Patents and Patent Applications from University of North Texas Health Science Center


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US20120118153 FLUORINATED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR HYDROCARBON STORAGE  
Fluorinated metal-organic frameworks (“FMOFs”) are capable of adsorbing and desorbing hydrocarbons, namely, C6-C8 hydrocarbon oil components (n-hexane, cyclohexane, benzene and toluene). FMOFs can...
US20120104244 PETROLEUM OIL ANALYSIS USING LIQUID NITROGEN COLD STAGE - LASER ABLATION- ICP MASS SPECTROMETRY  
A novel application of a cold-stage coupled to a laser ablation-ICP-MS system is disclosed herein. The novel system of the present invention offers significant advantages over other systems...
US20120104243 Silver and Silver Nanoparticle MALDI Matrix Utilizing Online Soft Landing Ion Mobillity  
Silver nanoparticles as a sample matrix for Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) along with a novel method for nanoparticle development is described herein. The silver nanoparticles...
8163692 Protection against and treatment of ionizing radiation  
Methods of preparing a proteoliposome comprise the step of contacting a liposome with an effective portion of RalBP1 to create a proteoliposome. RalBP1 is effective for the protection and treatment...
8159676 Ratiometric surface plasmon coupled emission detector  
The present invention includes methods for ratiometric detection of analytes by surface plasmon coupled emission detection that includes disposing a target on the metal layer of a surface plasmon...
8158200 Methods of forming graphene/(multilayer) boron nitride for electronic device applications  
Disclosed is a substrate-mediated assembly for graphene structures. According to an embodiment, long-range ordered, multilayer BN(111) films can be formed by repeated atomic layer deposition (ALD)...
US20120085900 NANOMANIPULATION COUPLED NANOSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY (NMS)  
A coupled nanomanipulation and nanospray mass spectrometry (NMS) system for single cell, single organelle, and ultra-trace molecular analysis is disclosed herein. The system primarily comprises a...
US20120076832 SYNTHESIS AND USE OF THERAPEUTIC METAL ION CONTAINING POLYMERIC PARTICLES  
Therapeutic particles contain metal ions and are characterized by the use of unique ligand sets capable of making the metal ion complex soluble in biological media to induce selective toxicity in...
US20120065614 POLYIONIC TRANSITIONAL METAL PHOSPHORESCENT COMPLEX/POLYMER HYBRID SYSTEMS FOR BIOIMAGING AND SENSING APPLICATIONS  
A new technique to stabilize transition metal phosphors in a wide variety of stimuli-sensitive polymers and gels is disclosed herein. Other than stabilization in stimuli sensitive/biocompatible...
US20120059049 BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEINS (BMP), BMP RECEPTORS AND BMP BINDING PROTEINS AND THEIR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA  
The present invention provides methods and kits for diagnosing and treating glaucoma.
US20120053805 METHODS FOR DETECTION OF DRIVING CONDITIONS AND HABITS  
A method for detecting and analyzing driving performance and habits as well as road conditions utilizes a smartphone having an accelerometer and a microphone. Acceleration in the x, y, and z axis...
8119642 Structurally rigid dopamine D3 receptor selective ligands and process for making them  
A family of structurally rigid dopamine D3 receptor selective ligands is described. The family of structurally rigid dopamine D3 receptor selective ligands has the formula wherein A is cis or trans...
US20120040914 ENHANCING EFFECTIVENESS OF GLIAL CANCER THERAPIES  
A method of enhancing the effectiveness of a chemotherapeutic agent, such as Temozolomide (TMZ), or ionizing radiation against glioblastoma is described in the present invention. The method...
US20120015166 GRAPHENE/(MULTILAYER) BORON NITRIDE HETEROEPITAXY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLICATIONS  
Disclosed is a substrate-mediated assembly for graphene structures. According to an embodiment, long-range ordered, multilayer BN(111) films can be formed by atomic layer deposition (ALD) onto a...
8097768 Method of enhancing quality factors in cotton  
Preferred embodiments of this invention relate to a method for increasing fiber yield in a cotton plant by regenerating a whole cotton plant from a plant cell that has been transformed with a...
8063013 Method of treating glaucoma comprising administering a composition comprising human BMP7  
The present invention provides methods and kits for diagnosing and treating glaucoma.
8058972 Methods and devices for enrollment and verification of biometric information in identification documents  
Methods and devices for the secure encryption, enrollment, verification, and decryption of biometric and biographical identification information. The unique sequence of steps and the use of a...
US20110269619 Controlled Deposition of Metal and Metal Cluster Ions by Surface Field Patterning in Soft-Landing Devices  
A soft-landing (SL) instrument for depositing ions onto substrates using a laser ablation source is described herein. The instrument of the instant invention is designed with a custom drift tube...
8048450 Aqueous dispersion of hydrogel nanoparticles with inverse thermoreversible gelation  
An aqueous dispersion of hydrogel nanoparticles and methods of making the aqueous dispersion of hydrogel nanoparticles having an interpenetrating polymer network (“IPN”) are described. The uni...
US20110260145 ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES FROM HOMOLEPTIC SQUARE PLANAR COMPLEXES  
Homoleptic square planar complexes [M(NΛN)2], wherein two identical NΛN bidentate anionic ligands are coordinated to the M(II) metal center, including bidentate square planar complexes of t...
US20110207614 Polarized Flourescent Nanospheres  
The present invention provides partially fluorescent nanoparticles and methods of making and using the partially fluorescent nanoparticle having a nanoparticle with a matrix and a fluorescent dye...
US20110190287 Thrombocyte Inhibition Via Vivo-Morpholino Knockdown of Alpha IIB  
Novel compounds comprising a guanidine-rich head covalently coupled to one or more oligonucleotide antisense sequences which are useful to modulate blood coagulation by affecting the expression of...
7989505 Synthesis of columnar hydrogel colloidal crystals in water-organic solvent mixture  
The compositions of hydrogel colloidal crystals are made from mixing an aqueous suspension of poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (“PNIPAM”)-co-allylamine microgels with dichloromethane, forming a PNI...
7956989 Surface plasmon assisted microscope  
The present invention includes a microscope and a method for using the microscope for single molecule with reduced photobleaching of a fluorophore (20) that includes a light translucent material...
US20110089317 Polarization Standards for Microscopy  
The present invention describes the development of thin film calibration strips for microscopy/spectroscopy systems and a simple method/routine to conduct instrument calibration using partially...
US20110061378 Liquid Cooled Stirling Engine with a Segmented Rotary Displacer  
The present invention provides a Stirling engine employing a segmented, rotary displacer for producing mechanical energy from a heat source. The engine includes a rotor shaft rotatably positioned...
US20110043356 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENERGIZING VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHTS  
The present invention provides system, method and apparatus for energizing one or more brake lights on a vehicle without an operator of the vehicle applying a brake of the vehicle by determining an...
7868067 Composition of epoxy resin, aliphatic amine curing agent and halogenated amine  
One aspect of the current invention is a halogen containing epoxy composition and a method of producing the same. A functional halogen group, fluorine in one case, is incorporated into an epoxy...
US20100290982 SOLID IN OIL/WATER EMULSION-DIFFUSION-EVAPORATION FORMULATION FOR PREPARING CURCUMIN-LOADED PLGA NANOPARTICLES  
The present invention includes compositions and methods of making an activated polymeric nanoparticle for targeted drug delivery that includes a biocompatible polymer and an amphiphilic stabilizing...
US20100285210 MULTIFUNCTIONAL MICROPIPETTE BIOLOGICAL SENSOR  
The fabrication and use of a multifunctional micropipette biological sensor for in-situ detection of temperature changes, ion conductivity, and light is described herein.
US20100261814 Synthesis of columnar hydrogel colloidal crystals in water-organic solvent mixture  
The compositions of hydrogel colloidal crystals are made from mixing an aqueous suspension of poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (“PNIPAM”)-co-allylamine microgels with dichloromethane, forming a PNI...
7809548 Graph-based ranking algorithms for text processing  
The present invention provides a method of processing at least one natural language text using a graph. The method includes determining a plurality of text units based upon the natural language...
US20100221400 ENGINEERING LIPIDS IN VEGETATIVE TISSUES OF PLANTS  
The present invention discloses gene targets and methods for the genetic control of lipid accumulation in vegetative (non-seed) portions of plants. Enhanced lipid, e.g. triacylglycerol (TAG),...
US20100204086 BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEINS (BMP), BMP RECEPTORS AND BMP BINDING PROTEINS AND THEIR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA  
The present invention provides methods and kits for diagnosing and treating glaucoma.
US20100172997 GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER NANOPARTICLES STABILIZED IN BIOCOMPATIBLE AQUEOUS MEDIA  
The present invention includes metal nanoparticles composition and methods of making and using the same by converting a metal (I) to a metal (0) and forming one or more metal nanoparticles from the...
US20100168024 DIRECT UTILIZATION OF PLASMA PROTEINS FOR THE IN VIVO ASSEMBLY OF PROTEIN-DRUG/IMAGING AGENT CONJUGATES, NANOCARRIERS AND COATINGS FOR BIOMATERIALS  
The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using a drug conjugated to a peptide or protein that binds specifically to a ligand in vivo, wherein the conjugate binds to...
US20100163724 APPLICATIONS OF HYDROGEN GAS GETTERS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY  
The present invention is an electrically controlled gettered pump assembly to entrain and fully release hydrogen gas to regulate the pressure and buffer the ions in an ion trap mass spectrometer...
7744873 Method for treating glaucoma comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a composition comprising an antibody against gremlin  
The present invention provides methods and kits for diagnosing and treating glaucoma.
US20100145678 Method, System and Apparatus for Automatic Keyword Extraction  
The present invention provides a method and a system for automatic keyword extraction based on supervised or unsupervised machine learning techniques. Novel linguistically-motivated machine...
US20100076105 MONODISPERSE THERMO-RESPONSIVE MICROGELS OF POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) ANALOGUE-BASED BIOPOLYMERS, THEIR MANUFACTURE, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS  
Composition, processes, techniques, and apparatus for synthesizing monodisperse microgels based on poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) derivative polymers by using precipitation polymerization. These...
US20100052852 Methods and devices for enrollment and verification of biometric information in identification documents  
Methods and devices for the secure encryption, enrollment, verification, and decryption of biometric and biographical identification information. The unique sequence of steps and the use of a...
US20090269281 Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase as a Control Point for Cardiac Hypertrophy  
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating a patient with cardiac hypertrophy by providing the patient with an effective amount of a Calmodulin kinase kinase inhibitor...
7605259 Structurally rigid dopamine d3 receptor selective ligands and process for making them  
A family of structurally rigid dopamine D3 receptor selective ligands is described. The family of structurally rigid dopamine D3 receptor selective ligands has the formula wherein A is cis or trans...
7601704 Process for synthesizing oil and surfactant-free hyaluronic acid nanoparticles and microparticles  
A method for synthesizing uniformly sized hyaluronic acid (“HA”) particles that are substantially free from oil and surfactant contaminants. The method comprises crosslinking HA chains with 1-e...
US20090218516 Ratiometric Surface Plasmon Coupled Emission Detector  
The present invention includes methods for ratiometric detection of analytes by surface plasmon coupled emission detection that includes disposing a target on the metal layer of a surface plasmon...
7572781 Prodrugs for use as ophthalmic agents  
The subject invention provides a mechanism by which steroidal quinol compounds confer beneficial ophthalmic effects. The subject compounds possess a lipophilic-hydrophilic balance for transcorneal...
US20090176932 Halogen containing epoxy compositions and their preparation  
One aspect of the current invention is a halogen containing epoxy composition and a method of producing the same. A functional halogen group, fluorine in one case, is incorporated into an epoxy...
7556855 Impact resistant flexible body device  
An impact resistant device is provided comprising a support matrix and a plurality of energy absorbing elements operatively connected to the support matrix, each element comprising at least one...
7550099 Metal hydroxide derivatives containing chemically bound organophosphorus or polyphosphate species as flame retardants  
Novel metal hydroxide derivatives which chemically combine positively charged metal hydroxide layers with negatively charged phosphorus-containing species, which can be either anionic...
US20090156637 BUTYROPHENONES AND SIGMA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS PROTECT AGAINST OXIDATIVE-STRESS  
The present invention includes compositions and methods for the protection of one or more central nervous system cells from trauma, when administered before, during or after the trauma, wherein the...
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