John A. Moran Eye Center Focus 2021

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JOHN A . MOR A N E Y E CE N T E R

Technology Commercialization and Intellectual Property/Patents for Fiscal Year 2020

TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/PATENTS Patents, Patents Pending, Industry & Technology, Technological, and Other Scientific Innovations.

Bradley J. Katz, MD, PhD,

Gregory S. Hageman, PhD,

founder and CEO of Axon Optics, axonoptics.com, joined with Tecport Optics to develop a ground-breaking optical interference filter coating process for plastic spectacle lenses. The process blocks the specific wavelengths of light that have been implicated as the cause of photophobic symptoms, particularly those associated with triggering and exacerbating debilitating migraine headaches. The University of Utah has registered the existing proprietary property.

is the John A. Moran Presidential Endowed Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; executive director, Sharon Eccles Steele Center for Translational Medicine, specializing in the genetics and assessment of pathways involved in the etiology of age-related macular degeneration and retinal cell biology.

Methods, systems, and apparatus for reducing the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles, Bradley J. Katz, Patent pending: China, Vol. 36, No. 2001, 2018800621910, Patent pending: Australia, 2018314216, 2018314216, Patent pending: India, 12/2020, 202017005351, Patent pending: European Patent Office (EPO), 3664745, 18843639.8, Patent pending: Republic of Korea, 10-2020-7003867, Patent pending: Canada, 3,072,541, Patent pending: South Africa, 2020/00810, Patent issued: United States, US-2017-0336545-A1, 15/673,26416/800,951, Patent pending: Singapore, 11202000912S, Patent pending: Japan, 2020-507060. Methods, systems, and apparatus for modulating circadian cycles, Bradley J. Katz, Patent issued: United States, 16/445,085. Nanoparticle light filtering method and apparatus, Bradley J. Katz, Patent pending: United States, US16/251,510, US20190154894A1, Patent pending: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WO2015073933A1, PCT/ US2014/065848.

Methods of predicting the development of complementmediated disease, Gregory S. Hageman, Patent pending: United States, US-2020-0239958-A1, 16/734,168. Methods of diagnosing and treating vascular associated maculopathy and systems thereof, Gregory S. Hageman, Patent pending: United States, 16/806,887. Methods of predicting the development of AMD based upon chromosome 1 and chromosome 10, Gregory S. Hageman, Patent pending: United States, 16/806,906. HTRA1 modulation for treatment of AMD, Gregory S. Hageman, Patent pending: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WO/2020/210724, PCT/ US2020/027802. Gene therapy for macular degeneration and other chromosome 1-directed diseases, Gregory S. Hageman, Patent pending: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WO 2020/019002A1, PCT/US2019/042891.

Haibo Wang, MD, PhD, and Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, specialize in the mechanisms of normal and aberrant angiogenesis, particularly related to diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, and AMD. Methods and compositions for the expression of constitutively active RAP1A from a VMD2 promoter, Haibo Wang and Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, Patent pending: United States, 62/905,880.


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Ophthalmologists and Optometrists 2020-2021

23min
pages 45-51

Research Publications

28min
pages 70-76

Research Team 2020-2021

6min
pages 52-55

Residents and Fellows 2020-2021

4min
pages 38-39

Clinical Trials/Studies

8min
pages 77-80

Grand Rounds

5min
pages 81-84

Technology Commercialization and Intellectual Property/Patents

2min
page 85

Research Grants

1min
pages 68-69

Supporting Student Physician-Scientists

2min
page 40

Connecting Fellows to Advance Global Ophthalmology

1min
page 37

Confronting the Growing Problem of Worldwide Blindness

2min
page 36

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

2min
pages 34-35

There for Utah

1min
pages 32-33

A Legacy of Giving

3min
pages 30-31

A Generous Life—Well Lived

13min
pages 6-15

Patient Support Program: Understanding and Help

3min
pages 28-29

When the World Paused, Moran Didn’t

3min
pages 26-27

The Rise of Teleophthalmology

3min
pages 24-25

Shedding New Light on Human Color Vision

1min
page 23

Preventing Blinding Disease In Premature Babies

1min
page 22

Message from the Chair: An Enduring Vision

2min
pages 4-5

Reading the Language of the Eye

3min
pages 20-21

New Hope in the World's First 'Pathoconnectome'

6min
pages 16-19

Highlights: Awards and Honors

7min
pages 41-44
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