Patents Assigned to Research
  • Patent number: 8968765
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a brush polymer, including: a linear polymer main chain; and brush structural side chains, including: a hydrophobic molecular branch, and a hydrophilic molecular branch and/or an anti-biofilm/or an anti-microbial molecular branch, wherein the linear polymer main chain is conjugated to the side chains by covalent bonds formed between a hydroxyl group and a reactive functional group, wherein the reactive functional group includes: isocyanate, carboxyl, or epoxy. The present disclosure also provides a medical application of the brush polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jui-Hsiang Chen, Jean-Dean Yang, Yu-Hua Chen, Ting-Yu Shih, Chia-wei Hong, Chao-Chen Tien
  • Patent number: 8969292
    Abstract: Leptin muteins, in particular leptin antagonists, with increased binding affinity to leptin receptor are provided. These compounds as well as pharmaceutical composition comprising them are useful for the treatment of any disorder in which a non-desirable or deleterious activity of endogenous leptin or an altered innate immune response is implicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: The Medical Research, Infrastructure, and Health Services Fund of the Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
    Inventors: Arieh Gertler, Eran Elinav, Zamir Halpern
  • Patent number: 8968911
    Abstract: A battery assembling device has two brackets and an assembling unit. The brackets abut each other and can be securely mounted around two battery units. The assembling unit has a quick-release housing and two clamps. The quick-release housing has two electrode holes. The clamps are respectively mounted in the electrode holes and each clamp has two opposite threaded inner surfaces. The battery units can be bundled by the brackets in advance to form regular battery modules. Because the assembling unit is easily and quickly connected with the battery modules, the assembling of a cell of an electrical vehicle is greatly convenient and fast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Testing Center
    Inventors: Cheng-Shun Jiang, Jia-Sing Hsu
  • Patent number: 8972264
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for utterance verification are provided for verifying a recognized vocabulary output from speech recognition. The apparatus for utterance verification includes a reference score accumulator, a verification score generator and a decision device. A log-likelihood score obtained from speech recognition is processed by taking a logarithm of the value of the probability of one of feature vectors of an input speech conditioned on one of states of each model vocabulary. A verification score is generated based on the processed result. The verification score is compared with a predetermined threshold value so as to reject or accept the recognized vocabulary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Shih-Chieh Chien
  • Patent number: 8967457
    Abstract: A total history management system using a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a barcode. The system includes an RFID tag, a barcode recorder and a barcode reader. The RFID tag is attached to a box containing a plurality of individual products to store an environmental history of a distribution. The barcode recorder is configured to provide, to each of the plurality of individual products, a barcode in which identification (ID) information of the RFID tag is recorded. The barcode reader is configured to recognize the barcode attached to each of the plurality of individual products, and to output the environmental history of the distribution, corresponding to the ID information of the RFID tag that is received in response to a query with respect to the RFID tag, using the recognized barcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dong Beom Shin, Heyung Sub Lee, Sang Hyun Mo, Kang Bok Lee, Jae Heum Lee, Cheol Sig Pyo
  • Patent number: 8972146
    Abstract: A device, system and method for controlling speed of a vehicle are provided. The device includes a locational information module for determining location information and speed; a storage module for storing at least one geographic map including at least one route and a speed limit for the at least one route; a processing module configured to receive the location information, retrieve at least one geographic map based on the location information, determine a speed limit based on the location information and compare the speed of the device to the determined speed limit; and a display module for alerting a user if the speed of the device exceeds the determined speed limit. The system and method can be for communicating a subject vehicle's speed to a central server where it can be utilized to analyze traffic congestion patterns or notify selected companies or individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Clayco Research Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Leigh M. Rothschild
  • Patent number: 8971602
    Abstract: A dynamic magnetic resonance elastography (“MRE”) method for quantifying liver stiffness using intrinsic transient waveforms imparted on the liver by the beating heart is provided. The method includes synchronizing motion-encoding gradients in an MRE pulse sequence to the subject's cardiac cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Kevin J Glaser, Richard L Ehman, David A Olsen
  • Patent number: 8969459
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a white coating composition, and a device employing a coating made of the composition. The white coating composition includes 20-55 parts by weight of silicon dioxide particles, 40-75 parts by weight of inorganic material, and 5-40 parts by weight of silsequioxane, wherein the silsequioxane is prepared from monomers comprising a first monomer represented by the Formula (I) and a second monomer represented by the Formula (II) wherein, R1 is independently the same or different methyl or ethyl, and R2 is independently the same or different C1-6 alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Chou, Chyi-Ming Leu
  • Patent number: 8969735
    Abstract: A flexible metal interconnect structure for transmitting signals between IC devices in flexible electronic devices is formed between two compliant flexible material layers that are laminated together form a multi-layer flexible substrate. The interconnect structure is formed by two rows of spaced-apart conductive pads (metal islands) attached to the inside (facing) surfaces of the flexible material layers. Compliant micro-contact elements such as micro-springs provide sliding metal pressure contacts that maintain electrical connections between the islands during stretching of the composite sheet. Specifically, at least two micro-contact elements are attached to each metal island in one of the rows, with one element in sliding pressure contact with an associated first metal island in the opposing row and the second element in sliding pressure contact with an associated second metal island. The islands and sliding contacts can be patterned into high density traces that accommodate large strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Eugene M. Chow, Dirk DeBruyker
  • Patent number: 8970514
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing touch-screen surveys. The surveys comprise a plurality of screen displays each including a survey question and one or more screen buttons by means of which the user signifies an answer to the survey question by touching the screen button. A method of quarantining responses to a touch screen survey comprises defining a set of criteria for identifying if a response is likely to be a serious response or a nuisance response. The method includes monitoring the screen touches to determine the number of survey questions answered and the time intervals between screen touches. The monitored screen touches are compared with the defined criteria to categorize the response as a likely nuisance response or a likely serious response. The response is quarantined if it is categorized as a likely nuisance response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Customer Research Technology Limited
    Inventors: Richard Stephen Gamble, Simon John Rowland
  • Patent number: 8969056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for integrated production of ethanol and seaweed biofertilizer from fresh red seaweed, Kappaphycus alvarezii. Specifically, the present invention describes a process for the production of ethanol, as a byproduct, from Kappaphycus alvarezii. The process includes crushing the fresh weeds to release the sap, a proved biofertilizer, and recovering the residual carrageenan rich biomass, hydrolyzing the biomass using dilute acid at elevated temperature, neutralizing the hydrolysate by using inexpensive calcium hydroxide and removing the insoluble salts through filtration or centrifugation, desalting soluble salts from the hydrolysate by electrodialysis, enriching with nitrogen source, inoculating with yeast and fermenting it to form a fermented broth containing ethanol and separating ethanol from the fermented broth by distillation and using residual hydrolysate, generated CaSO4 and reject obtained from electrodialysis as manure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Kalpana Haresh Mody, Pushpito Kumar Ghosh, Barindra Sana, G. Gnanasekaran, Atindra Dinkerray Shukla, K. Eswaran, Harshad Ramanbhai Brahmbhatt, Bharatiben Gunavantray Shah, Sreekumaran Thampy, Bhavanath Jha
  • Patent number: 8969304
    Abstract: This relates to the prevention of cancer initiation. More specifically, the invention provides compositions and methods useful for altering the genetic signature in breast tissue, said alteration being correlated with a reduced risk for the development of breast cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Institute for Cancer Research
    Inventors: Jose Russo, Irma H. Russo
  • Patent number: 8970036
    Abstract: Provided is a stress-relieving, second-level interconnect structure that is low-cost and accommodates thermal coefficient of expansion (TCE) mismatch between low-TCE packages and printed circuit boards (PCBs). The interconnect structure comprises at least a first pad, a supporting pillar, and a solder bump, wherein the first pad and supporting pillar are operative to absorb substantially all plastic strain, thereby enhancing compliance between the two electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Pulugurtha Markondeya Raj, Nitesh Kumbhat, Venkatesh V. Sundaram, Rao R. Tummala, Xian Qin
  • Patent number: 8969313
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preventing, inhibiting, arresting or reversing tumorigenesis in a cell as well as a method of inducing apoptosis in a tumor cell. The method includes increasing the amount and/or the activity of a DACT protein, or a functional fragment thereof, in the cell. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition that comprises a compound of general formula (I), wherein A is CH or N, R1, R4 and R5 are independent from each other H, an aliphatic group, an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, an arylaliphatic group, and an arylalicyclic group comprising 0-3 heteroatoms. The heteroatoms may be N, O, S, or Si. R4 and R5 may optionally be linked so as to define an aliphatic hydrocarbyl bridge. R2 is H or a halogen such as F, Cl, Br or L. R3 is H, F, Cl or an aliphatic or arylaliphatic group that includes 1-8 main chain carbon atoms and 0-3 heteroatoms. The pharmaceutical composition also comprises a histone deacetylase inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventor: Qiang Yu
  • Patent number: 8966954
    Abstract: An anthropomorphic phantom for medical imaging systems is disclosed, which is configured with organ models designed to mimic the three-dimensional shape of human organs, and also by the arrangement of plate-like first connecting elements inside their corresponding organ models, lesion phantoms for simulating tumors can be fixedly secured inside the corresponding organ model using a plurality of first connection holes formed on the first connecting element. Therefore, by the distribution of those first connection holes, not only the lesion phantoms can be arranged at any position inside the corresponding organ model at will as required, but also by modularized design of the anthropomorphic phantom, organ models can first be assembled to form a module structure while the whole module structure with the organ model can be moved into and assembled easily with a torso-like humanoid housing of the anthropomorphic phantom by the use of a handle element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Yu-Ching Ni, Shiang-Lin Hsu, Meei-Ling Jan
  • Patent number: 8968985
    Abstract: The presently described embodiments use a printing process, e.g. a wax printing technique, to pattern a mask layer (such as a soldermask layer) of, for example, a printed circuit. Substantially all other conventional processes in developing soldermask and exposure processes can be maintained. According to the presently described embodiments, each printed circuit will have a unique pattern that matches uniform and non-uniform runout. In one form, the pattern is comprised of wax single drops having a specified gap to make the process transparent to the current industry practice. Furthermore, the single drops can be used for both large and small areas without any development time differences. In at least one form, the wax pattern and the soldermask in the gap are removed during development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott Jong Ho Limb, Eric J. Shrader, Uma Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 8973060
    Abstract: There is provided a method where a terminal amplifies an MBS signal that the terminal receives using a terminal in an MBS service, transmits the amplified signal to another terminal and controls it in order to overcome the fact it is not possible to provide high quality contents over a broad area due to interference signals between MBS zones, a terminal is used as a repeater at MBS transmission time only, and an output of a repeating signal of the terminal is controlled so that an excessive interference signal for another MBS area is not generated when the terminal operates as a repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventor: Young-Il Kim
  • Patent number: 8969578
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds derived from a chemical structure according to the formula (I) wherein X comprises oxygen or sulfur, R1 comprises a phenyl or naphthyl group, R2 comprises an amide group and R3 comprises a phosphate group. The disclosed compounds demonstrate inhibitory activity against STAT3, a protein found in certain tumor tissues and which promotes cellular overproliferation and resistance to apoptosis. The invention includes compositions containing the disclosed compounds, as well as methods of treatment therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James Turkson, Andrew D. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 8969249
    Abstract: Bicyclic abscisic acid (ABA) analogs of Formula (I) and (II) and the process for their production are disclosed. The bicyclic ABA analogs include the structural elements and functional groups of the parent molecule that are required for activity, and have an aromatic ring fused to the ring replacing the vinyl methyl group of absicisie acid. Methods for using the bicyclic ABA analogs to inhibit cell growth and seed germination are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Suzanne Abrams, Adrian J. Cutler, Patricia Rose, James Nyangulu, Ken M. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8971231
    Abstract: Messages are delivered in a mobile network by creating a communication route between a source node and a destination node comprised of virtual routers, each virtual router being fixed to a particular geographical area and including a plurality of mobile nodes, each of the mobile nodes being available to forward a data packet on behalf of a virtual router, and each mobile node upon receiving a data packet sent over the communication route monitoring for forwarding of the data packet by another mobile node and, if such forwarding is not detected, the mobile node forwarding the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Kien A. Hua