Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • METHOD FOR MAKING SULFUR BASED CATHODE COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20170283524
    Abstract: A method for making a sulfur based cathode composite material is disclosed. Polyacrylonitrile and elemental sulfur are dissolved together in a first solvent to form a first solution. An additive is added to the first solution to mix with the polyacrylonitrile and the elemental sulfur. The additive is at least one of metal and metal sulfide. An environment in which the polyacrylonitrile and the elemental sulfur are located in is changed to reduce a solubility of the polyacrylonitrile and the elemental sulfur in a changed environment to simultaneously precipitate the polyacrylonitrile and the elemental sulfur, thereby forming a precipitate having the additive. The precipitate is heated to chemically react the polyacrylonitrile with the elemental sulfur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicants: Jiangsu Huadong Institute of Li-Ion Battery Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Li Wang, Xiang-Ming He, Yu-Mei Ren, Fang-Xu Wu, Jian-Jun Li, Yu-Ming Shang, Yuan-Qing Li, Shu-Hui Wang, Tuan-Wei Li
  • SULFUR BASED CATHODE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170288229
    Abstract: A method for making a sulfur based cathode composite material is disclosed. Polyacrylonitrile and elemental sulfur are dissolved together in a first solvent to form a first solution. An electrically conductive carbonaceous material is added to the first solution to mix with the polyacrylonitrile and the elemental sulfur. An environment in which the polyacrylonitrile and the elemental sulfur are located in is changed to reduce a solubility of the polyacrylonitrile and the elemental sulfur in a changed environment to simultaneously precipitate the polyacrylonitrile and the elemental sulfur, thereby forming a precipitate having the electrically conductive carbonaceous material. The precipitate is heated to chemically react the polyacrylonitrile with the elemental sulfur. A sulfur based cathode composite material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicants: Jiangsu Huadong Institute of Li-Ion Battery Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Li Wang, Xiang-Ming He, Yu-Mei Ren, Jian-Jun Li, Fang-Xu Wu, Yu-Ming Shang, Yuan-Qing Li, Tuan-Wei Li, Shu-Hui Wang
  • 2-AMINOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170283398
    Abstract: Disclosed are a 2-aminopyrimidine compound and pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. The structure of the 2-aminopyrimidine compound is as represented by formula I, in the formula, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, Y, Z, W, (i) being as defined in the specification and the claims. Such compounds effectively inhibit the growth of a variety of tumor cells and have inhibitory effects on EGFR and IGF1R protease, and can be used for preparing antineoplastic drugs and overcome the tolerance induced by the existing drugs such as gefitinib, erlotinib and the like. The compound has selectivity for tumors, in particular the wild-type non-small cell lung cancer and have good pharmacokinetic characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicants: Shanghai Institute Of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Ke Ding, Jian Ding, Shingpan Chan, Meiyu Geng, Xiaomei Ren, Hua Xie, Zhengchao Tu, Yi Chen
  • APPARATUS FOR MAKING BATTERY SLURRY
    Publication number: 20170282134
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a battery slurry is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a vacuum system providing a vacuum environment, a dry powder mixing device mixing a plurality of powdery materials uniformly to obtain a dry powder, a kneading device kneading the dry powder with the first part solvent to form a doughy mixture, and a high speed dispersing device dispersing the doughy mixture to the second part solvent to form the battery slurry. The vacuum system, the dry powder mixing device, the kneading device, and the high speed dispersing device are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicants: Jiangsu Huadong Institute of Li-Ion Battery Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Xiang-Ming He, Hong-Sheng Zhang, Jian-Jun Li, Li Wang, Yu-Ming Shang, Guan-Nan Qian
  • Solid fibrinogen preparation
    Patent number: 9775884
    Abstract: A fibrinogen preparation is provided which has an improved solubility, may be prepared within a short time and may be used rapidly in clinical set-up. A solid fibrinogen preparation comprising as a main ingredient fibrinogen and further containing the following components: albumin; a nonionic surfactant; a basic amino acid or a salt thereof; and at least two amino acids or a salt thereof selected from an acidic amino acid or a salt thereof and a neutral amino acid or a salt thereof. The solid fibrinogen composition of the present invention may be held on a medical material to form a supporting material holding fibrinogen. Besides, the supporting material holding fibrinogen may be combined with a component comprising as a main ingredient thrombin to provide a fibrin adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute
    Inventors: Shinichi Miyagawa, Tatsuya Araki, Tsutomu Hamuro, Mika Okuda, Hiroshi Kaetsu
  • Method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using adaptive filter
    Patent number: 9781448
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for performing intra-prediction using an adaptive filter. The method for performing intra-prediction comprises the steps of: determining whether or not to apply a first filter for a reference pixel value on the basis of information of a neighboring block of a current block; applying the first filter for the reference pixel value when it is determined to apply the first filter; performing intra-prediction on the current block on the basis of the reference pixel value; determining whether or not to apply a second filter for a prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block, which is predicted by the intra-prediction performance on the basis of the information of the neighboring block; and applying the second filter for the prediction value according to each prediction mode of the current block when it is determined to apply the second filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Se Yoon Jeong, Suk Hee Cho, Ha Hyun Lee, Jong Ho Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Chie Teuk Ahn
  • Faster-Than-Nyquist (FTN) signal transmission apparatus and method thereof
    Patent number: 9780975
    Abstract: A Faster-Than-Nyquist (FTN) signal transmission apparatus and method thereof. The signal transmission apparatus includes a pilot interference estimator and compensator configured to estimate interference on pilot symbols by a Faster-Than-Nyquist (FTN) signal generated by FTN modulating a sequence of data symbols, and generate a compensated pilot symbol sequence to cancel the estimated interference; a pilot FTN modulator configured to generate an FTN pilot signal in which inter-pilot symbol interference does not occur, by performing FTN pulse-shaping on the compensated pilot symbol sequence; and a transmitter configured to transmit an FTN data signal and the FTN pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Woon Kwak, Joung Il Yun, Myung Sun Baek, Young Su Kim, Hyoung Soo Lim, Nam Ho Hur
  • Apparatus and method for detection and discrimination molecular object
    Patent number: 9778188
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an object capable of emitting light. The apparatus comprises a light detector comprising at least two optical sensors capable of determining the intensity of the light; and a computer processing output signal generated by the optical sensors and comparing a result of the processing with a known result corresponding to a known type to determine whether the object belongs to the known type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hung-Chun Chen, Ming-Chia Li, Chang-Sheng Chu, Yu-Tang Li, Chung-Fan Chiou
  • Noninvasive method of source-sink regulation in rice
    Patent number: 9775299
    Abstract: A noninvasive method of source-sink regulation in rice belongs to the technical field of rice production. In this method, the source-sink relationship is regulated by a rice sterile line and its identical type of maintaining line being subjected to mixed-planting and insulated pollination, or sowing and transplanting at different times and insulated pollination, so as to construct rice plant samples with gradient difference of source-sink levels. The present invention is a kind of native, natural noninvasive method of source-sink regulation, which could broaden the traditional thinking of source-sink theoretical research, especially overcome the deficiency in conventional methods such as leaf-cutting, spikelet-thinning that lead to physical injury or physiological interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CHINA NATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Weixing Zhang, Zhiwei Zhu, Xiyuan Liao, Xihong Shen, Guosheng Shao, Jie Min, Weigui Zhang
  • Server backup method and backup system using the method
    Patent number: 9778997
    Abstract: A server backup method and a backup system using the server backup method are provided. The server backup method includes continuously collecting a plurality of dirty pages during a running operation and determining a backup start time point according to a quantity of the collected dirty pages. The server backup method also includes suspending the running operation according to the backup start time point and executing a backup snapshot operation to generate a data backup snapshot corresponding to the dirty pages, and executing a backup transmission operation to transmit the data backup snapshot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Po-Jui Tsao, Yi-Feng Sun, Chuan-Yu Cho, Tzi-Cker Chiueh
  • Method for controlling magnetic multi-domain state
    Patent number: 9779836
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of information data storage and processing. There is provided a method for regulating magnetic multi-domain state, comprising: when a current is applied to a magnetic thin film, applying an additional external magnetic field having a magnetic field strength of 0 to 4×105 A/m to regulate magnetization state of the magnetic thin film; wherein the current is configured to drive movements of a magnetic domain of the magnetic multi-domain states in the magnetic thin film, and the external magnetic field is configured to regulate generation of new magnetic domain in the magnetic thin film and state of the magnetic domain during the movement, so that the magnetic thin film is in a stable magnetic multi-domain state. Such a multi-domain state can't be affected by a higher or lower current and keeps stable when the current is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Chong Bi, Shibing Long, Ming Liu
  • Method of manufacturing silicon nanowire array
    Patent number: 9780167
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a silicon nanowire array comprising the steps of: positioning plastic particles separated apart from one another in a uniform random pattern on a silicon substrate; forming a catalyst layer between the plastic particles; removing the plastic particles; vertically etching portions of the silicon substrate that contact the catalyst layer; and removing the catalyst layer. The present invention provides a simple and cost-effective process, enables mass-production through large surface area processing, enables the manufacture of nanowire even at a site having limited resources, and enables the structures of nanowire to be individually controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Myung Han Yoon, Se Yeong Lee
  • Piezoelectric energy harvesting array and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9780698
    Abstract: The inventive concept discloses a piezoelectric energy harvesting array and a method of manufacturing the same. The manufacturing method may include forming a plurality of piezoelectric energy harvesting devices; connecting masses to one side of the piezoelectric energy harvesting devices and connecting the other side of the piezoelectric energy harvesting devices facing the masses to a base; and individually tuning a resonant frequency of each of the piezoelectric energy harvesting devices to prevent mismatch of resonant frequency when the masses vibrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Kyun Lee, Moonkeun Kim
  • Method and device for calibrating IQ imbalance and DC offset of RF tranceiver
    Patent number: 9780891
    Abstract: A method and device for calibrating a DC offset and an I-Q imbalance component of an RF transceiver, the method including inputting a test signal into a transmitter, and converting the test signal into an analogue test signal; converting the analogue test signal using a transmitting mixer; sub-sampling a signal output from the transmitting mixer; and computing a DC offset calibrating constant number and an I-Q imbalance calibrating constant number from a sub-sampled signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ik Soo Eo, Sang-Kyun Kim, Cheon Soo Kim, Jang Hong Choi
  • Modular platform for multi-tissue integrated cell culture
    Patent number: 9777252
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein are generally related to a cell culture system. More particularly, the systems and methods enable the culturing and interconnecting of a plurality of tissue types in a biomimetic environment. By culturing organ specific tissue types within a biomimetic environment and interconnecting each of the organ systems in a physiologically meaningful way, experiments can be conducted on in vitro cells that substantially mimic the responses of in vivo cell populations. In some implementations, the organ systems are fluidically connected with a constant-volume pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joseph Cuiffi, Mark Joseph Mescher, Jonathan Robert Coppeta, Samuel Walker Inman, Abigail June Spencer, Transon Van Nguyen, Jeffrey T. Borenstein
  • Methods for phenotyping of intact whole tissues
    Patent number: 9778154
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present application teaches methods and compositions for tissue clearing in which whole organs and bodies are rendered macromolecule-permeable and optically-transparent, thereby exposing their cellular structure with intact connectivity. In some embodiments, the present application teaches PACT, a protocol for passive tissue clearing and immunostaining of intact organs. In other embodiments, the present application teaches RIMS, a refractive index matching media for imaging thick tissue. In yet other embodiments, the application teaches PARS, a method for whole-body clearing and immunolabeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Viviana Gradinaru, Bin Yang
  • Method for controlling land surface temperature using stratospheric airships and reflector
    Patent number: 9775305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling land surface temperature using stratospheric airships and a reflector. In the method for controlling land surface temperature using stratospheric airships and a reflector, four corners are connected to a lower end of support lines coupled to be disposed vertically downward from a plurality of airships, and sunlight is reflected by a reflector unfolded into a tetragonal shape in the air, wherein the reflecting surface of the reflector plate is maintained at an angle to remain perpendicular to an incident angle of sunlight to shield, or redirect, the land surface from incident sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Joon-Min Choi
  • Single molecule detection system and methods
    Patent number: 9777321
    Abstract: Embodiments encompass a single-molecule detection system and methods of using the detection system to detect an object. Further, embodiments encompass a detection system comprising a movable light coupler, a waveguide, and a light detector. Embodiments further encompass methods of single-molecule detection, including methods of single-molecule nucleic acid sequencing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chung-Fan Chiou, Ying-Chih Pu, Chao-Chi Pan, Chih-Tsung Shih, Ming-Chia Li, Chein-Shiu Kuo, Hung-Chi Chien, Chang-Sheng Chu
  • Long-term packaging for the protection of implant electronics
    Patent number: 9781842
    Abstract: The present invention provides a micropackaged device comprising: a substrate for securing a device; a corrosion barrier affixed to said substrate; optionally at least one feedthrough disposed in said substrate to permit at least one input and or at least one output line into said micropackaged device; and an encapsulation material layer configured to encapsulate the micropackaged device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yu-Chong Tai, Han-Chieh Chang
  • System and method for purifying mother liquid steam of polytetrafluoroethylene dispersion liquid
    Patent number: 9776123
    Abstract: A system for purifying mother liquid steam of polytetrafluoroethylene dispersion liquid comprises a concentration kettle (1), a defoaming pot (2), a gas-liquid separator (3) and a falling film absorption tower (4). A steam exit of the concentration kettle (1) is connected to an entrance of the defoaming pot (2). An exit of the defoaming pot (2) is connected to a feeding port of the gas-liquid separator (3). A gas exit of the gas-liquid separator (3) is connected to the falling film absorption tower (4). A liquid exit of the gas-liquid separator (3) is connected to the concentration kettle (1). A method for purifying mother liquid steam of polytetrafluoroethylene dispersion liquid by using the system is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Zhonghao Chenguang Research Institute of Chemiccal Industry Company Limited
    Inventors: Jingang Zhang, Jia Li, Jinsong Zhang, Yong Xu, Xiulin Chen