Patents Assigned to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Patent number: 11857910Abstract: Metal-organic frameworks for capturing one or more of SO2, CO2, and H2O are disclosed herein. Non-limiting examples of metal-organic frameworks include NbOFFIVE-1-Ni and AIFFIVE-1-Ni, among others. The metal-organic frameworks can be used in applications for removing and/or sensing one or more of SO2, CO2, and H2O from a fluid composition or an environment, either of which can proceed under dry or humid conditions and/or at room temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Mohamed Rachid Tchalala, Karumbaiah Nanaiah, Karim Adil, Youssef Belmabkhout, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Khaled N. Salama
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Patent number: 11862742Abstract: A photodetector for detecting deep ultra-violet light includes a substrate; first and second electrodes separated by a channel; and colloidal MnO based quantum dots formed in the channel. The colloidal MnO based quantum dots are sensitive to ultra-violet light having a wavelength lower than 300 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Iman S. Roqan, Somak Mitra, Yusin Pak
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Patent number: 11851335Abstract: A functionalized fibrous hierarchical zeolite includes a framework comprising aluminum atoms, silicon atoms, and oxygen atoms, the framework further comprising a plurality of micropores and a plurality of mesopores. The functionalized fibrous hierarchical zeolite is functionalized with at least one terminal hydroxyl. Terminal organometallic functionalities are bonded to silicon atoms of the microporous framework, the terminal organometallic functionalities comprising a nickel atom.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou-Sedjerari, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan, Moussab Harb, Manoj Kumar Gangwar
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Patent number: 11851704Abstract: A method for sequencing biopolymers. The method includes selecting with a sequence generator module an input nucleotide sequence having plural k-mers; simulating with a deep learning simulator, actual electrical current signals corresponding to the input nucleotide sequence; identifying reads that correspond to the actual electrical current signals; and displaying the reads. The deep learning simulator includes a context-dependent deep learning model that takes into consideration a position of a k-mer of the plural k-mers on the input nucleotide sequence when calculating a corresponding actual electrical current.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xin Gao, Yu Li, Sheng Wang, Renmin Han
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Patent number: 11850557Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure feature an intrinsically microporous ladder-type Tröger's base polymer including a repeat unit based on a combination of W-shaped CANAL-type and V-shaped Tröger's base building blocks, methods of making the intrinsically microporous ladder-type Tröger's base polymer, and methods of using the intrinsically microporous ladder-type Tröger's base polymer to separate a chemical species from a fluid composition including a mixture of chemical species. Embodiments of the present disclosure further include ladder-type diamine monomers for reacting to form a Tröger's base in situ, and methods of making the ladder-type diamine monomers using catalytic arene-norbornene annulation.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Xiaohua Ma, Ingo Pinnau, Holden W. H. Lai, Yan Xia
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Patent number: 11852767Abstract: A method for calculating a velocity model for a subsurface of the earth. The method includes receiving (200) measured seismic data d; calculating (204) predicted seismic data p; selecting (206) a matching filter w that when applied to one of the measured seismic data d or the predicted seismic data p reproduces the other one of the measured seismic data d or the predicted seismic data p; selecting (208) a misfit function J that calculates (1) a distance between the matching filter w and a Dirac Delta function or (2) a travel time shift associated with the measured seismic data; and calculating (218) a new velocity model using the misfit function J, the measured seismic data d, and the predicted seismic data p. The measured seismic data d includes wavefields generated by a seismic source and the wavefields propagate through the subsurface where they are attenuated and reflected, and the attenuated and reflected wavefields are recorded by plural seismic receivers.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Bingbing Sun, Tariq Alkhalifah
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Publication number: 20230408919Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micromodel with a mixed wettability surface representing a hydrocarbon reservoir is disclosed. The method includes coating a top surface of a hydrophilic substrate with photoresist, covering a top of the photoresist with a photomask, exposing the covered top of the photoresist to UV light that changes a chemical property of a region of the photoresist corresponding to a pattern of the photomask, removing the photomask, removing the region of the photoresist corresponding to the pattern of the photomask based on the chemical property of the region, depositing a hydrophobic thin-film on top of the hydrophilic substrate, and removing a remaining photoresist covered with the thin-film, such that the surface of the hydrophilic substrate is patterned with both a region covered with the hydrophobic thin-film and an uncovered region of the hydrophilic substrate, creating a mixed wettability surface on the hydrophilic substrate that represents the micromodel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Abdullah Abdulaziz AlOmier, Subhash C. Ayirala, Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef, Hussein Hoteit
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Patent number: 11839210Abstract: The present invention uses compound 3-OH-?-apo-13-carotenone (zaxinone) as a negative regulator of the plant hormone strigolactones (SLs). The compound 3-OH-?-apo-13-carotenone is a positive growth regulator which triggers the formation of crown roots and promotes growth in size and number of roots and shoots. Disclosed herein is a method of using 3-OH-?-apo-13-carotenone as a growth-promoting compound for cereal, grain and vegetable crops. The 3-OH-?-apo-13-carotenone compounds is also a negative regulator of strigolactone biosynthesis and release. Disclosed herein is a method of combating root parasitic weeds affecting cereal, grain and vegetable crops. Application of 3-OH-?-apo-13-carotenone to plant growth media down-regulates strigolactone production in cereal, grain and vegetable crops preventing root parasitic weed infestation of the crops by inhibiting germination of parasitic weed seeds.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventor: Salim Al-Babili
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Patent number: 11834340Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to zeolites and method for making such zeolites. According to embodiments disclosed herein, a zeolite may have a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. The microporous framework may include an MFI framework type. The microporous framework may include silicon atoms, aluminum atoms, oxygen atoms, and transition metal atoms. The transition metal atoms may be dispersed throughout the entire microporous framework.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Yu Han, Rajesh Parsapur, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan
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Patent number: 11834348Abstract: A cyclone-assisted distillation system including an energy supply system configured to generate water vapor; a cyclone-generating device configured to generate a vortex with the water vapor received from the energy supply system, the vortex generating a water vapor jet; and a distillation system configured to generate distillated water from saltwater, based on a steam jet obtained from (1) the water vapor of the energy supply system and (2) the water vapor jet from the cyclone-generating device.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kim Choon Ng, Muhammad Burhan, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Doskhan Ybyraiymkul
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Patent number: 11836895Abstract: A method for structure simulation for super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, the method including receiving a first image having a first resolution, which is indicative of a distribution of fluorophores; applying a Markov model to the fluorophores to indicate an emission state of the fluorophores; generating a plurality of second images, having the first resolution, based on the first image and the Markov model; adding DC background to the plurality of second images to generate a plurality of third images, having the first resolution; downsampling the plurality of third images to obtain a plurality of fourth images, which have a second resolution, lower than the first resolution; and generating a time-series, low-resolution images by adding noise to the plurality of fourth images. The time-series, low-resolution images have the second resolution.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xin Gao, Yu Li, Renmin Han
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Patent number: 11828749Abstract: An aerosol detection system for detecting airborne organic matter, the detection system including a corridor extending along a longitudinal axis and having first and second ends; an access gate connected to the first end of the corridor and configured to control access of an individual to the corridor; a person detection system located in the corridor and configured to determine the presence of the individual inside the corridor; and a testing set configured to generate an air puff, which directs an exhaled breath of the individual for determining a presence of the airborne organic matter. The corridor has a width wc that allows movement of a single individual past the testing set.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Osama Amin, Basem Shihada, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
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Patent number: 11819795Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a device for removing CO2 comprising a gas flow inlet, a housing including a SIFSIX-3-Cu metal-organic framework (MOF) composition for sorbing and/or desorbing CO2, and a gas flow outlet. Embodiments of the present disclosure describe an anesthetic system comprising one or more regeneratable cartridges for sorbing and/or desorbing CO2, wherein each of the one or more regeneratable cartridge includes a metal-organic framework composition, wherein at least one of the regeneratable cartridges includes a SIFSIX-3-Cu MOF. Embodiments of the present disclosure describe an alkaline fuel cell comprising a catalyst layer including a SIFSIX-3-Cu MOF composition for sorbing and/or desorbing CO2.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Mohamed Eddaoudi, Youssef Belmabkhout, Osama Shekhah
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Patent number: 11821999Abstract: A method for determining a 3-dimensional (3D) attitude of a platform includes receiving satellite relayed information regarding an ambiguous phase single-difference measurement (?); resolving a phase ambiguity of the ambiguous phase single-difference measurement (?) to determine an unambiguous phase single-difference estimate (?); calculating coarse direction vectors xcor and ycor based on the unambiguous phase single-difference estimate (?); estimating improved direction vectors x and y based on the coarse direction vectors xcor and ycor and by imposing constraints on the improved direction vectors x and y and an angle between the improved direction vectors x and y; and calculating the 3D attitude of the platform from the improved direction vectors x and y.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xing Liu, Tarig Ballal Khidir Ahmed, Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri
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Patent number: 11824132Abstract: An X-ray system includes an X-ray generation unit configured to generate X-rays; an X-ray detection unit including at least one X-ray sensor that includes an indirect bandgap, perovskite semiconductor material, the X-ray sensor being configured to record the X-rays; and a control unit that controls a generation of the X-rays and a detection of the X-rays at the X-ray detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Bin Xin, Iman S. Roqan
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Patent number: 11814559Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally describe scintillation materials, including colloidal scintillation materials and solid scintillation materials, methods of preparing the scintillation materials, applications of the scintillation materials, methods of using the scintillation materials, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Omar F. Mohammed, Osman M. Bakr, Yuhai Zhang
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Patent number: 11806700Abstract: A method for ammonia decomposition to produce hydrogen, the method comprising the steps of introducing an ammonia stream to a reactor, wherein the ammonia stream comprises ammonia, wherein the reactor comprises a cobalt-based catalyst, the cobalt-based catalyst comprising 15 wt % and 70 wt % of cobalt, 5 wt % and 45 wt % of cerium, and 0.4 wt % and 0.5 wt % barium, wherein a remainder of weight of the cobalt-based catalyst is oxygen; contacting the ammonia in the ammonia stream with the cobalt-based catalyst, wherein the cobalt-based catalyst is operable to catalyze an ammonia decomposition reaction; catalyzing the ammonia decomposition reaction to cause the ammonia decomposition in the presence of the cobalt-based catalyst to produce hydrogen; and withdrawing a product stream from the reactor, the product stream comprising hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jorge Gascon, Salvador Sayas, Natalia Morlanes, Sai Katikaneni, Aadesh Harale, Bandar Solami
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Patent number: 11796734Abstract: An optical waveguide is configured to guide an optical beam, and the optical waveguide includes a down-taper element configured to reduce a diameter of an incoming light beam having a random polarization; a dual-core directional coupler element configured to separate the incoming light beam into a horizontally-polarized beam and a vertically-polarized beam, each beam being confined in first and second cores, respectively; and a core fan-out element configured to increase a distance between the horizontally-polarized beam and the vertically-polarized beam upon exit from the core fan-out element. Each of the down-taper element, the dual-core directional coupler element, and the core fan-out element are 3-dimensional, 3D, printed using a single material.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Carlo Liberale, Andrea Bertoncini
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Patent number: 11784722Abstract: A communication system includes a first communication gateway arranged proximate to a surface of a body of water and an underwater communication gateway. The underwater communication gateway is configured to receive data from a first underwater communication device using radio frequencies and the ethernet data link layer protocol, to convert the data received from the first underwater communication device from the ethernet data link layer protocol to the second data link layer protocol, and to transmit, using optical radiation and the second data link layer protocol, the data converted by the underwater communication gateway to the first communication gateway. The first communication gateway is configured to convert the data transmitted by the underwater communication gateway from the second data link layer protocol to the ethernet data link layer protocol, and to transmit, using the ethernet data link layer protocol, the data converted by the first communication device to a further communication device.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Omar Alkhazragi, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Osama Amin, Seifallah Jardak, Boon Siew Ooi, Basem Shihada
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Patent number: D1006336Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Sebastian Schmidt-Roach, Carlos M. Duarte, Manuel Aranda Lastra, Charlotte A. E. Hauser