Patents Assigned to Research
  • Publication number: 20190388477
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of a perfusion disorder, such as ischemia and/or reperfusion injury, in a subject's organ, tissue or extremity by preserving or improving endothelial function, reducing vascular injury, and/or promoting vascular repair. The disclosed compositions comprise endothelial colony-forming cells or a serum-free composition comprising chemically defined media conditioned by endothelial colony-forming cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mervin C. Yoder, David P. Basile
  • Publication number: 20190389948
    Abstract: Method for treating, attenuating and/or preventing progression of a liver disorder in a subject, the method including administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of interfering with, inhibiting and/or preventing neuroligin 4 (NLGn4)-Neurexin 1-beta (Nrx1b) protein-protein interaction; and compositions including the agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: HADASIT MEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Rifaat SAFADI
  • Publication number: 20190392236
    Abstract: A system for user-provided automotive data collection includes a receiver configured to receive signals from respective electronics in respective automotive vehicles in a geographical area, the signals indicating respective amounts of fuel or respective amounts of fuel relative to capacity in the respective automotive vehicles' tanks, and a processor configured to aggregate the respective amounts of fuel to approximate a total amount of fuel relative to capacity for the geographical area, and to allocate fuel distribution to gas stations in the geographical area based on the total amount of fuel relative to capacity for the geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Bill NOTTINGHAM, Vinit VERMA, Dan MICHAEL, Danwei YE, John MCKENZIE, Chris DEHAAS, James SZPAK, Vikki NOWAK
  • Publication number: 20190390180
    Abstract: Unnatural, mutated thioesterases having an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:1 and having substitutions at one or more of amino acid positions I107, R108, L109, S122, M141, E142, Y145, and L146, gene constructs encoding and configured to express the mutated thioesterases in a transformed host cell, and host cells transformed to contain the gene constructs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian F. Pfleger, Nestor Jose HERNANDEZ-LOZADA, Costas MARANAS, Matthew GRISEWOOD
  • Publication number: 20190394489
    Abstract: A method of processing data includes obtaining, by an encoding medium, the data of at least one of a geometry information or a texture information of a target. The method additionally includes converting, by the encoding medium, the geometry information into a plurality of periodical functions. Additionally, converting, by the encoding medium, the texture information into a second 2-D representation. Further, the method includes converting, by the encoding medium, each periodical function of the plurality of periodical functions and the second 2-D representation into an image. Moreover, the method includes decoding, by a decoding medium, the image into a 3-D representation using a transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Song Zhang, Tyler Bell
  • Publication number: 20190392633
    Abstract: A method for identifying a source of florescence is disclosed which includes shining light on a subject at a first wavelength, causing emission of light at a second wavelength from the source of fluorescence, filtering out light at the first wavelength, capturing at least one 2 dimensional (2D) image of a subject having a plurality of pixels at the second wavelength, and establishing information about approximate location of a source of florescence within a tissue of the subject, selectively generating a 3D geometric model where the model is adapted to provide a model representation of the at least one 2D captured image, comparing the modeled at least one 2D captured image to the captured at least one 2D image and iteratively adjusting the model to minimize the difference, and outputting location and geometric configuration of the source of fluorescence within the tissue within the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Zahler Bentz, Kevin J. Webb, Dergan Lin
  • Publication number: 20190392249
    Abstract: An image processing device converts an image that is a recognition object image to high-resolution, medium-resolution, and low-resolution images. The device sets the pixel of interest of the high-resolution image, and votes the co-occurrence in a gradient direction with offset pixels, the co-occurrence in the gradient direction pixels in the medium-resolution image, and the co-occurrence in the gradient direction pixels in the low-resolution image, to a co-occurrence matrix. The device creates such a co-occurrence matrix for each pixel combination and for each resolution. The device executes the process on each of the pixels of the high-resolution image, and creates a co-occurrence histogram wherein the elements of a plurality of co-occurrence matrices are arranged in a line. The device normalizes the co-occurrence histogram and extracts, as a feature quantity of the image, a vector quantity having as a component a frequency resulting from the normalization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD., KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hideo YAMADA, Kazuhiro KUNO, Masatoshi SHIBATA, Shuichi ENOKIDA, Hakaru TAMUKOH
  • Publication number: 20190388323
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for protecting the skin from heavy metals and formaldehyde, comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of trientine or trientine derivative of Formula (1), cyclen or cyclen derivative of Formula (2), cyclam or cyclam derivative of Formula (3), and a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: FNG RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Sam GOO, Ki Nam SON
  • Publication number: 20190390061
    Abstract: A multi-layered structure is provided, which includes a carrier and a resin coating on the carrier, wherein the resin coating is formed by magnetically aligning and drying a resin composition. The resin composition includes 1 part by weight of (a) crosslinkable monomer with a biphenyl group, 1.0 to 20.0 parts by weight of (b) polyphenylene oxide, 0.1 to 10.0 parts by weight of (c) hardener, and 0.1 to 80.0 parts by weight of (d) magnetic filler. (d) Magnetic 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) Magnetic filler is sheet-shaped or needle-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: ITEQ Corporation, Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chen-Hsi CHENG, Ming-Hung HUANG
  • Publication number: 20190389841
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses methods of treating triple negative breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer using therapeutically effective amounts of compounds represented by the structure of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, VERU INC
    Inventors: Wei LI, Duane D. MILLER, Shanshan DENG, Raya KRUTILINA, Tiffany N. SEAGROVES, Junming YUE, Guannan ZHAO, Wang QINGHUI, Mitchell S. STEINER
  • Publication number: 20190394084
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a network link topology adaptation method for an IAB node and an IAB node using the same method. In an aspect, the disclosure is directed to a network link topology adaptation method used by a transmitting IAB node, and the method would include not limited to: receiving a topology adaptation configuration which comprises a blockage-related parameter from an upstream IAB node; determining whether a blockage condition of a radio link has occurred based on the blockage-related parameter; and transmitting a request to trigger a switch from a first network link topology to a second network link topology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tzu-Jane Tsai, Chun-Yuan Chiu, Jung-Mao Lin
  • Patent number: 10515162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a design method for an underground reservoir injection-pumping system. According to one embodiment, provided is a design method for an underground reservoir injection-pumping system, comprising a first optimization step of optimizing a first determination variable related to injection wells and pumping wells on the basis of hydrogeological data of an underground reservoir, and a second optimization step of optimizing a second determination variable related to a pump and water pipe network to be installed in the underground reservoir, on the basis of variable values of the first determination variable derived in the first optimization step, wherein the first determination variable includes the numbers and the position data of injection wells and pumping wells to be installed in the underground reservoir, and the second determination variable includes data related to a pipe diameter distribution of water pipes and a pump specification for each well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: DONG-A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATION
    Inventor: Namsik Park
  • Patent number: 10515982
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor column including a first conductive region of first conductivity type, a second conductive region of second conductivity type, an intrinsic region disposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and a barrier region of the first conductivity type disposed between the intrinsic region and the second conductive region. A gate electrode is disposed to cover the intrinsic region, and a gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the intrinsic region. The semiconductor device may operate as a switch or a volatile memory according to a gate voltage applied to a gate and a drain voltage applied to a drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Sangsig Kim, Kyoungah Cho, Minsuk Kim, Yoonjoong Kim, Sola Woo, Doohyeok Lim
  • Patent number: 10514665
    Abstract: An embodiment provides an energy management system of a community in which a plurality of buildings, each divided into a plurality of zones, are located, the energy management system including: a community agent that is a device managing energy of the community and is configured to receive a first incentive about a Demand Response (DR) or a Frequency Regulation (FR) from a demand management device, calculate a first response capacity responding to the first incentive among a community management capacity, and transmit a second incentive to a building agent; a plurality of building agents, each of which is a device managing energy of a corresponding building and is configured to calculate a second response capacity responding to the second incentive among a building management capacity, and transmit a third incentive to a zone agent; and a plurality of zone agents, each of which is a device managing energy of a corresponding zone and is configured to calculate a third response capacity responding to the third
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Yu-jin Song, Yoon-dong Sung
  • Patent number: 10516503
    Abstract: A communication system includes a data source to receive a block of bits, a processor, a memory, in connection with the processor, to store a distribution matcher associated with a probability mass function (PMF) configured to match a block of equally likely input bits to a fixed number of output bits with values distributed according to the PMF of the distribution matcher using the processor. In this case, the distribution matcher contains a set of parallel binary distribution matchers which specify fully a target PMF, and a transmitter front end to transmit a block of shaped bits over a communication channel, such that bits in a sequence of the blocks of shaped bits are distributed according to the target PMF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: David Millar, Tobias Fehenberger, Toshiaki Koike-Akino, Kieran Parsons, Keisuke Kojima
  • Patent number: 10515816
    Abstract: Methods are provided for integrating atomic layer etch and atomic layer deposition by performing both processes in the same chamber or reactor. Methods involve sequentially alternating between atomic layer etch and atomic layer deposition processes to prevent feature degradation during etch, improve selectivity, and encapsulate sensitive layers of a semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Keren Jacobs Kanarik, Jeffrey Marks, Harmeet Singh, Samantha SiamHwa Tan, Alexander Kabansky, Wenbing Yang, Taeseung Kim, Dennis M. Hausmann, Thorsten Lill
  • Patent number: 10513706
    Abstract: A recombinantly expressed nucleotide triphosphate transporter efficiently imports the triphosphates of unnatural nucleotides into cells, and the endogenous cellular machinery incorporates those nucleotides into cellular nucleic acids. UBPs can therefore form within the cell's nucleic acids. Moreover, neither the presence of the unnatural triphosphates nor the replication of the UBP represents a significant growth burden. The UBP is not efficiently excised by nucleic acid repair pathways, and therefore can be retained as long as the unnatural triphosphates are available in the growth medium. Thus, the resulting cell is the first organism to stably propagate an expanded genetic alphabet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Floyd E. Romesberg, Denis A. Malyshev
  • Patent number: 10516883
    Abstract: A video decoding method according to an embodiment of the present invention may include determining a type of a filter to be applied to a first-layer picture which a second-layer picture as a decoding target refers to; determining a filtering target of the first-layer picture to which the filter is applied; filtering the filtering target based on the type of the filter; and adding the filtered first-layer picture to a second-layer reference picture list. Accordingly, the video decoding method and an apparatus using the same may reduce a prediction error in an upper layer and enhance encoding efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Ho Lee, Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 10515461
    Abstract: A reference imaging system including a planar reference piece. The reference imaging system further includes a three-axis gantry for positioning the planar reference piece at a plurality of points in a 3D coordinate system. Additionally, the reference imaging system includes a yaw actuator for adjusting the yaw angle of the object. Furthermore, the reference imaging system includes a pitch actuator for adjusting the pitch of the object. Moreover, the reference imaging system includes a computer processing unit for controlling the 3D position, pitch and yaw of the planar reference piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Jian Jin
  • Patent number: 10515714
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of determining the sequence and/or positions of modified bases in a nucleic acid sample present in a circular molecule with a nucleic acid insert of known sequence comprising obtaining sequence data of at least two insert-sample units. In some embodiments, the methods comprise obtaining sequence data using circular pair-locked molecules. In some embodiments, the methods comprise calculating scores of sequences of the nucleic acid inserts by comparing the sequences to the known sequence of the nucleic acid insert, and accepting or rejecting repeats of the sequence of the nucleic acid sample according to the scores of one or both of the sequences of the inserts immediately upstream or downstream of the repeats of the sequence of the nucleic acid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chao-Chi Pan, Jenn-Yeh Fann, Chung-Fan Chiou, Hung-Chi Chien, Hui-Ling Chen