Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
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Publication number: 20140056001Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) light bulb module includes an LED light bulb unit having a first connector; an LED supporting device unit having a second connector which is configured to electrically coupled to the first connector, and a third connector which is configured to electrically coupled to a power supply source; and a thermal insulating structure configured to thermally decouple the LED light bulb unit and the LED supporting device unit. The LED light bulb unit and the LED supporting device unit can be either physically joined or detached from each other, and ideally, two separated heat sink apparatuses, each dedicated to the LED light bulb unit and the LED supporting device unit, respectively may be used.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: LU-CHEN HSU, CHE-MIN KUNG, RA MIN TAIN
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Publication number: 20140056389Abstract: The present disclosure provides an orthotope sphere decoding method of a multiple antenna system. The method includes: tree mapping a node having highest pruning potential that can be predicted at a root of a tree of orthotope sphere decoding to a root level of the tree, among nodes to be mapped to the tree; and performing tree search of the orthotope sphere decoding on the nodes mapped to the tree.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Heung No LEE, Hwan Chol JANG
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Publication number: 20140054658Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate, a gate stack structure on the substrate, source and drain regions in the substrate on both sides of the gate stack structure, and a channel region between the source and drain regions in the substrate, characterized in that at least one of the source and drain regions comprises a GeSn alloy. In accordance with the semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same of the present invention, GeSn stressed source and drain regions with high concentration of Sn is formed by implanting precursors and performing a laser rapid annealing, thus the device carrier mobility of the channel region is effectively enhanced and the device drive capability is further improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: THE INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCEInventors: Xiaolong Ma, Huaxiang Yin, Zuozhen Fu
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Publication number: 20140055789Abstract: A tomographic image generation apparatus includes a light source unit configured to emit light to be used for scanning an object; an optical control unit configured to control a direction of propagation of light; an optical coupler configured to divide and combine incident light; a plurality of optical systems optically connected to the optical coupler; and a modulation and correction device configured to modulate and correct the light to be used for scanning the object. The modulation and correction device may be disposed between the optical control unit and the optical coupler, or may be included in an optical system that irradiates light onto the object among the plurality of optical systems. The modulation and correction device may only modulate light that is reflected to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicants: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-guyn Lim, Jae-duck Jang, Hyun Choi, Yong-keun Park, Hyeon-seung Yu, Seong-deok Lee, Woo-young Jang
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Publication number: 20140056805Abstract: The provided is a preparation method of a mesoporous zeolite, particularly a method for preparing mesoporous zeolite through a simple process without using costly materials such as an organic amine template or a surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicants: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, SAMSUNG TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeong Rang Kim, Yeon Shick Yoo, Jin Suk Lee, Ho Sik Chang, Yun Jo Lee, Ki Won Jun, Jo Yong Park, Kyoung Su Ha
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Publication number: 20140053531Abstract: A Hall thruster apparatus having walls constructed from a conductive material, such as graphite, and having magnetic shielding of the walls from the ionized plasma has been demonstrated to operate with nearly the same efficiency as a conventional non-magnetically shielded design using insulators as wall components. The new design is believed to provide the potential of higher power and uniform operation over the operating life of a thruster device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Dan Michael Goebel, Richard Robert Hofer, Ioannis G. Mikellides
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Publication number: 20140058006Abstract: A fire-resistant polyurethane foam is provided. A hydroxyl-containing inorganic fire retardant is premixed with a polyisocyanate and a polyol, respectively, to form two premixtures. Then, the two premixtures are mixed for reaction to form a fire-resistant polyurethane foam. Preferably, a combination of different particle sizes of the fire retardant is employed to maximize the amount of the fire retardant and increase the fire resistance of the foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Po-Ju Chen, Sung-Jeng Jong, Ren-Kuen Chang, Chin-Shang Hsu, Jer-Young Chen, Yih-Her Chang, Chei Kao
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Publication number: 20140059248Abstract: Network architecture supports hosting and content distribution on a global scale. The architecture allows a Content Provider to replicate and serve its most popular content at an unlimited number of points throughout the world. The inventive framework comprises a set of servers operating in a distributed manner. The actual content to be served is preferably supported on a set of hosting servers (sometimes referred to as ghost servers). This content comprises HTML page objects that, conventionally, are served from a Content Provider site. A base HTML document portion of a Web page is served from the Content Provider's site while one or more embedded objects for the page are served from the hosting servers, preferably, those hosting servers near the client machine. By serving the base HTML document from the Content Provider's site, the Content Provider maintains control over the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: F. Thomson Leighton, Daniel M. Lewin
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Publication number: 20140053937Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hydrostatic plate bearing, which comprises: a body, and a plurality of restrictors. Wherein, the body is formed with a mounting surface and an oil chamber that are disposed opposite to each other; the plural restrictors includes an orifice restrictor and a membrane restrictor while allowing the orifice restrictor and the membrane restrictor to be serially connected to each other. Operationally, a working fluid that is flowing into the body via the mounting surface is split to flow through the orifice restrictor and the membrane restrictor, in that the split flow of the working fluid that is flowing through the orifice restrictor is guided to flow into the oil chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: SHANG-TE CHEN, HSI-HUNG HSIAO, BO-TSUN CHEN
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Publication number: 20140058506Abstract: A three-coil electromagnetic induction power transfer system is disclosed for epiretinal prostheses and other implants. A third, buffer coil is disposed between an external transmitting coil and a receiver coil buried within the body to improve efficiency and robustness to misalignments. One or more of the coils can be manufactured using micromechanical machining techniques to lay out conductors in a ribbon of biocompatible insulator, folding lengths of the insulated conductor traces longitudinally over one another, and then spiraling them into a ring. The traces change axial position in the ring by shifting across fold lines. One or more U-shaped sections on the traces can be folded so that adjacent traces can project opposite one another, lengthening the resulting ribbon that can be wound into a coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicants: University of Southern California, California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Yu-Chong Tai, Yu Zhao, Mark Humayun, James D. Weiland
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Publication number: 20140058122Abstract: Disclosed is a novel compound having biosurfactant activity that is produced by Aureobasidium pullulans L-3-GPY strains (KCCM11200P). The novelty of the structure of the compound having biosurfactant activity was evaluated using spectroscopy, and it was determined that the biosurfactant produced by the strains has excellent surfactant activity. Active ingredients of the biosurfactant may be used for various purposes, for example, for producing a composition for washing and cleaning agents. Furthermore, they can be used in a variety of industrial fields where chemically synthesized surfactants are used such as medicines, foods, cosmetics, onshore and offshore oil decontamination, degradation of oil and fat in treatment tanks, and the like where chemically synthesized surfactants are used.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Gyeongbuk Institute for Marine Bio-industryInventors: Jong Shik Kim, Nyun Ho Park, Choong Gon Kim
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Publication number: 20140053792Abstract: A fluidized bed heat exchange apparatus of a flue gas heat recovery type for producing high temperature water. The fluidized bed heat exchange apparatus passes a waste heat of a combustion flue gas containing a high temperature water vapor emitted from a combustion apparatus subsequently through a water fluidized bed and a heat medium fluidized bed such that a hot water at a saturation temperature of a wet air produced from a latent heat of the combustion flue gas at the water fluidized bed is again heated at the heat medium fluidized bed which does not have a vapor condensation phenomenon, thereby producing a hot water at a temperature higher than the saturation temperature of the wet air.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Sang-Il Park, Kyoung-Bin Choi, Chang-Bok Ko
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Publication number: 20140056817Abstract: It is intended to provide a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent that can be used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) or photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) capable of utilizing infrared-spectrum light such as near-infrared light (NIR), infrared light, or far-infrared light, which attains a deep body penetration. The present invention provides a photodynamic therapeutic or diagnostic agent or a photodynamic therapeutic or diagnostic kit for cancer or infectious disease, comprising: a particle (e.g., a lanthanide particle) that emits upconversion luminescence by infrared-spectrum light such as near-infrared light having a wavelength of 0.7 ?m to 2.5 ?m; and a photosensitizer (e.g., porphyrin) or a 5-aminolevulinic acid group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicants: SBI PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Hideya Yuasa, Shun-ichiro Ogura, Kiwamu Takahashi, Katushi Inoue, Tohru Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140054490Abstract: Metal-graphene nanocomposites, metal-oxide-graphene nanocomposites, and method for their preparation are described. According to some embodiments, a metal salt is combined with graphite oxide (GO) to form a metal salt-GO composite. The metal salt-GO composite is reduced to a metal-graphene or metal oxide-graphene nanocomposite material. The metals may be magnetic or non-magnetic. In some embodiments, the reduction is conducted via exposure to intensified electromagnetic radiation, such as focused solar radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRASInventors: Ramaprabhu SUNDARA, Eswaraiah VARRLA, Jyothirmayee Aravind SASIDHARANNAIR SASIKALADEVI
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Publication number: 20140057364Abstract: Provided is a method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease. The method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease includes preparing magnetic particles having primary capture antibodies specifically bonded with beta-amyloid adsorbed thereon, introducing saliva containing beta-amyloid into the magnetic particles to bond the beta-amyloid contained in the saliva with the primary capture antibodies, bonding secondary capture antibodies labeled with fluorescent substances to the magnetic particles bonded with the beta-amyloid to form a complex, disposing the complex in a channel region of an photoelectric conversion device in which photoelectric current is changed according to an amount of incident light, and measuring photoelectric current changed by light excited from the complex to quantify a concentration of the beta-amyloid contained in the saliva.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventor: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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Publication number: 20140054732Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and apparatus for release-assisted microcontact printing of MEMS. Specifically, the principles disclosed herein enable patterning diaphragms and conductive membranes on a substrate having articulations of desired shapes and sizes. Such diaphragms deflect under applied pressure or force (e.g., electrostatic, electromagnetic, acoustic, pneumatic, mechanical, etc.) generating a responsive signal. Alternatively, the diaphragm can be made to deflect in response to an external bias to measure the external bias/phenomenon. The disclosed principles enable transferring diaphragms and/or thin membranes without rupturing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Apoorva MURARKA, Vladimir BULOVIC, Sarah PAYDAVOSI
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Publication number: 20140054809Abstract: An ionic liquid ion source can include a microfabricated body including a base and a tip. The body can be formed of a porous material compatible with at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt. The body can have a pore size gradient that decreases from the base of the body to the tip of the body, such that the at least one of an ionic liquid or room-temperature molten salt is capable of being transported through capillarity from the base to the tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Paulo C. Lozano, Steven Mark Arestie
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Publication number: 20140055597Abstract: A remote attaching and detaching device is provided, which includes a camera module to substitute a worker's vision in such an environment where the worker's direct access to the in-cell is extremely limited or impossible. In a remote attaching and detaching device including a camera module for monitoring operating environment of a slave arm of a remote robot working in hazardous environment, the remote attaching and detaching device includes a fixing module fixed to a proximity of a gripper provided on the slave arm, and the camera module is attachable to and detachable from the fixing module, and provides visual in-cell information or situation about surroundings of the gripper.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicants: KOREA HYDRO AND NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD, KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Kiho KIM, Jong Kwang Lee, Seung-Nam Yu, Byung Suk Park, Il-Je Cho, Hansoo Lee
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Publication number: 20140056913Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, antibody agents (e.g., antibodies, and/or antigen-binding fragments thereof) that bind to DV epitopes, as well as compositions containing them and methods of designing, providing, formulating, using, identifying and/or characterizing them. In some embodiments, provided antibody agents show significant binding to a plurality of DV serotypes. In some embodiments, provided antibody agents show significant binding to all four DV serotypes. Such antibody agents are useful, for example, in the prophylaxis, treatment, diagnosis, and/or study of DV.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Ram Sasisekharan, Luke Nathaniel Robinson, Kannan Tharakaraman
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Publication number: 20140059313Abstract: In a method for recovering a partition using backup boot record information, an unallocated area is separated from a disk or an evidence image. The unallocated area is searched for a location of a backup boot record. Whether is backup boot record of a file system to be detected is present in found sectors is analyzed. If the backup boot record is found to be the backup boot record of the file system desired to be detected as a result of the analysis, it is verified whether the backup boot record is a boot record of a valid partition. If it is verified that the backup boot record is the boot record of the valid partition, a file system of a deleted partition is parsed using the backup boot record and a deleted directory or file is recovered.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Hyun-Uk HWANG, Ki-Bom KIM, Seung-Yong LEE, Young-Chan SHIN, Tae-Joo CHANG
