Abstract: A method and system are described for imaging core samples associated with a subsurface region. The imaging results may be used to create or update a subsurface model and using the subsurface model and/or imaging results in hydrocarbon operations. The imaging techniques may include NMR imaging and CT imaging. Further, the imaging techniques may also include exposing the core sample to the imaging gas.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 6, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Inventors:
Antonio S. Buono, Shawn Fullmer, Hubert E. King, Jr., Michael Sansone, Pavel Kortunov, John H. Dunsmuir, Bo Gao, James G. Kralik, Ye Xu
Abstract: A method of water treatment includes flowing water that includes nitrogen and phosphorus compounds through a sorption media composition within at least one chamber of a water treatment system. The composition comprises iron filings comprising at least 5 volume (vol) % of the composition, sand particles comprising at least 10 vol % of the composition; and clay particles comprising at least 2 vol % of the composition. The iron filings, sand particles, and clay particles are mixed together. During the flowing the clay particles attract the nitrogen and phosphorus compounds which become absorbed onto a surface of the iron filings and the clay resulting in a removal of the nitrogen and phosphorus compounds and the generation of reaction products. Nitrogen and phosphorus are then recovered from the reaction products.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 29, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Abstract: In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a depth estimation apparatus including a first type of sensor for generating a first sensor data; a second type of sensor for generating a second sensor data; and a processor coupled to the first type of sensor and the second type of sensor and configured at least for: processing the first sensor data by using two stage segmentation algorithms to generate a first segmentation result and a second segmentation result; synchronizing parameters of the first segmentation result and parameters of the second sensor data to generate a synchronized second sensor data; fusing the first segmentation result, the synchronized second sensor data, and the second segmentation result by using two stage depth estimation algorithms to generate a first depth result and a second depth result.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 9, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Inventors:
Peter Chondro, Wei-Hao Lai, Pei-Jung Liang
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of activate an isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) for the treatment of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease and stroke using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The present invention also relates to methods of reducing neurodegeneration using cyclopropanated or epoxidized derivatives of mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Abstract: Provided in one example herein is an aqueous ink composition, including: pigment particles having at least one metal oxide; an aqueous medium; and a cationic double-chain surfactant consisting a quaternary ammonium salt. Methods of making and using the ink composition are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignees:
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P, PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Inventors:
Elias I. Franses, David S. Corti, Yung-Jih Yang, Hou T. Ng, Yan Zhao, Howard S. Tom
Abstract: Provided herein is a magnetic apparatus for collecting superparamagnetic particles from a subject. The superparamagnetic particles are previously injected into the subject and have ligands bound thereto that are specific for one or more non-cell biomarkers. In one embodiment, the superparamagnetic particles are injected into and retrieved from a cavity such as a joint cavity. These compositions and methods allow for the sequestration and removal of inflammatory mediators, as both a diagnostic of the local immune response and a therapeutic that can reduce inflammation in the local disease environment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 2016
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Inventors:
Kyle Douglas Allen, Jon Paul Dobson, Elena Georgina Yarmola, Zachary Kaufman, David P. Arnold
Abstract: A computer-implemented method for updating a physical properties model of a subsurface region in an iterative inversion of seismic data using a gradient of a cost function that compares the seismic data to model-simulated data, said method comprising: obtaining a contrast model of a subsurface physical parameter that is sensitive to data dynamics and a kinematic model of a subsurface physical parameter; determining a gradient of a cost function using the contrast model and the kinematic model, wherein the cost function compares seismic data to model-simulated data; updating the kinematic model using a search direction derived from the gradient; adapting the contrast model according to an update to the kinematic model performed in the updating step; iteratively repeating the determining, updating, and adapting steps until a predetermined stopping criteria is reached, and generating a subsurface image from a finally updated kinematic model; and using the subsurface image to prospect for hydrocarbons.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Inventors:
Yaxun Tang, Sunwoong Lee, Anatoly I Baumstein, Volkan Akcelik
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a perm-selective porous membrane and a method of separating gases using the prepared porous membrane. According to the present invention, a membrane is synthesized using a hierarchically structured alumina porous support by a counter diffusion method. During this synthesis, the diffusion rate of metal ions loaded on the porous support is controlled by controlling the pore size of the porous support, and the position at which the membrane is synthesized is controlled by synthesizing the membrane inside the support. This can increase the physical stability of the membrane and make the membrane thicker so as to ensure higher H2/CO2 separation factors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
Korea University Research and Business Foundation
Inventors:
Jungkyu Choi, Kwan Young Lee, Eunhee Jang
Abstract: Ostomy tubes, particularly gastrostomy tubes, with improved retention means are provided. More specifically, retention structures, such as bolsters, for gastrostomy tubes are provided, configured to removably assemble to one end of a gastrostomy tube to facilitate replacement and removal of the tube. The retention structures provided herein may comprise one or more removably assembled retention elements. Further provided are gastrostomy tubes comprising such retention structures, and methods for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy utilizing same.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd.
Abstract: A vibration sensing optical fiber cable is provided. The cable includes at least one optical fiber embedded in the cable jacket such that vibrations from the environment are transmitted into the cable jacket to the optical fiber. The cable is configured in a variety of ways, including through spatial arrangement of the sensing fibers, through acoustic impedance matched materials, through internal vibration reflecting structures, and/or through acoustic lens features to enhance sensitivity of the cable for vibration detection/monitoring.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 25, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
Corning Research & Development Corporation
Inventors:
Riley Saunders Freeland, Michael John Gimblet, Jason Clay Lail, James Arthur Register, III, David Alan Seddon
Abstract: Provided is a method for driving an X-ray source, which includes a cathode electrode, an electron source provided on the cathode electrode and configured to emit an electron beam, and an anode target including an electron beam irradiation surface with the electron beam irradiated thereto, the method including providing the electron beam in a plurality of main pulses, wherein each of the main pulses includes a plurality of short pulses having an idle time and a pulse time, and each of the idle time and the pulse time is shorter than a duration time of the main pulse, wherein applying the plurality of short pulses comprises irradiating the electron beam from the electron source towards the electron beam irradiation surface during the pulse time; and idling the electron beam during the idle time, wherein a duty cycle of the short pulse is 0.4 to 0.6, which is obtained by dividing the idle time by a sum of the pulse time and the idle time.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Abstract: The disclosure provides for methods of oxidizing carbide anions, or negative ions, from salt like carbides at low temperatures below about 600° C. In another aspect, the disclosure provides for reactions with intermediate transition metal carbides. In yet another aspect, the disclosure provides for a system of reactions where salt-like carbide anions and intermediate carbide anions are oxidized to produce pure carbon of various allotropes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
Abstract: There is set forth herein a method including building an interposer base structure on a first wafer having a first substrate, wherein the building an interposer base structure includes fabricating a plurality of through vias that extend through the first substrate and fabricating within an interposer base dielectric stack formed on the first substrate one or more metallization layer; building a photonics structure on a second wafer having a second substrate, wherein the building a photonics structure includes fabricating within a photonics device dielectric stack formed on the second substrate one or more photonics device; and bonding the photonics structure to the interposer base structure to define an interposer having the interposer base structure and one or more photonics device fabricated within the photonics device dielectric stack.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 8, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
Inventors:
Douglas Coolbaugh, Douglas La Tulipe, Gerald Leake
Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for selecting milk-producing livestock with a preferred phenotype. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting methylation status of one or more genes and gene regulatory regions in a sample to identify the preferred phenotype.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2016
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
The Penn State Research Foundation
Inventors:
Chad DeChow, Wansheng Liu, Jurg W. Blum, Craig Baumrucker, Ti-Cheng Chang
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing an oxide for hydrogen storage, including (a) mixing and calcining vanadium oxide and titanium oxide to provide an oxide, (b) impregnating the oxide obtained in step (a) with a noble metal precursor aqueous solution, and (c) subjecting the oxide obtained in step (b) to heat treatment in a reducing atmosphere, wherein the oxide obtained in step (a) has the composition of Chemical Formula (1) below and is composed of a single-phase TiO2 crystal phase: V1-xTixO2,??Chemical Formula (1) where 0.05?x?0.95.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Inventors:
Seung Wook Baek, Jung Hyun Kim, Chang Ho Ahn, Mee Kyung Kim, Gyo Ri Park, Sun Woong Song, Ki Chae Jung
Abstract: This disclosure is directed to various compounds and methods of preparation of improved compounds that are capable of functioning as cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) antagonists with reduced central nervous system (CNS) side effects. The application is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of these compounds, which may also contain one or more additional therapeutic agents. It is also directed to methods of treatment of various conditions that may be responsive to antagonism of the CB1 receptors, including, but not limited to, metabolic syndromes (including liver disease, obesity, and diabetes).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
Research Triangle Institute
Inventors:
Rangan Maitra, Robert W. Wiethe, Yanan Zhang, George S. Amato
Abstract: A resin composition is provided, which includes 1 part by weight of (a) thermally conductive resin with a biphenyl group, 1.0 to 10.0 parts by weight of (b) polyphenylene oxide, 0.01 to 5.0 parts by weight of (c) hardener, and 0.1 to 5.0 parts by weight of (d) inorganic filler. (d) Inorganic filler is boron nitride, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, carbon nitride, octahedral carbon, or a combination thereof with a surface modified by iron-containing oxide. (d) Inorganic filler is sheet-shaped or needle-shaped.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 28, 2017
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignees:
ITEQ CORPORATION, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Abstract: A battery system includes a unit battery module, a current and coulomb measurement circuit and a master control circuit. The unit battery module stores electricity and calculates battery information of the battery set according to a system current value, a system coulomb value, a cell voltage and a cell temperature of the battery set. The current and coulomb measurement circuit is coupled to the unit battery module, generates the system current value according to the current flowing though the battery set, generates the system coulomb value by integrating the system current value, and provides the system current value and the system coulomb value to the unit battery module. The master control circuit is coupled to the unit battery module, receives the battery information from the unit battery module, generates a system battery information according to the battery information and provides the system battery information to an external device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 28, 2016
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for operating a relation server and a system using the method. The method for operating the relation server for managing relations between machines includes generating, by the relation server, a capability set required to execute a command by analyzing the command, and grouping, by the relation server, machines that are to execute the command, among the machines, based on the generated capability set, and capability parameters and status parameters of respective machines that have been previously registered in the relation server or that are extractable by the relation server.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 30, 2020
Assignee:
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Inventors:
Young-Sic Jeong, Sang-Keun Yoo, Yong-Woon Kim