Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • HIGH-SENSITIVITY MULTILAYER RESIST FILM AND METHOD OF INCREASING PHOTOSENSITIVITY OF RESIST FILM
    Publication number: 20160238937
    Abstract: A resist film structure is provided, which allows a resist layer to have improved photosensitivity to EUV or electron beams without changing the photosensitivity of the resist material itself. A metal layer 1 with a thickness as small as a nanometer level is provided on a resist polymer layer 2 formed on a substrate 3. When the resist layer in this structure is exposed to light, the metal layer 1 produces a surface plasmon effect to enhance the irradiation to the resist film, so that the photosensitivity of the resist film is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Jin KAWAKITA, Toyohiro CHIKYO, Takayuki NAKANE
  • OPTICAL FILM STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160238748
    Abstract: An optical film structure includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface, an optical component includes a micro-lens array and disposed on the first surface of the first substrate, a micro-lens array including a plurality of micro-lens units each of which has a round concentrated area with a projected radius R formed on the first surface, a planarization layer disposed on the optical component, a light absorbing layer disposed on the planarization layer and including a plurality of light absorbing units each of which has a width W. Light incident from the second surface of the first substrate and passing through the micro-lens array is focused on the light absorbing units. The micro-lens array and the planarization layer have a difference in refractive index greater than or equal to 0.2; and W is less than or equal to R/2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Chung LEE, Yu-Ju CHAO, Chia-Yu WU, Kuo-Chang LEE
  • METHODS FOR MODULATING EXPRESSION OF C9ORF72 ANTISENSE TRANSCRIPT
    Publication number: 20160237432
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for reducing expression of C90RF72 antisense transcript in an animal with C90RF72 antisense transcript specific inhibitors. Such methods are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate neurodegenerative diseases in an individual in need thereof. Such C90RF72 antisense transcript specific inhibitors include antisense compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Regents of the University of California, Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research
    Inventors: C. Frank Bennett, Frank Rigo, Don W. Cleveland, Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, John M. Ravits, Michael W. Baughn
  • SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MICRO-ROBOT USING TRANSFER ROBOT
    Publication number: 20160241121
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for performing a control on a micro-robot using a transfer robot. The system includes a magnetic field control unit configured to control a movement of a micro-structure or a micro-robot within a working area according to an output magnetic field, a transfer robot connected to the magnetic field control unit to transfer the working area in space, and a control unit configured to receive position information about the micro-structure or micro-robot and position information about the transfer robot, and transmit a control signal based on the received position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hong Soo CHOI, Seong Yong WOO, Sang Won KIM
  • SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160240797
    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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chia-Hua LEE, Hung-Ru HSU, Yung-Tsung LIU, Shu-Nung CHANG, Song-Yeu TSAI, Fu-Ming LIN
  • RANDOM ACCESS METHOD FOR MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20160242211
    Abstract: Disclosed is a random access method for a machine type communication (MTC) terminal. The random access method performed by a terminal includes performing a cell search, determining a radio environment based on time taken to perform the cell search, and performing different random access procedures depending on the determined radio environment. Accordingly, coverage of the MTC terminal that is in a poor radio environment may be enhanced, thereby performing normal communication with a base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hee Sang CHUNG, Il Gyu KIM
  • CARBON NANOFIBER ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20160240770
    Abstract: An electroconductive film for an actuator is formed from a gel composition including carbon nanofibers, an ionic liquid, and a polymer. The carbon nanofibers are produced with an aromatic mesophase pitch by melt spinning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION GUNMA UNIVERSITY, ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kinji Asaka, Takushi Sugino, Soshi Shiraishi, Isao Takahashi, Tomomasa Takatsuka, Shinya Komura
  • USE OF OBJECT GROUP MODELS AND HIERARCHIES FOR OUTPUT PREDICTIONS
    Publication number: 20160239749
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for predicting outputs. Global output fractions associated with an object are approximated. Outputs for a group are predicted based upon a cyclical aspect component and a movement prediction. An output prediction is calculated based upon the predicted outputs for a related object group and the approximated global output fraction for a particular object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: SAS INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Sergiy Peredriy, Yung-Hsin Chien, Arin Chaudhuri, Ann Mary McGuirk, Yongqiao Xiao
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR DIFFERENCE COMPONENT QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20160241853
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung Chang LIM, Hui Yong KIM, Se Yoon JEONG, Jong Ho KIM, Ha Hyun LEE, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM
  • APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WIDE-BAND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION GAIN IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD OF THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160241278
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for controlling a wide-band signal transmission gain, which differently applies a transmission gain by the unit of an intermediate frequency (IF) at a transmitting side of a wide-band multi-IF wireless communication system which can convert multiple baseband digital signals into IF signals and thereafter, multiplex and simultaneously transmit the converted IF signals and a signal processing method of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Yong Su LEE
  • MEMS ANTI-PHASE VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20160238390
    Abstract: A MEMS anti-phase vibratory gyroscope includes two measurement masses with a top cap and a bottom cap each coupled with a respective measurement mass. The measurement masses are oppositely coupled with each other in the vertical direction. Each measurement mass includes an outer frame, an inner frame located within the outer frame, and a mass located within the inner frame. The two measurement masses are coupled with each other through the outer frame. The inner frame is coupled with the outer frame by a plurality of first elastic beams. The mass is coupled with the inner frame by a plurality of second elastic beams. A comb coupling structure is provided along opposite sides of the outer frame and the inner frame. The two masses vibrate toward the opposite direction, and the comb coupling structure measures the angular velocity of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Geology and Geophysics
    Inventors: Lian Zhong Yu, Chen Sun
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DOWNCONVERSION OF LIGHT
    Publication number: 20160238455
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to composition and methods for downconverting light. In some embodiments, the composition and methods comprise an organic material, a nanocrystal, and a ligand capable of facilitating energy transfer between the organic material and the nanocrystal. In certain embodiments, the nanocrystal has a first excited energy state with an energy less than a triplet energy state of the organic material. The organic material, in some embodiments, may be aromatic and/or include one or more pi-conjugated carbon-carbon double bonds. In some cases, incident light may be absorbed by the organic material to produce two triplet excitons. The triplet excitons may then transfer to the nanocrystal via the ligand, where they can undergo recombination, resulting in the formation low energy photons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Daniel N. Congreve, Nicholas John Thompson, Mark W.B. Wilson, Mengfei Wu, Marc A. Baldo, Moungi G. Bawendi, Vladimir Bulovic
  • HIGH-PERFORMANCE CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES FROM LIGNOSULFONATE
    Publication number: 20160240853
    Abstract: Methods of making cathodes for lithium-sulfur batteries are disclosed, in addition to cathodes and batteries containing the cathodes. A method of making a cathode is disclosed which includes extracting lignosulfonate from brown liquor, pyrolyzing the lignosulfonate, carbonizing the pyrolyzed lignosulfonate to form a carbon-sulfur compound, and forming the carbon-sulfur compound into a cathode. A cathode for a lithium-sulfur battery is disclosed which includes pyrolized lignosulfonate recovered from brown liquor, and carbon. The pyrolized lignosulfonate and carbon are suspended in a matrix having a substantially homogenous distribution of sulfur. A battery is disclosed in which an anode including an electrolye, lithium, is provided along with a membrane separate and a carbon comprising a carbon-sulfur compound derived from lignosulfonates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Trevor Simmons, Rahul Mukherjee
  • PROCESS FOR ULTRA-SENSITIVE QUANTIFICATION OF TARGET ANALYTES IN COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160238614
    Abstract: Antibody-free processes are disclosed that provide accurate quantification of a wide variety of low-abundance target analytes in complex samples. The processes can employ high-pressure, high-resolution chromatographic separations for analyte enrichment. Intelligent selection of target fractions may be performed via on-line Selected Reaction Monitoring (SRM) or off-line rapid screening of internal standards. Quantification may be performed on individual or multiplexed fractions. Applications include analyses of, e.g., very low abundance proteins or candidate biomarkers in plasma, cell, or tissue samples without the need for affinity-specific reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: TUJIN SHI, WEIJUN QIAN, THOMAS L. FILLMORE, XUEFEI SUN, RICHARD D. SMITH
  • TYPING AND IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL AND NON-BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS USING QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND
    Publication number: 20160238568
    Abstract: An ultrasonic material-evaluation or classification method using spectral and envelope-statistics variables from backscattered ultrasound echo signals combined with global variables. This classification method can be applied to any organ or tissue among biological materials and any non-biological material that produces backscattered signals as a result of microscopic internal inhomogeneities such as a crystalline structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Riverside Research Institute
    Inventors: Ernest J. Feleppa, Jonathan Mamou
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING PIGMENTED LESION USING OCT
    Publication number: 20160235361
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for quantifying a pigmented lesion using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). The method includes (a) irradiating light and receiving an interference signal produced by reflection of the light from first and second boundary layers of a pigmented lesion; and (b) calculating size information of the pigmented lesion using phase information of the interference signal. According to embodiments of the present invention, there is an advantage of allowing calculation of size information of a pigmented lesion using OCT, by increasing a measurement range in the axial direction to which beams are irradiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byeong-il LEE, In Hee SHIN, Joo Beom EOM, Woosub SONG
  • CHIMERIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR (FGF) 2/FGF1 PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20160237133
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides chimeric proteins having an N-terminus coupled to a C-terminus, wherein the N-terminus comprises an N-terminal portion of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 2 and the C-terminus comprises a portion of an FGF1 protein. Such FGF2/FGF1 chimeras can further include a fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 1c-binding protein, a ?-Klotho-binding protein, or both. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules that encode such proteins, and vectors and cells that include such nucleic acids. Methods of using the disclosed molecules to reduce blood glucose levels are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Jae Myoung Suh, Michael Downes, Ronald M. Evans, Annette Atkins
  • Field effect power electronic device and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 9419123
    Abstract: In a method for fabricating a field effect power electronic device, an epi layer is formed on a substrate defined by a device isolation area and a device operation area. A mask pattern is formed which covers the epi layer in the device operation area and has openings positioned at a predetermined distance along a first direction. An inside of the epi layer having the mask pattern formed thereon is formed as an active area, and a non-active area is formed by implanting ions into an inside of the epi layer having the mask pattern not formed thereon. The mask pattern is removed. Source and drain electrodes are formed, in a second direction, on the epi layer in the device operation area with the non-active area interposed therebetween. A gate electrode is formed on the epi layer in the device operation area between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Jong Min Lee
  • Print medium displaying illusion image and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium holding illusion image data
    Patent number: 9418452
    Abstract: The present invention obtains subband signals by performing a multiresolution decomposition by a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filterbank with orientation selectivity that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations on image data, and, when an image is reconstructed by summing the obtained subband signals, generates reconstructed image data that creates a floating illusion by attenuating or amplifying a subband signal corresponding to at least one of detail filters with a predetermined orientation relative to a floating direction, in which an image is desired to be floated due to an illusion, among the detail filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Hitoshi Arai, Shinobu Arai
  • Tag transmission apparatus and signal transmitting method thereof
    Patent number: 9418259
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a tag transmission apparatus and a signal transmitting method thereof. The tag transmission apparatus converts a plurality of data bits into a symbol, which is one of a plurality of symbols, and multiplies the converted symbol by a square-wave having a predetermined frequency to thereby generate a subcarrier signal. Here, in the case in which the plurality of data bits are n (n is a natural number larger than 2) bits, the number of the plurality of symbols is 2n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Mo, Ji-Hoon Bae, Chan-Won Park, Cheol Sig Pyo