Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 9408890
    Abstract: This disclosure provides compositions, kits, and methods useful for treating or preventing viral and bacterial infection and reducing or preventing the effects of toxins. The methods comprise administering to a subject an effective amount of a liposomal composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), University of Massachusetts Medical School
    Inventors: James Comolli, Jose Trevejo, Ram Sasisekharan, Zachary Shriver, Karthik Viswanathan, Deborah Fygenson, Robert Finberg, Jennifer Wang
  • Patent number: 9409868
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions having activity as inhibitors of Rho-associated proteinkinases (ROCKs), and methods of making and using the subject compounds are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: H. Lee Moffin Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernst Schonbrunn, Rongshi Li, Said M. Sebti
  • Patent number: 9408576
    Abstract: Enhanced real-time realizable AF algorithm for accurate detection of, and discrimination between, NSR, AF, PVC, and PAC. The method of these teachings includes an AF detection method having a modified Poincare approach in order to differentiate various patterns of PAC and PVC from NSR and AF. The method of these teachings can also apply to the Kullback-Leibler divergence or the Turning Point Ratio (TPR) to differentiate between various patterns of PAC and PVC from NSR and AF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Ki H. Chon, Jowoon Chong
  • Patent number: 9414235
    Abstract: The invention includes a method and apparatus for dynamically allocating spectrum available within a region including a plurality of base stations. The method includes obtaining a plurality of spectrum demands associated with at least a portion of the base stations, each spectrum demand requesting a portion of the available spectrum, and determining a plurality of spectrum allocations satisfying at least a portion of the spectrum demands. The spectrum allocations are determined by processing the spectrum demands using network information such as base station information associated with the base stations and region information such as terrain information associated with the region. The region information may include signal propagation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: Alcatel Lucent, Stevens Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Milind M. Buddhikot, Scott C. Miller, Kevin Ryan
  • Patent number: 9414236
    Abstract: Provided is a resource management system in a communication system including a plurality of systems having no right to use a first frequency band. The resource management system includes: a coexistence manager (CM) configured to manage the plurality of systems for the purpose of coexistence and frequency sharing of the plurality of systems in a frequency band available for the plurality of systems, when the available frequency band is detected in the first frequency band; a coexistence enabler (CE) configured to transmit and receive information of the plurality of systems and information of the CM; and a coexistence discovery and information server (CDIS) configured to support the CM to control the plurality of systems. The CM performs channel classification for the first frequency band based on channel information of the available frequency band, and allocates operating channels to the plurality of systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyunduk Kang, Dong-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 9410747
    Abstract: The present invention provides a porous material having micropores capable of storing and releasing heat by phase change, which comprises a phase change material inserted into the micropores of a porous material medium such as activated carbon or silica gel so as to be capable of storing and releasing energy, and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the steps of: pre-treating a porous material medium to remove impurities from the micropores of the porous material medium, thereby opening the micropores; pre-treating a phase change material to make it possible to insert the phase change material into the micropores of the porous material medium; inserting the pretreated phase change material into the pretreated porous material medium; filtering the porous material medium filled with the phase change material to remove the phase change material remaining after the insertion step; and washing the filtered material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Kwang-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9414393
    Abstract: A base station and a resource allocation method are provided. The method includes: calculating transmission rates of user equipment (UE) on unallocated resource blocks; finding consecutive resource block (RB) sets within the unallocated resource blocks according to a predetermined window size; finding minimum transmission rates of the UE among the transmission rates respectively corresponding to the consecutive RB sets; finding a largest value and a second largest value corresponding to each of the consecutive RB sets among the minimum transmission rates corresponding to the UE; calculating absolute difference values between the largest value and the second largest value corresponding to each of the consecutive RB sets; finding a maximum absolute difference value from the absolute difference values corresponding to the consecutive RB sets; and allocating the consecutive RB set corresponding to the maximum absolute difference value to the specific UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chia-Lung Liu, Hsi-Lu Chao, Lung-Han Hsu, Chia-Kai Chang
  • Patent number: 9409923
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drug-fluorophore complex for specific detection of tumor cells. Specifically, the drug-fluorophore complex includes a tumor cell-targeting drug penetrating tumor cells and non-tumor cells at different rates or levels, and a fluorescent substance chemically bonded to the tumor cell-targeting drug. The drug-fluorophore complex enables specific imaging of tumor cells only with high accuracy in a very simple manner without causing cytotoxicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kwang Meyung Kim, Ick Chan Kwon, Sang Yoon Kim, Ju Hee Ryu, Eun Sung Jun, In San Kim
  • Patent number: 9410967
    Abstract: The subject invention concerns methods and materials for diagnosing, monitoring the progress, and/or providing a prognosis for multiple myeloma and other conditions associated with antibody production in a person or animal. The methods of the invention utilize mass spectrometry for quantitative monitoring and detection of antibody produced by the plasma cells. The methods of the invention can be utilized for diagnosis, monitoring, and/or prognosis of multiple myeloma, monoclonal gammopathy, and other immunological or hematological conditions and disorders. In addition to detecting and quantifying antibody in a sample, other biological markers, such as serum albumin and/or beta-2-microglobulin, can also be detected and quantified using the present invention, and in combination with detection and quantification of antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: John Matthew Koomen, Elizabeth Renee Remily, Kaaron Benson, Mohamad Hussein
  • Patent number: 9411036
    Abstract: A light source position detection apparatus (10) has a condensing lens (32) that condenses light emitted from the sun, an image pickup device (33) that receives the light condensed by the condensing lens (32), and a CPU (21) that detects the position of the sun based on per-pixel light reception information received by the image pickup device (33), and the CPU (21) changes the shutter speed of the image pickup device (33) and adjusts the quantity of the light received by the image pickup device in response to the quantity of light emitted from the sun. The light source position detection apparatus (10) can detect the position of a light source with high accuracy, and can detect the position of the light source with high accuracy even when the light source is hidden behind clouds, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ISHIKAWA TRADING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sanekazu Igari, Katsuhiko Kikuchi, Toshio Shiomi, Hideo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9408917
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition includes a chitosan with palmitoyl groups and an active agent. According to another embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition can further include a gelling accelerating agent. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the active agent of the disclosure can be administered in the form of a nano-drug, liposome, micelle, or microparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Maggie J. M. Lu, Yu-Wen Lo, Chih-Peng Liu, Chia-Wen Huang, Shuen-Hsiang Chou, Po-Hung Lai, Tsan-Lin Hu, Min-Ying Lin, Chia-Mu Tu
  • Patent number: 9408899
    Abstract: Vaccines are disclosed against parasites. The vaccines include peptides in an immunological composition. In particular, the parasite is Toxoplas gondii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: The University of Chicago, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Paxvax, Inc.
    Inventors: Rima McLeod, Tze Guan Tan, Jeffery L. Alexander, Hua Cong, William H. Witola, Kamal El Bissati, Ernest J. Mui, Steven G. Reed
  • Patent number: 9412576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ion trap mass spectrometer using a cold electron source, in a production of a portable mass spectrometer, in which a microchannel plate (MCP) module is used, initial electrons are induced by injecting ultraviolet photons emitted from an ultraviolet diode to a front surface of the MCP module, electron beams amplified from the electrons are amplified using a channeltron electron multiplier (CEM), the amplified electron beams are accurately adjusted and injected into an ion trap, thus increasing the amplification rate, and since a quadrupole field is used as an ion filter which returns the initially injected electrons to the inside of an ion trap mass separator, the ionization rate increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA BASIC SCIENCE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung Yong Kim, Mo Yang, Hyunsik Kim
  • Patent number: 9412959
    Abstract: A method of making a solar cell includes: preparing an active layer solution including p-type and n-type organic semiconductor materials, a solvent, and an additive, the additive containing 1, 8-iodooctane (DIO) and 1-chloronaphthalene (CN) that has a total volume not greater than 3 vol % based on a total volume of the solvent and the additive; preparing an assembly having a substrate, a first electrode layer, and a first transporting layer; coating the active layer solution on the first transporting layer to form a wet active layer; drying the wet active layer at a temperature not greater than 60° C.; and forming a second transporting layer and a second electrode layer on the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN
    Inventors: Hou-Chin Cha, Yu-Ching Huang, Chih-Min Chuang, De-Han Lu, Zheng-Lin Yu, Chia-Te Yen, Yeong-Der Lin, Charn-Ying Chen, Cheng-Si Tsao
  • Patent number: 9412967
    Abstract: A foldable package structure including a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of adhesive layers and at least one environmental-sensitive electronic component is provided. At least one of the first and second laminated substrates comprises an ultra-thin glass plate. The foldable package structure comprises a predetermined folded region and the ultra-thin glass plate is disposed at one side of the predetermined folded region and stays away from the predetermined folded region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuang-Jung Chen, Cheng-Chung Lee
  • Patent number: 9409023
    Abstract: Described are devices including stimulation assemblies connectable to a plurality of electrodes. The plurality of electrodes can be configured to connect to a spinal cord at a location below a lesion of the spinal cord. The stimulation assembly can be configured to deliver stimulation to selected ones of the plurality of electrodes when the stimulation assembly is connected to the plurality of electrodes when located below the lesion of the spinal cord. Methods of using the devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Joel W. Burdick, Yu-Chong Tai, John F. Naber, Robert S. Keynton, Victor Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Yury Gerasimenko, Susan J. Harkema, Jonathan Hodes, Claudia A. Angeli, Mandheerej S. Nandra, Thomas Anthony Desautels, Steven L. Upchurch, Douglas J. Jackson, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Yangshen Chen
  • Patent number: 9409775
    Abstract: A method for purifying biomass syngas, including: a) introducing syngas out of a gasifier, through a water-cooling flue to a water-cooling quench tower; b) introducing the syngas from the water-cooling quench tower to a waste heat boiler of a water-tube type and a waste heat boiler of a heat-tube type; c) washing the syngas from the waste heat boiler of the heat-tube type in a Venturi scrubber in the absence of a filler to remove dust; d) introducing the syngas from the Venturi scrubber to a wet electrical dust precipitator for conducting dust removal and tar mist removal; and e) extracting the syngas by a coal gas draft fan, and transporting the syngas to a wet gas tank for storage or to a downstream process for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: WUHAN KAIDI ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfeng Zhang, Hongtao Nie, Minggui Xia, Wenyan Liu, Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9413492
    Abstract: A method of transmitting data in an optical transport network is provided. The method comprises generating an optical transmission unit frame including an in-band area including a first area to which information data is allocated and a second area to which the information data is not allocated and an out-band area including parity information and transmitting the data through the optical transmission unit frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jong-Yoon Shin, Jongho Kim, Je Soo Ko, Kwangjoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9413014
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for preparing nanosized metal or alloy nanoparticles by depositing metal or alloy nanoparticles with superior size uniformity on the surface of a powder as a base material by vacuum deposition and then dissolving or melting the base material using a solvent or heat. The method solves the problems of the existing expensive multi-step synthesis method based on chemical reduction and allows effective synthesis of metal or alloy nanoparticles with very uniform size and metal or alloy catalyst nanoparticles supported on carbon at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, GL MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Sung Jong Yoo, Hee-young Park, Jong Hyun Jang, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Tae-Hoon Lim, Sang Young Lee, Sang Hyun Ahn, Namgee Jung, Suk Woo Nam, Eun Ae Cho, Seok Keun Koh
  • Patent number: 9409157
    Abstract: Provided is a catalyst for preparing a syngas by reforming methane wherein a nickel-based catalyst is mixed with a metal oxide catalyst. More particularly, alumina is used as a support and a metal oxide catalyst including magnesia, nickel, vanadium, tungsten, iron, molybdenum or chromium is used to inhibit carbon deposition and maintain or improve catalytic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Ju Moon, Young Chul Kim, Hye Jeong Ok