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 2002
Automatic Occupancy and Temperature Control for Ceiling Fan Operation, Danny Parker and Kendall Johnston
Method for Decoupled Thermocatalytic Pollution Control, Ali Raissi, Eric Martin, and Nazim Muradov
Laser plasma source for extreme ultraviolet lithography using a water droplet target, Martin Richardson and Guido Schriever
Head-Mounted Display With Eye Tracking Capability, Jannick Rolland and Laurent Vaissie
Additional Metal and Wood Composite Framing Members for Residential and Light Commercial Construction. DIV.C, Armin Rudd
Air Distribution Fan and Outside Air Damper Recycling Control (DIV), Armin Rudd
Monolithic integrated active semiconductor optical waveguides for 1xN interconnect switch., Patrick Wa and Xuesong Dong
Patents from 2001
Display Medium Using Emitting Particles Dispersed in a Transparent Host, Michael Bass and Hans Jennsen
Coin Disks, Issa Batarseh, Zhihua Qu, and Samuel Richie
Wavelength Tunable Antenna Coupled Infrared Detectors, Glenn Boreman, Christos Christodoulou, Iulian Codreabu, Christophe Fumeaux, and Michael Gritz
Method and apparatus for producing group-III nitrides, Bruce Chai, Tim Anderson, and Olga Kryliouk
Hybrid WDM-TDM Optical Communication and Data Link, Peter Delfyett and Brian Mathason
Multiwavelength Modelocked Semiconductor Diode Laser, Peter Delfyett and Hong Shi
Duel Beam Low Coherence Interferometer with Improved Signal to Noise Ratio, Aristide Dogariu
Multi-Wavelength Infared Laser, Hans Jennsen, Scott Buchter, Hanna Hoffman, and Anna Tabirian
One-Step Rapid Manufacturing of Metal and Composite Parts., Aravinda Kar, Franz-Josef Kahlen, and Srikanth Sankaranarayanan
Closed Cycle Photocatlytic Process for Decomposition of Hydrogen Sulfide to its Constituent Elements, Clovis Linkous and Nazim Muradov
Ferrofluid 3-D Gyroscope and Light Modulator., Weili Luo, Tengda Du, and Jie Huang
Liquid Sprays As the Target for A Laser-Plasma EUV Light Source, Roy McGregor, Rocco Orsini, and Michael Petach
Automatic Occupancy and Temperature Control for Ceiling Fan Operation, Danny Parker and Kendall Johnston
Apparatus for Low Flux Photocatalytic Pollution Control, Ali Raissi
Method for High Flux Photocatalytic Pollution Control, Ali Raissi, Eric Martin, and Nazim Muradov
Self Frequency Doubled Nd-Doped YCOB Laser, Martin Richardson, Bruce Chai, Jason Eichenholz, Dennis Hammons, and Qing Ye
Self Frequency-doubled Nd-doped YCOB Laser, Martin Richardson, Bruce Chai, Jason Eichenholz, Dennis Hammons, and Qing Ye
Yb:Doped YCOB Laser, Martin Richardson, Bruce Chai, Jason Eichenholz, Dennis Hammons, and Qing Ye
Yb-Doped: YCOB Laser (DIV), Martin Richardson, Bruce Chai, Jason Eichenholz, Dennis Hammons, and Qing Ye
Additional Metal and Wood Composite Framing Members for Residential and Light Commercial Construction, Armin Rudd
Discharge Lamp Sources Apparatus and Methods, William Silfvast and Marc Klosner
Debris Blocker/ Collector and Emission Enhancer for Discharge Sources, William Silfvast and Gregory Shimkaveg
Patents from 2000
Coin Disks replacement for existing 3 1/2 inch floppy discs, Issa Bataeseh, Zhihua Qu, and Samuel Richie
Polarization-Tunable Antenna-Coupled Infrared Detector, Glenn Boreman, Christos Christodoulou, and Aristide Dogariu
Heat Pump Dryer with Desiccant Enhanced Moisture Removal, Charles Cromer
Optical disk readout method using optical coherence tomography and spectral interferometry (DIV.C), Peter Delfyett and Jannick Rolland
Three Dimensional Optical Imaging Colpocopy, Peter Delfyett and Jannick Rolland
Natural Language Method and System for Searching for and Ranking Relevant Documents from a Computer Database, James Driscoll
Pre-Stressed FRP-Concrete Composite Structural Members, Amir Mirmiran and Mohsen Shahawy
High Efficiency Ceiling Fan, Danny Parker, Bart Hibbs, and Guan Su
Digital Control Polarization Based Optical Scanner, Nabeel Riza
Metal and Wood Composite Framing Members for Residential and Light Commercial Construction (DIV A), Armin Rudd
Capillary Discharge Extreme UV Lamp Sources for EUV Micrography and other related Applications, William Silfvast, Marc Klosner, and Gregory Shimkaveg
Patents from 1999
Single Switch AC/DC Converter with Power Factor Correction (PFC), Issa Batarseh and Peter Kornetzky
Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts, Henry Daniell and Bruce McFadden
Relevancy Ranking Using Statistical Ranking, Semantics, Relevancy Feedback and Small Pieces of Text (DIV), James Driscoll
Photocatalytic Surfacing Agents with Varying Oxides for Inhibiting Algae Growth, Clovis Linkous
Photocatalytic Surfacing Agents with Varying Oxides for Inhibiting Algae Growth. DIV.E, Clovis Linkous
Apparatus and Method for Photocatalytic Conditioning of Flue Gas Fly-Ash Particles, Nazim Muradov, Peter Peng, and Ali Raissi
Automatic Occupancy and Temperature Control for Ceiling Fan Operation, Danny Parker and Kendall Johnston
Three Dimensional Optical Imaging Colpocopy., Jannick Rolland and Peter Delfyett
Air Distribution Fan and Outside Air Damper Recycling Control, Armin Rudd
Metal and Wood Composite Framing Members for Residential and Light Commercial Construction (DIV B), Armin Rudd
Metal and Wood Composite Framing Members for Residential and Light Commercial Construction (DIV C), Armin Rudd
Metal and Wood Composite Framing Members for Residential and Light Commercial Construction (DIV D), Armin Rudd
Metal and Wood Composite Framing Members for Residential and Light Commercial Construction (DIV E), Armin Rudd
Metal and Wood Composite Framing Members for Residential and Light Commercial Construction (DIV F), Armin Rudd
Configurations, Materials and Wavelenghts for EUV Lithium Plasma Discharge Lamps, William Silfvast and Marc Klosner
Device and Method for Image Acquisition Through Multi-Mode Fiber, Boris Zeldovich and Maxim Bolshtyansky
Patents from 1998
Touch-off Probe., Kenneth Beck
1.3um Lasers Using Nd3+ Doped Apatite Crystals, Bruce Chai, Michael Bass, Pin Hong, and Xinxiong Zhang
Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas as a Motor Fuel with Variable Air Fuel Ratio and Fuel Mixture Ratio Control (DIV OF 6637 and CIP OF 7863), R. K. Collier, Douglas Hahn, Robert Hoekstra, and David Mulligan
Automatic Feature Detection and Age Classification of Human Faces in Digital Images, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo and Young Kwon
Face Detection Using Templates, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo and Young Ho Kwon
Method for Detecting and Extracting Text Data Using Database Schemas, James Driscoll
Bulk Semiconductor Lasers at Submillimeter/Far Infrared Wavelengths Using a Regular Permanent Magnet, Robert Peale, Jin Kim, and Kijun Park
Method of Time-Resolving Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy to Allow Interferogram Sampling at Unevenly Spaced Path Length Differences, Robert Peale and Henry Weidner
Photocatalytic Face Mask, Ali Raissi, Philip Fairey, and Nazim Muradov
Apparatus and Method for Photocatalytic Conditioning of Flue Gas Fly-Ash Particles, Ali Raissi, Nazim Muradov, and Peter Peng
Compact Optical Controller for Phased Array Systems, Nabeel Riza
Photonically Controlled Ultrasonic Probes, Nabeel Riza
Patents from 1997
Variable Frequency Controlled Zero-Voltage Switching Single-Ended Current-fed DC-to-AC Converter with Output Isolation, Issa Batarseh and Kasemsan Siri
Priority Rule Search Technique for Resource Constrained Project Scheduling, James Brown and Robert Armacost
Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas as a Motor Fuel with variable Air Fuel Ratio and Fuel Mixture Ratio Control (CIP OF 7863 ABANDONED), R. K. Collier, Douglas Hahn, Robert Hoekstra, and David Mulligan
Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts, Henry Daniell and Bruce McFadden
Mode Locked Laser Diode in a High Power Solid State Regenerative Amplifier and Mount Mechanism DIV, Peter Delfyett
Optical Parametric Oscillator with built in Seeding Laser source, George Dixon
Improved Relevancy Ranking Using Statistical Ranking, Semantics, Relevancy Feedback, and Small Pieces of Text, James Driscoll
Process for Determination of Text Relevancy DIV, James Driscoll
Hydrogen Enriched Natural Gas as a Clean Motor Fuel (CONTINUATION OF 7863 ABANDONED), Robert Hoekstra, R. K. Collier, Douglas Hahn, and David Mulligan
Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP)- Concrete Composite Structural Members, Amir Mirmiran and Mohsen Shahawy
Method of Photocatalytic Destruction of Harmful Volatile Compounds at Emitting Surfaces, Nazim Muradov, Philip Fairey, and Ali Raissi
Scanning heterodyne Acousto-optical interferometers, Nabeel Riza
Spatial Solitary Waves in Bulk Quadratic Non-Linear Materials and Their Applications, George Stegeman, Lluis Torner, and William Torruellas
Apparatus and Method for Measuring the Power Density of a Laser Beam with a Liquid Crystal, Boris Zeldovich, Nelson Tabirian, Theo Tschudi, and Thomas Vogeler
Patents from 1996
CVD Method of Producing and Doping Fullerenes, Lee Chow
3D realtime Fluid Animation by Navier-Stokes Equations, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo and Chen Jinxiong
High Speed Pulse Slicer/Demultiplexer With Gain For Use In Solid State Regenerative Amplifier Systems, Peter Delfyett, Sangyoun Gee, and A. Yusim
Process for Determination of Text Relevancy, James Driscoll
Photocatalytic Surfacing Agents for Inhibition of Algae Growth., Clovis Linkous
Optical signal coupling apparatus, Edward Miesak
Water Laser Plasma X-Ray Point Source, Martin Richardson, Kai Gabel, Feng Jin, and Masataka Kado
Air Distribution Fan Recycling Control, Armin Rudd
Efficient Narrow Spectral Width Soft X-Ray Discharge Sources, William Silfvast
Patents from 1995
Surface Detection fro Airports DIV, Michael Bass
Power Converter Possessing Zero-Voltage Switching and Output Isolation, Issa Batarseh and Kasemsan Siri
Mode Locked Laser Diode in a High Power Solid State Regenerative Amplifier and Mount Mechanism, Peter Delfyett
Self Starting Femtosecond Ti Saphire Laser Intercavity Multiquantum Well Saturable Absorber, Peter Delfyett
Multiple Channel Rotary Optical Coupler, Edward Miesak
Water Laser Plasma X-Ray Point Source and Apparatus, Martin Richardson, Kai Gabel, Feng Jin, and Masataka Kado
Patents from 1994
Surface Detection for Airport System, Michael Bass
RbNBb. Sub.20.sub.6 Crystal, Bruce Chai and John Nicholls