Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 9822166
    Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies that neutralize flavivirus and methods of use thereof. These antibodies are derived from mAb1 1 which recognizes West Nile virus E protein and is cross-reactive with members of the flavivirus family, including Denge virus. The antibodies of the present invention prevent antibody-dependent enhancement of a viral infection by having a modified Fc region that does not bind to the Fcy receptor. The invented antibody is used to treat flaviviral infections and symptoms thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Wayne A. Marasco
  • Patent number: 9821303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocatalyst using a semiconductor-carbon nanomaterial core-shell composite quantum dot and a method for preparing the same, more particularly to a microparticle in which a semiconductor-carbon nanomaterial core-shell composite quantum dot is self-assembled using 4-aminophenol, capable of improving photoelectrochemical response and photoconversion efficiency when used as a photocatalyst or a photoelectrode of a photoelectrochemical device, a photoelectrochemical device using the same and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Ick Son, Jong Hyeok Park, Su Kang Bae, Jung Kyu Kim, Gee Woo Chang
  • Patent number: 9822306
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polymer (LCP) composite film is provided. The LCP composite film includes 88 to 99 weight percent of a liquid crystal polymer based on the total weight of the LCP composite film and 1 to 12 weight percent of a toughening agent based on the total weight of the LCP composite film. The toughening agent includes a copolymer selected from a group consisting of a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer, a glycidyl methacrylate copolymer, a polystyrene elastomer, a polyester elastomer, and a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Mao-Yuan Chiu, Dan-Cheng Kong, Ang-Ta Tsai, Hung-Jen Liu, Min-Fei Tsai, Li-Han Chung
  • Patent number: 9822311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a synthetic fuel on a vessel above a stranded gas field or an oil & gas field by a GTL-FPSO process, more particularly to a method for preparing a synthetic fuel with superior economic feasibility, productivity and efficiency using a compact GTL (gas to liquid) apparatus that can be used for a stranded gas field or an oil & gas field and an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) process under a condition optimized for the ratio of carbon dioxide in the stranded gas field or the oil & gas field and an apparatus for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Ju Moon, Jae Sun Jung, Eun Hyeok Yang, Jae Suk Lee, Young Su Noh, Gi Hoon Hong, Sang Yong Lee, Sung Soo Lim, Na Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9825135
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. An example method may include: forming a sacrificial gate stack on a substrate; forming a gate spacer on sidewalls of the sacrificial gate stack; forming an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate and planarizing it to expose the sacrificial gate stack; partially etching back the sacrificial gate stack to form an opening; expanding the resultant opening so that the opening is in a shape whose size gradually increases from a side adjacent to the substrate towards an opposite side away from the substrate; and removing a remaining portion of the sacrificial gate stack and forming a gate stack in a space defined by the gate spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9825421
    Abstract: Provided is a single pulse laser apparatus. The apparatus including a resonator having a first mirror, a second mirror, a gain medium, and electro-optic modulators (EOMs) which perform each mode-locking and Q-switching, the apparatus includes a photodiode which measures laser light that oscillates from the resonator, a synchronizer which converts an electrical signal generated by measuring the laser light into a transistor-transistor logic (TTL) signal, a delay unit which sets a latency determined in order to synchronize a mode-locked pulse with a Q-switched pulse to the TTL signal, and outputs a trigger TTL signal according to the latency, and a Q-driver which inputs the trigger TTL signal to the EOM which performs Q-switching, and causes the EOM to operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Young Min Jhon, Joon Mo Ahn, Seok Lee, Jae Hun Kim, Min Ah Seo, Chul Ki Kim, Taik Jin Lee, Deok Ha Woo, Min Chul Park
  • Patent number: 9822204
    Abstract: The present invention includes vinyl ether functional oligomers and methods for their preparation, the method including alternating free radical copolymerization of a dialkyl maleate or dialkyl fumerate monomer with a multifunctional vinyl ether monomer in the presence of a solvent with a high chain transfer constant. Also within the scope of the invention are uses for the vinyl ether functional oligomers compositions of this invention, including radiation curable coatings, adhesives, printing inks and composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventor: James V. Crivello
  • Patent number: 9823250
    Abstract: A protein composition including TorsinA or TorsinA mutant, LULL1, and a nanobody obtained by immunization using TorsinA and LULL1 is used to grow complex crystals, and three dimensional structures are determined using x-ray data of the crystals. A screening platform is built based on the determined three dimensional structures for designing a drug lead to cure dystonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Thomas U. Schwartz, F. Esra Demircioglu, Brian A. Sosa-Alvarado
  • Patent number: 9820963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer including a lignan compound having a specific chemical structure (Chemical Formula 1); a health functional food composition for preventing or ameliorating cancer including the lignan compound; and a method for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer using the composition. Further, the present invention relates to a use of the lignan compound in the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition or a health functional food composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sei Ryang Oh, Yong Yeon Cho, Hyung Won Ryu, Cheol Jung Lee, Hye Suk Lee, Doo Young Kim, Jung Hee Kim, Kyung Seop Ahn, Mee Hyun Lee, Hyeong Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9825545
    Abstract: A split drive transformer (SDT) and use of such a transformer in a power converter is described. The power converter includes a power and distributor circuit configured to receive one or more input signals and provides multiple signals to a first side of the SDT. The SDT receives the signals provided to the first side thereof and provides signals at a second side thereof to a power combiner and rectifier circuit which is configured to provide output signals to a load. In some embodiments, the SDT may be provided as a switched-capacitor (SC) SDT. In some embodiments, the power converter may optionally include a level selection circuit (LSC) on one or both of the distributor and combiner sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Minjie Chen, David J. Perreault, Khurram K. Afridi
  • Patent number: 9821042
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of protecting against chronic stress in a subject and treating stress sensitive disorders in a subject by antagonizing ghrelin or ghrelin receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Ki Ann Goosens
  • Patent number: 9822356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluidic devices for preparing, processing, storing, preserving, and/or analyzing samples. In particular, the devices and related systems and methods allow for preparing and/or analyzing samples (e.g., biospecimen samples) by using one or more of capture regions and/or automated analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, SlipChip Corporation
    Inventors: Rustem F. Ismagilov, Feng Shen, Liang Li, Yu-Hsiang Hsu, Stefano Begolo, Mikhail Karymov, David Selck, Stephanie McCalla, Philip James Homewood
  • Patent number: 9824052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the prevention of bus conflicts in the backplane by providing a bus structure which is configured to control the activation of an attached slave board in the backplane to/from which a plurality of slave boards are attached and detached. The backplane according to the present invention can prevent data bus conflicts and improve the stability of a corresponding system by configuring general purpose I/O (GPIO) pins in a 2 bit request/grant scheme between a master board and the plurality of slave boards. Accordingly, the present invention can improve system reliability, maintainability, and competitiveness in various fields such as the fields of communication devices and server devices, remote monitors and control systems, vessel communications, aircraft communications, and wired and wireless communications in which various protocols are combined and implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jong-Won Park, Yong-Kon Lim, So Young Sung
  • Patent number: 9820636
    Abstract: The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture these thickness measurements and obtain three-dimensional images of the target surface in a variety of imaging contexts. This includes general techniques for imaging interior/concave surfaces as well as exterior/convex surfaces, as well as specific adaptations of these techniques to imaging ear canals, human dentition, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Douglas P. Hart, Federico Frigerio, Davide M. Marini
  • Patent number: 9823123
    Abstract: A system for controlling excess bias of a single photon avalanche photo diode (SPAD) is provided. The system includes a power supply, a SPAD, a control circuit and a load. The power supply generates a supply voltage. The SPAD has a first terminal receiving the supply voltage and a second terminal generating an output voltage signal. The control circuit is connected to the second terminal of the SPAD. The load has a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the SPAD, and a second terminal connected to the control circuit for receiving a reset level. The control circuit is capable of monitoring a swing of the output voltage level and generating the reset level in response to the excess bias level and the swing of the output voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Tsai, Po-Hsuan Chang, Ming-Ching Kuo, Tzu-Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 9823485
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, and a depth perception adjusting unit for adjusting a depth perception, based on polarization characteristics of light output from the display panel, wherein the depth perception adjusting unit includes a directional mirror and a reflective polarizer. Thus, the display device is implemented such that the directional mirror transmits or reflects light depending on an advancing direction of the light. Accordingly, any crosstalk phenomenon does not occur, and a depth perception can be adjusted without any loss of brightness efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hee Seung Kim, Hyun Seo Kang, Sei Hyoung Lee, Soo Yong Jung
  • Patent number: 9820476
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to genetically modified non-human animals expressing human polypeptides and their methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Yale University, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
    Inventors: Richard Flavell, Markus Manz, Anthony Rongvaux, Till Strowig, Tim Willinger, Andrew J. Murphy, Sean Stevens, George Yancopoulos
  • Patent number: 9822169
    Abstract: The invention includes the use of the HE/HE4a markers to assess ovarian cancer in a subject. Included also are compositions and methods of using HE/HE4a marker for diagnosis, grading and staging of ovarian cancers, determining prognosis and treatment effectiveness of a subject who has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: PACIFIC NORTHWEST DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE, FUJIREBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ingegerd Hellstrom, Karl-Erik Hellstrom, John Raycraft, Christian Fermér, Eva Roijer
  • Patent number: 9822372
    Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR/Cas system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: The Broad Institute Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Rockefeller University
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, David Benjamin Turitz Cox, Luciano Marraffini, David Olivier Bikard, Wenyan Jiang, Neville Espi Sanjana
  • Patent number: 9823963
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling level 0 caches, capable of delivering data to a processor without errors and storing error-free data in the caches even when soft errors occur in the processor and caches. The apparatus includes: a level 0 cache #0 connected to the load/store unit of a first processor; a level 0 cache #1 connected to the load/store unit of a second processor; and a fault detection and recovery unit for reading from and writing to tag memory, data memory, and valid bit memory of the level 0 cache #0 and the level 0 cache #1, performing the write-back and flush of the level 0 cache #0 and the level 0 cache #1 based on information stored therein, and instructing the load/store units of the first and second processors to stall a pipeline and to restart an instruction #n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Han, Young-Su Kwon