March Edition: Newly Issued Patents

Congratulations to Purdue University researchers across all campuses and academic disciplines. They have recently received 18 patents on their intellectual property from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Most of these innovations are available to license and bring to market. Visit the Purdue Innovates Office of Technology Commercialization’s website to learn more about these and other available innovations.

Are you a researcher at a Purdue University campus who has made an innovation discovery? Disclose your innovation to the Office of Technology Commercialization online.

These are the primary investigators whose work was recently patented:

Rakesh Agrawal, College of Engineering

• “Process for Upgrading Natural Gas Liquids from Shale Gas Without Front-End Demethanizer”

Jan Allebach, College of Engineering

• “Feature Extractions to Optimize Scanned Images”

Darcy Bullock, College of Engineering

• “Method of Identifying Vehicle Turning Movements at Intersections from Trajectory Data and Reallocating Green Time Therefor”

David Cappelleri, College of Engineering

• “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Capable of Environmental Interaction”

Graham Cooks, College of Science

• “Enclosed Desorption Electrospray Ionization Probes and Methods of Use Thereof”
• “Ion Generation Using Modified Wetted Porous Materials”

Charlie Hu, College of Engineering

• “System and Method for Energy Usage Accounting in Software Applications”

Young Kim, College of Engineering

• “Light-Activated Photoreaction via Genetic Hybridization of Far-Red Fluorescent Protein and Silk”

Clayton Landis, no longer at Purdue

• “Locking Device and Method for Locking a Bicycle Therewith”

Hyowon Lee, College of Engineering

• “Drainage Devices Having Self-Clearing and Flow Resistance Control Capabilities, and Microactuators for Use Therewith”

Philip Low, College of Science

• “Carbonic Anhydrase IX Targeting Agents and Methods”

Byron Pipes, College of Engineering

• “Methods and Apparatus for Embedding Heating Circuits into Articles Made by Additive Manufacturing and Articles Made Therefrom”

Vilas Pol, College of Engineering

• “Solid Lubricants and Method of Making the Same”

Jenna Rickus, College of Engineering, Office of the Provost

• “Cell-Collagen-Silica Composites and Methods of Making and Using the Same”

Kenneth Sandhage, College of Engineering

• “Methods for Manufacturing Ceramic and Ceramic Composite Components and Components Made Thereby”

Luis Solorio, College of Engineering

• “Thermally Modulated Ultrasound Contrast Agents”

Zhi Zhou, College of Engineering

• “Virus-Assisted Algal Cell Disruption for Cost-Effective Biofuel Production”

Babak Ziaie, College of Engineering

• “Ultra-Stretchable Electrical and Heat-Conductive Arrangement”

During the 2023 calendar year, Purdue Research Foundation ranked #5 among U.S. universities for patents received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The information was published in a report from the National Academy of Inventors.