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Title: Increased Ethanol Production by Genetic Engineering of Microorganisms to Express Hemoglobin
Creator: Sanny, Tony, Stark, Benjamin C.
Date: 2016-04-15, 2016-04-12
Description: The present disclosure describes novel bacterial strains which express a pyruvate decarboxylase gene and at least one alcohol dehydrogenase...
Show moreThe present disclosure describes novel bacterial strains which express a pyruvate decarboxylase gene and at least one alcohol dehydrogenase gene from a bacteria of the genus Zymomonas and also express a hemoglobin gene from a bacteria of the genus Vitreoscilla. The pressent disclosure further describes methods for producing fermentation products with a microorganism which expresses a pyruvate decarboxylase gene and at least one alcohol dehydrogenase gene from a bacteria of the genus Zymomonas and also express a hemoglobin gene from a bacteria of the genus Vitreoscilla. Further the present disclosure describes methods for increasing production of a fermentation product comprising genetically engineering a microorganism which expresses a xylose isomerase gene to also express a hemoglobin gene from a bacteria of the genus Vitreoscilla.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: System and Method for Determining and Sharing Spectrum Availability
Creator: Taher, Tanim, Roberson, Dennis
Date: 2017-06-16, 2017-06-13
Description: A method and apparatus for determining and sharing RF spectrum availability. The method includes automatically sensing and analyzing a...
Show moreA method and apparatus for determining and sharing RF spectrum availability. The method includes automatically sensing and analyzing a spectrum to identify used and/or unused portions of the spectrum, and automatically communicating the used and/or unused portions of the spectrum to a spectrum owner or a spectrum user. The invention has particular use in automatically identifying and quantifying current spectrum users, automatically reporting the current spectrum users to a spectrum owner, and/or allocating unused spectrum portions to users.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Two-phase Heat Transport Device using Electrohydrodynamic Conduction Pumping
Creator: Yagoobi, Jamal Seyed, Pearson, Matthew R.
Date: 2013-10-30, 2013-10-29
Description: An electrohydrodynamic conduction liquid pumping system having a vessel configured to contain a liquid therein, a single pair or multi-pairs...
Show moreAn electrohydrodynamic conduction liquid pumping system having a vessel configured to contain a liquid therein, a single pair or multi-pairs of electrodes disposed in a circularly spaced apart relationship to each other inside the vessel and configured to be oriented in the liquid. A power supply is coupled to the electrodes and configured to generate electric fields in-between each electrode pair to induce a net radial pumping of the liquid. A heat source is provided to produce heat sufficient to boil and vaporize the liquid while non-vaporized liquid moving toward the heat source prevents over-heating of the heat source. A heat sink is configured to have a operating temperature below the vaporization temperature of the liquid so that contact of the vapor with the heat sink will condense the vapor into a liquid to replenish the liquid supply moving toward the heat source.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
Primary US Patent Classification 417/48
US Patent Classification 361/700
US Patent Classification 361/702
International Patent Classification F04B 37/00
International Patent Classification H05K 7/20
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Title: Physical Assistive Robotic Devices and Systems
Creator: Ota, Yasuhiro, Ryumae, Masaru, Sato, Keiichi, Sano, Shin
Date: 2013-04-26, 2013-02-19
Description: A physical assistive robotic device may include a frame including an upright support member, a lateral member slidably engaged with the...
Show moreA physical assistive robotic device may include a frame including an upright support member, a lateral member slidably engaged with the upright support member, a handle slidably engaged with the lateral member, an elevation actuator coupled to the upright support member and the lateral member, and a lateral actuator coupled to the lateral member and the handle. The elevation actuator translates the lateral member and the lateral actuator translates the handle to transition a user between a standing position and a non-standing position.
Sponsorship: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.; Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Systems, Methods, and Protocols for Process Migration and Group Membership management
Creator: Sun, Xian-he, Du, Cong
Date: 2014-03-05, 2012-12-18
Description: A system, method, and set of protocols for dynamic group communication are provided for enabling dynamic process migration and dynamic group...
Show moreA system, method, and set of protocols for dynamic group communication are provided for enabling dynamic process migration and dynamic group membership management. A process in a group receives and distributes a migration signal. Group communication continues while the processes in the group asynchronously reach a global superstep and then a synchronization point. The processes then spawn a new process on a new device and update group membership information. The new process operates in continuous execution with the new group.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Hierarchical Structured Data Organization System
Creator: Frieder, Ophir, Kapoor, Sanjiv
Date: 2015-11-11, 2015-11-10
Description: A method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files or web pages, structured or unstructured, of multiple users stored...
Show moreA method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files or web pages, structured or unstructured, of multiple users stored across one or more server computers into hierarchical file structures on a recordable medium of a data processing system. A user-defined metalabel is assigned to each of the electronic files or web pages. The electronic files or web pages are organized as a function of the metalabels into the hierarchical file structures.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Hybrid Aerial and Terrestrial Vehicle
Creator: Kalantari, Arash, Spenko, Matthew
Date: 2015-10-07, 2015-10-06
Description: A vehicle capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. The terrestrial and aerial vehicle includes a flying device and a rolling cage...
Show moreA vehicle capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. The terrestrial and aerial vehicle includes a flying device and a rolling cage connected to the flying device by at least one revolute joint. The rolling cage at least partially surrounds the flying device and is free-rolling and is not separately powered.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Hierarchical Structured Data Organization System
Creator: Frieder, Ophir, Kapoor, Sanjiv
Date: 2015-09-09, 2015-09-08
Description: A method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files or web pages, structured or unstructured, of multiple users stored...
Show moreA method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files or web pages, structured or unstructured, of multiple users stored across one or more server computers into hierarchical file structures on a recordable medium of a data processing system. A user-defined metalabel is assigned to each of the electronic files or web pages. The electronic files or web pages are organized as a function of the metalabels into the hierarchical file structures.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Method for Securing Streaming Multimedia Network Transmissions
Creator: Davids, Carol, Dorst, Gary, Kousky, Ken, Yahnes, Gene
Date: 2013-05-29, 2013-05-28
Description: A method of securing against an unauthorized transmission within an authorized multimedia transmission from a sending data processor to a...
Show moreA method of securing against an unauthorized transmission within an authorized multimedia transmission from a sending data processor to a receiving data processor. The method includes altering the network transmission to interfere with the unauthorized transmission and render the unauthorized transmission invalid to the receiving data processor while not noticeably interfering with the streaming multimedia transmission. Monitoring for retransmissions or retransmission requests also serves as an indicator to an administrator that an unauthorized transmission is occurring. The method of this invention can be implemented by network administrator middleboxes such as firewalls.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Synthesis of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Drugs Centered on Regioselective and Stereoselective Ring Opening of Aziridinium Ions
Creator: Chong, Hyun-soon
Date: 2016-09-21, 2016-09-20
Description: Stereoselective and regioselective synthesis of compounds via nucleophilic ring opening reactions of aziridinium ions for use in...
Show moreStereoselective and regioselective synthesis of compounds via nucleophilic ring opening reactions of aziridinium ions for use in steroselective and regioselective synthesis of therapeutic and diagnostic compounds
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Looking for (Lesbian) Love: Social Media Subtext Readings of Rizzoli and Isles
Creator: Hemphill, Libby
Date: 2015, 2015
Description: Paper presented at #IR16 the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers
Paper presented at #IR16 the annual conference of the...
Show morePaper presented at #IR16 the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers
Paper presented at #IR16 the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers
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Title: Collaborative and Personalized Storage and Search in Hierarchical Abstract Data Organization Systems
Creator: Frieder, Ophir, Kapoor, Sanjiv
Date: 2017-04-26, 2017-04-25
Description: A method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files, data items, web site members, or web pages, structured or...
Show moreA method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files, data items, web site members, or web pages, structured or unstructured, of multiple users stored across one or more server computers into hierarchical file structures on a recordable medium of a data processing system. A user-defined metalabel is assigned to each of the electronic files, data items, web site members, or web pages. The electronic files, data items, web site members, or web pages are organized as a function of the metalabels into the hierarchical file structures. The method includes automatically forming personalized hierarchies, such as a shadow copy for a second user, from the user-defined metalabels of a first user according to a user profile. The method includes automatically forming keywords of strings of at least two user-defined metalabels or a portion thereof, and automatically forming search structures of the keywords existing simultaneously with the plurality of hierarchical structures.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Method for Improving Local Descriptors in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Creator: Frieder, Ophir, Yee, Gen
Date: 2013-10-09, 2013-09-24
Description: A method for improving searches in a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system that includes a plurality of server computers. A content file,...
Show moreA method for improving searches in a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system that includes a plurality of server computers. A content file, identified by a descriptor including at least one metadata term and a mathematical identifier that uniquely identifies the content file in one of the server computers, is selected for searching. Other server computers are searched to find one or more matching content files; one that has a descriptor with a mathematical identifier matching the mathematical identifier of the first content file. The descriptors of the matching content files are returned to the searching server computer and used to expand the local descriptor.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Physical Assistive Robotic Systems
Creator: Ota, Yasuhiro, Ryumae, Masaru, Sato, Keiichi, Sano, Shin
Date: 2016-07-06, 2016-07-05
Description: A physical assistive robotic device may include a frame including an upright support member, a lateral member slidably engaged with the...
Show moreA physical assistive robotic device may include a frame including an upright support member, a lateral member slidably engaged with the upright support member, a handle slidably engaged with the upright support member, an elevator actuator coupled to the upright support member and the lateral member, and a lateral actuator coupled to the lateral member and the handle. The elevation actuator translates the lateral member and the lateral actuator translates the handle to transition a user between a standing position and a non-standing position.
Sponsorship: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Pneumatic Yaw Control Effector for Aircraft
Creator: Williams, David R., Seidel, Jürgen
Date: 2018-04-18, 2018-04-17
Description: An apparatus and method for controlling a yaw moment of a flight vehicle, such as an aircraft. A wing structure of the flight vehicle has a...
Show moreAn apparatus and method for controlling a yaw moment of a flight vehicle, such as an aircraft. A wing structure of the flight vehicle has a first opening or actuator positioned by a first apex section of a first side of the wing, and has a second opening or actuator positioned away from or at a distance from a second apex section of a second side of the wing. The first side and the second side can each be positioned or located opposite a centerline of the wing or wing structure. A pressure source or other pressure supply device is in communication with the first opening or actuator and the second opening or actuator to which a pressurized fluid, such as air, is controlled and delivered to control or vary the yaw moment of the flight vehicle.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Mobile Sanitizing Devices and Systems for Dispensing Sanitizer Solution
Creator: Ota, Yasuhiro, Ryumae, Masaru, Sato, Keiichi, Sano, Shin
Date: 2013-10-30, 2013-10-22
Description: A mobile sanitizing device may include a sanitizer solution dispenser module, a motorized wheel assembly, and a controller module. The...
Show moreA mobile sanitizing device may include a sanitizer solution dispenser module, a motorized wheel assembly, and a controller module. The sanitizer solution dispenser module may be operable to dispense the sanitizer solution. The motorized wheel includes at least one wheel and is coupled to the sanitizer solution dispenser module. The controller module includes a microcontroller and a memory, and is programmed to log a sanitization record into a sanitization history of at least one user, compare the sanitization history of the user with a sanitization standard, and control the motorized wheel assembly to cause the mobile sanitizing device to approach the user to dispense sanitizing solution to the user when the sanitization history does not meet the sanitization standard.
Sponsorship: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
Primary US Patent Classification 340/573.1
US Patent Classification 340/539.1
US Patent Classification 340/618
US Patent Classification 700/245
US Patent Classification 901/1
International Patent Classification G08B 23/00
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Title: Hierarchical Structured Abstract Data Organization System
Creator: Frieder, Ophir, Kapoor, Sanjiv
Date: 2014-01-08, 2014-01-07
Description: A method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files, web pages, or web site members organized in a traditional first...
Show moreA method in a data processing system and apparatus for organizing files, web pages, or web site members organized in a traditional first hierarchical file structure that is on a recordable medium of a data processing system. A user-defined metalabel is assigned to each of the electronic files, web pages, or web site members. The electronic files, web pages, or web site members are organized as a function of the metalabels into a second hierarchical file structure existing simultaneously with the first hierarchical file structure on the recordable medium of the data processing system. The files, web pages, or web site members can be organized or grouped by the metalabels for efficient searching or following conversations of group members on social networking sites.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Ultrasound-Assisted Water-Confined Laser Micromachining
Creator: Wu, Benxin
Date: 2017-06-16, 2017-05-16
Description: Systems and processes for improved laser machining, such as micro machining, of a workpiece. Systems and processes involve directing at a...
Show moreSystems and processes for improved laser machining, such as micro machining, of a workpiece. Systems and processes involve directing at a first surface of the workpiece a laser beam and wherein at least the laser-irradiated region of the first surface of the workpiece is immersed in a liquid, and delivering to the liquid-immersed and laser-irradiated workpiece surface region at least a first ultrasound output from a first ultrasound device. The ultrasound output and the laser beam desirably impact the workpiece first surface substantially simultaneously.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Hybrid Aerial and Terrestrial Vehicle
Creator: Kalantari, Arash, Spenko, Matthew
Date: 2015-07-01, 2015-06-23
Description: A vehicle capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. The terrestrial and aerial vehicle includes a flying device and a rolling cage...
Show moreA vehicle capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. The terrestrial and aerial vehicle includes a flying device and a rolling cage connected to the flying device by at least one revolute joint. The rolling cage at least partially surrounds the flying device and is free-rolling and not separately powered.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Alloys as Cathode Materials for Lithium-Air Batteries
Creator: Sankarasubramanian, Shrihari, Prakash, Jai, Mizuno, Fuminori, Singh, Nikhilendra
Date: 2018-01-04, 2017-10-24
Description: A Li-air battery is provided. The battery contains: an anode compartment containing lithium or a lithium alloy as active metal; a cathode...
Show moreA Li-air battery is provided. The battery contains: an anode compartment containing lithium or a lithium alloy as active metal; a cathode compartment supplied with an O2 source; and a lithium ion conductive membrane separating the anode compartment from the cathode compartment. The cathode compartment contains an air electrode with a skin alloy platinum or palladium catalyst.
Sponsorship: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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