The University of Kentucky Research Foundation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150314562 | LIGHTWEIGHT THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIAL FOR ENHANCEMENT OF THROUGH-THICKNESS THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY - A flexible sheet of aligned carbon nanotubes includes an array of aligned nanotubes held in a polymer matrix material. The carbon nanotubes have an average length of between about 50 microns and about 500 microns. The polymer matrix has an average thickness of between about 10 microns and about 500 microns. The flexible sheet has a density of about 0.2 to about 1.0 g/cc and includes between about 98 to about 60 weight percent aligned carbon nanotubes and between about 2 and about 40 weight percent polymer. A tape of aligned carbon nanotubes, a method for producing a tape of aligned carbon nanotubes, a method of producing the flexible aligned carbon nanotube sheet material and a method of increasing unidirectional heat conduction from a work piece are also disclosed. | 11-05-2015 |
20150037930 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROEPITAXY STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes the steps of depositing a layer of semiconductor oxide on a base semiconductor layer, scavenging oxygen from the layer of semiconductor oxide and recrystallizing the oxygen scavenged layer of semiconductor oxide as a semiconductor heteroepitaxy layer. | 02-05-2015 |
20140356613 | CARBON NANOTUBE STUDDED CARBON FIBER TOW AND MATRIX PREPREG - A carbon nanotube studded carbon fiber tow and matrix prepreg includes a body comprising a tow of surface fibers and interior bulk fibers. The surface fibers are studded with carbon nanotubes and the carbon fibers are infiltrated with a matrix material. | 12-04-2014 |
20140329285 | ON-FARM INTEGRATED HIGH-SOLIDS PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR BIOMASS - A method for on-farm processing a biomass feedstock into a useful industrial chemicals includes the steps of (a) delignifying the biomass feedstock to produce a delignified biomass, (b) subjecting the delignified biomass to cellulase production, (c) subjecting the delignified biomass with attached cellulase to simultaneous cellulolytic and solventogenic reactions to produce useful industrial chemicals (d) collecting and separating the useful industrial chemical from the fermentation broth and (e) collecting the fermentation residues. | 11-06-2014 |
20140296061 | CATALYSTS AND METHODS OF INCREASING MASS TRANSFER RATE OF ACID GAS SCRUBBING SOLVENTS - A novel transition metal trimer compound/catalyst is disclosed. A method of increasing the overall mass transfer rate of acid gas scrubbing solvents utilizing that catalyst is also provided. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294705 | METHOD OF INCREASING MASS TRANSFER RATE OF ACID GAS SCRUBBING SOLVENTS - A method of increasing the overall mass transfer rate of acid gas scrubbing solids is disclosed. Various catalyst compounds for that purpose are also disclosed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294704 | SOLVENT AND METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF AN ACID GAS FROM A FLUID STREAM - A solvent for removal of an acid gas from a fluid stream includes a promoter amine with a pKa of between 6.5 and 10.5 and a tertiary amine with a pKa of between 8.5 and 10.5. | 10-02-2014 |
20140231321 | FLOW-THROUGH FILTER TO REMOVE ALUMINUM FROM MEDICAL SOLUTIONS - A flow through filter assembly includes a trivalent and tetravalent metal ion capturing agent and a flow controller providing a predetermined flow rate which allows capture of the trivalent and tetravalent metal ions by the capturing agent. | 08-21-2014 |
20140198372 | LOW VOLTAGE ELECTROWETTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - An electrowetting device includes a substrate having a first face, a charged adhesion layer immobilized on the first face of the substrate and a dielectric layer bound to the charged adhesion layer. An unbound ionic liquid phase contacts the dielectric layer. | 07-17-2014 |
20140128571 | AROMATIC COMPOUNDS WITH SULFUR CONTAINING LIGANDS - Compounds useful as nutritional supplements, antioxidants, heavy metal chelators and/or as intermediates for producing other related compounds with like uses have a formula: | 05-08-2014 |
20140106167 | METHOD FOR HYBRID DRY-JET GEL SPINNING AND FIBER PRODUCED BY THAT METHOD - A method of spinning a polyacrylonitrile PAN-based precursor fiber comprises extruding a spinning solution of ultra-high molecular weight polyacrylonitrile polymer through a multi-filament spinnerette where the solution has a viscosity of between about 100 and about 300 Pa-sec (at a shear rate of 1 l/sec) at a dope extrusion temperature of between about 20° C. and about 26° C., producing a fiber having a diameter of between about 4 and about 10 micron, a tensile strength of between about 500 and about 1100 MPa, and an elastic modulus between about 13 and about 18 GPa. | 04-17-2014 |
20140038899 | BIOMARKERS FOR OVARIAN CANCER - The present invention provides protein-based biomarkers and biomarker combinations that are useful in qualifying ovarian cancer status in a patient. In particular, the biomarkers of this invention are useful to classify a subject sample as ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer of low malignant potential, benign ovarian disease or other malignant condition. The biomarkers can be detected by SELDI mass spectrometry. | 02-06-2014 |
20140004327 | FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE NANORIBBON AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20130316118 | STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT, REINFORCED STRUCTURAL MEMBER AND RELATED METHOD - A structural reinforcement includes a plurality of individual reinforcing elements. Each of the plurality of reinforcing elements includes a first end segment, a second end segment and an intermediate segment between the first and second end segments. A support engages the plurality of individual reinforcing elements along the intermediate segments and holds the elements in parallel. | 11-28-2013 |
20130233073 | MOISTURE SENSORS ON CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES - A moisture sensor includes a first electrode (a conductive substrate) having a first sensor portion and a first terminal portion as well as a second electrode having a second sensor portion and a second terminal portion. The moisture sensor also includes a layer of porous dielectric material sandwiched between the first sensor portion and the second sensor portion. Further the moisture sensor includes a layer of dense insulating material sandwiched between the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion. Leads are then connected to the two terminal portions. | 09-12-2013 |
20130224170 | METHOD OF AMELIORATING OXIDATIVE STRESS AND SUPPLEMENTING THE DIET - A method of supplementing a diet and ameliorating oxidative stress in a mammal includes administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of lipid soluble, hydrophobic active compounds having a chemical structure: | 08-29-2013 |
20130211483 | COMPACT HEAT EXCHANGER FOR VENO-VENOUS PERFUSION-INDUCED SYSTEMIC HYPERTHERMIA SYSTEMS - A compact heat exchanger for veno-venous perfusion-induced hyperthermia includes an integral pneumatic pump and a hollow tubule heat exchange array. A veno-venous perfusion-induced hyperthermia system incorporating the compact heat exchanger is described. The heat exchanger provides a compact, efficient design allowing a lesser heat exchanging surface area and lesser required pumping power compared to conventional systems. In turn, the system provides a shorter blood circuit compared to conventional systems, allowing maintaining a lower blood temperature than such conventional systems while supplying sufficiently heated blood to patient visceral organs to provide a therapeutic effect, such as in supplementing chemotherapy drugs. | 08-15-2013 |
20130192230 | FOSSIL-FUEL-FIRED POWER PLANT - A power plant includes a boiler, a stream turbine generator, a post combustion processing system, a feed water regeneration processing system and a heat exchanger. Heat from the heat exchanger is used to regenerate (a) a reagent that absorbs carbon dioxide from flue gas and (b) a water-lean desiccant used to increase plant operating efficiency. | 08-01-2013 |
20130165630 | AROMATIC COMPOUNDS WITH SULFUR CONTAINING LIGANDS - Compounds useful as nutritional supplements, antioxidants, heavy metal chelators and/or as intermediates for producing other related compounds with like uses have a formula: | 06-27-2013 |
20130108605 | METHOD OF AMELIORATING OXIDATIVE STRESS AND SUPPLEMENTING THE DIET | 05-02-2013 |
20130105405 | WATER PURIFICATION DEVICE AND A METHOD OF DECONTAMINATING A WATER SUPPLY | 05-02-2013 |
20130094997 | EVEN PERFUSION PUMP-INTEGRATED BLOOD OXYGENATOR - A blood oxygenator includes an integral pneumatic pump disposed substantially within a housing thereof, an inlet blood flow redirector, and an outflow blood collector. An atrium provided at an inlet of the oxygenator promotes even delivery of blood to the oxygenator. In use, the oxygenator provides an even dispersion of blood therethrough, establishing even perfusion and reducing areas of stagnant blood flow. | 04-18-2013 |
20130081940 | PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL INCLUDING Ga(Sbx)N1-x SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRODE - The composition of matter comprising Ga(Sb | 04-04-2013 |
20130071482 | BLOCK COPOLYMER CROSS-LINKED NANOASSEMBLIES AS MODULAR DELIVERY VEHICLES - A nanoassembly includes a core protected by a biocompatible shell. The nanoassembly includes a plurality of block copolymers including drug-binding linkers and block copolymer cross-linkers. A first active agent is covalently conjugated to the plurality of block copolymers and a second active agent is physically entrapped in the core. | 03-21-2013 |
20130065287 | CHEMICAL PROCESSING CELL WITH NANOSTRUCTURED MEMBRANES - A chemical processing cell includes an upstream membrane and a downstream membrane. The upstream membrane generates a first reaction product. The downstream membrane converts the first reaction product to a second reaction product. | 03-14-2013 |
20130062279 | GREEN SYNTHESIS NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES - A nanocomposite membrane includes a macroporous polymer membrane having a plurality of pores. A plurality of metal nanoparticles are synthesized and immobilized within those plurality of pores. The nanoparticles are reduced and capped with a green reducing and capping agent such as green tea extract. | 03-14-2013 |
20130025918 | CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY-ORIENTED CARBON NANOTUBES GROWN ON FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE FILMS - A thermal and electrical conducting apparatus includes a few-layer graphene film having a thickness D where D≦1.5 nm and a plurality of carbon nanotubes crystallographically aligned with the few-layer graphene film. | 01-31-2013 |
20130000961 | CRYSTALLOGRAPHICALLY-ORIENTED CARBON NANOTUBES GROWN ON FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE FILMS - A thermal and electrical conducting apparatus includes a few-layer graphene film having a thickness D where D≦1.5 nm and a plurality of carbon nanotubes crystallographically aligned with the few-layer graphene film. | 01-03-2013 |
20120317878 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL BRIQUETTES FROM HIGH MOISTURE FINE COAL OR BLENDS OF HIGH MOISTURE FINE COAL AND BIOMASS - An apparatus and method are provided for producing fuel briquettes from high moisture fine coal. The apparatus includes a coal fine pelletizer, a pellet dryer and a fuel briquette former all provided in-line for the efficient production of fuel briquettes. The method comprises forming pellets from coal fines, drying those pellets to a desired moisture content of about 1 to about 10% and forming fuel briquettes from the dried pellets. | 12-20-2012 |
20120302780 | AROMATIC COMPOUNDS WITH SULFUR CONTAINING LIGANDS - Compounds useful as nutritional supplements, antioxidants, heavy metal chelators and/or as intermediates for producing other related compounds with like uses have a formula: | 11-29-2012 |
20120296406 | GRAFT WITHIN A GRAFT ENDOLUMINAL GRAFT - A segmented endograft includes at least one positioning segment and at least one main body segment which are separately deployable. The at least one positioning segment and at least one main body segment may be connected one to another. In an embodiment, the at least one positioning segment and at least one main body segment are connected along a portion of a circumference thereof, but unconnected along a remainder of the circumference thereof. The at least one positioning segment overlaps a portion of the at least one main body segment. Deployment systems including the segmented endograft and methods for deploying a segmented endograft are described. | 11-22-2012 |
20120207975 | LIGHTWEIGHT FIRE RESISTANT COVERING FOR STRUCTURES - A building panel, a shingle and a flooring tile are all provided including a reticulated foam body having a weather resistant coating made from a material selected from a group consisting of a polymer, a ceramic glaze and mixtures thereof. In addition, a method of producing these products is also provided. | 08-16-2012 |
20110288844 | Modeling of mPGES-1 three-dimensional structures: applications in drug design and discovery - This invention relates to representations of prostaglandin synthase three-dimensional structures. Such representations are suitable for designing agents that modulate the activity of the enzyme by binding to the substrate binding domain. | 11-24-2011 |
20110160561 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE - A system for determination of intraocular pressure includes: an intraocular pressure sensor; a light source illuminating the sensor with one or more wavelengths of light; and a detector that measures emitted light from the sensor. The sensor includes a substrate member, a spacer member, and a flexible membrane, which define a sealed cavity. The flexible membrane moves in response to intraocular pressure changes. A device for measuring intraocular pressure includes: the sensor; an anchoring member attached to the sensor for immobilizing the sensor in an eye; and a protective member attached to the anchoring member and covering the sensor to prevent contact between the flexible membrane and the eye. A method for determination of intraocular pressure includes: placing the sensor in an eye; illuminating, with a light source, the sensor with one or more wavelengths of light; and detecting, with a detector, a resultant light that contains information about intraocular pressure. | 06-30-2011 |
20110118299 | TREATMENT OF MCI AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The present invention provides, among other things, therapeutic compositions and methods that can effectively treat, slow or prevent a neurological disease (e.g., a neurodegenerative disease, e.g., mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease (AD)), in particular, based on therapeutically effective amount of nifedipine, oxidized or nitroso nifedipine derivatives, lactam (e.g., a compound of formula (Ic) or (Ic-i), e.g., NFD-L1), thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and combinations thereof. | 05-19-2011 |
20100292281 | TREATMENT OF MCI AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE - The present invention provides, among other things, therapeutic compositions and methods that can effectively treat, slow or prevent mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease (AD), in particular, based on therapeutically effective amount of nifedipine, oxidized or nitroso nifedipine derivatives, thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and combinations thereof. | 11-18-2010 |
20090123984 | Transformed plants accumulating terpenes - The present invention relates to transformed plants with an altered terpene content, preferably over-accumulating a mono- or sesqui-terpene. By transformation of plants with genes encoding terpene synthases (TS), and prenyl transferases (PRT), plants accumulating at least 1000 ng/per g of fresh leaf of a specific terpene were obtained. The present invention provides an advantageous system for production of terpenes in that any desired mono- or sesqui-terpene at the choice of the skilled person can be produced in plants. Preferably, the transformed plants contain at least one recombinant plastid targeted TS and PRT. | 05-14-2009 |