Patents Received by OSU Faculty

The entries in this listing were submitted by the faculty. Criteria for inclusion are determined by the Oregon State University Provost's Office in collaboration with the OSU Libraries and the Office of Technology Transfer. The Provost's office hosts a recognition ceremony each fall for the OSU authors, editors, and patent recipients of the previous year.

Patents are listed alphabetically by first-inventor name. The names of the Oregon State University faculty authors are in bold.

2005

Synthesis of Bis-Heterocyclic Alkaloids, OSU-00-09, Kenichi Yakushijin, David Horne

Single chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Architecture For High Temperature Opertion, OSU-02-10, Richard B. Peterson, Daniel A. Kearl

2004

Method For Making Devices Having Intermetallic Structures And Intermetallic Devices Made Thereby, OSU-99-06, Parent, Alman, David - PI, Paul, Brian, Wilson, Richard

Multiscale Transport Apparatus And Methods, OSU-00-08, Parent, Groome, John - PI, Pence, Deborah, Phillips, Nathan, Reyes, Jr., Jose, Wu, Qiao

A Coated, Platform-Generating Tablet, OSU-00-07, Parent, Ayres, James - PI

PVP Potato [Umatilla Russet], OSU-99-05, PVP, Mosley, Alvin - PI, Yilma, Solomon, Hane, Dan, James, Steven R., Rykbost, Kenneth, Charlton, Brian, Shock, Clinton

Plants Having Enhanced Gall Resistance and Methods And Compositions For Producing Same, OSU-96-15, Parent, Lee, Hyewon - PI, Mok, Machteld, Ream, L.Walter

Methodology For Testing Spreadsheet Grids, OSU-99-03, Parent, Burnett, Margaret, Rothermel, Gregg, Sheretov, Andrei - PI

PVP Wheat [Clearfield], OSU-03-22, PVP, Hoefer, Bruce - PI, Larson, Mark, Peterson, C. James, Verhoeven, Mary

Microlamination Method For Making Devices, OSU-97-21, Parent, Paul, Brian - PI, Peterson, Richard, Terhaar, Tyson

PVP Wheat [Tubbs], OSU-03-25, PVP, Peterson, C. James - PI, Hoefer, Bruce, Larson, Mark, Verhoeven, Mary

 

2003

Deuel, Wes A., and Sven E. Svenson
Title: Meadowfoam Plant Material Having Exogenous Plant Growth Substance and Method of Use
Date of Issue: July 22, 2003

Meadowfoam seedmeal used for plant growth enhancement. Experiments with meadowfoam seedmeal, genus Limnanthes, indicated significant growth enhancement when combined with a growing medium at certain rates. Nutrient exclusion experiments suggested that enhanced growth was not from nutrient supplementation, but hormone induced growth exogenously mediated by the seedmeal. Various target plants and application rates and methods are discussed, as are various fertilizer application rates.
Employed by OSU when patent was applied for and assigned the rights to OSU. North Willamette Research and Extension Center, College of Agricultural Sciences.

Flugstad, Benjamin A., Qingyue Ling, Edward R. Kolbe, John Henry Wells, Yanyun Zhao, and Jae W. Park
Title: Variable Frequency Automated Capacitive Radio Frequency (RF) Dielectric Heating System
Date of Issue: December 2, 2003

A food product is heated by maintaining the food product in an AC electrical field generated by an RF signal. As the heating takes place, maximum energy is delivered to the food product using automatic impedance matching to adjust the rate of the process.
Food Innovation Center; Food Science and Technology; OSU Seafood Laboratory; College of Agricultural Sciences.

Herling, Derald E., Paul A. Borsa, and Eric L. Sauers
Title: Methods and Apparatus for Joint Laxity Measurements
Date of Issue: April 22, 2003

An instrumented arthrometer includes displacement sensors configured to be attached to joint-reference locations. An applied force produces a joint displacement that is indicated by the displacement sensors. A force sensor measures the force applied to produce a corresponding displacement, and force/displacement data are stored on a hard disk or other computer-readable medium. A controller displays displacement/force data with comparison data based on a displacement/force data for the same joint prior to therapy or with a normal range of joint displacement/force data. In a specific example, the displacement sensors are electromagnetic sensors that measure displacement in three dimensions, and stiffness/displacement data is displayed in three dimensions.
Employed by OSU when patent was applied for and assigned the rights to OSU. Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering; Exercise and Sport Science, College of Health and Human Sciences.

Mok, David W. S., Machteld C. Mok, and Ruth C. Martin
Title: Enzymes Responsible for the Metabolism of Zeatin
Date of Issue: July 29, 2003

Isolated nucleic acids encoding zeatin O-glucosyltransferase are disclosed. These nucleic acid molecules are useful, among other things, to produce transgenic plants having modified zeatin O-glucosyltransferase activity.
Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences.

Smith, Alvin W.
Title: Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment of Calicivirus Infection in Humans
Date of Issue: July 15, 2003

Caliciviruses are herein recognized as potentially important human pathogens, infecting a large percentage (18%) of a sampled human population. A new calicivirus isolate called “San Miguel sea lion virus 5 serotype Homosapien-1” (SMSV-5Hom-1) is also disclosed. Compositions and methods are disclosed that allow diagnosis, prevention and treatment of calicivirus (including SMSV-5 Hom-1) infection in humans.
College of Veterinary Medicine.

Sullivan, Dave McLuckie, and Mathew Garth
Title: Efficiently Navigating a Workbook Linked to a Database
Date of Issue: November 18, 2003

A way to navigate efficiently among worksheets in a workbook linked to a database that involves double-clicking on a cell in a page showing totals and having the detail page associated with cell be displayed.
Accounting, Finance, and Information Management; College of Business.

White, James David, Rich Garrett Carter, and Kurt Frederick Sundermann
Title: Method for Synthesizing Epothilones and Epothilone Analogs
Date of Issue: July 22, 2003

A method for making epothilones and epothilone analogs is described, as are novel compounds made by the method. One embodiment of the method was used to synthesize epothilone B by a convergent approach that entailed Wittig coupling of an ylide derived from phosphonium bromide with an aldehyde. The former was prepared from propargyl alcohol by a nine-step pathway which installed both trisubstituted double bonds with clean Z configuration. Macrolactonization of a resulting seco acid provided the following intermediate diene epothilone analog. Selective saturation of the 9.10-olefin and subsequent epoxidation provided epothilone B.
Chemistry, College of Science.

2002

Barofsky, Douglas F., Per Håkansson, Daniel Louis Katz, and C. K. Gamini Piyadasa
Title: Tandem Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer
Date of Issue: December 3, 2002

A tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes an ion source, a velocity selector downstream of the ion source, a dissociation cell downstream of the velocity selector, and an ion accelerator downstream of the dissociation cell, the accelerator being capable of focusing ions at a space focal plane, and an ion-reflector (reflectron) downstream of the accelerator.
Chemistry, College of Science.

 

Gardner, John A.
Title: Set of Raised Symbol Elements
Date of Issue: April 16, 2002

The ornamental design of a set of raised symbol elements.
Physics, College of Science.

 

Gilmore, Tyler J., Kirk J. Cantrell, and George R. Holdren, Jr.
Title: Method and Apparatus for Measuring Volatile Compounds in an Aqueous Solution
Date of Issue: July 16, 2002

The present invention is an improvement to the method and apparatus for measuring volatile compounds in an aqueous solution. The apparatus is a chamber with sides and two ends, where the first end is closed. The chamber contains a solution volume of the aqueous solution and a gas that is trapped within the first end of the chamber above the solution volume. The gas defines a head space within the chamber above the solution volume. The chamber may also be a cup with the second end open and facing down and submerged in the aqueous solution so that the gas defines the head space within the cup above the solution volume. The cup can also be entirely submerged in the aqueous solution. The second end of the chamber may be closed such that the chamber can be used while resting on a flat surface such as a bench. The improvement is a sparger for mixing the gas with the solution volume. The sparger can be a rotating element such as a propeller on a shaft or a cavitating impeller. The sparger can also be a pump and nozzle where the pump is a liquid pump and the nozzle is a liquid spray nozzle open to the head space for spraying the solution volume into the head space of gas. The pump could also be a gas pump and the nozzle a gas nozzle submerged into the solution volume for spraying the head space gas into the solution volume.
Research Office.

Jeknic, Zoran, Richard C. Ernst, and Tony H. H. Chen
Title: Iris Transformation Method
Date of Issue: October 1, 2002

Methods of transformation and regeneration of Iris germanica cell suspensions are disclosed. Also disclosed are transgenic Iris germanica cells and plants made by the disclosed methods.
Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences.

 

Koç, Çetin Kaya, and Berk Sunar
Title: Methods and Apparatus for Multiplication in a Galois Field GF (2m), Encoders and Decoders Using Same
Date of Issue: January 29, 2002

Methods and apparatus for multiplication in the Galois field GF(2m) are provided. The methods transform elements of the Galois field into a basis obtained by a permutation of an optimal normal basis. In an embodiment, a multiplier is provided that includes m2 AND gates and 1.5(m2-m) XOR gates. The methods are implemented in hardware such as integrated circuits or in software instructions stored in a computer readable medium such as a hard disk.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering.

 

Semprini, Lewis, and Sanjay Vancheeswaran
Title: Slow Release Substrates for Driving Microbial Transformations of Environmental Contaminants.
Date of Issue: October 29, 2002

Bioremediation methods and kits for degrading environmental contaminants, such as chlorinated hydrocarbons, in a sample containing microorganisms uses at least one slow release compound having at least one hydrolyzable organic group capable of forming at least one alcohol, at least one organic acid, or a combination thereof, upon hydrolysis. The hydrolysis occurs over an extended period of time to provide alcohols and/or organic acids, which are used by the microorganisms to degrade the environmental contaminants.
Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering; College of Engineering.

 

Strauss, Steven H., William Rottmann, Amy Brunner, and Lorraine Sheppard.
Title: Floral Homeotic Genes for Manipulation of Flowering in Poplar and Other Plant Species
Date of Patent: May 28, 2002

Four floral homeotic genes from Poplar are disclosed. The disclosed nucleic acid molecules are useful for producing transgenic plants having modified fertility characteristics, particularly sterility.
Forest Science, College of Forestry.

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