Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Method for manufacturing semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 9614050
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a contact sacrificial pattern on a substrate to cover source and drain regions and expose a gate region; forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate to cover the contact sacrificial pattern and expose the gate region; forming a gate stack structure in the exposed gate region; removing the contact sacrificial pattern to form the source/drain contact trench; and forming a source/drain contact in the source/drain contact trench. By means of a contact sacrificial layer process, the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention effectively reduces the distance between the gate spacer and the contact region and increases the area of the contact region, thus effectively reducing the parasitic resistance of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Haizhou Yin, Keke Zhang
  • Compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating an inflammation
    Patent number: 9611324
    Abstract: A method of reducing an inflammatory response in a subject is provided. The method comprising providing to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of reducing activity and/or expression of a scavenger receptor or of an effector thereof, thereby reducing the inflammatory response in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: RAPPAPORT FAMILY INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE MEDICAL SERVICES
    Inventors: Nathan Karin, Gizi Wildbaum, Rachel Anunu, Yaniv Zohar, Nir Netzer
  • Differential driving circuit including asymmetry compensation circuit
    Patent number: 9614505
    Abstract: A differential driving circuit according to embodiments of the inventive may include a first driver drives a first pad to a first voltage according to a first driving signal, a second driver drives a second pad to a second voltage according to a second driving signal, a first and second capacitors for receiving a first and second voltage changes of the first and the second pad at one end thereof respectively to transmit the first and the second voltage change to the other end thereof respectively in a transition interval in which voltages of the first and second pads are changed, transition interval voltage adder circuit adds voltages respectively transmitted thereto through the first and second capacitors, and a transition interval asymmetry compensation circuit adjusts a slope of at least one of the first and second driving signals according to the added voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min-Hyung Cho, Yi-Gyeong Kim, Chun-Gi Lyuh, Young-deuk Jeon
  • Method for olefin hydroformylation reaction using solid heterogeneous catalyst
    Patent number: 9611203
    Abstract: A method for an olefin hydroformylation reaction comprising subjecting olefins and CO/H2 mixed gas to the olefin hydroformylation reaction in a reactor in the presence of a solid heterogeneous catalyst, which consisting of a metal component and an organic ligand polymer with hierarchical porosity, in which the metal component is one or more of Rh, Ir or Co, the organic ligand polymer is a polymer formed by polymerization of an organic ligand monomer containing P and alkenyl group and optional N, and in the solid heterogeneous catalyst, the metal component forms coordinated bonds with the P atom or N in the backbone of the organic ligand polymer and exists in a monoatomic dispersion state; the reaction technique and device are simple, and the catalyst has a stable hydroformylation property with a high activity and yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yunjie Ding, Li Yan, Miao Jiang, Ronghe Lin
  • Method and apparatus for preventing autorun of portable USB storage
    Patent number: 9613207
    Abstract: Provided is a technology which creates an autorun file that is used in autorun for preventing the autorun of a USB-based portable storage, thereby allowing an arbitrary user or worm virus not to manipulate the autorun file. A method for preventing autorun of portable storage accesses at least one of a master file table entry of a root directory and a master file table entry of an autorun file, and sets non-autorun in the at least one accessed master file table entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun Uk Hwang, Ki Bom Kim, Gi Han Kim, Sung Il Lee, Tae Joo Chang, Cheol Won Lee
  • Methods and compositions related to a retinoid receptor-selective pathway
    Patent number: 9611235
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions related to a retinoid receptor-selective pathway. As described herein, this pathway can be targeted to manipulate a tumor microenvironment. For example, the methods and compositions described herein can be used to induce apoptosis in a cancer cell. Further, the compositions described herein, including Sulindac and analogs thereof, can be used to target this pathway for the treatment or prevention of cancer in human patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: SANFORD-BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, XIAMEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiao-kun Zhang, Ying Su, Hu Zhou, Wen Liu, Pei-Qiang Huang
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING GUANINE-ABASIC SITE IN DNA
    Publication number: 20170088884
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting the presence or absence of a guanine-abasic site, the method being a process for detecting guanine opposite at least one abasic sites generated in a double-stranded DNA, comprising: (1) step 1 of site-selectively cleaving at least one abasic sites in a double-stranded DNA using an enzyme; (2) step 2 of modifying the amino group at position 2 of guanine opposite the abasic sites using a modifier; and (3) step 3 of performing polymerase chain reaction on the modified double-stranded DNA obtained by conducting step 1 and step 2, which serves as a template, to search for the presence or absence of an amplification product, the sequence of steps 1 and 2 being not limited to the order presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Chun WU
  • CURRENT-PERPENDICULAR-TO-PLANE MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170092307
    Abstract: The CPPGMR element of the present invention has an orientation layer 12 formed on a substrate 11 to texture a Heusler alloy into a (100) direction, an underlying layer 13 that is an electrode for magneto-resistance measurement stacked on the orientation layer 12, a lower ferromagnetic layer 14 and an upper ferromagnetic layer 16 each stacked on the underlying layer 13 and made of a Heusler alloy, a spacer layer 15 sandwiched between the lower ferromagnetic layers 14 and the upper ferromagnetic layers 16, and a cap layer 17 stacked on the upper ferromagnetic layer 16 for surface-protection. This manner makes it possible to provide, inexpensively, an element using a current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magneto-resistance effect (CPPGMR) of a thin film having a trilayered structure of a ferromagnetic metal/a nonmagnetic metal/a ferromagnetic metal, thereby showing excellent performances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Ye DU, Takao FURUBAYASHI, Yukiko TAKAHASHI, Kazuhiro HONO
  • VIDEO INDEXING METHOD AND DEVICE USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170092330
    Abstract: A video indexing method is provided. The video indexing method includes steps of: analyzing trajectory information of a plurality of objects in a video data to obtain a sequence of object snaps including a plurality of object snaps; generating a sequence of candidate object snaps by filtering off some of the object snaps according to the appearance differences between the object snaps; selecting a plurality of representative object snaps from the sequence of candidate object snaps; and generating a video indexing image by merging the selected representative object snaps into a background image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Luo-Wei TSAI, Kual-Zheng LEE, Guo-Ruei CHEN
  • SHAPE CHANGEABLE MATERIAL HAVING INHERENT SHAPES USING HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE AND ELECTRODE HAVING SAME
    Publication number: 20170092389
    Abstract: Provided are a shape changeable material and a shape changeable electrode including the same, wherein a material having a 2-dimensional (2D) shape obtained when the material is activated by a predetermined stimulus using structural and hierarchical characteristics of the shape changeable material is provided. The shape changeable material provides a material that has various 2D inherent shapes by changing a hierarchical structure of displacement units or a joint pattern, is used as a flexible material or a stretchable material, and may be closely adhered on a curved surface without a lifting. Also, by further forming a coating layer having electric conductivity, an electrode having characteristics of the shape changeable material may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Insuk CHOI, Yigil CHO
  • SOUND WAVE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20170089864
    Abstract: A sound wave sensor, capable of reliably detecting presence or absence of a banknote very easily with use of sound waves, is provided. The sound wave sensor includes a sounding body 2 that outputs a sound wave signal of a predetermined frequency, an echo body 3 opposed to the sounding body 2 in a direction in which the sounding body 2 outputs the sound wave signal, the echo body 3 being provided at a position where the sound wave signal resonates at the predetermined frequency; a slit 5 through which a sheet-like banknote 4 passes, the slit 5 being provided between the sounding body 2 and the echo body 3; and a resonance determination unit 6 that determines a resonant state of the frequency output from the sounding body 2. The resonance determination unit 6 determines a resonant state by detecting variation in power consumption of the sounding body 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicants: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Yasushi Sato
  • CONTROLLABLE FORMATION OF MICROVASCULAR NETWORKS USING SACRIFICIAL MICROFIBER TEMPLATES
    Publication number: 20170088815
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fabricating sacrificial microfiber templates from any biocompatible and resorbable materials depending on the time needed for dissolving the microfiber template to free the endothelial tube with open lumen. Microfiber networks with distinct patterns and defined diameters initially serve as a template to support the growth of vascular cells (endothelial cells or their progenitor cells, or combined with mural cells such as pericytes) and then dissolve to form an empty endothelium lumen. The incorporation of sacrificial microfiber networks encapsulated with vascular cells into 3D cell-rich constructs allows for the creation of various vascularized tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hongjun Wang, Chao Jia
  • COPOLYMER HAVING ADJUSTABLE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE AND HAVING USEFULNESS AS ORGANIC ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMER, AND ORGANIC ELECTRO-OPTIC ELEMENT USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170088654
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EO polymer having a desired Tg. The present invention provides a copolymer comprising (i) a cycloalkane methacrylate and 2-isocyanatoethyl methacrylate as monomers at an adjusted blending ratio and (ii) an electro-optic molecule (EO molecule) bound to the copolymer, thereby exhibiting a desired glass transition temperature (Tg).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akira OTOMO, Isao AOKI, Toshiki YAMADA, Hideki MIKI
  • HYBRID CARBON BLACK AND COATING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20170088687
    Abstract: A hybrid carbon black is provided, which includes a carbon black core and a polymer film wrapping an entire surface of the carbon black core. The polymer film includes a network of a plurality of polymer main chains crosslinked each other, and a plurality of dispersion-side chains bonded to the polymer main chains. The dispersion-side chains come from an acrylate monomer with a chemical structure of: wherein when n is 4 to 7, R1 is H or CH3, and when n is 8 to 14, R1 is CH3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ching-Mao WU, Szu-Yin LIN, Ming-Tzung WU, Te-Yi CHANG
  • GLECHOMA LONGITUBE EXTRACT, PREPARATION METHOD FOR SAME, AND USE THEREOF IN SUGAR REDUCTION, WEIGHT LOSS, AND LIPID REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20170087173
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Glechoma longituba (Nakai) Kupr. extract, specifically compounds I and II, a preparation method for same, and a use thereof in preparing a medicament for blood glucose decease, blood lipids decrease, weight loss, and kidney disease treatment or a method for treatment of said diseases, and a composition containing the extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicants: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, NANJING PAILEXING PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Weiliang ZHU, Heyao WANG, Yong ZHANG, Peng SUN, Bo LI, Zhijian XU, Hualiang JIANG, Kaixian CHEN
  • COMPOSITION FOR INDUCING DIFFERENTIATION INTO BEIGE AND BROWN ADIPOCYTES AND METHOD OF INDUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170087126
    Abstract: A composition for inducing differentiation into beige adipocytes from white adipocytes, including butein, a butein derivative, or a pharmaceutically available salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a method of inducing the differentiation are provided. Increases in expressions of UCP-1 and PRDM4 are confirmed using the active ingredient, that is, the butein or butein derivative, and therefore the composition is expected to be used in preventing or treating obesity, and more basically, for target treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicants: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVER SITY, GYEONGGI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PROMOTI ON
    Inventors: Kye Won PARK, Nojoon SONG, Suk Chan LEE, Jin-Mo KU
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES AND RELATED DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20170087189
    Abstract: The invention features compositions comprising in vitro generated beta cells capable of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, methods of inducing beta cell maturation from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cell-derived beta-like cells, and methods of using in vitro generated beta cells for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or a related disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
    Inventors: RONALD M. EVANS, EIJI YOSHIHARA, MICHAEL R. DOWNES, RUTH T. YU, ANNETTE R. ATKINS
  • CATALYST AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170087536
    Abstract: A catalyst is provided. The catalyst includes a carrier and a metal. The carrier is represented by a formula: MxAl(1-x)O(3-x)/2, where M is an alkaline earth metal, and x is between 0.09 and 0.24. The metal is loaded on the carrier. A method for manufacturing the catalyst is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching WU, Chiou-Hwang LEE
  • Synthesis of ordered microporous carbons by chemical vapor deposition
    Patent number: 9604194
    Abstract: A methane microporous carbon adsorbent comprising a thermally-treated CVD carbon having a shape in the form of a negative replica of a crystalline zeolite has a BET specific surface area, a micropore volume, a micropore to mesopore volume ratio, a stored methane value and a methane delivered value and a sequential carbon synthesis method for forming the methane microporous carbon adsorbent. Introducing an organic precursor gas for a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) period to a crystalline zeolite that is maintained at a CVD temperature forms the carbon-zeolite composite. Introducing a non-reactive gas for a thermal treatment period to the carbon-zeolite composite maintained at a thermal treatment temperature forms the thermally-treated carbon-zeolite composite. Introducing an aqueous strong mineral acid mixture to the thermally-treated carbon-zeolite composite forms the methane microporous carbon adsorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuguo Wang, Cemal Ercan, Rashid M. Othman, Minkee Choi, Seokin Choi
  • containing mutated gene and application thereof
    Patent number: 9605280
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of modifying E. coli through genetic engineering. Specifically, the invention provides an E. coli containing a mutated lpdA gene. The invention also relates to use of the E. coli in the production of chemical material such as ethanol, and succinate etc. The invention also provides a method of producing chemical materials such as ethanol and succinate etc. by using the E. coli, as well as a method for increasing the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase in E. coli by introducing a mutated lpdA gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xueli Zhang, Xinna Zhu, Jing Chen