Patents Assigned to Battelle
  • Patent number: 12265615
    Abstract: Human-readable (HR) code may be derived from a binary. The HR code may be configured to have statistical properties suitable for machine-learned (ML) translation. The HR code may comprise source code, intermediate code, assembly code, or the like. A machine-learned translator may be configured to translate the HR code into labels comprising semantic information pertaining to respective functions of the binary, such as a function name, role, or the like. Execution of the binary may be blocked in response to translating the HR code to a label associated with malware, such as cryptocurrency mining malware or the like. Conversely, the binary may be permitted to proceed to execution in response to determining that the translation is free from labels indicative of malware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew W Anderson, Matthew R Sgambati, Brandon S Biggs
  • Patent number: 12264320
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for increasing drought resistance, salt resistance, and biomass production of a plant. The methods encompass expression of DiGeorge-Syndrome Critical Region 14 (DGCR14) gene in the plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated in this manner, the disclosed, genetically-modified, plants display improved drought resistance and salt resistance. Also provided are plants that can be obtained by the method according to the invention, and nucleic acid vectors to be used in the described methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Meng Xie, Jin-Gui Chen, Wellington Muchero, Chongle Pan, Daniel M. Close, Emily B. Gee, Qiuming Yao
  • Patent number: 12265385
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for controlling, and communicating with, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a millimeter wave (mmWave) communication network established between a base station and the UAVs. A communication system may include one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The communication system may further include one or more base stations including millimeter wave (mmWave) antennas configured to generate control signals to the one or more UAVs over an mmWave communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Arupjyoti Bhuyan, Ismail Guvenc, Huaiyu Dai
  • Patent number: 12264383
    Abstract: Nickel alloys, methods of making nickel alloys, articles including the nickel alloys, uses of the alloys, and methods of treating nickel alloys are described. The inventive heat resistant structural materials are suitable for applications requiring high yield stress at room temperature and good creep strength at high temperatures, such as in gas turbines, steam turbines, fossil energy boilers, aero engines, power generation systems using fluids such as supercritical carbon dioxide (e.g., advanced ultra-supercritical power plants), concentrated solar power plants, nuclear power plants, molten salt reactors: turbine blades, casings, valves, heat exchangers and recuperators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Martin Detrois, Paul D. Jablonski, Jeffrey A. Hawk
  • Patent number: 12264116
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method and system for converting ethanol to para-xylene. The method also provides a pathway to produce terephthalic acid from biomass-based feedstocks. In some embodiments, the disclosed method produces p-xylene with high selectivity over other aromatics typically produced in the conversion of ethanol to xylenes, such as m-xylene, ethyl benzene, benzene, toluene, and the like. And, in some embodiments, the method facilitates the ability to use ortho/para mixtures of methylbenzyaldehyde for preparing ortho/para xylene product mixtures that are amendable to fractionation to separate the para- and ortho-xylene products thereby providing a pure feedstock of para-xylene that can be used to form terephthalic anhydride and a pure feedstock of ortho-xylene that can be used for other purposes, such as phthalic anhydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Battelle Memorial Institute, Lanza Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan K. Ramasamy, Mond Guo, Richard Russell Rosin, Joseph Anthony Kocal
  • Publication number: 20250103235
    Abstract: In a heterogeneous computing environment, a validity flag indicates whether a given memory has a valid copy of a given data object. When the data object is required at a target memory for a scheduled task, another (source) memory having a valid copy of the data object is identified. A protocol guides selection of the source memory based on efficiency of data transfer to the target memory. A data transfer command is generated at runtime, when tasks have been scheduled among respective processors. Execution of the command copies the valid data object from the source memory to the target memory. Superior performance is achieved even in extremely heterogeneous environments. Performance results, variations, and applications are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Narasinga Rao Miniskar, Mohammad Alaul Haque Monil, Pedro Valero Lara, Jeffrey S. Vetter, Frank Y. Liu
  • Publication number: 20250101459
    Abstract: Methods and structures are disclosed for creating a physical linkage between two or more viral particles, which can covalently link the viral particles together. The methods and structures described herein are designed for purposes of improving efficiency and effectiveness of vector delivery into cells and tissues for purposes of gene therapy. Methods for linking two or more viral vectors comprise functionalizing a first vector with a first surface moiety and functionalizing a second vector with a second surface moiety. Thereafter, the first functionalized vector and second functionalized vector are combined so that the two surface moieties can react. During this reaction, the first surface moiety and the second surface moiety form a covalent linkage, thereby resulting in the physical linkage of both vectors to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: David GLASBRENNER, David ALBERTSON
  • Publication number: 20250101364
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of a system for coupling electrochemical marine carbon capture with photosynthesis. In some aspects of the present disclosure, the system comprises an electrochemical cell that converts saline water into (i) a base stream, (ii) an at least partially deionized water stream, and (iii) an acid stream. In some aspects, the system further comprises a biomass cultivation unit in fluid communication with the acid stream, the biomass cultivation unit comprising a photosynthetic organism. The acid stream catalyzes release of CO2 in a growth medium for the photosynthetic organism to accelerate growth of the photosynthetic organism relative to growth without the acid stream and facilitates CO2 storage by the photosynthetic organism. Also disclosed herein are aspects of a method for coupling electrochemical marine carbon capture with photosynthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Chinmayee V. Subban, Scott J. Edmundson, Christopher R. Myers, Charles F. Hibbeln
  • Publication number: 20250099990
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves designs for a fluid channel assembly that allow for a high entrainment ratio while also sustaining a high fluid mass flow rate through the assembly. The fluid channel assembly includes a first fluid passage and a second fluid passage, where the first and second fluid passages are arranged such that fluid from the second fluid passage is entrained in fluid from the first fluid passage. Fluid passes through at least a portion of the first fluid passage in a form of a plurality of first fluid streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: Spar Systems Inc., UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Gaurav Bazaz, Nithin S. Panicker, Prashant K. Jain
  • Publication number: 20250106552
    Abstract: A hydrophone flow shield and hydrophone assembly including a hollow polyurethane flow shield with one or more features for improving reliable operation and assembly wherein the features include a recess for holding a clamp for securing the shield to the hydrophone, a slot or through hole extending longitudinally in the clamping region but not extending toward a closed end of the shield beyond the clamping region and when sizing of the shield and hydrophone are not closely matched providing for indirect sealing via a gasket that is located between the shield and the hydrophone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: LINNEA E. WEICHT, EMMA D. COTTER, JOSEPH H. HAXEL
  • Patent number: 12258133
    Abstract: A low profile pass-through electrical connector is designed for aerospace applications. The connector allows voltage and current to pass-thru a conductive wing surface, while maintaining a low profile height for aerodynamic performance considerations. Examples of applications of the electrical connector include power for thin film heaters and communication antennae applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Brett Burton, Andrew Cox, Darren Wolfe
  • Patent number: 12260160
    Abstract: In an integrated circuit (IC) assessment method, an artificial intelligence (AI) component comprising at least one artificial neural network (ANN) is trained to transform layout rendering tiles of a rendering of a reference IC into corresponding reference layout image tiles extracted from at least one layout image of the reference IC. Using the trained AI component, standard cell layout renderings of a library of GDSII or OASIS standard cell layout renderings are transformed into as-fabricated standard cell layout renderings forming a library of as fabricated standard cell layout renderings. Instantiated standard cells and their placements in the layout image of an IC-under-test are identified by matching the instantiated standard cells with corresponding as-fabricated standard cell layout renderings retrieved from the library of as fabricated standard cell layout renderings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Adam Kimura, Rohan Prabhu, Noah Mun
  • Patent number: 12258524
    Abstract: A fuel processing system and method for a sulfur bearing fuel include a hydrodesulfurization reactor followed by an adsorbent bed for removing sulfur or sulfur containing species from the fuel. In certain embodiments, the adsorbent bed is a ZnO bed. In another embodiment, a fuel processing system and method for a sulfur bearing fuel include a steam reformer, a hydrodesulfurization reactor, and an adsorbent bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Paul E. George, II, Vincent J. Contini, Greg A. Whyatt, Douglas A. Thornton
  • Publication number: 20250091036
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method and system for converting ethanol to para-xylene. The method also provides a pathway to produce terephthalic acid from biomass-based feedstocks. In some embodiments, the disclosed method produces p-xylene with high selectivity over other aromatics typically produced in the conversion of ethanol to xylenes, such as m-xylene, ethyl benzene, benzene, toluene, and the like. And, in some embodiments, the method facilitates the ability to use ortho/para mixtures of methylbenzyaldehyde for preparing ortho/para xylene product mixtures that are amendable to fractionation to separate the para- and ortho-xylene products thereby providing a pure feedstock of para-xylene that can be used to form terephthalic anhydride and a pure feedstock of ortho-xylene that can be used for other purposes, such as phthalic anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Karthikeyan K. Ramasamy, Mond Guo
  • Publication number: 20250096609
    Abstract: A coil, comprising: a wire wound to form a plurality of double-D (DD) sub-coils, each said DD sub-coil having a plurality of sides defining one of a plurality of hexagonal shaped segments arranged to define a honeycomb structure; wherein a magnetic field is created when current passes through the plurality of DD sub-coils, the plurality of DD sub-coils being configured so that when activated the current flows in a same first direction through adjacent sides of first and second ones of the plurality of DD sub-coils, flows in a same second direction through adjacent sides of first and third ones of the plurality of DD sub-coils, and flows in a same third direction through adjacent sides of the second and third ones of the plurality of coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Emrullah Aydin, Erdem Asa, Omer C. Onar, Burak Ozpineci
  • Patent number: 12253837
    Abstract: In an approach to CRAI and risk framework for manufacturing applications, a computer-implemented method for causal effect prediction includes identifying, by one or more computer processors, an intervention, where the intervention is selected from the group consisting of threats, failures, corrections, and relevant outputs; collecting, by the one or more computer processors, process dependency data; creating, by the one or more computer processors, an intervention model; combining, by the one or more computer processors, the process dependency data and the intervention model to create a combined process dependency graph; training, by the one or more computer processors, a causal relational artificial intelligence (CRAI) model; and determining, by the one or more computer processors, an estimate of an intervention efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jeremy Bellay, Shelly DeForte, Nicholas Darby, Kurtis Wickey
  • Patent number: 12254613
    Abstract: In an approach to non-destructive inspection of IC devices, one or more images of a Device Under Test (DUT) are received from one or more imaging devices. Observed features are detected in the one or more images and producing a first synthetic representation of a part design of the DUT that includes the observed features. The presence of one or more first unobserved features are inferred, where the one or more first unobserved features are inferred using a mapping and inference model (MIM). The one or more first unobserved features are added to the first synthetic representation of the part design of the DUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Nicholas Darby, Jeremiah Schley, Jeremy Bellay
  • Patent number: 12255468
    Abstract: Electromagnetic shields, vehicles, wireless charging systems, and related methods are disclosed. An electromagnetic shield includes a shield member including a coil side to face one or more inductive coils. The electromagnetic shield also includes one or more perimeter shield members configured in a loop proximate to a perimeter of the coil side of the shield member. The shield member and the one or more perimeter shield members are configured to shield electromagnetic radiation emitted by the one or more inductive coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Bo Zhang, Richard W. Carlson
  • Patent number: 12253540
    Abstract: Systems are provided for machine learning-driven operation of instrumentation with human in the loop. The systems use a model with learnt model parameters to define points for physical-characteristic measurements once the model is trained. The systems use active learning, which considers selection, reinforcement and/or adjustment inputs from the instrumentation's user, to enable describing a relationship between local features of sample-surface structure shown in image patches and determined representations of physical-characteristic measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Maxim A Ziatdinov, Kevin Roccapriore, Yongtao Liu, Kyle P. Kelley, Rama K. Vasudevan, Jacob D Hinkle, Sergei V. Kalinin
  • Patent number: D1067080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventor: Eliza M. Kaltenberg