Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CHARGING OF SEGMENTS FOR AN ONLINE ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140125286
    Abstract: A method for controlling the charging of segments for an online electric vehicle is described. In some situations, the method comprises: (a) receiving, from segments, information on the speed and position of the vehicle entering the range of the power-supplying device; and (b) controlling the charging/discharging timing of the current segment from which the vehicle is leaving and the next segment into the range of which the vehicle is to enter, in accordance with the information on the speed and position of the vehicle. The charging/discharging response delay characteristics of the segments may be considered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Dong Ho Cho, Bang Chul Jung, Woo Hyuk Chang, Jong Min Lee, Jin Kyu Kim, Young Min Kim, Hyun Woo Chun, Mi Hyun Park
  • INSTRUMENTS FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE-TO-ANSWER DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140127796
    Abstract: Methods and devices for biological sample preparation and analysis are disclosed. A device may have a linear or circular arrangement of containers, with a connecting structure such as a bar or disk. Fluidics channels between containers allow the performance of different techniques for sample preparation, such as lysing, washing and elution. Different functional elements, such as grinders or mixers, may be attached to the containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Imran R. MALIK, Axel SCHERER, Erika F. GARCIA, Xiomara L. MADERO
  • Method And System For Detecting and Differentiating Cancer and Sepsis in Mammals Using Biomarkers
    Publication number: 20140127731
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for developing and using diagnoses of cancer and sepsis in canine subjects using Thymidine kinase (TK), c-reactive protein (CRP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) as biomarkers. The level of each biomarker may be measured and an index may be computed using a two- or a three-biomarker method. The invention provides a predefined scale for the index where each range of the index matches a health condition. The latter allows a practitioner, through computing an index value of a patient, to determine the health status of the patient by comparing the index value to the predefined scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: VETERINARY DIAGNOSTICS INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: Veterinary Diagnostics Institute, Inc.
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHANOL FROM METHANE
    Publication number: 20140124381
    Abstract: A method for producing methanol from methane in which methane is provided to an anode electrode having a metal oxide catalyst disposed on an anode side of an electrolyte membrane, thereby producing methanol and electrons on the anode side. The electrons are conducted to a cathode electrode disposed on a cathode side of the electrolyte membrane, thereby transforming water provided to the cathode side to H2 gas and hydroxide ions. The method is carried out at a temperature less than or equal to about 160° C., preferably at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Gas Technology Institute
    Inventor: Qinbai FAN
  • System And Method For Operating M2M Devices
    Publication number: 20140129672
    Abstract: A method for operating machine-to-machine devices in a network includes: monitoring a traffic condition of a communication network; determining, based on a result of monitoring the traffic condition, an allowed time duration for a group of machine-to-machine devices to communicate with a machine-to-machine server through the communication network; and transmitting information indicating the allowed time duration to a machine-to-machine gateway for operating the machine-to-machine devices according to the allowed time duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Shubhranshu Singh
  • Anti-Inflammatory Peptide Derived From Thrombospondin-1 and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20140127269
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for utilizing a peptide of thrombospondin-1 as an anti-inflammatory agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: THE SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventor: THE SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
  • Adjuvant Incorporation in Immunonanotherapeutics
    Publication number: 20140127301
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides nanocarriers capable of stimulating an immune response in T cells and/or in B cells. The invention provides nanocarriers that comprise an immunofeature surface and an immunostimulatory moiety. In some embodiments, the immunostimulatory moiety is adjuvant. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising inventive nanocarriers. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using inventive nanocarriers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Alexis, Matteo Iannacone, Jinjun Shi, Pamela Basto, Elliott Ashley Moseman, Ulrich von Andrian, Robert S. Langer, Omid C. Farokhzad, Elena Tonti
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING COGNITIVE AVATAR
    Publication number: 20140129989
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for generating a cognitive avatar, and according to one or more of the above embodiments of the present invention, the process of allowing the user to select images, which are recognized as similar, from face images of various impressions which are classified as a plurality of impression groups and are stored, is repeatedly performed, and an avatar, which corresponds to the target face which the user intends to generate as the avatar, by a cognitive approach based on the repeatedly performed user's selection, so that a natural avatar, which is similar to the target face, may be expressed without a separate analysis or re-analysis process for the target face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ig Jae KIM, A Rim LEE
  • NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20140124833
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor structure including a silicon substrate, a nucleation layer, a discontinuous defect blocking layer, a buffer layer and a nitride semiconductor layer is provided. The nucleation layer disposed on the silicon substrate, wherein the nucleation layer has a defect density d1. A portion of the nucleation layer is covered by the discontinuous defect blocking layer. The buffer layer is disposed on the discontinuous defect blocking layer and a portion of the nucleation layer that is not covered by the discontinuous defect blocking layer. The nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the buffer layer. A ratio of a defect density d2 of the nitride semiconductor layer to the defect density d1 of the nucleation layer is less than or equal to about 0.5, at a location where about 1 micrometer above the interface between the nitride semiconductor layer and the buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yen-Hsiang Fang, Chien-Pin Lu, Chen-Zi Liao, Rong Xuan, Yi-Keng Fu, Chih-Wei Hu, Hsun-Chih Liu
  • NATURAL IGM ANTIBODIES AND INHIBITORS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140127214
    Abstract: The invention provides natural IgM antibody inhibitors that may be used to treat various inflammatory diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Immune Disease Institute, Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Immune Disease Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
  • REAL TIME DYNAMIC PHYSICS SIMULATION DEVICE OF FLEXIBLE DC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140129195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a real time dynamic physics simulation device of flexible DC transmission system. The device includes simulated converter transformer, simulated AC field, simulated DC field, simulated converter reactor, simulated converter, and measurement and control cabinet chassis; the simulated AC field includes the vacuum switch I, the contactor I, resistors and the vacuum switch II connected orderly; the simulated DC field includes successively connected the vacuum switch contactor III and II; the simulated AC field is connected with said measurement and control cabinet chassis; Said converter transformer is set between said resistors and said vacuum switch II; Said simulated converter reactors and said simulated converter connected are set between the vacuum switch II and the vacuum switch III.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Zhiyuan He, Dong Liu, Yan Zhao, Yuefeng Yang, Renqiu Wang
  • SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES WITH A HOLE FILLING ALGORITHM AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140125778
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system for producing stereoscopic images with a hole filling algorithm, and a method thereof. A system for producing stereoscopic images according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a movement area detecting unit examining a movement area for an object moved in an image, detecting/tracking changes of the movement area by dividing a front view and a background of the movement area, and providing result information; a filling error processing unit filling a hole detected by the movement area detecting unit and correcting a filled filling region; and a stereoscopic image visualizing unit visualizing a stereoscopic image corrected by the filling error processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hae Dong KIM, Yun Ji BAN, Hye Sun KIM, Jung Jae YU, Kyung Ho JANG, Myung Ha KIM, Joo Hee BYON, Seung Woo NAM
  • HUMAN AMINOACYL-tRNA SYNTHETASE POLYPEPTIDES USEFUL FOR THE REGULATION OF ANGIOGENESIS
    Publication number: 20140127183
    Abstract: Methods of enhancing angiogenesis utilizing carboxy-terminal truncated human tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (TyrRS) are disclosed. The truncated human TyrRS polypeptides comprise residues 1-364 or residues 1-343 of full length human TyrRS (SEQ ID NO: 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Paul SCHIMMEL, Keisuke WAKASUGI
  • ORGANIC CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS AND DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140124762
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to compositions including iptycene-based structures and extended iptycene structures. In some embodiments, the compositions may be useful in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photovoltaics, and other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stephen L. Buchwald, Timothy M. Swager, Georgiy Teverovskiy, Mingjuan Su
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO DIRECTION FINDING
    Publication number: 20140125524
    Abstract: An apparatus for radio direction finding, the apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive target signals to be subjected to the direction finding of signal sources, which are acquired by an antenna array; a channel profiler configured to produce profiles of the target signals received through the receiver; a pre-analyzer configured to preemptively process in a narrowband the wideband target signals based on the profiles that are produced by the channel profiler to produce pre-analyzed information for the wideband target signals; and a direction finder configured to perform the direction finding on the signal sources using the pre-analyzed information and the profilers of the target signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kanghee KIM, Ki Cheol TAE, Chung Sup KIM
  • Reactor and Alkylation Process Using the Reactor
    Publication number: 20140128654
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reactor for at least two liquid materials, comprising an enclosed reactor housing; a feeding tube having liquid material inlets for receiving corresponding liquid materials respectively; a distribution tube communicating with the feeding tube and extending into the reactor housing, the distribution tube being provided with a plurality of distribution holes in the region thereof extending into the reactor housing; a rotating bed in form of a hollow cylinder, which is disposed in the reactor housing via a fixing mechanism, thus dividing inner cavity of the reactor housing into a central area and an outer area, the rotating bed being capable of rotating driven by a driving mechanism; and a material outlet provided in a lower portion of the reactor housing for outputting product after reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Fushun Research Institute of Petroleum And Petrochemicals, Sinopec, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Xiangchen FANG, Deqiang PENG, Huimin QI, Xin LI, Yan WANG, Jianbing CHEN, Luyao WANG, Zhiyu LIU, Xin CHEN, Shengzhong ZHANG
  • Polymer Composite Actuator and Generator Driven by Water Gradients
    Publication number: 20140125196
    Abstract: Water-responsive composite materials are provided containing a polymeric matrix and a water-responsive gel integrated into the polymeric matrix. The water-responsive gel can include a polyol or an alkoxylated polyol crosslinked by reversibly hydrolysable bonds, such as borate ester bonds. The polymeric matrix can include conjugated polymers such as poly(pyrrole) containing polymers. The composite material is capable of rapid actuation in the presence of a water gradient and can exhibit power densities greater than 1 W/kg. Methods of making water-responsive composite materials are provided, including by electropolymerization. Devices containing water-responsive composite materials are provided for sensing, locomotion, and power generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Mingming Ma, Liang Guo, Daniel G. Anderson, Omid C. Farokhzad, Robert S. Langer
  • REVERSIBLE GENE EXPRESSION
    Publication number: 20140127162
    Abstract: According to some embodiments herein, expression systems and methods for reversible gene expression are provided. In some embodiments, adeno-associated viral vectors encoding a gene product of interest and comprising a plurality of recombinase target sites are provided. In some embodiments, a source of recombinase is provided. In some embodiments, the gene product of interest is expressed, and the recombinase then induces recombination events between the recombinase target sites, thus reducing or eliminating expression of the gene product of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Alejandro Benjamin Balazs, David Baltimore
  • SIGNAL COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC COMPRESSIVE SENSING USING SPARSITY INFORMATION OF INPUT SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20140126617
    Abstract: Disclosed are a signal compression apparatus and method for dynamic compressive sensing, including: a signal input unit configured to simultaneously output an input signal, and generate and output a linear measurement reference signal based on the input signal; a linear transform unit configured to receive the linear measurement reference signal and variably generate a linear measurement matrix value according to the linear measurement reference signal; a signal compressor configured to output a compressed signal for the input signal based on the generated linear measurement matrix value; and a signal processor configured to reconstruct the compressed signal and perform spectrum sensing of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hoi Yoon JUNG, Sun Min LIM, Jae Hyun PARK, Byung Jang JEONG
  • Multispecific Antibody Targeting and Multivalency Through Modular Recognition Domains
    Publication number: 20140127200
    Abstract: Antibodies containing one or more modular recognition domains (MRDs) that can be used to target the antibodies to specific sites are described. The use of antibodies containing one or more modular recognition domains to treat disease, and methods of making antibodies containing one or more modular recognition domains are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventor: Carlos F. Barbas, III