Office of Technology Transfer 2010 Annual Report

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U.S. Patents Issued to NC State FY2010
Patent No. Issue Date Patent Title Inventor(s) College Department
7,608,700 10/27/2009 Lactobacillus Acidophilus Nucleic Acid Sequences Encoding Stress-related Proteins and Uses Thereof Todd R. Klaenhammer CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
           
7,605,308 10/20/2009 Regulation of Quinolate Phosphoribosyl Transferase Expression Mark Conkling CALS Genetics
           
7,645,925 1/12/2010 Tobacco Products with Increased Nicotine Mark Conkling CALS Genetics
           
PP20,689 1/26/2010 Raspberry Named 'Nantahala' James Ballington CALS Horticultural Science
      Gina Ferandez CALS Horticultural Science
           
PP20,765 2/16/2010 Hydrangea Plant Named 'NCHA1' Thomas Ranney CALS Horticultural Science
           
PP20,920 4/6/2010 Flowering Quince Plant Named 'Pink Storm' Thomas Ranney CALS Horticultural Science
           
PP20,950 4/27/2010 Flowering Quince Plant Named 'Orange Storm' Thomas Ranney CALS Horticultural Science
           
PP20,951 4/27/2010 Flowering Quince Plant Named 'Scarlet Storm' Thomas Ranney CALS Horticultural Science
           
7,579,515 8/25/2009 Increasing Gamete Production with a Gene Switch William Miller CALS Molecular & Structural Biochemistry
           
7,425,670 9/16/2008 Methods and Compositions for Protein Production in Tobacco Plants with Reduced Nicotine Nandini Mendu CALS Genetics
           
7,695,901 4/13/2010 Identification of Poinsettia Cultivars James Moyer CALS Plant Pathology
      Elizabeth Parks CALS Plant Pathology
           
7,663,019 2/16/2010 Transgenic Snakes and Methods of Making James Petitte CALS Poultry Science
      Paul Mozdziak CALS Poultry Science
           
7,622,035 11/24/2009 Methods of Deresinating Crude Oil Using Carbon Dioxide Peter Kilpatrick COE Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
      Ruben Carbonell COE Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
           
7,655,860 2/2/2010 Nano-structured Photovoltaic Solar Cell and Related Methods Gregory Parsons COE Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
           
7,658,989 2/9/2010 Nano-and Micro-cellular Foamed Thin-walled Material, and Processes and Apparatuses for Making the Same Joseph DeSimone COE Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
      Saad Khan COE Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
      Richard Spontak COE Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
           
7,642,546 1/5/2010 Molecular Memory Devices Including Solid-state Dielectric Layers and Related Methods Veena Misra COE Electrical & Computer Engineering
           
7,572,518 8/11/2009 Articles Comprising Manganese Doped Barium Titanate Thin Film Compositions Jon-Paul Maria COE Materials Science and Engineering
           
7,601,181 10/13/2009 Methods of Making Thin Film Capacitors Comprising a Manganese Doped Barium Titantate Dielectric Jon-Paul Maria COE Materials Science and Engineering
           
7,632,454 12/15/2009 Dense, Shaped Articles Constructed of a Refractory Material and Methods of Preparing Such Articles Zlatko Sitar COE Materials Science and Engineering
           
7,678,195 3/16/2010 Seeded Growth Process for Preparing Aluminum Nitride Single Crystals   Zlatko Sitar COE Materials Science and Engineering
           
7,682,709 3/23/2010 Germanium Doped n-type Aluminum Nitride Epitaxial Layers Robert F. Davis COE Materials Science and Engineering
           
7,723,154 5/25/2010 Methods of Forming Zinc Oxide Based II-VI Compound Semiconductor Layers with Shallow Acceptor Conductivities Robert F. Davis COE Materials Science and Engineering
           
7,641,984 1/5/2010 Composite Metal Foam and Methods of Preparation Thereof Afsaneh Rabiei COE Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
           
7,582,751 9/1/2009 Methods and Intermediates for the Synthesis of Porphyrins Jonathan Lindsey PAMS Chemistry
      Masahiko Taniguchi PAMS Chemistry
           
7,595,407 9/29/2009 Boron Complexation Strategy for use in Manipulating 1-acyldipyrromethanes Jonathan Lindsey PAMS Chemistry
           
7,601,394 10/13/2009 Gradient Fabrication to Direct Transport on a Surface Christopher Gorman PAMS Chemistry
           
7,633,007 12/15/2009 Self-assembled Photosynthesis-inspired Light Harvesting Material and Solar Cells Containing the Same Jonathan Lindsey PAMS Chemistry
           
7,718,794 5/18/2010 Synthesis of Porphyrins Designed for Attachment to Electroactive Surfaces via One or More Carbon Tethers Jonathan Lindsey PAMS Chemistry
           
7,723,513 5/25/2010 Methods and Intermediates for the Synthesis of Dipyrrin-Substituted Porphyrinic Macrocycles Jonathan Lindsey PAMS Chemistry
           
7,745,618 6/29/2010 Method of Making Porphyrins Jonathan Lindsey PAMS Chemistry
           
7,671,209 3/2/2010 Regiospecific Synthesis of Nicotine Derivatives Daniel Comins PAMS Chemistry
           
7,678,900 3/16/2010 Refined Routes to Chlorine Building Blocks Jonathan Lindsey PAMS Chemistry
      Masahiko Taniguchi PAMS Chemistry
           
7,666,499 2/23/2010 High Modulus Polyamide Fibers Richard Koteck COT Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
      Alan Tonelli COT Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
Foreign Patents Issued to NC State FY2010
Patent No. Issue Date Country Patent Title Inventors College Department
550123 11/12/2009 New Zealand Lactobacillus Acidophilus Nucleic Acid Sequences Encoding Carbohydrate Utilization-Related Proteins and Uses Thereof Todd Klaenhammer CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
2,305,738 10/27/2009 Canada Thermal Processor Measurement Using Simulated Food Particles Josip Simunovic CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
Kenneth Swartzel CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
             
ZL200580038640.0 6/2/2010 China Methods and Apparatuses for Thermal Treatment of Foods and Other Biomaterials and Products Obtained Thereby Gary Cartwright CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
        Pablo Coronel CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
        David Parrott CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
        K.P. Sandeep CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
        Josip Simunovic CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
        Kenneth Swartzel CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
        Van Den Truong CALS Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
4459271 2/19/2010 Japan Regulation of Quinolate Phosphoribosyl Transferase Expression Mark A. Conkling CALS Genetics
Wen Song CALS Genetics
Nandini Mendu CALS Genetics
3978 3/9/2010 Australia Ornamental Sweetpotato Plant Named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Light Green' Charles Newell Hancock, Jr. CALS Horticultural Science
        Kenneth Vincent Pecota CALS Horticultural Science
        G. Craig Yencho CALS Horticultural Science
3979 3/9/2010 Australia Ornamental Sweetpotato Plant Named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple' Charles Newell Hancock, Jr. CALS Horticultural Science
Kenneth Vincent Pecota CALS Horticultural Science
G. Craig Yencho CALS Horticultural Science
3980 3/9/2010 Australia Ornamental Sweetpotato Plant Named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red' Charles Newell Hancock, Jr. CALS Horticultural Science
Kenneth Vincent Pecota CALS Horticultural Science
G. Craig Yencho CALS Horticultural Science
25771 7/22/2009 Europe Ornamental Sweetpotato Plant Named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Light Green' Charles Newell Hancock, Jr. CALS Horticultural Science
Kenneth Vincent Pecota CALS Horticultural Science
G. Craig Yencho CALS Horticultural Science
25844 8/24/2009 Europe Ornamental Sweetpotato Plant Named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red' Charles Newell Hancock, Jr. CALS Horticultural Science
Kenneth Vincent Pecota CALS Horticultural Science
G. Craig Yencho CALS Horticultural Science
25845 8/24/2009 Europe Ornamental Sweetpotato Plant Named 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Bewitched Purple' Charles Newell Hancock, Jr. CALS Horticultural Science
Kenneth Vincent Pecota CALS Horticultural Science
G. Craig Yencho CALS Horticultural Science
             
154266 6/29/2010 Israel Enhancement of Development of Oviparous Species by in Ovo Feeding Peter Ferket CALS Poultry Science
Zehava Uni CALS Poultry Science
             
1780263 12/16/2009 International Method of Producing an Undifferentiated Avian Cell Culture Using Avian Primordial Germ Cells Ilkuk Chang CALS Poultry Science
James Petitte CALS Poultry Science
             
4365531 8/28/2009 Japan Methods, Systems, and Associated Implantable Devices for Dynamic Monitoring of Tumors Jeffrey S. Mueller COE Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stefan Ufer COE Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bahram G. Kermani COE Electrical and Computer Engineering
Leslie Hall COE Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chang-Soo Kim COE Electrical and Computer Engineering
Charles W. Scarantino COE Electrical and Computer Engineering
H. Troy Nagle COE Electrical and Computer Engineering
1205967 7/22/2009 Europe Method for Water Vapor Enhanced Charged-Particle-Beam Machining James Vitarelli COE Materials Science and Engineering
Terrence Stark COE Materials Science and Engineering
Phillip Russell COE Materials Science and Engineering
Dieter Griffis COE Materials Science and Engineering
Gordon Shedd COE Materials Science and Engineering
             
4223219 11/8/2009 Japan Process for Growing Low Defect Gallium Nitride Semiconductor Layers on Sapphire Wafers Using Lateral Growth From Sidewalls, and Gallium Nitride Semiconductor Structures Fabricated Thereby Thomas Gehrke COE Materials Science and Engineering
  Robert F. Davis COE Materials Science and Engineering
      Kevin Linthicum COE Materials Science and Engineering
             
ZL200610084123.3 6/23/2010 China Genetically Engineered Duckweed (Lemnaceae) Anne-Marie Stomp CNR Forestry and Environmental Resources
Nirmala Rajbhandari CNR Forestry and Environmental Resources
             
1407492 5/19/2010 Europe Single-Electron Transistors and Fabrication Methods in Which the Thickness of an Insulating Layer Defines Spacing Between Electrodes Daniel Feldheim PAMS Chemistry
Louis C. Brousseau, III PAMS Chemistry
             
2,372,274 7/28/2009 Canada Reactive Dye Compounds Harold S. Freeman COT Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
Brent Smith COT Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science