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- FY 2009
- FY 2008
- FY 2007
- FY 2006
- Patent Database - The UK Patent Database includes a searchable listing of patents issued from 2007-1988.
21 patents were issued to UK in FY 2009.
June 2009
Deane Falcone, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventor John Littleton (Agriculture) received a patent for “Methods to identify plant metabolites.” #7,547,520
Jayakrishna Ambati, inventor, (Medicine) received a patent for “VEGF-A as an inhibitor of angiogenesis and methods of using same.” #7,553,496
May 2009
George Wagner, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventor Ryan Shepherd (Berkeley, CA) received a patent for “Utility of phylloplanins as antibiotics, selective fungicides and for enhancing microbial resistance in crop plants.” #7,528,232
Myron Jacobson, inventor (formerly UK) and co-inventors Elaine Jacobson (formerly UK), Jean-Christophe Ame (Obernai, France) and Winston Lin (formerly UK) received a patent for “Gene encoding several poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) enzymes, the proteins and fragments thereof, and antibodies immunoreactive therewith.” #7,538,194
April 2009
Daniel Howe (Agriculture) received a patent for “Nucleic acids encoding Sarcocystis neurona antigen and uses thereof.” #7,524,946
Nancy Webb, inventor, (Medicine) and co-inventor Frederick DeBeer (Medicine) received a patent for “Compositions and methods for detecting and treating atherosclerosis.” #7,521,198
Malaya Chatterjee, inventor, (Medicine) and co-inventors Kenneth Foon and Sunil Chatterjee (Medicine) received a patent for “Monoclonal antibody 1A7 and use for the treatment of melanoma and small cell carcinoma.” #7,517,967
David Hildebrand, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventor Hirotada Fukushige (Agriculture) received a patent for “Recombinant watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) hydroperoxide lyase and uses thereof.” #7,517,679
March 2009
David Jacques, inventor, (Engineering) and co-inventor Rodney Andrews (Engineering) received a patent for “Continuous production of aligned carbon nanotubes.” #7,504,078
George Wagner, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventor Ryan Sheperd (Berkeley, CA) received a patent for “Method of utilizing the tobacco phylloplanin promoter for expression of nucleic acids as gene products directed to aerial surfaces of plants.” #7,501,557
December 2008
Joe Chappell, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventor Brian Greenhagen (Agriculture) received a patent for “Sesquiterpene synthase gene and protein.” #7,442,785
November 2008
Robert L. Houtz, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventors David W. Rodgers (Biochemistry), Lynette Dirk (Agriculture), and Mark A. Williams (Agriculture) received a patent for “The crystallization and structure of a plant peptide deformylase.” #7,445,923
Mahendra Kumar Sunkara, inventor, (Louisville, Ky.) and co-inventors Shashank Sharma (Mountain View, Cali.) Uschi M. Graham (Geology) received a patent for "Formation of metal oxide nanowire networks (nanowebs) of low-melting metals." #7,445,671
October 2008
Chang-Guo Zhan, inventor, (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and co-inventors Hoon Cho (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and Hsin-Hsiung Tai (Pharmaceutical Sciences) received a patent for “High-activity mutants of butyrylcholinesterase for cocaine hydrolysis and method of generating the same.” #7,438,904
Laurence G. Hassebrook, inventor, (Engineering) and co-inventors Daniel L. Lau (Engineering) and Chun Guan (Engineering) received a patent for “System and technique for retrieving depth information about a surface by projecting a composite image of modulated light patterns.” #7,440,590
September 2008
David Atwood, inventor, (Chemistry) received a patent for “Use of boron compounds to precipitate uranium from water.” #7,419,604
Robert Houtz, inventor, (Horitculture) and co-inventors Lynnette M. A. Dirk (Horticulture) and Mark Alan Williams (Horticulture) received a patent for “Inhibitors of plant peptide deformylase for use as broad-spectrum herbicides and methods for identifying the same.” #7,419,815
Jurgen Rohr, inventor, (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and co-inventors Lily Remsing (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, Jose A. Salas (Universidad de Oviedo), Carmen Mendez (Universidad de Oviedo), Alfredo Brana and Ana Gonzalez received a patent for “Derivaties of mithramycin and methods of making and uses thereof.” #7,423,008
Elaine Jacobson, inventor, (formerly UK) and co-inventors Myron K. Jacobson (formerly UK) received a patent for “Method for enhancing protective cellular responses to genotoxic stress in skin.” #7,425,319
July 2008
Malaya Chatterjee, inventor, (Medicine) and co-inventors Kenneth A. Foon and Sunil K. Chatterjee (Medicine) received a patent for “Murine monoclonal anti-idiotype antibody 11D10 and methods of use thereof.” #7,399,849
Joseph Chappell, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventor Lyle F. Ralston (Chesterfield, Mo.) received a patent for "Cytochrome P450s and uses thereof." #7,405,671
14 patents were issued to UK researchers in FY 2008:
July 2008
Joseph Chappell, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventor Lyle F. Ralston (Chesterfield, Mo.) received a patent for "Cytochrome P450s and uses thereof." #7,405,671
June 2008
John Anthony, inventor, (Chemistry) and co-inventors Marcia Payne (Chemistry), Susan Odom (Chemistry) and Richard Parking (Chemistry) received a patent for “Novel silylethynylated heteroacenes and electronic devices made with these compounds are disclosed.” #7,385,221
Rodney Guttmann, inventor, (Physiology) received a patent for “5-mer peptides that can inhibit calpain I and calpain II are disclosed. The peptide sequence is as follows: Leu or Ala)-(Xaa)-(Asp or Glu)-(Xaa)-(Leu or Met), where Xaa can be any amino acid.” #7,385,027
May 2008
Peter Crooks, inventor, (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and co-inventors Linda Dwoskin (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Marlon Jones (Compton, CA), Dennis Keith Miller (Columbia, MO), Davin Seth Norholm (Atlanta, GA), Guangrong Zheng (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and Sairam Krishamurthy (Engineering) received a patent for “2,6-distributed piperidines and piperazine compounds.” #7,368,443
April 2008
David Hildebrand, inventor, (Agriculture) and co-inventor Tomoko Hatanaka (Hyogo, JP) received a patent for “Recombinant Stokensia epoxygenase gene.” #7,364,901
March 2008
Sylvia Daunert, inventor, (Chemistry) and co-inventors Sapna Kamlakar Deo (Chemistry), Emre Dikici (Chemistry) and Laura Rowe (Chemistry) received a patent for “aequorin and obelin mutants with differing wavelengths and bioluminescence.” #7,345,160
Rolf Joseph Craven, inventor, (Pharmacology) received a patent for “Hpr6 mutants and uses therof.” #7,342,100
February 2008
Peter Oeltgen, inventor, (Pathology) and co-inventors Paul D. Bishop (Fall City, WA), Craig J. McClain (Medicine) and Shirish Barve (Pathology) received a patent for “method for treating a viral infection related to a chemical toxin relate4d hepatic injury with deltorphin D.” #7,335,642
Subodh M. Lele, inventor, (Pathology) and co-inventors Manjiri S. Lele (Pathology) and Nada H. Khattar (Oncology) received a patent for “primers and probe to identify mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.” #7,332,597
January 2008
Kenneth Calver, inventor, (Computer Science) and co-inventor James N. Griffioen (Computer Science) received a patent for “System and process for providing auxillary information for a packet-switched network of shared nodes using dedicated associative store.” #7,317,729
December 2007
Peter Crooks, inventor, (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and co-inventors Craig T. Jordon (Rodchester, NY) and Xiaochen Wei (Pharmaceutical Sciences) received a patent for “use of parthenolide derivates as antileukemic and cytotoxic agents.” #7,312,242
November 2007
Malaya Chatterjee, inventor, (Microbiology) and co-inventors Kenneth Foon (Fremont, CA) and Sunil K. Chatterjee (Pharmaceutical Sciences) received a patent for “methods of delaying development of CEA-associated tumors using anti-idiotype.” #7,300,651
October 2007
Darrell Taulbee, inventor, (Engineering) received a patent for “synthetic fuel and methods of producing synthetic fuel.” #7,282,072
August 2007
Grace Jones, inventor, (Biology) and co-inventor Davy Jones (Toxicology), received a patent for “mutants and assay system to identify USP/RXR ligands.” #7,259,254
Daniel Howe, inventor, (Veterinary Science) received a patent for “nucleic acids encoding Sarcocystis neurona antigen and uses thereof.” #7,256,282
July 2007
Robert Lodder, inventor, (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and co-inventor John Carberry (Talbott, TN) received a patent for “optical monitoring system with molecular filters.” #7,251,032
24 patents were issued to UK researchers in FY 2007:
June 2007
Bruce Jackson Hinds, III (Chemical and Materials Engineering) and Audra Lynn Stinchcomb (Pharmaceutical Sciences) received a patent for “Delivery system for a composition.” #7,229,556
Peter A. Crooks (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Aimee Karis Bence (Indianapolis, IN), and David Robert Worthern (Lexington, KY) received a patent for “Compounds of use in the treatment of epilepsy, seizure, and electroconvulsive disorders.” #7,226,949
May 2007
Peter A. Crooks (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Tadeusz Cynkowski (Pharmacy), Grazyna Cynkowska (Pharmacy), Hong Guo (Belmont, MA), and Paul Ashton (Watertown, MA) received a patent for “Permeable, water soluble, non-irritating prodrugs of chemotherapeutic agents with oxaalkanoic acids.” #7,214,710
Stephen M. Testa (Biological Chemistry) and Michael A. Bell (Center for Pharmaceutical Science & Technology) received a patent for “Trans-excision-splicing ribozyme and methods of use.” #7,211,661
April 2007
Krishnamurty Muralidhar (Decision Science and Information Systems) and Rathindra Sarathy (Stillwater, OK) received a patent for “Data shuffling procedure for masking data.” #7,200,757
Fuhua Cheng (Computer Science) received a patent for “Subdivision surface-based geometric modeling system.” #7,200,532
March 2007
Joseph Chappell (Plant and Soil Sciences) and Kyoungwhan Back (Kwangju, KR) received a patent for “Plant cells and plants expressing chimeric isoprenoid synthases.” #7,186,891
February 2007
Christopher L. Schardl (Plant Pathology), Heather H. Wilkinson (College Station, TX), and Martin J. Spiering (Plant Pathology) received a patent for “Loline alkaloid gene clusters of the fungal endophyte neotyphodium uncinatum.” #7,183,098
January 2007
David Allan Atwood (Chemistry) received a patent for “Catalytic cleavage of phosphate ester bonds by boron chelates.” #7,166,591
David N. Jacques (Center for Applied Energy Research) and Rodney J. Andrews (Center for Applied Energy Research) received a patent for “Process for the continuous production of aligned carbon nanotubes.” #7,160,531
December 2006
David Hildebrand (Plant and Soil Sciences) and Hirotada Fukushige (Plant and Soil Sciences) received a patent for “Recombinant watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) hydroperoxide lyase and uses thereof.” #7,153,680
Russell John Mumper (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and Michael Jay (Pharmaceutical Sciences) received a patent for “Microemulsions as precursors to solid nanoparticles.” #7,153,525
William L. Boatright (Animal and Food Sciences) received a patent for “Modified soy products and methods for reducing odor and improving flavor of soy products.” #7,147,878
November 2006
Christopher O. Jaynes (Computer Science), Stephen B. Webb (Lexington, KY), and Robert M. Steele (Lexington, KY) received a patent for “Dynamic shadow removal from front projection displays.” #7,133,083
October 2006
Kozo Saito (Mechanical Engineering), Mohammed I. Hassan Ali (Mechanical Engineering), Akira Numasato (Toyota, JP), Mohammed A. Omar (Lexington, KY), Masahito Sakakibara (Okazaki, JP), Toshikazu Suzuki (Aichi, JP), and (Hebron, KY) received a patent for “Systems and methods for inspecting coatings.” #7,129,492
Christopher O. Jaynes (Computer Science) and Robert M. Steele (Lexington, KY) received a patent for “Monitoring and correction of geometric distortion in projected displays.” #7,119,833
September 2006
David A. Atwood (Chemistry) received a patent for “Cleavage of phosphate ester bonds by use of novel group 13 chelate compounds.” #7,105,703
August 2006
Christopher O. Jaynes (Computer Science) and Divya T. Ramakrishnan (Madras, India) received a patent for “Super-resolution overlay in multi-projector displays.” #7,097,311
Fred A. Payne (Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering) received a patent for “System and method for sensing a characteristic of a fluid and related apparatus.” #7,092,084
Peter A. Crooks (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Linda Dwoskin (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Rui Xu (Longmont, CO), and Joshua T. Ayers (Chadds Ford, PA) received a patent for “Chain-modified pyridino-N substituted nicotine compounds for use in the treatment of CNS pathologies.” #7,091,357
Malaya Chatterjee (Microbiology), Heinz Kohler (Microbiology and Immunology), Sunil K. Chatterjee (Pharmaceutical Sciences), and Kenneth A. Foon (Hematology-Oncology) received a patent for “Murine monoclonal anti-idiotype antibody 3H1 sequences for human carcinoembryonic antigen.” #7,090,842
John M. Stencel (Chemical and Materials Engineering) and Tapiwa Zabron Gurupira (Center for Applied Energy Research) received a patent for “Particle separation/purification system, diffuser and related methods.” #7,086,535
July 2006
Thomas Tobin (Veterinary Science) received a patent for “Long acting, reversible veterinary sedative and analgesic and method of use.” #7,074,834
Marcos Oliveira (Pharmaceutical Sciences) received a patent for “Selective PARP-1 targeting for designing chemo/radio sensitizing agents.” #7,072,771
20 patents were issued to UK researchers in FY 2006:
June 2006
Lyndon Scott Stephens (Mechanical Engineering) and Kevin W. Kelly (Baton Rouge, LA) received a patent for “Seal assembly for machinery housing.” # 7,066,469
Lori Latus (Markey Cancer Center), Dennis P. Curran (Pittsburgh, PA), Wu Du (San Diego, CA), and Thomas G. Burke [deceased] (Pharmaceutical Sciences) received a patent for “Highly lipophilic camptothecin intermediates and prodrugs and methods of preparation thereof.” #7,064,206
Thomas G. Burke [deceased] (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Dennis P. Curran (Pittsburgh, PA), and Wu Du (San Diego, CA) received a patent for “Camptothecin intermediates and prodrugs and methods of preparation thereof.” #7,064,202
Peter R. Oeltgen (Pathology), Paul D. Bishop (Fall City, WA), Mark S. Kindy (Nutritional Sciences), and Juan A. Sanchez (Waltham, MA) received a patent for “Protection against ischemia and reperfusion injury.” #7,060,792
Daniel K. Howe (Veterinary Science) received a patent for “Nucleic acids encoding Sarcocystis neurona antigen and uses thereof.” #7,056,733
May 2006
Indu Bhushan Maiti (KTRDC) and Somnath Bhattacharyya (Barraekpore, India) received a patent for “Methods and composition for expressing multiple genes in plants by alternate splicing of a polycistronic message.” #7,052,905
April 2006
Kenneth B. AinHematology-Oncology) and Gopalakrishnan Venkataraman (Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine) received a patent for “Iodine uptake restoration in thyroid cancer.” #7,029,879
March 2006
Nader F. Mir (Electrical and Computer Engineering) received a patent for “Packet-switching network with symmetrical topology and method of routing packets.” #7,012,895
W. S. Winston Ho (Chemical and Materials Engineering) received a patent for “CO.sub.2-selective membranes containing amino groups.” #7,011,694
January 2006
Surjit Randhava (Unitel Technologies, Inc.), W. S. Winston Ho (Chemical and Materials Engineering), Richard L. Kao (Northbrook, IL), and Elias H. Camara (Clarendon Hills, IL) received a patent for “Dynamic sulfur tolerant process and system with inline acid gas-selective removal for generating hydrogen for fuel cells.” #6,984,372
December 2005
Arnold J. Stromberg (Statistics) received a patent for “Nonparametric control chart for the range.” #6,980,875
Kozo Saito (Mechanical Engineering), Forman A. Williams (La Jolla, CA), Alvin S. Gordon (La Jolla, CA), and Liming Yuan (Mechanical Engineering) received a patent for “Synthesis of multi-wall carbon nanotubes using unseeded hydrocarbon diffusion flames.” #6,979,433
November 2005
Peter R. Oeltgen (Pathology) and Mark S. Kindy (Nutritional Sciences) received a patent for “Seventeen amino acid peptide (Peptide P) for treating ischemia and reperfusion injury.” #6,967,192
Alexandre N. Terentiev (formerly UK) received a patent for “Pumping or mixing system using a levitating magnetic element.” #6,965,288
September 2005
Malaya Chatterjee (Microbiology), Kenneth A. Foon Hematology-Oncology) and Sunil K. Chatterjee (Pharmaceutical Sciences) received a patent for “Murine monoclonal anti-idiotype antibody 11D10 and methods of use thereof.” #6,949,244
Daniel P. Wermeling (Pharmacy Practice and Science),Ryan Vallance (Mechanical Engineering), Aravind Balasubramaniam (Lexington, KY), Bruce Lanier Walcott (Electrical Engineering), John Alan Main (Mechanical Engineering), and James E. Lumpp, Jr. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) received a patent for “Programmable multi-dose intranasal drug delivery device.” #6,948,492
Linda P. Dwoskin (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Peter A. Crooks (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and Marlon D. Jones (Chemistry) received a patent for “Cis-2,6-disubstituted piperidines for the treatment of psychostimulant abuse and withdrawal, eating disorders, and central nervous system diseases and pathologies.” #6,943,177
August 2005
Indu B. Maiti (KTRDC) and Nrisingha Dey (KTRDC) received a patent for “Composition and methods of using the Mirabilis mosaic caulimovirus sub-genomic transcript (Sgt) promoter for plant genetic engineering.” #6,930,182
Elaine L. Jacobson (formerly UK), Myron K. Jacobson (Tucson, AZ), Jaber G. Qasem (Tucson, AZ), Hyuntae Kim (Tucson, AZ), and Moonsun Kim (Tucson, AZ) received a patent for “Methods and compositions useful in enhancing oxygen delivery to cells.” #6,924,299
July 2005
Robert Ryan Vallance (Mechanical Engineering), Bruce L. Walcott (Electrical Engineering), James E. Lumpp (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Sumanth Chikkamaranahalli (Alexandria, VA), Osamah A. Rawashdeh (Electrical Engineering), and Eric Wolsing (Shoals, IN) received a patent for “System and device for characterizing shape memory alloy wires.” #6,916,115