Patents Assigned to Research
  • Activated CD26-high immune cells and CD26-negative immune cells and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11963980
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for the production of activated CD26high T cells by co-stimulation with inducible coactivator (ICOS). Further provided are methods for treatment of cancer by administration of the of activated CD26high T cells as an adoptive T cell therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MUSC Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Chrystal M. Paulos, Michelle H. Nelson, Stefanie R. Bailey
  • Display panel, detection method and display device
    Patent number: 11966135
    Abstract: A display panel, including a pixel array; multiple rows of gate lines; and multiple columns of data lines; the gate lines and the data lines are perpendicular to each other, respectively, and every two gate lines are correspondingly connected to a row of sub-pixels, and each data line is correspondingly connected to two columns of sub-pixels; each row of pixels is correspondingly connected to two gate lines, and any two gate lines are parallel to each other; and there is a preset length difference between two adjacent rows of gate lines. The wiring of the display panel is convenient to be array detected, and improving the production yield of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Chongqing Advance Display Technology Research, Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuan Wu
  • Phosphorus-containing rare-earth-containing MFI structure molecular sieve rich in mesopore, preparation method, and catalyst containing same and application thereof
    Patent number: 11964262
    Abstract: A rare earth- and phosphorus-containing molecular sieve of MFI structure rich in mesopores has a ratio of n(SiO2)/n(Al2O3) of more than 15 and less than 70. The molecular sieve has a content of phosphorus of 1-15 wt %, calculated as P2O5 and based on the dry weight of the molecular sieve. The content of the supported metal in the molecular sieve is 1-10 wt % supported metal M1 and 0.1-5 wt % supported metal M2 based on the oxide of the supported metal and the dry weight of the molecular sieve. The supported metal M1 is one or two selected from lanthanum and cerium, and the supported metal M2 is one selected from iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese, zinc, tin, bismuth and gallium; the volume of mesopores in the molecular sieve represents 40-70% by volume of the total pore volume of the molecular sieve by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Ying Ouyang, Yibin Luo, Jianqiang Liu, Li Zhuang, Minggang Li, Xingtian Shu
  • Ternary in-memory accelerator
    Patent number: 11966714
    Abstract: A circuit of cells used as a memory array and capable of in-memory arithmetic which includes a plurality of signed ternary processing, each signed ternary processing cell includes a first memory cell, adapted to hold a first digital value, a second memory cell, adapted to hold a second digital value, wherein a binary combination of the first digital value and the second digital value establishes a first signed ternary operand, a signed ternary input forming a second signed ternary operand, and a signed ternary output, wherein the signed ternary output represents a signed multiplication of the first signed ternary operand and the second signed ternary operand, a sense circuit adapted to output a subtraction result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Shubham Jain, Anand Raghunathan, Sumeet Kumar Gupta
  • Method and apparatus for measuring robust continuous blood sugar using skin image
    Patent number: 11967114
    Abstract: A method for measuring blood sugar that is performed by an apparatus for measuring blood is provided. The method includes calculating color data from multiple skin regions of interest in a skin image, classifying a user's meal state into a pre-meal state or a post-meal state through analysis of acquired user information, estimating blood sugar by applying the calculated color data to a blood sugar regression linear equation corresponding to the classified user's meal state, and measuring robust blood sugar by weighted averaging the estimated blood sugar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Kwang Seok Hong, Jin Soo Park
  • BrainPET system for simultaneous MRI and PET imaging
    Patent number: 11963739
    Abstract: In order to improve both spatial resolution and sensitivity for brain research and clinical activity, we have designed a combined PET/MRI insert for brain scanning, referred to herein as a “BrainPET insert” that can be fit onto and into a suitable MRI system. The BrainPET Insert comprises, in order, a receive (Rx) coil positioned within and adjacent to a transmit (Tx) coil and a PET ring, wherein both the Rx coil and the Tx coil are within the PET ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sino Canada Health Engineering Research Institute (Hefei) Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Goertzen, John Saunders, James Schellenberg, Ryan Sparkes, Gong Zhang
  • Apparatus and method for multi-cloud service platform
    Patent number: 11966768
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for a multi-cloud service platform. The apparatus includes one or more processors and executable memory for storing at least one program executed by the one or more processors. The at least one program may receive a service request from a user client device, generate a multi-cloud infrastructure service using multiple clouds in response to the service request, make the multiple clouds interoperate with mufti-cloud infrastructure in order to provide the multi-cloud infrastructure service, and generate a multi-cloud application runtime environment corresponding to the multi-cloud infrastructure service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seok-Ho Son, Dong-Jae Kang, Byoung-Seob Kim, Seung-Jo Bae, Ji-Hoon Seo, Byeong-Thaek Oh, Kure-Chel Lee, Young-Woo Jung
  • System and method for voice-control of electrosurgical system
    Patent number: 11967425
    Abstract: A system and method for voice control of operating room electrical equipment. The system comprises an electrosurgical generator a controller with a memory, a graphical user interface controlled by said controller, a power module, a field programmable gate array, and a voice recognition module connected to said field programmable gate array, a data storage connected to said controller in said electrosurgical generator; and electrical operating room equipment connected to said voice recognition module, wherein said electrical operating room equipment is configured to receive and decrypt encrypted commands from said voice recognition module. The electrical operating room equipment may said electrosurgical generator or a robotic surgical system or other electrical equipment in an operating room. The connection between said electrical operating room equipment and said voice recognition module may be wireless.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Jerome Canady Research Institute
    Inventors: Jerome Canady, Changhan Jun, Taisen Zhuang
  • Method for preparing COF-protected electrolytic hydrogen production electrode
    Patent number: 11965257
    Abstract: A method for preparing a COF-protected electrode and an electrode are provided. The method includes mixing an organic framework, a small molecular organic acid and a solvent, adding a polar aqueous solution containing a substrate thereto, mixing the above uniformly and heating the system at a low temperature under an inert atmosphere, filtering the solution to obtain precipitates, washing and drying the precipitates to obtain a COF film grown on a surface of the substrate; coating a protective layer on the COF film to obtain a substrate/COF/protective layer film; etching off the substrate to obtain a COF/protective layer film; and transferring the COF/protective layer film to a surface of the electrode, and removing the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Chang Zhang, Jinyi Wang, Zhibo Ren, Pengjie Wang, Xianming Xu, Huan Zhang
  • Changing headlight properties to recommend vehicle speed
    Patent number: 11964610
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adjusting headlight properties according to the speed of the vehicle. In particular, some embodiments aim to optimize a vehicle's lighting in suboptimal conditions. Using the data processed by the ADAS, the system is able to optimize the vehicle's lighting by taking into account various factors beyond the current speed limit on the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Guillermo Pita Gil, Jaime S. Camhi
  • Weapon usage monitoring system having shot count monitoring and safety selector switch
    Patent number: 11965704
    Abstract: A method providing discharge monitoring of a firearm includes a signal processing module and a safety selector switch sensor. The event detection module has at least one sensor that senses an acceleration and generates an acceleration signal. The signal processing module receives the acceleration signal and is configured to determine whether the acceleration signal is a discharge event and generate an event detection signal based on the determination, the signal processing module further configured to maintain a shot count of the firearm based on the determination that the event detection signal is a discharge event. The safety selector switch sensor communicates with a safety switch configured on the firearm, and communicates a safety switch signal to the signal processing module corresponding to a position of the safety switch. The event detection signal is further based on the safety switch signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Armaments Research Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff O'Dell, Michael Canty
  • Valve incorporating temporary phase change material
    Patent number: 11964422
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of a valve that may be opened and closed using a thixotropic or “stress yield” material, or other material that temporarily changes phase upon application of energy to the material. More particularly, some embodiments may include a valve that is opened and closed using a granular gel that is a temporary phase change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Muse, Meghan Hughes, Carl David Crane, Thomas Ettor Angelini, Kyle D. Schulze, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Curtis Taylor
  • Low noise and high-performance field effect transistors of 2-dimensional materials and methods to fabricate the same
    Patent number: 11967629
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and methods of fabricating and using the same are provided. The semiconductor device comprises a channel region and at least a first, second, and third electrode. The channel region includes a compound having a transition metal and a chalcogen. The thickness of the channel region is about 3 to about 40 atomic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Kansas State University Research Foundation, Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Suprem R. Das, David B. Janes, Jiseok Kwon
  • Device for attenuating energy
    Patent number: 11965573
    Abstract: These teachings relate to a device that includes a base having an axis that is centered and perpendicular relative to the base and two or more arms each connected to the base at a base hinge The base hinge rotates the two or more arms away from the axis, and one or more expandable bands are connected with distal ends of the two or more arms. The one or more expandable bands absorb energy from rotating of the two or more arms. The device absorbs energy when an external force is applied along the axis of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Accelerated Research LLC
    Inventor: Scott Burr
  • Apparatus and method of identifying transmitter
    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
  • Wireless network service interfaces
    Patent number: 11968234
    Abstract: A uniform wireless network service selection information exchange interface system is provided to facilitate a consistent user experience across multiple wireless networks that may have different service plan activation or service plan purchase processes. Network detection of service usage anomalies based on device-based data usage reports is provided to enable the network to determine whether an end-user device is likely operating in accordance with the established policy, or whether the end-user device may be operating fraudulently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Headwater Research LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, James Lavine, Alireza Raissinia
  • System for reducing VOC and nitrogen oxide and method for reducing same
    Patent number: 11965446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a VOC reduction system and a VOC reduction method that applies pulse type thermal energy to a catalyst to activate the catalyst and oxidizes and removes the VOC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jin Hee Lee, Iljeong Heo, Tae Sun Chang, Ji Hoon Park, Sang Joon Kim, Young Jin Kim
  • LIDAR sensor device and method of transmitting laser signal
    Patent number: 11965990
    Abstract: A lidar sensor device according to an embodiment includes a data generation unit that generates light identification data, an optical modulation unit that generates a plurality of modulated signals for the optical identification data by performing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation on the optical identification data and generates a plurality of laser signals respectively corresponding to the plurality of modulated signals and having different frequencies, and a transmission unit that simultaneously transmits the plurality of laser signals to different measurement points according to the frequencies, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RESEARCH COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeong Sook Eom, Gun Zung Kim, Yong Wan Park
  • Nanosensors and methods for detection of biological markers
    Patent number: 11965881
    Abstract: Methods and devices for microfluidic detection of a biological maker in a biospecimen collected from a subject are disclosed. The microfluidic devices include nanoparticle-based nanosensors comprising supramolecular recognition sequences, protease consensus sequences, post-translationally modifiable sequences, or sterically hindered benzylether bonds for specific interaction with a biological marker. Also disclosed are particular nanosensors for detecting cytokines, and other proteins based upon supramolecular recognition without chemical modification or enzymatic cleavage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Kansas State University Research Foundation, Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Massoud Motamedi, Allan R. Brasier, Stefan H. Bossmann, Christopher T. Culbertson, Deryl Troyer
  • Walk-through detector
    Patent number: D1023798
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FISHER RESEARCH LABS, LLC.
    Inventors: John C. Griffin, William A. Rademacher