Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Publication number: 20240400424
    Abstract: A method and system for the destruction of PFAS compounds using reactive metal oxides is disclosed herein. The method includes introducing a metal oxide into a vessel, where the vessel is heated to a temperature in a range of approximately 300° C. to approximately 700° C. The method also includes introducing a contaminated stream to the vessel, where the contaminated stream includes one or more PFAS compound. The method also includes reacting the contaminated stream with the metal oxide. The method also includes, resultant to the reacting, producing a solid non-toxic product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: BATELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Slawomir WINECKI, Devin DICKSON, Chris HALL, Stephanie NAPIERALSKI, Philip KESTER, Emma BRACKMAN, Leonardo CHIQUES, Hong Be TRUONG
  • Publication number: 20240406450
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
  • Publication number: 20240406445
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
  • Publication number: 20240406569
    Abstract: A method of decoding an image, includes obtaining at least one offset for a picture, deriving a variable for scaling for the picture based on the at least one offset, and performing inter prediction based on the variable for scaling for the picture. The at least one offset is defined with a direction of scaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
  • Publication number: 20240400997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transformed human hepatic stellate cell line, and a use thereof. The hepatic stellate cell line according to the present invention exhibits an improvement in drug response, and when co-cultured with hepatic stellate cells, does not exhibit a functional decrease in the hepatic cells, and thus can be advantageously used in an in vitro culture model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyung-Sook CHUNG, Myung Jin SON, Hyun Mi KANG, Ho-Joon LEE, Cho-Rok JUNG, Ok Seon KWON, Seonju MUN
  • Publication number: 20240406451
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for image data encoding/decoding. A method of decoding an image includes receiving a bitstream in which the image is encoded; obtaining index information for specifying a block division type of a current block in the image; and determining the block division type of the current block from a candidate group pre-defined in the decoding apparatus. The candidate group includes a plurality of candidate division types, including at least one of a non-division, a first quad-division, a second quad-division, a binary-division or a triple-division. The method also includes dividing the current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; and decoding each of the sub-blocks with reference to syntax information obtained from the bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
  • Publication number: 20240407056
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible heater. The flexible heater includes a first electrode, a second electrode arranged to be spaced apart from the first electrode, and a dielectric gel layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode and generating heat in response to an alternating voltage applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ki-Uk KYUNG, Minki Kim
  • Publication number: 20240401060
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) targeting a mutant Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), and methods of using the dsRNA to inhibit expression of mutant EGFR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventors: DINAH SAH, PAMELA TAN, WEBSTER CAVENEE, FRANK FURNARI, MARIA DEL MAR INDA PEREZ, RUDY BONAVIA
  • Publication number: 20240400418
    Abstract: A system and method for foam fractionation with gas recycling is disclosed herein. The method includes using foam fractionation to remove a contaminant from an aqueous source. The method includes providing a feed stream to an inlet of an active column; introducing the feed stream into an interior of the active column; flowing gas through an active column into the interior of the active column; rising gas through the feed stream in the interior of the active column to form gas bubbles in the feed stream; forming a foam layer; extracting the foam layer; passing the foam layer through a liquid-gas separator to obtain a recycle gas stream; feeding the recycle gas stream to a recycling device; and re-introducing the recycle gas stream to the active column using the recycling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: BATELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Slawomir WINECKI, Devin DICKSON, Chris HALL, Stephanie NAPIERALSKI, Philip KESTER, Emma BRACKMAN, Leonardo CHIQUES, Hong Be TRUONG
  • Publication number: 20240401931
    Abstract: A wafer thickness measurement device of the present invention obtains, based on: first and second interferometer reference measurement results obtained by measuring, with an A-surface optical interferometer and a B-surface optical interferometer, a reference measurement point on a reference piece having the reference measurement point at which the reference piece has a known thickness; first and second distance meter reference measurement results obtained by measuring the reference measurement point with an A-surface distance meter and a B-surface distance meter; first and second interferometer measurement results obtained by measuring a measurement point of the wafer with the A-surface optical interferometer and the B-surface optical interferometer; and first and second distance meter measurement results obtained by measuring the measurement point with the A-surface distance meter and the B-surface distance meter, a number of phases between a reference displacement based on the first and second interferomete
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko TAHARA, Ryo USAKI
  • Publication number: 20240407265
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a power generation element that does not require a temperature difference between electrodes in converting thermal energy into electric energy includes a first electrode forming process of forming a first electrode, an intermediate portion forming process of forming, on the first electrode, an intermediate portion including an insulating layer being in a solid state, and a second electrode forming process of forming a second electrode having a work function different from a work function of the first electrode. The intermediate portion includes nanoparticles fixed in a dispersed state in the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: GCE INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Minoru Sakata, Takuo Yasuda, Lars Mattias Andersson, Seiji Okada, Takahiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240400060
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for optimizing vehicle setups through predictive determinations on subjective driver preferences. Examples provided herein include training a driver specific model based on first vehicle setups and subjective driver feedback of a driver on each first vehicle setup; applying the driver specific model on a second vehicle setup; generating, by the driver specific model, predicted subjective driver feedback on the second vehicle setup predictive of an opinion of the driver on the second vehicle setup; and selecting an optimal vehicle setup based on the predicted subjective driver feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: JOHN K. SUBOSITS, Yun Jung Lee, Shawn Manuel, Avinash Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20240398865
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of eliciting an anti-cancer immune response by administering tumor-associated antigens, cells containing tumor-associated antigens, and/or nucleic acids encoding tumor-associated antigens. inducing immunogenic cell death in the cells expressing or containing the tumor-associated antigens. and optionally generating hyperactivated dendritic cells. Expression of tumor-associated antigens in a separate anatomical site generates a tumor avatar, which mimics the antigenic, but not immunosuppressive, environment of the tumor, with the generation of hyperactivated dendritic cells enhancing antigen presentation to elicit a robust anti-tumor T cell and antibody response. Also provided are compositions and kits containing nucleic acids and other components for use in the methods provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC., DANAFARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC., THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward Fritsch, Nir Hacohen, Matthew Bakalar
  • Publication number: 20240399165
    Abstract: Disclosed are a patterned optical stimulation device and method. The patterned optical stimulation device according to one aspect includes: an imaging unit which generates a skin tissue image; a diagnosis unit which detects a region of interest from the skin tissue image and diagnoses the detected region of interest; and an optical stimulation unit which forms patterned treatment light corresponding to the region of interest and irradiates the region of interest with the formed patterned treatment light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION, KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHMOLOGY
    Inventors: Myunghwan CHOI, Seonghoon KIM, Kyuha CHONG, Sungwook YANG
  • Publication number: 20240406568
    Abstract: A method of decoding an image, includes obtaining at least one offset for a picture, deriving a variable for scaling for the picture based on the at least one offset, and performing inter prediction based on the variable for scaling for the picture. The at least one offset is defined with a direction of scaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
  • Publication number: 20240399294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent having improved carbon dioxide capture performance of an amine solution to which a reaction accelerator is added and a method for manufacturing the same, specifically relates to an absorbent in which an amine solution is mixed with a primary amine containing an aromatic ring as an active additive that can improve the absorption rate to improve both the absorption performance and the absorption rate, and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Sung Chan NAM, Jong Tak JANG, Il Hyun BAEK
  • Publication number: 20240402265
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an asymmetric compensation method and apparatus for a two-port near field probe, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a first scattering parameter collected by a symmetric two-port network established based on a symmetric two-port near field probe; obtaining a second scattering parameter collected by an asymmetric two-port network established based on an asymmetric element; obtaining an overall response of a calibration network in a magnetic field environment, the calibration network being established based on the symmetric two-port near field probe and the asymmetric element; calculating a calibration factor based on the scattering parameter of the symmetric two-port near field probe, the scattering parameter of the asymmetric element, and the overall response of the calibration network in the magnetic field environment; and compensating the symmetric two-port near field probe according to a calibration factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: CHINA ELECTRONIC PRODUCT RELIABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Weiheng Shao, Yinghui Chen, Yiqiang Chen, Changjian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240407163
    Abstract: Provided are a NOR-type memory device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic device. The device includes: a plurality of gate stacks extending vertically on a substrate, wherein the gate stack includes a first gate conductor layer and a first filling layer; at least one device layer surrounding a periphery of the gate stack and extending along a sidewall of the gate stack; and a single-crystal vertical channel on a side of the device layer close to the gate stack and in contact with the first filling layer. At least one side surface of the gate stack in the vertical direction is a (100) or (110) crystal plane; and/or the body region includes a second filling layer or the body region includes a second gate conductor layer and a third filling layer, wherein at least one of first and third filling layers is a storage functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Zijin YAN, Huilong ZHU
  • Patent number: 12158149
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fluid transfer apparatus comprising: a rotating shaft comprising a rotation unit extending along an axial direction and a first eccentric unit and a second eccentric unit disposed to be spaced apart from each other along the axial direction; a first rotor housing forming a first fluid compression space in the shape of an epitrochoid curved surface; a second rotor housing forming a second fluid compression space in the shape of an epitrochoid curved surface, and positioned to be spaced apart from the first rotor housing along the axial direction; a first rotor disposed in the first fluid compression space so as to delimit the first fluid compression space into multiple variable-displacement spaces, and coupled to the first eccentric unit while surrounding the first eccentric unit in the radial direction of the first eccentric unit; and a second rotor disposed in the second fluid compression space so as to delimit the second fluid compression space into multiple variable-displac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yongkwon Koh, Jangsoon Kwon, Kijong Jang
  • Patent number: 12159998
    Abstract: A carbon electrode includes a substrate, and a conductive carbon layer disposed at an upper side of the substrate and having an sp2 bond and an sp3 bond. On an upper surface of the conductive carbon layer, the concentration ratio of oxygen to carbon is 0.07 or more. The ratio of a number of sp3 bonded carbon atoms to the sum of a number of sp2 bonded carbon atoms and the number of sp3 bonded carbon atoms is 0.35 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Motoki Haishi, Mitsunobu Takemoto, Tatsuya Kitahara, Kentaro Takeda, Dai Kato, Tomoyuki Kamata