Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 9478743
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a PEDOT:PSS-based electrode, comprising the steps of: preparing a PEDOT:PSS thin film formed on a substrate; treating the thin film with a solution containing 75-100 vol % of sulfuric acid or a sulfuric acid derivative; separating the thin film from the solution and rinsing the separated thin film; and drying the rinsed thin film at a temperature between 60° C. and 160° C. The present disclosure also provides a PEDOT:PSS-based electrode fabricated by the method, and an organic electronic device including the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kwanghee Lee, Seoung-Ho Lee, Nara Kim, Seyoung Kee
  • Patent number: 9475894
    Abstract: A dendritic polymer, a dendritic polymer monomer, and a hyperbranched copolymer are described. The dendritic polymer monomer has a structure denoted by Z?-(Q)n-Y, wherein Z? represents a structure denoted by the following formula (a) and/or formula (b), Q represents a dendritic constitutional repeating unit of the dendritic polymer monomer, n represents the generation number of the dendritic polymer monomer, and is an integer within a range of 2-6, Y represents a group that contains SO3? or COO?, R14-R16 can be identical to or different from each other, and are H or C1-C5 alkyl respectively. The monomer can be used as a copolymerizable monomer for preparing a hyperbranched polymer applicable to oil fields, the obtained hyperbranched polymer can be used as an inhibiting filtrate reducer for drilling fluid, flocculating agent, encapsulating agent, heat-resistant and salinity-resistant polymer flooding agent, and thickening agent for fracturing liquid, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SINOPEC ZHONGYUAN OILFIELD SERVICE CORPORATION DRILLING ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Zhonghua Wang
  • Patent number: 9479238
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of beamforming and a 3D antenna array. The method includes: transmitting a first control channel; receiving first feedback information on a first antenna set and a first precoding scheme of a plurality of antenna sets included in the 3D antenna array, which are determined based on the first control channel, from a first communication node different from the communication node; and beamforming a traffic channel to be transmitted to the first communication node using the first antenna set and the first precoding scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kwang Jae Lim, Anseok Lee, Wooram Shin
  • Patent number: 9475982
    Abstract: A multi-wavelength composite light-storing powder and method of manufacturing and applying the same. It utilizes organic compound having double-imide-bond steric structure, to produce high speed collisions with light-storing material containing rare earth elements in an environment of extremely low temperature, to make collision surface produce instantaneous high temperature, so that the organic compound is sputtered onto a surface of the light-storing material. The surface is cooled instantly due to extremely low temperature to produce the composite light-storing powder. The composite light-storing powder is apt to engage cross linked structure of thermoplastic polymer in a high temperature blending process. Then, through a filament process, to produce successfully light-storing fiber capable of emitting multi-wavelengths with high heat resistance and wash endurance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sheng-Jen Lin, Ying-Hsiu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9478385
    Abstract: Provided are a field emission device and a method of manufacturing the same. The field emission device includes an anode electrode and a cathode electrode which are opposite to each other, a counter layer provided on the anode electrode, and a field emitter provided on the cathode electrode and facing the counter layer. Herein, the field emitter includes a carbon nanotube emitting cold electrons and a photoelectric material emitting photo electrons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jae-woo Kim, Yoon-Ho Song, Jin Woo Jeong, Jun Tae Kang, Sungyoul Choi, Jeong Yong Choi
  • Patent number: 9478429
    Abstract: A sacrificial-post templating method is presented for directing block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly to form nanostructures of monolayers and bilayers of microdomains. The topographical post template can be removed after directing self-assembly and, therefore, is not incorporated into the final microdomain pattern. The sacrificial posts can be a material removable using a selective etchant that will not remove the material of the final pattern block(s). The sacrificial posts may be removable, at least in part, using a same etchant as for removing one of the blocks of the BCP, for example, a negative tone polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) when a non-final pattern block of polystyrene is removed and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) remains on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Amir Tavakkoli Kermani Ghariehali, Samuel Mospens Nicaise, Karl K. Berggren, Kevin Willy Gotrik, Caroline A. Ross
  • Patent number: 9475048
    Abstract: A centrifugal force-based microfluidic device for a multiplexed analysis and an analyzing method using the same are provided. The microfluidic device includes a platform and a microfluidic structure including a plurality of chambers formed within the platform and valves positioned between the chambers. The microfluidic structure includes a sample separation chamber connected to a sample injection hole and a plurality of reaction chambers accommodating two or more types of markers specifically reacting to different types of target materials, separately by type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventors: Yoon-Kyoung Cho, Ji-Woon Park
  • Patent number: 9477013
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical source device. The optical source device includes: a mode converter configured to be optically coupled with an optical fiber; a semiconductor optical amplifier coupled with the mode converter, and configured to amplify an optical signal input through the optical fiber; and an electro absorption modulator coupled to the optical amplifier, and configured to modulate the amplified optical signal and output the modulated optical signal, in which each of the semiconductor optical amplifier and the optical absorption modulator includes a heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dong Hun Lee, Jong Sool Jeong, Ki Soo Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Mi Ran Park, O Kyun Kwon
  • Patent number: 9479193
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing a compression operation in a hash algorithm are provided. The apparatus includes an interface unit, a message extension unit, a chain variable initial conversion unit, a compression function computation unit, and a chain variable final conversion unit. The interface unit receives a message and chain variable data. The message extension unit generates a plurality of extended messages from the message. The chain variable initial conversion unit converts the chain variable data into initial state data for a compression function. The compression function computation unit repeatedly computes extended message binding and step functions based on the initial state data and the plurality of extended messages, and performs combination with a final extended message, thereby computing final state data. The chain variable final conversion unit generates and outputs chain variable data, into which the chain variable data has been updated, using the final state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dong-Chan Kim, Deukjo Hong, Jung Keun Lee, Daesung Kwon
  • Patent number: 9477148
    Abstract: A polymer, a method for preparing the same, and a photosensitive resin composition thereof are provided. The polymer has a structure represented by Formula (I): wherein R1 is —OH, or —COOH; A1 is each A2 is independently each A3 is independently Z is —O—, —S—, —C(CH3)2-, —C(CF3)2-, m is a positive integer that is greater than 1; n is a positive integer that is greater than 1; i is a positive integer between 1 and 3; and, j is a positive integer between 1 and 20; and, the repeat units are arranged in a random fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jyh-Long Jeng, Jeng-Yu Tsai, Wei-Ta Yang
  • Patent number: 9479683
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal lens imaging apparatus and method. Wherein, the imaging apparatus comprises a lens group including at least a liquid crystal lens, a drive circuit, an image collecting unit and an image processing unit. The drive circuit is connected to the liquid crystal lens to drive the liquid crystal lens respectively into an in-focus state or into an out-of-focus state. The image collecting unit is configured to collect light signal passing through the liquid crystal lens to generate an image. When the liquid crystal lens is in the in-focus state, the image collecting unit generates an in-focus image of the light signal and, when the liquid crystal lens is in the out-of-focus state, the image collecting unit generates an out-of-focus image of the light signal as a reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MERCURY OPTOELECTRONICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chunhui Cui, Mao Ye, Shuda Yu, Rui Bao
  • Patent number: 9479289
    Abstract: A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 16200 and a code rate of 5/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung-Ik Park, Heung-Mook Kim, Sun-Hyoung Kwon, Nam-Ho Hur
  • Patent number: 9479333
    Abstract: A method of managing the sensitive data of a mobile terminal and an escrow server for performing the method are disclosed. In the method of managing the sensitive data of a mobile terminal, an escrow server receives a request for registration from a mobile terminal, a user key is generated in response to the request for registration, a user virtual folder adapted to store the sensitive data of the mobile terminal is generated, encrypted sensitive data is received from the mobile terminal if the mobile terminal determines to store the sensitive data in the escrow server, and the encrypted sensitive data is re-encrypted and stored in the user virtual folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Suwan Park
  • Patent number: 9476585
    Abstract: A water-cooling U-valve is composed of a downcomer (1), a riser (2), and a return chute (3), which are sequentially connected. An intermediate partition (4) is disposed between the downcomer (1) and the riser (2), the lower parts of the downcomer (1) and the riser (2) are interconnected. A material returning partition (5) is disposed between the riser (2) and the return chute (3), the upper parts of the riser (2) and the return chute (3) are interconnected. The casing of U-valve comprises membrane walls, the inside of the membrane walls are laid with refractory. Some water-cooling tubes of the membrane walls extend into the inside of the U-valve, forming the water cooing intermediate partition (4) and material returning partition (5). The headers (40, 50) are connected with the headers (33, 13) formed by some water-cooling tubes of membrane walls by connecting tubes (7, 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qinggang Lu, Yunkai Sun, Ming Gao, Shaolin Bao, Shiyuan Li, Dongyu Wang, Yongjie Na
  • Patent number: 9478452
    Abstract: A production system to facilitate the commonization of front chambers among a plurality of production devices that are different in the kind of a process to be performed for a processing substrate. Control units are provided separately in a processing chamber and a front chamber of a small production device. When the processing-chamber control unit outputs a load request signal, the front-chamber control unit loads a processing substrate to the processing chamber, and outputs a load acknowledgment signal. When the load acknowledgment signal is input, the processing-chamber control unit performs a process for the processing substrate, and outputs an unload request signal after the completion of the process. When the unload request signal is input, the front-chamber control unit unloads the processing substrate, and outputs an unload acknowledgment signal. When the unload acknowledgment signal is input, the processing chamber starts the preparation of the next process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shiro Hara, Hitoshi Maekawa, Shizuka Nakano
  • Patent number: 9475707
    Abstract: A system for extraction of water from air includes a salt plate, a moisture absorption unit and a filter unit. The system further includes a storage unit. A method for extraction of water using the system includes placing the salt plate beneath the moisture absorption unit during a moisture absorption phase and placing the salt plate beneath the filter unit during a water extraction phase. The extracted water is stored in the storage unit for drinking and cleaning purposes. Further, a system for cleaning solar panels includes a moisture absorbing unit, a filter unit, a salt plate, a water storage unit, a solar panel, a wiper mechanism to receive water from the storage unit to clean the solar panel, and support elements to moveably support wiper mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOMBAY
    Inventors: Jim Joseph John, Mehul C. Raval, Chetan Singh Solanki, Anil Kottantharayil
  • Patent number: 9475878
    Abstract: The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to OX40 (CD134), referred to as OX40 antibodies, anti-OX40 or anti-OX40 antibodies. Invention antibodies that specifically bind to OX40 include mammalian (human, primate, etc.), humanized and chimeric anti-OX40 antibodies. Invention antibodies and antibody subsequences (fragments) that specifically bind to OX40 include purified and isolated antibodies, as well as pharmaceutical formulations thereof, are useful in various methods including treatment, screening and detection methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: KYOWA HAKKO KIRIN CO., LTD, LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kato, Rachel Soloff Nugent, Hitoshi Yoshida, Michael Croft
  • Patent number: 9475257
    Abstract: This present application relates to a three dimensional negative Poisson's ratio spacer knitted fabric and a method for making the same; the fabric includes a first surface layer fabric, a second surface layer fabric, and a spacer yarn layer connecting the first surface layer fabric with the second surface layer fabric, both the first surface layer fabric and the second surface layer fabric are bi-dimensional structures having the negative Poisson's ratio effects; the method is to compress and/or stretch a three dimensional mesh spacer knitted base fabric along one or two plane directions to form a structures having the negative Poisson's ratio effects. The advantages of the present application include low making cost, simple operation method, significant negative Poisson's ratio effects, good elastic recovery, and high practical application value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL LIMITED
    Inventor: Hong Hu
  • Patent number: 9476612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to concentrating solar-power systems and, more particularly, beam-forming concentrating solar thermal array power systems. A solar thermal array power system is provided, including a plurality of solar concentrators arranged in pods. Each solar concentrator includes a solar collector, one or more beam-forming elements, and one or more beam-steering elements. The solar collector is dimensioned to collect and divert incoming rays of sunlight. The beam-forming elements intercept the diverted rays of sunlight, and are shaped to concentrate the rays of sunlight into a beam. The steering elements are shaped, dimensioned, positioned, and/or oriented to deflect the beam toward a beam output path. The beams from the concentrators are converted to heat at a receiver, and the heat may be temporarily stored or directly used to generate electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Thomas A. Cwik, Paul E. Dimotakis, Daniel J. Hoppe
  • Patent number: 9478961
    Abstract: The present invention related to an iron bus bar coated with copper and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention provides an iron bus bar including an iron core and a copper layer applied on the iron core, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, an iron bus bar having high strength and durability as well as excellent electrical conductivity can be manufactured at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Young Sik Song