Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 9360436
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an inspection device including a light source module, an image receiving module and a processing unit. The light source module emits a first incident light and a second incident light to a device under test (DUT). The image receiving module receives a first image corresponding to the DUT irradiated by the first incident light, and receives a second image corresponding to the DUT irradiated by the second incident light. The processing unit calculates the contrast ratio of the first image and the second image to obtain a high-contrast image for inspection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Chen Hsieh, Chih-Jung Chiang, Fu-Cheng Yang
  • Patent number: 9359506
    Abstract: Provided is a coating composition having anti-fogging and heat-insulating functions, which includes a mesoporous material, an organic polysiloxane, and co-doped tungsten oxide as shown in formula (I), MxWO3-yAy wherein M is an alkali metal element, W is tungsten, O is oxygen, A is halogen, 0<x?1, and 0<y?0.5. Further provided are a method for preparing a coating composition having anti-fogging and heat-insulating functions and a film formed from the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Yang Su, Pao-Tang Chung, Chyi-Ming Leu, Chun-Hsiang Wen, Sung-Jeng Jong
  • Patent number: 9359161
    Abstract: An interleaving element is adapted to interleave a roll of glass substrate. The glass substrate includes at least one active area, a plurality of spacing zones and two edge zones. The plurality of spacing zones and the edge zones define the active area. The interleaving element includes two elongated side elements and a plurality of bridging elements. The elongated side elements correspond to the two edge zones. Each of the plurality of bridging elements is connected with the elongated side elements. The plurality of bridging elements corresponds to the spacing zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chia-Sheng Huang, Hsin-Yun Hsu, Jyun-Kai Ciou
  • Patent number: 9362566
    Abstract: An anode composite material for lithium ion battery and a preparation method thereof. The composite material is a composite material formed by compounding at least one of SiCO, SiCNO, SiCN and SiBCN with LiaMbPO4, wherein 0.95?a?1.1, 0.95?b?1.1, and M is at least one of Fe, Co, Ni and Mn. The content of at least one of SiCO, SiCNO, SiCN and SiBCN in the anode composite material is in a range of 1-20 wt % of the total weight of the composite material. The composite material formed by compounding at least one of SiCO, SiCNO, SiCN and SiBCN with LiaMbPO4 is obtained by adding LiaMbPO4 into at least one organosilicon polymer of polysiloxane, polysilazane, and polyborosilazane, and then curing, crosslinking, and pyrolyzing. Compared with LiaMbPO4, the composite material has a notable improvement in electrochemistry performance and tap density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METALS
    Inventors: Shigang Lu, Surong Kan, Xiangjun Zhang, Weihua Jin
  • Patent number: 9360604
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymeric materials arranged as photonic crystals, or portions of photonic crystals, having properties which can be easily tuned over a large range of wavelengths upon exposure to an external stimulus. In some embodiments, the photonic crystals comprise at least one portion which can undergo a change in a physical, chemical, dielectric, or other property upon exposure to an altering stimulus, resulting in a change in a diffracted wavelength of electromagnetic radiation (e.g, light) by the photonic crystal. Embodiments of the invention may advantageously exhibit large stop band tunability and rapid response times. Photonic crystals of the invention may be useful in a wide variety of applications, such as colorimetric sensors, active components of simple display devices, electrically controlled tunable optically pumped laser, photonic switches, multiband filters, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Youngjong Kang, Joseph Walish, Edwin L. Thomas
  • Patent number: 9362744
    Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a system supplying a constant current direct current power to serial loads connected in series with one another. The inventive concept is constituted by a constant current source power supply unit outputting a predetermined direct current, a load connection unit having the same rated current characteristic as the constant current source, a load connection unit having a rated current characteristic smaller than the constant current source, a load connection unit having a rated current characteristic greater than the constant current source, a load connection unit having a rated current characteristic greater or smaller than the constant current source and a circuit controlling or protecting them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong il Jun, Sang Choon Ko, Jae Kyoung Mun, Dae Woo Lee, Kyu-Seok Lee, Ho Young Kim, Chul Won Ju
  • Patent number: 9358497
    Abstract: An ionic liquid solvent and gas purification method using the same are provided. The ionic liquid solvent consists of a main absorbent, a regulator for the main absorbent, an auxiliary absorbent, an activator, an antioxidant and water. The ionic liquid involves a low synthetic cost, low viscosity and high absorption capacity, and can be easily regenerated and recycled. The method, compared with traditional processes, has advantages such as a greater absorption capability and lower operation cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Xiangping Zhang, Yansong Zhao, Shaojuan Zeng, Suojiang Zhang, Haifeng Dong, Yingpeng Zhen, Lei Huang
  • Patent number: 9358231
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds which are able to modulate b-raf kinases, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of various diseases, disorders or conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., University of Miami
    Inventors: Nathanael Gray, Hwan Geun Choi, Xianming Deng, Jianming Zhang, Izidore Lossos
  • Patent number: 9359298
    Abstract: Provided are cajanine structure analogous compounds, synthesis method and pharmacological effects thereof, the compounds of the present invention having the structure as represented by general formulas I, II, III, IV and V. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds as active ingredient, and uses thereof; the compounds of the present invention having the pharmacological activities such as anti-virus, anti-virus-infection, nerve protection, anti-metabolic-diseases and the like. Also provided is a chemical total synthesis preparation method of the natural products cajanine, cajanine A and cajanine C. The present invention lays a foundation for the in-depth study and development of the compounds as clinical drugs in the future.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Zhuorong Li, Xingyue Ji, Situ Xue, Guanghui Zheng, Yuhuan Li, Peizhen Tao, Jiandong Jiang
  • Patent number: 9359616
    Abstract: Provided herein is a synthetic or isolated polynucleotide encoding a mammalian 18S rRNA that is resistant to pactamycin. The pactamycin-resistance is conferred by one or more single residue substitutions in the 18S rRNA sequence; a fragment thereof harboring said substitutions; a complementary sequence thereto; or a substantially identical sequence of the foregoing. Related systems, methods and kits are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Vincent P. Mauro, Luke Burman, Gerald M. Edelman
  • Patent number: 9360667
    Abstract: A beam splitting module and a projector device using the same are provided. The beam splitting module comprises a projector, a first reflective mirror and a second reflective mirror. The projector projects a first split image, a second split image and a third split image. The first reflective mirror reflects the first split image to a real image forming plate to form a first projection image. The second reflective mirror reflects the second split image to the real image forming plate to form a second projection image. The third split image is projected on the real image forming plate through a space between the first reflective mirror and the second reflective mirror to form a third projection image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Chieh Chou, Yi-Cheng Chen, Yao-Hui Lee, Han-Wei Su
  • Patent number: 9359624
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of a taxadiene synthase enzyme and a geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzyme in cells and the production of terpenoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Parayil K. Ajikumar, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Heng Phon Too
  • Patent number: 9360621
    Abstract: Provided is a flat-top mode generating device. The flat-top mode generating device includes an input waveguide, a double-tapered structure connected to the input waveguide, and an input star coupler connected to the double-tapered structure. The double-tapered structure includes a first part having a first height hat is equal to that of each of the input waveguide and the input star coupler, and a second part disposed in the first part on the plane and having a second height that is less than the first height, the second part being tapered from the input star coupler toward the input waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNCATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jaegyu Park, Myungjoon Kwack, Gyungock Kim, Jiho Joo
  • Patent number: 9359445
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for treating neurological disorders, generally involving modulating protein kinase D1 (PKD1) activity levels in a neuron or glial cell in an individual in need thereof. The present disclosure provides antibodies specific for PKD1. The present disclosure provides a genetically modified non-human mammal deficient in PKD1 activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The J. David Gladstone Institutes
    Inventors: Steven M. Finkbeiner, Vikram Ramnath Rao, Sarah Rosemary Carter, Eva Suzanne LaDow, Hong Joo Kim, Matthew Campioni
  • Patent number: 9360232
    Abstract: A fluidized bed heat exchange apparatus of a flue gas heat recovery type for producing high temperature water. The fluidized bed heat exchange apparatus passes a waste heat of a combustion flue gas containing a high temperature water vapor emitted from a combustion apparatus subsequently through a water fluidized bed and a heat medium fluidized bed such that a hot water at a saturation temperature of a wet air produced from a latent heat of the combustion flue gas at the water fluidized bed is again heated at the heat medium fluidized bed which does not have a vapor condensation phenomenon, thereby producing a hot water at a temperature higher than the saturation temperature of the wet air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Sang-Il Park, Kyoung-Bin Choi, Chang-Bok Ko
  • Patent number: 9362328
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductor device having a vertical transistor bipolar structure of emitter, base, and collector formed in this order from a semiconductor substrate surface in a depth direction. The semiconductor device includes an electrode embedded from the semiconductor substrate surface into the inside and insulated by an oxide film. In the surface of the substrate, a first-conductivity-type first semiconductor region, a second-conductivity-type second semiconductor region, and a first-conductivity-type third semiconductor region are arranged, from the surface side, inside a semiconductor device region surrounded by the electrode and along the electrode with the oxide film interposed therebetween, the second semiconductor region located below the first semiconductor region, the third semiconductor region located below the second semiconductor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Negoro, Hirofumi Watanabe, Yutaka Hayashi, Toshitaka Ota, Yasushi Nagamune
  • Patent number: 9361728
    Abstract: The invention discloses a submarine topography construction method based on multi-source water depth data integration, which achieves reasonable splicing of various data such as multi-beam sounding, single-beam sounding, historical topography map and global topography and submarine topography construction. The invention comprises the following steps of: converting a historical submarine topography map into grid data, converting water depths of other sources into grids, using an overlapping and contrasting method to evaluate the accuracy of the water depths of different sources; using a multi-map-layer method to carry out integration, cutting and splicing on multi-source water depth data, constructing an error distribution model to reasonably revise and integrate various-source water depth data; and constructing multi-source water depth submarine topography and grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: THE SECOND INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, SOA
    Inventors: Ziyin Wu, Shoujun Li, Jihong Shang, Jiabiao Li, Xiaowen Luo, Xiaobing Jin, Dineng Zhao, Jieqiong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9358556
    Abstract: Systems and methods in which the flow of fluid is electrically driven, including electrospinning and electrospraying systems and methods, are generally described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Luis Fernando Velásquez-García, Philip James Ponce De Leon, Frances Ann Hill
  • Patent number: 9363533
    Abstract: Provided is a scalable video-decoding method based on multiple layers. The scalable video-decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of predicting first filter information of a video to be filtered using the information contained in an object layer and/or information contained in another layer, and generating second filter information in accordance with the prediction; and a step of filtering the video to be filtered using the second filter information. According to the present invention, the amount of information being transmitted is reduced, and video compression performance is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Hanbat National Univ
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Se Yoon Jeong, Suk Hee Cho, Jong Ho Kim, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Chie Teuk Ahn, Hae Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 9362786
    Abstract: A multi-phase reluctance electric motor with transverse magnetic flux which includes a stator and a rotor. The stator comprises a housing (1) and a number m of phase armature units, each being staggered at an electrical angle of 360°/m along the circumferential direction sequentially in the housing (1) along the axial direction and comprises an armature iron core, an armature coil (2) and permanent magnets (3). The armature coil (2) is embedded within an annular space formed among first, second and third annular iron core segments (6, 7, 8) of the armature iron core. The pole distance ?m between two adjacent permanent magnets (3) on the same segment and the tooth distance ?p between the rotor teeth (5) along the circumferential direction fulfil 2 ?m=?p. This motor eliminates mutual inductance between phases, improving control precision of current and electromagnetic torque and dynamic characteristics of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Harbin Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Baoquan Kou, Dagang Xie, Taijian Wu, Yiheng Zhou