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NUtech Ventures’ mission is to facilitate the commercialization and practical use of innovations generated through the research activities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. NUtech does this by identifying, evaluating, protecting, marketing and licensing the university’s intellectual property to promote economic development and improve the quality of life.
Recognition for faculty, other Nebraska-affiliated colleagues and collaborating non-university personnel who received patents for their inventions, July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026.
Asterisk (*) denotes UNL PI.
Mechanical & Materials Engineering/ Electrical and Computer Engineering/ Center for Energy Sciences Research
Title: Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material
Date: July 8, 2025
Number: 12351529
Country: United States
Chemistry
Title: Plant fiber biocomposites
Date: April 7, 2026
Number: 12593762
Country: United States
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Robot for pipe navigation
Date: August 12, 2025
Number: 12384017
Country: United States
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Articulated instrument with simple fabrication
Date: November 11, 2025
Number: 12465449
Country: United States
Computer Science/ Agronomy & Horticulture/ Nutrition and Health Sciences/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering/ Computer Science and Engineering
Title: Fire suppression and ignition with unmanned aerial vehicles
Date: September 23, 2025
Number: 12420123
Country: United States
Computer Science/ Computer Science and Engineering
Title: Sensor emplacement using unmanned aircraft systems
Date: June 16, 2026
Number: 12655740
Country: United States
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Local control robotic surgical devices and related methods
Date: January 20, 2026
Number: 12527636
Country: United States
Electrical and Computer Engineering/ Animal Science
Title: Materials and methods for long-term tracking of group-housed livestock
Date: December 16, 2025
Number: 12499560
Country: United States
Animal Science
Title: Animal feed for improving the growth performance
Date: September 9, 2025
Number: 12408685
Country: United States
Electrical and Computer Engineering/ BIDMC (Harvard)/ Beth Israel Medical Center
Title: Markers for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and advance liver fibrosis
Date: July 29, 2025
Number: 12372530
Country: United States
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Thermal modeling of additive manufacturing using graph theory
Date: July 29, 2025
Number: 12373616
Country: United States
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: Power modules for circuit protection
Date: March 24, 2026
Number: 12587188
Country: United States
Agronomy and Horticulture
Title: Wheat, common variety ‘NE prism CLP’
Date: July 25, 2025
Number: 202500092
Country: United States
Electrical and Computer Engineering/ Civil Engineering
Title: Systems and methods for a power-line filter utilizing conductive concrete/shotcrete
Date: August 5, 2025
Number: 12381386
Country: United States
Biological Sciences
Title: Methods of treating Alzheimer’s disease
Date: July 22, 2025
Number: 12364734
Country: United States
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
Title: Hemp-based geopolymer compositions and methods of use thereof
Date: January 20, 2026
Number: 12528740
Country: United States
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: Transverse pseudo direct drive
Date: May 5, 2026
Number: 12620868
Country: United States
Civil Engineering/ Midwest Roadside Safety Facility/ TrafFix Devices, Inc.
Title: Transitions for joining crash impact attenuator systems to fixed structures
Date: April 3, 2026
Number: EP4274932
Country: Europe
Midwest Roadside Safety Facility/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Barrier system
Date: October 7, 2025
Number: 12435479
Country: United States
Midwest Roadside Safety Facility/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Barrier system
Date: September 17, 2025
Number: 8920
Country: United Arab Emirates
Midwest Roadside Safety Facility/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Barrier system
Date: December 2, 2025
Number: 761564
Country: New Zealand
Midwest Roadside Safety Facility/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Crash impact attenuator systems and methods
Date: December 9, 2025
Number: KR10-2899745
Country: South Korea
Midwest Roadside Safety Facility/ Civil Engineering/ TrafFix Devices, Inc.
Title: Crash impact attenuator systems and methods
Date: July 1, 2025
Number: 12345001
Country: United States
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Single-arm robotic device with compact joint design and related systems and methods
Date: March 4, 2026
Number: 4461479
Country: Europe
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Quick-release tool coupler and related systems and methods
Date: February 3, 2026
Number: 12539625
Country: United States
Mechanical & Materials Engineering/ Surgery (UMC)
Title: Methods, systems, and devices for surgical access and insertion
Date: April 14, 2026
Number: 12599403
Country: United States
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Methods, systems, and devices relating to surgical end effectors
Date: October 28, 2025
Number: 12453596
Country: United States
Mechanical & Materials Engineering/ University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Title: Robotic device with compact joint design and an additional degree of freedom and related systems and methods
Date: January 6, 2026
Number: 12514660
Country: United States
Title: Robotic device with compact joint design and an additional degree of freedom and related systems and methods
Date: February 25, 2026
Number: 4523648
Country: European Patent Office
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Title: Ionomers with macrocyclic moieties for ion conductivity and perm selectivity
Date: May 12, 2026
Number: 12624163
Country: United States
Chemistry/ Biological Systems Engineering/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Title: Two-dimensional and three-dimensional microarray cell cultures using elastomeric assembly substrates
Date: May 26, 2026
Number: 12637669
Country: United States
Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design
Title: Continuous production of keratin fibers
Date: June 15, 2026
Number: 7879038
Country: Japan
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Title: Remote laser desensitization systems and methods for desensitizing aluminum and other metal alloys
Date: April 21, 2026
Number: 12606897
Country: United States
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
Title: Single-pass 3D reconstruction of internal surface of pipelines using depth camera array
Date: June 2, 2026
Number: 12644847
Country: United States
Recognition for faculty and other Nebraska-affiliated colleagues whose technologies formed the basis of licensing agreements with industry partners, July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026.
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
Agreement Number: 2026-0135A
Technology: Medical Arterial Disease Diagnosis Instrument
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction/ Electrical and Computer Engineering
Agreement Number: 2027-0030A
Technology: MEMs Device
Agronomy and Horticulture
Agreement Number: 2026-0189A
Technology: Multiple Plant Varieties
Agronomy and Horticulture
Agreement Number: 2026-0116A
Technology: Multiple Plant Varieties
Agronomy and Horticulture
Agreement Number: 2026-0308A
Technology: Plant Variety
Special Education and Communication Disorders/ Computer Science and Engineering
Agreement Number: 2019-0412A
Technology: Infant Motor Pattern Analyzer
Biological Systems Engineering
Agreement Number: 2026-0225A
Technology: Wireless Ultrasound System
Biochemistry
Agreement Number: 2026-0109A
Technology: Method of Metabolic Engineering of Crop and Associated Plant Variety
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Agreement Number: 2027-0112A
Technology: Ion-conducting Materials
Agronomy and Horticulture
Agreement Number: 2026-0138A
Technology: Multiple Plant Varieties
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Agreement Number: 2026-0220A
Technology: Fiber optic temperature sensors
Computing/ Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Agreement Number: 2026-0371A
Technology: Battery Pack Architecture
Computer Science and Engineering/ Computing
Agreement Number: 2026-0235A
Technology: Wheel Based Power Generation System
Food Sciences and Technology/ Nebraska Food for Health Center
Agreement Number: 2026-0331A
Technology: Biological Materials Related to Isolation of Microbes
Agronomy and Horticulture
Agreement Number: 2026-0377A
Technology: Plant Variety
Mathmatics/ Biochemistry
Agreement Number: 2026-0232A
Technology: Software/Multimedia and Associated Patents
Biological Systems Engineering
Agreement Number: 2026-0275A
Technology: Agricultural Software
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
Agreement Number: 2026-0277A
Technology: Modeling and Inspection Device
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Agreement Number: 2027-0043A
Technology: Vaccine Vector
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Agreement Number: 2026-0370A
Technology: Power Modules
Nutrition and Health Sciences/ Chemistry
Agreement Number: 2026-0226A
Technology: Exosomes
Agreement Number: 2026-0337A
Technology: Exosomes
The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program is designed to spur translation of fundamental research to the marketplace, spark collaboration between academia and industry and train NSF-funded faculty, students and other researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship skills. NUtech Ventures, the university’s intellectual property and commercialization unit, supports Husker researchers in learning about and preparing to apply for the program. I-Corps awards are worth $50,000 and enable recipients to participate in real-world, hands-on learning focused on how to evaluate commercial opportunity around an innovation.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
NSF I-Corps: Translation Potential of Textile Supercapacitors
