July 16, 2024
Patenting an invention can be puzzling and complex. It requires both legal and technical expertise, in-depth research to ensure novelty and strategic decisions about where and when to file. That’s where the University of Missouri Technology Advancement team comes in.
In 2023, the office helped Mizzou researchers secure 16 U.S. patents and disclose 113 new inventions. And, because Mizzou’s intellectual property often sparks commercial ventures, the office was also responsible for generating $18.6 million in licensing income.
U.S. patents issued in 2023 for Mizzou inventions
In 2023, Mizzou received 16 U.S. patents for a variety of faculty and staff inventions, including:
Engineered comestible meat
Mizzou inventors: Gabor Forgacs, Francoise Marga and Karoly Robert Jakab
Increasing plant oil content by improving activity of acetyl-CoA carboxylase
Mizzou inventors: Jay J. Thelen and Matthew Salie
Medium supplement to increase the efficiency of oocyte maturation and embryo culture in vitro
Mizzou inventors: Ye Yuan, Lee Spate, Randall S. Prather and R. Michael Roberts
Detection of biomarkers using plasmonic gratings
Mizzou inventors: Shubhra Gangopadhyay, Sangho Bok, Aaron Wood, Keshab Gangopadhyay, Cherian Joseph Mathai, Syed Barizuddin and Sheila A. Grant
Ayurvedic encapsulated gold nanoparticles, fabrication methods and cancer therapeutic methods
Mizzou inventors: Kattesh V. Katti, Menka Khoobchandani, Kavita K. Katti and Aslam Khan
Ceramide nanoliposomes, compositions and methods of using for immunotherapy
Mizzou inventors: Guangfu Li and Kevin Staveley-O'Carroll
Compositions for the treatment of drug-resistant tumors and methods of use thereof
Mizzou inventors: Raghuraman Kannan, Dhananjay Suresh, Soumavo Mukherjee, Ajit Prakash Zambre and Anandhi Upendran
Inhibitor-functionalized ultrasmall nanoparticles and methods thereof
Mizzou inventor: Thomas P. Quinn
Neuraminidase inhibition to improve glycocalyx volume and function to ameliorate cardiovascular diseases in pathologies associated with glycocalyx damage
Mizzou inventors: Luis A. Martinez-Lemus, Christopher A. Foote and Jaume Padilla
Area selective nanoscale-thin layer deposition via precise functional group lithography
Mizzou inventors: Matthew R. Maschmann and Matthias J. Young
Photonuclear transmutation doping in gallium-based semiconductor materials
Mizzou inventors: Jae Wan Kwon and Quang Nguyen
Composite material with high dielectric constant and use in biocompatible devices
Mizzou inventors: Kevin A. O'Connor and Randy Curry
Drinking container with different temperature zones
Mizzou inventor: Bill Ma
Heat exchanging thermal liquid container
Mizzou inventor: Bill Ma
Lid with automatic open and close retention mechanism
Mizzou inventor: Bill Ma
Thermal liquid container system with heat loss prevention lid
Mizzou inventor: Bill Ma
