Patents Assigned to Research
  • Microfabricated instruments and methods to treat recurrent corneal erosion
    Patent number: 8591481
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a device and method for treating recurrent corneal erosion. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of contacting an epithelium layer of a cornea with an array of glass micro-rods including a plurality of sharp features having a length that penetrates a Bowman's layer of the eye, wherein the plurality of sharp features of the array of glass micro-rods produces a plurality of punctures in the Bowman's layer of the eye that are of micro-scale or less. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method and device for drug delivery. In one embodiment, the device includes an array of glass micro-rods, wherein at least one glass micro-rod of the array of glass micro-rods includes a sharp feature opposite a base of the array of glass micro-rods, wherein the sharp feature includes a treated surface for delivering a chemical compound to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Charles L. Britton, Brian R. D'Urso, Edward Chaum, John T. Simpson, Justin S. Baba, M. Nance Ericson, Robert J. Warmack
  • In-situ pore generation in lead-acid battery separator using electrolyte-soluble pore former
    Patent number: 8592089
    Abstract: A microporous polyethylene battery separator material (212), for use in a flooded-cell type lead-acid battery, benefits from increased porosity, enhanced wettability, and exceptionally low electrical resistance when an electrolyte-soluble pore former is employed in the manufacturing process. The pore former (210) is soluble in electrolytic fluid and therefore dissolves in-situ in sulfuric acid during battery assembly. The dissolution of the pore former leaves behind additional, larger voids (220) in the separator material and thereby enhances ionic diffusion and improves battery performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Amtek Research International, LLC
    Inventors: Chi Thuong-Le La, Robert R. Waterhouse, Richard W. Pekala
  • Feedback generation method and system for uplink transmit power control
    Patent number: 8593980
    Abstract: A feedback generation method for uplink Transmit Power Control (TPC) in a mobile communication system is provided. A feedback generation system for uplink TPC includes an uplink information receiver to receive uplink information from a terminal, to measure a Signal-to-Interference Noise Ratio (SINR) value with respect to the received uplink information, and to measure a movement speed of the terminal, a transmission power adjustment value setting unit to set a transmission power adjustment value based on the movement speed of the terminal; an adjusted SINR calculator to calculate an adjusted SINR value, based on an expected SINR value and the measured SINR value; and a feedback information regenerator to regenerate feedback information based on the transmission power adjustment value and the adjusted SINR value, and to transmit the regenerated feedback information to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung Sook Bae, Hyungu Hwang, Daeho Kim, Yeong Jin Kim
  • Irrigation source identification system
    Patent number: 8591492
    Abstract: An irrigation source identification system includes an irrigation source, an imaging device, and a processor. The irrigation source includes a container for holding a quantity of irrigation fluid and a port fluidly coupled to the container. The port has an outlet end and a neck. The neck has a plurality of protrusions selected from a grouping of protrusions. The plurality of protrusions provides a unique identifier for the container. An imaging device images the neck and the plurality of protrusions of the irrigation source, and the processor determines which identifier is associated with the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander N. Artsyukhovich, Raphael Gordon, Michael D. Morgan, Gary P. Sorensen, Daniel J. Wilson
  • Two stage hydroprocessing with divided wall column fractionator
    Patent number: 8591726
    Abstract: A divided wall column can allow for fractionation of multiple streams while maintaining separate product qualities. Effluents from multiple stages of a reaction system can be processed in a single divided wall column. The divided wall column can produce multiple cuts from each separated area, as well as at least one output from a common area. At least one reaction stage can advantageously have a continuous liquid phase environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Umansky, Richard C. Dougherty, Michael A. Hayes, William E. Lewis
  • Fault trees method of early warning indication for critical infrastructure protection
    Patent number: 8595180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fault trees method of early warning indication for critical infrastructure protection, which can provide a proper quantization result to be used for identifying a specific early warning indication for a critical infrastructure based upon the severity of risk assessed according to the quantification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Ching-Hui Wu, Tsu-Chi Lyie
  • Solid polymer electrolyte battery and method for manufacturing positive electrode sheet used therein
    Patent number: 8592090
    Abstract: An organic electrolyte battery (10) including positive electrode material (2) and negative electrode material (4) and, interposed therebetween, organic electrolyte (6), wherein positive electrode active material particles (8) as a constituent of the positive electrode have surfaces at least partially coated with attachment (12) with electronic conductance and ionic conductance not easily oxidized even when supplied with oxygen from the positive electrode active material. The above attachment (12) is composed of microparticles of inorganic solid electrolyte with ionic conductance (14) and microparticles of conductive material with electronic conductance (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
    Inventors: Hajime Miyashiro, Yo Kobayashi, Shiro Seki, Toru Iwahori
  • Catalytic platinum-copper alloy nanoparticles
    Patent number: 8592339
    Abstract: High-quality bimetallic PtxCu100-x (x=54-80 at. %) nanocubes can be prepared from a hot organic solution. Synthetic conditions, such as the ratio of oleylamine/tetraoctylammonium bromide as well as the doses of 1-dodecanethiol and 1,2-tetradecanediol have been optimized to ensure a formation of Pt—Cu nanocubes. Electrochemical evaluation shows that the catalytic activity of Pt60Cu40 nanocubes for methanol oxidation is superior, in comparison with those of spherical Pt60Cu40 nanocubes and Pt nanocubes with similar sizes, implying that the {100}-terminated Pt60Cu40 nanocubes offer a higher activity for methanol oxidation reaction than those with mixed crystallographic facets do.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
    Inventors: Jiye Fang, Dan Xu
  • Wireless communication system and method for sharing sensing antenna, sensing receiver, data transceiver antenna, and data transceiver
    Patent number: 8594585
    Abstract: Provided is a method of sharing a data transceiver, a data transceiver antenna, a sensing receiver, and a sensing antenna, and a wireless communication system. The data transceiver and the sensing receiver, or the data transceiver antenna and the sensing antenna may be flexibly shared based on a condition. During a period where a transceiver and an antenna are utilized, the transceiver and the antenna may be utilized for different purposes. The transceiver and the antenna may be flexibly shared to increase efficiency in using the transceiver and the antenna, and thus, a spectrum sensing and a data transmission and reception performed in a system may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hoiyoon Jung, Myung Sun Song, Gwangzeen Ko, Sunmin Lim, Sang-Won Kim
  • Phage ?mru polynucleotides and polypeptides and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8592556
    Abstract: The invention encompasses phage ?mru including phage induction, phage particles, and the phage genome. Also encompassed are phage polypeptides, as well as polynucleotides which encode these polypeptides, expression vectors comprising these polynucleotides, and host cells comprising these vectors. The invention further encompasses compositions and methods for detecting, targeting, permeabilising, and inhibiting microbial cells, especially methanogen cells, using the disclosed phage, polypeptides, polynucleotides, expression vectors, or host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pastoral Greenhouse Research Limited
    Inventors: Eric Heinz Altermann, Graeme Trevor Attwood, Sinead Christine Leahy, William John Kelly, Robert Starr Ronimus, Dong Li, Zhanhao Kong, Linley Rose Schofield, Debjit Dey, Catherine Mary Tootill, Carrie Sang, Christina Diane Moon, Petrus Hendricus Janssen
  • Antimicrobial peptides and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8592651
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to methods and materials for enhancing microbial resistance in plants. Specifically exemplified herein are grapevines transformed with polynucleotides that express a peptide which confers antimicrobial activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhijian T. Li, Dennis J. Gray
  • Field electron emitter, field electron emission device including the same, and method of manufacturing the field electron emitter
    Patent number: 8593049
    Abstract: A field electron emitter including a metal electrode; and a plurality of carbon nanotubes, wherein a portion of the plurality of carbon nanotubes protrude from a surface of the metal electrode and a portion of the plurality of carbon nanotubes are in the metal electrode. Also disclosed is a field electron emission device including the field electron emitter and a method of manufacturing the field electron emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Yoon-chul Son, Yong-chul Kim, Jeong-na Heo, Woo-sung Cho, Byeong-kwon Ju
  • Handling virtual private network connections over a wireless local area network
    Patent number: 8595365
    Abstract: A wireless local area network ‘WLAN’ client device has one or more virtual private network ‘VPN’ profiles defined therein. In response to the WLAN client device connecting to a WLAN, a user of the WLAN client device is able to indicate whether to attempt to establish a VPN connection over the WLAN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Zaheen Somani, Denis Fedotenko, Alexander Jordan Reif
  • Femtosecond laser apparatus using laser diode optical pumping module
    Patent number: 8594141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a femtosecond laser apparatus using laser diode optical pumping. To provide a stable mode locking and improve power stability and beam stability in an ultrafast laser such as a femtosecond laser, optical mounts which have mounted thereon optical parts of a diode pumping unit are mechanically engaged using bars of low thermal expansion coefficients and form a pumping module, and the pumping module is maximally separated from a laser platform or case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
    Inventors: Guang Hoon Kim, Uk Kang, Ju Hee Yang, Elena Sall, Sergey Chizhov, Andrey Kulik
  • Catalysts for ring-closing metathesis
    Patent number: 8592336
    Abstract: A catalyst composition is provided, which may be used for ring closing metathesis. In the composition, a catalyst is immobilized on a siliceous mesocellular foam support. A suitable catalyst for use in the composition is a Grubbs-type catalyst or a Hoveyda-Grubbs-type catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Su Seong Lee, Jaehong Lim, Siti Nurhanna Binte Riduan, Jackie Y. Ying
  • Ceramides and apoptosis-signaling ligand
    Patent number: 8592419
    Abstract: The invention provides the compounds of formula (): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, A, X, Y, a, b and n are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for making the compounds of formula (I) and their use in treating or preventing diseases associated with cell overproliferation and dysfunctional sphingolipid signal transduction. The invention also encompasses the use of the compounds in combination with an apoptosis-signaling ligand, such as Fas ligand. Preferably, the Fas ligand is administered in the form of a gene therapy agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: MUSC Foundation for Research Development
    Inventors: Alicja Bielawska, Yusuf A. Hannun, James Norris, Zdzislaw M. Szulc, Jian-yun Dong, Jacek Bielawski, David A. Schwartz, David H. Holman, Ahmed M. El-Zawahry, John McKillop
  • Code books for multiple-input and multiple-output communication systems
    Patent number: 8594220
    Abstract: A method and device for transmitting and receiving data. A device comprises a code book and a transmitter. The code book comprises a plurality of codewords, wherein the plurality of codewords correspond to a plurality of vectors having a largest minimum chordal distance with respect to the plurality of vectors. The transmitter is configured to send a number of wireless signals using the code book. A receiver receives and decodes the number of wireless signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Alireza Bayesteh, Farzaneh Kohandani, Yongkang Jia
  • CCR3 inhibition for ocular angiogenesis and macular degeneration
    Patent number: 8592482
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of ocular angiogenesis and neovascularization. Administration of inhibitors of the CCR3 receptor or its ligands eotaxin (CCL11), eotaxin-2 (CCL24) or eotaxin-3 (CCL26) inhibits ocular angiogenesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventor: Jayakrishna Ambati
  • Method and apparatus for capturing facial expressions
    Patent number: 8593523
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for capturing facial expressions are provided, in which different facial expressions of a user are captured through a face recognition technique. In the method, a plurality of sequentially captured images containing human faces is received. Regional features of the human faces in the images are respectively captured to generate a target feature vector. The target feature vector is compared with a plurality of previously stored feature vectors to generate a parameter value. When the parameter value is higher than a threshold, one of the images is selected as a target image. Moreover, a facial expression recognition and classification procedures can be further performed. For example, the target image is recognized to obtain a facial expression state, and the image is classified according to the facial expression state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shian Wan, Yuan-Shi Liao, Yea-Shuan Huang, Shun-Hsu Chuang
  • Walking guidance apparatus using human body communication
    Patent number: 8593297
    Abstract: A walking guidance apparatus using human body communication, including: a first human body communication device acquiring a walking guidance information signal, converting the acquired walking guidance information signal into a signal available for human body communication, and transmitting the converted signal through a user's body; and a second human body communication device receiving the signal transmitted through the user's body from the first human body communication device, converting the received signal into a signal that can be recognized by the user, and outputting the converted signal. Walking guidance information having a high privacy function and high stability and accuracy can be provided to enhance user convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung Bum Kim, Jung Hwan Hwang, Tae Young Kang, Tae Wook Kang, Kyung Soo Kim, Sung Eun Kim, Kyung Hwan Park, Hyung Il Park, In Gi Lim, Byoung Gun Choi, Seok Bong Hyun, Chang Hee Hyoung, Sung Weon Kang, Jin Kyung Kim