Patents Assigned to KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND
  • Publication number: 20240141061
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antibody binding specifically to CD55 or an antigen-binding fragment thereof; and a composition for preventing, treating and/or diagnosing cancer containing the same. The antibody of the present disclosure may be used as an effective therapeutic composition for various CD55-mediated diseases since it shows high binding ability and inhibitory effect for the CD55 protein which promotes tumor growth by inhibiting the complement immune mechanism. In addition, the antibody of the present disclosure may be usefully used as an effective therapeutic adjuvant that fundamentally removes drug resistance and remarkably improves therapeutic responsiveness in various diseases in which resistance to therapeutic agents with CDC (complement-dependent cytotoxicity) as a mechanism of action has been induced due to overexpression of CD55.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SG MEDICAL INC, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION, KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ji Chul LEE, Hye In PARK, Sung-Won MIN, Sung-Won MIN, Hyeong Sun KWON, Jae Cheong LIM, So Hee DOH, Eun Ha CHO, So-Young LEE, Sung Hee JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240142362
    Abstract: Disclosed is a micro concentration monitoring apparatus. A micro concentration monitoring apparatus includes: a variable frequency driver circuit unit that is coupled to a MEMS sensor and supplies constant power to the MEMS sensor within a set bandwidth; and a reading circuit unit that measures a resonance frequency displacement value of the MEMS sensor according to a change in dielectric constant of a target based on power supplied from the variable frequency driver circuit, and measures the resonance frequency displacement value of the MEMS sensor through a plurality of measurement channels, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyung Min LEE, Seung Beom KU
  • Publication number: 20240143463
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor configured to execute instructions, and a memory storing the instructions, which when executed by the processor configure the processor to generate system error prediction data using an error prediction neural network provided with one of a plurality of log data sequences generated by pre-processing a plurality of log data pieces of component log data of a system. The system error prediction data comprises information of a plurality of system errors occurring at a plurality of respective timepoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Uiseok SONG, Seoung Bum KIM, Jaehoon KIM, Byungwoo BANG, Junyeon LEE, Jiyoon LEE, Yoon Sang CHO, Hansam CHO, Minkyu KIM, Hun Seong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240143217
    Abstract: A method for discarding personal information comprises at least one among partial overwriting, SLC programming, and applying an erase pulse. The method for discarding personal information comprises a step for acquiring the program status of personal information-containing data of a memory block to be erased, generating data having a status that is equal to or higher than the program status corresponding to the personal information, and carrying out a partial overwriting operation on the personal information by using the generated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Dong Hoon LEE, Na Young AHN
  • Publication number: 20240147742
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a high-performance indoor photovoltaic cell using self-assembled monolayers and an indoor photovoltaic cell manufactured thereby. According to the present invention, provided is an indoor photovoltaic cell including: a transparent lower electrode passing through indoor light; a self-assembled single-layer based ultra thin 2PACz layer formed on the lower electrode with a predetermined thickness; an organic semiconductor layer formed on the 2PACz layer by mixing materials for forming a donor layer and an acceptor layer, and 2PACz, generating an exciton by the indoor light, and separating the exciton into a positive charge and a negative charge; and an upper electrode absorbing the negative charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae Won SHIM, Tae Hyuk KIM
  • Publication number: 20240132876
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to: a self-priming and replicating hairpin adaptor for constructing an NGS (next generation sequencing) library; and a method for constructing an NGS library using the same. Specifically, the present invention pertains to: a self-priming and replicating hairpin adaptor for constructing an NGS library, the adaptor containing a long single-stranded first oligonucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and has a hairpin structure, and a short single-stranded second oligonucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5; a method for constructing an NGS library using said adaptor; and an NGS library construction kit including said adaptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Cheul Hee JUNG, Seo Young KIM, Jun Y SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240135003
    Abstract: According to some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, disclosed is a method for building a vulnerability database, which is performed by a computing device. The method may include collecting a security patch from a data source based on a direct patch link; collecting the security patch from the data source based on an indirect patch link; and collecting the security patch from the data source based on an invisible patch link. The patch information of a vulnerability can be used for verifying the existence of the vulnerability, as well as fixing the vulnerability of target software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Heejo LEE, Hyunji HONG
  • Publication number: 20240137287
    Abstract: Disclosed is a split computing device operating in a serverless edge computing environment. The split computing device includes a transceiver configured to receive resource information of a terminal from the terminal and to measure a data transmission rate between the terminal and the split computing device in a process of receiving the resource information of the terminal; and a splitting point deriver configured to determine a splitting point of a deep neural network (DNN) model for split computing and an activation status of a container instance for each of tail models of a DNN corresponding to the respective splitting points using the resource information of the terminal, the data transmission rate, and resource information of the split computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sangheon PACK, Haneul KO, Daeyoung JUNG, Hyeon Jae JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240132922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical and biological integrated degradation process for PET, for recycling PET, and, more specifically, the present invention provides a PET upcycling technique for producing a high-value product via a chemical pretreatment process of PET, a TPA and EG production process using an enzyme, and a process for converting TPA and EG to PCA and GLA, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Kyoung Heon KIM, Dong Hyun KIM, Jae Kyun KIM, Dong Oh HAN
  • Patent number: 11968573
    Abstract: A handover method, performed by a source base station in a wireless communication system, includes: receiving an indicator indicating a start of packet duplication transmission of a user plane function (UPF); and transmitting at least one redundant packet to a target base station, based on the indicator indicating the start of the packet duplication transmission of the UPF, wherein the packet duplication transmission includes transmitting, to the target base station, a packet that is identical to a packet transmitted by the UPF to the source base station, wherein the redundant packet includes a packet that was received from the UPF before the start of the packet duplication transmission but is not transmitted to a User Equipment (UE) and stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University Research And Business Foundation
    Inventors: Kisuk Kweon, Haneul Ko, Sangheon Pack, Jaewook Lee, Joonwoo Kim, Yujin Tae
  • Patent number: 11964935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gingerol derivative having inhibitory activity against biofilm formation and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating infections caused by biofilms including the gingerol derivative as an active ingredient. The gingerol derivative of the present invention exhibits significantly improved binding affinity for LasR and inhibitory activity against biofilm formation. Therefore, the gingerol derivative of the present invention can act on various membrane surfaces where biofilms tend to form and can effectively inhibit the formation of the corresponding biofilms. In addition, the use of the pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention can fundamentally prevent or treat a variety of infections caused by biofilms due to the presence of the gingerol derivative in the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus, Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Youngjoo Byun, Hee-Deung Park, Sang-Hyun Son, Eunji Cha, So-Young Ham, Hyunsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11967998
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for transmitter identification. A transmitter identification apparatus may include a communicator configured to receive a signal from a transmitter at least once; and a processor configured to acquire a clock offset using the received signal, to acquire a cumulative clock offset by accumulating the clock offset, and to acquire analysis data based on a variance of the cumulative clock offset over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Lee, Kyungho Joo
  • Publication number: 20240127873
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computing-in-memory device, which includes a memory cell array including an analog multiplication unit that performs a multiply-accumulate (MAC) operation on a pre-stored weight and a first analog voltage corresponding to multi-bit input data, and a driver that applies the multi-bit input data to the analog multiplication unit, and the analog multiplication unit includes a digital-to-analog converter that converts the multi-bit input data into the first analog voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Jongsun PARK, Joonhyung KIM, Kyeong-ho LEE
  • Patent number: 11961750
    Abstract: A magnetic transfer apparatus includes: a magnetomotive force source providing magnetic flux, a first magnetic flux distribution circuit connected to one end of the magnetomotive force source, having a single input terminal and a plurality of output terminals, and distributing the magnetic flux, and a second magnetic flux distribution circuit connected to the other end of the magnetomotive force source, having a single output terminal and a plurality of input terminals, and collecting the distributed magnetic flux. The output terminals of the first magnetic flux distribution circuit are disposed to be adjacent to each other to form a pair with the input terminals of the second magnetic flux distribution circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tae-Yeon Seong, Da-Hoon Lee, Jong-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11962921
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device, for processing spectrum data of an image sensor. The method includes obtaining spectrum response signals corresponding to channels of spectrum data of light, the spectrum data being obtained from an object by an image sensor; determining a set of bases corresponding to the obtained spectrum response signals; performing, based on the determined set of bases, a change of basis on at least one basis included in the determined set of bases; and generating, by using a pseudo inverse, reconstructed spectrum data from the spectrum response signals on which the change of basis has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Suyeon Lee, Q-Han Park, Unjeong Kim, Hyunjun Ma
  • Patent number: 11957706
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preventing or treating fibrosis including an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 17 (CDK17) expression or activity. According to the present disclosure, the inhibitor of CDK17 expression or activity significantly reduces collagen production and cell activity and viability in activated hepatic stellate cells (liver fibrosis cell model), renal tubular epithelial cells (renal fibrosis cell model) in which fibrosis is induced by TGF-? treatment, and alveolar epithelial cells (lung fibrosis cell model) in which fibrosis is induced by TGF-? treatment, indicating that the composition of the present disclosure has an excellent effect in preventing or treating fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Young Sik Lee, Do Hoon Lee, Min Seok Choi, Jae Sang Hong
  • Publication number: 20240119633
    Abstract: The method for converting a near-infrared image into an RGB image includes: (a) receiving near-infrared image data to be converted into an RGB image and inputting the received data to the first network; (b) extracting, by the first network, feature data of a near-infrared image from the input near-infrared image data; and (c) outputting, by the first network, an estimated RGB image, which enables to convert the received near-infrared image data into an RGB image, using the extracted feature data of the near-infrared image, wherein the first network performs knowledge distillation learning by receiving knowledge, which enables to mimic the behavior of extracting the feature data of the near-infrared image and the feature data of the RGB image, from the second network which has received as input data not only near-infrared image data as learning data but also RGB image data taken at the same time as the near-infrared image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jong Ok KIM, Tae Sung PARK
  • Publication number: 20240119571
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for improving the detection performance of objects of interest in blurry images. According to an embodiment of the disclosed system for improving the detection performance of objects of interest in blurry images, the system includes a teacher network including a first base subnet, a first feature pyramid subnet and a first detection subnet; and a student network including a second base subnet, a second feature pyramid subnet, a deblurring subnet and a second detection subnet, wherein the teacher network provides hints to the student network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sung Jea KO, Sung Jin CHO
  • Patent number: 11951479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting, delaying, or reversing cellular senescence that includes having an isolated cell flow through a microchannel, and crashing the cell in flow into an impact surface installed on a flow path of the cell to apply a physical impact to the cell, resulting in inhibiting, delaying, or reversing senescence of the cell, while maintaining high biological activity, and in particular, it relates to a method that can further increase the value of a stem cell as a therapeutic cell for various degenerative diseases by maintaining undifferentiated state of the stem cell even during a long-term culture period to maintain multipotency, and to the cells obtained by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: KONKUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ssang-Goo Cho, Aram Chung, Kyung Min Lim, Geunho Kang, Soobin Jang
  • Patent number: 11953444
    Abstract: Disclosed are a zero-power detecting sensor of a chemical substance and a sensing method. As light is irradiated to the detecting sensor including a graphene, a light absorbing layer, and an electrode stacked, the chemical substance is detected without power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Chulho Lee, Haeli Park