Patents Assigned to Research
  • Publication number: 20240168184
    Abstract: A system may receive a package previously irradiated for sterilization. The package may have a sensor comprising a reference tag and sensing tag at least partially coated with a material comprising poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) and Polyurethan (PU). The system may scan the sensing tag and the reference tag. The system may determine, based on radio frequency (RF) signals reflected from the sensing tag and reference tag, the sensor is exposed to radiation. The system may output a quality measure indicative of the sensor being exposed to radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Rahim Rahimi
  • Publication number: 20240165178
    Abstract: This document relates to materials and methods involved in treating cancer. For example, materials and methods for using one or more oncolytic viruses (e.g., one or more oncolytic viruses) to treat cancer in a mammal (e.g., a human) identified as having a cancer likely to respond to oncolytic virotherapy are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Evanthia Galanis, S. Keith Anderson, Cheyne B. Kurokawa, Ianko D. Iankov
  • Publication number: 20240165345
    Abstract: A receptacle for single-handedly uncapping, recapping and disposing a syringe's needle cap and needle head. The receptacle may include a receptacle unit with first and second ends and a base connected to the second end of the receptacle unit. The receptacle unit may, from its first end to its said second end, a hollow opening. The receptacle unit may, from its first end to its second end, include a wall channel. The wall channel may, at its second end be dimensioned to snugly engage the syringe's needle cap. Additionally, the wall channel may include a device for snuggly engaging a needle cap circumferential ridge and a needle head circumferential ridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: DECAP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jamie MAGRILL, Ina NA, Pnina HaRimon GROSSMAN, Leon Trumpeldor KALANTARO
  • Publication number: 20240166088
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated channel apparatus for a non-heat pump thermal management integrated module and an electric vehicle. The integrated channel apparatus includes a first component and a second component, the first component is provided with a channel group that runs through the first component along a thickness direction and a groove that does not run through the first component, the channel group and the groove are used to accommodate a connecting tube. The second component is provided with multiple strip grooves, each strip groove is provided corresponding to two channels to connect the two channels. During use, the integrated channel apparatus is installed in the non-heat pump thermal management integrated module, and the connecting tubes that need to be connected are placed in the two channels and the strip groove correspondingly connecting the two channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., LTD., Ningbo Geely Automobile Research and Development Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Guibin LI, Bingrong LIN, Junbo XU, Haijiang DAI, Qiang XUE, Junzhe ZHANG, Liang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240167176
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stirring-free scalable electrochemical reactor enabled by alternating current and uses thereof in a method of performing electrosynthesis of organic reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Sergey N. SEMENOV, Evgenil BORTNIKOV
  • Patent number: 11986488
    Abstract: A method of treating a malignant disease involving T cell exhaustion in a subject, with the proviso that said malignant disease is not a B cell malignancy, is disclosed. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of CD84, thereby treating the malignant disease involving the T cell exhaustion. Also disclosed is a method of treating an autoimmune or inflammatory disease in a subject, the method comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of CD84. A method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of SLAMF1, with the proviso that said agent is not an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of CD84, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Idit Shachar, Hadas Lewinsky, Lihi Radomir, Anna Wiener
  • Patent number: 11990772
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes a wireless power transfer device. The wireless power transfer device includes a first transmitting coil oriented along a first axis; a second transmitting coil on the first transmitting coil and oriented along a second axis different from the first axis; and a nonmagnetic material magnetically decoupling the first transmitting coil from the second transmitting coil in an area of overlap between the first and second transmitting coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
    Inventors: Brian R. Dearden, Justin Cheng-Tsu Loo
  • Patent number: 11987801
    Abstract: This disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering or changing the tissue tropism, e.g., liver tropism, of adeno-associated viruses (AAV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Luk H. Vandenberghe, Pauline Schmit, Christopher Tipper, Carmen Unzu, Eric Zinn
  • Patent number: 11988992
    Abstract: An energy harvesting system for use with the human body may use an eccentrically mounted weight winding a mainspring that drives a mechanical clock mechanism. The mechanical clock mechanism in turn may produce pulses of electricity, for example, through periodic flexing of a piezoelectric or triboelectric material during the regular motion of the mechanical timing mechanism. By remaining in a mechanical rather than electrical domain, improved simplicity and efficiency may be obtained in the generation of regularly spaced uniform pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Xudong Wang, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 11989524
    Abstract: The present invention solves difficulties in constructing a dialogue corpus, ensures the accuracy of a system utterance, and evaluates a user utterance in a dialogue technology for language learning and a knowledge-grounded dialogue technology, in which a system and method is capable of helping a learner in language learning by constructing a language learning dialogue corpus using passages and exercises commonly used in language education and learning sites, training a dialogue model and a dialogue evaluation model with the language learning dialogue corpus, and allowing a user and a system to have a dialogue on the basis of a given passage. It is expected that it will be possible to implement a dialogue system for language learning that is capable of performing evaluation and easily expanding a domain (expansion of learning content).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Jinxia Huang
  • Patent number: 11987653
    Abstract: A method of preparing a polyolefin is disclosed. In some examples, the method comprises contacting an olefin monomer with an olefin polymerization precatalyst and a photoacid generator (PAG) to provide an olefin polymerization mixture; and irradiating the olefin polymerization matrix for a first period of time with ultraviolet or visible light, activating the precatalyst to catalyze polymerization of the olefin monomer, thereby preparing a polyolefin. Additive manufacturing approaches employing the methods are also disclosed, as are ink compositions comprising an olefin polymerization precatalyst and a PAG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Keith Long, Jordan Michael Kaiser
  • Patent number: 11989662
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for an iterative approach to topic modeling and the use of web mapping technology to implement advanced spatial operators for interactive high-dimensional visualization and inference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: San Diego State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: André Skupin, Fangming Du
  • Patent number: 11988994
    Abstract: A horological component including a substrate and at least one first decoration component including at least one first photoluminescent material configured to procure a phosphorescent appearance. The horological component includes a second decoration component including at least one second material, the second material being metallic and configured to procure a metallic appearance, or variochromic and configured to procure a color that varies under the effect of a stimulus, the first decoration component and the second decoration component being arranged relative to one another on the substrate to form a decoration having a metallic appearance or a color that varies under the effect of a stimulus when the horological component is exposed to light and a phosphorescent appearance when the horological component is in the dark. A timepiece can include such a horological component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Nicolas Francois, Agnes Marlot Doerr, Carole Govaerts
  • Patent number: 11988562
    Abstract: An interferometer for use in remote sensing systems includes a beam splitter that separates an input wave into a reflected wave, which travels along a first optical path within an upper interferometer arm, and a transmitted wave, which travels along a second optical path within a lower interferometer arm. The reflected and transmitted waves are subsequently recombined by the beam splitter for imaging onto a sensor. A highly dispersive element is incorporated into at least one of the pair of interferometer arms. Due to anomalous dispersion, a frequency shift in a wave transmitted through a dispersive element changes the optical path length within its corresponding arm. As a result, the recombined wave produces an interference pattern with a measurable phase change that can be utilized to calculate the original frequency shift in the input wave with great precision and potential sub-Hertz sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Bloom
  • Patent number: 11986561
    Abstract: In one aspect, compositions and wound dressings are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition or wound dressing described herein comprises a mesh formed from a plurality of biodegradable polymer fibers; a first active agent dispersed in the biodegradable polymer fibers; a plurality of biodegradable polymer particles disposed in the mesh; and a second active agent dispersed in the biodegradable polymer particles. The particles can be disposed within the interiors of the fibers of the mesh or between the fibers of the mesh. In another aspect, a composition or wound dressing described herein comprises a first perforated mesh formed from a first plurality of biodegradable polymer fibers; and a second perforated mesh formed from a second plurality of biodegradable polymer fibers, wherein the second perforated mesh is disposed on the first perforated mesh in a stacked configuration and the first and second perforated meshes have different degrees of perforation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Jian Yang, Kytai T. Nguyen, Zhiwei Xie
  • Patent number: 11987951
    Abstract: A land leveller includes a vehicle frame and a swing frame. The swing frame include a supporting beam assembly and connecting parts, the supporting beam assembly include multiple beam members, and the multiple beam members are connected sequentially at end parts, such that the multiple beam members form a closed shape. The connecting part is arranged at the connecting end part between two adjacent beam members. At least one connecting part is rotatably connected with the vehicle frame, and at least another connecting part is rotatably connected with a driving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: JIANGSU XCMG CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD., XUZHOU XUGONG ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Gao, Penglong Hou, Junjie Duan
  • Patent number: 11987856
    Abstract: An ultra-high strength maraging stainless steel with nominal composition (in mass) of C?0.03%, Cr: 13.0-14.0%, Ni: 5.5-7.0%, Co: 5.5-7.5%, Mo: 3.0-5.0%, Ti: 1.9-2.5%, Si: ?0.1%, Mn: ?0.1%, P: ?0.01%, S: ?0.01%, and Fe: balance. The developed ultra-high strength maraging stainless steel combines ultra-high strength (with ?b?2000 MPa, ?0.2?1700 MPa, ??8% and ??40%), high toughness (KIC?83 MPa·m1/2) and superior salt-water corrosion resistance (with pitting potential Epit?0.15 (vs SCE)). Therefore, this steel is suitable to make structural parts that are used in harsh corrosive environments like marine environment containing chloride ions, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, Institute of Metal Research
    Inventors: Jialong Tian, Ke Yang, Wei Wang, Yiyin Shan, Wei Yan
  • Patent number: 11986659
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for treating spasticity, hypertonia or dystonia are disclosed. Treatment involves applying a source of direct current to one or more locations in a subject (animal, human, or other sentient being). Locations for application of direct current include the spinal column, peripheral nerves, and the cranium. The delivery of direct current is adjusted to change biological activity of or level of gene expression and/or protein expression of target molecule NKCC1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventor: Zaghloul Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11987793
    Abstract: A composition for the treatment of bladder fibrosis in a patient in need that includes a miR-29 mimic is disclosed. The miR-29 mimic may include a working RNA strand with the nucleotide sequence UAGCACCAUCUGAAAUCGGUUUU (SEQ ID NO 4) and a passenger RNA strand comprising the nucleotide sequence: AACCGAUUUCuuuUGGUGCUAUU (SEQ ID NO 5). The passenger RNA strand includes a 2?-O-methylation modification to increase stability. Cholesterol is conjugated to the 3?-end of the passenger RNA strand to enhance cellular uptake. The composition may further include a carrier molecule including, but not limited to, branched polyethylenimine at an N/P ratio of 0.8, where N denotes the nitrogens of the polyethylenimine and P denotes the phosphate groups of the working and passenger RNA strands. In some aspects, the composition may be an injectable composition that includes a polyplex dissolved in a 0.5% glucose solution, where the polyplex is formed from the working and passenger RNA strands and the carrier molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: Washington University, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jianghui Hou, Dale Bjorling, Zunyi Wang
  • Patent number: 11989658
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for exclusive reinforcement learning are provided, comprising: collecting information of states of an environment through the communication interface and performing a statistical analysis on the states using the collected information; determining a first state value of a first state among the states in a training phase and a second state value of a second state among the states in an inference phase based on analysis results of the statistical analysis; performing reinforcement learning by using one reinforcement learning unit of a plurality of reinforcement learning unit which performs reinforcement learnings from different perspectives according to the first state value; and selecting one of actions determined by the plurality of reinforcement learning unit based on the second state value and applying selected action to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyunseok Kim, Myung Eun Kim, Seonghyun Kim, Young Sung Son, Jongkwon Son, Soonyong Song, Donghun Lee, Ingook Jang, Jin Chul Choi