Patents Assigned to Research
  • Publication number: 20150049799
    Abstract: A digital pulse width generator and a method for generating a digital pulse width are provided. The method for generating a digital pulse width includes the following. Generating a first period according to first set of bits of pulse data. The first period includes an interval. First phase signals are set to a first logic value in the interval and are generated according to first phase clock signals after an end of the interval. Second phase signals are set to the first logic value in the first period and are generated according to second phase clock signals after an end of the first period. Selecting a first signal from the first phase signals and the second phase signals according to second set of bits of the pulse data as a pulse width signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chao-Jen HUANG, Ya-Ting CHANG, Ke-Horng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150051687
    Abstract: This disclosure includes embodiments of vascular prosthetic assemblies (e.g., heart valves) and methods for using (e.g., percutaneously) and manufacturing (e.g., overmolding) the assemblies. In one embodiment, a vascular prosthetic assembly comprises a frame and a cellulose-based body coupled to the frame, wherein the frame is configured to be altered from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration. The frame can be biased toward the expanded configuration, and the assembly can be configured for placement within a catheter when the frame is in the collapsed configuration. In the embodiment shown, the frame can comprise any number of biocompatible materials, including, but not limited to, nitinol. Stainless steel, or cobalt chromium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Dickerhoff, Robert S. Farivar, Madhavan L. Raghavan, Vijay Kumar
  • Publication number: 20150049542
    Abstract: In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present technique, there is disclosed a spins selective device, including a first layer comprising a ferromagnetic material. The spin selective device further includes a second layer coupled to the first layer. The second layer includes at least one molecule having a specified chirality, such that when an electrical current flows between the first layer and the second layer one or more regions of the ferromagnetic material become magnetically polarized along a certain direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicants: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
    Inventors: Ron Naaman, Yossef Paltiel, Sivan Kober, Gilad Gotesman
  • Publication number: 20150050691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a mutant E. coli strain, capable of simultaneously using glucose and xylose, by genetic engineering and evolutionary adaptation; the mutant E. coli prepared using the same; and a method for producing biofuels, biologically active ingredients, medicinal materials or base chemicals for the chemical industry using the mutant E. coli. Being capable of simultaneously using glucose and xylose, in contrast to wild-type E. coli, the mutant E. coli can be effectively applied to the enzymatic saccharification process of producing biofuels from a biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: UNIST ACADEMY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Kuk LEE, Goo Hee KIM, Seong Hun JEONG, Suk Min KIM, Bae Young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150052368
    Abstract: Information leaked from smart cards and other tamper resistant cryptographic devices can be statistically analyzed to determine keys or other secret data. A data collection and analysis system is configured with an analog-to-digital converter connected to measure the device's consumption of electrical power, or some other property of the target device, that varies during the device's processing. As the target device performs cryptographic operations, data from the A/D converter are recorded for each cryptographic operation. The stored data are then processed using statistical analysis, yielding the entire key, or partial information about the key that can be used to accelerate a brute force search or other attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: CRYPTOGRAPHY RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: PAUL C. KOCHER, JOSHUA M. JAFFE, BENJAMIN C. JUN
  • Publication number: 20150051151
    Abstract: The present application provides synthetic modified peptides of five to seven natural or non-natural amino acids as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, for use in the treatment a disease or disorder presenting behavioral abnormalities associated with impairment of sensory gating function, depression or cognitive impairment, particularly schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Michal Eisenbach-Schwartz, Matityahu Fridkin, Michal Cardon-Yaakov
  • Publication number: 20150050614
    Abstract: A plasma generator, a surface treatment method using the same, and a surface treatment method using the same for bio-tissue are provided. The plasma generator comprises a plasma tube, a reaction source tube, a first electrode and a second electrode. The plasma tube has a plasma outlet. The reaction source tube is disposed within the plasma tube, and has a reaction outlet. The first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the plasma tube, wherein the second electrode is closer to the plasma outlet than the first electrode is. The plasma outlet of the reaction source is not projected beyond a lower portion of the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chih-Hung LIU, Muh-Wang LIANG, Shen-Bin WU, Tean-Mu SHEN
  • Publication number: 20150052160
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to search for other users who are associated with at least a threshold level of similarity to the requesting user; accessing information indicative of a patient profile of the requesting user; determining one or more attributes of the requesting user; searching a data repository for information indicative of a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user; identifying, based on searching, a user associated with one or more attributes corresponding to at least one of the one or more attributes of the requesting user; determining that the one or more corresponding attributes of the identified user satisfy the threshold level of similarity; and transmitting information indicative of the identified user, with the transmitted information specifying the identified user as being a peer of the requesting user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Universal Research Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Ali Adel Hussam
  • Publication number: 20150051138
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are Furin/PC inhibitors for inhibiting Furin and other Propprotein Convertases. Method of making the Furin/PC inhibitors, chemical and biological characterization of the Furin/PC inhibitors, and the use of the Furin/PC inhibitors to treat infectious diseases, cancers, and inflammatory/autoimmune disorders, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
    Inventors: Alex Strongin, Maurizio Pellecchia, Elisa Barile
  • Publication number: 20150051967
    Abstract: Media monitoring and measurement systems and methods are disclosed. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a media measurement system and method that utilizes audience data to enhance content identifications. Some embodiments analyze media player log data to enhance content identification. Other embodiments of the present invention analyze sample sequence data to enhance content identifications. Other embodiments analyze sequence data to enhance content identification and/or to establish channel identification. Yet other embodiments provide a system and method in which sample construction and selection parameters are adjusted based upon identification results. Yet other embodiments provide a method in which play-altering activity of an audience member is deduced from content offset values of identifications corresponding to captured samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Anonymous Media Research, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Steuer, Christopher W. Otto
  • Publication number: 20150051909
    Abstract: Provided is a pattern recognition apparatus for creating multiple systems and combining the multiple systems to improve the recognition performance, including a discriminative training unit for constructing model parameters of a second or subsequent system based on an output tendency of a previously-constructed model so as to be different from the output tendency of the previously-constructed model. Accordingly, when multiple systems are combined, the recognition performance can be improved without trials-and-errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC., MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki TACHIOKA, Shinji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20150050808
    Abstract: To achieve the foregoing and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, a method for forming copper filled through silicon via features in a silicon wafer is provided. Through silicon vias are etched in the wafer. An insulation layer is formed within the through silicon vias. A barrier layer is formed within the through silicon vias. An oxide free silicon, germanium, or SiGe adhesion layer is deposited over the barrier layer. A seed layer is deposited over the adhesion layer then the wafers is annealed. The features are filled with copper or copper alloy. The stack is annealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventor: Artur KOLICS
  • Publication number: 20150047821
    Abstract: The present relates to a heating device structure, which comprises a heat conducting member to mate with the heat dissipation fins of an electronic device. Thereby, during the packaging process of the electronic device, the effect of multi-point heating can be achieved by combining the heat conducting member and the fins. Accordingly, heating can be performed rapidly to reach the soldering temperature. Without the influence of the structure of heat dissipation fins, the heating process will not be performed at low efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: YUEH-MU LEE, HWA-YUH SHIN, ZUN-HAO SHIH, YI-PING LIANG, HWEN-FEN HONG
  • Publication number: 20150048315
    Abstract: An n-type organic thin-film transistor including a substrate, a gate, and a dielectric layer covering the substrate and the gate. A semiconductor-insulator polymer blend layer is disposed on the dielectric layer; A source and a drain are disposed on top of the semiconductor-insulator polymer blend layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Tse Nga Ng, Ichiro Fujieda, Gregory Whiting, Bing R. Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20150049509
    Abstract: Optically patterned waveguides and systems employing optically pattered waveguides are provided. The optically patterned waveguide is configured for use in a lighting system and arranged perpendicular to an overhead structure, such as a ceiling. The optically patterned waveguide includes major surfaces that are patterned with a plurality of elongated facets formed into the major surfaces and extending in a direction parallel to the length of the waveguide. The optically patterned waveguide provides illumination patterns having increased uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company Global Research
    Inventors: Mark Marshall Meyers, Steven Robert Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150051758
    Abstract: A method and a system for landing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are provided. The method for landing the UAV includes recognizing a mark installed to the UAV through a plurality of vision sensors installed around a landing point of the UAV, and calculating a relative location of the UAV based on the landing point using the mark recognized by the vision sensors. Hence, the plurality of the sensors installed near the landing point can calculate more precise location and position of the UAV using the relative location of the UAV and the absolute location of the landing point by recognizing the mark attached to the UAV, and thus the UAV can land on the landing point accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Am CHO
  • Publication number: 20150048375
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a gradually stretchable substrate. The method includes forming convex regions and concave regions on a top surface of a stretchable substrate by compressing a mold onto the stretchable substrate and forming non-stretchable patterns by filling the concave regions of the stretchable substrate. The stretchable substrate includes a stretchable region defined by the non-stretchable patterns, the non-stretchable patterns have side surfaces in contact with the stretchable region, and the side surfaces of the non-stretchable patterns are formed of protrusions and a non-protrusion between the protrusions repetitively connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ji-Young OH, Jae Bon KOO, Sang Chul LIM, Chan Woo PARK, Soon-Won JUNG, Bock Soon NA, Sang Seok LEE, Hye Yong CHU
  • Publication number: 20150048913
    Abstract: A magnetic system is provided that involves field emission structures having magnetic field sources, magnetically active intermediate layers, and magnetically inactive intermediate layers. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic field sources may be configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to their relative alignment and separation distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC.
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20150050247
    Abstract: Decellularized tissue-derived extracellular matrices (ECM) and methods of generating and using same are provided. The method of generating a decellularized matrix includes the steps of: (a) subjecting the tissue to washes and a hypertonic buffer; (b) subjecting the tissue to an enzymatic proteolytic digestion with an enzyme such as trypsin; and (c) removing all cellular components from the tissue using a detergent solution which includes Triton-X-100 and ammonium hydroxide. Specifically, there is provided a decellularized myocardium-derived matrix which is completely devoid of all cellular components and hence non-immunogenic in a subject, exhibits suitable structural and mechanical properties for cardiac tissue engineering or replacement therapy of damaged cardiac tissue, and is capable of remodeling upon seeding of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Marcelle Machluf, Yuval Eitan
  • Publication number: 20150048397
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes an active region configured to emit light, a composite electrical contact layer, and a transparent electron blocking hole transport layer (TEBHTL). The composite electrical contact layer includes two materials. At least one of the two materials is a metal configured to reflect a portion of the emitted light. The TEBHTL is arranged between the composite electrical contact layer and the active region. The TEBHTL has a thickness that extends at least a majority of a distance between the active region and the composite electrical contact layer. The TEBHTL has a band-gap greater than a band-gap of light emitting portions of the active region. The band-gap of the TEBHTL decreases as a function of distance from the active region to the composite electrical contact layer over a majority of the thickness of the TEBHTL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: John E. Northrup, Christopher L. Chua