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University of Pittsburgh Announces 16 Patents Issued in May 2022

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Mike Yeomans


Pitt innovators were issued 16 U.S. patents in May 2022.

Featured patent: 11,335,846 “Molecularly Doped Piezoelectric Foams”

Piezoelectric materials have many technological applications, from actuators to sensors to energy harvesting. They are especially attractive for interconverting electrical and mechanical energy in compact devices and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) because of mechanical simplicity. Commercial applications tend to use ceramics or intrinsically-piezoelectric polymers. While these materials have strengths, most have low flexibility. Pitt innovators Geoffrey Hutchison and Michael Moody have developed a polymer foam with piezoelectric properties.

For more information on this technology, including licensing, contact George Coulston at gcoulston@innovation.pitt.edu.

Below is a listing of all patents issued to Pitt innovators in May 2022.

Patent
Number
Title   Inventor(s)   Licensing Manager        Status
 
11,317,955 Magnesium Enhanced/Induced Bone Formation Sayuri Smith; Andrew Brown; Amy Chaya; Charles Sfeir Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,318,103 Treating Soft Tissue Via Controlled Drug Release Peter Alexander; Riccardo Gottardi; Patrick Bianconi; Steven Little Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
D950,690 Toilet Seat Wrap Rory Cooper; Rosemarie Cooper George Coulston Licensed
 
11,325,962 Therapeutic and Diagnostic Cloned MHC-Unrestricted Receptor Specific for the MUC1 Tumor Associated Antigen Nehad Alajez; Mark Alter; Jan Schmielau; Olivera Finn Andrew Remes Optioned
 
11,335,846 Molecularly Doped Piezoelectric Foams Geoffrey Hutchison; Michael Moody George Coulston Available for Licensing
 
11,331,348 Compositions Comprising Extracellular Matrix of Primitive Animal Species and Related Methods Yadong Wang; William Chen Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,334,731 System and Method of Decoding a Barcode Using Machine Learning Ervin Sejdic; Justin Hawks Robert Racunas Licensed
 
11,339,362 Organ Chip to Model Mammalian Joint Hang Lin; Peter Alexander; Riccardo Gottardi; Rocky Tuan Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,338,017 Small Peptide Compositions and Uses Thereof Cecelia Yates-Binder; Jesse Jaynes Janice Panza Optioned
 
11,340,164 Fluorescent Method to Quantify Copper or Platinum Based On Catalysis Melissa Campbell; Dianne Pham; Kazunori Koide George Coulston Available for Licensing
 
11,337,620 Wearable Respiratory Energy Harvester Paresh Vasandani; Mingui Sun; Wenyan Jia Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,338,077 Adjustable Liposuction Cannula Peter Rubin; Arielle Richter; Kacey Marra; Stephen Holland; Jessica Huynh; Mark Gartner Janice Panza Available for Licensing
 
11,339,195 Griffithsin Mutants Lisa Rohan; Barry O’Keefe; Kenneth Palmer; Lindsay Kramzer; Tinoush Moulaei; Joshua Fuqua Andrew Remes Available for Licensing
 
11,338,058 Injectable Peripheral Nerve Specific Hydrogel Bryan Brown; Joshua Cheetham Janice Panza Licensed
 
11,339,122 hTRPV1 Chemical Agents Xiangqun Xie; Zhiwei Feng Maria Vanegas Available for Licensing
 
11,337,799 Stentless Biopolymer Heart Valve Replacement Capable of Living Tissue Regeneration Yasumoto Matsumura; William Wagner; Vinay Badhwar; Antonio D’Amore Janice Panza Optioned

 

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