Patents Assigned to Research
  • Acetolactate synthase herbicide resistant sorghum
    Patent number: 10674690
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compositions and methods for producing sorghum crop plants that are resistant to herbicides. In particular, the present invention provides for sorghum plants, plant tissues and plant seeds that contain altered acetolactate synthase (ALS) genes and proteins that are resistant to inhibition by herbicides that normally inhibit the activity of the ALS protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mitchell R. Tuinstra, Kassim Al-Khatib
  • Method of characterizing sequences from genetic material samples
    Patent number: 10679728
    Abstract: Among other aspects provided herein is a method describing the use of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) genotyping microarrays to resolve whether genetic material (such as genomic DNA) derived from a particular individual is present in a genetic material mixture (such as a complex genomic DNA mixture) is disclosed. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the identification of the presence of genetic material (such as genomic DNA) of specific individuals within a series of complex genomic mixtures is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: The Translational Genomics Research Institute, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: David Craig, Nils Homer
  • Isotropic atomic layer etch for silicon oxides using no activation
    Patent number: 10679868
    Abstract: Methods for controlled isotropic etching of layers of silicon oxide and germanium oxide with atomic scale fidelity are provided. The methods make use of NO activation of an oxide surface. Once activated, a fluorine-containing gas or vapor etches the activated surface. Etching is self-limiting as once the activated surface is removed, etching stops since the fluorine species does not spontaneously react with the un-activated oxide surface. These methods may be used in interconnect pre-clean applications, gate dielectric processing, manufacturing of memory devices, or any other applications where accurate removal of one or multiple atomic layers of material is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ivan L. Berry, III, Pilyeon Park, Faisal Yaqoob
  • METHOD FOR PREDICTING DIFFERENTIATION ABILITY OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL, AND REAGENT FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20200172969
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for predicting a differentiation potential of a pluripotent stem cell comprising measuring an expression level of CHD7 of the human pluripotent stem cell. The invention also provides a method for evaluating a medium for a human pluripotent stem cell comprising measuring an expression level of CHD7 of the pluripotent stem cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT KOBE
    Inventors: Shin KAWAMATA, Takako YAMAMOTO, Chiemi TAKENAKA
  • ENCODER AND ENCODING METHOD FOR MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL, AND DECODER AND DECODING METHOD FOR MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20200176002
    Abstract: An encoder and an encoding method for a multi-channel signal, and a decoder and a decoding method for a multi-channel signal are disclosed. A multi-channel signal may be efficiently processed by consecutive downmixing or upmixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Kwon BEACK, Tae Jin LEE, Jong Mo SUNG, Jeong Il SEO, Kyeong Ok KANG, Dae Young JANG, Jin Woong KIM
  • GASTROINTESTINAL FEEDING TUBES WITH ENHANCED SKIN SURFACE BUMPERS
    Publication number: 20200170891
    Abstract: Gastric and intestinal feeding tube devices and methods can be enhanced to provide better patient outcomes. For example, this document provides gastric and intestinal feeding tube devices that include an external bumper with pressure sensors and pressure indicators that facilitate usage of the feeding tube devices within an appropriate range of skin surface pressure. This document also provides external bumpers with deflectable elements that facilitate the application of a controlled amount of force between the external bumpers and the skin surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Paul A. Lorentz, Manpreet S. Mundi, Drew J. Smith, Stephen M. Corner
  • VEHICLE CAPABLE OF PROJECTING LIGHT ONTO ROAD AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20200172000
    Abstract: A vehicle projects various types of light beams onto a road using a light-emitting module. The light-emitting module includes: a reflection unit, and a light source unit to emit light to the reflection unit. The reflection unit includes: a first pole magnet and a second pole magnet facing each other while being spaced apart from each other; a plate disposed between the first pole magnet and the second pole magnet, and a wire disposed in a multiple number of turns in one direction along an edge of the plate; and a reflection surface disposed on the upper surface of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ji Soo PARK, Jung Gi Han, Dong Hee Han, Yong Sin Kim
  • TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE FOR OXYGEN PRODUCTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, TANDEM WATER DECOMPOSITION REACTION ELECTRODE PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND OXYGEN PRODUCTION DEVICE USING SAME
    Publication number: 20200173044
    Abstract: A method for producing a transparent electrode for oxygen production having a Ta nitride layer on a transparent substrate, including: a step of forming a Ta nitride precursor layer on the transparent substrate; and a step of nitriding the Ta nitride precursor layer with a mixed gas containing ammonia and a carrier gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHEMICAL PROCESS, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroshi NISHIYAMA, Tomohiro HIGASHI, Yutaka SASAKI, Taro YAMADA, Kazunari DOMEN, Yohichi SUZUKI, Seiji AKIYAMA
  • EYE WEARING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200170838
    Abstract: An eye wearing device is provided, including a body, at least one reservoir and at least one microchannel. The body has a first surface, a second surface, a center, a first outer edge of the first surface and a second outer edge of the second surface. The reservoir is disposed in the body to load the drug. The microchannel is disposed near the first outer edge of the first surface and the second outer edge of the second surface. One end of the microchannel is connected to the reservoir for filling the drug into the reservoir. The other end of the microchannel is an opening facing an edge of the eye wearing device for contacting the cornea and/or the sclera, and the opening is connected to the first outer edge of the first surface and the second outer edge of the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yun-Chung Teng, Yu-Bing Liou, Hsin-Yi Hsu, Ying-Wen Shen, Sen-Lu Chen, Yu-Chi Wang, Hsin-Hsin Shen
  • OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200174195
    Abstract: An optical waveguide structure including a bottom layer, a middle waveguide layer, and a top cladding layer is provided. The middle waveguide layer is disposed on the bottom layer. The top cladding layer is disposed on the middle waveguide layer and covers the middle waveguide layer. The refractive index of the middle waveguide layer is greater than that of the bottom layer, and is greater than that of the top cladding layer. The optical waveguide structure has a first end region and a second end region. The middle waveguide layer in the first end region has a first end having a width gradually decreased toward the second end region. The top cladding layer in the second end region has a second end having a width gradually decreased away from the first end region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Chin Lee, Ming-Chang Lee
  • CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20200177537
    Abstract: A control system and a control method for a social network are provided. The control method includes following steps. Obtaining detection information. Analyzing status information of at least one social member according to the detection information. Condensing the status information according to a time interval to obtain condensed information. Summarizing the condensed information according to a summary priority score to obtain summary information. Displaying the summary information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chieh-Chih CHANG, Chih-Chung KUO, Shih-Chieh CHIEN, Jian-Yung HUNG, Cheng-Hsien LIN
  • METHOD FOR HANDOVER IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK, AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200178135
    Abstract: A handover method performed by a terminal in a non-terrestrial network may comprise transmitting a measurement report including measurement results for neighbor cells to a serving satellite base station; receiving, from the serving satellite base station, connection configuration information for at least one target base station candidate and information on an activation time when the connection configuration information for the at least one target base station candidate is activated; and performing a handover to a first target base station candidate among the at least one target base station candidate based on information received from the at least one target base station candidate at the activation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Mi Young YUN, Ji Hyung KIM
  • COUPLED VIA STRUCTURE, CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING THE COUPLED VIA STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CIRCUIT BOARD
    Publication number: 20200178386
    Abstract: A coupled via structure includes a plate via penetrating through an board body and having first and second plates spaced apart from each other by a first gap distance, a contact pad connected to the plate via on a surface of the board body and having first and second contacts connected to the first and second plates, respectively, and a connection line connected to the contact pad on the surface of the board body and having first and second lines connected to the first and second contacts, respectively, and spaced apart from the first line by a second gap distance. Accordingly, the deviation of the characteristic impedance is reduced (or, alternatively, minimized) between the coupled via structure and the coupled signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dong-Yoon SEO, Jea-Eun LEE, WanSoo NAH
  • AUTOMATED NEAR-FALL DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20200170548
    Abstract: A method of gait data collection, the method comprising collecting movement data, determining from the data a movement parameter that includes a third order derivative of position, comparing the movement parameter with a threshold value, and counting at least a near fall if the movement parameter exceeds the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: The Medical Research, Infrastructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel Aviv Medical Center
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. HAUSDORFF, Nir GILADI
  • INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20200177912
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Hui Yong KIM, Gwang Hoon PARK, Kyung Yong KIM, Sang Min KIM, Sung Chang LIM, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING GUM ARABIC ENCAPSULATED METAL NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20200171081
    Abstract: The present invention may comprise stabilized metal nanoparticles that are stabilized with material from gum arabic. The nanoparticles of the invention may be manufactured with an environmentally friendly method for fabricating biocompatible stabilized metal nanoparticles. The coated metal nanoparticles may be introduced in vivo to conduct therapy for humans or animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Novus Research Group, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan P. Nolan
  • Cancer Treatment Based on Delivery of Oligoes via Gap Junctions from Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSC)
    Publication number: 20200171067
    Abstract: A method of treating cancer in vivo includes introducing in vitro into human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) at least one type of inhibitory oligonucleotide, and contacting a tumor tissue of syncytial cancer cells with the hMSCs in vivo under conditions permitting a hMSC to form a gap junction channel with a first syncytial cancer cell of the tumor tissue. As a result, the at least one type of inhibitory oligonucleotide is delivered into the first syncytial cancer cell by traversing the gap junction channel and the at least one type of inhibitory oligonucleotide is delivered into a second syncytial cancer cell of the tumor tissue by traversing a gap junction channel between the first syncytial cancer cell and the second syncytial cancer cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Ira S. COHEN, Peter R. BRINK, Michael R. ROSEN
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATION OF ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE
    Publication number: 20200175731
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to reconstruct a computed tomography image using iterative reconstruction (IR) that is accelerated using various combinations of ordered subsets, conjugate gradient, preconditioning, resetting/restarting, and/or gradient approximation techniques. For example, when restarting criteria are satisfied the IR algorithm can be reset by setting conjugate-gradient parameters to initial values and/or by changing the number of ordered subsets. The IR algorithm can be accelerated by approximately calculating the gradients, by using a diagonal or Fourier preconditioner, and by selectively updating the preconditioner based on the regularization function. The update direction and step size can be calculated using the preconditioner and a surrogate function, which is not necessarily separable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander KATSEVICH, Zhou YU, Daxin SHI
  • COMBINATION OF MARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING CANCER
    Publication number: 20200174004
    Abstract: A method of diagnosing a cancer or a pre-malignant lesion is disclosed. The method comprising determining a level of expression of CD24 on leukocytes comprised in a biological sample of a subject, wherein a level of CD24 on small leukocytes and not on large leukocytes above a predetermined threshold is indicative of the cancer or the pre-malignant lesion. A method of monitoring efficacy of cancer therapy and a kit for diagnosing a cancer or a pre-malignant lesion are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: The Medical Research, Infratructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel Aviv Medical Center
    Inventors: Nadir ARBER, Shiran SHAPIRA, Diana KAZANOV
  • ENHANCED TARGETED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS
    Publication number: 20200171165
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for enhancing the therapeutic activity of agents at low doses as a result of improved targeted drug delivery, namely precision delivery, are described. The methods and compositions can be used to decrease the effective administered amounts of active therapeutic agents via precision delivery to targets capable of mediating active transport across the biological barrier formed by the vasculature that lines blood vessels. Antibodies (and other targeting agent species) to precisely deliver an active ingredient (i.e., a therapeutic agent) to cells expressing, for example, a target protein on their cell membranes, are also described, as are methods of treating disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine
    Inventors: Jan E. SCHNITZER, Philip Sung-Whan OH, Adrian CHRASTINA, Michael D. LEVIN, Bogdan Z. OLENYUK, Rajesh KOTA