Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 9780787
    Abstract: Provided is a fault self-repairing circuit sequentially converting an N-bit output value according to a pre-determined schedule and outputting the converted result. The fault self-repairing circuit includes different N logic modules configured to output each bit of the N bits. Here, each of the logic modules includes an internal logic. When the N-bit output value is identical to a pre-determined value, an output value of each of the logic modules is provided by the internal logic, and, when the N-bit output value is not identical to the pre-determined value, the output value of each of the logic modules is provided with a correct value provided outside each of the logic modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kwang Hyun Cho, I Saak Yang, Sung Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 9779086
    Abstract: In order to solve a conventional problem that an accurate translation cannot be realized, a learning apparatus includes: a parser unit parsing a target language sentence, thereby acquiring a binary tree of the target language sentence; a source language element acquiring unit acquiring one or more source language elements; a source language partial structure acquiring unit acquiring one or more source language partial structures each containing a parent node having a phrase label and two child nodes each having a phrase label or a source language element; a labeling unit providing a reordering label to the one or more source language partial structures; a model building unit that builds one or more parsing models each having appearance probability information regarding a labeled source language partial structure; and an accumulating unit accumulating a binary tree of a source language sentence having the one or more parsing models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Isao Goto
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9778876
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a storage storing instructions causing the processor to compare quantities of node devices storing partitions and of the partitions to determine whether the node device quantity is less than the partition quantity. In response to the node device quantity of node being less: for each stored copy of each partition, assign a cost to load the copy of the partition based at least on a size of the partition; add dummy node devices to cause the node device quantity to at least equal the partition quantity; for each dummy node device, assign a very high cost to load each partition; use MILP to derive a first pass assignment of a single copy of each partition to be loaded within either a node device or dummy node device; and transmit an indication of at least the first pass assignment to the node devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Kent McAlister, Daniel Jacob Underwood
  • Patent number: 9780236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a conductive paste composition, including 100 parts by weight of copper powder, 40 to 150 parts by weight of silver powder, 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of carbon powder, 1 to 5 parts by weight of glass powder, and 5 to 15 parts by weight of binder. The conductive paste composition can be applied on a substrate, and then sintered under atmosphere at a high temperature to form an electrode on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Chiu, Kuo-Chan Chiou, Wei-Han Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9780384
    Abstract: A double-layer anode structure on a pretreated porous metal substrate and a method for fabricating the same, for improving the redox stability and decreasing the anode polarization resistance of a SOFC. The anode structure includes: a porous metal substrate of high gas permeability; a first porous anode functional layer, formed on the porous metal substrate by a high-voltage high-enthalpy Ar—He—H2—N2 atmospheric-pressure plasma spraying process; and a second porous anode functional layer, formed on the first porous anode functional layer by a high-voltage high-enthalpy Ar—He—H2—N2 atmospheric-pressure plasma spraying and hydrogen reduction. The first porous anode functional layer is composed a redox stable perovskite, the second porous anode functional layer is composed of a nanostructured cermet. The first porous anode functional layer is also used to prevent the second porous anode functional layer from being diffused by the composition elements of the porous metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN, R.O.C.
    Inventors: Chang-Sing Hwang, Chun-Huang Tsai, Jen-Feng Yu, Chun-Liang Chang, Jun-Meng Lin, Shih-Wei Cheng
  • Patent number: 9777273
    Abstract: A small interfering RNA is provided. The small interfering RNA consists of a passenger strand and a guide strand, wherein the sequence of the passenger strand comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 7, and the sequence of the guide strand comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 8, wherein the small interfering RNA is capable of inhibiting galectin-12 expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Yen-Ju Lin, Jui-Wen Huang, Fu-Tong Liu, Huan-Yuan Chen, Wei-Chen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9776027
    Abstract: The invention discloses a unidirectional spray type fire extinguishing bomb without high explosive fragmentation, includes a housing, a fuse, an igniter, an fire extinguishing agent and a main charge, and further includes a tail braking device, combustor, a plate closure, a piston and a diffuser. The housing, the tail braking device and the piston are made of light metal materials; the housing is cylindrical; the tail braking device is arranged at the bottom of the housing and is fixed with the housing through a screw nail; and the fuse is arranged on the diffuser and is fixed through a screw nail. During working process, when the fuse detects the fire extinguishing bomb to be 5-10 meters far away from a combustion source, the igniter ignites the main charge, the piston is pushed under high pressure to move in the housing, and the fire extinguishing agent is sprayed out from spraying holes to the combustion source for fire extinguishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Beijing Mechanical Equipment Institute
    Inventors: Xiaodi Lin, Shuyong Han, Aifeng Chen, Hao Liu, Xuyang Qiu, Wen Ding, Hejiu Wang
  • Patent number: 9778346
    Abstract: A constant false alarm rate (CFAR) device for a signal detection system is disclosed herein. The CFAR device includes a first signal selection unit and a second signal selection unit. The first signal selection unit receives a last signal of a lagging sorting array and signals of one or more lagging guard cells, selects any one of the last signal of the lagging sorting array and the signals of the one or more lagging guard cell as a test signal based on a received guard cell size, and outputs the test signal. The second signal selection unit receives the test signal and signals of one or more leading guard cells, selects any one of the test signal and the signals of the one or more leading guard cells based on the guard cell size, and transfers this selected signal to the leading sorting array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Mi-Young Lee, Bon-Tae Koo
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9778780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a user interface using a multi-point touch capable of immediately carrying out various user commands by changing the direction of force applied to two or more different points inside a touch area, and to an apparatus for same, wherein when contact on two or more different points inside the touch area is sensed, directions of force applied to the two or more points are detected while the contact to the two or more points is maintained when the contact on the two or more points is detected, and a predetermined user command is carried out according to a combination of the directions of force detected from the points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kunnyun Kim, Wonhyo Kim, Yeonhwa Kwak, Kwangbum Park
  • Patent number: 9781224
    Abstract: A content transmission system includes: a central control device to receive a content packet to be provided to a client device from a content server, store chunks divided from the received content packet together with corresponding chunk identifiers, check duplication of the divided chunks, and transmit the chunk identifier and flow information of a duplicate chunk to a local caching device instead of transmitting the content packet corresponding to the duplicate chunk; and the local caching device to: receive the chunk identifier and the flow information of the duplicate chunk from the central control device, and transmit the content packet corresponding to the received chunk identifier and previously stored to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: SK Telecom Co., Ltd., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jongmin Lee, Kyungjun Lee, Youngjae Shim, Shinae Woo, Kyoungsoo Park
  • Patent number: 9780200
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement and a method for manufacturing the same. An arrangement may include a bulk semiconductor substrate; a fin formed on the substrate; a first FinFET and a second FinFET formed on the substrate. The first FinFET comprises a first gate stack intersecting the fin and a first gate spacer disposed on sidewalls of the first gate stack. The second FinFET includes a second gate stack intersecting the fin and a second gate spacer disposed on sidewalls of the second gate stack; a dummy gate spacer formed between the first FinFET and the second FinFET and intersecting the fin; an isolation section self-aligned to a space defined by the dummy gate spacer. The isolation section electrically isolates the first FinFET from the second FinFET; and an insulation layer disposed under and abutting the isolation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9778183
    Abstract: A sensing chip is provided, which includes a substrate and a plurality of nano structures periodically arranged on the substrate, wherein each of the nano structures includes a bottom metal layer disposed on the substrate, a middle dielectric layer disposed on the bottom metal layer, and a top metal layer disposed on the middle dielectric layer. The bottom metal layer has an area that is larger than that of the top metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ding-Zheng Lin, Yi-Ping Chen, Ping-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 9775893
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are anti-Mycoplasma spp. subunit vaccines, especially proteins suitable for being used as the active ingredient of the Mycoplasma spp. subunit vaccines, and a vaccine prepared therefrom. Upon experimenting, it is confirmed that the proteins can elicit an immune response having sufficient strength to avoid the infection of Mycoplasma spp. in pigs. The vaccine can comprise one of the aforementioned proteins as an active ingredient, or can comprise two or more of the proteins to form a form of cocktail vaccine. The vaccine of the present invention is not only more safe than conventional vaccines, but also has equivalent or even better immune effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jiunn-Horng Lin, Jyh-Perng Wang, Ming-Wei Hsieh, Zeng-Weng Chen, Chien-Yu Fang, Hsueh-Tao Liu, Ping-Cheng Yang
  • Patent number: 9775647
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnesium alloy containing (in % by weight) more than 0.0 to 7.0% zinc, optionally more than 0.0 to 1.0% zirconium, optionally more than 0.0 to 1.0% calcium, optionally more than 0.0 to 1.0% manganese, optionally more than 0.0 to 0.5% silicon, optionally more than 0.0 to 1.0% silver, a max. up to 0.5% aluminum and at least one element selected from the group comprising more than 0.05 to 0.6% yttrium, more than 0.05 to 4.0% ytterbium, more than 0.05 to 4.0% gadolinium, with the residue being magnesium and impurities due to production. The invention also relates to a use of a magnesium alloy of this type and an implant therefrom and a method for producing a body of a magnesium alloy according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schiffl, Bernhard Mingler
  • Patent number: 9778116
    Abstract: The duplex calorimeter, connected between a first and a second demand sides to measure a caloric heat energy between the demand sides, includes a first pipe connected to the first demand side, a second pipe connected to the second demand side, first and second branch pipes, branched into two directions between the first pipe and the second pipe, a first flow rate measuring part measuring a flow rate of the heat energy in the first branch pipe, a second flow rate measuring part measuring a flow rate of the heat energy in the second branch pipe, a temperature measuring part measuring a temperature of the heat energy in either branch pipe, and a calculating part calculating the caloric value based on the flow rate measured by the first flow rate measuring part or the second flow rate measuring part and the temperature measured by the temperature measuring part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Jae Yong Lee, Yong Hoon Im, Sae Byul Kang, Dong Hyun Lee, Dae Hun Chung, Byung Sik Park, Gyu Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 9780357
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a silicon-based anode active material, comprising a silicon phase, a SiOx (0<x<2) phase and a carbon dioxide phase. Also disclosed is a secondary battery, which comprises a cathode comprising a cathode active material, an anode active material comprising an anode active material, and a separator, wherein the anode active material comprises a silicon phase, an SiOx (0<x<2) phase and a silicon dioxide phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: LG Chem, Ltd., UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
    Inventors: Yong Ju Lee, Soo Jin Park, Hye Ran Jung, Jung In Lee, Je Young Kim, Mi Rim Lee, Jae Phil Cho
  • Patent number: 9775836
    Abstract: Pharmaceuticals which are effective for treatment, prevention, and the like of cancer and have less side effects are disclosed. The antitumor agent of the present invention comprises as an effective ingredient at least one leukotriene inhibitor. Examples of the leukotriene inhibitor includes leukotriene production inhibitors and leukotriene receptor antagonists, and preferred specific examples of the leukotriene inhibitor include montelukast, zafirlukast, pranlukast, and zileuton; pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these compounds; and pharmaceutically acceptable solvates of these compounds and the salts. The leukotriene inhibitor can also be used as a relieving agent for pain accompanying a tumor(s), and as a stromal hyperplasia inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOCHIGI INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
    Inventor: Masao Sugamata
  • Patent number: 9777013
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides new analogs of uncialamycin of formulae (I) and (II). The present disclosure also provides novel synthetic pathways to obtaining uncialamycin and analogs thereof. Additionally, the present disclosure also describes methods of use of uncialamycin and analogs thereof. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides antibody-drug conjugates comprising the compounds of formulae (I) and (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY, THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Min Lu, Debashis Mandal, Sanjeev Gangwar, Naidu S. Chowdari, Yam B. Poudel