Dr. Xiao (Physics) led the research behind the US Patent (10832711) awarded to Brown for a method for processing high volumes of data in computer hardware systems. Dr. Basu (Chemistry) discovered a family of molecules that inhibit the development of gram-positive bacteria (U.S. Patent 10829440). Dr. Rose-Petruck (Chemistry) received a patent for his application of in-situ x-ray scatter imaging of battery electrodes (U.S. Patent 10833374).