Patents and Patent Applications from University of Nevada


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US20120115757 SELF-SENSING ARRAY OF MICROCANTILEVERS FOR CHEMICAL DETECTION  
The invention provides a chemical detection system for detecting at least one target chemical species, including a self-sensed cantilevered probe array having a plurality of self-sensed...
8168955 Photon event distribution sampling apparatus and method  
Locations of the origins of the photons are acquired from a scanned sample with reference to a scan frame. The location on the sample from which a photon was emitted is inferred from the location...
US20120100984 ARSENIC ADSORBING COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF USE  
In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides filtering compositions, their method of production, and methods for their use. In specific implementations, the filtering composition...
8145355 Coordinated joint motion control system  
A coordinated joint control system for controlling a coordinated joint motion system, e.g. an articulated arm of a hydraulic excavator blends automation of routine tasks with real-time human...
8139287 Amplification of energy beams by passage through an imploding liner  
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for amplifying an energy beam such as a beam of laser light or a charged particle beam. An exemplary method includes providing a liner having a first end, a...
8136385 Cantilevered probes having piezoelectric layer, treated section, and resistive heater, and method of use for chemical detection  
The invention provides a liquid cell for an atomic force microscope. The liquid cell includes a liquid cell housing with an internal cavity to contain a fluid, a plurality of conductive...
8120224 Permanent-magnet switched-flux machine  
A permanent-magnet switched-flux (PMSF) device has an outer rotor mounted to a shaft about a central axis extending axially through the PMSF device. First and second pluralities of...
US20120037566 OSMOTICALLY-ASSISTED DESALINATION METHOD AND SYSTEM  
Systems and methods for osmotically assisted desalination include using a pressurized concentrate from a pressure desalination process to pressurize a feed to the desalination process. The...
8110526 Arsenic absorbing composition and methods of use  
In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides filtering compositions, their method of production, and methods for their use. In specific implementations, the filtering composition...
8084101 Fabrication of patterned and ordered nanoparticles  
Methods, apparatus and systems form structures from nanoparticles by: providing a source of nanoparticles, the particles being capable of being moved by application of a field, such as an...
8083942 Systems and methods for purification of liquids  
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for purifying liquids. In a particular implementation, the system includes a forward-osmosis unit for diluting a water source for a downstream...
US20110289115 SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS TOOL  
A method and apparatus provide definition information to a reader during reading of a text within a defined field of technology or literature. This can be done, for example, by: a) a user accesses...
8065060 Coordinated joint motion control system with position error correction  
Disclosed are an articulated hydraulic machine supporting, control system and control method for same. The articulated hydraulic machine has an end effector for performing useful work. The control...
8065037 Control method and system for hydraulic machines employing a dynamic joint motion model  
A control method and system for controlling a hydraulically actuated mechanical arm to perform a task, the mechanical arm optionally being a hydraulically actuated excavator arm. The method can...
US20110281111 SYNTHESIS OF PYROCHLORE NANOSTRUCTURES AND USES THEREOF  
A template-free reverse micelle (RM) based method is used to synthesize pyrochlore nanostructures having photocatalytic activity. In one embodiment, the method includes separately mixing together a...
US20110254401 PERMANENT-MAGNET SWITCHED-FLUX MACHINE  
A permanent-magnet switched-flux (PMSF) device has an outer rotor mounted to a shaft about a central axis extending axially through the PMSF device. First and second pluralities of...
8031926 Discrete event distribution sampling apparatus and methods  
Locations of the origins of “discrete events,” e.g., photons or other units of radiant energy are acquired from a specimen with reference to a scan frame or other region of interest of the spe...
8029671 Combined membrane-distillation-forward-osmosis systems and methods of use  
In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for purifying a liquid, such as an impaired water. In some examples, seawater or brackish water is purified, such as to a potable level. Some...
8029593 Biofertilizer for treatment to improve growth of turf grass and method of developing the biofertilizer  
Biofertilizers have been identified as an alternative to chemical fertilization to increase soil fertility and crop production using sustainable farming. Treatment is with at least a proprietary...
US20110231742 Error detection method  
An apparatus, program product, and method that run an algorithm on a hardware based processor, generate a hardware error as a result of running the algorithm, generate an algorithm output for the...
7998568 Bioceramic coated apparatus and method of forming the same  
The invention relates to a bioceramic coated apparatus and method of forming the same. The apparatus may be a medical implant such as, for example, an orthopedic implant or a dental implant. The...
7984849 Portable magnetic stripe reader for criminality security applications  
A security device comprises a portable magnetic stripe reader and computing functionality associated with the magnetic stripe reader, such as a credit card reader, drivers license reader, debit...
US20110155971 HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF NANOCUBES OF SILLENITE TYPE COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS AND SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO FUELS  
The present invention relates to formation of nanocubes of sillenite type compounds, such as bismuth titanate, i.e., Bi12TiO20, nanocubes, via a hydrothermal synthesis process, with the resulting...
US20110147607 MICRO-CONE TARGETS FOR PRODUCING HIGH ENERGY AND LOW DIVERGENCE PARTICLE BEAMS  
The present invention relates to micro-cone targets for producing high energy and low divergence particle beams. In one embodiment, the micro-cone target includes a substantially cone-shaped body...
7964722 Light-driven rotary molecular motors  
Compounds of Formula (1) are disclosed. Cb is a carbocyclic or heterocyclic group having an atom within the cyclic structure selected from C, N, Si, and Cr and singly bound to A. A is CR, COR, CSR,...
7960702 Photon event distribution sampling apparatus and method  
Locations of the origins of the photons are acquired from a scanned sample with reference to a scan frame. The location on the sample from which a photon was emitted is inferred from the location...
US20110127167 PREPARATION OF NANO-TUBULAR TITANIA SUBSTRATES HAVING GOLD AND CARBON PARTICLES DEPOSITED THEREON AND THEIR USE IN PHOTO-ELECTROLYSIS OF WATER  
The invention relates to a method of making a nanotubular titania substrate having a titanium dioxide surface comprised of a plurality of vertically oriented titanium dioxide nanotubes containing...
7950587 Devices and methods for storing data  
Data-storage devices and methods are disclosed. An exemplary data-storage device includes a medium having at least two dimensions and having a surface. Multiple data-containing loci are arranged on...
7943208 Materials and methods for the preparation of anisotropically-ordered solids  
The invention provides materials and methods for making anisotropic solids which may be in the form of films, layers, shaped elements, and other shaped articles. The methods provide anisotropic...
7914680 Systems and methods for purification of liquids  
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for purifying liquids. In a particular implementation, the system includes a forward-osmosis unit for diluting a water source for a downstream...
US20110033776 PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES  
The present invention is directed to proton exchange membranes such as for use in fuel cells. In one embodiment, a polyetherquinoxaline is obtained by reaction between a haloquinoxaline and at...
7883636 Nanostructured magnetorheological fluids and gels  
Magnetorheological materials having a supramolecular polymer gel as a component of the carrier are disclosed. Useful supramolecular polymers for gels include those having bipyridine or terpyridine...
US20110021806 SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-HALO ENONES AND ENALS  
A method for preparing an α-halo enal or enone from an unprotected propargyl alcohol and an electrophilic halogen source catalyzed by the combination of a gold catalyst complex and a metal ...
US20110018383 PERMANENT-MAGNET SWITCHED-FLUX MACHINE  
A permanent-magnet switched-flux (PMSF) device has an outer rotor mounted to a shaft about a central axis extending axially through the PMSF device. First and second pluralities of...
US20100322486 HAND-BASED GENDER CLASSIFICATION  
For each of at least one digitally-imaged hand part, where each of the at least one digitally-imaged hand part corresponds to one of a plurality of hand parts, a set of feature parameters...
7854907 Process for the extraction of technetium from uranium  
A spent fuel reprocessing method contacts an aqueous solution containing Technetium(V) and uranyl with an acidic solution comprising hydroxylamine hydrochloride or acetohydroxamic acid to reduce...
US20100269894 TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBES AND THEIR USE IN PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES  
A titanium substrate is anodized to form an array of titanium dioxide nanotubes on the substrate surface. The nanotubes have hexagonal pore structures, are hexagonal in nature along their length...
US20100258446 SYSTEMS INCLUDING NANOTUBULAR ARRAYS FOR CONVERTING CARBON DIOXIDE TO AN ORGANIC COMPOUND  
A system including nanostructure arrays for converting carbon dioxide to an organic compound, e.g., methanol, which does so, for example, without any external electric energy. In one embodiment,...
US20100217532 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING STRUCTURALLY OR FUNCTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT AMINO ACID SEQUENCES  
Methods and computer readable storage mediums for identifying structurally or functionally significant amino acid sequences encoded by a genome are disclosed. At least one structurally or...
US20100213389 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LOCALIZING PHOTONS AND A LIGHT SOURCE EMITTING THE PHOTONS  
Localization methods and methods for localizing a light source using multivariate statistical analysis. In particular, a multi-variate distribution, such as a multi-variate normal distribution, may...
7761216 Apparatus and methods for acoustically determining internal characteristics of an engine and the like  
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for determining internal engine characteristics using acoustic-vibration data. Exemplary such data are passive acoustic pyrometer data. Acoustic-vibrational...
US20100164324 SELF-SENSING DIELECTRIC ACTUATOR SYSTEM  
A self-sensing dielectric actuator system. The system has a deformable dielectric material between two electrodes. A relatively low frequency actuating signal is applied to the electrodes and...
US20100136595 HYDROCARBON-FORMING OXIDATIVE DECARBONYLASE ENZYME, HYDROCARBONS PRODUCED THEREBY, AND METHOD OF USE  
The present disclosure relates to oxidative decarbonylase enzymes, methods of making hydrocarbons with such enzymes, hydrocarbons produced therefrom and uses thereof. More particularly, the present...
7698930 Method and apparatus for measuring pressure drop of magneto-rheological suspensions in microchannels  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for characterizing flow of magneto-rheological suspensions through microchannels. The apparatus includes a pump for pumping a the magneto-rheological suspension;...
7694346 Cantilevered probe detector with piezoelectric element  
A disclosed chemical detection system for detecting a target material, such as an explosive material, can include a cantilevered probe, a probe heater coupled to the cantilevered probe, and a...
US20100080425 Minutiae-based template synthesis and matching  
A method of determining a match between a candidate template and a super-template involves using the super-template to identify i) spatial coordinates for a plurality of minutiae that define an...
7671157 Modification of polymers having aromatic groups through formation of boronic ester groups  
The C—H bond of pendant aromatic groups such as commercial polystyrenes with three types of tacticities (syndiotactic, isotactic, atactic) undergo catalyzed functionalization with boron reagents. A...
US20100047831 DIAGNOSIS OF ANTHRAX INFECTION BY DETECTION OF CAPSULAR ANTIGEN IN URINE  
The present invention provides methods useful for diagnosis of anthrax by detection of capsular polypeptide in serum, urine, or other biological samples.
US20100043445 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION FROM SLUDGE  
The present disclosure provides, among other things, a system and process for drying a biosolid or sludge, such as wastewater sludge. The system and method include a fluidized bed dryer in which...
US20100021014 Hand-based biometric analysis  
Hand-based biometric analysis systems and techniques are described which provide robust hand-based identification and verification. An image of a hand is obtained, which is then segmented into a...
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