Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • METHOD FOR PREDICTING ONSET OF CEREBRAL INFARCTION, METHOD FOR DETERMINING THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF ERYTHROPOIETIC FACTOR PREPARATION, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING STAGE OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
    Publication number: 20190101483
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for assisting prediction of onset of cerebral infarction, based on the number of red blood cells contained in a blood sample collected from a subject, comprising the steps of: calculating an exponent value for the prediction from a first measured value indicating red blood cell count measured by electrical resistance measurement method and a second measured value indicating red blood cell count measured by optical measurement method, comparing the exponent value with a reference range, and suggesting that the subject develops cerebral infarction when the exponent value is outside the reference range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicants: KAWASAKI GAKUEN Educational Foundation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi KATAOKA, Yutaka YATOMI, Akiko MASUDA, Hironori SHIMOSAKA, Hajimu KAWAKAMI
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INTRA-PREDICTION-BASED VIDEO SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20190104304
    Abstract: According to the present invention, provided is a method of processing a video signal, the method including: obtaining a transform coefficient of a current block from a bitstream according to a predetermined scanning order; determining an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the transform coefficient; and performing intra prediction on the current block using the intra prediction mode and a neighboring sample adjacent to the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Yung Lyul LEE, Nam Uk KIM
  • ANTI-FUNGAL COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20190099385
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of the formula (I), (II), (III), wherein the variables are as defined herein for use in the treatment of fungal infections. In some embodiments, the fungal infection is an infection of Cryptococcus neojormans fungus. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a compound of formula I, II, or III and a second anti-fungal agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicants: SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Maureen J. DONLIN, John Edwin TAVIS, Ryan MURELLI, Marvin J. MEYERS
  • Thermochemical Gas Sensor Using Thermoelectric Thin Film And Method Of Manufacturing The Same
    Publication number: 20190100851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermochemical gas sensor including a substrate provided with an insulating layer; a seed layer provided on the insulating layer; a thermoelectric thin film provided on the seed layer; an electrode provided on the thermoelectric thin film; a catalyst layer provided on the electrode and causing exothermic reaction when in contact with gas to be sensed; and an electrode wire electrically connected to the electrode, wherein the thermoelectric thin film is formed of a material including a chalcogenide, wherein the chalcogenide includes one or more chalcogens selected from the group consisting of selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus
    Inventors: Yong Ho Choa, Seil Kim, Yoseb Song
  • Influenza virus replication for vaccine development
    Patent number: 10246686
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition useful to prepare high titer influenza viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, which includes internal genes from an influenza virus vaccine strain or isolate, e.g., one that is safe in humans, for instance, one that does not result in significant disease, that confer enhanced growth in cells in culture, such as MDCK cells, or in eggs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Gabriele Neumann, Jihui Ping
  • De novo structural protein design for manufacturing high strength materials
    Patent number: 10246493
    Abstract: Provided is a supramolecular polypeptide comprising alternating repeats of crystallite-forming subsequences and amorphous subsequences. The crystallite-forming subsequences form crystallites comprising stacks of one or more ?-sheets and the amorphous subsequences form a network of hydrogen bonds. The supramolecular polypeptides are capable of exhibiting self-healing behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Melik Demirel, Benjamin Allen, Huihun Jung
  • Composites material with suspended particles and method of using the same
    Patent number: 10246698
    Abstract: An intermediate composite capable of transferring a biological or chemical material to be patterned on a surface. The intermediate composite includes a hydrogel, and particles suspended in the hydrogel, generating a particle-gel composite (composite), the composite is configured to absorb a biological or chemical material (agent), and further configured to deposit the agent when the composite is positioned proximate to a surface on which the agent is to be deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Cagri A. Savran, Bin-Da Chan, Richard Lee Gieseck, III
  • High speed actuator including active stiffness controller and method of driving the same
    Patent number: 10250165
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high speed actuator. The high speed actuator includes an actuation part configured to cause deformation such as bending or twisting and an active stiffness controller on a surface of the actuation part or in the actuation part configured to control in real time a stiffness (e.g., of the actuator) according to an external signal. The active stiffness controller may control a stiffness of the high speed actuator in order for the actuator to be actuated at a high speed. Moreover, since the stiffness of the actuator is controlled in real time, a speed of the actuator may be controlled in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Ahn, Sung Hyuk Song
  • Navigation system tracking high-efficiency indoor lighting fixtures
    Patent number: 10251027
    Abstract: A system for identifying the location of a mobile device uses signatures of standard room lighting derived from the frequency spectrum of light fluctuations associated with driver circuitry of that lighting. Improved sensitivity (frequency and dynamic range) are provided by using a pair of dedicated photodetectors which may deduce a one-dimensional angular location of a light source by comparing the signals developed by two photodetectors having different angular sensitivities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Ressarch Foundation
    Inventors: Xinyu Zhang, Chi Zhang
  • Full-duplex relay communication method using energy harvesting, full-duplex relay communication system based on energy-harvesting, relay node device, and source node device
    Patent number: 10250316
    Abstract: A method using energy harvesting including receiving, by a relay node, first information signals transmitted from a source node and second information signals transmitted from a destination node, harvesting, by the relay node, energy using energy signals transmitted from the source node while bi-directionally relaying the first information signals and the second information signals; receiving, by the source node, information signals transmitted by the relay node; and receiving, by the destination node, the information signals relayed by the relay node. The source node, the relay node, and the destination node are devices for performing communication in a full-duplex mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Dong In Kim, Keum Cheol Hwang, Jong Ho Moon, Jong Jin Park
  • Wearable device for measuring edema index and method of measuring edema index using same
    Patent number: 10244961
    Abstract: A wearable device for measuring an edema index includes: a band, wearable on a wrist; an electrode module including a pair of current electrodes and a pair of voltage electrodes; and a main module applying an alternating current (AC) to the pair of current electrodes, and obtaining an edema index of a human body from an AC voltage measured from the pair of voltage electrodes, wherein each of the pair of current electrodes and the pair of voltage electrodes is attached to one surface of the band in a row in a length direction of the band, and protrudes from the surface of the band to be in direct contact with the skin of the wrist when the band is worn on the wrist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Chosun University
    Inventors: Youn Tae Kim, Jae Hyo Jung, Si Ho Shin
  • Inhibiting or reducing fungal growth
    Patent number: 10244765
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for inhibiting or reducing fungal growth. The methods comprise exposing a location to a composition comprising one or more enzymes, one or more bacteria, and/or an enzymatic extract, wherein the one or more enzymes, one or more bacteria, and/or the enzymatic extract isolated from one or more bacteria are exposed to location in a quantity sufficient to inhibit or reduce fungal growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: George E. Pierce, Sidney Crow
  • Medical patch
    Patent number: 10245426
    Abstract: A medical patch having an electric potential generating structure which is attachable to a wound to thus regenerate injured skin tissues is provided. The medical patch includes a unit patch having a piezoelectric potential generating structure. The unit patch includes a first layer, a second layer and a piezoelectric nanomaterial disposed between the first and second layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Seoul National University RDB Foundation, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Hong Koo Baik, Woo Soon Jang, Tae Il Lee, Byung Soo Kim, Suk Ho Bhang, Wan Geun La
  • Multi-functional fecal waste and garbage processor and associated methods
    Patent number: 10247049
    Abstract: At least one aspect of the technology provides a self-contained processing facility configured to convert organic, high water-content waste, such as fecal sludge and garbage, into electricity while also generating and collecting potable water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Inventor: Peter Janicki
  • Signal inhomogeneity correction and performance evaluation apparatus
    Patent number: 10247802
    Abstract: Methods for correcting inhomogeneities of magnetic resonance (MR) images and for evaluating the performance of the inhomogeneity correction. The contribution of both transmit field and receiver sensitivity to signal inhomogeneity have been separately considered and quantified. As a result, their negative contributions can be fully corrected. The correction method can greatly enhance the accuracy and precision of MRI techniques and improve the detection sensitivity of pathophysiological changes. The performance of signal inhomogeneity correction methods has been evaluated and confirmed using phantom and in vivo human brain experiments. The present methodologies are readily applicable to correct signal intensity inhomogeneity artifacts produced in different imaging modalities, such as computer tomography, X-ray, ultrasound, and transmission electron microscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Yale University
    Inventors: Jinghua Wang, Zhong-lin Lu, Robert Todd Constable
  • Treatment of impaired cognitive flexibility with TrkB receptor antagonists
    Patent number: 10245271
    Abstract: The cognitive flexibility of a subject may be improved by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a TrkB receptor antagonist to the subject in need thereof. The TrkB receptor antagonist compound may be administered in a pharmaceutical dosage form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Pradeep G. Bhide, Dierdre M. McCarthy, Joseph Biederman, Thomas J. Spencer
  • Humid air turbine power, water extraction, and refrigeration cycle
    Patent number: 10247408
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to combined heat and power (CHP) systems. A CHP system can include a turbine system, a turbocharger system, and a refrigeration system. The refrigeration system can receive combustion products from the turbine system and compressed air from the turbocharger system. The refrigeration system can cool the combustion products and the compressed air to generate a cooled combustion product mixture that is provided to the turbine system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: William E. Lear, Jr.
  • Porous diacetylene particles, synthesis method thereof
    Patent number: 10246405
    Abstract: Provided are a radial porous diacetylene particle, which is synthesized by ion-bonding a diacetylene-containing dicarboxylic acid or diamine monomer represented by Formula 1 with a diamine or dicarboxylic acid monomer represented by Formula 2, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Dong June Ahn, Doo Ho Yang
  • Variable hardness orthotic
    Patent number: 10244818
    Abstract: Orthotics and methods for forming orthotics are described. The orthotics can be designed with a patient-specific design and can include variation in hardness across the orthotic so as to satisfy clinical need. An orthotic can be a custom-designed orthotic formed according to an additive manufacturing process such as a 3-D printing methodology. Through utilization of on-site formation methods such as 3-D printing, an orthotic can be designed, formed and fit at the point of care in a much shorter time period than traditional orthotics. The orthotics can include a layer that includes a plurality of cells across the layer. The layer can exhibit variable hardness across the layer through variation in cell void volume and optionally material of formation across the layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Clemson University Research Foundation, Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc.
    Inventors: John DesJardins, Scott Edward Stanley, Breanne Przestrzelski, Timothy C. Pruett, Steve L. Hoeffner, Brian Daryl Kaluf
  • Citrus tree named ‘RBB7-34’
    Patent number: PP30324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of citrus tree named ‘RBB7-34’. This triploid cultivar arose from a cross of the seed parent ‘LB8-9’ with pollen from a tetraploid selection of ‘Hamlin’ sweet orange that arose from colchicine treated embryogenic callus. ‘RBB7-34’ produces fruit that resemble Navel orange in size, shape and with the presence of a navel on the blossom end of the fruit, but with greatly enhanced internal and external pigmentation compared with ordinary Navel orange cultivars grown in the humid, sub-tropical Florida climate. Fruit of RBB7-34 are seedless even under intensive cross pollination pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick G. Gmitter, Jr.