Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Implantable oxygen generator and transporter
    Patent number: 9763825
    Abstract: An implantable medical device is described. The implantable medical device includes a small molecule generator, a small molecule diffusor, and a cannula that connects the two. The small molecule generator includes an electrolyte reservoir and a set of electrodes. A first portion of the electrolyte reservoir is impermeable to a predetermined class of small molecules. A second portion of the electrolyte reservoir is permeable to the small molecules. The set of electrodes is disposed inside the electrolyte reservoir and is configured to facilitate electrolysis of the small molecules based on an electric power application to the set of electrodes and on presence of electrolyte inside the electrolyte reservoir. At least a portion of the small molecule diffusor is permeable to the small molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Chong Tai, Nicholas E. Scianmarello, Karthik Murali, Mark S. Humayun, Ramiro Magalhaes Ribeiro
  • Hemoglobin receptor as novel vaccine for leishmaniasis
    Patent number: 9764015
    Abstract: The present invention in general relates Hemoglobin receptor or its part as a novel vaccine candidate against Leishmaniasis. Specifically, the present invention envisages HbR DNA for eliciting immune response in a mammal against Leishmaniasis. Additional aspect of the present invention is related to a vaccine composition for inducing immune response against Leishmaniasis in mammals. In a preferred aspect, the present invention relates to use of HbR-polypeptide as marker for diagnosis of Leishmania in kala-azar patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: National Institute of Immunology, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
    Inventors: Amitabha Mukhopadhyay, Syamal Roy, Deepika Gupta, Rajan Guha, Ruchir Rastogi
  • Apparatus for detecting pipe wall thinning and method thereof
    Patent number: 9766209
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for detecting pipe wall thinning, which measures a natural frequency of a pipe and determines a level of the pipe wall thinning, and a method thereof. The apparatus for detecting the pipe wall thinning includes a hitting member 10 for hitting the pipe T, a vibration measurement sensor 20 which measures a vibration signal generated when the pipe T is hit with the hitting member 10, and a control part 30 which compares the natural frequency calculated from the vibration signal measured from the vibration measurement sensor 20 with a natural frequency generated from a normal pipe in which wall thinning does not occur, and determines the level of the wall thinning of the pipe T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soon-Woo Han, Doo-Byung Yoon, Jin-Ho Park, Hong Pyo Kim
  • Method of detecting cancer based on glycan biomarkers
    Patent number: 9766245
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for labeling or detecting a protein with certain glycosyl groups. The methods are particularly useful for detecting cancer cells comprising the detected glycosyl groups. The present invention further provides labeling agents and detection agents, labeled proteins and mixtures, and kits and arrays thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson, Wen Yi, Jean-Luc Chaubard
  • Apparatus for sampling water in borehole, and method thereof
    Patent number: 9765616
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for sampling water in a borehole and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a water sampling cylinder to sample the water in the borehole; a first camera to monitor the water sampling cylinder and a sample discharging part provided in the borehole; a first motor to insert the water sampling cylinder into the sample discharging part; a vacuum vessel to receive a sample input from the water sampling cylinder; a waterproof member having a hole serving as a passage through which the water sampling cylinder moves back and forth; and a supporting member that urges the waterproof member closely to the sample discharging part to prevent foreign substances from being introduced into the borehole. The first motor includes a plurality of protrusions meshed with a plurality of grooves provided in the water sampling cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: Jeong-Chan Kim, Ki-Sung Sung, Gi-Tak Chae
  • Trail enhancers for the selective killing of cancer cells
    Patent number: 9765061
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods of inducing apoptosis, arresting cell cycle, or inhibiting cellular proliferation, or any combination thereof, in a tumor cell, by administration of an effective amount of an N-acyl homoserine lactone analog (AHL), optionally in conjunction with a tumor modulating agent such tumor necrosis factor (TNF) related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) to the patient. Novel bioactive analogs of an N-acyl homoserine lactone are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Vladimir Kravchenko, Richard J. Ulevitch, Kim D. Janda
  • Multi field point aberration parallel metrology device and method for lithographic projection lens
    Patent number: 9766154
    Abstract: A multi field point aberration parallel detection device for a lithographic projection lens and a detection method therefor, having a spatial light modulator that is respectively arranged on the object plane and the image plane of the projection lens under test, wherein the object plane spatial light modulator and the image plane spatial light modulator are respectively disposed as an object plane grating set comprising multiple one-dimensional gratings and an image plane grating set comprising multiple two-dimensional gratings via computer programming. The gratings in the object plane grating set and the image plane grating set are conjugate one to another in respect of the projection lens under test, with each pair of conjugate grating being measured for the wave aberration of a field point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Fengzhao Dai, Xiangzhao Wang, Feng Tang, Yazhong Zheng
  • Method and apparatus for bit-adaptive precoding matrix indicator feedback
    Patent number: 9769677
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing precoding matrix indicator (PMI) feedback are provided. The apparatus may include at least one storage device containing a computer program, at least one processing circuit and related control/computing devices. The at least one processing circuit is configured with at least one storage device and computer program to feed back the selected PMI and to receive related signalings of the PMI feedback method. One of the signalings includes the precoder candidate set configuration which defines the subset of precoders in a codebook for each precoder to report PMI next time. The selected PMI is transmitted by the apparatus to the corresponding communication device in the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chao-Yuan Hsu, Ren-Jr Chen
  • Building sensing management system and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 9769549
    Abstract: Provided herein is a sensing management system capable of minimizing the amount of data transmission from sensors, the system including a plurality of sensors configured to sense information of surrounding environment, and, in response to a sensing value transmitted to a controller having a slope of a same directivity for twice or more times, to obtain a predicted slope using a current slope of the transmitted sensing values; and the controller configured to obtain the predicted slope using a same algorithm as the sensors, wherein, in response to a next sensing value being within an error range of the predicted slope, the sensors do not transmit the next sensing value to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun Hak Kim, Tae Wook Heo, Jong Am Jun
  • Devices and techniques for integrated optical data communication
    Patent number: 9768881
    Abstract: Devices and techniques for integrated optical data communication. An optical receiver may include a photodetector and a differential amplifier. The photodetector is coupled to an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is configured to provide an optical signal encoding data. A first terminal of the differential amplifier is coupled to receive a photodetection signal from the photodetector. A second terminal of the differential amplifier is coupled to receive, from a noise measurement unit, a reference signal representing a noise component of the photodetection signal. The differential amplifier is configured to provide an amplifier signal encoding at least some of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Georgas, Jason Scott Orcutt, Vladimir Marko Stojanovic
  • Vehicle air purifying apparatus for simultaneously reducing harmful gas and particles
    Patent number: 9764334
    Abstract: A vehicle air purifying apparatus is provided. The vehicle air purifying apparatus includes: a charger configured to discharge positive (+) ions or negative (?) ions to charge particles included in harmful gas; a removable collecting electrode configured to have positive (+) or negative (?) polarity to allow the particles charged by the charger to be attached thereto; and a filter configured to filter harmful gas and have positive (+) or negative (?) polarity, and the filter is formed in a tubular shape having an empty space therein and the removable collecting electrode is inserted into the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Hak Joon Kim, Yong-Jin Kim, Bangwoo Han
  • Multi-channel optical module and manufacture method thereof
    Patent number: 9768583
    Abstract: Provided herein is a multi-channel optical module including a plurality of laser diodes emitting light with different wavelengths, a thermoelectric cooling device including the plurality of laser diodes, a TO-can including the thermoelectric cooling device, and a holder combined with the TO-can and including a plurality of optical lenses focusing the light with different wavelengths and a multiplexer gathering focused light into a single optical fiber, wherein the holder has a shape in which the TO-can is cut along an axis of a path of the light with different wavelengths for active alignment of the plurality of optical lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jeong Eun Kim, Hyun Seo Kang, Keo Sik Kim, Ji Hyoung Ryu, Hyoung Jun Park, Kwon Seob Lim, Young Soon Heo
  • Composition containing monoacetyldiglyceride compound as active ingredient for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis
    Patent number: 9763908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, functional health food composition, quasi-drug composition, and cosmetic composition containing a monoacetyldiacylglycerol compound as an active ingredient for preventing, treating or improving atopic dermatitis. The monoacetyldiacylglycerol compound of the present invention has an excellent effect of suppression of IL-4 and IgE secretion, thereby overcoming side effects of an atopic dermatitis treatment agent currently in use, having no toxicity, and exhibiting an excellent treatment effect, and thus can be useful as a composition for preventing, treating, and ameliorating atopic dermatitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: ENZYCHEM LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIONSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Wha Kim, Sei-Ryang Oh, Kyung Seop Ahn, Ho Bum Kang, Jae Mine Yoo, Tae-Suk Lee, JongKoo Kang, Hye Kyung Kim, Jin Soo Yook, Yong-Hae Han, Ki Young Sohn
  • Rapid method to analyze ubiquitin-proteasome activity and to screen for ubiquitin-proteasome inhibitor
    Patent number: 9766247
    Abstract: Provided are a method of analyzing ubiquitin-proteasome activity with respect to a target polypeptide and a method of screening a ubiquitin-proteasome inhibitor. According to the provided methods, the pattern of lysis of a target polypeptide by a ubiquitin-proteasome in target cells may be quantitatively analyzed in a rapid and highly sensitive way, a ubiquitin-proteasome inhibitor may be screened in a rapid and highly sensitive way, and an anticancer agent and the activity thereof may be rapidly screened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Eun Joo Song, Hyunjung Lee, Eunmi Ban, Eunice EunKyeong Kim, Young Sook Yoo
  • Hydrostatic bearing assembly
    Patent number: 9765817
    Abstract: A hydrostatic bearing assembly for a shaft is disclosed, which consists of a base ring, two side rings enclosed up the base ring at both sides, and a plurality of hydrostatic blocks fixed respectively on surfaces of the base ring and of the side rings corresponded to the shaft, as result to hold the shaft to resist against loadings from the axial direction and/or the radial direction and provide lubrication through oil passages inside. These hydrostatic blocks are locked with screws or bolts on the base ring and on the side rings in order to be replaced individually on site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shang-Te Chen, Chih-Ming Chen, Po-Hsiu Ko
  • Modularized ocean energy generating device
    Patent number: 9765752
    Abstract: This invention provides a modularized ocean energy generating device including an outer frame, at least four inner frames, and at least four hydraulic generator modules. The at least four inner frames are detachably disposed in the outer frame. The at least four hydraulic generator modules are disposed in the at least four inner frames, respectively. The modularized ocean energy generating device in the invention includes at least four built-in modules, and the hydraulic generator modules can be distributed in an array. By the detachable inner frames and the outer frame, modularized assembly and installation can be realized, thereby greatly reducing preserving and installing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HANGZHOU LHD INSTITUTE OF NEW ENERGY, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Lin, Changzheng Huang, Zhenghan Chen, Qiancheng Xu
  • Optical wavelength and power measurement device
    Patent number: 9768866
    Abstract: An optical wavelength and optical power measurement device is provided. The optical wavelength and optical power measurement device includes: an input unit in which an optical connector that emits communication light of an infrared ray wavelength region is connected; a filter unit that separates the communication light of an infrared ray wavelength region and light of a visible ray wavelength region; a sensing unit that communicates with a path of the communication light of an infrared ray wavelength region of the filter unit and in which a signal of the communication light of an infrared ray wavelength region is input; and an inspection unit that communicates with a path of the light of the visible ray wavelength region of the filter unit and that inspects a surface of the optical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: hyoungjun Park, Kwon-Seob Lim, Hyun Seo Kang, Jaisang Koh, Keo-Sik Kim, Young Sun Kim, Jeong Eun Kim, Ji Hyoung Ryu, Eun Kyoung Jeon
  • Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9768395
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solar cell including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first conversion layer disposed therebetween. The first electrode is closer to a light incident side than the second electrode. The first conversion layer is a composition-gradient perovskite. A part of the first conversion layer adjacent to the first electrode has an energy gap less than that of a part of the first conversion layer adjacent to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Lee, Hung-Ru Hsu, Yung-Tsung Liu, Shu-Nung Chang, Song-Yeu Tsai, Fu-Ming Lin
  • Jamming methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 9764220
    Abstract: A reconfigurable device comprises flexible bladder that encloses a jammable material. The geometry of the device can be altered by unjamming the jammable material (making it flexible), changing the shape of the device while it is flexible, and then jamming the jammable material (making it rigid). In some applications of this invention, a joint connects rigid arms. The ends of the rigid arms are enclosed in the bladder. By varying the stiffness of the jammable material in the bladder, the stiffness of the joint can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Steven Keating, Neri Oxman
  • System for absorbing and separating acid gases
    Patent number: 9764273
    Abstract: A system for absorbing and separating acid gases may include an absorbing tower in which a gas containing an acid gas is supplied, a recycling tower that is disposed close to the absorbing tower, an absorbent that absorbs an acid gas in the absorbing tower and discharges the acid gas back to the recycling tower while circulating through the absorbing tower and the recycling tower, and a condenser that is connected to the recycling tower and condenses an acid gas produced in the recycling tower, wherein a centrifugal separator that separates the absorbent, using a centrifugal force, is disposed at a lower portion in the absorbing tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Shin-Tae Bae, Yeoil Yoon, Sungchan Nam, Soonkwan Jung, Sungyeoul Park, Ilsoo Chun, Youngeun Kim