Patents and Patent Applications from Iowa State University


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US20120031487 Nanoscale High-Aspect-Ratio Metallic Structure and Method of Manufacturing Same  
Nanoscale high-aspect-ratio metallic structures and methods are presented. Such structures may form transparent electrode to enhance the performance of solar cells and light-emitting diodes. These...
US20120015066 Polymer mortar composite pipe material and manufacturing method  
Composite material and plunger-cast pipe manufacturing method and system wherein the composite material includes waste, chemically unmodified PET material, one or more waste filler materials (e.g....
US20120013967 ELASTOMERIC DEVICE FOR TUNABLE IMAGING  
An optical micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) structure is provided. The structure includes an elastomer membrane, a plurality of polymer fibers attached to the elastomer membrane, an array of...
US20120013354 CONCENTRIC COPLANAR CAPACITIVE SENSOR FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION  
A concentric coplanar capacitive sensor includes a charged central disc forming a first electrode, an outer annular ring coplanar with and outer to the charged central disc, the outer annular ring...
US20120001711 Permanent magnet with low or no dysprosium for high temperature performance  
A permanent magnet operable above about 125 C to about 200 C has a major phase represented by MRE2(Fe, Co)14B wherein said MRE comprises two or more rare earth elements selected from the group...
US20120000854 CONTINUOUS REMOVAL OF DISPERSE DYES FROM SOLUTION VIA CARBON-BASED FIBER MEDIA  
The present invention is directed to a method of removing colorants from a material. The method includes providing colored material, providing an oxoacid or oxoacid ester of phosphorous acid...
US20110320178 SEMANTIC TRANSLATION OF TIME-DRIVEN SIMULINK DIAGRAMS USING INPUT/OUTPUT EXTENDED FINITE AUTOMATA  
A method of semantic translation of a class of diagrams to input/output-extended finite automata is provided. The method includes receiving a data representation of a diagram, said diagram...
US20110318604 High-Temperature Coatings With Pt Metal Modified gamma-Ni + gamma'-Ni3Al Alloy Compositions  
An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ′-Ni3Al phase constitution, and a coating including the alloy.
US20110315537 SELECTIVE TEMPERATURE QUENCH AND ELECTROSTATIC RECOVERY OF BIO-OIL FRACTIONS  
A process for quenching, separating and collecting targeted components of a hot pyrolysis product stream from the pyrolysis of biomass is provided. The process utilizes rapid quenching and...
8084594 H2N3 influenza A viruses and methods of use  
The present invention provides influenza A viruses that include a hemagglutinin subtype H2, a neuraminidase subtype N3, or the combination thereof. Included in the present invention are H2...
US20110303448 Pb-Free Sn-Ag-Cu-Al or Sn-Cu-Al Solder  
A solder alloy includes Sn, optional Ag, Cu, and Al wherein the alloy composition is controlled to provide a strong, impact-and thermal aging-resistant solder joint that has beneficial...
US20110298891 COMPOSITE PHASE-SHIFTING ALGORITHM FOR 3-D SHAPE COMPRESSION  
A method includes acquiring a 3-D geometry through use of a virtual fringe projection system and storing a representation of the 3-D geometry as a RGB color image on a computer readable storage...
US20110294927 BIO-OIL FORMULATION AS AN ASPHALT SUBSTITUTE  
A bio-oil formulation, useful as an asphalt binder substitute in pavement and roofing shingles, includes bio-oil and a polymer additive. The bio-oil binder can include an asphalt additive. The...
8066478 Preventing hot-gas ingestion by film-cooling jet via flow-aligned blockers  
A system for cooling includes a surface to be cooled, at least one film-cooling hole within the surface for allowing a film cooling jet of coolant to reach the surface, each of the at least one...
8058048 Chimeric infectious DNA clones, chimeric porcine circoviruses and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to infectious DNA clones, infectious chimeric DNA clones of porcine circovirus (PCV), vaccines and means of protecting pigs against viral infection or postweaning...
US20110272190 DAMAGE RESISTANT POWER TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES  
An overhead transmission line support structure includes a base segment and a main segment extending upwardly from the base segment. The overhead transmission line structure further includes a...
8054146 Structures with negative index of refraction  
The invention provides simplified negative index materials (NIMs) using wire-pair structures, 4-gap single ring split-ring resonator (SRR), fishnet structures and overleaf capacitor SRR. In the...
US20110269820 SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY TREATMENT VIA TARGETING SMN2 CATALYTIC CORE  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for blocking the effect of the intronic inhibitory splicing region of intron 7 of the SMN2 gene. The compositions and methods of the...
8043548 Polymer mortar composite pipe material and manufacturing method  
Composite material and plunger-cast pipe manufacturing method and system wherein the composite material includes waste, chemically unmodified PET material, one or more waste filler materials (e.g....
US20110255490 BANDWIDTH RECYCLING IN NETWORKS  
A method for use in a broadband wireless access protocol (such as IEEE 802.16 or Long Term Evolution (LTE)) includes scheduling by a base station a stand-by subscriber station for each subscriber...
US20110240121 Nanocrystalline Superlattice Solar Cell  
A nanocrystalline superlattice solar cell utilizing a superlattice constructed from alternating amorphous and nanocrystalline layers is provided. The amorphous layers of the superlattice include...
US20110229736 HIGH-TEMPERATURE COATINGS WITH PT METAL MODIFIED GAMMA-NI+GAMMA'-NI3AL ALLOY COMPOSITIONS  
An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ′-Ni3Al phase constitution, and a coating including the alloy.
US20110229735 HIGH-TEMPERATURE COATINGS WITH PT METAL MODIFIED GAMMA-NI+GAMMA'-NI3AL ALLOY COMPOSITIONS  
An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ′-Ni3Al phase constitution, and a coating including the alloy.
8013791 Phased array system using baseband phase shifting  
A method of spatial control of a phased array system having a plurality of antenna elements is provided. The method includes providing a baseband signal, baseband phase shifting the baseband signal...
US20110212841 Low resistivity contact to iron-pnictide superconductors  
Method of making a low resistivity electrical connection between an electrical conductor and an iron pnictide superconductor involves connecting the electrical conductor and superconductor using a...
US20110203656 Nanoscale High-Aspect-Ratio Metallic Structure and Method of Manufacturing Same  
Nanoscale high-aspect-ratio metallic structures and methods are presented. Such structures may form transparent electrode to enhance the performance of solar cells and light-emitting diodes. These...
US20110201118 NUCLEASE ACTIVITY OF TAL EFFECTOR AND FOKI FUSION PROTEIN  
The present invention provides compositions and methods for targeted cleavage of cellular chromatin in a region of interest and/or homologous recombination at a predetermined site in cells....
US20110197999 METHODS FOR MAKING HIGH-TEMPERATURE COATINGS HAVING PT METAL MODIFIED GAMMA-NI +GAMMA'-NI3AL ALLOY COMPOSITIONS AND A REACTIVE ELEMENT  
A method for making an oxidation resistant article, including (a) depositing a layer of a Pt group metal on a substrate to form a platinized substrate; and (b) depositing on the platinized...
7997867 Momentum preserving film-cooling shaped holes  
A system for cooling includes a surface to be cooled and at least one film-cooling hole within the surface for allowing a film cooling jet of coolant to reach the surface, each of the at least one...
7987735 Correlating push force and stalk vibration to a plant'S susceptibility to root lodging  
The present device enables measurement of the susceptibility of corn plants to root lodging. The device is used to push over a corn stalk and the force used to push over the stalk, and the...
US20110182788 CATALYTIC MOVING BED FILTER  
The present invention relates generally to a method for removing contaminants from a fluid stream and chemically upgrading the stream at the same time. More particularly, the invention relates to a...
US20110173717 BPMV-based viral constructs useful for VIGS and expression of heterologous proteins in legumes  
The invention provides Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) vectors useful for expression of heterologous proteins in plants such as soybean. The BPMV vectors are also useful for virus-induced gene...
7960439 Environmentally sensitive foldable oligomers  
The invention relates to oligomers of cholic acid, cholate derivatives and amino acids called “foldamers” that undergo conformational changes in response to changes in temperature, solvent pol...
US20110138498 Modulation of receptor-like kinases for promotion of plant growth  
The invention provides the disclosure of a novel plant growth pathway involving several receptor like kinases. The pathway was shown to work largely independent of brassinosteroids and involves...
US20110137085 NOVEL METHOD FOR THE CONVERSION OF CELLULOSE AND RELATED CARBOHYDRATE MATERIALS TO LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT COMPOUNDS  
Methods of converting cellulose or related biorenewable carbohydrate materials into high-value chemical compounds. The methods provide a means of converting low-cost materials such as cellulose and...
7943825 Metacaspase II in engineering soybean for disease resistance  
The present invention is in the field of soybean genetics. More specifically, the invention relates to nucleic acid molecules from regions in the soybean genome, which are associated with soybean...
US20110112182 DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ROTTLERIN ANALOGS  
A method of synthesizing rottlerin analogs is described. The synthesis methods described are the first known method of synthesizing rottlerin analogs from commercially-available materials to...
7939091 Biorational repellents obtained from terpenoids for use against arthropods  
The compositions comprise an effective repellent amount of one or more monoterpenoids, one or more sesquiterpenoids or a blend of one or more monoterpenoids and one or more sesquiterpenoids in...
7938033 Geared, continuously variable speed transmission  
A continuously variable speed transmission includes a first guideway, a second guideway, wherein the first guideway and the second guideway remain stationary during operation at a particular speed...
7932052 Use of methanobactin  
The invention provides compositions comprising and methods employing methanobactin, as well as methanobactin synthetase sequences.
US20110080471 Hybrid method for 3D shape measurement  
A method for three-dimensional shape measurement provides for generating sinusoidal fringe patterns by defocusing binary patterns. A method for three-dimensional shape measurement may include (a)...
7916982 All fiber magneto-optic on-off switch for networking applications  
An integrated fiber optic switch based on the magneto-optic effect of magnetic materials suitable for optical fiber networks is presented. The switch is based on the Faraday Effect exhibited by...
US20110070662 RAMAN-ACTIVE REAGENTS AND THE USE THEREOF  
The present invention provides a new class of Raman-active reagents for use in biological and other applications, as well as methods and kits for their use and manufacture. Each reagent includes a...
US20110070661 RAMAN-ACTIVE REAGENTS AND THE USE THEREOF  
The present invention provides a new class of Raman-active reagents for use in biological and other applications, as well as methods and kits for their use and manufacture. Each reagent includes a...
7910308 Genetic markers in fatty acid synthase for identification of meat product fatty acid content in cattle  
Genetic markers associated with fatty acid content in meat products from animals, particularly Angus cattle, are described. The genetic markers are located in the thioesterase-encoding region of...
7906665 Solid catalyst system for biodiesel production  
The invention provides efficient, inexpensive, and environmental friendly catalysts and catalyst systems. The catalysts can be used to catalyze esterification and/or transesterification reactions,...
US20110059174 PKCdelta REGULATES NEUROINFLAMMATORY EVENTS  
This invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for regulating the levels of proinflammatory substances released from activated microglia using a protein kinase C delta (PKCd)...
7894648 Colonoscopy video processing for quality metrics determination  
A computer-based method that allows automated measurement of a number of metrics that likely reflect the quality of a colonoscopic procedure. The method is based on analysis of a digitized video...
7893177 Redox polymer nanoparticles  
The invention provides nanoparticles and nanoparticle conjugates comprising one or more redox-active species, methods of making nanoparticles and nanoparticle conjugates, and methods for using...
7892729 Universal and differential serologic assay for swine influenza virus  
A universal and differential assay kit for the detection of antibodies to swine influenza virus (SIV) in a biological sample comprising SIV non-structural 1 (NS1) protein and SIV nucleoprotein...