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| Fossil Fuel Desulfurization |
| The current invention provides a novel method for reducing the sulfur content of fossil fuel. The method uses low cost materials in ambient, temperature conditions, without the use of dangerous concentrated acid.
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| Recently implemented federal regulations now require 80 percent of highway diesel fuel to have an ultra-low sulfur level of not more than 15 ppm. By 2012, sulfur levels in all highway and non-road (e.g. marine) diesel fuels will be required to meet this same metric. Beyond 2012, further reduction of these limits is expected.
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| This chemical process uses less hazardous reagents and milder conditions than competitive processes. In addition this process and method provides for more efficient removal of sulfur from diesel fuel.
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| Tong Ren and Julia Barker
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| Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Index to Assess the Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) |
| The invention is a method of predicting a pathological medical condition using an algorithm based on HRV and several other routinely measured physiological variables.
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| According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, of the 1.4 million who sustain a TBI each year in the United States: 50,000 die, 235,000 are hospitalized, and 1.1 million are treated and released from an emergency department.
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| The method provides an algorithm that can be normalized to a simple scale for interpretation by a health care provider, such as an ambulance technician. The technology is an automated triage tool that aids decision making about the severity of trauma.
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| Kenneth G. Proctor and Robert C. Duncan
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| Pre-Rotation of Aircraft Landing Gear Wheels |
| In this invention, the aircraft tires' sidewalls are modified to include an airfoil shaped impeller. The impeller blades are co-extruded from rubber material during tire manufacturing. The airfoils are aligned with the relative flow at an optimum angle of attack in the front portion of the tire to maximize the force and movement generating area, which covers the front half circumference of the tire. |
| This invention may capture a part of commercial aircraft tires market.
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| The present invention increases aircraft tires service life and improves safety by reducing the possibility of tires' failure during landing.
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| Fast and Stable Photochromic Switch |
| The invention includes a family of ultra-fast and remarkably stable photochromic compounds. These molecules operate at nanosecond switching speeds and survive thousands of switching cycles in air with no sign of decomposition.
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| Ultra-fast photochromic materials make it possible to engineer new optical devices, such as photonic switches, which can be used instead of conventional electronic switches. This approach will significantly increase performance of computing equipment and capture a market share of conventional computer components.
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| The present invention makes it possible to build ultra-fast optical switching elements, as well as improve existing photochromic applications such as photochromic lenses and films.
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| Françisco M. Raymo and Massimiliano Tomasulo
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| Colorimetric Detection of Cyanide |
| A proprietary compound of the present invention acts as a colorimetric detection agent for cyanide in water samples.
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| Cyanides are fast-acting poisons that can be lethal. Cyanides and cyanide-containing compounds are used in industry and manufacturing and contribute to water pollution. The estimated 2004 annual U.S. production of sodium cyanide and hydrogen cyanide were 286 million pounds and more than 1.8 billion pounds, respectively.
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| The proposed kit is unique in that micromolar concentrations of cyanide dissolved in water can be detected immediately in the field.
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| Françisco M. Raymo and Massimiliano Tomasulo
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| Chemosensors Based on Quantum Dots and Oxazine Compounds |
| The invention uses quantum dots for biosensing applications by adjusting quantum dots emission properties to environmental conditions and signaling certain analytes.
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| In recent years we have witnessed an unprecedented growth in research in the area of nanoscience. There is an increasing optimism that nanotechnology applied to medicine will bring significant advances in diagnosis and treatment.
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| The invention offers several improvements over organic dyes used in conventional biosensing applications, such as improved light absorption, increased spatial resolution, increased luminescence, and tunable emission bands.
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| Françisco Raymo, Massimiliano Tomasulo, Ibrahim Yildiz
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| Mechanism to Signal Receptor-Ligand Interactions with Luminescent Quantum Dots |
| This invention uses quantum dots for biosensing applications by adjusting quantum dots emission properties to environmental conditions and signaling certain analytes. In particular, it offers the opportunity to signal protein-ligand interactions with significant luminescence enhancements.
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| In recent years we have witnessed an unprecedented growth in research in the area of nanoscience. There is an increasing optimism that nanotechnology applied to medicine will bring significant advances in diagnosis and treatment.
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| The inventions offers several improvements over organic dyes, such as improved light absorption, increased spatial resolution, increased luminescence, and tunable emission bands.
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| Françisco Raymo, Massimiliano Tomasulo, and Ibrahim Yildiz
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| Maximizing Channel Throughput and Fairness of Wireless Networks |
| This invention addresses wireless networking, such as Wireless Local Area Networks and cellular communications. The proposed algorithm improves throughput of an RF channel shared by multiple wireless communication devices. It does so by reducing contention and expected waiting time between successful channel accesses.
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| Enhancements to wireless network infrastructure during the past few years have greatly expanded mobile computing. By the year 2010, there is expected to be one billion wireless subscribers worldwide on third-generation networks.
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| The algorithm increases channel utilization and improves fairness among the communicating devices without adding computation overhead or hardware cost.
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| Dilip Sarkar
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| Stain for Identifying Arsenic in Treated Wood |
| A non-toxic and easy to use colorimetric assay for arsenic in treated wood has been developed and optimized. Arsenic is toxic to humans, and can be readily dislodged or leached out of treated wood products, including mulch and structures such as wood decks.
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| Billions of board feet per year of treated wood containing arsenic-based preservatives will either remain in service or will enter the solid waste stream. Although retail sales of these products stopped in 2004, treated wood can last anywhere from 20-50 years. A test kit based on this invention can be marketed to consumers to determine if arsenic is present in wood and wood products around their homes.
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| Compared to other tests, this invention is an inexpensive, simple and non-toxic test that can be easily used by consumers and government agencies.
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| Helena Solo-Gabriele, Amy Omae and Timothy Townsend
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| Concentration Sensor for Fuel Cells |
| The invention is a method of converting a compound concentration of which is difficult to measure, into a compound, concentration of which is easy to measure by conventional methods. For example, methanol can be converted to carbon dioxide. This method allows for a high precision, low cost and fast response concentration measurement method in fuel cells and other applications.
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| The fuel cell market is in its infancy at present, but is expected to grow significantly in the near future. Methods to measure fuel concentration are among the most important engineering tasks in a fuel cell's development and market introduction.
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| The invention provides a unique approach to high precision, low cost concentration measurement in fuel.
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| Jiahua Han and Hongtan Liu
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| Ultrasound Enhanced Direct Methanol Fuel Cells |
| This invention applies ultrasound to liquid fuel to improve the performance of the fuel cell. Experimental results indicate that the current density is increased by 15-25% under different operating voltages when the fuel cell is enhanced by ultrasound.
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| The fuel cell market is in its infancy at present, but is expected to grow significantly in the near future. Inventions that provide improved fuel cell performance have a greater opportunity of capturing the new market.
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| This invention is a low cost and simple design solution that improves fuel cell performance by 15-25%.
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| Jiabin Ge, Jiahua Han, and Hongtan Liu
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| Method of Data Protection Using a Storage Area Network |
| The invention provides a method of splitting data between separate storage devices in a way that only if enough pieces are brought together, the data can be reconstructed. It uses the technology of block level data storage to distribute the shares of data across a network so that each piece is stored in a separate location, with separate backup and storage methodologies and policies.
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| The market for security-related hardware, software, and services experienced 25% annual growth rate between 2001 and 2006 reaching more than $45 billion in revenue by 2006, according to IDC, a global provider of market intelligence.
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| The invention provides improved security of data storage, archival, and back-up without the use of encryption.
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| Burton J. Rosenberg
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| Auxiliary Channel Masking in an Audio Signal |
| The invention is a method of embedding digital data into an audio signal, as well as detecting and extracting digital data embedded into an audio signal. It can be used to uniquely identify an audio recording or transmission.
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| A market research report, Digital Rights Management - An Industry Outlook 2005-2008, prepared by RNCOS, studies the increasing worldwide demand for online protection rights and demand for digital rights management software. The latter is expected to reach $3.6 billion by 2008 along with an annual growth rate in excess of 100%.
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| The invention provides very high capacity and robustness of encoded data.
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| Alexander Iliev and Michael Scordilis
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| Multimedia Re-Editor |
| The present multimedia re-editor, either as a stand alone tool or embedded in a text processor, would provide the capability to create powerful multimedia applications from text documents with a few simple keystrokes. It can thereby provide powerful multimedia authoring capabilities without adding complexity to the word processing.
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| Content authoring software market size is approximately 5% of total software sales, which amounts to over a billion dollars in annual sales.
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| A variety of text-based materials can benefit from multimedia enhancements provided by re-editor software due to increased effectiveness of documents.
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| James D. Shelley
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| Use of Halochromic Oxazine Compounds for Making Chromogenic Materials |
| The present invention employs oxazine molecules that change color properties according to the pH of environment. |
| This invention provides an opportunity to capture a new market segment of color adjustable paint products. |
| The invention offers a color adjustable compound that can be used in commercial paint products that will have high color adjustability and can maintain a specified color for an extended time period. |
| Françisco Raymo and Massimiliano Tomasulo |
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| Increased Capacity Wireless Access Points |
| The present invention is a transport protocol for wireless network access. |
| This invention provides an opportunity to improve performance of wireless access devices. |
| The invention solves a problem of load balancing between several wireless access points and improves performance of wireless communications in areas serving many user simultaneously, such as in airports. |
| Dilip Sarkar |
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| A Method of Detecting the Interface Reactant Concentration in Electro-Chemical Devices |
| The invention is a method of analyzing an interface reactant concentration between the electrolyte membrane and one electrode inside an electrochemical device. |
| The fuel cells market is in its infancy at present, but is expected to grow significantly in the near future. Methods to measure fuel concentration are among the most important engineering tasks in fuel cell development. |
| The invention provides a unique approach to high precision, low cost interface reactant concentration measurement in fuel cells and other electrochemical devices.
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| Jiahua Han and Hongtan Liu |
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| Metal-Mediated Aeration Process for Purification of Water and Wastewater |
| The present invention is a novel method for treating soils and waters containing chelating agents (such as EDTA) and other impurities. |
| This invention provides an opportunity to build a low cost wastewater treatment facility. |
| One of the advantages of the present invention is that the process is more economical than existing methods currently used in wastewater treatment applications. |
| James Englehardt and Daniel Meeroff |
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| System and Method for Imaging Tear Film on Ocular Surface |
| The present invention relates to a system and method for ophthalmic imaging and in particular to a system and method for imaging tear film on an ocular surface. |
| This invention provides an opportunity to improve eye medications by enhancing their binding properties, as well as improve design of ocular devices such as contact lenses. |
| The invention enables imaging of a tear film with Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) instrumentation. Currently, there are no existing methods of tear film OCT imaging. |
| Jianhua Wang and Shuliang Jiao |
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| Bifocal OCT System for Imaging Accommodation of the Eye |
| The present invention increases imaging depth of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems. |
| This invention provides an opportunity to improve OCT equipment to extend its application capacity. |
| The present invention enables OCT technology to be used to study eye accommodation and to develop a treatment for restoring its function. Conventional OCT apparatus are not capable of providing the imaging depth required for eye accommodation studies. |
| Jianhua Wang and Shuliang Jiao |
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