Patents and Patent Applications from University of Hawaii


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8148276 Three-dimensionally reinforced multifunctional nanocomposites  
A three-dimensional composite reinforcement, a three-dimensionally reinforced multifunctional nanocomposite, and methods of manufacture of each are disclosed. The three dimensional reinforcement...
8121361 Motion tracking system for real time adaptive imaging and spectroscopy  
Current MRI technologies require subjects to remain largely motionless for achieving high quality magnetic resonance (MR) scans, typically for 5-10 minutes at a time. However, lying absolutely...
8048317 Generation of free radicals, analytical methods, bacterial disinfections, and oxidative destruction of organic chemicals using zero valent iron and other metals  
Disclosed are methods for chemical analysis, bacterial disinfection, oxidative destruction and/or mineralization of organic compounds comprising using zero-valent iron and/or zero-valent...
US20110228279 FABRY-PEROT FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER  
A spatial Fourier transform spectrometer is disclosed. The Fourier transform spectrometer includes a Fabry-Perot interferometer with first and second optical surfaces. The gap between the first and...
US20110206764 FORMULATIONS FOR ENHANCED BIOAVAILABILITY OF ORALLY ADMINISTERED POLAR AGENTS  
A composition is described having improved oral permeability of polar agents such as neuraminidase inhibitors. The composition includes one or more polar agents and one or more permeability...
US20110169505 Systems for Transverse Electromagnetic Mode In-Situ Soil Testing  
A slotted TEM transmission line and an in-situ TEM transmission line are utilized to determine both complex permittivity and permeability of soil. The permittivity and permeability information may...
US20110140736 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BRAIN-LIKE INFORMATION PROCESSING  
Logic circuits provide networks to simulate the functions of neural networks of the brain, and can discriminate degrees of state, and combinations of degrees of state, corresponding to a number of...
US20110127172 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARBOHYDRATE DETECTION  
Carbohydrate detectors employing abiotic fuel cell designs are disclosed. The detectors produce current output using reactions between chemical dyes in alkaline solutions and carbohydrates, such as...
7875212 Polymer matrix composites with nano-scale reinforcements  
Embodiments of the present invention provide polymer matrix nanocomposites reinforced with nano-scale materials such as nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes and methods of fabricating. The...
US20100327482 POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES WITH NANO-SCALE REINFORCEMENTS  
Embodiments of the present invention provide polymer matrix nanocomposites reinforced with nano-scale materials such as nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes and methods of fabricating. The...
US20100279203 CARBOHYDRATE ANODE FOR FUEL CELL AND BATTERY APPLICATIONS  
Abiotic fuel cell and battery designs employing chemical dyes in alkaline solutions are disclosed. The fuel cells and batteries are capable of harnessing electrical power from various...
US20100267070 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREAMENT OF CONDITIONS RESPONSIVE TO PROTEASOME INHIBITION  
The invention disclosed herein generally relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting proteasome activity comprising a syrbactin compound have the structure of Formula (I) or (II).
US20100234454 TREATMENT OF CNIDARIA INTOXICATION  
The present invention relates to the use of vanilloid receptor (VR) antagonists, and more particularly vanilloid receptor 1 (VR1) antagonist, as analgesics in the treatment and/or prohylaxis of...
US20100218279 PLANT RESISTANCE TO BANANA BUNCHY TOP VIRUS  
This invention relates to a nucleic acid construct. The construct includes a nucleic acid molecule configured to silence Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), a 5′ DNA promoter sequence, and a 3′ ter...
7741128 Cooperative reporter systems, components, and methods for analyte detection  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions to detect analytes in a sample using antibody molecules that are transformed into nanoscale “self-signaling” biosensors. It relates in par...
7737262 Plasmodium falciparum polypeptides and methods of using same  
Compositions and methods are provided for the induction of a protective immunize response in primates against a lethal challenge of Plasmodium.
7733492 Sagnac fourier transform spectrometer having improved resolution  
Systems and methods are disclosed for a modified Sagnac interferometer having a plurality of gratings that can be reflective or transmissive. The gratings allow measurement of wavelength spectra in...
7692219 Ultrasensitive biosensors  
The present invention is a biosensor apparatus that includes a substrate, a source on one side of the substrate, a drain spaced from the source, a conducting channel between the source and the...
US20100041121 METABOLICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND HYDROGENASE  
The present application relates to the use of metabolically-engineered microbial cells for the production of hydrogen and hydrogenase enzymes. The microbial cells are strains of E. coli which are...
7658870 Polymer matrix composites with nano-scale reinforcements  
Embodiments of the present invention provide polymer matrix nanocomposites reinforced with nano-scale materials such as nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes and methods of fabricating. The...
7618819 Use of pseudogene insertion sites to create novel traits in transgenic organisms  
Disclosed are the uses of inactive gene sites (the pseudogenes) to create a novel selection system and/or targeting sites for mediating the insertion of genetic material into plant and microalgae...
US20090234146 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR EXTRACTION AND TRANSESTERIFICATION OF BIOMASS COMPONENTS  
Methods and compositions are disclosed for the direct transesterification and extraction of bio-lipids and bio-oils in the production of biofuel, particularly fatty acid methyl ester products.
7566418 Biochemical concentrator and drug discovery  
A novel label-free sensitive detection method by employing a novel sensitive charge sensor is provided. Dissociation constant information is provided by a simple measurement of the dissociation of...
US20090155871 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ETHANOL PRODUCING CYANOBACTERIA  
The present invention relates to methods and systems for the production of ethanol by cyanobacteria. More specifically, the methods can be used to produce ethanol using genetically engineered light...
US20090139693 TWO PHASE MICRO-CHANNEL HEAT SINK  
A method and system for providing a heat sink are described. The heat sink includes at least one inlet, at least one outlet, a plurality of flow micro-channels, and at least one cross-connect...
US20090133139 NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE OF SHRIMP ACTIN PROMOTER AND ITS USE IN GENETIC TRANSFORMATION BIOTECHNOLOGY  
The present invention relates to an isolated β-actin nucleic acid promoter molecule from shrimp; nucleic acid constructs including the β-actin promoter molecule; and expression vectors, host c...
7532649 Optical cavity for coherent superposition of optical pulses  
An apparatus is described that includes an optical storage cavity comprising a planar mirror and a spherically curved mirror that form an optical path therebetween. A pump laser introduces optical...
7524636 Methods for diagnosing labor  
In accordance with the present invention, recombinant human PBEF has been produced in order to study its ability to stimulate the transcription of the key cytokine mediators of labor induction,...
7514525 Recovery and purification of polyhydroxyalkanoates  
The present invention relates to a method to recover, purify and isolate polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers from PHA-containing cell mass, which includes: (a) solubilizing the non-PHA cell mass...
US20090003662 Virtual reality overlay  
A mobile social networking system that provides aspects of an augmented reality experience comprising a wireless infrastructure; at least one central server having a at least one database of users;...
7440766 Method for employing multipath propagation in wireless radio communications  
A method of employing multipath propagation in wireless radio communications uses an omnidirectional transmitting/receiving antenna at one end of a transmission link to send an interrogating signal...
7435754 Laulimalide microtubule stabilizing agents  
A method of inhibiting the proliferation of a hyperproliferative mammalian cell having a multiple drug resistant phenotype utilizing an amount of a laulimalide compound effective to disrupt the...
7433044 Sagnac fourier transform spectrometer having improved resolution  
A Fourier transform spectrometer based on a modified Sagnac interferometer is described. The instrument uses one or more gratings as dispersive elements to greatly improve the spectral resolution,...
7405020 Carbonized charcoal electrode  
An apparatus (1) for use of carbonized charcoal powder as an electrode is provided. Charcoal is provided as a powder, carbonized, and placed in a container (16) by which compressive pressure is...
7364904 Methods and composition for diagnosing and treating Pseudoxanthoma elasticum and related conditions  
Methods and compositions are provided for diagnosing and treating Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) patients and PXE carriers. Methods and compositions are based on the discovery that PXE mutations...
7317216 Ultrasensitive biochemical sensing platform  
An electronic sensor is provided for detecting the presence of one or more targets of interest in a sample. The sensor preferably comprises a special type of field effect transistor in which...
7314735 Identification and characterization of reflectin proteins from squid reflective tissues  
A family of reflectin proteins is identified herein that is deposited in flat, structural platelets in reflective tissues of the squid Euprymna scolopes. These proteins are encoded by at least six...
7291496 Ultrasensitive biochemical sensor  
An electronic sensor is provided for detecting the presence of one or more analytes of interest in a sample. The sensor preferably comprises a field effect transistor in which conductance is...
US20070248994 SENSOR CONSTRUCTS AND DETECTION METHODS  
Sensor constructs for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample comprising a molecular scaffold, a pair of labels which interact via Förster resonance energy transfer, and at least one ...
7285274 Baculovirus produced Plasmodium falciparum vaccine  
Compositions and methods are provided for the induction of a protective immunize response in primates against a lethal challenge of Plasmodium.
7267944 Methods and compositions for combinatorial-based discovery of new multimeric molecules  
The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing and screening combinatorial libraries of multimeric proteins. The present invention relies on the use of filamentous fungal...
7247443 Sensor constructs and detection methods  
Sensor constructs for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample comprise a molecular scaffold, a pair of labels which interact via Förster resonance energy transfer, and at least one ...
7226539 Bionest reactor for the application of anaerobic wastewater treatment and bioenergy recovery  
A method of treating wastewater using an anaerobic bioreactor which contains a “bio-nest” structure to retain the microbial content and improve digestion efficiency is disclosed. The bionest sys...
7148488 Apparatus for measuring radiation and method of use  
A device for measuring radiation is disclosed. The device comprises optics and electronics at least partially enclosed in a housing portable by a single human being. In a preferred embodiment, the...
7141400 Production of biodegradable thermoplastic materials from organic wastes  
A system and method for converting organic wastes to biodegradable thermoplastic materials including polyhydroxyalkanoates is disclosed, which method includes treating the organic wastes with an...
7129329 Heme proteins hemAT-Hs and hemAT-Bs and their use in medicine and microsensors  
The present invention provides an isolated archael and bacterial heme binding protein which reversibly binds oxygen with a low affinity. The heme binding protein may be utilized as a blood...
7122873 Hybrid solid state/electrochemical photoelectrode for hyrodrogen production  
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device for production of a gas from a material comprising the gas using light as the sole power source. In an embodiment, the semiconductor...
7115794 Method for direct nucleic acid uptake  
The present invention relates to a method of nucleic acid molecule delivery into a fertilized egg. This method involves providing a fertilized egg prior to its formation of a protective layer,...
7091924 MEMS transmission and circuit components  
An Rf device (100) that comprises unique MEMS RF transmission and circuit components (104–106) that are integrated together on a semiconductor chip (101) to form the RF device (100). These MEMS c...
7079082 Coplanar waveguide continuous transverse stub (CPW-CTS) antenna for wireless communications  
An improved continuous transverse stub (CTS) antenna has coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed elements spaced apart aligned in parallel and mounted perpendicular to a planar substrate base made of a low...
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