Issued Patents
The Office of Technology Transfer advances innovation by helping transform research
into real-world impact. Issued patents represent a critical milestone in that process—protecting
discoveries and enabling their transition from the lab to the marketplace.
This page highlights patented technologies developed by our faculty and researchers across a wide range of disciplines. Each patent reflects a commitment to solving complex challenges, driving economic growth, and creating meaningful change through innovation.

Patent No. 9,662,400
Methods for Producing a Biodegradable Chitosan Composition and Uses Thereof
James Keaton Smith, Ashley Parker, Jessica Jennings, Benjamin Reves, Warren Haggard
Patent No. 9,642,948
Compositions and Methods for Delivering an Agent to a Wound
Warren Haggard, Scott Noel, Joel Bumgardner
Patent No. 9,603,522
Detecting Neurochemical or Electrical Signals Within Brain Tissue
Kendall Lee, Kevin Bennet, Charles Blaha
Patent No. 9,599,092
Wind Generator System With Multiple Turbines
Md Maruf Hossain, Mohd Hasan Ali
Patent No. 9,566,576
Metal Complex Catalysts and Uses Thereof
Xuan Zhao, Charles E. Webster
Patent No. 9,557,413
Surveillance and Tracking System and Method
Robert Kozma, Orges Furxhi, Khan Iftekharuddin, Lan Wang, Ross Deming, Sergi Consul-Pacareu
Patent No. 9,552,526
Image Processing Using Cellular Simultaneous Recurrent Network
John K. Anderson, Khan M. Iftekharuddin
Patent No. 9,491,087
Devices and Methods for Forwarding Information Base Aggregation
Xin Zhao, Yaoqing Liu, Beichuan Zhang, Lan Wang
Patent No. 9,297,693
Spatially-Selective Reflector Structures, Reflector Disks, and Systems and Methods for Use Thereof
Orges Furxhi, Jacobs, Layton
Patent No. 9,248,441
Polymer Nanocapsules Entrapping Metal Nanoparticles
Pinkhassik, Shamakov
Patent No. 9,183,927
Memory Devices, Methods of Storing and Reading Data, SMM Junctions, and Methods of Preparing Alumina Substrates
Yu
Patent No. 9,158,841
Methods of Evaluating Semantic Differences, Methods of Identifying Related Sets of Items in Semantic Spaces, and Systems and Computer Program Products for Implementing the Same
Hu, Cai, Graesser, Craig
Patent No. 8,993,540
Compositions and Methods for Delivering an Agent to a Wound
Warren Haggard, Scott Noel, Joel Bumgardner
Patent No. 8,969,590
Novel Autotaxin Inhibitors
Parrill, Baker
Patent No. 8,969,093
Novel Calibration Method and Device for Remote Location Testing Instruments
Emmert, Simone
Patent No. 8,780,345
Spatially-Selective Disks, Submillimeter Imaging Devices, Methods of Submillimeter Imaging, Profiling Scanners, Spectrometry Devices, and Methods of Spectrometry
Orges Furxhi, Jacobs
Patent No. 8,632,186
Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media for Detecting and Predicting a Progression of Retinal Pathologies
Khan Iftekharuddin, Kim, Gunvant-Davey
Patent No. 8,519,015
Nanothin Polymer Films With Selective Pores and Method of Use Thereof
Pinkhassik, Danila, Banner
Patent No. 8,508,592
Spatially-Selective Reflector Structures, Reflective Disks, and Systems and Methods for Use Thereof
Orges Furxhi, Jacobs, Layton
Patent No. 8,497,371
Pipemidic Acid Derivative Autotaxin Inhibitors
Parrill, Baker, Hoeglund
Patent No. 8,404,256
Biomaterial Composition and Method of Use
Warren Haggard, McCanless
Patent No. 8,343,934
Novel Diverse Lead Compound Autotaxin Inhibitors
Baker, Parrill, North
Patent No. 8,336,371
Real-Time, On-Line Analysis for the Quantification of Trihalomethane Species Within Drinking Water Supplies
Emmert, Brown
Patent No. 8,268,891
Autotaxin Inhibitors
Parrill, Baker
Patent No. 8,195,580
Method of Identification of Propagating Phase Gradients Using Model Field Theory of Non-Gaussian Mixtures
Robert Kozma, Perlovsky (Air Force Research Labs)
Patent No. 8,076,652
Real-Time, On-Line Analysis of Haloacetic Acid Species and Amounts Thereof in Drinking Water Supplies
Emmert, Simone
Patent No. 8,022,239
Mechanism-Based Inactivators of Autotaxin
Montedonico, Parrill, Baker
Patent No. 7,987,701
Real-Time, On-Line Analysis for the Quantification of Total Haloacetic Acid and Trihalomethane Species in Drinking Water Supplies
Emmert, Brown, Geme, Simone
Patent No. 7,923,618
Eclipse Ligature for Single Reed Musical Instruments
Gholson
Patent No. 7,923,021
Local Delivery Method and Composition
Warren Haggard, Richelsoph
Patent No. 7,829,155
Nanothin Polymer Coatings Containing Thiol and Method of Use Thereof
Pinkhassik, Banner, Clayton
Patent No. 7,678,838
Nanothin Polymer Films With Selective Pores and Method of Use Thereof
Pinkhassik, Banner, Clayton, Danila
