Patents Assigned to KING OF ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Patent number: 11778893Abstract: The present invention provides compounds comprising at least one unit of formula (1) or (1?) as well as a process for the preparation of the compounds, intermediates of this process, electronic devices comprising the compounds, and the use of the compounds as semiconducting materials.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: CLAP CO., LTD., KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventors: Daniel Kaelblein, Pascal Hayoz, Hu Chen, Iain McCulloch
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Publication number: 20230305186Abstract: A method is disclosed for modeling fluid flow through a fracture. The method includes obtaining a normal stress, and a shear stress and determining a first three-dimensional (3D) aperture model. Further, the method includes estimating a normal fracture closure displacement under the normal stress and a fracture dilation under the shear stress and simulating a fluid flow through a second 3D aperture model of the fracture. The second 3D aperture model of the fracture is based on the first 3D aperture, the normal fracture closure displacement, and the fracture dilation. Additionally, the method includes calculating a permeability of the second 3D aperture model of the fracture based on the simulated fluid flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Marwah Mufid Alsinan, Xupeng He, Hyung Tae Kwak, Hussein Hoteit
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Patent number: 11767484Abstract: A bio-lubricant composition includes a first component that includes a first triglyceride, which is part of a cooking oil; a second component that includes a first epoxidized triglyceride; a third component that includes a hydroxylated triglyceride; a fourth component that includes a first fatty acid ester moiety; a fifth component that includes a first epoxidized fatty acid ester; and a sixth component that includes a hydroxylated fatty acid ester. A mixture of the first to sixth components at room temperature have a viscosity between 40 and 200 centipoise, and the composition is substantially free of free fatty acids.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ribhu Gautam, Tsu Fang Hong, Subram Maniam Sarathy
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Patent number: 11764327Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes an n-type aluminum nitride layer formed on a substrate, a multiple quantum well formed on the n-type aluminum nitride layer, and a p-type aluminum nitride hole-injection layer formed adjacent to the multiple quantum well. The multiple quantum well includes a first aluminum nitride quantum well layer having a fixed composition and surrounded by first and second aluminum nitride quantum barrier layers, and a second aluminum nitride quantum well layer having a fixed composition and surrounded by the second aluminum nitride quantum barrier layer and a third aluminum nitride quantum barrier layer. At least one of the first, second, and third aluminum nitride quantum barrier layers has a graded aluminum composition. The first aluminum nitride quantum barrier layer is adjacent to the n-type aluminum nitride layer and the third aluminum nitride quantum barrier layer is adjacent to the p-type aluminum nitride hole-injection layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventor: Xiaohang Li
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Patent number: 11760127Abstract: A two-wheel compact magnetic crawler vehicle for traversing and inspecting surfaces. The crawler comprises a chassis. Two independently actuated magnetic drive wheels are spaced apart in a lateral direction and mounted to the chassis by a hinged joint enabling each wheel to tilt in response to the surface curvature. A probe wheel is provided at the midpoint between the two drive wheels and laterally in line therewith. A spring-assisted probe carrier passively moves the probe wheel vertically relative to the chassis in response to changes in the surface curvature. Additionally, the vehicle includes a probe angle normalization mechanism comprising spring-loaded, vertically moveable, ball casters positioned symmetrically about the probe wheel. The combined utilization of the probe carrier and the caster carrier passively maintain the probe contacting the surface, the chassis level, and the probe normal to the surface irrespective of changes in the surface curvature with vehicle movement.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, King Abdullah University Of Science And TechnologyInventors: Fadl Abdellatif, Abdoulelah Al-Hannabi, Sahejad Patel, Mohamed Abdelkader, Jeff S. Shamma
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Patent number: 11754532Abstract: An optical fiber distributed acoustic sensor (DAS) system for detecting a red palm weevil and/or its larvae inside a tree. The system includes an optical fiber that is configured to be placed next to a tree; and a DAS box optically connected to the optical fiber and configured to receive a reflected light from the optical fiber. The DAS box includes electronics that extracts from the reflected light a frequency in a range of [400 Hz, 4 kHz], and sends a message indicating a presence of the red palm weevil and/or its larvae inside the tree.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Boon Siew Ooi, Yuan Mao, Islam Ashry
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Patent number: 11756649Abstract: An apparatus, computer program product, and method are provided for the determination of one or more components of an EC number through the application of a level-by-level modeling approach capable of conducting feature reconstruction and classifier training simultaneously, based on encoded aspects of a sequence listing for a protein with an unknown function. The method includes receiving a sequence source data object associated with an enzyme; extracting a sequence data set from the sequence source data object; encoding the sequence data set into a first and second encoded sequence; generating a first predicted characteristic of the enzyme by applying the first and second encoded sequence to a first level of a model comprising a plurality of levels; and generating a second predicted characteristic of the enzyme by applying the first and the second encoded sequences to a second level of the model comprising a plurality of levels.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xin Gao, Yu Li
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Patent number: 11753503Abstract: Supported onium salts used as initiators for the synthesis of polycarbonates by copolymerization of carbon dioxide with epoxides are described. Embodiments of the present disclosure describe initiators comprising an insoluble portion including an onium cation attached to an insoluble support; and an anion, wherein the anion is a counter-ion to the onium cation. Embodiments further describe methods of making polycarbonates using the initiator, methods of making initiators, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xiaoshuang Feng, Naganatha Patil, Caroline Luciani, Yves Gnanou, Nikos Hadjichristidis
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Patent number: 11753307Abstract: 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 including 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 a nitrogen atom of a secondary amine functional group comprising a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom. The organometallic moieties may comprise a hafnium atom that is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the secondary amine functional group. The nitrogen atom of the secondary amine function group may bridge the hafnium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 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, Manouj K. Gangwar
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Patent number: 11746190Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally describe ethano-Tröger's base-amine monomers, ethano-Tröger's base polyimides of intrinsic microporosity, membranes based on ethano-Tröger's base polyimides of intrinsic microporosity, methods of making ethano-Tröger's base-amine monomers, methods of making ethano-Tröger's base polyimides of intrinsic microporosity prepared from ethano-Tröger's base-amine monomers, methods of separating chemical species, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ingo Pinnau, Bader Ghanem, Yingge Wang
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Patent number: 11750027Abstract: A free node to be deployed underwater for omnidirectional energy and data harvesting includes a housing that forms a sealed chamber; a wavelength-changing layer attached to an outside of the housing and configured to receive a first optical signal having a first wavelength range and to emit a second optical signal having a second wavelength range, different from the first wavelength range, wherein the first optical signal includes encoded data; a flexible solar cell wrapped around the housing, the flexible solar cell being configured to receive the second optical signal and generate an electrical signal; an energy storage module located in the chamber and configured to store electrical energy associated with the electrical signal; and a decoder located in the chamber and configured to receive the electrical signal and decode the encoded data. The first wavelength range is ultraviolet light and the second wavelength range is visible or infrared light.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Boon Siew Ooi, Tien Khee Ng, Chun Hong Kang, Meiwei Kong, Yujian Guo
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Patent number: 11749513Abstract: A prefabricated polymeric layer to be used in a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) based system, the prefabricated polymeric layer including a first sublayer; and a second sublayer attached to the first sublayer, wherein the second sublayer includes a sample holder. At least one of the first sublayer and the second first sublayer includes a polymeric material, and the prefabricated polymeric layer is to be added to a target material to be examined by the MALDI system.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Dominik Ludewig Michels, Franziska Lissel
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Patent number: 11742174Abstract: A multipurpose and transferrable sample platform for supporting, analyzing and/or processing a target material. The platform includes a substrate; a dielectric layer formed over a face of the substrate; electrodes formed over the dielectric layer; a slot formed through the substrate and the dielectric layer; and an exfoliated graphene-based membrane placed over the slot and in electrical contact with the electrodes. The exfoliated graphene-based membrane is configured to support, or act upon, a study material or chemical precursors.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Nitinkumar M. Batra, Pedro Miguel Costa, Dinesh Mahalingam, Suzana P. Nunes
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Patent number: 11731882Abstract: 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 including 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 a nitrogen atom of a secondary amine functional group including a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom. The organometallic moieties may include a titanium atom that is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the secondary amine functional group. The nitrogen atom of the secondary amine function group may bridge the titanium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 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, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Rajesh Parsapur, Manouj K. Gangwar
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Patent number: 11731881Abstract: 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 including 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 a nitrogen atom of a secondary amine functional group including a nitrogen atom and a hydrogen atom. The organometallic moieties may include a zirconium atom that is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the secondary amine functional group. The nitrogen atom of the secondary amine function group may bridge the zirconium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 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, Manoj K. Gangwar
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Patent number: 11736042Abstract: An energy producing device includes a piezoelectric layer having a first side and second side opposite of the first side, a first electrical contact arranged on the first side of the piezoelectric layer, a second electrical contact arranged on the second side of the piezoelectric layer, and a counter-layer arranged on the second electrical contact. The piezoelectric layer, first and second electrical contacts, and counter-layer form a beam having a neutral axis outside of the piezoelectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jürgen Kosel, Mohammed Asadullah Khan
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Patent number: 11726026Abstract: A method and system for early detection of biofouling utilizing a fluorescence based extracellular enzyme activity assay is disclosed. The method provides a means for early detection of biofouling on membranes used in flow-through membrane filtration systems for with a feed water flow, such as waste water of water for desalination. Also disclosed is an at-line sensor utilizing the fluorescence based extracellular enzyme activity assay that is positioned in the membrane filtration system for detection of biofouling.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Babar Khalid Khan, TorOve Leiknes
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Patent number: 11728766Abstract: An integrated photovoltaic (PV) panel-water sorption layer system that includes a PV panel having a front face that is configured to receive solar light for generating electrical current, and a back face that is opposite to the front face; and an atmospheric water harvesting device attached to the back face of the PV panel. The atmospheric water harvesting device is configured to cool down the PV panel by evaporating absorbed atmospheric water based on heat received from the PV panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Peng Wang, Renyuan Li, Yifeng Shi
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Patent number: 11714727Abstract: A stuck-at fault mitigation method for resistive random access memory (ReRAM)-based deep learning accelerators, includes: confirming a distorted output value (Y0) due to a stuck-at fault (SAF) by using a correction data set in a pre-trained deep learning network, by means of ReRAM-based deep learning accelerator hardware; updating an average (?) and a standard deviation (?) of a batch normalization (BN) layer by using the distorted output value (Y0), by means of the ReRAM-based deep learning accelerator hardware; folding the batch normalization (BN) layer in which the average (?) and the standard deviation (?) are updated into a convolution layer or a fully-connected layer, by means of the ReRAM-based deep learning accelerator hardware; and deriving a normal output value (Y1) by using the deep learning network in which the batch normalization (BN) layer is folded, by means of the ReRAM-based deep learning accelerator hardware.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignees: UNIST ACADEMY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH CORPORATION, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jong Eun Lee, Su Gil Lee, Gi Ju Jung, Mohammed Fouda, Fadi Kurdahi, Ahmed M. Eltawil
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Patent number: 11711053Abstract: There is a dynamically adjustable photovoltaic (PV) system for transforming solar energy into electrical energy. The dynamically adjustable PV system includes a first PV fold including a first set of PV cells for generating electrical energy, and a first laminating film that encapsulates the first set of PV cells; a second PV fold including a second set of PV cells for generating electrical energy, and a second laminating film that encapsulates the second set of PV cells; and a connecting mechanism that connects the first laminating film to the second laminating film. The connecting mechanism includes a chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Emmanuel P. Van Kerschaver, Thomas G. Allen, Michele De Bastiani, Michael Filipe Salvador, Ahmed Hesham Balawi