November 9, 2019
The University of Pittsburgh announced that Pitt innovators were issued nine U.S. patents in October 2019.
Featured Patent: U.S. 10,450,652 “Synthesis of Structured Carbon Material from Organic Materials”
Haitao Liu, assistant professor of chemistry and Feng Zhou, postdoctoral researcher in his lab, have developed a method of using organic materials, such as DNA, to serve as a template for nanofabrication of structured carbon materials with applications including creating nanoscale masks to pattern silicon wafers.
For more information on this technology, including licensing, contact George Coulston at gcoulston@innovation.pitt.edu.
Below is a list of all patents issued to Pitt innovators in October 2019. To search the database of all Pitt innovations available for licensing, click here.
Patent Number |
Title | Inventor(s) | Licensing Manager | Status | |||
10,436,745 | pH Sensor Systems and Methods of Sensing pH | Alexander Star | George Coulston | Licensed | |||
10,433,538 | Compositions and Methods for Organ Preservation | Paulo Fontes; William Light | Alex Ducruet | Available for Licensing | |||
10,434,155 | Peptide Analogs Capable of Enhancing Stimulation of a Glioma-Specific CTL Response | Walter Storkus; Hideho Okada | Alex Ducruet | Licensed | |||
10,435,803 | Non-Noble Metal Based Electro-Catalyst Compositions for Proton Exchange Membrane Based Water Electrolysis and Methods of Making | Prashant Kumta; Karan Kadakia; Moni Datta; Oleg Velikokhatnyi; Prashanth Hanumantha | Janice Panza | Available for Licensing | |||
10,441,768 | Bioactive Components Conjugated to Substrates of Microneedle Arrays | Louis Falo; Geza Erdos | Alex Ducruet | Available for Licensing | |||
10,450,652 | Synthesis of Structured Carbon Material From Organic Materials | Feng Zhou; Haitao Liu | George Coulston | Available for Licensing | |||
10,449,151 | Artificial Cell Constructs for Cellular Manipulation | Steven Little; Siddharth Jhunjhunwala | Janice Panza | Available for Licensing | |||
10,450,289 | Mitochondria-Targeted Lapachone Compounds and Uses Thereof | Peter Wipf; Bennett Van Houten; Wei Qian; Chaemin Lim | Maria Vanegas | Available for Licensing | |||
10,457,596 | Optical Sensor Employing a Refractive Index Engineered Metal Oxide Material | Peng Chen; Zsolt Poole; Paul Ohodnicki; Michael Buric | Janice Panza | Available for Licensing | |||