Patents Assigned to Research
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Patent number: 11927953Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for performing custom waypoint missions using an onboard computing device in communication with a movable object. The movable object can include a flight controller, and a communication system. The flight controller can be in communication with the onboard computing device which includes a processor and an onboard data manager. The onboard data manager can receive at least one input, determine one or more instructions to be performed by the at least one movable object based on the at least one input, generate movement commands to implement the one or more instructions, and send movement commands to the flight controller to be executed.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: DJI RESEARCH LLCInventors: Rohit Sant, Arnaud Thiercelin, Arjun Sukumar Menon
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Patent number: 11926803Abstract: A solid-state lubricant composition is disclosed. The solid-lubricant contains graphene, an oxide of a metal, and one or more polymeric binders. A method of making a solid-state lubricant coating on various substrates is disclosed. The method includes the steps of making a homogeneous slurry comprising powder of an oxide of a metal, graphene, and a polymeric binder with organic volatile solvent; coating a substrate with the homogeneous slurry with desired thicknesses; and drying the slurry on the substrate naturally or applying additional heat, resulting in a solid lubricant coating on the substrate. Substrates with coated solid composite lubricant show wear reduction and lower coefficient of friction compared with uncoated substrates.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Vilas Ganpat Pol, Farshid Sadeghi, Abdullah Alazemi, Arthur D. Dysart
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Patent number: 11926711Abstract: A thermoplastic starch (TPS)/polylactic acid (PLA)/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) blend modified biodegradable resin is prepared by using a chain extender, and is prepared from the following raw materials: 20-30 parts by weight of TPS; 20-30 parts by weight of PLA; 40-60 parts by weight of PBAT; and 0.5-0.9 parts by weight of a chain extender KL-E. The preparation method is a two-step method: blending the TPS with the PBAT in a twin screw for granulating; mixing TPS/PBAT mixed granules with PLA granules, and dissolving the chain extender KL-E into an ethyl acetate solution. The chain extender KL-E can be uniformly distributed in PLA and TPS/PBAT mixed granules by using a spraying method, and the remaining short-chain molecules and terminal carboxyl molecules in the mixed granules can be changed into long-chain molecules.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NANJING WURUI BIODEGRADABLE NEW MATERIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.Inventor: Tingwei Wang
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Patent number: 11929144Abstract: The present invention provides a method of detecting mutational signatures in a DNA sample. The invention relates to method of detecting signatures arising from rearrangements in the DNA in the sample and determining the contributions of known rearrangement signatures to said rearrangements. In particular embodiments, the contributions are determined by computing the cosine similarity between the rearrangement mutations in said catalogue and the rearrangement mutational signatures. The rearrangement signatures are classified based on whether they are clustered or not, whether they are tandem duplications, deletions, inversions or translocations and on the basis of their size.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Genome Research LimitedInventors: Serena Nik-Zainal, Mike Stratton, Dominik Glodzik
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Patent number: 11926853Abstract: Provided is a botulinum toxin producing method which is simple achieves a high toxin yield, and obtains a toxin having high specific activity. This botulinum toxin producing method includes: (A) a step in which a botulinum toxin is produced from botulinum toxin-producing bacteria in a medium, and a mixture a is obtained which contains a botulinum toxin, a bacterial component, and a nucleic acid component derived from the botulinum toxin; (B) a step in which the mixture a is subjected to the removal of the bacterial component, and a mixture b is obtained which contains a nucleic acid component and a botulinum toxin; (C) a step in which an endonuclease is added to the mixture b and a mixture c is obtained which contains a nucleic acid degradation product and a botulinum toxin; and (D) a step in which the mixture c is subjected to removal of the nucleic acid degradation product, and an isolated botulinum toxin liquid d is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: The Research Foundation For Microbial Diseases of Osaka UniversityInventors: Daisuke Yokouchi, Akiko Miura, Ryu Okada, Yuzo Yamashita, Yuya Sasaki, Shogo Nishihata
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Patent number: 11930131Abstract: A mobile application running on a host mobile device is used to control the display of notifications, received by the host mobile device, on a mobile device cover. A single button on the mobile device cover is used to display, configure, and navigate through functionality menus of functions provided by the mobile device cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: STAR CO Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co, LLCInventor: Thomas E. Coverstone
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Patent number: 11928837Abstract: Systems and techniques for determining a list of geographic location candidates from an image of an environment are described. Open source data indicative of the earth's surface may be obtained and combined into grids to create region data to gain a representation of the earth's surface within each grid cell. An image of an environment may be obtained from an unknown camera. Image characteristics may be compared to the region data to determine error between the image characteristics and projections of the region data. A list of lowest error geographic location candidates may be determined and provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Applied Research Associates, Inc.Inventor: Dirk B. Warnaar
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Patent number: 11927609Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for an anomaly detection system for detecting and identifying anomalies in electrical devices based on an energy profile associated with the electrical devices. Energy profile data associated with electrical devices or components in a power network can be obtained using an energy meter. The energy profile data can be analyzed to determine one or more conditions of the electrical devices. An anomaly of the electrical devices can be determined based on the energy profile data and conditions. Further, a root cause of the anomaly can be determined.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Inventors: WenZhan Song, Yang Shi, Fangyu Li, Jin Ye
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Patent number: 11926000Abstract: A refrigerator includes a vacuum adiabatic body including a conductive resistance sheet providing a vacuum space that has a temperature between a temperature of an internal space and a temperature of an external space and is in a vacuum state, the conductive resistance sheet capable of resisting heat conduction between a first plate and a second plate, wherein at least one of the conductive resistance sheet and each of the first and second plates are welded to each other to create a welding part, wherein a plurality of regular beads are provided to a surface of the welding part, and wherein the plurality of regular beads includes: a parabolic inflection region provided at a center portion; linear regions respectively provided at both outsides of the inflection region; and edge regions respectively provided at outsides of the linear regions.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: LG ELECTRONICS INC., UNIST ACADEMY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH CORPORATIONInventors: Wonyeong Jung, Deokhyun Youn, Jangseok Lee, Hyungson Ki
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Patent number: 11925641Abstract: The present invention provides pyrazole pyrimidine derivatives which inhibit Casein kinase I (CKI) and/or Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAKI) and methods of their manufacture, compositions comprising them and uses thereof in methods of treating malignant disease and disorders and methods for treating inflammatory diseases and disorders.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem LtdInventors: Yinon Ben-Neriah, Guy Brachya, Ido Burstain, Waleed Minzel, Irit Snir-Alkalay, Joseph P. Vacca, Dansu Li
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Patent number: 11926093Abstract: Methods of embedding a heating circuit in an article fabricated by additive manufacturing. The methods describe techniques such as co-extruding a wire, capable of being heated, along with print material in additive manufacturing of the article, and placing a pre-shaped wire capable of being heated between adjacent layers of the article. A third method includes dispensing a wire, capable of being heated, during the additive manufacturing of the article, and compacting the wire into the printed material. An apparatus for embedding a heating circuit in an article fabricated by additive manufacturing. The apparatus contains a wire dispenser, a cutter to control the length of the wire dispensed, and a compactor capable of embedding the wire capable of being heated into the printed material. An article made by additive manufacturing is disclosed. The article contains at least one heating element embedded in the article during the additive manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Eduardo Barocio, Robert Byron Pipes, Bastian Brenken, Anthony Jordan Favaloro, Nicholas Mario DeNardo
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Patent number: 11927511Abstract: The present application relates to a method for statistical distribution characterization of dendritic structures in original position of single crystal superalloy, and relates to the technical field of analysis of metal material composition and microstructure, comprising the following steps: step 1, processing a to-be-tested sample and determining a calibration coefficient; step 2, obtaining a two-dimensional element content distribution map of the to-be-tested sample; and step 3, determining the number and average spacing of primary dendrites. A composition distribution region analyzed in the present application is larger than the area of a distribution region of the traditional microscopic analysis method, and the sample preparation is simple. The distribution, number and average spacing of the primary dendrites can be obtained without metallographic corrosion sampling.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: NCS TESTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Dongling Li, Lei Zhao, Haizhou Wang, Xuejing Shen, Qingqing Zhou, Weihao Wan, Haozhou Feng
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Patent number: 11925972Abstract: A precision forging method includes arranging a metal material in a die cavity so that a distal end surface of a wall portion of the metal material is opposed toward a stopper and a bottom portion of the metal material is opposed toward a punch. Further, the precision forging method includes moving the punch, which includes a cutting blade on an edge of a working end surface, in the die cavity to cut part of the wall portion thickness-wise with the cutting blade and cause shear deformation in the cut portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research SystemInventor: Zhigang Wang
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Patent number: 11926647Abstract: The invention encompasses components from microbial cells which are useful for antibody production, including peptides, polypeptides comprising these peptides, polynucleotides which encode these peptides or polypeptides, and antibodies directed to these peptides, polypeptides, or polynucleotides. The invention also encompasses to expression vectors and host cells for producing these peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies. The invention further encompasses methods and compositions, especially vaccine compositions, for detecting, targeting, and inhibiting microbial cells, especially methanogen cells, using one or more of the disclosed peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, antibodies, expression vectors, and host cells.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research LimitedInventors: Eric Heinz Altermann, Graeme Trevor Attwood, Dong Li, William John Kelly, Zhanhao Kong, Sinead Christine Leahy
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Patent number: 11925643Abstract: Peptides, peptidomimetics and small molecules, collectively referred to as “decoy peptides”, are provided, which interfere with binding to a TIR domain of a toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), and inhibit a TLR4-induced signaling pathway. These decoy peptides may be useful for treating diseases associated with induction of TLR4 signaling pathway such as a disease or disorder secondary to a cardiovascular disease, sepsis or an inflammatory disease.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: MOR RESEARCH APPLICATIONS LTD., BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Edith Hochhauser, Arie-Lev Gruzman, Elena Trifonov
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Patent number: 11926687Abstract: A grafted polypropylene resin is prepared by a grafting reaction of a polar monomer capable of absorbing microwave so as to raise its temperature in a microwave field to more than 200° C. and a solid polypropylene resin using microwave irradiation without adding an initiator. The polar grafted polypropylene resin that does not contain initiator residues and does not have a significant reduction in molecular mass compared with a resin before grafting is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jinliang Qiao, Songhe Wang, Xiaohong Zhang, Guicun Qi, Zhihai Song, Chuanlun Cai, Xiang Wang, Jinmei Lai, Binghai Li, Haibin Jiang, Yue Ru, Jiangru Zhang, Jianming Gao, Hongbin Zhang, Peng Han, Wenlu Liu
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Patent number: 11927810Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly includes a connector housing defining a locking portion defined on an outer surface of the connector housing, an adapter assembly selectively coupled to the connector housing, the adapter assembly including a conversion housing extending around the connector housing and defining a conversion front end, a retention housing including a connector retention feature engaged with the locking portion of the connector housing and the retention housing defining one or more outwardly-extending retention features, and a release member, engageable with the retention housing, where the release member is positionable between an engaged position, in which axial movement between the retention housing and the conversion housing is restricted, and a disengaged position, in which the retention housing is removable from the conversion housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Guy Barthes, Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux, Michel Teva Menguy, Felice Scotta
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Patent number: 11930179Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is provided. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current luma block, deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current luma block, generating a prediction block of the current chroma block based on the intra-prediction mode of the current chroma block, and the deriving of an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block may comprise determining whether or not CCLM (Cross-Component Linear Mode) can be performed for the current chroma block.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNI, CHIPS & MEDIA, INC, INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION KOREA AEROSPACE UNIVERSITYInventors: Sung Chang Lim, Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Yung Lyul Lee, Ji Yeon Jung, Nam Uk Kim, Myung Jun Kim, Yang Woo Kim, Dae Yeon Kim, Jae Gon Kim, Do Hyeon Park
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Patent number: 11926873Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of creating a biomarker profile, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a sample of biofluid from a subject, wherein the sample is stored on a sample collection apparatus; removing the sample from the sample collection apparatus; extracting nucleic acids from the sample; sequencing the extracted nucleic acids to generate sequence data; and analyzing the sequence data using a two-step analytical methodology to create the biomarker profile. The present invention is also directed to methods of determining the sex of an in utero fetus, predicting onset of a migraine in a subject, and of tracking athletic performance in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: The Translational Genomics Research InstituteInventor: Matthew Huentelman
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Patent number: 11927281Abstract: A three-way (3-way) Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)-based micro-valve device and method of fabrication for the implementation of a three-way MEMS-based micro-valve that uses a multicity of piezoelectric actuators. The 3-way has a wide range of applications including medical, industrial control, aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics and products, as well as any application(s) requiring the use of three-way micro-valves for the control of fluids. The three-way microvalve device and method of fabrication can be tailored to the requirements of a wide range of applications and fluid types. The microvalve can be used to control fluids at high pressures and provides for low flow resistances when the microvalve is open and has low leakage when closed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Corporation for National Research InitiativesInventors: Michael A. Huff, Mehmet Ozgur