Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Publication number: 20150060068
    Abstract: An electrophilic acid gas-reactive fracturing and recovery fluid, proppant, and process are detailed. The fluid expands in volume to provide rapid and controlled increases in pressure that enhances fracturing in subterranean bedrock for recovery of energy-producing materials. Proppants stabilize openings in fractures and fissures following fracturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Carlos A. Fernandez, David J. Heldebrant, Alain H. R. Bonneville, Hun Bok Jung, Kenneth C. Carroll
  • Publication number: 20150060281
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metamaterial including an electromagnetic wave resonator that resonates with an electromagnetic wave is provided. In the method, a support including a portion where the electromagnetic wave resonator is to be formed is formed, and the electromagnetic wave resonator is arranged in the support by depositing a material to form the electromagnetic wave resonator on the portion of the support. The support is formed by forming a column structure of a hydrophilic/hydrophobic phase-separated film including a hydrophilic liquid phase area penetrating through in a thickness direction, by packing a filler into the column structure of the hydrophilic/hydrophobic phase-separated film including the hydrophilic liquid phase area so as to form the filler as high as the column structure, and by obtaining the support including the filler by removing at least a part of the hydrophilic/hydrophobic phase-separated film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomokazu IYODA, Hironori ATARASHI, Nanae YAMASHITA, Kaori KAMATA, Kenji KITAOKA
  • Publication number: 20150064898
    Abstract: A first metal layer (3) is formed on a back face of a silicon carbide substrate (1) to a degree such that the first metal layer (3) does not fully cover the back face of the silicon carbide substrate. Many holes (4) are formed on the back face of the silicon carbide substrate (1) by dry-etching the back face of the silicon carbide substrate (1) using the first metal layer (3) as a mask therefor. A second metal layer constituting an ohmic contact is formed on the first metal layer (3) and the back face of the silicon carbide substrate (1) including inner surfaces of the many holes (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masahide Goto, Kenji Fukuda, Noriyuki Iwamuro
  • Publication number: 20150064290
    Abstract: A plant grown from seeds derived from a new interhybrid of a hybrid of three plants of the Momordica genus and a second hybrid of two plants of the Momordica genus and a plant of the Siraitia genus has been developed. Parts of these new hybrid plants, when ingested by a human, have blood glucose and/or insulin regulating properties as well as anti-inflammatory properties. Edibles containing parts of the plants or extracts that promote blood glucose regulation and/or act as an anti-inflammatory are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NUTRITIONAL HEALTH INSTITUTE LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventor: Konky Sotomayor
  • Publication number: 20150062719
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a shape-variable optical element including: a shape-variable lens; a first electrode unit configured to be connected to the shape-variable lens; a second electrode unit configured to face the first electrode unit; and a deformation part configured to be disposed between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ki-Uk KYUNG, Sung-Ryul YUN, Sun-Tak PARK, Bong-Je PARK, Sae-Kwang NAM
  • Publication number: 20150067515
    Abstract: An electronic device, a controlling method of a screen, and a program storage medium thereof are provided. The screen includes a display panel and a touch-sensitive panel. The display panel shows a root window on which all display contents are shown. The controlling method comprises the following steps. A command signal is received. The coordinate system of the screen is transformed with a transformation according to the command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Chia-Ming CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150063453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image information decoding method. The decoding method includes receiving a bit stream including a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that includes information related to encoded image, and parsing a NAL unit header of the NAL unit. The NAL unit header may not include 1 bit flag information that represents whether a picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture in the entire bit stream during encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 8971583
    Abstract: A distance measurement apparatus and a distance measurement method are provided. The apparatus includes a line-shaped laser transmitter, an image sensing device and a processing unit. The line-shaped laser transmitter transmits a line-shaped laser, and the image sensing device senses the line-shaped laser to output a line-shaped laser image. The processing unit receives the line-shaped laser image, and segments the line-shaped laser image into several sub-line-shaped laser images. The processing unit further calculates a vertical position for a laser line in each sub-line-shaped laser image, and outputs each distance information according to the corresponding sub-line-shaped laser image and a transformation relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Meng-Ju Han, Cheng-Hua Wu, Ching-Yi Kuo, Wei-Han Wang, Jwu-Sheng Hu
  • Patent number: 8970671
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate a nondiffracting beam detection module for generating three-dimensional image data that has a surface layer having a first surface and a light transmissive region, a microaxicon, and a light detector. The microaxicon receives light through the light transmissive region from outside the first surface and generates one or more detection nondiffracting beams based on the received light. The light detector receives the nondiffracting beams and generates three-dimensional image data associated with an object located outside the first surface based on the one or more detection nondiffracting beams received. In some cases, the light detector can localize a three-dimensional position on the object associated with each detection nondiffracting beam received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani, Changhuei Yang
  • Patent number: 8970899
    Abstract: A system for accepting a mail matter is provided, which includes an image processing unit recognizing a mailing address; a weight measurement unit measuring a weight of the mail matter; a mailing address information input unit; a postage information storage unit; a postage settlement unit; an interface unit for selecting mailing addresses of an addresser and an addressee; a labeler printing the mailing addresses of the addresser and the addressee and a registered barcode on a label and attaching the label to the mail matter; a discharger discharging the mail matter; and an integrated control unit settling the postage through the postage settlement unit, attaching the selected mailing addresses of the addresser and the addressee and the registered barcode to the mail matter through the labeler, and discharging the mail matter through the discharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jae Gwan Song, Dong Ho Kim, Hyongook Kim, Yong Hoon Choi, Hoon Jung, Jong Heung Park
  • Patent number: 8966954
    Abstract: An anthropomorphic phantom for medical imaging systems is disclosed, which is configured with organ models designed to mimic the three-dimensional shape of human organs, and also by the arrangement of plate-like first connecting elements inside their corresponding organ models, lesion phantoms for simulating tumors can be fixedly secured inside the corresponding organ model using a plurality of first connection holes formed on the first connecting element. Therefore, by the distribution of those first connection holes, not only the lesion phantoms can be arranged at any position inside the corresponding organ model at will as required, but also by modularized design of the anthropomorphic phantom, organ models can first be assembled to form a module structure while the whole module structure with the organ model can be moved into and assembled easily with a torso-like humanoid housing of the anthropomorphic phantom by the use of a handle element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Ni, Shiang-Lin Hsu, Meei-Ling Jan
  • Patent number: 8968934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode for a secondary battery, comprising a collector and a porous electrode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the collector by spraying metal oxide nanoparticle dispersion, wherein the porous electrode active material comprises one selected from the group consisting of aggregated metal oxide nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles and a mixture thereof, which is capable of undergoing stable high speed charging/discharging cycles under a high-energy-density and high-current condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventor: Il Doo Kim
  • Patent number: 8969164
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, a gate stack, a base area, and a source/drain region, wherein the gate stack is located on the base area, the source/drain region is located in the base area, and the base area is located on the substrate. A supporting isolated structure is provided between the base area and the substrate, wherein part of the supporting structure is connected to the substrate; a cavity is provided between the base area and the substrate, wherein the cavity is composed of the base area, the substrate and the supporting isolated structure. A stressed material layer is provided on both sides of the gate stack, the base area and the supporting isolated structure. Correspondingly, a method is provided for manufacturing such a semiconductor structure, which inhibits the short channel effect, reduces the parasitic capacitance and leakage current, and enhances the steepness of the source/drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Huilong Zhu, Zhijiong Luo, Haizhou Yin
  • Patent number: 8969543
    Abstract: The present invention is related to hybrid conjugates formed by covalently bonding siRNA (small interfering RNA) molecules to hydrophilic polymers for improving stability of the siRNA molecules effective for delivering the siRNA in vivo, and polyelectrolyte complex micelles formed by ionic interactions between the conjugates and multifunctional cationic compounds. The siRNA-hydrophilic polymer conjugates and polyelectrolyte complex micelles derived therefrom can be used for improving stability of the siRNA molecules in vivo. Consequently, the delivery of siRNA molecules for therapeutic applications into cells can be facilitated, and the siRNA is still active even though a small dose of the siRNA is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Bioneer Corporation, Samyang Biopharmaceuticals Corporation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Jeong, Tae Gwan Park, Sun-Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 8969930
    Abstract: A gate stack structure comprises an isolation dielectric layer formed on and embedded into a gate. A sidewall spacer covers opposite side faces of the isolation dielectric layer, and the isolation dielectric layer located on an active region is thicker than the isolation dielectric layer located on a connection region. A method for manufacturing the gate stack structure comprises removing part of the gate in thickness, the thickness of the removed part of the gate on the active region is greater than the thickness of the removed part of the gate on the connection region so as to expose opposite inner walls of the sidewall spacer; forming an isolation dielectric layer on the gate to cover the exposed inner walls. There is also provided a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. The methods can reduce the possibility of short-circuit occurring between the gate and the second contact hole and can be compatible with the dual-contact-hole process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Haizhoou Yin, Zhijiong Luo, Huilong Zhu
  • Patent number: 8971389
    Abstract: Provided is a millimeter wavelength range transceiver device which can improve phase noise characteristics and which can also independently calibrate each respective local oscillator of a transmission unit and a reception unit. This millimeter wavelength range transceiver device comprises a transmission unit (10), a reception unit (20), and a reference frequency signal generator (30). The transmission unit (10) comprises a transmission-use local oscillator (11) comprising an injection-locked oscillator, a transmission-use mixer (12) for mixing the signal from the transmission-use local oscillator and a transmission baseband signal, and a transmission-use amplifier (13) for amplifying the signal from the transmission-use mixer to a transmission-use antenna (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 8968432
    Abstract: An on-board fuel processor includes a microchannel steam reforming reactor (30) and a water vaporizer (40) heated in series with a combustion gas. The reformer (30) and the vaporizer (40) are both of a cross-flow panel configuration that allows for low combustion side pressure drop. Fuel is directly injected into the steam, and during a rapid cold start, both the combustion gas flow rate and the steam to carbon ratio are substantially increased relative to their steady state operating values. A rapid cold start can be achieved in under 30 seconds with a manageable amount of electric power consumption, removing impediments to use in automotive fuel cell applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Greg A. Whyatt, Christopher M. Fischer, James M. Davis
  • Patent number: 8969519
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for brown fat induction and activity through modulation of Fndc5 activity and/or expression. Also provided are methods for preventing or treating metabolic disorders in a subject through modulation of Fndc5 activity and/or expression. Further provided are methods for identifying compounds that are capable of modulating Fndc5 activity and/or expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce M. Spiegelman, Pontus Bostrom
  • Patent number: 8968207
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for computing signals related to cardiac output from physiologic input signals related to circulatory pressures or flows. Method and apparatus are provided for constructing a transforming filter and applying said filter to the physiologic input signals in order to obtain a signal proportional to phasic cardiac output or time-averaged cardiac output. This invention provides a means for real-time monitoring of cardiac output and stroke volume which is of great clinical importance but not otherwise feasible by present techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Richard J. Cohen
  • Patent number: 8968589
    Abstract: A composite material comprises a filled skutterudite matrix of formula (I) IyCo4Sb12 in which (I) represents at least one of Yb, Eu, Ce, La, Nd, Ba and Sr, 0.05?y<1; and GaSb particles within the filled skutterudite matrix, wherein the composite material comprises 0.05-5 mol % GaSb particles. Compared with conventional materials, the composite material exhibits a substantially increased Seebeck coefficient, a slightly decreased overall thermal conductivity, and a substantially increased thermoelectric performance index across the whole temperature zone from the low temperature end to the high temperature end, as well as a greatly enhanced thermoelectric efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Lidong Chen, Xihong Chen, Lin He, Xiangyang Huang, Zhen Xiong, Wenqing Zhang