Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Patent number: 8564493
    Abstract: A method of making Y-type hexagonal ferrite and an antenna using the same are provided. Y-type hexagonal ferrite includes a base ferrite composed of iron oxide, barium carbonate and cobalt oxide, and silicate glass ranging from 0.5 to 5 weight percent added to 100 weight percent of base ferrite. An antenna apparatus includes a magnetic carrier and an antenna pattern formed thereon. The magnetic carrier is formed of such Y-type hexagonal ferrite, and the antenna pattern resonates in a specific frequency band when electric power is supplied. To fabricate the Y-type hexagonal ferrite, a calcination process is performed in which iron oxide, barium carbonate and cobalt oxide are combined into base ferrite at a given calcination temperature after being mixed. A sintering process is performed to sinter the base ferrite and the silicate glass at a given sintering temperature which is lower than the calcination temperature after adding the silicate glass to the base ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Joong Hee Lee, Young Ho Han, Il Jeong Park
  • Patent number: 8562874
    Abstract: A method for preparing uniquely sized nanoparticles of CaF2 by simultaneously spray drying a first NH4F and a biocompatible salt solution and a second Ca(OH)2 and biocompatible salt solution to form CaF2 solid particles in a soluble salt matrix wherein the salt is more soluble than CaF2. The salt matrix may then be dissolved and the separate CaF2 nanosized particles collected for use as a dental therapeutic material. The technique is useful in the preparation of other discrete, nanoparticle sized compounds and combinations by carefully choosing the solvents and solutes of the two spray dried solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: ADA Foundation
    Inventors: Laurence C. Chow, Limin Sun
  • Patent number: 8565356
    Abstract: A receiver of a wireless communication system and method thereof include antennas configured to receive data, wherein the data comprises a preamble, a header, and a payload. The receiver also includes a synchronizer configured to perform time synchronization of the data received through corresponding paths of each antenna using corresponding preambles of the data. The receiver includes a header detector configured to detect a header from the data of each of the paths. A surviving path selector in the receiver is configured to select a signal of a surviving path from among the paths based on the header or the preamble. The receiver also includes combiner configured to combine the signal existing in the surviving path to demodulate the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Jong Han Kim, Jun Ha Im, Chang Soon Park, Young Jun Hong, Joon Seong Kang, Jae Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 8566293
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating and managing personalized services includes: a pre-processing unit for converting vendor- and device-specific sensor data into a normalized form; an analysis unit for determining a current state of entities being managed based on the normalized sensor data to thereby determine whether current services and/or resources that have been allocated to a user are being satisfied or not; and a personalization unit for examining state-related context data to determine what action to take. The personalization of the services and/or resources provided to a user or set of users is managed by context-sensitive policy rules. In addition, a set of abstractions, in the form of preferences, profiles, and subscriptions, are collectively used to determine the set of services and/or resources, as a function of context, that a user or set of users are entitled to receive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation
    Inventors: John Charles Strassner, James Won Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 8563529
    Abstract: Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or small hairpin RNA (shRNAs) and compositions comprising same are provided that target human cyclophilin A (CyPA) to inhibit Hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Such siRNA and shRNAs may have a length of from about 19 to about 29 contiguous nucleotides corresponding to a specific region of human cyclophilin A (CyPA) cDNA of from about nucleotide 155 to about nucleotide 183 having particular potency against CyPA and HCV. Such siRNA and shRNAs may be formulated as naked compositions or pharmaceutical compositions. DNA polynucleotides, plasmids, and viral or non-viral vectors are provided that encode siRNA or shRNA molecules, which may be delivered directly to cells or in combination with delivery agents, such as lipids, polymers, encapsulated lipid particles, such as liposomes. Methods for treating, managing inhibiting, preventing, etc., HCV infection using such siRNA and shRNAs and compositions comprising same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Hengli Tang
  • Patent number: 8563311
    Abstract: The present invention is of methods of establishing and propagating human embryonic stem cell lines using feeder cells-free, xeno-free culture systems and stem cells which are capable of being maintained in an undifferentiated, pluripotent and proliferative state in culture which is free of xeno contaminants and feeder cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Michal Amit, Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor
  • Patent number: 8563531
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for treating and preventing radiation and/or chemotherapy related injury and/or afflictions, such as myelosuppression and decreased macrophage activity, by administering a prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of particulate, bioavailable ?(1,3; 1,6) glucan. The invention also relates to methods in which ?(1,3; 1,6) glucan is provided in the form of whole glucan particles, microparticulate ?-glucan particles or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Biothera, Inc., University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary R. Ostroff, Trunetta Jo Dockter Ross
  • Patent number: 8563711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nucleic acid aptamer which can specifically recognize and bind to pancreatic cancer cells or tissues. The nucleic acid aptamer can bind specifically only to pancreatic cancer cells or tissues without binding to normal pancreatic cancer tissue, and thus can be effectively used as a composition for diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer. In addition, the nucleic acid aptamer can detect not only the terminal pancreatic cancer cell line Capan-1, but also the early pancreatic cancer cell line Panc-1, and thus can be used for early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, thereby contributing to increasing the survival rate of pancreatic cancer patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Dong Ki Lee, Dua Pooja
  • Patent number: 8565551
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of reducing noise in range images, the apparatus including: a maximum likelihood detection unit calculating an equation of observation points disposed in a plurality of grids that constitute range images representing three-dimensional (3D) coordinate information, to satisfy maximum log-likelihood on each coordinate axis in a coordinate space represented by the range images based on probability distribution of coordinate values assigned to each of the observation points and neighboring observation points; a linearization unit transforming equations calculated on each of the observation points into a linear equation that is a linear system on each coordinate axis in a coordinate space; a constraint detection unit calculating a constraint equation in which a unit tangent vector of each observation point and a unit tangent vector of a neighboring point are identical with each other on each coordinate axis of the range images; and a noise reduction unit reducing noise in range images by app
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Chung-Ang University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Kwang-Nam Choi, Jeong-Heon Kim
  • Patent number: 8563705
    Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials for using nucleic acid and amino acid sequence variants of ribonucleic acid binding motif protein 20 (RBM20). For example, methods and materials for using nucleic acid sequence variants and/or their corresponding amino acid variants of RBM20 that are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy to identify mammals (e.g., humans) at risk of having dilated cardiomyopathy that is likely to progress to heart failure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventor: Timothy M. Olson
  • Patent number: 8564181
    Abstract: A multilayered electroactive polymer (EAP) device and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The multilayered EAP device includes a plurality of unit layers. Each unit layer includes an EAP layer formed of an electroactive polymer (EAP), a protecting layer configured to prevent a material from penetrating into the EAP layer, and an active electrode formed using a conductive material. The protecting layer may be formed below the active layer or above the active layer. The active electrode may be interposed between two protecting layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Seung-Tae Choi, Jong-Oh Kwon, Youn-Jung Park, Cheol-Min Park, Yeon-Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 8564048
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to field effect transistors. The field effect transistor includes a gate electrode for providing a gate field, a first electrode including a conductive material having a low carrier density and a low density of electronic states, a second electrode, and a semiconductor. Contact barrier modulation includes barrier height lowering of a Schottky contact between the first electrode and the semiconductor. In some embodiments of the invention, a vertical field effect transistor employs an electrode comprising a conductive material with a low density of states such that the transistors contact barrier modulation comprises barrier height lowering of the Schottky contact between the electrode with a low density of states and the adjacent semiconductor by a Fermi level shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Gabriel Rinzler, Bo Liu, Mitchell Austin McCarthy, John Robert Reynolds, Franky So
  • Patent number: 8563305
    Abstract: High efficient methods for producing an antibody molecule that binds an antigen are described. The methods include obtaining a population of PBMC enriched for CD19highCD3negCD20low to negCD38highCD27high cells from a mammal exposed to an antigen from sample of cells enriched for PBMC. The cells are isolated from a sample obtained at a time that the fraction of PBMC expressing antibody reactive to the antigen is at a high level. Sequences encoding heavy and light chain variable domains are prepared in a manner that allow production of molecules with natural heavy and light chain pairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Emory University
    Inventors: Rafi Ahmed, Joseph Miller, Patrick C. Wilson, J. Donald Capra, Jens Wrammert
  • Patent number: 8563523
    Abstract: The invention provides functionalized monosaccharides and disaccharides suitable for use in synthesizing a lipid A derivative, as well as methods for synthesizing and using a synthetic lipid A derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Geert-Jan Boons
  • Patent number: 8563313
    Abstract: Particular aspects provide novel recombinant cells and cell lines (e.g., macrophage cell lines) that are permissive for propagation of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) propagation in vitro or in vivo. In certain aspects, novel nucleic acid sequences encoding porcine sialoadhesin were transfected into existing macrophage cell-lines from other species, rendering them permissive to PRRSV infection, and suitable for propagation of PRRSV. Particular aspects provide exemplary recombinant cloned cell lines that support the replication of PRRSV, with an obtainable PRRSV titre of between 2×105/ml and 2×106/ml. Additional aspects provide novel nucleic acid sequences and polymorphisms thereof that encode for porcine sialoadhesin. Further aspects provide PRRSV propagation and preparation methods using the novel recombinant cell lines, and methods for PRRSV antigen and vaccine production using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Washington State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Subramaniam Srikumaran, Weiguo Liu, Sudarvili Shanthalingam
  • Patent number: 8564593
    Abstract: An improved method for processing image voxel data representative of 3-dimensional images of a colon to remove the effects of tagged stool. The method uses parabolic curve intensity-gradient models at a transition between two material types as a function of the fraction of the two materials for each of a plurality of two-material type classes, including a gas-tissue transition model, a gas-stool transition model and a stool-tissue transition model. The voxels are classified into one of a plurality of substance classes including tagged stool, gas, tissue and unknown classes. The unknown class voxels are processed to classify the unknown class voxels into one of the two-material type classes. The two-material type class voxels are processed to determine the fractions of materials in each voxel. The intensity of the two-material type class voxels is then adjusted as a function of the fraction of the materials in the voxels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: C. Daniel Johnson, Michael J. Carston, Armando Manduca
  • Patent number: 8565484
    Abstract: A forest fire smoke detection method using random forest classification is provided. In the method, a first reference value is set. For consecutively captured frames, images between the frames are compared, each block, in which a number of pixels, motions of which have been identified, is equal to or greater than the first reference value, is set as a candidate block, and a keyframe is selected. The selected keyframe is compared with at least one frame previous to the keyframe and then a plurality of feature vectors are extracted from the candidate blocks. The extracted feature vectors are learned using different random forest algorithms. Probabilities output to terminal nodes for classes are accumulated, and two first cumulative probability histograms are generated. The two first cumulative probability histograms are averaged, and then a second cumulative probability histogram is generated. A detected state of each candidate block is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation Keimyung University
    Inventors: ByoungChul Ko, JaeYeal Nam, Joon Young Kwak
  • Patent number: 8563328
    Abstract: A method for biosensing that includes passing, via convective flow, a sample believed to contain one or more target biomarkers through a microfluidic channel and over the surface of an optical waveguide that has been prepared to bind the one or more target biomarkers, and sensing for an emission output from the optical waveguide at a wavelength that is characteristic of the binding of the target biomarker. A biosensor device that includes a module defining at least one microfluidic channel, an optical waveguide exposed along at least a portion of its length to fluid flow within the microfluidic channel, where a surface of the optical waveguide being prepared to bind a target biomarker, and an excitation source to couple an excitation wavelength of light into the optical waveguide. The device also includes a sensor for detecting emission light from the optical waveguide at an emission wavelength characteristic of binding of the target biomarker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Aih Kang, Chong H. Ahn
  • Patent number: 8562488
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes a system and method for alleviating symptoms of a medical disorder of a patient by forced exercise. The system includes an exercise machine having movable portions that move in response to a first contribution by a patient and in response a second contribution by a motor. The system further includes at least one mechanical sensor and a control system programmed to alter the second contribution by the motor in response to the sensed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventor: Jay L. Alberts
  • Patent number: D691872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Foundations Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Lytle