Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Method to determine responsiveness of cancer to epidermal growth factor receptor targeting treatments
    Patent number: 9035036
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and reagents for determining the responsiveness of cancer to an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) targeting treatment. The detection of these mutations will allow for the administration of gefitinib, erlotinib and other tyrosine kinase inhibitors to those patients most likely to respond to the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: The General Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Daphne Winifred Bell, Daniel A. Haber, Pasi Antero Janne, Bruce E. Johnson, Thomas J. Lynch, Matthew Meyerson, Juan Guillermo Paez, William R. Sellers, Jeffrey E. Settleman, Raffaella Sordella
  • Communication power line status detecting method and system using the method
    Patent number: 9035751
    Abstract: A communication power line status detecting method and a system using the method provided by the present disclosure is suitable for used in a transmission device and a receiving device which are connected by a communication power line. The transmission device transmits a communication indicator signal through the communication power line. When the receiving device receives the communication indicator signal from the communication power line, it converts the communication indicator signal into a time domain in order to analyze the signal reflection and transmission status of the communication indicator signal when it is transmitted via the communication power line, and to generate a line status information corresponding to the communication power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ken-Huang Lin, Jheng-Ruel Li, Hsuan-Chang Lee
  • Method of fabricating a fiber
    Patent number: 9034239
    Abstract: Provided are fiber fabrication method and the fiber fabricated thereby. In this method, different monomer solutions are electrospun through nozzles whose outlets are stuck to each other and simultaneously interfacially polymerized to form a polymer fiber without a complicated process of preparing a polymer solution. Therefore, a polymer fiber can be simply prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Ju Yun, Zin Sig Kim, Han Young Yu, Yark Yeon Kim, Won Ick Jang
  • Portable matrix phased array spot weld inspection system
    Patent number: 9037419
    Abstract: A portable system for non-destructively characterizing spot welds that includes at least one matrix phased array probe and a body, wherein the body is designed to be hand-held and further includes an ergonomically designed outer casing; at least one input for connecting to the at least one matrix phased array probe; ultrasonic phased array transmitting and receiving circuitry in electrical communication with the at least one input; a touch screen computer that further includes at least one data processor running software that includes at least one imaging algorithm for processing data received from the probe and generating color coded ultrasonic C-scan images of characterized welds; and at least one monitor for displaying the color coded ultrasonic C-scan images of the characterized welds in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeong K. Na, Sean T. Gleeson
  • Microlens for organic EL element, organic EL element using the same, and manufacturing methods thereof
    Patent number: 9035284
    Abstract: A microlens for an organic EL element includes a cured resin layer having concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, wherein when a Fourier-transformed image is obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on a concavity and convexity analysis image obtained by analyzing a shape of the concavities and convexities by use of an atomic force microscope, the Fourier-transformed image shows a circular or annular pattern substantially centered at an origin at which an absolute value of wave number is 0 ?m?1, and the circular or annular pattern is present within a region where an absolute value of wave number is within a range of 1 ?m?1 or less. The microlens is disposed on a light-emitting surface of the organic EL element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hideo Takezoe, Won Hoe Koo, Suzushi Nishimura, Soon Moon Jeong
  • TREATMENT RECOMMENDING SYSTEM OF PLANT SYMPTOMS, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150131867
    Abstract: A treatment recommending system of plant symptom includes an operation interface, an image capture unit, a processing unit and a storage unit for storing plant symptom data and diagnostic data. The processing unit may find target contour data presenting a plant part according to symptom description and symptom characteristic data. The image capture unit obtains plant image data corresponding to the target contour data. The processing unit analyzes the plant image data, and coordinates with the symptom characteristic data to determine corresponding treatment recommendation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Ming-Cheng LIN, Po-Cheng HUANG, Mao-Yuan CHIN
  • THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150129010
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric device. The thermoelectric device includes a substrate; first and second electrodes disposed at one side of the substrate, wherein the first and second electrodes are apart from each other; a common electrode formed on the other side of the substrate, wherein the common electrode is separated from the first and second electrodes; first and second legs connecting the common electrode to the first electrode, and the common electrode to the second electrode, respectively; and first and second barrier patterns covering the first and second legs and the substrate between the common electrode and the first electrode and between the common electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first and second barrier patterns prevents the short between the first and second legs and the common electrode and between the first and second legs and the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dong Suk JUN, Moon Gyu JANG, Soojung KIM
  • COOPERATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL AND BASE STATION SUPPORTING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150131577
    Abstract: A method of providing cooperative communication to a terminal through a plurality of base stations is provided. A plurality of base stations each transmit a midamble to a terminal, and the terminal measures a channel through a received midamble. The terminal transmits information about the measured channel to at least one of the plurality of base stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Eunkyung KIM, Jae Sun CHA, Jae Joon PARK, Hyun LEE, Kwang Jae LIM, Sung Cheol CHANG
  • CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF AN ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR
    Publication number: 20150133481
    Abstract: Described herein are amorphous and crystalline forms of the androgen receptor modulator 4-[7-(6-cyano-5-trifluoromethylpyridin-3-yl)-8-oxo-6-thioxo-5,7-diazaspiro[3.4]oct-5-yl]-2-fluoro-N-methylbenzamide. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions suitable for administration to a mammal that include the androgen receptor modulator, and methods of using the androgen receptor modulator, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are associated with androgen receptor activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.and Sloan -Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Anna Dilhas, Mark R. Herbert, Ouathek Ouerfelli, Nichola D. Smith
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE INSURANCE
    Publication number: 20150134368
    Abstract: In order to manage vehicle insurance by connecting to a vehicle information collection apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle, by initializing the vehicle information collection apparatus, vehicle driving information including data corresponding to a kind of insurance to which a user of the vehicle subscribes is collected. Thereafter, a safe driving index or an environmentally-friendliness driving index is calculated according to a kind of insurance to which the user subscribes based on the vehicle driving information that is collected from the vehicle information collection apparatus, and insurance to which the user subscribes is managed based on the calculated safe driving index or environmentally-friendliness driving index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Byung Yun Lee
  • TRAIN-OF-FOUR MEASURING CLIP
    Publication number: 20150133824
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus includes a clip assembly configured to be secured on a patient's digit. The clip assembly houses an accelerometer which measures acceleration in three dimensions. A microcontroller is configured to receive acceleration data from the accelerometer representative of the acceleration measured in each of the three dimensions. A processor is configured to analyze the acceleration data and determine and output a train-of-four ratio based the acceleration measured in each of the three dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Stevens Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Glen Atlas, Edan Golomb, Kyle Ripley, Derek Smith, Jennifer Trinh, Vikki Hazelwood
  • LINKAGE MECHANISM, ROBOT WORKING PLATFORM AND DESIGN METHOD FOR ROBOT WORKING PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20150128750
    Abstract: A linkage mechanism includes a first joint, a second joint, a first linkage and a second linkage. The two ends of the first linkage are respectively connected to the first joint and the second joint and the two ends of the second linkage are respectively connected to the first joint and the second joint, wherein when the linkage mechanism is subjected to an external force, the vibration phase of the first linkage is different from the vibration phase of the second linkage by ?. In addition, a robot working platform and a design method for robot working platform are disclosed as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Po-Yi Li, Tsung-Liang Wu, Cheng-Chen Yang, Jwu-Sheng Hu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCE IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150131576
    Abstract: A resource allocation apparatus of a cellular communication system including a plurality of cells divides an entire frequency band into a first frequency band to allocate to a cell central area and a second frequency band to allocate to a cell boundary area, divides the second frequency band into a plurality of subbands, allocates the first frequency band or the second frequency band to a terminal within each cell, and adjusts adaptively a size of the first frequency band or the second frequency band according to load distribution information of each cell. The plurality of cells use commonly the first frequency band and the second frequency band is operated with a resource pool method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seok SEO, Jae Su SONG, Yunhee CHO, Seung-Hwan LEE
  • CLOUD SERVICE BROKER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD SERVICE USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150134485
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cloud service broker apparatus and method for providing a cloud service using the broker apparatus, which provide an optimal cloud service for a cloud service user through negotiations between the cloud service user and a cloud service provider. The cloud service broker apparatus includes an operation information management unit for examining a demand entered by a cloud service user. A broker intermediary unit detects a cloud service based on the demand for which verification has been completed by the operation information management unit, and sends a request for positioning of the cloud service for the cloud service user to a cloud service provider that provides the detected cloud service. A life cycle management unit monitors a cloud service positioned in and used by the cloud service user at a request of the broker intermediary unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin-Mee KIM, Sung-In JUNG, Dong-Jae KANG, Nam-Woo KIM
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE AND OTHER REACTIONS
    Publication number: 20150132845
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for continuous cell culture and other reactions are generally described. In some embodiments, chambers (e.g., cell growth chambers) including at least a portion of a wall formed of a flexible member are provided. A retaining structure can be incorporated outside and proximate to the chamber such that when liquid is added to the chamber, the flexible member is consistently and predictably deformed, and a consistent volume of liquid is added. The flexible member can be formed of, in some embodiments, a gas-permeable medium. In some embodiments, reaction chambers can be arranged in a fluidic loop, and a bypass channel can be used to introduce and/or extract fluid from the loop without affecting loop operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rajeev Jagga Ram, Kevin Shao-Kwan Lee
  • FRAME STRUCTURE OF SOLAR CELL MODULE
    Publication number: 20150129527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a frame structure of solar cell module, which adopts extruded aluminum as the frame member of solar cell module. At the junctions of the length, width, and height edges, connecting members using the three-axis joining and tenoning technology are used as fixing members. The tenon parts in both horizontal directions of the three-axis connecting member are first inserted into and joined with the mortises of the length-edge bar and the width-edge bar of extruded aluminum. Then the mortises in the height-edge bar are joined with the tenon parts of the connecting member in the vertical direction and thus completing assembling of the frame of solar cell module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: ZUN-HAO SHIH, HWEN-FEN HONG, YUEH-MU LEE
  • Deuterated Benzopyran Compounds and Application Thereof
    Publication number: 20150133538
    Abstract: The present invention discloses deuterated benzopyran compounds having structure features as shown in Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or stereoisomers thereof, or prodrug molecules thereof. With excellent anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and the capability to inhibit growth of tumor cells, such compounds are novel COX-2 selective inhibitors. The compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof disclosed by the present application can be applied in preparing anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs and drugs for treating or preventing tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yanmei Zhang, John Jeffrey Talley, Mark G. Obukowicz, Zhengchao Tu, Micky Tortorella, Yican Wang, Jianqi Liu, Yan Chen, Xiaorong Liu, Xin Lu
  • SEGMENTED INVERTING COVER PLATE APPARATUS FOR UNDERFLOOR VEHICLE LIFTING JACK
    Publication number: 20150128500
    Abstract: Disclosed is a segmented inverting cover plate apparatus for an underfloor vehicle lifting jack. The apparatus comprises a cover plate, the cover plate being of a segmented structure, comprising a first movable cover plate (4) and a second movable cover plate (6), wherein the first movable cover plate (4) and the second movable cover plate (6) are hinged by means of a pin shaft. An anti-inversion block (5) is provided directly below the pin shaft, the anti-inversion block (5) being connected to the first movable cover plate (4) by means of the pin shaft. A guide wheel (7) is provided below the end of the second movable cover plate (6) away from the first movable cover plate (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: QINGDAO SIGFANG ROLLING STOCK RESEACH INSTITUTE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hui Ding, Xiaodong Xing, Lipeng Shao, Minghai Wang
  • UNIFIED SPEECH/AUDIO CODEC (USAC) PROCESSING WINDOWS SEQUENCE BASED MODE SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20150134328
    Abstract: A Unified Speech and Audio Codec (USAC) that may process a window sequence based on mode switching is provided. The USAC may perform encoding or decoding by overlapping between frames based on a folding point when mode switching occurs. The USAC may process different window sequences for each situation to perform encoding or decoding, and thereby may improve a coding efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seungkwon BEACK, Tae Jin LEE, Min Je KIM, Kyeongok KANG, Dae Young JANG, Jeongil SEO, Jin Woo HONG, Chieteuk AHN, Ho Chong PARK, Young-cheol PARK
  • HIT SOLAR CELL
    Publication number: 20150129025
    Abstract: A HIT solar cell is provided, including a p-type crystalline silicon substrate having a light-receiving surface, a first intrinsic amorphous silicon thin-film layer formed on the light-receiving surface of the p-type crystalline silicon substrate, an n-type amorphous oxide layer formed on the first intrinsic amorphous silicon thin-film layer, and a first transparent conductive layer formed on the n-type amorphous oxide layer. In the HIT solar cell, the n-type amorphous oxide layer can be directly formed, without forming the first intrinsic amorphous silicon thin-film layer, and the n-type amorphous oxide layer can be divided into an n?-type amorphous oxide layer and an n+-type amorphous oxide layer that are formed sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yu-Hung CHEN, Jun-Chin LIU, Yung-Tsung LIU, Chen-Cheng LIN