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The inventions listed here are products of Penn State research activities. All rights to these inventions are the property of the Penn State Research Foundation, which controls all patenting and licensing activities at the University. No express or implied rights of conveyance or representation are made in conjunction with this listing. To receive more detailed information may require a confidential disclosure agreement in order to protect inventions that are still in the patenting process. Where appropriate, a materials bailment agreement can be executed if you need sample materials for test and evaluation.

AGRICULTURE/PAPER/WOOD (Back to Top)

  • 3404 "High Lycopene Tomatoes"
  • 2813 "Use of Solid-Phase Buffer to Improve Turfgrass Cultivation"
  • 2763 "“Reduction in the Formation of Heat-Induced Flavor/Off-Flavor Compounds During Thermal Processing of Food and Beverage Products"
  • 2751 "Development of a Novel Potato Chip Product from Red and Blue Fleshed Potatoes"
  • 1823 "WINFEED - A Stochastic Program for Feed Formulation"
  • 1730 "Process for Separation of Protein Membrane and Shell Material from Waste Egg Shells"
  • 1468 "A Unique Acyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene From Pelargonium"
  • 1317 "Alteration of Plant Self-Compatibility Using Genetic Manipulation of the S-Genes"
  • 1269 "Solid-Phase P Buffer for Sustained Low-Leaching P Fertilization of Container Plants"

BIOTECHNOLOGY (Back to Top)

  • 3367 " Recombinant Histone Acetyl Transferase (HAT) Complexes for Acetylating Histone Tails of Chromatin"
  • 3330 "Development of Novel ISC Drugs for Inhibition of Akt Pathway Signaling in Cancer"
  • 3335 "A Selenium Containing Derivative of PBIT to Therapeutically Target Cancer"
  • 3302 " Micro and NanoFluidic and sorting Devices Based on Catalytically Produced Electrokinetic Phenomena"
  • 3279 "Universal Strategy for Virus Attenuation"
  • 3228 - "Protein Kinase C Zeta Inhibition to Treat Vascular Permeability"
  • 3144 "Nanoengineered, Biocompatible Sculptured Thin Films for Cell Differentiation Proliferation and Adhesion"
  • 3065 "Identification of a Novel Class of Anti-Malarial Agents"
  • 3059 "Coatings for Implantable Medical Devices"
  • 3027 "The MODULE Expression System for Producing Affinity Tagged Proteins and Protein Complexes in E. coli"
  • 2976 "Nanofibers of Polyphosphazenes, Polyphosphazene Blends and Composites and a Process for Making the Same"
  • 2887 "AKT3 as a Diagnostic, Prognostic, Prophylatic and/or Therapeutic Target for Melanoma Cells"
  • 2783 "Novel Multi-functional Dendrimers for Drug Delivery, Gene Terapy and Tissue Engineering"
  • 2771 "Novel Biodegradable-Co-Bioresponsive Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering"
  • 2371 "Psychrotolerant Bacteria and Their Secreted Proteases for Low Temperature Degradation and Conversion of Poultry Feathers into a Usable Resource"
  • 2010 "Enhanced Degradation of Cellulose by Use of Expansin in Combination with Cellulases"
  • 1887 "Process for Treating Perchlorate-Contaminated Drinking Water"
  • 1518 & 1519 "Monoclonal Antibodies to Human Papillomavirus Types 16 (HPV-16), 18 (HPV-18), 31 (HPV-31), 33 (HPV-33) and 45 (HPV-45)"
  • 1515 "A Monoclonal Antibody Against Gamma-Fibrinogen – A Novel Clinical Screening tool for Coronary Artery Disease
  • 1436 "Novel Cold-Active and Heat-Labile Phosphatase Activities from a Psychrophilic Isolate"
  • 1216 "Proteins to Disrupt Hydrogen-Bonding Between Natural and Synthetic Polymers"
  • 1037 "Use of Bacteria and/or Inhibitor Compound to Aid in the Biological Treatment of Sewage"

CHEMISTRY/POLYMER (Back to Top)

  • 3503 "Gene end Gene Variants as Determinants of a Genetic Predisposition to Type 2 Diabetes in any Subject "
  • 3319 " Novel High Surface Area and Porosity Graphite"
  • 3226 " Process for Removing H2S and CO2 Contaminants from Gas Streams"
  • 3216 "An Inducible Parvovirus B19 Non-Structural Protein Expression System in Baculovirus Platforms"
  • 3202 " Economical Method for the Production of Stable, Non-Aggregating Colloidal Particle Doublets"
  • 3005 "Carbon Nanocomposite Membranes"
  • 2571 "Phosphazenes Bearing Sulfonimide Side Groups"
  • 2545 "Multi-Target Molecule Bio-Sensor Arrays Based on Nano-Mechanical Metal and Semiconductor Rods Integrated with ON-Chip Sensing Circuitry"
  • 2464 "Maleic Anhydride Modified Polyolefins for Improving Polyolefin Blends and Composites"
  • 2371 "Psychrotolerant Bacteria and Their Secreted Proteases for Low Temperature Degradation and Conversion of Poultry Feathers into a Usable Resource"
  • 2368 "Chemical Functionalization Nanolithography"
  • 2364 " Living Free Radical Initiators Based on Alkylperoxydiarylborane"
  • 2311 "Gel Polymer Electrolytes"
  • 2282 "Semicrystalline Ferroelectric Fluoropolymers for Electromechanical Applications"
  • 2148 " Organic-Phosphazene Block Copolymers via Amine, Alcohol, and Phosphine Terminated Polystyrenes"
  • 2127 "Polyphosphzenes as Proton Conducting Membranes"
  • 2116 "Polyolefin Diblock Copolymers"
  • 2098 "Copolymers of Alpha-Olefins and Divinylbenzene"
  • 2094 "Phosphinimine Modification of Organic Polymers"
  • 2053 " A New Framework for Cooperative Chemical Sensors"
  • 1990 "Natural Compound Suppresses Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) - Mediated TNF-ALPHA"
  • 1980 " Polynorbornenes with Pendant Cyclotriphosphazenes"
  • 1947 "A Novel Method for Preparing High Surface Area Molybdenum Sulfide"
  • 1779 "A Method of Depositing High Quality Silicon Dioxide Thin Films Using Tetramethylsilane"
  • 1709 "Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Novel Hyperbranched Hydrocarbon Polymers from Ethylene and a-Olefins"
  • 1647 "Powerful Reductant for Decontamination of Groundwater and Surface Streams"
  • 1638 "Plasma Torch Method for Generation of Supported Metal Catalysts"
  • 1552 " Blends of Polyurethane and Polyphosphazene for Flame-Retardant Foamed Compositions
  • 1431 “Functionalized Alpha-Olefin / Alkylstyrene Copolymers”
  • 1279 "Photocrosslinkable Polymers for use as Microencapsulation Materials"
  • 1001 "Use of a New Polymer System (MEEP) in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries"
  • 897 & 1073 "Selective Area, Low Temperature Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Films by Metal Induced Rapid Thermal Annealing"

DAIRY AND ANIMAL SCIENCE (Back to Top)

  • 2628 "Dot-Elisa For The Detection of Avian Influenze Virus""
  • 2544 "Sequence of a Bovine Lymphocyte-Derived Antibacterial Protein"
  • 1751 "Genetic Inhibition of Boar Odor in Meat"
  • 1646 "Identification of a Lymphocyte-Derived Antimicrobial Protein"

ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (Back to Top)

  • 3461 "Real Time Exponentially Weighted Recursive Least Squares Adaptive Signal Averaging for Enhancing the Sensitivity of Continuous Wave Magnetic Resonance"
  • 3458 "Collisional-focusing of Disperse Ions with a Non-parallel Multi-Polar Ion Guide"
  • 3302 "Micro and NanoFluidic and Sorting Devices Based on Catalytically Produced Electrokinetic Phenomena"
  • 3220 " Fabrication of Highly-Ordered TiO2 Nanotube-arrays of Great Length"
  • 2969 "Poly (hydroxyl thioether) Vegetable Oil Derivatives Useful as Lubricant Additives"
  • 2962 "Computational Procedure for Iterative Protein Redesign and Optimization (IPRO)"
  • 2906 " Nafion/TiO2 Proton Conductive Composite Membranes for Operating PEMFCs at Elevated Temperature and Low Relative Humidity"
  • 2790 " Utilization of Serpentine Mineral for Co2/So2 Capture and Sequestration"
  • 2419 "Three Dimensional Nano-Scale Structure Fabrication Process Using Bisbenzocyclobutane Patterned via Electron Beam Lithography"
  • 1228 "Plasma Enhanced Crystallization of a-Si Films"
  • 1095 "Enhanced Detection Using Photo Gating Phenomenon in Trap Ladden Semiconductor Materials"

ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL DEVICES (Back to Top)

  • 3506 "Method for lubricating Contacting Surfaces"
  • 3484 "Electrically Assisted Single-Point Incremental Forming"
  • 3401 "Bottom-up Assembly of Large-Area Nanowire Resonator Arrays"
  • 3308 "Mist Fabrication of Nanocrystal Based Light Emitting Devices and Their Arrays with Shadow Masks"
  • 3264 "Active Nanofluidic Flow Control Through Microfluidic Flow"
  • 3039 " Fine Position control of Nanostructures Using a Template Structure and a Conductive Sacrificial Pad Layer"
  • 3005 "Carbon Nanocomposite Membranes"
  • 2973 "A Rigidly Mounted Underwater Acoustic Inertial Vector Sensor"
  • 2927 "Carbon Nanotube-Quartz Resonator with Sub-Femtogram Mass Resolution for Sensor Applications";
  • 2921 "Rapid-Response Sensor for Low-Level Carbon Monoxide"
  • 2898 " High-Selectivity Electromagnetic Bandgap Device and Antenna System"
  • 2673 "Light Activated Workholding for Machining Operations"
  • 2325 "The Double-Driver Cymbal Transducer"
  • 2324 "A Process for Fabricating Spherical Electroactive Devices"
  • 1961 " Controlled-Height Nano-and Micro-Structures on Glass and Coated Glass Materials"
  • 1707 "Tester"
  • 1674 "Shear Cell for Direct Determination of Yield Locus of Particulate Materials"
  • 1633 "Ultrasonic Motors"
  • 1502 "A Method to Enhance Transducer Coupling Coefficients"
  • 1459 "Supersonic Abrasive Iceblasting Apparatus"
  • 1395 "Novel Design for a Ceramic - Metal Composite Actuator"
  • 1374 "Free Flow Electrophoresis Device for Biomolecule Purification and Separation in 0 and 1g. (USCEPS)"
  • 1280 "High Power Oscillatory Drive"
  • 1090 "Environmental Testometer TM"
  • 1076 "Laminated Ceramic Cutting Tool"
  • 0851 "Marine Propulsor Hub Efficiency Device"
  • 0846 "Balanced Armature Motor/Generator with Improved Linearity"
  • 0806 "Apparatus for Conducting Laser Stir Welding"
  • 0724 "Concept for Laser Welding with Beam Oscillation"
  • 0695 "High Output Tunnel Thruster"
  • 0663 "Semiconductor Strain Gauge Using a Shear Beam Element Etched From a Silicon Chip"

MEDICAL PROCESSES AND DEVICES (Back to Top)

  • 3588 " Fluorescent-based Cholesterol Efflux Assay"
  • 3581 " Rapid Cell-based Screen for Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) Selective Ligands and Modulators of Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 Protein"
  • 3508 "Netrin-1 as a Biomarker of Kidney Injury"
  • 3497 "Transanal Automatic Pursestring and Specimen Remover"
  • 3491 " Non-Invasive Pressure Sensor for a Ventricular Assist Device"
  • 3488 "A Plasma Protein Diagnostic of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Abuse "
  • 3483 "Lost Mold - Rapid Infiltration Forming in the Manufacture of Nanoparticulate Enabled Mesoscale Devices Including Surgical Instruments"
  • 3481 "Novel Treatment Strategy for the Inhibition of Cardiovascular Diseases"
  • 3417 "Induction of Endogenous Apoptotic Agent as a Treatment for Acne"
  • 3355 " Chromosomally Integrated Telomerase Reporters Based on Bacterial Artificial Chromosome"
  • 3352 "A Device for Real-Time Processing of Doppler Ultrasound Audio Signals into Time-Varying Fluid Flow Velocity Signals"
  • 3298 "Plasmid DNA Purification Using Membrane Ultrafiltration"
  • 3295 "Tumor Cell Growth Inhibitor"
  • 3283 "Novel Guidance Mechanism for Supraglottic Airway Devices"
  • 3274 "Transgenic Mouse Lines for Non-invasive Whole-Body Real-Time Imaging of Telomerase Expression
  • 3262 "PAD4 as a Novel Anti-Cancer Target"
  • 3260 " Weight loss mediated by modulation of essential amino acids"
  • 3245 "Intervention for Glutaric Aciduria Type I"
  • 3224 "PoxProtector: A Device to Prevent Spread of Vaccine Virus from Smallpox Vaccination Sites"
  • 3216 "An Inducible Parvovirus B19 Non-Structural Protein Expression System in Baculovirus Platforms"
  • 3212 "Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motor"
  • 3159 "A Nerve Stimulation Device and Method to Lower Blood Pressure"
  • 3095 "System and Method for Selection and Maintenance of Homogeneous and Pluripotent Human Embryonic Cells"
  • 2976 "Nanofibers of Polyphosphazenes, Polyphosphazene Blends and Composites and a Process for Making the Same"
  • 2887 "AKT3 as a Diagnostic, Prognostic, Prophylatic and/or Therapeutic Target for Melanoma Cells"
  • 2817 "Parvovirus Methods and Compositions for Killing Neoplastic Cells"
  • 2418 "Robotic Surgical Instrument"
  • 2409 "A Rich Angeled Combination Radio Frequency Cautery and Shears"
  • 2408 "Suture-Lock: A Novel Method for Securing Suture for Tissue Approximation and Ligation"
  • 2407 "Field Exclusion Software for Surgical Robotic Systems"
  • 2402 "80-Trap Two-Hybrid Assay a Novel System for Detecting Protein Protein Interaction in Vivo"
  • 2361 "A Variable-Angled Dissector for Minimally Invasive Surgery"
  • 2332 "Human Patient Simulator Software Trauma Training"
  • 2285 "A Modular Polycistronic Expression System for Overexpressing Protein Complexes in E.coli"
  • 2231 & 2232 "Novel Compounds, Compositions and Methods for Enhancing Chemotherapy"
  • 2228 "McSNP: Genotyping Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Using Restriction Enzymes & Melting Curve Analysis"
  • 2152 "A Rat Microglial Cell Line"
  • 2085 "A Simple Novel in Vivo Yeast Screen for Alterations in Flux Through the Sterol Biosyntesis Pathyway"
  • 2084 "Port-Less Laparoscopy Systems"
  • 2046 "Distribution of Transferrin and Ferritin Binding in Normal and Multiple Sclerotic Human Brains"
  • 2016 "Specimen Temperature Stabilizing Device"
  • 1940 "In situ Delivery of Ceramide Analogues as a Novel Preventive Therapy for Restenosis"
  • 1929 "Hollow Sphere Transducers"
  • 1910 "Methods and Research Tools for Detecting Titering, and Determining Susceptibility to Papillomaviruses"
  • 1881 "A Regulatable High Copy Plasmid for Sustained Protein Expression"
  • 1878 "Use of Baculovirus Constructs Containing Hepatitis Virus DNA in Cells of Hepatic Origin"
  • 1818 "Dietary Fatty Acid Having Anti-Diabetic Effects and Other Health-Related Benefits"
  • 1786 "Urine Collection Device"
  • 1694 "Artificial Tissue System for Propagating Infectious Human Papillomavrius"
  • 1690 "Production of Articular Chondrocytes for Tissue Repair"
  • 1622 "The Use of Amantadine-HC1 for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C"
  • 1604 "Portable Antiproton Radioisotope Trap (P.A.R.G.)"
  • 1571 "Monoclonal (Mouse) Antibody to the Invitrogen Xpress System Expression Plasmids"
  • 1566 "Targeted Knockout of Gerosthesis"
  • 1418 "Polyorganophsophazene Matrices for Bone Replacement"
  • 1342 "Artificial Human Vagina for Testing Topical Microbicides"
  • 1177 "In-Vitro Test for Anti-Papillomavirus Drugs"

MATERIALS SCIENCE (Back to Top)

  • 3560 "Simple, Scalable Separation Process for Colloidal Particles Mixtures"
  • 3530 "Forester-type Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Heterojunction Solar Cells"
  • 3490 "High-Yield Visible Light Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Hydrocarbons"
  • 3486 " Controlled Biaxial Testing Apparatus Using a Self-Centering Four-Jaw Chuck"
  • 3485 "Quick-Mount Grips for Elevated and Cryogenic Temperature Tensile Testing"
  • 3483 "Lost Mold - Rapid Infiltration Forming in the Manufacture of Nanoparticulate Enabled Mesoscale Devices Including Surgical Instruments"
  • 3482 "Vertically Aligned Single Crystal Nanowires on TCO Substrates"
  • 3433 "Methods to Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonances, and Systems Relating Thereto"
  • 3420 " Replication Technique for Biological Templates at the Micro- and Nanoscales"
  • 3346 "Superhydrophobic Surfaces from Nanostructured Poly-P-xylylene Thin Films"
  • 3343 "3-D Printing Rapid Manufacture of Near Net Shape Ceramic Materials"
  • 3338 " Novel Low-Cost, Glazing System to Improve Glass Panel Resistance to Earthquakes and Other Dramatic Displacements"
  • 3302 " Micro and NanoFluidic and sorting Devices Based on Catalytically Produced Electrokinetic Phenomena"
  • 3280 "Effects of DC Current on the Stress-Strain Curve and Hardness of 6061 T6511 Aluminum"
  • 3276 "Tandem Hybrid Concentrator Solar System"
  • 3173 "Fluoropolymer/Clay Nanocomposites with Exfoliated Structure
  • 3165 "Modified KNN Based Lead-Free Materials with Broad Temperature Usage Range
  • 3158 "Core-Shell Microstructure Proppants"
  • 3129 " Sulfur Tolerant Catalysts for the Reforming of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels for Fuel Cells"
  • 3128 " Oxidatively Regenerable Selective Adsorbents for Sulfur Removal from Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels"
  • 3065 " Identification of a Novel Class of Anti-Malarial Agents"
  • 2969 "Poly(hydroxy thioether) Vegetable Oil Derivatives Useful as Lubricant Additives"
  • 2928 "Method of Growing PMN-PT Piezoelectric Material on Silicom"
  • 2908 "Novel Process to Synthesize Colloidal Molecules"
  • 2877 " Methods of Patterning a Surface Using Single and Multilayer Molecular Films"
  • 2869 "Doping of Magnesium Diboride Thin Films During the Hybrid Physical-Chemical Vapor Deposition Process"
  • 2813 "Use of Solid-Phase Buffer to Improve Turfgrass Cultivation"
  • 2617 "Manufacturing Method for Producing Molecular Rulers"
  • 2613 "Tailoring The Temperature-Sensitivity of Polymers in Water"
  • 2464 " Process of Preparing Maleic Anhydride Modified Polyolefins by the Oxidation Adducts of Borane and Maleic Anhydride"
  • 2454 "Improved Contacts for Molecular Devices"
  • 2364 " Living Free Radical Initiators Based on Alkylperoxydiarylborane"
  • 2343 "Polyolefin Containing Terminal Functional Group"
  • 2282 "Semicrystalline Ferroelectric Fluoropolymers for Electromechanical Applications"
  • 2122 "Using Waste Tires in Wastewater Treatment"
  • 1927 "A novel Method for Fabricating Textured Ceramics"
  • 1731 "Crack Arrest in Brittle Materials Using Residual Stresses"
  • 1322 "New Hydrophilic Polypropylene Membranes"
  • 1050 "Ceramic-Metal Composite Actuator"
  • 1037 "Use of Bacteria and/or Inhibitor Compound to Aid in the Biological Treatment of Sewage"
  • 0800 "A Chemical Sensor Inference Network"
  • 0648 "Nanoparticle and Nanotube Production by a Novel Laser-Liquid-Solid Interaction Technique"

SOFTWARE (Back to Top)

  • 3493 "Efficient Lattice Detection in Images"
  • 3368 "Rotation Symmetry Group Detection via Frequency Analysis of Frieze-Expansions"
  • 3290 "Long Term Archival of Binary Data"
  • 3242 "Real-time Computerized Annotation of Pictures"
  • 3210 " Studying Aesthetics in Photographic Images Using a Computational Approach"
  • 3196 "Method for Inferring Genetic Interaction Networks from Gene Expression Patterns"
  • 3125 "Robust Image-based CAPTCHA Generation and the IMAGINATION System"
  • 2444 "Single Pass Low-Storage Arbitrary Quantile Estimation For Massive Datasets"
  • S114 "Interactive Safety and Health Program"
  • S107 "Software of Simulation, Planning and Control of Physical Vapor Deposition Processes"
  • S104 "Adaptive Optimal Control of Glucose Level in Type I Diabetes Patients"
  • S037 "PSU-FEM V1.0 - A-3-D Finite Element Analysis of Powder Compaction"

MISCELLANEOUS TECHNOLOGIES (Back to Top)

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