Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 11087218
    Abstract: An electronic device, a presentation method for a decision-making process module and a non-volatile computer readable medium are provided. The electronic device includes a memory, a processor and a display. The processor generates or obtains a decision-making process module for determining a particular object. The display presents the decision-making process module. The decision-making process module includes a plurality of decision-making sub-processes and a plurality of decision-making blocks. The decision-making sub-processes verify and integrate the information about the particular object received from the source. The decision-making blocks are formed by arranging one or some of a plurality of decision-making sub-processes, and the decision-making process modules are formed by arranging the decision-making blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: August Chao, Hao-Ren Wu, Guan-Cheng Huang, Li-Yang Chen, Yi-Lin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11085982
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image acquisition method and apparatus using a parallel scheme of radio frequency irradiation and data acquisition. The image acquisition method includes saturating a labile proton by radiating a first radio frequency (RF) pulse signal to an object, generating a proton signal by radiating a pulse sequence signal to the object, and obtaining a chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) image of the object, and the generating and the obtaining of which are repeatedly performed in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun Wook Park, Byung Jai Kim
  • Patent number: 11084722
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for facilitating an intramolecular reaction that occurs in single collisions of CO2 molecules (or their derivatives amenable to controllable acceleration, such as CO2+ ions) with a solid surface, such that molecular oxygen (or its relevant analogs, e.g., O2+ and O2? ions) is directly produced are provided. The reaction is driven by kinetic energy and is independent of surface composition and temperature. The methods and apparatus may be used to remove CO2 from Earth's atmosphere, while, in other embodiments, the methods and apparatus may be used to prevent the atmosphere's contamination with CO2 emissions. In yet other embodiments, the methods and apparatus may be used to obtain molecular oxygen in CO2-rich environments, such as to facilitate exploration of extraterrestrial bodies with CO2-rich atmospheres (e.g. Mars).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yunxi Yao, Konstantinos P. Giapis
  • Patent number: 11084898
    Abstract: The present invention provides a selective bonding method of polymer substrates. The present invention allows selective interfacial bonding between a polymer substrate and a parylene layer by using a mask pattern and plasma treatment, and enables the formation of a three-dimensional structure by injecting a fluid into a non-bonded area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: So Hee Kim, Nam Sun Chou, Hyun Min Moon
  • Patent number: 11084387
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and storage media for arranging a plurality of cells in a vehicle battery pack are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, data pertaining to cells within a battery pack installed in each vehicle of a fleet of vehicles, the data received from at least one of each vehicle in the fleet and one or more battery testing devices, providing, by the processing device, the data to a machine learning server, directing, by the processing device, the machine learning server to generate a predictive model, the predictive model based on machine learning of the data, estimating, by the processing device, one or more electrical characteristics of each cell to be included in the vehicle battery pack based on the predictive model, and directing, by the processing device, an arrangement of the cells within the battery pack based on the electrical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick K. Herring, Muratahan Aykol, Abraham Anapolsky
  • Patent number: 11088291
    Abstract: An anti-reflection coating has an average total reflectance of less than 10%, for example less than 5.9% such as from 4.9% to 5.9%, over a spectrum of wavelengths of 400-1100 nm and a range of angles of incidence of 0-90 degrees with respect to a surface normal of the anti-reflection coating. An anti-reflection coating has a total reflectance of less than 10%, for example less than 6% such as less than 4%, over an entire spectrum of wavelengths of 400-1600 nm and an entire range of angles of incidence of 0-70 degrees with respect to a surface normal of the anti-reflection coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Sameer Chhajed, Jong Kyu Kim, Shawn-Yu Lin, Mei-Ling Kuo, Frank W. Mont, David J. Poxson, E. Fred Schubert, Martin F. Schubert
  • Patent number: 11086385
    Abstract: Provided is a graphics processing unit and an operation method thereof. The graphics processing unit includes a plurality of cores in which a delay time between an input and an output decreases according to an increase of a temperature, a temperature monitoring and sorting circuit configured to monitor a temperature of each of the plurality of cores, and a controller configured to control a clock frequency and a power supply of the plurality of cores based on a drivable clock frequency of a core having the lowest temperature among temperatures of each of the plurality of monitored cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sukho Lee, Jae-Jin Lee, Kyuseung Han
  • Patent number: 11085088
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for and relates to cancer treatment based on the identification of novel biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer or the biochemical reoccurrence of prostate cancer. The biomarkers of the invention show altered methylation levels of certain CpG loci relative to normal prostate tissue, as set forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Richard M Myers, James D Brooks, Marie K Kirby
  • Patent number: 11085986
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for removing ghost artifacts of an echo planner image using a neural network. An image processing method according to an embodiment of the inventive concept includes receiving Fourier space data of an echo planar image, and restoring the echo planar image in which ghost artifacts are removed using a neural network. The receiving of the Fourier space data may include dividing the Fourier space data into the odd-numbered Fourier space data and even-numbered Fourier space data, and the restoring of the echo planar image may include obtaining the odd-numbered Fourier space data and even-numbered Fourier space data with the Fourier space interpolated using the neural network and restoring the echo planar image in which the ghost artifacts are removed based on the odd-numbered Fourier space data and even-numbered Fourier space data with the Fourier space interpolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: JongChul Ye, Ju Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11084853
    Abstract: This document relates to materials and methods for controlling ligand gated ion channel (LGIC) activity. For example, modified LGICs including at least one LGIC subunit having a modified ligand binding domain (LBD) and/or a modified ion pore domain (IPD) are provided. Also provided are exogenous LGIC ligands that can bind to and activate the modified LGIC, as well as methods of modulating ion transport across the membrane of a cell of a mammal, methods of modulating the excitability of a cell in a mammal, and methods of treating a mammal having a channelopathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Inventors: Scott Sternson, Peter Lee, Christopher Magnus
  • Patent number: 11085983
    Abstract: The MRI apparatus includes a processor configured to apply a gradient echo pulse sequence that makes a sum of gradients applied during one repetition time (TR) in a slice selection direction, a phase encoding direction, and a frequency encoding direction equal zero and maintains spins in an object in a steady state; alternately apply, while the gradient echo pulse sequence is continuously applied, a first radio frequency (RF) pulse having a first flip angle and a second RF pulse having a second flip angle that is different from the first flip angle at each TR interval; and generate an MR image based on an echo signal acquired when the spins are in the steady state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun-seok Seo, Hyun-wook Park, Joon-soo Kim, Seo-hee So, Dae-ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11085093
    Abstract: An ultra-high strength maraging stainless steel with nominal composition (in mass) of C?0.03%, Cr: 13.0-14.0%, Ni: 5.5-7.0%, Co: 5.5-7.5%, Mo: 3.0-5.0%, Ti: 1.9-2.5%, Si: ?0.1%, Mn: ?0.1%, P: ?0.01%, S: ?0.01%, and Fe: balance. The developed ultra-high strength maraging stainless steel combines ultra-high strength (with ?b?2000 MPa, ?0.2?1700 MPa, ??8% and ??40%), high toughness (KIC?83 MPa·m½) and superior salt-water corrosion resistance (with pitting potential Epit?0.15 (vs SCE)). Therefore, this steel is suitable to make structural parts that are used in harsh corrosive environments like marine environment containing chloride ions, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, Institute of Metal Research
    Inventors: Jialong Tian, Ke Yang, Wei Wang, Yiyin Shan, Wei Yan
  • Patent number: 11087215
    Abstract: A computing device classifies unclassified observations. A first batch of noise observations is generated. (A) A first batch of unclassified observations is selected. (B) A first batch of classified observations is selected. (C) A discriminator neural network model trained to classify unclassified observations and noise observations is updated with observations that include the first batch of unclassified observations, the first batch of classified observations, and the first batch of noise observations. (D) A discriminator loss value is computed that includes an adversarial loss term computed using a predefined transition matrix. (E) A second batch of unclassified observations is selected. (F) A second batch of noise observations is generated. (G) A generator neural network model trained to generate a fake observation vector for the second batch of noise observations is updated with the second batch of unclassified observations and the second batch of noise observations. (H) (A) to (G) is repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventor: Xu Chen
  • Patent number: 11084262
    Abstract: A method of forming a film is provided, which includes providing a sheet from a polyamide composition; and biaxial stretching of the sheet to form a film, wherein the polyamide composition includes a blend of a first polyamide and a second polyamide. The first polyamide has a repeating unit of and the second polyamide has repeating units of The second polyamide is a crystalline random copolymer. The sheet of the polyamide composition is biaxially stretched at a rate of 20 mm/sec to 100 mm/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jyh-Horng Wu, Ming-Tsong Leu, Sheng-Lung Chang, Hung-Jen Liu, Po-Ling Shiao, Yen-Cheng Li, Yih-Her Chang
  • Patent number: 11084850
    Abstract: The present invention provides immunogens comprising a recombinant Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) F protein stabilized in a prefusion conformation and nucleic acids encoding such immunogens. In particular the present invention provides polypeptides, polynucleotides, compositions, and uses thereof for eliciting an immune response to bovine respiratory syncytial virus (bRSV). Methods for generating an immune response in a subject are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the method is a method for treating or preventing a RSV infection in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the antigen to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE, INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIO-MEDICINE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Baoshan Zhang, Peter D. Kwong, Davide Corti, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Geraldine Taylor
  • Patent number: 11086607
    Abstract: An apparatus includes processor(s) to: within a kill container, monitor a task kill queue for execution failure message(s) indicating failure of a task routine to perform a task of a job flow, and in response to a quantity of execution failure messages reaching a threshold, store, within the task kill queue, a kill tasks request message; within a task container, in response to the kill tasks request message, cease execution of the task routine to cease performance of the task, and store, within the task queue, a task cancelation message indicating cancelation of the task routine; within a performance container, in response to the task canceled message, store, within a job queue, a job cancelation message indicating cancelation of the job flow; and in response to the job cancelation message, transmit an indication of cancelation of the job flow to a requesting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Henry Gabriel Victor Bequet, Ronald Earl Stogner, Eric Jian Yang, Qing Gong, Chaowang Ricky Zhang
  • Patent number: 11084824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pyrazolopyrimidine derivative, a preparation method thereof and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an active ingredient for the prevention or treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease and brain disease. The pyrazolopyrimidine derivative of the present invention exhibits excellent Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibition activity, so that it can be effectively used as a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease and Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Pilho Kim, Sung Yun Cho, Jae Du Ha, Hyoung Rae Kim, Jong Yeon Hwang, Chang Soo Yun, Hee Jung Jung, Chi Hoon Park, Chong Ock Lee, Chang Hoon Lee, Sunjoo Ahn
  • Patent number: 11084915
    Abstract: Provided is a means capable of realizing a surface-roughening method for modifying the surface of a resin molded article to form a surficial layer, such as a coating or plating, or to impart a function derived from the surface configuration. The method comprises adding a resin composition and performing a post-treatment and is thus simpler and easier than conventional methods. The resin composition is a composition for resin surface roughening that contains an aliphatic polycarbonate and an alkali metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Nishioka, Hiroki Maeda, Kei Ishikura, Kimihiro Matsukawa, Yukiyasu Kashiwagi, Masashi Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11088135
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection apparatus and an integrated passive device (IPD) with capacitor(s) are provided. The ESD protection apparatus includes a transistor, an impedance, and a capacitor disposed in a redistribution layer (RDL) structure of a package. The first terminal and the second terminal of the transistor are respectively coupled to a first power rail and a second power rail of the RDL structure. A first terminal of the impedance is coupled to the first power rail. A second terminal of the impedance is coupled to a control terminal of the transistor. A first terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the second terminal of the impedance. A second terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the second power rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Chung, Tai-Jui Wang, Chieh-Wei Feng
  • Patent number: PP33332
    Abstract: The present invention provides new and distinct Cannabis cultivars designated as ‘HAPPY PINEAPPLE’. Disclosed herein are main terpenes of ‘HAPPY PINEAPPLE’, which are beta-ocimene, beta-caryophyllene, alpha-pinene, limonene, alpha-humulene, beta-pinene and myrcene. Also, the present invention provides the estimated concentration of the THCmax about 14.50-18.57% and CBDmax about 0.00%, respectively, at the time of assaying metabolites from flower samples of ‘HAPPY PINEAPPLE’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Biotech Institute, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Lewis, Steven Robert Haba