Patents and Patent Applications from Florida State University


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US20120123061 Composite Materials and Method for Making High-Performance Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Composites  
Nanocomposite materials and methods of making composite materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes are disclosed. The composite material includes an array of functionalized and aligned carbon...
US20120122235 Devices and Methods for Detection of Biomolecular Interactions  
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for the detection of biomolecular interactions. The interactions between one or more target DNA strands, one or more receptor DNA strands, and one or more...
8176620 Aluminum oxide particle strengthened niobium-tin superconducting composite wire  
A composite superconducting wire and a method of manufacturing the wire is disclosed. Nano-particle dispersion strengthened copper is co-drawn with Niobium rod to produce DSC-1Nb wire. n numbers of...
US20120108685 COMPACTED POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES AND ARTICLES  
A method is described for producing an osmotically compacted polyelectrolyte complex having a first region and a second region, the first region having a greater modulus than the second region. The...
US20120108684 COMPACTED POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES AND ARTICLES  
A method is described for producing an osmotically compacted polyelectrolyte complex having a first region and a second region, the first region having a greater modulus than the second region. The...
8169477 Digital video borescope for drilled shaft inspection  
Visual inspection of an interior surface of a borehole. A housing adapted to be lowered in the borehole supports a portable camera for generating images of a portion of the interior surface of the...
US20120098974 OPTICAL METHOD FOR MEASURING HEIGHT OF FLUORESCENT PHOSPHOLIPID FEATURES FABRICATED VIA DIP-PEN NANOLITHOGRAPHY  
Described is a calibration standard for determining the height of fluorescent microstructures, methods of using such a calibration standard, and a method of making such a calibration standard.
8161843 Damping motor and control approach for mitigating torsional backlash, damping critical geartrain speeds, and providing improved torque control in mechanical gears  
A torque damper motor connected to the output side of a mechanical gear system. The damper motor, along with its associated control system, mitigates backlash problems, reduced torsional resonance,...
US20120094020 HYDROPHOBIC FLUORINATED POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEX FILMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS  
A method for controlling the hydrophobicity of a surface of an article by alternately depositing solutions comprising net positively charged polymers and net negatively charged polymers onto the...
US20120085970 Composite Materials Reinforced with Carbon Nanotube Yarns  
Composite materials are provided that include one or more CNT yarns embedded in a matrix material. The composite materials may be transparent. Methods for making the composite materials are also...
8155724 Brain implantable electrodes having an increased signal to noise ratio and method for making same  
Herein disclosed are an electrode and a method for making an electrode having an enhanced electrically effective surface providing an increased signal to noise ratio. The electrode having a metal...
8153771 Mutants of human fibroblast growth factor having increased stability and/or mitogenic potency  
Mutants of human FGF-1 are disclosed having increased stability and mitogenic potency. In the FGF-1 polypeptide, primarily residue 12 is substituted with threonine and/or residue 134 is substituted...
8153770 Mutants of human fibroblast growth factor having increased stability and/or mitogenic potency  
Mutants of human FGF-1 are disclosed having increased stability and mitogenic potency. In the FGF-1 polypeptide, primarily residue 12 is substituted with cysteine and/or residue 134 is substituted...
US20120075441 SEMI-SYNTHETIC QUORUM SENSORS  
Described is a device comprising a quorum sensor array and a method of using such a device. Also described are methods for calibrating a camera for microstructures.
US20120070885 INTEGRATED DEVICE FOR ANALYZING AQUEOUS SAMPLES USING LIPID MULTILAYER GRATINGS  
Described is a device comprising lipid multilayer gratings.
8140751 Power-aware redundant array of independent disks (PARAID) and related methods  
A system defining a power-aware redundant array of identical disks (PARAID) is provided. The PARAID includes multiple data-storing disks that store multiple data blocks in a skewed stripping...
US20120052253 METHODS OF FABRICATING CERAMIC PREFORMS WITH 2-D CHANNELS AND STRUCTURES PRODUCED THEREBY  
Methods are provided for making ceramic preforms having two-dimensional interconnected channels therein. The methods include (i) positioning a sacrificial material having a selected profile within...
8119776 Mutants of human fibroblast growth factor having increased stability and/or mitogenic potency  
Mutants of human FGF-1 are disclosed having increased stability and mitogenic potency. In the FGF-1 polypeptide, primarily residue 12 is substituted with valine and residue 134 is substituted...
8114918 Compacted polyelectrolyte complexes and articles  
A method is described for producing an osmotically compacted polyelectrolyte complex having a first region and a second region, the first region having a greater modulus than the second region. The...
8114605 Diagnostic test for detecting anti-cashew IgE in patients  
Disclosed are major allergenic proteins in cashew nut, which are legumin-like proteins and 2S albumins. Also disclosed is a polypeptide allergen in the 7S superfamily, which includes vicilin-like...
US20120035343 Method for Functionalization of Nanoscale Fibers and Nanoscale Fiber Films  
A method is provided for functionalizing nanoscale fibers including reacting a plurality of nanoscale fibers with at least one epoxide monomer to chemically bond the at least one epoxide monomer to...
8110797 Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry methodology  
A method of enhanced speciation of both positive and negatives species in an analyte is disclosed. The method can include producing a first analyte solution comprising an analyte composition and an...
US20120020934 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR CRYOPRESERVED BONE CONSTRUCTS  
The subject invention concern materials and methods for cryopreservation of HCG-cell constructs. In one embodiment, porous HCG scaffolds are provided in a perfusion bioreactor having perfusion...
US20120012234 Age-Hardening Process Featuring Anomalous Aging Time  
This document describes a process/strategy for age hardening nickel based alloys to create desirable properties with reduced energy expenditure. The inventive process introduces isolated atom...
US20120009381 CARBON NANOTUBE HONEYCOMB AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF  
Materials that have a honeycomb structure are provided that are formed, at least in part, from carbon nanotube sheets. Methods are also provided for making these materials, including the expansion...
8084264 Method for identifying naphthenates in a hydrocarbon containing liquid  
A method for quantifying the presence of naphthenic acids in a hydrocarbon-comprising liquid that includes: contacting a hydrocarbon-comprising liquid with gaseous ammonia; isolating a reaction...
8071255 Hydrophobic fluorinated polyelectrolyte complex films and associated methods  
A fuel cell comprising a proton transporting membrane is provided. The proton transporting membrane comprises a polyelectrolyte film comprising a multilayer comprising an interpenetrating network...
US20110294229 COLORIMETRIC AND FLUORIMETRIC FLUORIDE SENSING  
The present invention generally relates to fluoride receptor reagent compounds comprising one or more N-aryl or heteroaryl substituted 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxydiimide (NDI) units and an...
US20110291652 Membrane proteins, mechanisms of action and uses thereof  
The invention relates to the atomistic functional understanding of the M2 protein from the influenza A virus. This acid-activated selective proton channel has been the subject of numerous...
8067942 Method for locating phase to ground faults in DC distribution systems  
A method for locating phase to ground faults in DC distribution systems. The method includes utilizing wavelet analysis using Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) as a signal processing tool for...
8063602 Stochastic anti-windup proportional-integral (PI) controller  
Different circuit-based implementations of stochastic anti-windup PI controllers are provided for a motor drive controller system. The designs can be implemented in a Field Programmable Gate Arrays...
8058364 Method for functionalization of nanoscale fibers and nanoscale fiber films  
A method is provided for functionalizing nanoscale fibers including reacting a plurality of nanoscale fibers with at least one epoxide monomer to chemically bond the at least one epoxide monomer to...
US20110272710 Solid state energy photovoltaic device  
A solid state energy conversion device and method of making is disclosed for converting energy between electromagnetic and electrical energy. The solid state energy conversion device comprises a...
US20110262729 FUNCTIONALIZATION OF NANOSCALE FIBERS AND FUNCTIONALIZED NANOSCALE FIBER FILMS  
This disclosure provides articles that include functionalized nanoscale fibers and methods for functionalizing nanoscale fibers. The functionalized nanoscale fibers may be made by oxidizing a...
US20110253330 FIRE AND SMOKE RETARDANT COMPOSITE MATERIALS  
Flame retardant composite materials are provided which include at least one first paper which comprises carbon nanofibers and graphite oxide particles. The composite materials may further include...
US20110237798 DIRECT CONVERSION OF PHENOLS INTO AMIDES AND ESTERS OF BENZOIC ACID  
A method is provided for the preparation of an aromatic carboxylic acid aryl ester or an N-aryl aromatic carboxamide. The method comprises contacting an O,O-diaryl thiocarbonate or an O-aryl-N-aryl...
US20110229970 DUAL-CHAMBER PERFUSION BIOREACTOR FOR ORTHOPEDIC TISSUE INTERFACES AND METHODS OF USE  
The subject invention concerns a perfusion bioreactor device and methods of using the same. A bioreactor device of the invention can be used to grow cells and tissue in a controlled in vitro...
8020456 Sensor and a method of making a sensor  
A sensor is provided, which includes a plurality of conducting elements spaced apart from each other and at least one deformable electrolyte bridge contacting each of the conducting elements at one...
US20110224404 METHOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A PEPTIDE BUILDING BLOCK USEFUL FOR DE NOVO PROTEIN DESIGN  
The present invention relates to a top-down symmetric deconstruction approach which provides a novel alternative means to successfully identify a useful polypeptide “building block” for sub...
8020029 Method and apparatus for rendering game assets in distributed systems  
The invention includes a method and apparatus for attempting to synchronize delivery of information at a plurality of receiving systems. The method includes generating, at a sending system, a...
8008531 Compounds and methods of arylmethylation (benzylation) as protection for alcohol groups during chemical synthesis  
A process for benzylating an alcohol includes mixing 2-benzyloxy-1-methylpyridinium triflate in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent having a predetermined boiling point; adding an acid scavenger to the...
8007770 Purified linear polypeptide epitopes from walnuts and associated methods  
A purified Ig-E binding immunogenic polypeptide the amino acid sequence of which consists of SEQ ID NO:1 is disclosed. The purified amino acid sequence is a major allergen of the walnut Juglans...
8003812 C10 cyclopentyl ester substituted taxanes  
A taxane having a cyclopentyl ester substituent at C10, a keto substituent at C9, a hydroxy substituent at C2, a 2-thienyl substituent at C3′ and an isopropoxycarbamate substituent at C3′.
7998755 System and assay for detection of cardiac markers for assessing acute myocardial infarction  
Assay systems and methods are provided for detecting a target antigen in a physiological fluid (e.g., blood, serum, or urine). The method includes linking via a first antibody a magnetic...
US20110190216 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY AND TAXANE-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (TIPN)  
The present invention concerns materials and methods for treating, inhibiting the progression or, and/or preventing a disorder associated with and/or characterized by neuronal degeneration, such as...
7989221 Assays and systems for rapid detection of pathogens  
Assay systems and methods are provided for detecting a target pathogen, such as a microorganism (e.g., bacterium, bacterial toxin) which may be present in a fluid or other location. The method can...
7977573 Solderless cable-in-conduit-conductor (CICC) joint  
A cable-in-conduit-conductor (CICC) joint for use with a hybrid magnet. An elongate copper member is disposed in sandwiched relation between a first and second cable that are disposed in parallel,...
US20110152356 NOVEL RNAi THERAPEUTIC FOR TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS C INFECTION  
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or small hairpin RNA (shRNAs) and compositions comprising same are provided that specifically target human cyclophilin A (CyPA) to effectively inhibit Hepatitis...
US20110142921 NOVEL RNAi THERAPEUTIC FOR TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS C INFECTION  
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or small hairpin RNA (shRNAs) and compositions comprising same are provided that specifically target human cyclophilin A (CyPA) to effectively inhibit Hepatitis C...
7960553 Reagent for synthesis of para-methoxbenzyl (PMB) ethers and associated methods  
A newly synthesized compound designated lepidine ether 2-(4-Methoxybenzyloxy)-4-methylquinoline reacts with methyl triflate in the presence of alcohols to generate a neutral organic salt that...
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