Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 8210686
    Abstract: A projection system having a set of projectors that cast images: (i) outwards onto the concave surface of a hemispherical dome, as is usual in planetariums and (ii) inward onto the convex surface of a centrally located sphere. The images thus cast may be coordinated by a controlling computer program, so that changes in the content or orientation of the images on the sphere result in corresponding changes in the images on the dome and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Old Dominion University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Declan G. DePaor
  • Patent number: 8211657
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to satisfying the need to detect microbial contamination of food products. The described bioseparator/bioreactor coupled with an optical/electrochemical biosensor was able to specifically detect E. coli O157:H7 from 8.8×101 to 8.8×106 CFU/ml in 2.5 hours without any enrichment. Using this invention, concentrations of S. Typhimurium ranging from 8.6×102 to 8.6×106 CFU/ml in pure culture were detected in 2 hours without any enrichment. The invention may also be used for the detection of S. Seftenberg, which has the same sensitivity as S. Typhimurium. Other pathogens such as L. monocytogenes and S. Heidleberg did not interfere with the detection. The optimum inner diameter of the 25 cm long column for the detection of E. coli O157:H7 is 250 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Yanbin Li, Yongcheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8212246
    Abstract: Methods and systems for electrochemically depositing doped metal oxide and metal chalcogenide films are disclosed. An example method includes dissolving a metal precursor into a solution, adding a halogen precursor to the solution, and applying a potential between a working electrode and a counter electrode of an electrochemical cell to deposit halogen doped metal oxide or metal chalcogenide onto a substrate. Another example method includes dissolving a zinc precursor into a solution, adding an yttrium precursor to the solution, and applying a potential between a working electrode and a counter electrode of an electrochemical cell to deposit yttrium doped zinc oxide onto a substrate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Meng Tao, Xiaofei Han
  • Patent number: 8212141
    Abstract: There is provided a high-sensitivity organic semiconductor radiation/light sensor and a radiation/light detector which can detect rays in real time. In the high-sensitivity organic semiconductor radiation/light sensor, a signal amplification wire 2 is embedded in an organic semiconductor 1. Carriers created by passage of radiation or light are avalanche-amplified by a high electric field generated near the signal amplification wire 2 by means of applying a high voltage to the signal amplification wire 2, thus dramatically improving detection efficiency of rays. Hence, even rays exhibiting low energy loss capability can be detected in real time with high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Niigata University, Japan Carlit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Miyata, Yoshimasa Fujigaki, Yoji Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Muto, Masaaki Tamura
  • Patent number: 8211864
    Abstract: The present invention provides an intraceptor that interacts with and decreases activity of with VEGF and/or a VEGFR for the treatment of angiogenesis-related conditions. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use thereof, for the treatment and prevention of an angiogenesis-related condition using said intraceptors. The invention further provides for nucleic acids encoding said intraceptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Balamurali Ambati, Nirbhai Singh, Shivan Amin
  • Patent number: 8211288
    Abstract: Feed water comprising an aqueous salt solution is supplied to an anode chamber and to a cathode chamber. The feed water is cathodically electrolyzed in the cathode chamber to produce alkaline electrolyzed water (catholyte) and is anodically electrolyzed in the anode chamber to produce electrolyzed water (anolyte) whose pH is modified. A portion of alkaline catholyte from the cathode chamber is recycled back to the feed water during continuous electrolysis to provide a blend of feed water and alkaline catholyte to the anode chamber to control pH of the anodically electrolyzed water therein to provide more stable bactericidal activity thereof over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Con Hung, Donghwan Chung
  • Patent number: 8211649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV polypeptides, including soluble forms of the extracellular domain. Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to antibodies or portions thereof that specifically bind Neutrokine-alpha and/or Neutrokine-alphaSV and diagnostic and therapeutic methods using these antibodies. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting immune system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating immune system-related disorders using the compositions of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Thi-Sau Migone, Jerry L. Klein, Yasuhiro Oki, Anas Younes
  • Patent number: 8211634
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, preventing, and treating human cancer. A variety of chromosomal regions (MCRs) and markers corresponding thereto, are provided, wherein alterations in the copy number of one or more of the MCRs and/or alterations in the amount, structure, and/or activity of one or more of the markers is correlated with the presence of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Ronald A. DePinho, Kenneth C. Anderson, Ruben D. Carrasco, Giovanni Tonon, Cameron W. Brennan, John D. Shaughnessy, Jr., Lynda Chin
  • Patent number: 8210781
    Abstract: A processing machine includes a machine bed, a spindle seat, a sliding rail unit, and a driving unit. The sliding rail unit is disposed between the machine bed and the spindle seat. The driving unit is used for driving the spindle seat to move within a slot in the machine bed, and includes a threaded rod journalled on a junction between a bottom wall surface and a lateral wall surface of the machine bed, and a nut member disposed fixedly on a junction between a bottom surface and a lateral side surface of the spindle seat and engaging the threaded rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Buffalo Machinery Company Limited, The Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chang-Hua University of Education
    Inventors: Paul Chang, Tsair-Rong Chen, Jeen-Sheen Row, Yuan-Fu Tsai
  • Patent number: 8210065
    Abstract: Configuration-adjusting mechanisms include linkages interconnecting first and second layers of a sheet material. The linkages have hinges positioned and oriented to cause motion of at least a portion of the linkages out of a plane of the first and second layers when the mechanisms are actuated. An apparatus, system, and method include one or more of the mechanisms for changing a contour of a surface provided by a cover overlying the mechanisms. An array of mechanisms or mechanisms corresponding to an array of positions on the surface may be selectively actuated to change the contour or texture of the surface. The array of mechanisms for changing the contour can provide user interface buttons selectively actuated by the mechanisms, which cause the buttons to emerge from the surface. A reconfigurable contour may be provided by selectable sets of the buttons associated with respective functions of a control panel, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Larry L. Howell, Brian Geoffrey Winder, Erik Kent Bassett, Allen Boyd Mackay, Spencer P. Magleby
  • Patent number: 8210694
    Abstract: The optical device projects a three dimensional image into free space. A series of minors are aligned thereby allowing an image reflect three times between the two minors. The distance between the mirrors may be altered, changing the size and orientation of the final image. In other arrangements, the minors are aligned to permit an image to reflect five times. The minors of the device are concave, may be spherical or parabolic, and may be fragments of a spherical or parabolic minor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventor: Stephen McClanahan
  • Patent number: 8214079
    Abstract: A central information processing system for a service robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Suk Han Lee, Yeon Chool Park, Joon Young Park, Jun Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8211459
    Abstract: The invention provides NO-releasing polymers and low molecular weight NO-releasing compounds which may be used to for the treatment of medical conditions associated with NO-deficiency. The NO-releasing polymers or the low molecular weight NO-releasing compounds may also be incorporated into medical devices. The invention further provides methods of controlled release of NO for the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with NO-deficiency, wherein the treatment includes systemic or local administration of the NO-releasing polymers or the low molecular weight NO-releasing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Central Michigan University
    Inventors: Justin D. Oh-Lee, Dillip K. Mohanty
  • Patent number: 8213376
    Abstract: The OFDMA power allocation method provides for supporting absolute proportional rate constrains for scalable OFDMA systems. Network scheduling procedures implementing the prescribed method can provide absolute guarantees for satisfying the specified rate constrains while maximizing the throughput of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Ashraf S. Hasan Mahmoud, Ali Yaseen Al-Rayyah
  • Patent number: 8211737
    Abstract: A nanopatterned surface is prepared by forming a block copolymer film on a miscut crystalline substrate, annealing the block copolymer film, then reconstructing the surface of the annealed block copolymer film. The method creates a well-ordered array of voids in the block copolymer film that is maintained over a large area. The nanopatterned block copolymer films can be used in a variety of different applications, including the fabrication of high density data storage media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: The University of Massachusetts, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Thomas P. Russell, Soojin Park, Ting Xu
  • Patent number: 8211645
    Abstract: Recurrent gene fusions of androgen regulated genes and ETS family member genes in prostate cancer are described. Compositions and methods having utility in prostate cancer diagnosis, research, and therapy are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, The Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Inventors: Scott Tomlins, Daniel Rhodes, Arul Chinnaiyan, Rohit Mehra, Mark A. Rubin, Xiao-Wei Sun, Sven Perner, Charles Lee, Francesca Demichelis
  • Patent number: 8212023
    Abstract: A method of making a porphyrin is carried out by: (a) condensing (i) a 1,9-bis(N,N-)dialkylaminomethyl)dipyrromethane of Formula II: with (ii) a dipyrromethane to produce a reaction product; then (b) oxidizing the reaction product; and then (c) optionally demetallating said reaction product to produce the porphyrin. The reaction is particularly useful for making substituted porphyrins with a wide range of substituents at the A and/or B (the 5 and/or 15) positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Lindsey, Masahiko Taniguchi, Dazhong Fan
  • Patent number: 8211436
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for vaccinating a patient against a malignancy comprising introducing a protein or peptide comprising of all or an immunogenic fragment of a cyclin protein into the patient. The invention further provides a method of identifying tumor antigens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Olivera J. Finn, Henry Kao, Donald F. Hunt, Jarrod A. Marto
  • Patent number: 8212473
    Abstract: A light emitting/charge storage device is disclosed. The light emitting/charge storage device includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) portion and at least one charge storage portion electrically and physically connected therewith. The OLED portion includes a first anode layer, a first cathode layer, and an electroluminescent layer disposed at least partially between the first anode layer and the first cathode layer. The at least one charge storage portion includes a second anode layer, a second cathode layer, and an ionic polymer dielectric layer disposed at least partially between the second anode layer and the second cathode layer, and/or a thin film battery layer. A light emitting/charge storage system is also disclosed. Certain embodiments of the device and system of the invention may provide integrated illumination and charge storage in a unitary stacked layered structure with flexible mechanical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Simon Fraser University
    Inventors: Bozena Kaminska, Clinton K. Landrock, Yindar Chuo
  • Patent number: 8212220
    Abstract: A radiation detection apparatus and method, the apparatus (100) comprising a first scintillator (112) for interacting with radiation and outputting light in response thereto, a first photodetector (102) adjacent to the first scintillator (112) for receiving and detecting light from the first scintillator (112) and outputting (108) a first output signal in response thereto, a second scintillator (114) located around the first scintillator (112), for interacting with radiation and outputting light in response thereto, and a second photodetector (104) adjacent to the second scintillator (114) for receiving and detecting light from the second scintillator (114) and outputting (110) a second output signal in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: University of Wollongong
    Inventors: Michael Lloyd Franz Lerch, Anatoly Rozenfeld, Olexander Gektin