Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wide-field imaging using nitrogen vacancies
    Patent number: 9766181
    Abstract: Nitrogen vacancies in bulk diamonds and nanodiamonds can be used to sense temperature, pressure, electromagnetic fields, and pH. Unfortunately, conventional sensing techniques use gated detection and confocal imaging, limiting the measurement sensitivity and precluding wide-field imaging. Conversely, the present sensing techniques do not require gated detection or confocal imaging and can therefore be used to image temperature, pressure, electromagnetic fields, and pH over wide fields of view. In some cases, wide-field imaging supports spatial localization of the NVs to precisions at or below the diffraction limit. Moreover, the measurement range can extend over extremely wide dynamic range at very high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dirk Robert Englund, Matthew Edwin Trusheim
  • 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
  • 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
  • Method and system for adaptive ray based scene analysis of semantic traffic spaces and vehicle equipped with such system
    Patent number: 9767368
    Abstract: A method and a system computationally performs scene analysis of semantic traffic spaces based on an adaptive spatio-temporal ray-based approach. The method includes acquiring a spatial semantic environment map including semantic context data, calculating at least one feature for at least one location on the spatial environment map taking into account the semantic context of the location and determining a category for the at least one location based on the at least one calculated feature. A feature is a ray based feature calculated by integrating input values along at least one ray extending in least one of a space dimension and a time dimension. The ray may have a ray shape corresponding to a general shape of a road and/or the at least one spatially extending ray follows a course of the road and/or is perpendicular to a surrounding road segment orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Jannik Fritsch, Thomas Weisswange
  • Pectin degrading enzymes from macrophomina phaseolina and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9765322
    Abstract: The present invention discloses isolated polynucleotide encoding enzymes, derived from the fungus Macrophomina phaseolina (“M. phaseolina”), responsible for degrading pectin, and it comprises and/or consists of nucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID Nos. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, 53, 56, 59, 62, 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58 and 61, or the complement of such sequences. The present invention also relates to isolated polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID Nos. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60 and 63; a recombinant gene construct comprising the polynucleotide; a transformant and a transgenic fungus comprising the recombinant gene construct, with or having enhanced production of pectin degrading enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Bangladesh Jute Research Institute
    Inventors: Maqsudul Alam, Mohammed S. Islam, Mohammed M. Hossen, Mohammed S. Haque, Mohammed M. Alam
  • Amplification-free electro-optical oscillator
    Patent number: 9768873
    Abstract: An electro-optical oscillator includes, in part, a modulator, a signal splitter, N photodiodes with N being an integer greater than one, a signal combiner, and a filter. The modulator modulates an optical signal in accordance with a feedback signal. The splitter splits the modulated optical signal into N optical signals each delivered to a different one of N photo-diodes. Each of the N photo-diodes converts the optical signal it receives to a current signal. The signal combiner combines the N current signals received from the N photo-diodes to generate a combined current signal. The filter filters the combined current signal and generates the feedback signal. The electro-optical oscillator optionally includes, in part, N variable optical gain/attenuation components each amplifying/attenuating a different one of the N optical signals generated by the splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Seyed Ali Hajimiri, Firooz Aflatouni, Behrooz Abiri
  • Touch device and sensing compensation method
    Patent number: 9766749
    Abstract: A touch device and a sensing compensation method are provided. The touch device may include a touch panel, a sensing compensation circuit and a sensing circuit. The sensing compensation circuit may be coupled to the touch panel for providing a compensation-impedance according to features of the touch panel. The sensing circuit may be coupled to the sensing compensation circuit. The sensing circuit receives touch information compensated by the sensing compensation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yen-Lin Pan, Wei-Yen Lee, Chang-Po Chao, Hung-Ming Tsai, Hsuan-Wen Peng
  • Method for cancer immunotherapy
    Patent number: 9765114
    Abstract: A novel compound of the formula (1): wherein X is a tyrosine residue or a methionine residue; Y and Z each are a single bond or the like; R1 is a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 is a hydroxy group or the like; R3 is a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, amino group or the like; R4 is a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, carboxy group or the like; m is 1 or 2; and n is an integer of 0 to 2, with the proviso that when n is 0, R3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and its use in cancer immunotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CANCER IMMUNOLOGY, INC., SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Nishihara, Masashi Gotoh
  • Flexible display panel
    Patent number: 9768197
    Abstract: A flexible display panel includes a bending area and a surrounding area adjacent to the bending area. The barrier layer includes first silicon nitride layers and first silicon oxide layers which are overlapped with the bending area. The first silicon nitride layers and the first silicon oxide layers are stacked alternately. Each of the first silicon nitride layers may have a thickness less than or equal to about 400 ?, and each of the first silicon oxide layers may have a thickness less than or equal to about 650 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jun Namkung, Seung Min Jane Han, Youbin Kim
  • 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
  • Methods and kits for measuring toxicity and oxidative stress in live cells
    Patent number: 9766226
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for the measuring toxicity, antioxidant capacity, and oxidative stress are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
    Inventor: Iraimoudi S. Ayene
  • Methods and apparatus for counting pulses representing an analog signal
    Patent number: 9768785
    Abstract: Digital focal plane arrays (DFPAs) with multiple counters per unit cell can be used to convert analog signals to digital data and to filter the digital data. Exemplary DFPAs include two-dimensional arrays of unit cells, where each unit cell is coupled to a corresponding photodetector in a photodetector array. Each unit cell converts photocurrent from its photodetector to a digital pulse train that is coupled to multiple counters in the unit cell. Each counter in each unit cell can be independently controlled to filter the pulse train by counting up or down and/or by transferring data as desired. For example, a unit cell may perform in-phase/quadrature filtering of homodyne- or heterodyne-detected photocurrent with two counters: a first counter toggled between increment and decrement modes with an in-phase signal and a second counter toggled between increment and decrement modes with a quadrature signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kenneth I. Schultz, Brian Tyrrell, Michael W. Kelly, Curtis B. Colonero, Lawrence M. Candell, Daniel Mooney
  • Burst-laser generator using an optical resonator
    Patent number: 9769913
    Abstract: The present invention provides a burst-laser generator using an optical resonator which produces high pulse-strength of burst-laser in order to conduct laser Compton scattering, comprising: a self-oscillation amplifying optical loop-path and an external optical resonator to burst-amplify laser, wherein, laser supplied by an exciting laser source is self-oscillation amplified with the self-oscillation amplifying optical loop-path and further burst-amplified with the external optical resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Junji Urakawa, Hirotaka Shimizu
  • Organohalosilane and use thereof in electrolytes of non-aqueous lithium ion batteries
    Patent number: 9765096
    Abstract: A method for preparation of an organohalosilane represented by formula I is disclosed. The method comprises: contacting an alcohol with metal sodium to yield a sodium alcoholate; contacting the sodium alcoholate with a halogen silane compound for an etherification reaction; and adding dropwise a fluorinating agent for a fluorination reaction. The organohalosilane is used for preparation of an electrolyte solution of a non-aqueous lithium ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Lingzhi Zhang, Hao Luo, Yongjin Mai
  • Bimetallic catalyst for high nitrate nitrogen reduction and selectivity and manufacturing methods thereof
    Patent number: 9764969
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a bimetallic catalyst for reductively decomposing nitrate nitrogen, a powder including a trivalent iron oxide, a powder including a trivalent iron oxyhydroxide powder or a combination thereof is mixed in an aqueous solution. A copper precursor and a palladium precursor are mixed in the aqueous solution to form a precursor mixture. The precursor mixture is dried. The dried precursor mixture is fired at a temperature from about 300° C. to about 450° C. to form a fired product. The fired product is reduced by a reducing agent. A hydrochloric acid solution is mixed in the aqueous solution, or mixed with the copper precursor or the palladium precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Woo Jin Lee, Sung Yoon Jung, Sung Jun Bae
  • Method of identifying a compound for treating a hypoxic or ischemic related disorder
    Patent number: 9766240
    Abstract: Light-generating fusion proteins having a ligand binding site and a light-generating polypeptide moiety and their use as diagnostics, in drug screening and discovery, and as therapeutics, are disclosed. The light-generating fusion protein has a feature where the bioluminescence of the polypeptide moiety changes upon binding of a ligand at the ligand binding site. The ligand may be, for example, an enzyme present in an environment only under certain conditions, e.g., ubiquitin ligase in a hypoxic state, such that the light-generating fusion protein is “turned on” only under such conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Inventors: William G. Kaelin, Jr., Mircea Ivan
  • 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
  • Method and apparatus for preparation of granular polysilicon
    Patent number: 9764960
    Abstract: A process for preparing granular polysilicon using a fluidized bed reactor is disclosed. The upper and lower spaces of the bed are defined as a reaction zone and a heating zone, respectively, with the height of the reaction gas outlet being selected as the reference height. The invention maximizes the reactor productivity by sufficiently providing the heat required and stably maintaining the reaction temperature in the reaction zone, without impairing the mechanical stability of the fluidized bed reactor. This is achieved through electrical resistance heating in the heating zone where an internal heater is installed in a space in between the reaction gas supplying means and the inner wall of the reactor tube, thereby heating the fluidizing gas and the silicon particles in the heating zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Hee Young Kim, Kyung Koo Yoon, Yong Ki Park, Won Choon Choi