As part of the Office of Research and Commercialization, the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) is responsible for managing the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) intellectual property assets, and supporting the commercialization of discoveries made at UCF. UCF faculty, students, and staff make new discoveries every day. This collection highlights patents obtained by UCF.
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Patents from 2012
Synthesis of Polymer Coated Ceria Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications, J. Manuel Perez Figueroa, Atul Asati, and Sudip Nath
Multimodal, Multifunctional Polymer Coated Nanoparticles, J. Manuel Perez Figueroa and Santimukul Santra
Self-Extinguishable Solid Propellant, Eric Petersen, Rodolphe Carro, Alexander Lepage, David Reid, Thomas Sammet, Sudipta Seal, and Matthew Stephens
Hybrid Optical Distance Sensor, Nabeel Riza
Hybrid Photonic Signal Processing Modules, Nabeel Riza
Spatially Smart Optical Sensing and Scanning, Nabeel Riza and Frank Perez
Thermally Stable Nanoparticles on Supports, Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Farzad Behafarid, and Ahmed Naitabdi
Systems and Method for Performing Gabor-Domain Optical Coherence Microscopy, Jannick Rolland and Panomsak Meemon
Dynamically Focused Optical Instrument, Jannick Rolland and Supraja Murali
Optical Instruments Having Dynamic Focus, Jannick Rolland, Supraja Murali, and Kevin Thompson
Ultra-Wideband, Low Profile Antenna, Mohsen Salehi, Mudar Al-Joumayly, and Nader Behdad
Silica-based Antibacterial and Antifungal Nanoformulation, Swadeshmukul Santra
Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio Core-Shell CdS-Mn/Zns Nanowires, Swadeshmukul Santra and Soumitra Kar
Sol-Gel Coating Methods and Thin Film Coated Substrates Therefrom, Sudipta Seal, Erik Brinley, Suresh Krishna Moorthy, David Reid, Clara Rivero, and Abhilash Vincent
Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Having Self-Extinguishing Propellant Grain and Systems Therefrom, Sudipta Seal, Rodolphe Carro, Alexander Lepage, Eric Petersen, David Reid, Thomas Sammet, and Matthew Stephens
Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Regenerative Free Radical Sensor (US), Sudipta Seal, Hyoung Cho, Anjum Mehta, and Swanand Patil
Surfactant Incorporated Nanostructure for Pressure Drop Reduction in Oil and Gas Lines [DIV], Sudipta Seal, Sameer Deshpande, Paul Jepson, Suresh Kuiry, and Patil Swanand
Advanced Catalyst System Prepared from a Whiskered Aluminum-Containing Metallic Alloy Substrate, Sudipta Seal, Weifeng Fei, and Suresh Kuiry
Functionalized Nanoceria Composition for Ophthalmic Treatment DIV, Sudipta Seal, Manas Haldar, Sanku Mallik, and Swanand Patil
Functionalized Fly Ash and Oil Scavenging Using the Same, Sudipta Seal, Larry Hench, and David Reid
Homography-Based Passive Vehicle Speed Measuring, Mubarak Shah and Janaka Liyanage
High-Temperature, Wirebondless, Injection-Molded, Ultra-Compact Hybrid Power Module, Zheng Shen
Systems and methods of camera-based fingertip tracking, Andrew Sugaya
Methods for increasing potency of adult mesenchymal stem cells, Kiminobu Sugaya and Angel Alvarez
Methods for modifying stem cell characteristics, Kiminobu Sugaya and Angel Alvarez
Mammalian multipotent stem cells and compositions, methods of preparation and methods of administration thereof, Kiminobu Sugaya, Christopher Brannen, Xiajing Dong, Hojoong Kim, Jose Pulido, Tingyu Qu, and Ankur Vaghani
Tissue substitutes comprising stem cells and reduced ceria (DIV), Kiminobu Sugaya, Petya Georgiva, Stephanie Merchant, Sudipta Seal, and Manny Vrotsos
Use of modified pyrimidine compounds to promote stem cell migration and proliferation (CON DIV), Kiminobu Sugaya and Tingyu Qu
Hydrophilic Particle Enhanced Phase Change-Based Heat Exchange, Ming Su, Louis Chow, and Edward Mahefkey
Shape Memory-Based Actuators and Release Mechanisms Therefrom, Rajan Vaidyanathan, Vinu Krishnan, Nhin Lam, Ronald Noebe, David Schoenwald, Daniel Snyder, and Daniel Watson
Retention/Detention Pond Stormwater Treatment System, Martin Wanielista and Ni-Bin Chang
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display Comprising A Dielectric Layer Between The First And Second Electrodes In The Transmissive Region, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Wang-Yang Li, Chung-Kuang Wei, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Liquid crystal display devices with high transmittance and wide viewing angle, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Wide-Acceptance-Angle Circular Polarizers (DIV), Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Liquid Crystal Display with Different Twisting Directions of Liquid Crystal Molecules, Shin-Tson Wu, Ju-Hyun Lee, Wang-Yang Li, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display, Shin-Tson Wu, Ju-Hyun Lee, and Xinyu Zhu
Transflective liquid crystal displays., Shin-Tson Wu, Wang-Yang Li, Ruibo Lu, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Polarizing Lamp, Shin-Tson Wu, Wang-Yang Li, Chang Tsai, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Methods and compounds for inhibition of cell death, Antonis Zervos
Liquid Crystal Display, Xinyu Zhu, Zhibing Ge, Wang-Yang Li, Chung-Kuang Wei, and Shin-Tson Wu
Patents from 2011
Combination of up-converting materials with semiconductor light sources, Michael Bass and Dennis Deppe
FRET Based Two Photon Three Dimensional Optical Data Storage., Kevin Belfield
Solid acid catalyzed hydrolysis of cellulosic materials, Richard Blair, Sandra Hick, and Joshua Truitt
Interconnecting Microfluidic Package and Fabrication Method DIV, Hyoung Cho
Micro integrated planar optical waveguide type SPR Sensor, Hyoung Cho, Hyungseok Bang, and Patrick Wa
Portable Water Quality Sensor Fabrication Method, Hyoung Cho, Shekhar Halakatti, and Anjum Mehta
Fabrication Method for a Room Temperature Hydrogen Sensor DIV, Hyoung Cho, Lawrence Ludwig, Sudipta Seal, and Satyajit Shukla
Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Field Emitter Fabricated by Focused Ion Beam Technique, Lee Chow and Guang Chai
Safe, In Situ Methodologies for the Destruction of Triacetone Triperoxide and Other Explosive Peroxides., Christian Clausen, Rebecca Fidler, Michael Sigman, and Cherie Yestrebsky
Expression of protective antigens in transgenic chloroplasts and the production of improved vaccines (EP), Henry Daniell
Plastid transformation vectors for expressing proinsulin fused to the cholera toxin B-subunit in plants (EP DIV), Henry Daniell
Self Correcting Tracking of Moving Objects in Video, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo and Mehmet Caglar
Signal processing using spectrally phase-encoded optical frequency combs, Peter Delfyett
Ultralow Noise Mode-locked Laser and RF Sinewave Source. DIV, Peter Delfyett, Myoung-Taek Choi, and Sangyoun Gee
Systems and Methods for Generating a Tunable Laser Beam, Peter Delfyett, Kye-Sung Lee, Panomask Meemon, and Jannick Rolland
Low Vapor Pressure, Low Debris Solid Target for EUV Production (Europe)., Steven Fornaca, Roy McGregor, Mark Michaelian, Rocco Orsini, Michael Petach, and Henry Shields
Spatial Temporal Deep Brain Stimulation Methods and Systems, Richard Gilson and Nizam Razack
Spatial-Temporal Deep Brain Stimulation Methods and Systems, Richard Gilson and Nizam Razack
Noninvasive Glucose Monitor, Florencio Hernandez
LASER IRRADIATION OF METAL NANOPARTICLE/POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATIONS, Qun Huo, Hui-Chuan Cheng, and Jianhua Zou
Polymer Composites Having Highly Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes and Methods for Forming Same, Qun Huo, Hui Chen, Saiful Khondaker, Harish Muthuraman, Lei Zhai, and Jianhua Zou
Detection of biotargets using bioreceptor functionalized nanoparticles, Qun Huo, Qiu Dai, and Xiong Liu
Miniature high speed compressor having embedded permanent magnet motor., Jayanta Kapat, Dipjyoti Acharya, Louis Chow, Krishna Kota, Xiaoyi Li, Xinzhang Wu, Liping Zheng, and Lei Zhou
Embedded Semiconductor Component, Aravinda Kar and Nat Quick
Solid State Energy Conversion Device, Aravinda Kar and Nathaniel Quick
Optical device and Method of Making, Aravinda Kar, Nathaniel Quick, and Islam Salama
Targeting of long chain triacylglycerol hydrolase gene for tuberculosis treatment (CON), Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, and Chirajyoti Deb
In Vitro Model of Latent Mycobacterial Infection, Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Chirajyoti Deb, and Tatiana Sirakova
Targeting of triacylglycerol synthase gene for tuberculosis treatment (CON), Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Vinod Dubey, and Tatiana Sirakova
Direct Detection DIfferential Polarization-Phase-Shift Keying for High Spectral Efficiency Optical Communication, Guifang Li and Yan Han
Systems and Methods for Optical Carrier Recovery, Guifang Li and Inwoong Kim
Surfaces of Thermoplastic Sheets and Structures Modified with Photocatalytic Materials DIV, Clovis Linkous
Devices with Adjustable Dual-Polarity Trigger - and Holding-Voltage/Current for High Level of Electrostatic Discharge Protection in Sub-Micron Mixed Signal, Juin Liou, Joseph Bernier, Javier Salcedo, and Donald Whitney
Surface Acoustic Wave Device Coding for Multi-Device ID Tags and Sensors (CIP), Donald Malocha and Nikolai Kozlovski
Weighted SAW Reflector Gratings for Orthogonal Frequency Coded SAW ID Tags and Sensors DIV, Donald Malocha and Derek Puccio
Direct Beam Solar Lighting System, Ross McCluney, Gary Cler, John Hutsom, Larry Kinney, and Jim Walsh
High Temperature EUV Source Nozzle (EP), Roy McGregor, Rocco Orsini, and Michael Petach
AWG Having Arbitrary Factor Interpolator and Fixed Frequency DAC Sampling Clock, Wasfy Mikhael and Matthew Hunter
Systems and Methods for Graphical Rendering, Amar Mukherjee and Weifeng Sun
Targeting of MKRNI for identifying cancer treatment agents, Mark Muller, In Chung, Mi Kang, Jun Kim, Tae Lee, Sue Oh, and Sun Park
Particles of Spilled Oil-Absorbing Carbon in Contact with Water, Nazim Muradov
Thermocatalytic CO2-Free Production of Hydrogen and Carbon from Hydrocarbons., Nazim Muradov
Visual Hydrogen Detector with Variable Reversibility, Nazim Muradov
Efficient Traditionally Appearing Ceiling Fan Blades with Aerodynamical Upper Surfaces, Danny Parker and Bart Hibbs
Burn Rate Sensitization of Solid Propellants Using A Nano-Titania Additive, Eric Petersen, Jason Arvanetes, Sameer Deshpande, Sudipta Seal, Jennifer Small, and Matthew Stephens
Burn Rate Sensitization of Solid Propellants Using A Nano-Titania Additive DIV, Eric Petersen, Jason Arvanetes, Sameer Deshpande, Sudipta Seal, Jennifer Small, and Matthew Stephens
Diagnostic tests for inflammatory bowel diseases, Otto Phanstiel and Navneet Kaur
Lipophilic polyamines providing enhanced intracellular delivery of agents by a polyamine transport system, Otto Phanstiel and Kenneth Teter
Chemochromic Hydrogen Sensors, Ali Raissi, Gary Bokerman, and Nazim Muradov
Generator for Flux Specific Bursts of Nano-Particles, Martin Richardson, Chiew-Seng Koay, and Kazutoshi Takenoshita
Hybrid gain guiding in laser resonators, Martin Richardson, Timothy McComb, and Vikas Sudesh
Methods and Systems for Realizing High Resolution Three-Dimensional Optical Imaging, Nabeel Riza
Imaging Systems for Eyeglass-Based Display Devices, Jannick Rolland and Ozan Cakmakci
In-situ Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes Filled with Metallic Nanoparticles Using Arc Discharge in Solution, Sudipta Seal, Debasis Bera, Suresh Kuiry, Matthew McCutchin, and M. Meyyappan
Nanoparticles For Soot Reduction [Div], Sudipta Seal, Sameer Deshpande, Suresh Kuiry, Swanand Patil, and Eric Petersen
Method for whisker formation on Metallic Fibers and Substrates, Sudipta Seal and Weifeng Fei
Functionalized Nanoceria Composition for Ophthalmic Treatment [CIP], Sudipta Seal, Manas Haldar, Sanku Mallik, and Swanand Patil
Channel tracks for attaching storm panels over openings on buildings., John Sherwin
Systems and Methods for Identifying Substances Contained in a Material., Michael Sigman and Mary Williams
System and Method for Evolving Music Tracks, Kenneth Stanley and Michael Rosario