Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 7592475
    Abstract: A branched ?-cyanostilbene fluorescent materials with a new structure useful to the organic electroluminescence display (OELD), which includes the organic substance in the state of powder, liquid and film with the stilbene core structure and the terminal branched phenyl structure. The fluorescent materials of the invention exhibits the high luminescent efficiency and is capable of tuning the fluorescent colors of red, green and blue according to the core structure in the molecular, i.e., the structure of stilbene radical, particularly it exhibits the higher luminescent efficiency in the state of solid more than solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Sooyoung Park, Soonki Kwon, Byeongkwan An
  • Patent number: 7592772
    Abstract: A fault detection system using field current and rotor search coil voltage harmonics is provided. The technology is capable of detecting an inter-turn fault unambiguously and rapidly in a synchronous machine. The internal asymmetry of the machine that has adversely affected the earlier fault diagnosis results has, for the first time, been shown as an advantage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: University of Victoria Innovation and Development Corporation
    Inventors: Subhasis Nandi, Prabhakar Neti
  • Patent number: 7592909
    Abstract: A system for locating one or more objects. The system includes one or more objects having an unknown location. Each object comprises at least one mobility sensor for providing sensory information about the object, a wireless communications package for providing received signal strength indication (RSSI) and a processing unit for transmitting data about the object. The data includes the sensory information and the received signal strength indication. The system also includes at least one receiver for receiving the data about each object and at least one algorithm for processing the data about each object and identifying a location estimate about each object, thereby locating one or more objects having an unknown location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Gergely V. Zaruba, Manfred Huber, Farhad A. Kamangar, David Levine
  • Patent number: 7592159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to two recombinant colicin expression systems, one utilizing a yeast expression system that produces a protein that is inexpensive to purify, and the other utilizing a plasmid expression system to be used as a probiotic culture. The recombinant colicins provide effective alternatives to conventional antibiotics and may be used to improve the efficiency of pork production, and the safety of its products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad H. Stahl
  • Patent number: 7592012
    Abstract: Fusion proteins which comprise an apoptosis inducing protein portion and a cell targeting portion are disclosed. Fusion proteins which comprise a protease portion and a cell targeting portion are disclosed. Compositions for and methods of targeting and inducing the death of cells are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
    Inventor: David B. Weiner
  • Patent number: 7592269
    Abstract: A method of forming a charge pattern includes treating a stamp layer with a plasma, applying the treated stamp layer to a surface of a substrate to thereby form a charge pattern on the surface of the substrate, and separating the stamp layer from the surface of the substrate. In one aspect, the method includes depositing nanoparticles on the surface of the substrate. An apparatus made in accordance with the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventor: Heiko O. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 7593794
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for controlling the attitude of a vehicle in a space having at least two opposed viewable regions, each region being viewed by a respective first sensor for sensing a first frequency band of electromagnetic radiation and a respective second sensor for sensing a second frequency band of electromagnetic radiation, wherein respective first and second data sets from the first and second sensors for each regions are produced, these second data sets are subsequently modified and combined with the first data sets to form respective third data sets for each region. The attitude of the vehicle is then adjusted until the third data sets are substantially equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: The Commonwealth of Australia, The Australian National University
    Inventors: Javaan Singh Chahl, Friedrich Gert Stange, Naig Le Bouffant
  • Patent number: 7591927
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wastepaper shock absorbing material using a vacuum forming principle is provided. The method includes disintegrating wastepaper selected from at least one of old corrugated containers, old newspapers and milk cartons, diluting the disintegrated wastepaper to form a pulp suspension, mixing the pulp suspension with a cationic starch to form a mixture, and vacuuming the mixture by applying a first vacuum in a first direction and a second vacuum in a second direction in a vacuum former to vacuum-dehydrate the mixture and provide a shock absorbing material. The first direction is substantially opposite to the second direction. The method further includes drying the shock absorbing material and performing a surface sizing process on a surface of the shock absorbing material. The wastepaper shock absorbing material has a low elastic modulus and density and can be manufactured without using the conventional press process performed by a press plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Gyeongsang National University
    Inventors: Chul hwan Kim, Young min Lee, Dae bin Song
  • Patent number: 7592317
    Abstract: The present disclosure demonstrates the successful use of constitutive promoters operatively linked to genes encoding radiosensitizing or radioprotecting factors, administered to cells, tissues, or patients in conjunction with radiation exposure. Also disclosed are pharmacological preparations to be used to increase the levels of radiosensitizing compounds such as TNF-?, or radioprotective compounds such as MnSOD, in specified tissues or tumors of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: The University of Chicago, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Ralph H. Weichselbaum, Dennis E. Hallahan, Donald W. Kufe, Vikas P. Sukhatme
  • Patent number: 7592323
    Abstract: It has now been determined that antisense therapy which reduces the expression of TRPM-2 provides therapeutic benefits in the treatment of cancer. In particular, such antisense therapy can be applied in treatment of prostate cancer and renal cell cancer. Addition of antisense TRPM-2 ODN to prostatic tumor cells in vivo is effective for delaying the onset of androgen independence. Thus, prostate cancer can be treated in an individual suffering from prostate cancer by initiating androgen-withdrawal to induce apoptotic cell death of prostatic tumor cells in the individual, and administering to the individual a composition effective to inhibit expression of TRPM-2 by the tumor cells, thereby delaying the progression of prostatic tumor cells to an androgen-independent state in an individual Combined use of antisense TRPM-2 and taxanes synergistically enhances cytotoxic chemosensitivity of androgen-independent prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Martin Gleave, Paul S. Rennie, Hideaki Miyake, Colleen Nelson
  • Patent number: 7592810
    Abstract: A method for generating a magnetic resonance images is provided. A first species signal for a first species is generated from magnetic resonance data. A second signal is generated from the magnetic resonance data. The first species signal is combined with the second signal to provide a recombined image. The recombined image may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott B. Reeder, Charles A. McKenzie, Jean H. Brittain
  • Patent number: 7591619
    Abstract: A machining apparatus includes a support frame, first and second workbenches, and a tool-mounting unit. The support frame includes a first horizontal frame part, and a second horizontal frame part disposed above the first horizontal frame part. The first and second workbenches are mounted slidably on the first horizontal frame part of the support frame, and is slidable relative to the support frame in a first horizontal direction. The tool-mounting unit is mounted slidably on the second horizontal frame part of the support frame, and is slidable relative to the support frame in a second horizontal direction transverse to the first horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: Buffalo Machinery Co., Ltd., The Department of ElectricalEngineering, National Chang-Hua University of Education
    Inventors: Paul Chang, Tsair-Rong Chen, Jeen-Sheen Row, Yuan-Fu Tsai
  • Patent number: 7593559
    Abstract: A method/system preserves annotations of different pathological conditions or changes that are recognized on cross-sections within a three dimensional volume of a patient's eye so that the annotations are maintained in a visible state in an en face projection produced with a SVP technique. it is thus possible to coregister the annotated conditions or changes with other types of two dimensional en face images such as images from other ophthalmic devices (e.g., angiography device, microperimetry device, autofluorescence device, fundal photography device.). The annotations are also maintained in a visible state in the coregistered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Cynthia A. Toth, Marcin Stopa, Bradley A. Bower
  • Patent number: 7592174
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the identification and isolation of mammalian mesenchymal stem cells. The methods of the invention provide a means to obtain substantially homogeneous MSC populations. In some embodiments, the homogeneous MSC composition is stable in non-differentiating culture conditions, where the proportion of cells in the composition that have an MSC phenotype are maintained over multiple passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Karl G. Sylvester, Monika Tataria, Laurie Ailles, Irving L. Weissman
  • Patent number: 7592100
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-capacity and low-cost non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a negative electrode containing, as a negative electrode active material, a ssubstance capable of absorbing/desorbing lithium ions and/or metal lithium; a separator; a positive electrode; and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material contained in the positive electrode is composed of crystalline particles of an oxide containing two kinds of transition metal elements, the crystalline particles having a layered crystal structure, and oxygen atoms constituting the oxide forming a cubic closest packing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Osaka City University
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ohzuku, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Masatoshi Nagayama
  • Patent number: 7592309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide having analgesic and antitumor activity derived from the scorpion and partial fragment, derivative or analogue thereof having analgesic and antitumor activity, and preparation method and use thereof. The peptide having analgesic and antitumor activity is obtained by extraction, isolation and purification from the scorpion or scorpion venom. The peptide having analgesic and antitumor activity derived from the scorpion and partial fragment, derivative or analogue thereof can be obtained by chemical synthesis method or bioengineering method. The peptide having analgesic and antitumor activity derived from the scorpion and partial fragment, derivative or analogue thereof is used as the analgesic and antitumor drugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
    Inventors: Jinghai Zhang, Runlin Ma, Siling Wang, Yanfeng Liu, Chunfu Wu
  • Patent number: 7592147
    Abstract: The instant invention is based, at least in part, on the dentification of a mechanism by which T-bet modulates IL2 production. The present invention pertains to methods of identifying agents that modulate the kinase-mediated interaction of T-bet with RelA, as well as methods of use therefore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard University
    Inventors: Laurie H. Glimcher, Eun Sook Hwang
  • Patent number: 7591864
    Abstract: Organic pigments are capable of catalyzing the decomposition reaction of hydrogen-rich, stabilized, borohydride solutions to generate hydrogen gas on-board an operable hydrogen-consuming device such as a motor vehicle or other combustion engine. The organic pigments are used in hydrogen generating systems and in methods for controlling the generation of hydrogen gas from metal hydride solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Clovis Alan Linkous, Darlene Kay Slattery, Danielle Delong Nangle
  • Patent number: 7591707
    Abstract: An underwire assembly for use in a brassiere including an elongate support member of three-dimensional elongate form. The supporting member extends in at least two planes for conforming to an inferior profile of the breast of a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Winnie Yu, Jintu Fan, Rong Zheng
  • Patent number: PP20338
    Abstract: ‘AU Gobbler I’ is a new and distinct Chinese chestnut cultivar that is precocious and produces a large crop annually of small nuts that mature early and start dropping about August 25. Nut drop continues for a 4 to 5 week period. The nuts mature and start dropping 3-4 weeks before most cultivars. The early nut drop and small nut size of ‘AU Gobbler I’ makes it ideal for use as a food source for turkey and other wildlife species. ‘AU Gobbler I’ is an excellent companion cultivar to ‘AU Gobbler II’ as nut drop begins about 10 days earlier than nut drop of ‘AU Gobbler II’ and extends the season of available food supply for turkey and other wildlife. The major nut drop period of ‘AU Gobbler I’ occurs before the major nut drop period of ‘AU Gobbler II’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: W. Alfred Dozier, Jr., J. Daniel Norton, Curtis J. Hansen