Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 9532769
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for high-frequency contrast imaging and image-guided therapeutics are disclosed. According to one aspect a method for high frequency contrast imaging and image-guided therapeutics includes: providing ultrasound of a first frequency bandwidth, directed toward the volume to be imaged, the volume containing a carrier having non-linear acoustical properties, wherein the ultrasound of the first frequency bandwidth causes the carrier to generate ultrasound of a second frequency bandwidth that is different from the first frequency bandwidth; receiving, from the volume to be imaged, ultrasound of the second frequency bandwidth; and using the received ultrasound of the second frequency bandwidth to generate an image of the volume to be imaged, wherein the components of the second frequency bandwidth that are detected are of a frequency greater than 20 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Paul A. Dayton, Ryan Gessner, Hyunggyun Lee, Marc Lukacs, Francis Stuart Foster
  • Patent number: 9533354
    Abstract: A method for preparing hydrophobic gold nanoparticles includes adding 1,2-dichlorobenzene as a solvent to gold precursor and using oleylamine and oleic acid with volume ratio of 7.5:2.5 to 5:5 as surfactants. The size of the prepared gold nanoparticles can be controlled over a broad range and may be utilized in various fields such as bio-imaging, photonic crystallization, sensors, organic catalysts, surface enhanced raman spectrum, electronic devices, etc. Further, a method for colorimetric detection of a strong acid uses hydrophilic nanoparticles that are phase transited from the prepared hydrophobic gold nanoparticles. Up to 5 ppm of low content hydrochloric acid can be detected utilizing phase transited hydrophilic nanoparticles in the colorimetric detection method, and the gold nanoparticles that were used in the detection of strong acid can be reused without loss of activity through neutralization with bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Basic Science Institute
    Inventors: Gae Hang Lee, Doo Ri Bae, Yeon Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 9533965
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a 2-arylbenzofuran-7-formamide compound as shown in general formula I or a pharmacologically or physiologically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method thereof and use thereof in preparing anti-tumour drugs, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, straight or branched chained C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C4 cycloalkyl or saturated 5- or 6-membered heterocyclyl containing oxygen or nitrogen; or R1 and R2 together with N form an unsubstituted or substituted saturated 5- or 6-membered heterocyclyl containing at least one heteroatom, wherein the heteroatom is O, N and S, the substituent is a methyl on N; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom; R4 is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; X is CH, CF or N; and Y is CH, CF or N.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, CISEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunhao Yang, Zehong Miao, Jian Ding, Meng Wang, Jinxue He, Cun Tan, Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 9535579
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface (UI) in an electronic device having a background includes presenting a first keyword in the background by animation in response to an operation performed by a user on the electronic device, wherein the first keyword enables the user to start the electronic device for executing a first function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Mark Hsiao, Yi-Fang Lee, Yin-Pin Yang
  • Patent number: 9537166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new method for the production of electrochemical cells, in particular individual cells for fuel cells and stacks, in which the individual components of a membrane electrode assembly are compressed and bonded by use of ultrasonic waves and the absence of any further additional heating. The method according to the invention allows faster cycles during the lamination of the membrane electrode assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Todd Snelson, Raymond Puffer, Daniel Walczyk, Jake Pyzza, Lakshmi Krishnan
  • Patent number: 9534656
    Abstract: A method for controlling structure-borne noise based on a combined-type vibration isolation device includes the following steps: S1: determining a combined-type vibration isolation device as required according to parameters of a mechanical device to be isolated, and installing the combined-type vibration isolation device on a horizontal bearing surface; S2: vertically placing the mechanical device to be isolated on the combined-type vibration isolation device; S3: adjusting a mass of an intermediate balance weight block of the combined-type vibration isolation device; and S4: adjusting an inherent frequency of the combined-type vibration isolation device to be lower than a structural vibration sound transmission frequency generated in the operation of the mechanical device to be isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA (SGCC), STATE GRID CHONGQING ELECTRIC POWER CO. ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Luwen Xu, Guojun He, Fangqing Gao, Xiaorui Hu, Anxin Zou
  • Patent number: 9537473
    Abstract: A circuit for expanding a dynamic range. In one embodiment, the circuit includes: a transducer generating a signal current on an output terminal in response to a physical quantity, the signal current comprising an AC current and a DC current; a dynamic range enhancement circuit having a digital control signal input terminal and producing a variable opposition current in response to a digital signal applied to the digital control signal input terminal; an amplifier; an analog to digital converter in electrical communication with the amplifier; and a digital feedback circuit in communication with the output terminal of the analog to digital converter and in electrical communication with the digital control signal input terminal of the dynamic range enhancement circuit, wherein the opposition current from the dynamic range enhancement circuit is set substantially equal to the DC current portion of the signal current from the transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Steven Winokur, Charles G. Sodini, Tom O'Dwyer
  • Patent number: 9536725
    Abstract: A liquid sampling, atmospheric pressure, glow discharge (LS-APGD) device as well as systems that incorporate the device and methods for using the device and systems are described. The LS-APGD includes a hollow capillary for delivering an electrolyte solution to a glow discharge space. The device also includes a counter electrode in the form of a second hollow capillary that can deliver the analyte into the glow discharge space. A voltage across the electrolyte solution and the counter electrode creates the microplasma within the glow discharge space that interacts with the analyte to move it to a higher energy state (vaporization, excitation, and/or ionization of the analyte).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: Clemson University, The Regents of the University of California, Battelle Memorial Institute on behalf of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Inventors: R. Kenneth Marcus, Charles Derrick Quarles, Jr., Richard E. Russo, David W. Koppenaal, Charles J. Barinaga, Anthony J. Carado
  • Patent number: 9534075
    Abstract: Disclosed are an alkoxysilylated isocyanurate epoxy compound, a composite of which exhibiting low CTE and high glass transition temperature or Tg-less and/or a cured product of which exhibiting good flame retardant property, a method of preparing the same, a composition including the same, a cured product formed of the composition, and a use of the composition. An isocyanurate epoxy compound having an alkoxysilyl group and an epoxy group in a core; a method of manufacturing the epoxy compound by the epoxidation and alkoxysilylation of a starting material; an epoxy composition including the epoxy compound; and a cured product and a use thereof, are provided. A composite of the epoxy composition has improved bonding efficiency between alkoxysilyl group and filler and between alkoxysilyl groups, and has good heat resistance, low CTE, and high glass transition temperature or Tg-less. A cured product formed of the epoxy composition has good flame retardant property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun-Aee Chun, Sang-Yong Tak, Su-Jin Park, Yun-Ju Kim, Sung-Hwan Park, Sook-Yeon Park
  • Patent number: 9538666
    Abstract: Provided is a bonding structure of an electronic equipment including first electrodes extended in a first direction and arranged in a second direction on a stretchable display panel having stretchability, second electrodes extended in a first direction and arranged in a second direction on a substrate and facing the first electrodes, and solder bonding parts interposed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes, facing each other in the second direction, and constituting a plurality of rows in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kwang-Seong Choi, Hyun-cheol Bae, Haksun Lee, Yong Sung Eom
  • Patent number: 9534171
    Abstract: To provide a phosphor being chemically-thermally stable and having high luminous intensity if combined with LED of not exceeding 470 nm. A phosphor of the present invention includes: inorganic compound including: a crystal represented by Li1Ba2Al1Si7N12; a crystal represented by (Li, A)3(D, E)8X12; and an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure as the crystal represented by Li1Ba2Al1Si7N12; and a solid-solution crystal thereof, which contains Li, A, D, E, and X elements (A represents at least one selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y and La; D represents at least one selected from Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr and Hf; E represents at least one selected from B, Al, Ga and In; and X represents at least one selected from O, N and F), wherein M element (M represents at least one selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy and Yb) is solid-solved into each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Naoto Hirosaki, Takashi Takeda, Shiro Funahashi, Eiichirou Narimatsu
  • Patent number: 9534889
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus that measures a thickness of a coating by selecting a wavelength of a laser based on a color of the coating using a contactless method using a photoacoustic effect and an interferometer, the apparatus including a pulsed laser source to irradiate a pulsed laser beam toward the coating, a continuous wave (CW) laser source to irradiate a CW laser beam toward the coating, a detector to detect an optical interference signal corresponding to the CW laser beam, and a signal processor to process the optical interference signal to calculate a thickness of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jeong Eun Kim, Hyun Seo Kang, Hyoung Jun Park, Young Soon Heo, Keo Sik Kim, Eun Kyoung Jeon, Kwon Seob Lim, Young Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 9533884
    Abstract: The composition for hydrogen storage is a composite of MgH2 powder and a metallic glassy Zr70Ni20Pd10 powder. Preferably, the metallic glassy Zr70Ni20Pd10 powder forms about 5 wt % of the composition for hydrogen storage. The composition for hydrogen storage is prepared by mixing MgH2 powder and Zr70Ni20Pd10 powder to form a mixture, and then performing reactive ball milling on the mixture. Preferably, the reactive ball milling is performed under 50 bar of hydrogen gas atmosphere for a period of 50 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
    Inventor: Mohamed Sherif Mohamed Mostafa El-Eskandarany
  • Patent number: 9537589
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of detecting a frame boundary by using a preamble are provided. The method includes delaying the preamble by a predetermined length of time, wherein the preamble includes an LTF and a code of the (n+1)th one of 2n sync sequences of the LTF is the inverse of a code of the last one of the sync sequences of STF; calculating a correlation value between the preamble and the delayed preamble; and detecting a frame boundary by comparing the correlation value with a threshold correlation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Byoung Hak Kim, Jaehwan Kim, Mi Kyung Oh, Cheol-ho Shin, Sangsung Choi
  • Patent number: 9534008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of modifying nematode behavior using certain isolated modulator compounds. Also disclosed are methods of promoting or inhibiting reproduction in a nematode population, methods of promoting or inhibiting nematode aggregation at a first location, and methods of treating or preventing parasite infection of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Andrea Choe, Paul W. Sternberg, Frank C. Schroeder, Stephan H. Von Reuss, Fatma Kaplan, Peter A. Teal, Hans Alborn
  • Patent number: 9532744
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a methodology of determining the concentration of the types of melanin, either eumelanin or pheomelanin, in the skin wherein the process for such determination is non-invasive and based on digital signal and image analysis of hyperspectral sensing and multi-spectral data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PETRONAS SDN BHD
    Inventors: Ahmad Fadzil Mohamad Hani, Hermawan Nugroho
  • Patent number: 9534369
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, an inlet of an underground reservoir having a multiple-stage structure includes: a flow portion, wherein water flowing in the flow portions; a drop portion transporting the water to a underground reservoir from the flow portion; and an inlet portion having a multiple-stage structure to generate a vortex in the water to be transported to the drop portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Construction Technology
    Inventors: Dong Sop Rhee, Gil Je Cho, Du Han Lee, Seung Yong Hwang, Myoung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9534034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that relaxin is associated with the development or maturation of body tissues. Knockouts of the gene encoding relaxin result in various abnormalities in the development of various tissues. The present invention provides methods of modulating apoptosis by administering a relaxin agonist or antagonist to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Molecular Medicine Research Institute
    Inventors: Edward P. Amento, Chrishan S. Samuel
  • Patent number: 9534205
    Abstract: The present invention provides for identification and use of small molecules to induce pluripotency in mammalian cells as well as other methods of inducing pluripotency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Yan Shi, Caroline Desponts, Sheng Ding, Hongyan Zhou, Tongxiang Lin, Wenlin Li, Saiyong Zhu
  • Patent number: 9535283
    Abstract: Provided is a display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes a reflective display part including a first cathode electrode and a first anode electrode and a liquid crystal layer, a light emitting display part including a second cathode electrode and a second anode electrode and a light emission film, and a thin film transistor part being electrically connected to the first and second anode electrodes. The light emitting display part further includes a bank disposed on one side of the second anode electrode between the second anode electrode and the light emission film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Hae Kim, Gi Heon Kim, Hojun Ryu, Chi-Sun Hwang, Jong-Heon Yang, Sang Chul Lim, Jae Bon Koo, Jonghee Lee, Jeong Ik Lee