2018 Research Patents

Photonic Implementation of Jamming Avoidance Response (JAR) in Eigenmannia
Inventors: Mable Fok & Ryan Toole
Utility Patent 9,954,619

Photosynthetic Electrochemical Cells
Inventors: Ramaraja Ramasamy
Utility Patent 10,056,659

Berry Impact Recording Device
Inventors: Changying “Charlie” Li & Rui Xu
Utility Patent 10,082,519

Methacrylic Acid Production Method
Inventors: James Kastner & Maryan Pirmoradi
Utility Patent 10,138,306

Devices and Methods for Separating Particles
Inventors: Leidong Mao, Mark Eiteman & Taotao Zhu
Utility Patent 9,873,126

A Microbial Approach for the Production of 5-Hydrotryptophan
Inventors: Yajun Yan and Yuheng Lin
Utility Patent 10,023,889

Chimeric Enzymes for Conversion of Lignin-Derived Chemicals
Inventors: Mark Eiteman, Melissa Tumen-Velasquez, Ellen Neidle, Alaa Ahmed, Christopher Johnson, Gregg Beckham & Jeffrey Linger
Utility Patent 10,087,425

Methods for Hydroxylating Phenylpropanoids
Inventors: Yajun Yan and Yuneng Lin
Utility Patent 10,036,047

A Microbial Approach for the Production of 5-Hydrotryptophan
Inventors: Yajun Yan and Yuheng Lin
Utility Patent 10,023,889

Photochemical Cross-linkable Polymers, Methods of Making Photochemical Cross-Linkable Polymers, Methods of Using Photochemical Cross-Linkable Polymers, and Methods of Making Articles Containing Photochemical Cross-Linkable Polymers
Inventors: Jason Locklin, Ian Hardin, Satyabrata Samanta and Vikram Dhende
Utility Patent 10,010,074


2017 Research Patents

Devices and methods for separating particles
Inventors: Leidong Mao, Taotao Zhu, and Mark Eiteman
Utility patent 9,517,474

Permanent attachment of ammonium and guanidinebased antimicrobials to surfaces containing –OH functionality
Inventor: Jason Locklin
Utility patent 9,439,421

Permanent attachment of pigments and dyes to surfaces containing C.sub.alkyl-OH functionality
Inventor: Jason Locklin
Utility patent 9,346,752

Permanent attachment of agents to surfaces containing C-H functionality
Inventor: Jason Locklin
Utility patent 9,315,628

Pressure sensing apparatuses and methods
Inventor: Jason Locklin
Utility patent 9,281,415

A Novel Microbial Approach for the Production of Muconic Acid and Salicylic Acid
Inventors: Yajun Yan and Yuheng Lin
Utility Patent 9,546,387

Microbial Production of Muconic Acid and Salicylic Acid
Inventors: Yajun Yan and Yuheng Lin
Utility Patent 9,719,113

Precursor-Directed Biosynthesis of 5-Hydroxytryptophan
Inventors: Yajun Yan and Xinxiao Sun
Utility Patent 9,663,768

Computerized Tomography Detection of Microbial Damage of Plant Tissues
Inventors: Mark Haidekker and Richard Speir
Utility Patent 9,816,948

Photochemical Cross-Linkable Polymers, Methods of Making Photochemical Cross-linkable Polymers, Methods of Using Photochemical Cross-linkable Polymers, and Methods of Making Articles Containing Photochemical Cross-linkable Polymers
Inventors: Ian Hardin, Jason Locklin, Satyabrata Samanta and Vikram Dhende
Utility Patents 9,714,481


2016 Research Patents

Biosynthesis of Caffeic Acid and Caffeic Acid Derivatives by Recombinant Microorganisms
Inventors: Yuheng Lin and Yajun Yan
Utility Patent 9,121,044

Synthesis and Application of Reactive Antimicrobial Copolymers for Textile Fibers
Inventor: Jason J. Locklin
Utility Patent 8,968,421

Functional Nanostructured Jelly Rolls with Nanosheet Components
Inventors: Christopher A. Barrett, Kun Yao, Manoj Manjare, Tina T. Salguero and Yiping Zhao
Utility Patent 9,202,606

Substrate-Selective Co-Fermentation Process
Inventors: Elliot C. Altman and Mark A. Eiteman
Utility Patent 9,212,346

Eu2+-Activated Aluminates Nanobelts, Whiskers and Powders, Methods of Making the Same and Uses Thereof
Inventors: Feng Liu, Xufan Li and Zhengwei Pan
Utility Patent 9,039,933

Torrefaction reduction of coke formation on catalysts used in esterification and cracking of biofuels from pyrolysedlignocellulosic feedstocks
Inventors: Jim Kastner, Sudhagar Mani, Roger Hilten, & K.C. Das
Utility Patent 9,175,235


2015 Research Patents

Biosynthesis of Caffeic Acid and Caffeic Acid Derivatives by Recombinant Microorganisms
Inventors: Yuheng Lin and Yajun Yan
Utility Patent 9,121,044 

Synthesis and Application of Reactive Antimicrobial Copolymers for Textile Fibers
Inventor: Jason J. Locklin
Utility Patent 8,968,421

Functional Nanostructured Jelly Rolls with Nanosheet Components
Inventors: Christopher A. Barrett, Kun Yao, Manoj Manjare, Tina T. Salguero and Yiping Zhao
Utility Patent 9,202,606

Substrate-Selective Co-Fermentation Process
Inventors: Elliot C. Altman and Mark A. Eiteman
Utility Patent 9,212,346

Eu2+-Activated Aluminates Nanobelts, Whiskers and Powders, Methods of Making the Same and Uses Thereof
Inventors: Feng Liu, Xufan Li and Zhengwei Pan
Utility Patent 9,039,933

Torrefaction reduction of coke formation on catalysts used in esterification and cracking of biofuels from pyrolysedlignocellulosic feedstocks
Inventors: Jim Kastner, Sudhagar Mani, Roger Hilten, & K.C. Das
Utility Patent 9,175,235


2014 Research Patents

Virtual surgical systems and methods
Inventors: Suchendra M. Bhandarkar and E. William Tollner
Utility Patent 8,860,753

Production of higher quality bio-oils by in-line esterification of pyrolysis vapor with ethyl alcohol
Inventors: Brian Bibens, Keshav C. Das, Roger N. Hilten, and James R. Kastner
Utility Patent 8,900,416

Biological optimization systems for enhancing photosynthetic efficiency and methods of use
Inventors: Senthil Chinnasamy, Keshav C. Das, Ryan W. Hunt, and Erico Rolim de Mattos
Utility Patent 8,656,636

Microbial production of pyruvate and other metabolites
Inventors: Elliot C. Altman and Mark A. Eiteman
Utility Patent 8,652,825

Biosynthesis of caffeic acid by recombinant microorganisms
Inventors: Yaheng Lin and Yajun Yan
Utility Patent 8,809,028

Synthesis and application reactive antimicrobial copolymers for textile fibers
Inventor: Jason J. Locklin
Utility Patent 8,876,914

Magnetic field-assisted fabrication and manipulations of non-spherical polymer particles in ferrofluid-based droplet microfluidics
​Inventors: Leidong Mao, Jason J. Locklin, Gareth Sheppard and Taotao Zhu
Utility Patent 8,721,936

Near infrared doped phosphors having a zinc, germanium gallate matrix
Inventors: Zhengwei Pan and Yi-Yang Lu
Utility Patent 8,877,096


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