Patents Assigned to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Patent number: 12116421
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Dopa containing ultrashort peptides capable of forming a gel, to a gel comprising a peptide in accordance with the present disclosure, and to a glue comprising a peptide in accordance with the present disclosure. Such gel is adhesive and is biocompatible. The peptides are suitable for building 3D structures, 3D printing, gluing as well as other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Charlotte A. E. Hauser, Maria Hountondji, Manola Moretti, Panagiotis Bilalis
  • Patent number: 12109327
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to an osteo-tissue graft capable of promoting bone tissue growth and regeneration, comprising at least one self-assemble peptide and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in accordance with the present invention and a method of preparing such an osteo-tissue graft. The grafts are suitable for treatment of bone disorder or damages through tissue engineering, cellular replacement therapies as well as other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Charlotte A. E. Hauser, Salwa Alshehri, Hepi H. Susapto
  • Patent number: 12092718
    Abstract: A method for estimating a range of a moving target, the method including emitting, from a target, a first ultrasound signal T, wherein the first ultrasound signal T is generated based on a first differential Zadoff-Chu sequence x; receiving, at a receiver, a second ultrasound signal R, which corresponds to the first ultrasound signal T, wherein the second ultrasound signal R includes a second differential Zadoff-Chu sequence y; correlating the first ultrasound signal T with the second ultrasound signal R to calculate an initial time of flight estimate taucorr; and calculating an initial range estimate dcorr by multiplying the initial time of flight estimate taucorr with a speed of sound c. A differential Zadoff-Chu sequence is different from a Zadoff-Chu sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mohammed Hussain Alsharif, Tareq Yousef Alnaffouri, Mohamed Saadeldin, Mohamed Siala
  • Patent number: 12088118
    Abstract: An optical wireless communication receiver includes one or more harvesting solar cells configured to transform light into electrical power; one or more communication solar cells configured to transform light into an electrical signal embedding information; a rechargeable battery configured to store the electrical power generated by the one or more harvesting solar cells; a communication module configured to decode the electrical signal generated by the one or more communication solar cells and extract the information; a first switch configured to connect the one or more harvesting solar cells to the rechargeable battery for a harvesting-first state, and to the communication module for a communication-second state; a second switch configured to connect the one or more communication solar cells to the communication module for a communication-first state, and to the rechargeable battery for a harvesting-second state; and a microprocessor configured to control the first and second switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Meiwei Kong, Boon S. Ooi, Tien Khee Ng
  • Patent number: 12084182
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a flexible holder retaining a plurality of probes. The flexible holder is deformable to arrange the probes around a portion of a structure, allowing the probes to scan the portion of the structure. At least one of the plurality of probes is an ultrasonic test (UT) probe to scan the portion of the structure with ultrasonic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fadl Abdellatif, Jeff S. Shamma, Sultan Shaqaq, Abdullah Arab, Abdullah A. Alkhder, Sahejad Patel
  • Patent number: 12088279
    Abstract: A logic system includes a microelectromechanical system, MEMS, resonator having an arch beam and first and second side beams, wherein the first side beam is attached with a first end to a first end of the arch beam and the second side beam is attached with a first end to a second end of the arch beam to form a U-shape; an input electrode facing the second side beam; a selector electrode facing the second side beam; a first output electrode facing the first side beam; and a second output electrode facing the arch beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sherif Adekunle Tella, Mohammad Ibrahim Younis
  • Publication number: 20240295669
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method for removing intermodal distortion that includes receiving a collection of distorted backscattered Rayleigh signals from a collection of modes of an optical fiber, where the collection of distorted backscattered Rayleigh signals are distorted by an intermodal coupling among the collection of modes, receiving a collection of distortion parameters that are descriptive of distortion effects of the intermodal coupling, and determining an undistorted backscattered Rayleigh signal based on the collection of distorted backscattered Rayleigh signals and the collection of distortion parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Frode Hveding, Islam Ashry, Mao Yuan, Mohd Bin Alias, Boon Siew Ooi, Muhammad Arsalan
  • Publication number: 20240286911
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a zirconium atom. The zirconium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the zirconium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Manoj K. Gangwar, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan
  • Patent number: 12071938
    Abstract: A concentrating solar power plant includes a solar light capturing part configured to capture solar light; and a heat exchange part configured to transform solar energy, from the captured solar light, into heat, which is stored in a solid medium, wherein the solid medium is stored underground. The solar light capturing part has a heliostat farm, a beam down solar concentrator, and a compound concentrator, each configured to reflect the solar light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Muhammad Burhan, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Faheem Hassan Akhtar, M. Kumja, Kim Choon Ng
  • Publication number: 20240279531
    Abstract: Lost circulation materials may include a plurality of self-aggregating particles having a degradable coating, wherein the self-aggregating particles are capable of bonding via mechanical interactions, electrical interactions, magnetic interactions, chemical interactions, or any combination thereof into a plurality of aggregated particles. The aggregated particles have a larger effective size and can seal large openings/apertures in the subsurface that cause lost circulation during a wellbore drilling operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ahmed Amr Mohamed Hafez ABDELAZIZ, Qi LIU, Thomas FINKBEINER, Juan Carlos SANTAMARINA, Mohammad ARFAJ, Raed A. ALOUHALI, Timothy Eric MOELLENDICK
  • Patent number: 12063900
    Abstract: A liquid desiccant system for controlling a temperature inside an enclosure includes a liquid desiccant evaporative cooler (LDEC) system configured to cool down an incoming air stream (AA) entering the enclosure by using a first liquid desiccant; a liquid desiccant humidity pump (LDHR) system configured to remove humidity from a humid air stream (AD) that exists the enclosure by using a second liquid desiccant; and a storage system fluidly connected to the LDEC system and to the LDHR system and configured to separately store the first liquid desiccant and the second liquid desiccant. The humid air stream (AD) includes water vapors from the first liquid desiccant and from inside the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Lefers, Mark Alfred Tester, TorOve Leiknes, Peiying Hong
  • Publication number: 20240271027
    Abstract: Lost circulation materials may be particles having a core-shell structure. Said particles may include: a core comprising an expandable material; and a shell around the core, the shell comprising an outer permeable membrane, an inner permeable membrane, and a hardenable material between the outer and inner permeable membranes; and wherein the core-shell structure is folded. The particles may be initially folded where, upon exposure to a stimulus, the core expands in volume (which unfolds the particles) and the shell increases in strength. The expanded particles can then clog large openings/apertures in the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Carlos Daniel Rodriguez HERNANDEZ, Ahmed Amr Mohamed Hafez ABDELAZIZ, Thomas FINKBEINER, Juan Carlos SANTAMARINA, Mohammad ARFAJ, Raed A. ALOUHALI, Timothy Eric MOELLENDICK
  • Patent number: 12054996
    Abstract: A multifunctional drilling enhancement tool includes a shaft having a bore extending along a longitudinal direction (X); a main cutting device rotatably and slidably attached to the shaft; a first housing fixedly attached to a first end of the shaft; a second housing fixedly attached to a second end of the shaft; first and second proximal engagement elements attached to opposite ends of the main cutting device; and first and second distal engagement elements attached to corresponding ends of the first and second housings, so that the first distal engagement element is directly facing the first proximal engagement element, and the second distal engagement element is directly facing the second proximal engagement element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Shehab Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Elsayed
  • Patent number: 12050297
    Abstract: A method may include determining an energy factor based on scratch test data and ultrasonic wave data regarding a geological region of interest. The method may further include determining an amount of inelastic energy regarding the geological region of interest using triaxial compression data and rock property data. The method may further include determining a tensile strength regarding the geological region of interest using Brazilian test data. The method may further include generating a geomechanical model regarding the geological region of interest using the energy factor and the amount of inelastic energy. The geomechanical model may include various brittleness values for the geological region of interest. The method may further include determining an injection fluid pressure to induce a hydraulic fracture at a predetermined location in the geological region of interest using the geomechanical model, the tensile strength, and fracture plane roughness data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Salma AlSinan, Eduardo David Gramajo Silva, Juan Carlos Santamarina, Thomas Finkbeiner
  • Patent number: 12046698
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device a substrate, a first doped contact layer arranged on the substrate, a multiple quantum well layer arranged on the first doped contact layer, a boron nitride alloy electron blocking layer arranged on the multiple quantum well layer, and a second doped contact layer arranged on the boron nitride alloy electron blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiaohang Li, Wenzhe Guo, Haiding Sun
  • Patent number: 12044366
    Abstract: A device including a material including halide perovskite nanocrystals forming a film and configured to receive first electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength emitted by an excitation source, the first electromagnetic radiation is modulated to include information prior to being received by the material, the material is configured to absorb the first electromagnetic radiation including the information and to emit second electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength and also including the information, the second wavelength being in the visible range, and the first wavelength of the first electromagnetic radiation is shorter than the visible range; a detector configured to receive the second electromagnetic radiation and to extract the information; and a screen connected to the detector and configured to display the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ibrahim Dursun, Chao Shen, Osman M. Bakr, Tien Khee Ng, Boon Ooi
  • Patent number: 12044174
    Abstract: An adjustable injector system for adjusting a radial distribution of a mixed fuel includes an adjustable injector configured to receive first and second non-carbon fuels and configured to adjust the radial distribution of the mixed fuel with a movable part, wherein the mixed fuel is obtained from mixing the first non-carbon fuel with the second non-carbon fuel; a sensor configured to determine an instability of a flame generated by the mixed fuel; and a controller electrically connected to the adjustable injector and the sensor, and configured to change a configuration of the adjustable injector, based on an input signal from the sensor, to control the radial distribution of the mixed fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Deanna A. Lacoste, Thibault F. Guiberti, Amit Katoch
  • Patent number: 12037254
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a titanium atom. The titanium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the titanium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Manoj K. Gangwar, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan
  • Publication number: 20240228307
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite includes a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The microporous framework includes at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties include a metal atom and a ring structure including the metal atom, a nitrogen atom, and one or more carbon atoms. The metal atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and wherein the bridging oxygen atom bridges the metal atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Manoj K. Gangwar, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan
  • Publication number: 20240228903
    Abstract: A blend for lubricating a surface includes a lubricant and a polyepoxide co(ter)polymer additive mixed with the lubricant. The polyepoxide co(ter)polymer additive includes a first block having monomer M1 and a second block having monomer M2. The first monomer M1 includes hexene oxide, HO, or octene oxide, OO, and the second monomer M2 includes propylene oxide, PO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Subram Mani SARATHY, Nikos HADJICHRISTIDIS, Viko LADELTA, Tsu-fang HONG