Patents Represented by Attorney Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
  • Patent number: 8296070
    Abstract: An integrated system for modeling, simulating and analyzing chemical and biochemical reactions includes a modeling environment for constructing a model of a chemical or biochemical reaction. The system also includes a simulation engine accepting as input said constructed model of the chemical or biochemical reaction and generating as output an expected result for a first chemical reaction using a first type of computational model and an expected result for a second chemical reaction using a second type of computational model. An analysis environment communicates with the simulation engine and displays the expected result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo E. Paxson, Joseph F. Hicklin
  • Patent number: 8295279
    Abstract: Disclosed is a routing method and apparatus for providing a different path by service. The routing method includes determining a service identification (ID) indicating a service requested by a packet by using a header in the packet; and searching for a service forwarding table corresponding to the service ID from a plurality of service forwarding tables storing different next hops by service and determining the packet's next hop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Yoon, Hyung Seok Chung, Sun Me Kim, Byung Jun Ahn, You Hyeon Jeong
  • Patent number: 8295841
    Abstract: Provided are an inter-carrier member handover apparatus and method. In the inter-carrier member handover apparatus and method, data is transmitted or received by allocating a plurality of carriers to a single mobile terminal, a carrier aggregation, which includes a plurality of carrier members that process the allocated carriers, is managed, and a handover between the carrier members in the managed carrier aggregation is processed when the handover is required. Therefore, an intra-base station handover can be performed when a mobile terminal and a base station exchange data using a plurality of carrier frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: You-sun Hwang, Soon-yong Lim, Ae-soon Park
  • Patent number: 8292833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a finger-motion detecting apparatus and method and includes a sensing unit to be disposed on a wrist of a subject person, said sensing unit being configured to output a measurement signal into the wrist of the subject person and to receive a reflected signal of the measurement signal according to the motion of tendons in the wrist of the subject person, a signal control unit configured to control whether the measurement signal is outputted and to adjust the measurement signal on the basis of the reflected signal, and a finger-motion recognizing unit configured to detect finger motion of the subject person from the reflected signal. According to the present invention, since a sensor capable of detecting finger motion is worn on a wrist, the problem of inconvenience in existing methods is resolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong-Ki Son, Bae-Sun Kim, Dong-Woo Lee, Jeong-Mook Lim
  • Patent number: 8296627
    Abstract: Provided are an address generation apparatus and method of an interleaver/deinterleaver. By calculating coefficients of an address generator polynomial of an interleaver by determining exponents according to the number of prime factors forming a length of input data of the interleaver and generating an address of the deinterleaver using the calculated coefficients, errors generated when the address of the deinterleaver is generated can be removed, and right interleaver and deinterleaver addresses can be calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Il Kim, Young-Jo Ko, Young-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8296118
    Abstract: A method and apparatus automatically determines equilibrium operating conditions of a system model. The automated method enables users of block diagram models of dynamic systems to utilize simulation to define operating conditions for linearization. The automated method further allows users to generate operating conditions during simulation instead of explicitly specifying them by hand or using trim analysis. In accordance with one example, the method of generating a linear time invariant model includes providing a system model. A user specifies at least one event at which a linearization analysis should be performed. A simulation of the system model is executed. The electronic device automatically performs the linearization analysis upon occurrence of the at least one event as the simulation is running. Output results are generated of the linearization analysis to form the linear time invariant model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Wolodkin
  • Patent number: 8292608
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus for fixing a plastic sheet which fixes a plastic sheet to fabricate a nano pattern and a method of fabricating a nano pattern on a plastic sheet using the same. The apparatus for fixing a plastic sheet includes: a pair of planar metal guide rings interposingly fixing a plastic sheet from above and below, respectively; and a sheet fixing chuck including: a ring fixer sucking the pair of planar metal guide rings through a vacuum groove to be fixed thereto; and a sheet fixer having a plurality of vacuum pin holes formed therein, the vacuum pin holes sucking a bottom of the plastic sheet fixed by the planar metal guide rings. The apparatus allows fabrication of the nano pattern on the plastic sheet having less roughness than that of a semiconductor substrate or a glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyung Hyun Kim, Chul Huh, Hyun Sung Ko, Jong Cheol Hong, Wan Joong Kim, Gun Yong Sung, Seon Hee Park
  • Patent number: 8295156
    Abstract: Provided is a technology for extending a guard interval for individual user equipment in an OFDMA system. The transmitting apparatus includes: a guard interval extension processor for generating symbols with a guard interval extended by copying a part of a current symbol and pasting the copied part to a last part of a previous symbol; a Fourier Transform (FT) processor for receiving the processed symbols from the guard interval extension processor and performing an FT process on the received processed symbols; an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processor for performing an IFFT process on the FT processed symbols from the FT processor; a mapping processor for mapping outputs of the FT processor to input points of the IFFT processor to load the FT processed frequency-domain data on corresponding sub-carriers; and a cyclic prefix inserter for inserting a cyclic prefix code to output of the IFFT processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Taegyun Noh, Minjoong Rim, Byung-Jang Jeong, Hyojin Lee, Hyun Kyu Chung
  • Patent number: 8296047
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and the like for improving the communication efficiency of travel information and the like by taking account of the degree of necessity of collecting the travel information of a vehicle in view of an operating state or attribute of the vehicle. A traffic information processing apparatus (10) mounted in the vehicle (1) determines the travel information thereof and transmits the travel information intermittently to a traffic information management server (20). A transmission interval (T) for transmitting the travel information is set according to a velocity (V) indicating the operating state of the vehicle (1) and a rule designated by the traffic information management server (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiko Sugawara, Tadafumi Nogawa
  • Patent number: 8290130
    Abstract: A caller authentication system that may enable a called party to be provided with identification information of a caller may be provided. The caller authentication system, including: a communication system to transmit, when a call request signal is received from a calling terminal of a caller, network information and a telephone number of the calling terminal to a certificate authority server, and to request identification of the caller, the network information and the telephone number being included in the call request signal, to transmit, when identification information of the caller is received from the certificate authority server in response to the identification request, the identification information to a called terminal of a called party, and to enable the identification information to be displayed on the called terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyung-yul Cheon, Soon Yong Lim, Aesoon Park
  • Patent number: 8287870
    Abstract: The invention relates to neutralizing antibodies, and antibody fragments thereof, having high potency in neutralizing hCMV, wherein said antibodies and antibody fragments are specific for one, or a combination of two or more, hCMV gene UL products. The invention also relates to immortalized B cells that produce, and to epitopes that bind to, such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and epitopes in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Institute for Research in Biomedicine
    Inventors: Antonio Lanzavecchia, Annalisa MacAgno
  • Patent number: 8290221
    Abstract: Provided is a method for polynomial reconstruction in a fuzzy vault system, which includes receiving a set of matching minutiae to select a minutiae combination to be used for the polynomial reconstruction; generating simultaneous equations using the selected minutiae combination; determining whether a root of the simultaneous equations exists; and reconstructing the polynomial using the selected minutiae combination when the root of the simultaneous equations exists. The high-speed processing polynomial reconstruction method may perform polynomial reconstruction in real time, without using a separate key of a user, and thus may be applicable to various types of fuzzy vault systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Wooyong Choi, Kiyoung Moon, Sungju Lee, Yongwha Chung
  • Patent number: 8289892
    Abstract: Provided is a broadcast multicast service control system capable of distributively processing excessively given load under environments that have to offer MBMS service by linking with several mobile communication networks, and a control method thereof. The service control system provides a multimedia broadcast multicast service including a service announcement function of announcing service information, a security function of executing generation and distribution of keys for user authentication and information protection, and a proxy and transport function of transmitting/receiving control signals and traffics to/from a mobile communication network to provide the multimedia broadcast multicast service, and the service control system includes: a plurality of service control units, a load management unit, a service distribution policy management unit, and a processing load distribution policy management unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Hee Hyun, Cheol-Hye Cho, Young-Jick Bahg
  • Patent number: 8287874
    Abstract: Compositions and methods comprising “lymphotoxin-? receptor blocking agents” which block lymphotoxin-? receptor signalling and are useful for altering immunological diseases, and particularly antibody mediated immune responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Biogen Idec MA Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Browning, Paula S. Hochman, Paul D. Rennert, Fabienne Mackay
  • Patent number: 8287866
    Abstract: Novel polypeptide combinations, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and related compositions and methods are disclosed for soluble zcytor11 receptors that may be used as novel cytokine antagonists, and within methods for detecting ligands that stimulate the proliferation and/or development of hematopoietic, lymphoid and myeloid cells in vitro and in vivo. Ligand-binding receptor polypeptides and antibodies can also be used to block TIF activity in vitro and in vivo, and may be used in conjunction with TIF and other cytokines to selectively stimulate the immune system. The present invention also includes methods for producing the protein, uses therefor and antibodies thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: ZymoGenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne R. Kindsvogel, Stavros Topouzis
  • Patent number: 8288044
    Abstract: A start-up method for a fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell that carries out power generation by the electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and the oxygen gas in the air; a fuel gas discharge path and a fuel gas supply path that are connected to the fuel cell; a fuel gas circulation path in which the fuel gas discharge path merges with the fuel gas supply path; and a purge valve provided on the fuel gas circulation path in order to discharge the circulating fuel gas from the fuel gas circulation path. The method includes the steps of opening the purge valve at the same time that the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell and replacing the nitrogen gas that originates in the air and is present in the fuel gas circulation path by fuel gas; and closing the purge valve after the nitrogen gas in the fuel gas circulation path has been replaced by the fuel gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Hayashi, Kenichiro Ueda, Yoshio Hosono, Minoru Uoshima, Junji Uehara, Tomoki Kobayashi, Yuji Matsumoto, Chihiro Wake
  • Patent number: 8283086
    Abstract: A separator includes a plurality of first and second sandwiching sections, a plurality of first bridges connected thereto, and first and second fuel gas supply units integrally connected to the first bridges. Electrolyte electrode assemblies are sandwiched between the first and second sandwiching sections. A fuel gas supply channel is formed in each of the first bridges. A fuel gas supply passage extends through the first and second fuel gas supply units in a stacking direction. A pressure loss generator mechanism is provided in the fuel gas supply channel. The pressure loss generator mechanism generates a pressure loss over the entire fuel gas supply channel for distributing a fuel gas equally to each of the electrolyte electrode assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ogawa, Koji Dan
  • Patent number: 8283382
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for treating and preventing a skin rash secondary to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) therapy, where the method comprises applying a vitamin K analog or a phosphatase inhibitor to the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
    Inventors: Roman Perez-Soler, Yi-He Ling
  • Patent number: 8283085
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes a plurality of fuel cell units, each fuel cell unit including an electrode assembly formed by disposing electrodes on both sides of an electrolyte, a pair of separators that sandwich the electrode assembly, and gas sealing members that are disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the electrode assembly, and that seal respective reaction gas flow passages that are formed between each separator and the electrode assembly. In one of the separators of each of the fuel cell units, a through path is formed that penetrates the separator in the thickness direction thereof, and the through path formed in one of the separators of one of the fuel cell units and the through path formed in one of the separators of adjacent one of the fuel cell units are offset with each other as viewed in the thickness direction of the separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kikuchi, Narutoshi Sugita, Yoshihiro Nakanishi, Tadashi Nishiyama, Keisuke Andou
  • Patent number: D668518
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Husqvarna AB
    Inventor: Gustav Landberg