Patents by Inventor The Board of Trustees of The University of IL

The Board of Trustees of The University of IL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130049240
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for applying a force to at least one of an inner stream, an outer stream or both of a combined stream to produce a plurality of capsules, receiving image data, processing the image data, detecting undesirable capsules from the processed image data, applying a bias charge only to the detected undesirable capsules, and segregating the biased undesirable capsules from the unbiased desirable capsules. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventor: The Board of Trustees of The University of IL