Patents and Patent Applications from University of Michigan


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US20120128719 STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME  
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. In particular, the present invention provides immunogenic nanoemulsion compositions and methods of...
US20120126449 SHAPING NANOSTRUCTURE ARRAYS  
Nanostructured assemblies are manufactured by condensing an evaporated wetting agent onto a nanostructure array formed from a plurality of generally aligned carbon nanotubes or other...
8185812 Single event upset error detection within an integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit 2 includes logic circuitry 10 and sequential storage elements 8. Both the logic circuit 10 and sequential storage elements 8 can be subject to particle strikes giving rise to...
8185786 Error recovery within processing stages of an integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of processing stages each including processing logic, a non-delayed signal-capture element, a delayed signal-capture element and a comparator. The...
8185186 Systems and methods for tissue imaging  
The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring tissue regions. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for detecting changes in tissue regions over a...
8183344 Inactivation resistant factor VIII  
The present invention provides novel purified and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding procoagulant-active FVIII proteins. The nucleic acid sequences of the present invention encode amino acid...
US20120122947 SPIRO-OXINDOLE MDM2 ANTAGONISTS  
Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods in the field of medicinal chemistry. The compounds and compositions provided herein relate to spiro-oxindoles which function as antagonists...
US20120121571 Lysosomal Phospholipase A2 (LPLA2) Activity as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target for Identifying and treating Systemic Lupus Erythematosis  
The present invention is directed to methods for diagnosis and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus. More specifically, the specification...
8179661 Organic branched and hyperbranched systems for high dielectric and capacitance applications  
An organic dielectric material comprises a branched and/or hyperbranched macromolecule having delocalized electrons. Such macro-molecular organic material systems have desirable delocalized charge...
US20120114623 ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC LONG-TERM MEMORY T-CELLS  
The present invention provides compositions, methods, and systems for generating antigen-specific long-term memory T-cells using mTOR pathway inhibitors. The present invention provides...
US20120107349 MULTIVALENT NANOEMULSION VACCINES  
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the stimulation of immune responses. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of inducing an immune response against one or a...
8168626 Benzodiazepine compositions for treating epidermal hyperplasia and related disorders  
The present invention provides, for example, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a benzodiazepine compound and an agent selected from the group consisting of a topical steroid, a keratolytic...
8168423 Device for detecting nitrosothiol content in solution  
A device for detecting nitrosothiol content in a solution includes at least two electrodes disposed in a housing, wherein one of the at least two electrodes is a working electrode having a...
8167804 Measurement of tissue elastic modulus  
An optimized elastic modulus reconstruction procedure can estimate the nonlinear elastic properties of vascular wall from intramural strain and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements. A noninvasive...
8167092 Metalworking lubricant formulations based on supercritical carbon dioxide  
A method for lubricating a metal workpiece during a metalworking process includes delivering supercritical carbon dioxide to the workpiece during the metalworking process. The supercritical carbon...
US20120101092 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF MDM2 AND THE USES THEREOF  
The invention relates to small molecules which function as inhibitors of the interaction between p53 and MDM2. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds for inhibiting cell growth,...
US20120100107 IN VIVO TRANSFER METHODS FOR WOUND HEALING  
The present invention relates to an in vivo method for specific targeting and transfer of DNA into mammalian repair cells. The transferred DNA may include any DNA encoding a therapeutic protein of...
8164022 Optical sensor for quality monitoring of a welding process  
Disclosed is the design and working principle of a welding monitoring system that can monitor the spectra of zinc and iron in the plasma generated during a welding process involving zinc-coated...
8163805 Small molecule antagonists of Bcl-2 family proteins  
The present invention relates to naturally occurring and chemically synthesized small molecule antagonists of Bcl-2 family proteins. In particular, the present invention provides gossypol compounds...
8163281 Treatment of drug-related side effect and tissue damage by targeting the CD24-HMGB1-Siglec10 axis  
The present technology provides methods and compositions for the treatment of tissue-damage related immune dysregulation by administering a composition comprising one or more of CD24; CD24...
US20120094982 1,4-BENZODIAZEPINONE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER  
The invention provides a family of 1,4-benzodiazepinone compounds and methods for their use as therapeutic agents in treating cancer. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making the...
US20120091436 ORDERED ORGANIC-ORGANIC MULTILAYER GROWTH  
An ordered multilayer crystalline organic thin film structure is formed by depositing at least two layers of thin film crystalline organic materials successively wherein the at least two thin film...
8159235 Electrical impedance tomography of nanoengineered thin films  
The present teachings relate to the application of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to demonstrate the multifunctionality of carbon nanocomposite thin films under various types of...
8158972 Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices containing tetra-azaporphyrins  
Embodiments of the present invention provide an organic photosensitive optoelectronic device comprising at least one tetra-azaporphyrin compound of formula (I) are disclosed herein.
8158596 Materials and methods for FOXP3 tumor suppression  
Provided herein are methods of treating a cancer in a subject comprising administering a FOXP3 protein, a nucleic acid encoding a FOXP3 protein, or an inducing compound which induces FOXP3 protein...
US20120088757 NOVEL 1,4-BENZODIAZEPINE-2,5-DIONES WITH THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES  
The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic use. In particular, the present invention provides novel 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-dione...
US20120087061 Transition Metal Carbide or Nitride or Boride Based Supercapacitors with Metal Foam Electrode Substrate  
In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of making a supercapacitor includes impregnating a foam electrode substrate with an active material precursor, wherein the foam...
8155497 Fiber-based electric device  
A method of manufacturing a fiber-based electric apparatus includes providing an elongate, flexible fiber core and layering an electric device on the fiber core.
8148147 Compositions and methods for treating and diagnosing pancreatic cancer  
The present invention relates to the field of oncology and provides novel compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer. In particular, the present invention provides...
8147828 Methods and compositions for modulation of blood-neural barrier  
Methods and compositions for modulating blood-neural barrier (BNB) for the treatment of CNS conditions such as edema, and for increased drug delivery efficacy across the BNB. The present invention...
US20120077806 Deubiquitinase Inhibitors and Methods for Use of the Same  
Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting a deubiquitinase (DUB), methods of treating pathogenic infections (e.g., viral, bacterial, and/or parasitic), methods of inhibiting cell proliferation,...
US20120077805 UNSOLVATED BENZODIAZEPINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS  
The present invention relates to systems and methods for generating new forms of benzodiazepine and benzodiazepine related compounds as well as new compounds and formulations generated by such...
US20120077231 Thermal Microvalves  
The movement and mixing of microdroplets through microchannels is described employing silicon-based microscale devices, comprising microdroplet transport channels, reaction regions, electrophoresis...
8145960 Storage of data in data stores having some faulty storage locations  
Data storage control circuitry for controlling storage and retrieval of data in a data store in which data is stored in data blocks. A group data store stores data by grouping together blocks that...
8143613 Organic light emitting device having multiple separate emissive layers  
An organic light emitting device having multiple separate emissive layers is provided. Each emissive layer may define an exciton formation region, allowing exciton formation to occur across the...
8143232 Gene fusion targeted therapy  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer therapy, including but not limited to, targeted inhibition of cancer markers. In particular, the present invention relates to...
US20120070389 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING TREATMENTS THAT TREAT AND/OR PREVENT UV IRRADIATION INDUCING PHOTOAGING  
Methods are provided for ascertaining and measuring RPTP-κ activity in response to insults such as UV irradiation and with respect to administration of a treatment and/or composition. Attenuation ...
8141156 Method and apparatus for mitigating routing misbehavior in a network  
Method and apparatus for mitigating routing misbehavior in a network is described. In one example, routing protocol traffic is received from a remote router destined for a local router. The routing...
US20120061658 STRUCTURAL TEMPLATING FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING AN ORGANIC FILM WITH LONG RANGE ORDER  
An organic photosensitive device having an organic film with a desired crystalline order includes a first electrode layer and at least one structural templating layer disposed on the first...
8133496 Compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating urinary tract infections  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating urinary tract infections. In particular, the present invention relates to vaccines and immune modulators for treating urinary...
US20120059779 Personalized Health Risk Assessment For Critical Care  
A method for assessing whether a patient is at risk of developing a clinical condition includes receiving training data representing a set of patient-related variables for each of a plurality of...
8130986 Trapped fluid microsystems for acoustic sensing  
Silicon and glass micromachined (MEMS) acoustic sensors incorporating trapped-liquid architectures are disclosed. The trapped liquid serves as an acoustic transmission medium allowing the input...
US20120052052 CONTROL OF BIOFILM FORMATION  
The invention relates to control of biofilm development. Specifically, some embodiments of the present invention relate to control of bacterial biofilm formation through addition or breakdown of...
US20120050107 Phased Antenna Arrays Using a Single Phase Shifter  
Techniques for the design of low cost, low complexity phased arrays are described. The techniques allow control of the phase progression in the entire phased array by using only one phase shifter...
US20120049149 SILICON BASED NANOSTRUCTURE CROSSBAR MEMORY  
The present application describes a crossbar memory array. The memory array includes a first array of parallel nanowires of a first material and a second array of parallel nanowires of a second...
8126690 Algorithms to predict clinical response, adherence, and shunting with thiopurines  
A method of using a variable set from complete blood counts and blood chemistry panels to generate a machine learned algorithm for determining the effectiveness of thiopurine treatment on...
8124375 Geraniol synthase, methods of production and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to novel type of monoterpene synthase, a key enzyme in the production of the monoterpene aroma compound geraniol. More specifically, the present invention relates to...
US20120047310 Crossbar circuitry for applying a pre-selection prior to arbitration between transmission requests and method of operation of such crossbar circuitry  
Crossbar circuitry has data input and output paths, and at each intersection between a data input and output path, a crossbar cell is provided. A transmission circuit is responsive to a stored...
US20120046196 ADRB2 Cancer Markers  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnosis, research and therapy, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention relates to...
US20120045487 MULTIPHASIC MICROFIBERS FOR SPATIALLY GUIDED CELL GROWTH  
A multiphasic microfiber for a three-dimensional tissue scaffold and/or cellular support is provided in one aspect that includes at least one biocompatible material. The multiphasic microfiber...