LSU Chemistry: A Catalyst for Innovation
LSU climbed to No. 56 in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2023 Top 100 ranking for U.S. utility patents granted to universities, a jump from the No. 75 ranking in 2022, marking its highest placement in history.
The LSU Department of Chemistry is one of the top contributors to the University’s patent portfolio. Faculty in the department have been at the forefront of discoveries, developing technologies and solutions with real-world applications, spanning various fields, including polymer chemistry, analytical techniques, and biomedical devices.
Patents issued to LSU Chemistry faculty and scientists since 2015 (LSU Innovation):
- US 11,992,013 issued May 28, 2024, Feral Hog Toxicant
- US 11,953,408 issued April 9, 2024, Methods and Devices for Sample Capture Using Gas-pulse Nanoparticle Displacement
- EP 2,291,509 issued November 15, 2023, Microfluidic Isolation of Tumor and Other Rare Cells from Whole Blood or Other Liquids
- US 11,767,516 issued September 26, 2023, Thiol-Acrylate Based Materials for 3D Cell Culturing in a Microfluidic Device
- US 11,488,740 issued November 1, 2022, Phase Contrast X-Ray Interferometry
- US 11,371,913 issued June 28, 2022, Methods and devices for sample capture using gas-pulse nanoparticle displacement
- US 11,367,904 issued June 21, 2022, Amide-based electrolyte battery
- US 11,186,659 issued November 30, 2021, Cure-on-demand and time-lapse polymerization
- US 11,123,433 issued September 21, 2021, Hydrophobically modified polypeptoids and uses thereof
- US 11,094,518 issued August 17, 2021, Devices and methods for deep UV laser ablation
- US 10,870,881B2 issued December 22, 2020, Biomolecular processing platform and uses thereof
- EP 3274091B1 issued December 2, 2022, Universal molecular processor for precision medicine
- US 10,519,278B2 issued December 31, 2019, Methods of making polypeptides
- US 10,429,376B2 issued October 1, 2019, Microfluidic isolation of tumor cells or other rare cells from whole blood or other liquids
- US 10,416,150B2 issued September 17, 2019, Microfluidic isolation of tumor cells or other rare cells from whole blood or other liquids
- US 10,393,726B2 issued August 27, 2019, Universal molecular processor for precision medicine
- EP 2,954,103A4 issued January 9, 2019, Biomolecular processing platform and uses thereof
- US 10,117,629B2 issued November 6, 2018, High energy grating techniques
- US 10,107,835B2 issued October 23, 2018, Tip enhanced laser assisted sample transfer for biomolecule mass spectrometry
- US 10,109,802B2 issued October 23, 2018, Carbazole-based gumbos for highly efficient blue OLEDs
- AU 2,014,214,709B2 issued May 31, 2018, Biomolecular processing platform and uses thereof
- US 9,937,260B2 issued April 10, 2018, Curcumin conjugates for treating and preventing cancers
- US 9,902,743B2 issued February 27, 2018, Copper complex for capturing carbon dioxide
- US 9,782,744 issued October 10, 2017, Detection and Molecular Weight Determination of Organic Vapors
- US 9,718,676 issued August 1, 2017, Polymeric Nanopillars and Nanotubes, Their Manufacture and Uses
- US 9,670,540 issued June 6, 2017, Methods and Devices for DNA Sequencing and Molecular Diagnostics
- US 9,644,072 issued May 9, 2017, Controlled Radical Polymerization, and Catalysts Useful Therein
- US 9,220,787 issued December 29, 2015, Vitamin E Conjugates, and Their Uses as Antioxidants and Prodrug Delivery Vehicles
- US 9,221,877 issued October 29, 2015, Curcumin conjugates for treating and preventing cancers
- US 9,206,477 issued December 8, 2015, Detection of Nucleic Acid Sequence Differences Using the Ligase Detection Reaction with Addressable Arrays
- US 9,201,075 issued December 1, 2015, Colorimetric and Fluorometric Determination of Homocysteine and Cysteine
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