Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Therapy-enhancing glucan
    Patent number: 9211304
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for introducing substances into cells comprising contacting a composition comprising orally administered beta-glucan with said cells. This invention also provides a method for introducing substances into a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of the above compositions. The substance which could be delivered orally includes but is not limited to peptides, proteins, RNAs, DNAs, chemotherapeutic agents, biologically active agents, plasmids, and other small molecules and compounds. Finally, this invention provides a composition comprising orally administered beta-glucan capable of enhancing efficacy of IgM and different uses of the said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, BIOTEC PHARMACON ASA
    Inventors: Nai-Kong V. Cheung, Rolf Einar Engstad
  • Packet transport system and traffic management method thereof
    Patent number: 9215187
    Abstract: A method of managing traffic of packet transport system according to some embodiments of the inventive concept may include calculating an average queue size of input traffic with reference to a link capacity; and differently applying allowable length and probability of disuse with respect to the calculated average queue size according to marking information with respect to packets of the input traffic. The input traffic includes a CCM packet for OAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Won Kyoung Lee
  • Method for producing cresol from phenol and methanol via gas phase alkylation
    Patent number: 9212116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing cresol from phenol and methanol via gas phase alkylation, in which phenol and methanol are preheated and mixed with diluent gas, then the mixture continuously go through a catalyst bed comprising the catalyst for alkylation of phenol with methanol, to produce cresol by gas phase reaction at the reaction temperature of 200˜500° C. and the weight hourly space velocity of 0.5˜20 h?1. The catalyst for alkylation of phenol with methanol is obtained by modification steps and using ZSM-5 zeolite, MCM-22 zeolite or Beta zeolite as an active composition. Using phenol and methanol as feedstock, the cresol selectivity can reach to 90%, and the p-cresol selectivity can reach to 58%. The catalyst is environmental friendly and non-corrosive to the equipment with a good stability and a broad prospect in industrial application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Kunyuan Wang, Yunpeng Xu, Zhongmin Liu
  • Closure for a device with a base and a support
    Patent number: 9211983
    Abstract: A device comprises a first portion including a first polymer, and a second portion that is relatively flexible in comparison to the first portion and includes a second polymer that is substantially not bondable to the first polymer. A chamber of the device is hermetically sealable with respect to ambient atmosphere and is defined by (i) an interior of the second portion, and/or (ii) a space formed between the first and second portions. A third portion of the device includes a third polymer that is bondable to the first and second polymers and fixedly secures the first and second portions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Py Institute LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Method for radio resource management in device-to-device communication
    Patent number: 9215693
    Abstract: Provided is a radio resource management method for device-to-device communication. The resource management method for device-to-device communication includes dividing a plurality of connection identifiers (CIDs) into N (N is a natural number) number of groups, dividing the resources for device-to-device communication into N number of sub-bands corresponding to the N number of groups, and allocating resources by mapping CIDs respectively belonging to the N number of groups to resources of sub-bands respectively corresponding to the groups. Therefore, according to the resource management method, by dividing the whole frequency band into a plurality of sub-bands, a communication range may be extended, a low-power device may be accommodated, granularity of resources may be improved, and flexibility of resource management may be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae Young Ahn, Choong Il Yeh
  • Methods and systems for reducing inflammation by neuromodulation of T-cell activity
    Patent number: 9211409
    Abstract: Described herein are devices, systems and method of treating inflammation, including methods of treating a T-cell mediated disease. In particular, described herein are methods of treating inflammation including the steps of stimulating a subject's inflammatory reflex to inhibit the immune response and administering a T-cell modifying agent to modify the activity of splenic T-cells. Also described herein are systems for treating inflammation including an inflammatory reflex stimulation module and a T-cell response modifying module. The T-cell response modifying module typically modifies the response of splenic T-cells to enhance or otherwise regulate the effect of stimulation of the inflammatory reflex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: Kevin J. Tracey, Mauricio Rosas-Ballina
  • Metal-bonded diamond grinding wheel prepared by self-propagating pressure-less sintering and a preparation method thereof
    Patent number: 9211633
    Abstract: The invention discloses a metal-bonded diamond grinding wheel prepared by self-propagating pressure-less sintering and a preparation method thereof. The metal bonded diamond grinding wheel mainly comprises a working layer and a non-working layer, wherein the working layer comprises metal bond and grinded diamond, the non-working layer is metal bond, and the metal bond in the working layer and non-working layer have the same components that comprise metal powders of Cu, Al, Ni, Ti, Sn, and Co. To prepare the metal-bonded diamond grinding wheel prepared by self-propagating pressure-less sintering solves the problems of high energy consumption and low manufacture efficiency in the current sintering processes of the metal bonded diamond grinding wheel, and improves the binding force of the metal bond to the grinded diamond by forming carbides between the bond and the grinded diamond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: Zhengzhou Research Institute for Abrasives & Grinding Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Shine More Superabrasives Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingyao Liu, Junyong Shao, Juxue Xia
  • Compressive sensing with local geometric features
    Patent number: 9213916
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for compressive sensing that enable efficient recovery of features in an input signal based on acquiring a few measurements corresponding to the input signal. One method of compressive sensing includes folding an image to generate first and second folds, and recovering a feature of the image based on the first and second folds without reconstructing the image. One example of a compressive sensing apparatus includes a lens, a focal plane array coupled to the lens and configured to generate first and second folds based on the image, and a decoder configured to receive the first and second folds and to recover a feature of the image without reconstructing the image. The feature may be a local geometric feature or a corner. Compressive sensing methods and apparatuses for determining translation and rotation between two images are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Brian Gardiner, Rishi Gupta, Piotr Indyk, Eric Price, Yaron Rachlin, Christopher Yu
  • Method of measuring luminescence of a material
    Patent number: 9213106
    Abstract: A method of measuring luminescence of a material is disclosed. The method includes applying a light source to excite an exposed material. The method also includes amplifying an emission signal of the material. The method further includes measuring a luminescent emission at a fixed time window of about 10 picoseconds to about 10 nanoseconds. The luminescence may be radio photoluminescence (RPL) or optically stimulated luminescence (OSL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Steven D. Miller
  • Fluorescence detector, filter device and related methods
    Patent number: 9212994
    Abstract: A microfluidic filter is disclosed. The filter can be used with onchip fluid filtration such as whole blood filtration for microfluidic blood analysis. The filter is able to filter the necessary volume of fluid and in particular blood in an acceptable time frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: George Maltezos, John Kim Lee, Axel Scherer, Emil Kartalov
  • Radial line slot array antenna
    Patent number: 9214740
    Abstract: A radial line slot array antenna has a slotted conductor plate in which a plurality of slots are formed and arranged in a spiral. The plurality of slots are arranged in the slotted conductor plate such that the arrangement distance in a radial direction between the slots varies gradually between a first portion determined based on a first frequency and a second portion determined based on a second frequency that is different from the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: NEC Space Technologies, Ltd., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Osamu Amano, Makoto Ando
  • Method and apparatus of peer link setting, and method and apparatus of channel switching, in wireless mesh network
    Patent number: 9215747
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring mesh peer link and a method and apparatus for switching channel in wireless mesh network are provided. A method of configuring a mesh peer link in a wireless mesh network includes a first mesh station transmitting a mesh peering open frame to a second mesh station, and the first mesh station receiving a mesh peering confirm frame from the second mesh station in response to the mesh peering open frame, wherein the first mesh station and the second mesh station support a very high throughput (VHT), and wherein the mesh peering open frame and the mesh peering confirm frame comprise a VHT capability information element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Sok Kyu Lee
  • Impedance matching component, metamaterial panel, converging component and antenna
    Patent number: 9214735
    Abstract: An impedance matching component is disclosed. The impedance matching component is disposed on and closely attached to a first side surface of a function dielectric sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: KUANG-CHI INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD., KUANG-CHI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ruopeng Liu, Chunlin Ji, Yutao Yue
  • Directional backlight unit
    Patent number: 9213132
    Abstract: Provided is a directional backlight unit that enables a three-dimensional (3D) image to be viewed at various viewing angles. The directional backlight unit includes a light source configured to emit light, a first reflector configured to reflect light emitted from the light source, a second reflector configured to additionally reflect the light reflected by the first reflector, a light guide plate configured to accommodate the light reflected by the first reflector or the second reflector and output the light to an outside, and an angle adjustor configured to rotate the first reflector or the second reflector to a reflective angle. The angle adjustor rotates the first reflector or the second reflector to change an incident angle of the light incident on the light guide plate and a refractive angle of the light output to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soo Yong Jung, Sei Hyoung Lee
  • Apparatus and method for selecting lasting feeling of machine
    Patent number: 9211645
    Abstract: An optimal behavior combination of a robot in consideration of the robot's previous feeling is generated. In other words, the robot may express its feelings by combinations of its behavioral express elements which reflect its previous feelings. In particular, it has a continuity determination unit for determining whether a behavior to be expressed should be same as or different from a currently expressed behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Ho Seok Ahn, Dong Wook Lee, Woong Hee Shon
  • Search system, search method, and program
    Patent number: 9215068
    Abstract: A search system has a management device that stores compound data and a searcher device. The management device defines a similarity between query sequence data q representing a substructure or property of a substance that is input as a search condition at the searcher device and sequence data pi (i=1, 2, . . . , m) for substances stored in the database by means of a score T that takes a non-negative value when a Tversky index Si is greater than or equal to a threshold value ?n/?d (where ?n and ?d are natural numbers that satisfy ?n??d), calculates an encrypted value of the score T while the query sequence q is maintained in an encrypted state, and returns the encrypted value to the searcher device to thereby disclose information regarding whether or not similar compounds are present in the database while in a confidential state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kana Iwamura, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Koji Tsuda, Hiromi Arai, Jun Sakuma, Kiyoshi Asai, Michiaki Hamada, Goichiro Hanaoka, Koji Nuida
  • Method of manufacturing roll for roll printing/roll imprinting
    Patent number: 9211575
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a roll for roll printing/roll imprinting is provided. The method includes preparing an exterior on one surface of which a printed pattern of a predetermined shape is formed and that has magnetic power and having the other surface of the exterior contact an external surface of a central roll so that the exterior is attached to the central roll having magnetic power by magnetic power. Therefore, the method of manufacturing a roll for roll printing/roll imprinting capable of reducing production cost to massively manufacture the roll for roll printing/roll imprinting is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Chang, Jae Gu Kim, Jae-Sung Yoon, Yeong-Eun Yoo, Doo-Sun Choi
  • Resistive RAM, method for fabricating the same, and method for driving the same
    Patent number: 9214631
    Abstract: A resistive random access memory (ReRAM) includes a first electrode, a threshold switching layer formed over the first electrode and configured to perform a switching operation according to an applied voltage, a resistance change layer formed over the threshold switching layer, and configured to perform a resistance change operation, and a second electrode formed over the resistance change layer, wherein the threshold switching layer comprises a stoichiometric transition oxide while the resistance change layer comprises a non-stoichiometric transition metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignees: SK Hynix Inc., Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hyun-Sang Hwang, Xinjun Liu, Myoung-Woo Son
  • METHOD FOR CELL DISCOVERY
    Publication number: 20150358899
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cell discovery. In a network in which a macro cell overlaps at least one small cell, when the carrier frequency used by the macro cell is different from the carrier frequency used by the small cell, the small cell transmits a discovery signal using the carrier frequency used by the macro cell, or the small cell transmits a discovery signal using a carrier frequency of the small cell that is different from the carrier frequency used by the macro cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Eelctronics and Telecommunicaitons Research Institute
    Inventors: Young Jo KO, Jae Young AHN, Bangwon Seo
  • APPARATUS FOR HARVESTING AND STORING PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150353352
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for harvesting/storing piezoelectric energy, including: a substrate having a groove at a side thereon; a piezoelectric MEMS cantilever having an end fixed to the substrate and the other end floating above the groove, and configured to convert and store an external vibration into electric energy; and a mass formed at one end of the piezoelectric MEMS cantilever and configured to apply a vibration, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Kyun LEE, Yil Suk YANG