Patents Assigned to Research
  • CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190373721
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate and at least one circuit structure. The substrate has first slots, each first slot extends along a first axis, and a length of each first slot along the first axis is greater than lengths of each first slot along other directions. The circuit structure is disposed on the substrate and includes arc segments and extending segments. Each arc segment is connected between two of the extending segments such that the circuit structure is circuitous. The circuit structure and each first slot have an interval therebetween such that each first slot and a partial surface of the substrate are exposed by the circuit structure. Each first slot is located between adjacent two extending segments, and the first axis of each first slot passes through the corresponding arc segment. In addition, an electronic device having the circuit board is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Ta Pan, Hsien-Chie Cheng, Zi-Hao Ye, Kung-Chieh Huang
  • Compositions comprising a mitofusin inhibitor for promoting cell reprogramming and a use thereof
    Patent number: 10494611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a repressor of mitofusin gene expression, an inhibitor of mitofusin protein activity, or a mixture thereof as an active ingredient for promoting reprogramming a differentiated cell into a pluripotent stem cell, and a use thereof. The composition according to the present invention increases the efficiency of reprogramming as well as reduces the time required for reprogramming to produce pluripotent stem cells. Therefore, the present composition can be beneficially used to develop the production technology of high efficiency pluripotent stem cell and secure a large-scale culture system. Further, the present composition can be beneficially used to maintain pluripotent stem cells and screen the compounds capable of promoting the reprogramming into pluripotent stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLGY
    Inventors: Yee Sook Cho, Myung Jin Son, You Jeong Kwon
  • Materials and methods for modulating activity of bone marrow derived cells
    Patent number: 10493131
    Abstract: The subject invention provides methods for recruitment of bone marrow-derived cells, including bone marrow-derived endothelial cells (BMDEC), and increasing their function by administration of relaxin. The methods of the invention can be used in, for example, treating conditions amenable to treatment by recruitment of bone marrow-derived cells, such as BMDEC and bone marrow-derived angio-osteogcnic progenitor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Kirk P. Conrad, Mark S. Segal
  • Cosmetic use of heparan sulphate
    Patent number: 10493012
    Abstract: Affinity purification of fibroblast growth factor 2-binding heparan sulphate from porcine mucosa (HS8) is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process for the care of keratinous material(s), comprising the application or administration of HS8, or a composition comprising thereof, to keratinous material(s). The composition may be used to improve the condition of skin, such as smoothing the skin, restoring skin elasticity and firmness, or decreasing or preventing wrinkles, and may be formulated for topical or transdermal administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Agency for Science, Technology and Research, L'Oreal
    Inventors: Simon Cool, Victor Nurcombe, Charbel Bouez, Diah Saraswati Bramono
  • Detection device, detection method and compensation method for tool wear
    Patent number: 10493583
    Abstract: A detection device, detection method, and compensation method for tool wear, applied to a machine tool including a spindle connected to a tool. A first parameter set including a first cutting depth having a zero cutting depth is set, and the machine tool performs a cutting procedure with the first parameter set to record a first loading rate of the spindle. A second parameter set including a second cutting depth having a non-zero cutting depth is set, and the machine tool performs the cutting procedure with the second parameter set to record a second loading rate of the spindle. A processing device calculates an estimated cutting force according to the loading rates and a machine performance database. A fuzzy logic unit outputs a wear level according to a tool wear database and the estimated cutting force. The machine tool adjusts a cutting locus according to the wear level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ming-Jheng Wang, Meng-Chiu Lin, Chung-Min Chang, Min-Rong Chen, Chien-Yi Lee
  • STAT3 dimerization inhibitors
    Patent number: 10494389
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to compositions and methods of making and using the compositions. In a further aspect, the subject matter disclosed herein relates to inhibitors of STAT3 dimerization. Methods of making these compositions as well as compositions comprising these compositions are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing certain cancers by administering to an individual in need thereof and effective amount of the compounds disclosed herein. Still further, disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting STAT3 by contacting a cell with a compound or composition as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Said M. Sebti, Nicholas James Lawrence, Harshani Rithma Lawrence
  • Channel allocation system and method for accommodating multiple nodes in sensor network
    Patent number: 10499423
    Abstract: A channel allocation system for accommodating a plurality of nodes in a sensor network includes a PAN coordinator generating channel allocation information and CSMA idle information and transmitting a beacon including the channel allocation information and the CSMA idle information; and at least one node receiving the beacon, determining whether the contention period is in idle state based on the extracted channel allocation information and the CSMA idle information, determine a transmission time, an operation state in a reception interval, how to process received data by determining whether a channel is allocated based on whether the contention period is in idle state, and operating according to the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Geon Min Yeo, Young Il Kim, Hyun Woo Lee, Yong Tae Lee, Dae Geun Park, Soon Yong Song
  • Optical pressure treatment through electrical stimulation
    Patent number: 10493274
    Abstract: An arrangement for reducing intraocular pressure includes a pulse signal source, a probe coupling, and at least one electrode. The probe coupling is configured to be supported on a portion of a living eye. The electrodes are supported on the probe coupling. The electrodes are operably coupled to receive a pulse signal from the pulse signal source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, The Jackson Laboratory
    Inventors: Pedro Irazoqui, Simon John, Alex Kokini, Adam Willats, Alexander Chelminski, Matt Matuscak, Gabriel Simon
  • Methods and apparatuses for estimating on-wafer oxide layer reduction effectiveness via color sensing
    Patent number: 10497592
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of preparing a semiconductor substrate having a metal seed layer for a subsequent electroplating operation. In some embodiments, the methods may include contacting the surface of the semiconductor substrate with a plasma to treat the surface by reducing metal oxides thereon and thereafter measuring a post-plasma-contact color signal from said surface, the color signal having one or more color components. The methods may then further include estimating the extent of the oxide reduction due to the plasma treatment based on the post-plasma contact color signal. In some embodiments, estimating the extent of the oxide reduction due to the plasma treatment is done based on the b* component of the post-plasma contact color signal. Also disclosed are plasma treatment apparatuses which may implement the foregoing methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Manish Ranjan, Cian Sweeney, Shantinath Ghongadi
  • Predicting cancer outcome
    Patent number: 10494677
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to assessing prostate cancer in mammals. For example, this document provides nucleic acids and polypeptides that can be analyzed to determine whether a male mammal having prostate cancer is susceptible to a good or poor outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: George Vasmatzis, John C. Cheville, Farhad Kosari, Cemile D. Savci-Heijink, Eric W. Klee, Jan Marie A. Willard, Lori S. Tillmans
  • System and method for inter-frame predictive compression for point clouds
    Patent number: 10499054
    Abstract: A point cloud encoder including an input interface to accept a dynamic point cloud including a sequence of point cloud frames of a scene. A processor encodes blocks of a current point cloud frame to produce an encoded frame. Wherein, for encoding a current block of the current point cloud frame, a reference block is selected similar to the current block according to a similarity metric to serve as a reference to encode the current block. Pair each point in the current block to a point in the reference block based on values of the paired points. Encode the current block based on a combination of an identification of the reference block and residuals between the values of the paired points. Wherein the residuals are ordered according to an order of the values of the points in the reference block. A transmitter transmits the encoded frame over a communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Tian, Eduardo Pavez, Robert Cohen, Anthony Vetro
  • Method for high-speed parallel processing for ultrasonic signal by using smart device
    Patent number: 10497477
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for high-speed parallel processing for an ultrasonic signal, the method used for generation of an ultrasonic image by a smart device, which is provided with a mobile graphic processing unit (GPU), by receiving an input of an ultrasonic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: HANSONO CO. LTD, SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Tai-Kyong Song, Ukyu Kong
  • Method to purify olefin-containing hydrocarbon feedstocks
    Patent number: 10493438
    Abstract: A process for purifying an olefin-containing hydrocarbon feedstock comprising the steps of: (a) passing the said hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of hydrogen over a first catalyst bed material comprising nickel deposited on a support material wherein said nickel is present as both nickel oxide and metallic nickel (b) recovering the feedstock having a substantially reduced acetylenics (in particular methylacetylene) and allenes (in particular propadiene) content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: William J. Gauthier, Olivier Miserque, George Vulpescu, Francine Genin, Kai Hortmann, Jean-Pierre Dath
  • Low field magnetic resonance imaging methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 10495712
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a laminate panel is provided. The laminate panel comprises at least one laminate layer including at least one non-conductive layer and at least one conductive layer patterned to form at least a portion of a B0 coil configured to contribute to a B0 field suitable for use in low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Hyperfine Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Matthew Scot Rosen, Gregory L. Charvat, William J. Mileski, Todd Rearick, Michael Stephen Poole, Keith G. Fife
  • Thermophotovoltaic energy converter
    Patent number: 10497821
    Abstract: A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy converter includes a thermal emitter to generate photons of energy in response to receiving heat and a thermal receiver arranged at a distance from the thermal emitter. The thermal receiver includes a photovoltaic cell converting the received photons into electric energy. The thermal emitter includes a first layer of material arranged on a surface of the thermal emitter closest to the thermal receiver. The thermal receiver includes a second layer of material arranged on a surface of the thermal receiver closest to the thermal emitter. The first layer of material and the second layer of material have surface resonant frequencies above a bandgap of the photovoltaic cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Chungwei Lin, Bingnan Wang, Koon Hoo Teo
  • Method and apparatus for generating, transmitting, and receiving a data frame in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 10499391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique relating to a method and apparatus for generating, transmitting, and receiving a data frame having a newly proposed format in a wireless communication system. According to the technique, the method for generating a data frame in a wireless communication system comprises the following steps: generating at least one first subframe; generating at least one second subframe; and generating a data frame including the first and second subframes, wherein the first and second subframes include length information of a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) contained in the first and second subframes, and the length information of the MPDU contained in the second subframe is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeeyon Choi, Jae Woo Park, Sok-Kyu Lee
  • System and method of extracting ground route of aircraft, and computer-readable recording medium thereof
    Patent number: 10495465
    Abstract: A system for extracting a ground route of an aircraft includes an airport surface detector acquiring ground movement information of an aircraft detected in an airport, a mapper acquiring node information of the airport from a database and mapping the ground movement information with the node information, a route detector detecting taxi route information of the aircraft by collecting adjacent node information of a mapped coordinate and erasing redundant node information among collected adjacent node information, a node identifier identifying start node information or end node information of a taxi route by using stand node information of the aircraft, and a final route extractor extracting a final taxi route including an extracted shortest route by dividing the taxi route into a plurality of sub-routes and applying a shortest route algorithm to the divided sub-routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Myeong-Sook Jeong, Yeonju Eun, Hyoun Kyoung Kim, Eun Mi Oh, Daekeun Jeon, Sungkwon Hong, Jihyeon Kwon
  • Nanoparticle complexes of paclitaxel, alemtuzumab, and albumin
    Patent number: 10493150
    Abstract: Described are nanoparticle complexes comprising paclitaxel, albumin and anti-CD52 antibody. The nanoparticle complexes are suitable for the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer that expresses CD52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Svetomir N. Markovic, Wendy K. Nevala
  • Cap for optical fiber connectors
    Patent number: D868703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Michael DeJong, Wolf Peter Kluwe, Terence Lup-ho Kwan, Matthew Wallace Peterson, Dayne Wilcox
  • Grass named ‘Tift PA19’
    Patent number: PP31176
    Abstract: A new variety of Pennisetum alopecuroides plant named ‘Tift PA19’ produces a reduced number of seeds, making it less invasive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne W. Hanna, Brian M. Schwartz