Patents Assigned to The Board of Trustees of University of Illinois
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Patent number: 11728492Abstract: An atomically dispersed precursor (ADP) for preparing a non-platinum group metal electrocatalyst includes: sacrificial metal centers comprising a sacrificial metal selected from Cd and Zn; metal active sites comprising a transition metal; and first and second ligands linking the sacrificial metal centers and the metal active sites into a network. The ADP may be immobilized on a carbon support. The first and second ligands may comprise N-containing ligands of different carbon chain lengths. Alternatively, the first and second ligands may comprise N-containing ligands and O-containing ligands, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Hong Yang, Talha Al-Zoubi, Yu Zhou
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Patent number: 11726236Abstract: A method to form a three-dimensional photonic crystal template with a gradient structure involves irradiating a photoresist composition of a thickness of at least 15 ?m from at least four laser beams to yield a periodic patterned with a percolating matrix of mass in constructive volumes of a cured photoresist composition and destructive volumes of voids free of condensed matter where the proportion of constructive volume displays a gradient from the irradiated surface to the substrate after development. For a given light intensity, photoinitiator concentration in the photoresist composition, and a given thickness, by irradiating for a relatively short period, a three-dimensional photonic crystal template displaying a gradient having greater constructive volume proximal the air interface forms and a relatively long irradiation period results in a gradient having greater constructive volume proximal the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Board of Trustees of The University of IllinoisInventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Gaurav Singhal, Paul Vannest Braun, Danny J. Lohan, Kai-Wei Lan
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Publication number: 20230252796Abstract: A method of compositional feature representation learning for video understanding is described. The method includes individually processing a sequence of video frames received as an input of a feature map network to generate a plurality of feature maps. The method also includes binding the plurality of feature maps to a fixed set of slot variables using an attention model according to a motion segmentation signal. The method further includes combining slot states corresponding to the fixed set of slot variables into a combined feature map. The method also includes decoding the combined feature map to form a reconstructed sequence of video frames, in which objects discovered in the reconstructed sequence of video frames are identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITYInventors: Zhipeng BAO, Pavel TOKMAKOV, Adrien David GAIDON, Allan JABRI, Yuxiong WANG, Martial HEBERT
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Acoustic resonators and filters that support fifth generation (5G) wireless communications standards
Patent number: 11722116Abstract: An apparatus includes a piezoelectric thin film suspended above a carrier substrate, where the piezoelectric thin film is of one of lithium niobate (LiNbO3) or lithium tantalate (LiTaO3) adapted to propagate an acoustic wave in a Lamb wave mode excited by a component of an electric field that is oriented in a longitudinal direction along a length of the piezoelectric thin film. A signal electrode is disposed on, and in physical contact with, the piezoelectric thin film and oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. A ground electrode disposed on, and in physical contact with, the piezoelectric thin film and oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, where the ground electrode is separated from the signal electrode by a gap comprising a longitudinal distance and in which the acoustic wave resonates. A release window is formed within the piezoelectric thin film adjacent to the ground electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Yansong Yang, Ruochen Lu, Songbin Gong -
Patent number: 11718710Abstract: A method of light-promoted frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization includes providing a monomer solution including dicyclopentadiene, a ruthenium-based catalyst and a phosphite inhibitor, and exposing the monomer solution to ultraviolet light having a wavelength in a range from 315 nm to 400 nm, thereby initiating an exothermic polymerization reaction and generating a self-propagating polymerization front. The polymerization front moves through the monomer solution and polymerizes the dicyclopentadiene.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Jeffrey S. Moore, Nancy R. Sottos, Kevin J. Schwarz, Katherine J. Stawiasz, Justine E. Paul
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Publication number: 20230243555Abstract: A passive thermal regulation system includes a substrate and a coating. The coating is positioned to encapsulate at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes a first hydrogel layer and a second hydrogel layer. The first hydrogel layer has a plurality of carbon materials configured to absorb a solar radiation. The second hydrogel layer includes a hydrogel that is different from the first hydrogel layer. The coating, at a first temperature, causes the passive thermal regulation system to passively switch from a solar reflective state to solar absorber state to permit the plurality of carbon materials to absorb the solar radiation. At a second temperature, the coating causes the system to passively switch from the solar absorber state to the solar reflective state where the hydrogel of the second hydrogel layer inhibits the solar radiation from absorption. The second temperature is greater than the first temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Shailesh N. Joshi, Dajie Xie, Paul V. Braun
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Patent number: 11715181Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, performing, by a processing system, image fusion using two or more groups of images to generate predicted images, wherein each group of the two or more groups has one of a different resolution, a different frequency temporal pattern or a combination thereof than another of the two or more groups. Gap filling can be performed by the processing system to correct images of the two or more groups. Additional embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Kaiyu Guan, Jian Peng, Yunan Luo
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Patent number: 11712159Abstract: Methods and diagnostic tools are provided for assessing contrast sensitivity in a subject in the presence and absence of luminance noise by: i) presenting to the subject a series of scenes, each scene comprising at least a first target having a preselected level of contrast superimposed on a uniform background and a second target having a preselected level of contrast superimposed on a luminance noise background, wherein in each successively presented scene the first and second targets that are superimposed on the uniform background and on the luminance noise background, respectively, have contrast levels that are different from the contrast levels of the first and second targets superimposed on the uniform background and on the luminance noise background, respectively, in the previously presented scene; ii) monitoring responses by the subject to step i); and iii) evaluating the contrast sensitivity of the subject based on the monitored responses.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventor: James Jason McAnany
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Patent number: 11713472Abstract: Methods of RNA-guided DNA endonuclease-mediated genome editing in Bacteria and Archaea are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: William W. Metcalf, Dipti Dinkar Nayak
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Patent number: 11707550Abstract: A hemostatic composition is provided. The hemostatic composition includes a hemostatically effective amount of a hemostatic agent that includes a nanoparticle and a polyphosphate polymer attached to the nanoparticle. Also provided are medical devices and methods of use to promote blood clotting.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Damien Kudela, Galen D. Stucky, Anna May-Masnou, Gary Bernard Braun, James H. Morrissey, Stephanie A. Smith
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Patent number: 11702686Abstract: The present disclosure describes compositions of matter comprising a ribonucleoprotein complex comprising a nucleic acid-guided nuclease and a guide RNA, and further comprising and a blocking nucleic acid molecule represented by Formula I, wherein Formula I in the 5?-to-3? direction comprises: A-(B-L)J-C-M-T-D; wherein A is 0-15 nucleotides in length; B is 4-12 nucleotides in length; L is 3-25 nucleotides in length; J is an integer between 1 and 10; C is 4-15 nucleotides in length; M is 1-25 nucleotides in length or is absent, wherein if M is absent then A-(B-L)J-C and T-D are separate nucleic acid strands; T is 17-135 nucleotides in length and comprises at least 50% sequence complementarity to B and C; D is 0-10 nucleotides in length and comprises at least 50% sequence complementarity to A; and wherein the blocking nucleic acid molecule comprises a sequence complementary to a gRNA.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2023Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: LabSimply, Inc., The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Anurup Ganguli, Ariana Mostafa, Jacob Berger, Ashish Pandey, Rashid Bashir
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Patent number: 11703855Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for monitoring unstructured environments. A predetermined path can be determined according to an assignment of geolocations to one or more agronomically anomalous target areas, where the one or more agronomically anomalous target areas are determined according to an analysis of a plurality of first images that automatically identifies a target area that deviates from a determination of an average of the plurality of first images that represents an anomalous place within a predetermined area, where the plurality of first images of the predetermined area are captured by a camera during a flight over the predetermined area. A camera of an unmanned vehicle can capture at least one second image of the one or more agronomically anomalous target areas as the unmanned vehicle travels along the predetermined path.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Girish Chowdhary, Chinmay P. Soman, Beau David Barber
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Patent number: 11704486Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating an abstract meaning representation (“AMR”) of a sentence, comprising receiving, by a computing device, an input sentence and parsing the input sentence into one or more syntactic and/or semantic graphs. An input graph including a node set and an edge set is formed from the one or more syntactic and/or semantic graphs. Node representations are generated by natural language processing. The input graph is provided to a first neural network to provide an output graph having learned node representations aligned with the node representations in the input graph. The method further includes predicting via a second neural network, node label and predicting, via a third neural network, edge labels in the output graph. The AMR is generated based on the predicted node labels and predicted edge labels. A system and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Lingfei Wu, Jinjun Xiong, Hongyu Gong, Suma Bhat, Wen-Mei Hwu
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Patent number: 11704129Abstract: A computerized method includes analyzing program code, including a control flow graph, of one or more applications that are executable by an operating system of a computing device to determine event-logging functions of the program code that generate event logs; extracting, by the processing device based on the event-logging functions, log message strings from the program code that describes event-logging statements; identifying, by the processing device, via control flow analysis, possible control flow paths of the log message strings through the control flow graph; storing, in a database accessible by the processing device, the possible control flow paths; and inputting, by the processing device into a log parser, the possible control flow paths of the log message strings to facilitate interpretation of application events during runtime execution of the one or more applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Adam Bates Yuile, Wajih Ul Hassan, Mohammad Noureddine
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Patent number: 11706163Abstract: A programmable switch includes an input arbiter to analyze packet headers of incoming packets and determine which of the incoming packets are part of gradient vectors received from worker computing devices that are performing reinforcement learning. The programmable switch also includes an accelerator coupled to the input arbiter, the accelerator to: receive the incoming packets from the input arbiter; asynchronously aggregate gradient values of the incoming packets, as the gradient values are received, to generate an aggregated data packet associated with a gradient segment of the gradient vectors; and transfer the aggregated data packet to the input arbiter to be transmitted to the worker computing devices, which are to update local weights based on the aggregated data packet.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Jian Huang, Deming Chen, Alexander Gerhard Schwing, Youjie Li
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Patent number: 11698359Abstract: Provided herein are methods and devices for characterizing a biomolecule parameter by a nanopore-containing membrane, and also methods for making devices that can be used in the methods and devices provided herein. The nanopore membrane is a multilayer stack of conducting layers and dielectric layers, wherein an embedded conducting layer or conducting layer gates provides well-controlled and measurable electric fields in and around the nanopore through which the biomolecule translocates. In an aspect, the conducting layer is graphene.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Rashid Bashir, Bala Murali Venkatesan
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Patent number: 11699806Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery and methods for making and using the battery. The battery includes (a) a separator that is woven and porous, and (b) a graphene oxide (GO) nanosheet coating coupled to a surface of the separator. The GO nanosheet coating is configured as a buffer layer to permit transport of Li-ions therethrough and to regulate a rate of flow of the transport of the Li-ions.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Tara Foroozan
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Patent number: 11699239Abstract: An image processing method includes defining relations between entities of a target of which a motion is to be predicted from an image of a first time point based on a feature vector of the entities, estimating a dynamic interaction between the entities at the first time point based on the defined relations between the entities, predicting a motion of the entities changing at a second time point based on the estimated dynamic interaction, and outputting a result to which the motion predicted at the second time point is applied.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alexander Schwing, Colin Graber, Raymond Yeh, Jihye Kim, Jaejoon Han
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Patent number: 11697944Abstract: A method to strengthen or repair concrete and other structures comprises securing a plate having a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire embedded therein to a localized region of a structure. The SMA wire has a deformed shape configured for self-anchorage within the plate. The SMA wire is heated at or above an austenite transformation temperature, and the SMA wire resists shape recovery and remains self-anchored within the plate. Accordingly, a compressive force is generated within the SMA wire and transferred to the plate. At an interface between the plate and the localized region of the structure, the compressive force is transmitted from the plate to the structure, thereby providing localized prestressing of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventor: Bassem Andrawes
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Patent number: 11690897Abstract: This invention relates to methods of using salt inducible kinase inhibitors to enhance female fertility.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventor: Carlos Stocco