Iowa State is ranked 70th in the world among universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2014, according to a report released this week by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO).
Iowa State researchers earned 31 U.S. patents in 2014, including patents for wind turbine tower systems, computer encryption logic, bioasphalt, use of mesoporous silicates for delivering biomolecules into plant cells and improved treatment of Parkinson’s disease. A full list of the university’s 2014 patents is below.
"Iowa State faculty and scientists are extremely productive in creating new knowledge that leads not only to patents, but also helps address global challenges such as sustainability, food security and human disease," said President Steven Leath. "The same intellectual property that earns patents also leads to student and faculty startup companies that generate economic development and embody our land-grant mission."
The report, based on data obtained from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, recognizes the important role patents play in university research. The NAI and IPO compile the rankings each year by calculating the number of utility patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that list a university as the first assignee on the printed patent.
The full report, Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents 2014, is online.
Iowa State University patents awarded in 2014
|
Name |
Title |
Patent No. |
|
Anderson, Iver |
Dispersoid Reinforced Alloy Powder and Method of Making |
8,864,870 |
|
Bowler, Nicola |
Concentric Coplanar Capacitive Sensor System With Quantitative Model |
8,791,707 |
|
Cai, Ying |
Cloaking with Footprints to Provide Location Privacy Protection in Location-Based Services |
8,856,939 |
|
DiSpirito, Alan |
Methylocystis Strain SB2 Materials and Methods |
8,629,239 |
|
DiSpirito, Alan |
Use of Methanobactin |
8,735,538 |
|
Fayed, Ayman |
System and Method for Providing Power via a Spurious-Noise-Free Switching Device |
8,901,905 |
|
Gleeson, Brian |
Pt-Metal Modified (Gamma)-Ni+(Gamma Prime)-Ni3Al-Alloy Compositions for High-Temperature Degradation Resistant Structural Alloys |
8,821,654 |
|
Grewell, David |
Depolymerization of Polylactic Acid |
8,895,778 |
|
Harris, Hank |
Identification of Protective Antigenic Determinants of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus and Uses Thereof |
8,771,670 |
|
Ho, Kai-Ming |
Soft Lithography Microlens Fabrication and Array for Enhanced Light Extraction from Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) |
8,742,406 |
|
Huangling, Changling |
Bandwidth Recycling in Networks |
8,737,429 |
|
Kamal, Ahmed |
Network Protection Using Network Coding |
8,705,345 |
|
Kanthasamy, Anumantha |
Dual Beneficial Effect of Dopamine Enhancing and Neuroprotective Actions of PKC Delta Inhibitors for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease |
8,653,023 |
|
Kraus, George |
Method for Producing Olefins |
8,629,312 |
|
Kraus, George |
Regiospecific Synthesis of Terephthalates |
8,871,966 |
|
Kumar, Ratnesh |
Semantic Translation of Time-Driven Simulink Diagrams Using Input/Output Extended Finite Automata |
8,655,636 |
|
Kumar, Ratnesh |
Semantic Translation of Stateflow Diagrams into Input/Output Extended Finite Automata and Automated Test Generation for Simulink/Stateflow Diagrams |
8,849,626 |
|
Lin, Victor |
Magnetic Mesoporous Material for the Sequestration of Algae |
8,828,705 |
|
Rieken, Joel |
Melt Containment Member |
8,826,966 |
|
Russell, Alan |
Aluminum/Alkaline Earth Metal Composites and Method for Producing |
8,647,536 |
|
Schnable, Patrick |
QTL Regulating Ear Productivity Traits in Maize |
8,779,233 |
|
Singh, Ravindra |
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Treatment via Targeting SMN2 Catalytic Core |
8,802,642 |
|
Sivasankar, Sanjeevi |
System, Apparatus, and Method for Simultaneous Single Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy and Fluorescence Measurements |
8,656,510 |
|
Somani, Arun |
Depth-Optimal Mapping of Logic Chains in Reconfigurable Fabrics |
8,661,394 |
|
Sritharan, Sivalingam |
Wind Turbine Tower System |
8,881,485 |
|
Trahanovsky, Walt |
Method for the Conversion of Cellulose and Related Carbohydrate Materials to Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds |
8,686,192 |
|
Tyagi, Akhilesh |
Reconfigurable Block Encryption Logic |
8,824,672 |
|
Wang, Kan |
Methods of Using Capped Mesoporous Silicates |
8,647,644 |
|
White, David |
Polymer Mortar Composite Pipe Material and Manufacturing Method |
8,672,666 |
|
Williams, R. Chris |
Asphalt Materials Containing Bio-Oil and Methods for Production Thereof |
8,696,806 |
|
Zhao, Yan |
Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle Compositions |
8,790,621 |
Additional 2014 patents issued for which the ISU Research Foundation is not the first assignee
|
Bogdanove, Adam |
TAL Effector-Mediated DNA Modification |
8,697,853 |
|
Shanks, Brent |
Lewis and Bronsted-Lowry Acid-Catalyzed Production of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) From Glucose |
8,642,791 |
|
Somani, Arun |
Dynamic Advance Reservation with Delayed Allocation |
8,902,920 |
|
Tirthapura, Srikanta |
Computing Time-Decayed Aggregates in Data Streams |
8,908,554 |
