Patents Assigned to ADVANCED
  • PRODUCTION OF FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20140093931
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for the production of fermentation products such as alcohols including ethanol and butanol, and the development of microorganisms capable of producing fermentation products via an engineered pathway in the microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dauner, Sunny Xiang Li, Keith H. Burlew
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140091398
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a first source and a first drain of a P-channel-type MISFET formed on a Ge wafer, which are made of a compound having a Ge atom and a nickel atom, a compound having a Ge atom and a cobalt atom, or a compound having a Ge atom, a nickel atom, and a cobalt atom, and a second source and a second drain of an N-channel-type MISFET formed on the Group III-V compound semiconductor, which are made of a compound having a Group III atom, a Group V atom, and a nickel atom, a compound having a Group III atom, a Group V atom, and a cobalt atom, or a compound having a Group III atom, a Group V atom, a nickel atom, and a cobalt atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Masahiko HATA, Hisashi YAMADA, Masafumi YOKOYAMA, SangHyeon Kim, Rui ZHANG, Mitsuru TAKENAKA, Shinichi TAKAGI, Tetsuji YASUDA
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-SITU EVALUATION OF AN IMPLANTABLE HEARING INSTRUMENT ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20140086424
    Abstract: A system for in-situ evaluation of the performance of an actuator of a hearing instrument to be implanted in a middle ear cavity of a patient and to be mechanically coupled to an ossicle or to the cochlea includes: a reference output transducer assembly for generating sound waves in the middle ear cavity, means for providing test audio signals as input to the actuator and to the reference transducer assembly, a microphone assembly for being inserted at least in part into the middle ear cavity for picking up sound waves in the middle ear cavity generated by vibrations of the actuator and by the reference output transducer assembly according to the test audio signals and for providing for an output signal corresponding to the picked-up sound waves, and means for analyzing the output signals of the microphone assembly in order to evaluate the actuator performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED BIONICS AG
    Inventors: Felix Buehlmann, Louisa Busca Grisoni
  • LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140084326
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes a ceramic substrate, an electrode group setting on the substrate and co-fired with the ceramic substrate, an LED chip setting on the substrate and electrically connecting the electrode group. The electrode includes a first electrode and a second electrode spacing from the first electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode extend from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate via side surfaces of the substrate. The light-emitting diode can be connected to a power source by the electrode group on the bottom surface of the substrate or by the electrode group on the side surfaces of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: LUNG-HSIN CHEN, WEN-LIANG TSENG
  • TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20140083170
    Abstract: A portable flexible container integrity test device for conducting integrity testing of flexible containers is disclosed. The test device is particularly useful for testing aseptic flexible film bags in a manner that maintains the sterile nature of the container and removes crinkles by inflating the containers to remove crinkles and establish an inflation set point. The test device includes a programmable logic controller (PLC), a pressure transducer in electronic communication with the PLC, a power source configured to provide electrical power to the PLC, a blower in electronic communication with the PLC, a gas delivery pathway in selective fluid communication with the blower, and a human/machine interface in electronic communication with the PLC. The device is portable and configured to fluidly connect to a flexible container via the gas delivery pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED SCIENTIFICS, INC.
    Inventor: Rudolf PAVLIK
  • LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140084312
    Abstract: An light-emitting diode (LED) package includes a substrate, a electrode structure embedded in the substrate, and a plurality of LED chips electrically connecting with the electrode structure. The substrate includes a main portion and a protruding portion extending from a bottom surface of the main portion. The main portion is located above the protruding portion. The electrode structure includes a first, a second and a third electrode spaced from each other. The third electrode is located between the first and second electrodes. Top surfaces of the first, second and third electrodes are exposed out of the top surface of the main portion. Bottom surfaces of the first and second electrodes are exposed out of the bottom surface of the main portion. Bottom surface of the third electrode is covered by the protruding portion. The present disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing the LED package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: CHE-HSANG HUANG, PIN-CHUAN CHEN, LUNG-HSIN CHEN, WEN-LIANG TSENG, YU-LIANG HUANG
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING TIME-BASED FITTING BY A SOUND PROCESSOR
    Publication number: 20140086439
    Abstract: An exemplary sound processor (104) included in an auditory prosthesis system includes 1) a clock facility (406) configured to detect an elapsing of a predetermined amount of time and 2) a fitting facility (408) communicatively coupled to the clock facility and configured to automatically perform, in response to the elapsing of the predetermined amount of time, one or more fitting operations with respect to the auditory prosthesis system. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED BIONICS AG
    Inventors: Jacob Johnston, Guillermo A. Calle, Fernando Chapa
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140082929
    Abstract: A rotating device includes a hub on which a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted, and a base that supports the hub in a freely rotatable manner. When at least either one of the base and the hub is referred to as a work-piece, a method for manufacturing the rotating device includes a forming step for forming the work-piece, a blowing step for blowing the formed work-piece with solid grains, a cleaning step for cleaning the work-piece blown by the grains using a cleaning fluid, an assembling step for assembling the rotating device using the cleaned work-piece. The grains have a property of vaporizing in the cleaning step or being soluble with the cleaning fluid therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS JAPAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro AONO, Kenji NISHIHARA
  • TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20140083169
    Abstract: A portable test device and related method are disclosed for conducting integrity testing of flexible containers. The test is particularly useful for testing aseptic flexible film bags in a manner that maintains the sterile nature of the container and removes crinkles by inflating the containers to remove crinkles and establish an inflation set point. The decay in pressure is measured over a predetermined period of time; if pressure loss does not exceed a predetermined threshold the integrity of the bag is confirmed and it can be filled without further manipulation of the container that may result in introducing flaws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED SCIENTIFICS, INC.
    Inventor: Rudolf PAVLIK
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CULTURING SPIROCHETES
    Publication number: 20140087446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for culturing spirochetes, in particular Borrelia burgdorferi. The present invention also provides methods of identifying spirochetes present in a biological sample. The present invention further provides methods of diagnosing diseases cause by a spirochete infection, such as Lyme disease, syphilis, and multiple sclerosis. The present invention further provides methods for identifying spirochete susceptibilities to antimicrobials and antimicrobial compositions and cocktails. The present invention also provides methods for treating subjects suspected of having a spirochete infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED LABORATORY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Eva T. Sapi, Timothy Robert Schwartz, Namrata Pabbati
  • LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140084313
    Abstract: An exemplary light-emitting diode (LED) package includes an electrically insulating substrate, an electrode structure embedded in the insulating substrate, and a plurality of LED chips electrically connecting with electrodes of the electrode structure respectively. The electrode structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode located between the first and second electrodes. Top surfaces of the first, second and third electrodes are exposed out of a top surface of the insulating substrate to support the LED chips. Front side and rear side faces of the first and second electrodes are exposed out of a front side face and a rear side face of the substrate whereby the front or rear side faces of the first and second electrodes can connect with welding pads of a printed circuit board. Circumferential side faces of the third electrode are encapsulated in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: CHE-HSANG HUANG, PIN-CHUAN CHEN, LUNG-HSIN CHEN, WEN-LIANG TSENG, YU-LIANG HUANG
  • INTERPOSER HAVING EMBEDDED MEMORY CONTROLLER CIRCUITRY
    Publication number: 20140089609
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes an interposer having memory controller circuitry embedded therein. The interposer includes conductive vias that are embedded within and that extend through the interposer. The memory controller circuitry can be coupled to some of the conductive vias. In some implementations, other ones of the conductive vias are configured to be coupled to a processor and a memory module that can be mounted along a surface of the interposer. Conductive links are disposed on a surface of the interposer to couple the processor and the memory module to the memory controller circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew G. Kegel, Gabriel H. Loh
  • SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL USING MAGNETIC FIELD, USER TERMINAL COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140085271
    Abstract: Provided is a system for controlling a user terminal, comprising a sensing unit to sense a motion of an object in a shape of a rod that can be held between fingers of a user, and a control unit to generate a control command for controlling the user terminal based on a motion pattern of the object sensed by the sensing unit, wherein the motion is a spinning motion of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung Jae Hwang, Andrea Bianchi, Ian Oakley, Kwang Yun Wohn, Myung Wook Ahn
  • Water-Soluble Polypeptides Comprised of Repeat Modules, Method for Preparing the Same and Method for a Target-Specific Polypeptide and Analysis of Biological Activity Thereof
    Publication number: 20140088292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a soluble polypeptide comprised of repeat modules. More particularly, the present invention relates to a soluble fusion polypeptide of the N-terminal domain of internalin and LRR (Leucine rich repeat) family protein, a method for preparing the polypeptide, a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide, a host cell comprising the vector, a method for producing a solubility and folding-improved fusion polypeptide by expressing the vector in the host cell, and a method for improving the solubility and folding of the fusion polypeptide. Further, the present invention relates to a method for preparing the polypeptide bound with a specific target and analyzing the efficacy of the soluble polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hak Sung Kim, Dong Sup Kim, Sang Chul Lee, Byung Chul Lee, Ji Eun Han, Joong Jae Lee, Keun Wan Park, Seung Pyo Hong
  • LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20140084315
    Abstract: An exemplary light-emitting diode (LED) package includes an electrically insulating substrate, an electrode structure embedded in the insulating substrate, and a plurality of LED chips electrically connecting with the electrodes of the electrode structure respectively. The electrode structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode located between the first and second electrodes. Top surfaces of the first, second and third electrodes are exposed out of a top surface of the insulating substrate to support the LED chips. Bottom surfaces of the first and second electrodes are exposed out of a bottom surface of the substrate to connect with welding pads of a printed circuit board. A bottom surface of the third electrode is received in the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: CHE-HSANG HUANG, PIN-CHUAN CHEN, LUNG-HSIN CHEN, WEN-LIANG TSENG, YU-LIANG HUANG
  • PROGRAMMABLE PHYSICAL ADDRESS MAPPING FOR MEMORY
    Publication number: 20140082322
    Abstract: A memory implements a programmable physical address mapping that can change to reflect changing memory access patterns, observed or anticipated, to the memory. The memory employs address decode logic that can implement any of a variety of physical address mappings between physical addresses and corresponding memory locations. The physical address mappings may locate the data within one or more banks and rows of the memory so as to facilitate more efficient memory accesses for a given access pattern. The programmable physical address mapping employed by the hardware of the memory can include, but is not limited to, hardwired logic gates, programmable look-up tables or other mapping tables, reconfigurable logic, or combinations thereof. The physical address mapping may be programmed for the entire memory or on a per-memory region basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Gabriel H. Loh, Mauricio Breternitz, JR.
  • Method for Producing Butanol using Extractive Fermentation with Electrolyte Addition
    Publication number: 20140080189
    Abstract: A method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible organic extractant in the presence of at least one electrolyte at a concentration at least sufficient to increase the butanol partition coefficient relative to that in the presence of the salt concentration of the basal fermentation medium, is provided. The electrolyte may comprise a salt which dissociates in the fermentation medium, or in the aqueous phase of a biphasic fermentation medium, to form free ions. Also provided is a method and composition for recovering butanol from a fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Charles Grady, Ranjan Patnaik
  • LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140077243
    Abstract: An LED light source device includes an LED light source and a reflective layer located on a forward direction of light path of the LED light source. The LED light source includes a substrate with a first electrode and a second electrode, an LED chip and an encapsulation layer sealing the LED chip therein. The LED chip is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively. The reflective layer receives part of the light emitted from the LED light source, and guides the part light to a lateral direction of the LED light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: CHUNG-MIN CHANG, CHIEN-LIN CHANG-CHIEN, HSUEN-FENG HU, CHANG-WEN SUN
  • CALL INITIATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140080464
    Abstract: The invention relates to telephony services. More specifically, to call initiation according to contact information captured from a display on computer screens. The distributed telephony system comprises a contact recognition component capable of being installed on end-user communication devices, the devices allowing access to information displayed on a screen, and capable of extracting target contact information from data presented on said screen; a calling media selection component capable of selecting source end-user communication devices and communication IDs, the communication IDs representing target end-user communication devices corresponding with the target contact information; and a call generation component capable of generating connections from the source end-user communication devices to the target end-user communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: PASSCALL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES (TRANSFORMA) LTD.
    Inventor: Zeev Kotzer
  • GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) WIDGET FOR STABLE HOLDING AND CONTROL OF SMART PHONE BASED ON TOUCH SCREEN
    Publication number: 20140078078
    Abstract: A control method using a touch shield to be performed by a touch sensing display, and an electronic apparatus are provided. The control method using the touch shield may include determining a touch area of a touched point in a normal state, switching to a touch shield state when the touch area is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and executing an instruction in response to a movement of the touched point in the touch shield state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology