Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Low-temperature membrane separation device and method for capturing carbon dioxide at high concentration
    Patent number: 11148097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-temperature membrane separation device and method for capturing carbon dioxide at a high concentration, in which a gas mixture is passed through a membrane unit to thus separate carbon dioxide. The membrane unit includes a membrane for capturing carbon dioxide and is connected to a feed gas line, a retentate gas line and a permeate gas line. The method includes a first separation step of passing the gas mixture through a first membrane unit and a second separation step of passing the permeation gas, which is discharged to the permeate gas line connected to the first membrane unit, through a second membrane unit. The second separation step is performed at a temperature that is lower than a temperature at which the first separation step is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Lee, Jeong-gu Yeo, Jong-ho Moon, Woong Jin Oh, Dahun Lee
  • Signal multiplexing device and signal multiplexing method using layered division multiplexing
    Patent number: 11153723
    Abstract: A signal multiplexing apparatus and method using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame using the time-interleaved signal and L1 signaling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sun-Hyoung Kwon, Sung-Ik Park, Jae-Young Lee
  • RSS signal correction method
    Patent number: 11153020
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an RSS (Received Signal Strength) signal correction method for performing location measurement by utilizing information among a plurality of nodes, and the RSS signal correction method estimates a variable of an RSS signal model based on at least one of location information of a fixed node, location information of an unknown node and measurement noise information of the unknown node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jung Hee Kim, Doik Kim
  • Wireless communication method and wireless communication terminal for spatial reuse of overlapped basic service set
    Patent number: 11153759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for supporting a spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set to efficiently use a wireless resource. To this end, provided are a wireless communication terminal including: a processor; and a communication unit, wherein the processor receives a trigger frame indicating an uplink multi-user transmission, and transmits a trigger-based PHY protocol data unit (PPDU) in response to the received trigger frame, wherein the trigger-based PPDU comprises a spatial reuse parameter for spatial reuse operation of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS) terminal and a wireless communication method using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC., SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak, Woojin Ahn
  • Functional genomics using CRISPR-Cas systems, compositions, methods, screens and applications thereof
    Patent number: 11149267
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to libraries, kits, methods, applications and screens used in functional genomics that focus on gene function in a cell and that may use vector systems and other aspects related to Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cas systems and components thereof. The present invention also relates to rules for making potent single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) for use in CRISPR-Cas systems. Provided are genomic libraries and genome wide libraries, kits, methods of knocking out in parallel every gene in the genome, methods of selecting individual cell knock outs that survive under a selective pressure, methods of identifying the genetic basis of one or more medical symptoms exhibited by a patient, and methods for designing a genome-scale sgRNA library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: The Broad Institute, Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
    Inventors: Tim Wang, David Sabatini, Eric Lander
  • Thin-slotting lifting synchronous grouting device and its usage method
    Patent number: 11149400
    Abstract: A thin-slotting lifting synchronous grouting device and its usage method are provided. The device includes a hollow force-bearing column through which a feeding pipe passes; wherein: left and right cutting plates are respectively fixedly arranged on each side of the hollow force-bearing column; a left connecting plate is fixedly arranged on an outside of the left cutting plate; a right guiding column is fixedly arranged on an outside of the right cutting plate; center lines of the left connecting plate, the right guiding column and the hollow force-bearing column are in a same plane; a top end of to the feeding pipe is connected to a grouting device, and a bottom end is connected to a spraying device; a spraying nozzle of the spraying device stretches out along the hollow force-bearing column; and a lower end of the hollow force-bearing column is connected with a disposable conical head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: Infrastructure Renewal Institute of Southern China, WELEAD Infrastructure Engineering Technology (Zhengzhou), Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuming Wang, Hongyuan Fang, Peng Zhao, Yanhui Pan, Xianfeng Zhao, Yingli Wang
  • Small molecule compound combination for reprogramming digestive tract derived epithelial cells to endodermal stem/progenitor cells, reprogramming method and application
    Patent number: 11149253
    Abstract: Provided are a small molecule compound combination for reprogramming digestive tract derived epithelial cells to endodermal stem/progenitor cells, a reprogramming method and an application. Human gastric epithelial cells (hGECs) are used as initiating cells, human gastric subepithelial myofibroblasts (aGSEMFs) are used as a trophoblast, a compound combination having all or a plurality of FBP, Bay K 8644, Bix01294, SB431542 or A813-01, VPA, RG108, PD0325901 and PS48 including SB or A83 is used to reprogram digestive tract derived epithelial cells to endodermal stem/progenitor cells, and the endodermal stem/progenitor cells can be used for inducing differentiation towards liver cells, pancreatic beta cells and intestinal cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF TRANSFUSION MEDICINE, ACADEMY OF MILITARY MEDICAL SCIENCES, PEOPLE'S LIBRATION ARMY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Yunfang Wang, Shuyong Wang, Wencheng Zhang, Jinhua Qin, Xuan Wang, Mingyang Chang, Fang Yan, Xuetao Pei
  • Method for controlling extraction of power from multiple photo voltaic (PV) arrays and system thereof
    Patent number: 11152863
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a system and method for controlling extraction of power from multiple Photo Voltaic (PV) arrays. At least two converters and at least two Photo Voltaic (PV) arrays are configured. The power extraction is controlled through one of an injection of Direct Current (Idc) into output current of each of the at least two converters, or by performing a phase shifting of each of the output current of each of the at least two converters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY
    Inventors: Abhijit Kadam, Anshuman Shukla
  • Thermal sensor position detecting device
    Patent number: 11150081
    Abstract: Devices and methods for determining the position of a device relative to a person using the device, or the position of a part of a user's body relative to the user. One or more thermal sensor may be used to determine the relative position of the device or part of the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Child Mind Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis P. White
  • Method for measuring phosphorylated tau protein
    Patent number: 11150252
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for measuring phosphorylated tau protein in a biological sample collected from a subject, comprising the steps of: preparing a measurement sample containing a non-capture bead and a capture bead to which an immune complex is bound, by forming the immune complex of the phosphorylated tau protein in the biological sample, a capture antibody and a detection antibody on the capture bead, in the presence of the non-capture bead; and detecting a signal derived from the immune complex in the measurement sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: SYSMEX CORPORATION, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
    Inventors: Takahiko Tokuda, Harutsugu Tatebe
  • Vitro culture model of anisotropic to isotropic transitions
    Patent number: 11149241
    Abstract: Cell culture devices, and related methods and kits, for modeling isotropic-to-anisotropic cellular transitions are provided. The devices can include a substrate having an isotropic film surface with one or more regions of aligned fibers dispersed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Christopher John Rivet, Gregory Patrick Desmond, Jonathan Michael Zuidema, Ryan James Gilbert
  • Saggar for firing active material of lithium secondary battery, and method for manufacturing active material using same
    Patent number: 11152603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a saggar for firing an active material of a secondary battery, a method for manufacturing the saggar, and a method for firing the active material. The saggar for firing an active material of a secondary battery according to the present invention has a coating layer formed on a bottom surface or a wall surface thereof so as to collect carbon dioxide. By means of the coating layer, the concentration of the carbon dioxide in the saggar can be lowered by collecting the carbon dioxide that is a by-product resulting from a firing reaction, thereby enabling a reduction in the amount of remaining lithium in the active material. The saggar of the present invention provides the saggar for firing an active material of a secondary battery, wherein the saggar has at least one through hole in the bottom surface, or the bottom surface and wall surfaces thereof so as to communicate a gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Young-Min Park, Soon-Cheol Hwang, Choong-Mo Yang, Woo-Taek Kim
  • Connector-attached dielectric waveguide including a connecting portion and a fixing portion that are slidably axially movable with respect to each other
    Patent number: 11152678
    Abstract: The invention provides a connector-attached dielectric waveguide that allows the dielectric waveguide to be easily connectable with an opposite component and is capable of forming a connection structure exhibiting low transmission and return losses of a high frequency signal. The connector-attached dielectric waveguide includes a dielectric waveguide and a connector. The dielectric waveguide includes a dielectric waveguide body and a dielectric waveguide end. The dielectric waveguide end has a smaller cross-sectional area than the dielectric waveguide body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Dai Fukami, Taku Yamanaka, Tomohiro Ikeda, Masahiro Horibe, Yuto Kato
  • Pharmaceutical composition containing DUSP1 inhibitor
    Patent number: 11147807
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a DUSP1 inhibitor. The pharmaceutical composition comprising the DUSP1 inhibitor according to the present invention can solve the problems of inhibitors that target the active site because it inhibits DUSP1 by an allosteric inhibitory mechanism, and is effective for preventing or treating diseases involving DUSP1 enzymes, for example, a cancer such as a liver cancer, a breast cancer and a pancreatic cancer, a hepatitis C, and a depression. In particular, the DUSP1 inhibitor according to the present invention is very effective in treating a depression because it directly acts on neuronal growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seong Eon Ryu, Tae Hyun Park, Kwang Hwan Lee, Ju Seop Kang, Shin Hee Kim, Kyoung Tae Nam, Hyeon Kyu Lee
  • Crystal form of urate transporter 1 inhibitor and preparation method and use thereof
    Patent number: 11149013
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crystal form of urate transporter 1 inhibitor and a preparation method and use thereof. The crystal form is characterized by a stable state of appearance and a capability of further improving the purity and storage stability of the compound, etc., and suitable as a pharmaceutical raw material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guilong Zhao, Changying Liu, Huihui Chen, Yuquan Li, Haizhi Zhang, Xuyuan Liu, Yuqiang Liu, Yafei Xie, Jingwei Wu, Wei Liu, Weiren Xu, Lida Tang, Meixiang Zou
  • DC to AC converter and control method thereof
    Patent number: 11152872
    Abstract: A direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC) converter in accordance with an embodiment includes a battery array module, a battery control module and a polarity converter, wherein the battery array module and the magnetic converter are respectively coupled to the battery control module. The battery array module is used to receive DC signals. The battery array module is controlled by the battery control module to reconfigure and generate a multi-phase step signal. The multi-phase step signal is sent to the polarity converter. The multi-phase step signal is converted into an AC signal output by the polarity converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Horng-Jzer Shih, Kai-Cheung Juang
  • Three-dimensional bioreactor for T-cell activation and expansion for immunotherapy
    Patent number: 11149244
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of a three-dimensional (3D) bioreactor for T-cell expansion for immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Jian Ling
  • Nanometer semiconductor devices having high-quality epitaxial layer
    Patent number: 11152516
    Abstract: There are provided a nanometer semiconductor device with a high-quality epitaxial layer and a method of manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include: a substrate; at least one nanowire spaced apart from the substrate; at least one semiconductor layer, each formed around a periphery of respective one of the at least one nanowire to at least partially surround the corresponding nanowire, wherein the semiconductor layer(s) formed around the respective nanowire(s) are separated from each other; an isolation layer formed on the substrate, exposing the at least one semiconductor layer; and a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and intersecting the at least one semiconductor layer, wherein the gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer at least partially surrounding a periphery of respective one of the at least one semiconductor layer and a gate conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Method of broadcast gateway signaling for channel bonding, and apparatus for the same
    Patent number: 11153849
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus of broadcast gateway signaling for channel bonding. The apparatus for broadcast gateway signaling includes an input formatting unit configured to generate baseband packets corresponding to channel bonding; and a stream partitioner configured to allocate the baseband packets to two or more RF channels of the channel bonding for generating an outer tunnel data stream, the outer tunnel data stream generated in different ways according to a plurality of operation modes for the channel bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae-Young Lee, Soon-Choul Kim, Sung-Ik Park, Heung-Mook Kim
  • Computing in-memory system and method based on skyrmion racetrack memory
    Patent number: 11151439
    Abstract: A computing in-memory system and computing in-memory method based on a skyrmion race memory are provided. The system comprises a circuit architecture of SRM-CIM. The circuit architecture of the SRM-CIM comprises a row decoder, a column decoder, a voltage-driven, a storage array, a modified sensor circuit, a counter Bit-counter and a mode controller. The voltage-driven includes two NMOSs, and the two NMOSs are respectively connected with a selector MUX. The modified sensor circuit compares the resistance between a first node to a second node and a third node to a fourth node by using a pre-charge sense amplifier. The storage array is composed of the skyrmion racetrack memories. The computing in-memory architecture is designed by utilizing the skyrmion racetrack memory, so that storage is realized in the memory, and computing operation can be carried out in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI INNOVATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BEIHANG UNIVERSITY, BEIHANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Peng Ouyang, Yu Pan, Youguang Zhang, Weisheng Zhao