention relates to the use and application of compounds or agents, including somatostatin analogs, that inhibit insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) or insulin-like growth factor I receptor signaling for the treatment of non-proliferative cystic disease of the breast. The invention further relates to the use and application of these compounds or agents for the treatment of non-proliferative cystic disease of the breast in BRCA1 patients. The invention also relates to use of somatostatin analog SOM230 in treatment of non-proliferative cystic disease of the breast and more particularly, to use of somatostatin analog SOM230 in treatment of BRCA1 associated non-proliferative cystic disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventor: David L. Kleinberg
  • Patent number: 8628747
    Abstract: Carbon nanotube structures are formed by providing metal composite particles including a catalyst metal and a non-catalyst metal, where the catalyst metal catalyzes the decomposition of a hydrocarbon compound and the formation of carbon nanotube structures on surfaces of the particles. The metal composite particles are combined with the hydrocarbon compound in a heated environment so as to form carbon nanotube structures on the surfaces of the metal composite particles. The metal composite particles can be include iron and aluminum at varying amounts. The carbon nanotubes formed on the metal particles can remain on the metal particles or, alternatively, be removed from the metal particles for use in different applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: University of Maryland College Park
    Inventors: Michael R. Zachariah, Soo H. Kim
  • Patent number: 8630487
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a first color transform unit carrying out a color transform on a combination of color components with high correlation out of a plurality of color components included in image data; and a second color transform unit carrying out a color transform on a combination of color components aside from the combination of color components subjected to the color transform by the first color transform unit out of the plurality of color components included in the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukuhara, Hitoshi Kiya
  • Patent number: 8628649
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for identifying biopolymers, such as strands of DNA, as they pass through a constriction such as a carbon nanotube nanopore. More particularly, the invention is directed to such systems, devices and methods in which a newly translocated portion of the biopolymer forms a temporary electrical circuit between the nanotube nanopore and a second electrode, which may also be a nanotube. Further, the invention is directed to such systems, devices and methods in which the constriction is provided with a functionalized unit which, together with a newly translocated portion of the biopolymer, forms a temporary electrical circuit that can be used to characterize that portion of the biopolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents Acting for and On Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Stuart Lindsay, Jin He, Peiming Zhang, Kevin Reinhart
  • Patent number: 8628744
    Abstract: A method for oxidizing carbon monoxide by a water-gas shift (WGS) reaction and a method for reducing carbon dioxide by a reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) reaction, both using a catalyst of the formula xMZLn2O2SOy, in which M, Ln, x, and y are as defined herein. Also disclosed are novel compositions for use as catalysts for both the WGS and RWGS reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tufts University
    Inventors: Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Ioannis Valsamakis
  • Patent number: 8629760
    Abstract: A signal conversion device, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, and a method for operating the RFID tag. The RFID tag has an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory module for storing RFID tag information and transmitting the RFID tag information; an information comparison module coupled to the electrically erasable programmable for receiving the RFID tag information and demodulation information, comparing the RFID tag information with the demodulation information, and generating a driving signal; and a pulse oscillation module coupled to the information comparison module for receiving the driving signal, and transmitting pulse oscillating signals to the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory module, so as to allow the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory module to transmit the RFID tag information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Chi-En Liu, Jean-Fu Kiang
  • Patent number: 8629422
    Abstract: The method utilizes a conducting trench base with non-conducting trench walls to corral charged particles precisely into the trenches. The nanoparticles are close packed in the channels and highly ordered. This approach utilizes the charge on the particles to selectively deposit them within the trenches, as all nanoparticles in solution can be charged, and this can be extended to any nanoparticle system beyond gold. Also, this method results in the layer-by-layer growth of the gold nanoparticles. Therefore the depth of the nanoparticle layers within the trenches is controllable. This allows the possibility of heterolayered structures of different nanoparticle layers. Further this method ensures that assembly occurs to fill the void space available provided the back-contacting electrode is more conducting than the trench walls. This allows nanoparticle assemblies to be corralled into any lithographically defined shape, which makes this approach highly adaptable to a range of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: University of Limerick
    Inventors: Kevin M. Ryan, Shafaat Ahmed
  • Patent number: 8628920
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for early diagnosis of liver cancer. The method comprises the steps of: (A) providing a sample obtained from a subject; (B) assessing the expression level of four subtypes of ?-mannosidase genes consisting of MAN1C1 in the sample; (C) comparing the expression level of ?-mannosidase genes in the sample with a normal control; and (D) determining whether the subject having a risk of suffering liver cancer in accordance with the result of step (C); wherein while the MAN1C1 expression level of the sample is lower than that in the normal control, the subject is determined to have a risk of suffering liver cancer. Additionally, while MAN1A1, MAN1A2 and MAN1B1 expression levels in the sample are higher than those in control group, the subject is determined to suffer from liver cancer and has a risk of metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Horng-Dar Wang, Chiou-Hwa Yuh, Yung-Chun Hsiao, Yu-Ting Chou
  • Patent number: 8630222
    Abstract: The described method and system provide an efficient routing of data packets protocol in an event-driven and delay-constrained WSN (wireless sensor network) that optimizes the sleep/wake schedule of nodes to maximize the lifetime of the WSM, subject to a constraint on the source-to-sink delay. Online forwarding techniques may be used to transfer data reports from monitoring nodes to the sink. A delay-constrained and energy-efficient routing protocol (DCEER) for asynchronous WSNs may be used to maximize the lifetime of the WSN while remaining within the maximum allowable delay requirements. With DCEER, each node may maintain the historical cost of forwarding a packet from itself to the sink as its virtual coordinate, and packets are forwarded in the direction of descending coordinates. The cost-based coordinates may change dynamically with a time-varying channel or topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Xinguo Wang, Qian Zhang
  • Patent number: 8628978
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) is provided: wherein: R1 is an optionally substituted 2-(1-azathiaxanthone); each —R2 is independently of the formula —CH2—C(?O)—R4, wherein R4 is an amino acid or a salt thereof, attached to the remainder of R2 through the nitrogen atom of the amino group; and R3 is hydrogen or a C1-6 alkyl group; or wherein: R1 is an optionally substituted 2-(1-azaxanthone); each R2 is independently an optionally substituted glutaric or succinic acid, or a salt or ester thereof; and R3 is hydrogen or a C1-6 alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: University of Durham
    Inventors: David Parker, Robert Pal
  • Patent number: 8629729
    Abstract: A nano-oscillator magnetic wave propagation system has a group of aggregated spin-torque nano-oscillators (ASTNOs), which share a magnetic propagation material. Each of the group of ASTNOs is disposed about an emanating point in the magnetic propagation material. During a non-wave propagation state of the nano-oscillator magnetic wave propagation system, the magnetic propagation material receives a polarizing magnetic field. During a wave propagation state of the nano-oscillator magnetic wave propagation system, each of the group of ASTNOs initiates spin waves through the magnetic propagation material, such that a portion of the spin waves initiated from each of the group of ASTNOs combine to produce an aggregation of spin waves emanating from the emanating point. The aggregation of spin waves may provide a sharper wave front than wave fronts of the individual spin waves initiated from each of the group of ASTNOs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Frank C. Hoppensteadt, Andrew D. Kent, Ferran Macià Bros
  • Patent number: 8628213
    Abstract: An indoor illuminator for adjusting lighting field includes a casing, two adjusting portions and two illuminating strips. The casing has a top plate and two side plates. Each adjusting portion includes a bottom plate and a base plate. The base plate is mounted on the bottom plate. The two illuminating strips are respectively and correspondingly disposed on the two adjusting portions. Each illuminating strip includes an elongated loading plate and an elongated positioning plate. The loading plate has multiple light emitting diodes mounted on the loading plate. The positioning plate is respectively connected with the loading plate and the base plate of a corresponding adjusting portion to be enclosed as a triangular tube. The loading plate is pivotable relative to the base plate such that a projecting angle of the loading plate is adjustable and the lighting field is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: National Chung Cheng University
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chen Wang, Jung-Ming Yeh
  • Patent number: 8629189
    Abstract: A Fischer-Tropsch process including the steps of providing a reactor having a substrate element with a surface and a plurality of elongated micro-structures of catalyst material attached to the substrate surface The catalyst material includes at least one of cobalt, iron, or ruthenium and the micro-structures have a width of less than about 1 um and a length at least five times the width. A carbon compound and hydrogen are injected into the reactor such that at least a portion of the carbon compound and hydrogen contact the catalyst material. The carbon compound and hydrogen are reacted with the catalyst at a temperature between about 150° F. and about 400° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation, a Division of Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Wilson, John McDonald, Joshua Brown
  • Patent number: 8629262
    Abstract: A method and a kit for the identification of chromosomal inversions are described. Single-stranded sister chromatids are generated, for example by CO-FISH. A plurality of non-repetitive, labeled probes of relatively small size are hybridized to portions of only one of a pair of single-stranded sister chromatids. If no inversion exists, all of the probes will hybridize to a first chromatid. If an inversion has occurred, these marker probes will be detected on the sister chromatid at the same location as the inversion on the first chromatid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignees: Colorado State University Research Foundation, Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Susan M. Bailey, F. Andrew Ray, Edwin H. Goodwin, Joel S. Bedford, Michael N. Cornforth
  • Patent number: D697443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Universal Enterprises, Incorporated
    Inventors: David Lauren Wheaton, Sean Patrick Tierney, Michael John Kane