# of Displayed Technologies: 20 / 23


Categories

Three-dimensional cellular automation codes for solidification microstructure and porosity simulation of multi-component alloys
TS-063911 — Porosity formation during the solidification of aluminum-based alloys, induced by hydrogen gas and alloy shrinkage, presents a significant challenge for industries relying on high-performance solidification products such as castings, welds, and additively manufactured components. This issue advers…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Luo, Alan; Gu, Cheng
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

A Novel MIMO Architecture for Multi-user Power line communication
TS-062843 — This MIMO-PLC architecture is the first scalable MIMO architecture on a single power line. It improves the throughput for power line communication (PLC) by utilizing the existing power delivery infrastructure and allows for high data rates in rural areas.
Home networking and the Internet of Things (IoT), especially voice and video communications, require high throughput, reliable coverage, and sustainable connectivity. However, the performance is dramatically decreased when the wireless signals go through the walls and ceilings. The densely deploye…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Srinivasan, Kannan; Chen, Bo; Guruvenkata, Vivek; Sun, Wei
  • Licensing Officer: Phillips, Taylor

Surrogates for Concrete Dividers
TS-062834 — Road departure can be extremely dangerous for vehicles. Some vehicles are equipped with road departure mitigation systems to prevent this from happening. However, testing these systems can be difficult and costly, as it involves crashing vehicles into roadside objects. The concrete divider surr…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Chen, Chi-Chih; Chen, Yaobin; Chien, Stanley; Lin, Jun; Sherony, Rini; Yi, Qiang
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Surrogates for Metal Guardrails
TS-062797
Road departures remain a significant source of traffic accidents. Tools for limiting road departures are needed to reduce accidents and improve safe driving conditions. The Ohio State University researcher Dr. Chi-Chih Chen, along with a team of researchers, has developed a novel metal guardrai…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Chen, Chi-Chih; Chen, Yaobin; Chien, Stanley; Lin, Jun; Sherony, Rini
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Addressing the Challenges in HCC Treatment with Innovative Technology
TS-062690 — Novel niclosamide analogues with improved bioavailability and mitigated dose-limiting toxicities.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) poses a significant global health challenge, being a predominant form of liver cancer with high mortality rates. The disease exhibits sexual dimorphism, disproportionately affecting males. The Need Despite the crucial role of androgen receptors (AR) in HCC progress…
  • College: College of Pharmacy
  • Inventors: Coss, Christopher; Cheng, Jeffrey; Cheng, Xiaolin; Kulp, Samuel; Li, Tom; Montgomery, Emma; Xing, Enming
  • Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri

Transducin β-like protein 1 X-Linked Selective Degraders as Anti-cancer Therapeutics
TS-062685 — Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020, or nearly one in six deaths. The most common cancers are breast, lung, colon and rectum and prostate cancers. The Need Current cancer treatments mainly rely on chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and bon…
  • College: College of Pharmacy
  • Inventors: Cheng, Xiaolin; Alinari, Lapo; Li, Pui-Kai "Tom"; Yang, Rui
  • Licensing Officer: Taysavang, Panya

Advanced AAV Gene Therapy Characterization Technique
TS-062608 — Gene therapy is an emerging technology that replaces a faulty gene or adds a new gene to cure disease or improve your body's ability to fight infection. These next-generation treatments hold promise for treating various genetic and chronic conditions, including but not limited to cancer, cystic …
  • College: College of Arts & Sciences
  • Inventors: Wysocki, Vicki; Cleary, Sean; Du, Chen
  • Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"

Dual Androgen Receptor/AKR1C3 Inhibitors for Prostate Cancer
TS-062605 — The Need: Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) poses a significant challenge in oncology, with existing therapies often leading to resistance and disease progression. Key drivers of resistance include the androgen receptor (AR) and aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C3 (AKR1C3). Novel treat…
  • College: College of Pharmacy
  • Inventors: Li, Pui-Kai "Tom"; Cheng, Xiaolin; Kong, Xiaotian; Xing, Enming
  • Licensing Officer: Schworer, Adam

RF Energy Harvesting Wireless Mobile Device Charger
TS-062601 — Only a small fraction of the radio frequency (RF) energy transmitted by smartphones and other wireless devices is used to communicate with a wireless access point. It would be useful to collect or harvest the unused RF signals in order to convert them to direct current (DC) power and supplement th…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Chen, Chi-Chih; Koksal, C. Emre; Shroff, Ness; Tallos, Roland
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Passive RF Rectifier Circuit Design with Harmonic Harvester
TS-062596 — Conventional rectifying circuit designs convert alternating-current (AC) signals into direct-current (DC) signals via the used of diodes. Low-barrier Schottky diodes are used in low AC power cases such as with ambient radio frequency (RF) signals. Ideally, each diode is only turned on during the p…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Chen, Chi-Chih
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Small molecules that reduce the bitter properties of food and beverages
TS-062218 — The Need: Flavor Modulating Compounds for Healthier Food and Beverages In a world where taste preferences drive consumer choices, the demand for nutritious and palatable food and beverages remains at an all-time high. However, many nutrient-rich foods, such as vegetables and whole grains, often possess bitter flavors that can be unappealing to consumers. To make these foods more enjoyable and mask the bitterness, manufacturers frequently resort to excessive amounts of unhealthy additives like fats, sugars, and salts. The result is a trade-off between taste and health, leaving consumers seeking a solution that provides both flavor satisfaction and nutritional benefits. The Technology: Innovative Flavor Modulating Compounds Our technology offers a groundbreaking solution to the challenge of balancing taste and health in food and beverages. Developed as additives for the food industry, our flavor modulating compounds effectively block or modulate bitter flavors, enabling significant reductions in the need for added sugars and salts. By utilizing these compounds, manufacturers can maintain the palatability of their products without compromising on nutritional value. Commercial Applications: Unlocking the Potential The versatility of our flavor modulating compounds opens up numerous commercial applications across various food and beverage categories: Healthy Snacks: Create nutritious and appealing snacks using bitter-rich ingredients, like vegetable chips and whole grain crackers, while minimizing the need for excessive unhealthy additives. Low-Sugar Beverages: Develop refreshing drinks with reduced sugar content, ensuring that consumers enjoy a satisfying taste experience without the guilt of excess sugar consumption. Nutrient-Enhanced Foods: Enhance the flavor profile of nutrient-rich foods, such as salads and soups, to make them more enjoyable, encouraging healthier eating habits. Confectionery: Improve the taste of health-focused sweets and candies, enabling confectionery brands to cater to health-conscious consumers. Ready-to-Eat Meals: Incorporate flavor modulating compounds into pre-packaged meals, enhancing taste while adhering to nutritional guidelines. Benefits/Advantages: Elevating Consumer Experience and Market Appeal Our flavor modulating compounds offer an array of advantages for food and beverage manufacturers, making them a valuable addition to any product development strategy: Healthier Product Profiles: Enable the creation of low-sugar, low-salt products, supporting consumer health and well-being. Uncompromised Taste: Maintain delicious flavor profiles while reducing or eliminating unhealthy additives, satisfying consumer cravings. Market Differentiation: Stand out in a crowded market by offering healthier alternatives without sacrificing taste. Health-Conscious Appeal: Attract health-conscious consumers seeking better-for-you options, expanding your target audience. Regulatory Compliance: Align with evolving nutritional guidelines and regulations, positioning your products for long-term success. In conclusion, our flavor modulating compounds revolutionize the way food and beverages are formulated. By addressing the commercial need for healthier options without compromising on taste, our technology unlocks vast opportunities for manufacturers to create products that appeal to consumers' palates and prioritize their well-being. Join us on this journey towards a future of delightful, nutritious, and flavorful food and drink experiences.
  • College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
  • Inventors: Peterson, Devin; Gao, Chengyu
  • Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"

A liposomal subunit flu vaccine formulation
TS-062211 — The Need: Addressing the Limitations of Current Flu Vaccines Influenza epidemics and pandemics present significant challenges to public health and global economies. Existing flu vaccines are strain-specific, providing limited cross-protective immunity and often lack long-term effectiveness. Additio…
  • College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
  • Inventors: Gourapura, Renukaradhya; Carson, Kennith; Cheng, Xingguo; Dhakal, Santosh; Lee, Chang Won; McDonough, Joseph
  • Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"

Rare Earth Element Trap-Extract-Precipitate (REE-TEP) Process
TS-061849 — The Rare Earth Element Trap-Extract-Precipitate (REE-TEP) process is a cost-effective and environmentally benign approach to recover rare earth elements (REEs) from acidic waste streams. It involves beneficial reuse of readily available industrial by-products and a naturally occurring organic ligand resulting in REE concentrate that can be commercially processed to produce rare earth oxides (REOs).
The Need Rare earth elements are critical components of many emerging technologies. Because conventional sources of REEs in the United States are limited, identifying alternative sources is important. Many mining and industrial waste streams have elevated concentrations of REEs and can be potential…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Cheng, Chin-Min "Jason"; Bielicki, Jeffrey "Jeff"; Butalia, Tarunjit; Lenhart, John
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

AI-Enabled Retrosynthesis for Drug Development
TS-060092 — AI methods and systems for predicting reactants and their synthesis paths to support drug design and chemical synthesis.
A time-consuming and costly step in drug development is the identification of drug-like small molecules that display desired properties against a specific biomolecular target and then the synthesis of such molecules if they do not exist. Retrosynthesis is a procedure where such a desired molecule i…
  • College: College of Medicine (COM)
  • Inventors: Ning, Xia; Chen, Ziqi
  • Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew

Rabbit Model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
TS-058084 — A rabbit model has been created for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) that more closely resembles the effects experienced in humans while being more cost effective compared to larger animal models.
There has yet to be a DMD animal model that bridges the gap between cost effectiveness and scientific relevance. This new rabbit model does that. DMD is a lethal genetic disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness and muscle wasting. There are several animal models for DMD, includin…
  • College: College of Medicine (COM)
  • Inventors: Han, Renzhi
  • Licensing Officer: Schworer, Adam

A Composite Semiconducting Metal Oxide Sensor for Detection and Analysis of Trace Ammonia
TS-054550 — Sensing gases with high specificity and sensitivity in complex environments ranging from combustion processes to breath sensing using miniaturized solid-state electrochemical sensors.
Optimizing industrial operations, environmental monitoring, and disease diagnosis all require sensing of gases with high sensitivity and selectivity. In addition, decreasing the footprint of the sensor allows sensing to be done in size-constrained spaces. The global gas sensor market size was valu…
  • College: College of Arts & Sciences
  • Inventors: Dutta, Prabir; Sun, Chenhu
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

An improved base editor (iABE-NG) for correcting genetic diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy
TS-049505 — An engineered base editor (iABE-NG) that uses an SpCas9 variant, a shortened adenine deaminase domain with eliminated RNA off-target activity, and an intein split for packaging into an adeno-associated virus (AAV), resulting in gene mutation correction.
There are thousands of monogenic diseases that are lacking effective therapeutic treatments. The main bottleneck in developing effective treatment is the ability to effectively edit gene while controlling for the myriad of off-target effects that come with targeting the genome. Duchenne Muscular D…
  • College: College of Medicine (COM)
  • Inventors: Han, Renzhi; Gao, Yandi; Xu, Li
  • Licensing Officer: Schworer, Adam

An Extremely Low Profile Ferrite-Loaded Wideband VHF Antenna Design
TS-043725 — VHF Antenna with significant height reduction with capability to operate in a wideband
VHF antennas operating over the frequency range of 30-3000 MHz are widely used for short-distance terrestrial communications. Monopole antennas are the most commonly used for VHF communications. However, monopoles require a quarter wavelength height and have narrow bandwidth. Some attempts have be…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Chen, Chi-Chih; Moon, Haksu; Volakis, John
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Perivascular Drug Delivery Nanoplatform for Preventing Restenosis After Open Surgery
TS-039004 — Pericelle: a nanoparticle based perivascular drug delivery system to prevent stenosis and failure in vascular reconstruction surgeries.
Imaging and re-intervention procedures, necessary to maintain open blood vessels following vascular reconstruction surgery, are expensive. For example, the cost of maintenance for an arteriovenous (AV) fistula used in hemodialysis access has been estimated at $15,000/year. In bypass and AV fistula…
  • College: College of Medicine (COM)
  • Inventors: Kent, K. Craig; Chen, Guojun; Gong, Shaoqin; Guo, Lianwang; Shi, Xudong
  • Licensing Officer: Taysavang, Panya

Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis with Small Molecule IL-6/STAT3 Inhibitors
TS-038701 — Small-molecule prodrugs that target IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable and disabling autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system, is the leading cause of non-traumatic neurological disability in young adults. There have been important advances in MS therapy, such as drugs that slow the progression of the disease a…
  • College: College of Medicine (COM)
  • Inventors: Yang, Yuhong; Li, Chenglong; Racke, Michael
  • Licensing Officer: He, Panqing

Show More Technologies

Loading icon