| THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM Patent applications |
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| 20120074462 | LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED SENSOR MATERIALS AND METHOD OF SYNTHESIS THEREOF - A dilute nitrogen alloy of InN | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120015146 | TYPES OF ELECTRODEPOSITED POLYMER COATINGS WITH REVERSIBLE WETTABILITY AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES - Novel coatings are disclosed prepared by electropolymerization of non-fluorinated conducting pre-grafted hydrophobic electropolymerizable monomers onto a conducting layer of a substrate, where the electropolymerized coating exhibit both unique reversible wettability and electro-optical properties. The coating may also include one or more layers of polymer particles upon which the non-fluorinated conducting pre-grafted hydrophobic electropolymerizable monomers are polymerized imparting a submicron structure to the coating. Methods for making and using the coatings are also disclosed. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110207878 | KNOTTY POLYMERS VIA SUPRAMOLECULARLY TEMPLATED MACROINITIATORS AND LIVING POLYMERIZATION AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - A design, synthesis and use of templated chemical routes are disclosed for the synthesis of interlocked macromolecular structures and orderly entanglements that are dubbed “Knotty Polymers” using combined supramolecularly assembled macroinitiators and living polymerization. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110124507 | SUPERCONDUCTING LOOP, SADDLE AND BIRDCAGE MRI COILS - New MRI coil and resonators are disclosed based solely on superconducting inductive element and built-in capacitive elements as well as hybrid superconducting-metal inductive and capacitive elements having superior SNR. Single and multiple small animal MRI imaging units are also disclosed including one or more resonators of this invention surrounding one or more small animal cavities. Methods for making and using the MRI coils and/or arrays are also disclosed. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20100066363 | IMAGING METHOD FOR OBTAINING SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF NANOPARTICLES IN THE BODY - A well-posed magnetic imaging method is disclosed that exploits the non-linear behavior of the characteristic time scale of the Neel relaxation for obtaining accurate high-spatial resolution images of magnetic tracers. The method includes placing an object in a selection field (static field) generated by three pairs of orthogonally arranged coil (drive coils), supplying prudently choice currents to the drive coils, a zero field voxel (ZFV) is formed that can be positioned anywhere in the local region of interest (ROI), switching the magnetizing field off, and collecting an image. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20090310828 | AN AUTOMATED METHOD FOR HUMAN FACE MODELING AND RELIGHTING WITH APPLICATION TO FACE RECOGNITION - A novel method and system for 3d-aided-2D face recognition under large pose and illumination variations is disclosed. The method and system includes enrolling a face of a subject into a gallery database using raw 3D data. The method also includes verifying and/or identifying a target face form data produced by a 2D imagining or scanning device. A statistically derived annotated face model is fitted using a subdivision-based deformable model framework to the raw 3D data. The annotated face model is capable of being smoothly deformed into any face so it acts as a universal facial template. During authentication or identification, only a single 2D image is required. The subject specific fitted annotated face model from the gallery is used to lift a texture of a face from a 2D probe image, and a bidirectional relighting algorithm is employed to change the illumination of the gallery texture to match that of the probe. Then, the relit texture is compared to the gallery texture using a view-dependent complex wavelet structural similarity index metric. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090236229 | METHODS FOR PREPARING POLYMER COATINGS BY ELECTROCHEMICAL GRAFTING OF POLYMER BRUSHES, COMPOSITIONS PREPARED THEREBY AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREPARING THE COATINGS - New methods for the grafting of complex polymer coatings onto conducting surfaces, new grafting compositions and new substrates with grafted coating of the grafting compositions are disclosed. The method offers a new and convenient approach for the preparation of polymer coatings by electrochemically grafting and reactive crosslinking, and/or graft polymerizing. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090076266 | COPPER-CATALYZED C-H BOND ARYLATION - The present invention is a one-step method for efficiently converting carbon-hydrogen bonds into carbon-carbon bonds using a combination of aryl halides, a substrate, and a copper salt as catalyst. This method allows faster introduction of complex molecular entities, a process that would otherwise require many more steps. This invention is particularly relevant for the organic synthesis of complex molecules such as, but not limited to, pharmacophores and explosives. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090012293 | USE OF ARYL CHLORIDES IN PALLADIUM-CATALYZED C-H BOND FUNCTIONALIZATION - A one-step method for efficiently converting carbon-hydrogen bonds into carbon-carbon bonds using chloroarenes and palladium catalysts is disclosed. This method allows faster introduction of complex molecular entities, a process that would otherwise require many more steps. This invention is particularly relevant for the organic synthesis of complex molecules such as, but not limited to, pharmacophores. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080262786 | NON-EXERCISE ACTIVITY THERMOGENESIS (NEAT) GAMES AS UBIQUITOUS ACTIVITY BASED GAMING - A system for tracking physical activity comprising a sensor that detects movement carried by a first user, converts the movement into an electrical data signal and transmits the signal to a receiver, a receiver that transfers the movement data in the electrical data signal to a storage medium, and a processor that executes instructions to convert the movement data to a graphic representation of the first users movement. A method for monitoring physical activity, comprising attaching a sensor to a user wherein the sensor detects physical movement of the used and converts the physical movement into movement data indicative of the movement, transmitting and receiving the movement data signal, storing the movement data in a storage medium, and analyzing the movement data to monitor physical activity of the user. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080241262 | Nanoshells and Discrete Polymer-Coated Nanoshells, Methods For Making and Using Same - Nano-structures are disclosed that are ideally suited for microelectronics, medical treatment, drug-delivery systems, targeted thermal absorption media, or other similar applications, where the nano-particles include metal oxide nano-particles and metallic nano-particles including a metallic nano-shell or metallic nano-rods deposited on the surface of the nano-particles or nano-shell nano-particles including metallic nano-rods deposited on the surface of the nano-particles and where the nano-structures have a plasmon resonance. For in vivo medical applications, the plasmon resonance is tuned to a tissue-transparent frequency range. Hydrogel-coated nanostructures are also disclosed, which are capable of transitioning between a non-collapsed hydrogel and a collapsed hydrogel via thermal activation induced by electromagnetic irradiation. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080221199 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING MEMORY IN MAMMALS - A method for improving memory in healthy subjects is disclosed. This method makes use of melatonin receptor antagonists such as luzindole and/or K-185 to reverse the inhibitory effect of melatonin. This invention is particularly relevant among subjects that do not show signs of central nervous system disorders and wish to improve their cognitive performance, especially in tasks. | 09-11-2008 |
