Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • LIPID VESICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20160038415
    Abstract: The invention provides delivery systems comprised of stabilized multilamellar vesicles, as well as compositions, methods of synthesis, and methods of use thereof. The stabilized multilamellar vesicles comprise terminal-cysteine-bearing antigens or cysteine-modified antigens, at their surface and/or internally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Darrell J. Irvine, Jaehyun Moon
  • SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS CARRIER
    Publication number: 20160042988
    Abstract: An adapter is provided which is used when a process for a small-diameter semiconductor substrate (small substrate) is performed by using a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for large-diameter silicon substrates. The small substrate is attached to an adapter plate that compensates for differences in size, so that the small substrate is prevented from falling even when the small substrate is in a vertical or inverted direction. To process the small substrate with the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for large-diameter silicon substrates, an opening 10 is formed in a transferring base portion 1, which is formed of a large-diameter silicon substrate, and a polyimide film 2 is attached to the rear surface of the transferring base portion 1, so that the small substrate can be retained by a vacuum chuck or an electrostatic chuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CARRIER INTEGRATION INC.
    Inventors: Taro ITATANI, Hiroyuki ISHII, Yoshiyuki AMANO, Tsuneyuki HAYASHI
  • METHODS AND NUCLEOTIDE FRAGMENTS OF PREDICTING OCCURRENCE, METASTASIS OF CANCERS AND PATIENTS' POSTOPERATIVE SURVIVAL IN VITRO
    Publication number: 20160040243
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a method using in vitro measurement of the content of methylation or demethylation of GFRal CpG islands to estimate a risk of tumorigenesis and of tumor metastasis, or postoperative life expectancy, and a nucleotide sequence used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Beijing Institute For Cancer Research
    Inventors: Dajun Deng, Jun Zhang, Zhaojun Liu, Jing Zhou, Liankun Gu, Baozhen Zhang
  • COMPOUNDS AND MATRICES FOR USE IN BONE GROWTH AND REPAIR
    Publication number: 20160038641
    Abstract: Compositions of small molecules, matrices, and isolated cells including methods of preparation, and methods for differentiation, transdifferentiation, and proliferation of animal cells into the osteoblast blast cell lineage were described. Examples of osteogenic materials that were administered to cells or co-cultured with cells are represented by compounds of Formula II, IV, and VI independently or preferably in combination with a matrix to afford bone cells. Small molecule-stimulated cells were also combined with a matrix, placed with a cellular adhesive or material carrier and implanted to a site in an animal for bone repair. Matrix pretreated with compounds of Formula II, IV, and VI were also used to cause cells to migrate to the matrix that is of use for therapeutic purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: HUMAN BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: John R. CASHMAN, Daniel R. RYAN, Sigeng CHEN
  • HIGH EFFICIENCY NEUTRON CAPTURE PRODUCT PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20160042826
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a neutron source for producing reaction-product nuclei from reactant nuclei includes a plurality of reactant nuclei and a plurality of moderating nuclei. The reactant nuclei and the moderating nuclei are configured to increase the probability of neutron capture by reactant nuclei to achieve enhanced ratios of neutron capture by reactant nuclei to neutron source neutron production. Moderating nuclei and neutron reflection are used to minimize neutron leakage. Temperature control, including cryogenic temperature control, may be used to enhance the rate or probability of reactant nuclei neutron capture. The reactant nuclei may include molybdenum-98 and reaction-product nuclei may include technetium-99m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventor: Nicholas Guy Baldasaro
  • HIGH-RESOLUTION SURFACE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160044218
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for capturing and measuring surface topography. This disclosure provides a high resolution retrographic sensor comprising a volume of elastomer and a thin, opaque reflective membrane. The reflective membrane is arranged to conform to a specimen that contacts it. The disclosure provides a high resolution visualization system comprising the retrographic sensor and an illumination source. Also provided are high resolution measurement systems comprising the retrographic sensor, an illumination source, an imaging device, and a processing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Edward H. Adelson, Micah K. Johnson
  • Method for manufacturing through substrate via (TSV), structure and control method of TSV capacitance
    Patent number: 9257322
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a through substrate via (TSV) structure, a TSV structure, and a control method of a TSV capacitance are provided. The method for manufacturing the TSV structure includes: providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; forming a trench in the first surface of the substrate; filling a low resistance material into the trench; forming an insulating layer on the first surface of the substrate; forming at least one opening in the first surface of the substrate, wherein the opening is located differently the trench; forming an oxide liner layer, a barrier layer and a conductive seed layer on a sidewall and a bottom of the opening and on the insulating layer of the first surface; and filling a conductive material into the opening, wherein the opening is used to form at least one via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Erh-Hao Chen, Cha-Hsin Lin, Tzu-Kun Ku
  • Separator for lithium cells having porous and cured layers on a non-woven support
    Patent number: 9257725
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, a separator utilized in a lithium battery is provided. The separator includes a non-woven polyester support, a porous layer of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or its derivatives formed on the non-woven polyester support, a layer of UV-curing or thermal-curing polymers formed on top of the porous layer of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or its derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Li-Han Chung, Dan-Cheng Kong, Ming-Cheng Feng, Chih-Hung Lee
  • Apparatus and method for transmitting jamming signal
    Patent number: 9258078
    Abstract: A node device is provided. The node device includes forming a jamming signal generation unit configured to generate a jamming signal for a target signal which is transmitted from a base station to an intended receiving device supposed to receive the signal and an unintended receiving device not supposed to receive the signal, a beamforming vector determination unit configured to determine a beamforming vector of the jamming signal based on an amplitude of a received power of the jamming signal at the intended receiving device, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the jamming signal based on the determined beamforming vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joon Hyuk Kang, Seong Ah Jeong, Keon Kook Lee, Dae Han Ha
  • Apparatus and method for anonymity-based authentication and key agreement capable of providing communication message binding property
    Patent number: 9258130
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for anonymity-based authentication and key agreement capable of providing a communication message binding property. The apparatus includes a signature verification unit and a binding checking unit. The signature verification unit receives a plurality of messages, each carrying a signature including link information of a sender, and verifies the signature of each of the plurality of messages. The binding checking unit, if it is determined by the signature verification unit that the signature is valid, determines whether the plurality of messages has been sent by an identical sender based on the link information of the signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung-Yeon Hwang, Ku-Young Chang, Pil-Joong Lee, Sung-Wook Eom, Dae-Hun Nyang
  • Transferring data among nodes on a network
    Patent number: 9258361
    Abstract: Techniques for transferring data among nodes on a network are disclosed. Some example methods include a downloader-initiated random linear network coding algorithm. A downloading node may be aware of the chunks of original data held by neighboring nodes, and the downloading node can request linear combinations of chunks from the neighboring nodes that are linearly independent of any linear combinations of chunks already held by the downloading node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nirwan Ansari, Nan Wang
  • Optical modules
    Patent number: 9256038
    Abstract: Provided is an optical module. The optical module includes: an optical bench having a first trench of a first depth and a second trench of a second depth that is lower than the first depth; a lens in the first trench of the optical bench; at least one semiconductor chip in the second trench of the optical bench; and a flexible printed circuit board covering an upper surface of the optical bench except for the first and second trenches, wherein the optical bench is a metal optical bench or a silicon optical bench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young-Tak Han, Jang Uk Shin, Sang-Pil Han, Sang Ho Park, Yongsoon Baek
  • Solid oxide fuel cell system equipped with carbon monoxide generator using ultraclean coal or graphite
    Patent number: 9257713
    Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell system has a carbon monoxide generator using ash-free coal or graphite, which includes a carbon supply unit, a carbon dioxide supply unit, a carbon monoxide generating unit, and a fuel cell unit. The carbon monoxide generating unit supplies CO to the anode of the fuel cell unit, and CO2 discharged from the fuel cell unit is recycled to the carbon dioxide supply unit. Because ash-free coal or graphite is used, a separate reformer does not need to be used, and thus energy can be produced with high efficiency even at low costs. Because CO2 discharged from the solid oxide fuel cell, which uses carbon monoxide as a fuel, after a fuel cell reaction, is reused as reactant gas, carbon dioxide is not emitted into the atmosphere. Gasification can be smoothly achieved by the carbon monoxide generating unit including heating powder or a heating reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & INDUSTRY COOPERATION PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chung Hwan Jeon, Jong-Pil Kim, Seung Mo Kim
  • Electronic device having graphene channels
    Patent number: 9257510
    Abstract: A graphene electronic device includes a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode provided on the substrate and spaced apart from each other, and graphene channels connecting the first electrode with the second electrode. Each of the graphene channels is separated from the substrate to have a cylindrical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Ju Yun, Kibong Song
  • Winding tester for composite wire rod-type specimens
    Patent number: 9255868
    Abstract: It is provided a dedicated winding tester for composite wire rod-type specimens for effectively measuring the minimum winding radius of the wire rod-type specimens being made with carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforced composites in various diameters or textures via automatically gripping specimens, tightly winding, and sequentially proceeding sustained load in time, thereby supplying test data and design consideration in actual use and transport of the wire rod-type specimens being made of carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforced composites that comprises a shield, a specimen receiver and a winding device being arranged within said shield, as well as a programmable controller being arranged outside the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Zhejiang Huadian Equipment Testing Institute
    Inventors: Rui Li, Miao Qian, Minbo Yu, Guoyong Li, Zhihua Zhu, Hongyun Yu, Qun Yuan
  • Method for preparing liquid hydrocarbons from syngas
    Patent number: 9255225
    Abstract: A method for preparing a liquid hydrocarbon from syngas. The method includes: 1) mixing crude syngas from a biomass gasifier and a hydrogen-rich gas to yield a mixed gas; 2) dehydrating and decarbonizing the mixed gas for removal of moisture, carbon dioxide, and impurities, to yield a fine syngas; 3) introducing the fine syngas to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis device in the presence of a catalyst, controlling a reaction temperature of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis at between 150 and 300° C. and a reaction pressure of between 2 and 4 MPa (A), to yield a liquid hydrocarbon and water which is discharged out of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis device; and 4) returning 70-95 vol. % of exhaust gases from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis device to step 3) to mix with the fine syngas, and introducing the resulting mixed gas to the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Wuhan Kaidi Engineering Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yilong Chen, Kan Song, Pingyu Kuai, Yan Gong, Yanfeng Zhang, Jiaqi Jin
  • Composite separator for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9257706
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite separator for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. The method comprises: preparing a prepreg as a continuous carbon fiber-reinforced composite and a graphite foil; allowing the cut prepreg and graphite foil to pass through a stacking/compression roller to be compressed; allowing the prepreg in which the graphite foil is integrally stacked to be heated and pressed by a hot press such that hydrogen, air, and coolant flow fields are formed or to pass through a hot roller to be formed into a separator; removing unnecessary portions from the heated and pressed separator using a trim cutter; and post-curing the thus formed separator, wherein the graphite foil may be stacked on the prepreg as the continuous carbon fiber-reinforced composite such that a graphite layer is integrally formed with the prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Dai Gil Lee, Ha Na Yu, Jun Woo Lim, Sae Hoon Kim, Jung Do Suh, Byung Ki Ahn
  • Method of treating Tourette'S disorder with GABA-aminotransferase inactivators
    Patent number: 9254274
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of treating Tourette's Disorder (TD) using GABA ergic drugs that elevate the amount of stored presynaptic GABA and do not significantly increase GABA tone (a continuous background level of GABA signaling) in the brain. The administration of vigabatrin and/or (1S,3S)-3-amino-4-difluoromethylenyl-1-cyclopentanoic acid hydrochloride salt is expressly contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignees: Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc., New York University, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: Steven Miller, Jonathan D. Brodie, Stephen Dewey
  • Susceptibility of tumors to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and treatment thereof
    Patent number: 9254288
    Abstract: This disclosure provides tyrosine kinase protein and nucleic acid variants, particularly FGFR2 variants, which are linked to drug resistance. The disclosure further provides methods of diagnosis and theranosis, using these molecules and fragments thereof, and kits for employing these methods and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignees: THE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Pamela Michelle Pollock
  • Controlled fragmentation of a warhead shell
    Patent number: 9255774
    Abstract: A series of small explosive charges are used to preferentially crack the casing of a warhead to provide for a controlled fragmentation of the warhead. During detonation of the warhead's explosive fill, the casing will break early in the process along pre-determined lines resulting in very large fragments that are projected towards the ground and away from innocent civilians. A fragmentation control collar which contacts these charges can be fitted on the outside of existing warheads. An annular liner within the warhead aids in the controlled fragmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Thomas E. Burky, John R. Leach