Patents Assigned to Research
  • Patent number: 8545694
    Abstract: An improved aromatics saturation process for use with lube oil boiling range feedstreams utilizing a catalyst comprising a hydrogenation-dehydrogenation component selected from the Group VIII noble metals and mixtures thereof on a mesoporous support having aluminum incorporated into its framework and an average pore diameter of about 15 to less than about 40 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Stephen J. McCarthy, Wenyih F. Lai, Sylvain S. Hantzer, Ian A. Cody
  • Patent number: 8547224
    Abstract: An infrastructure information collecting device collects measurement information including location information regarding a plurality of wireless access devices disposed in an indoor space based on an indoor map, and a positioning system generates information regarding a wireless communication infrastructure of the corresponding indoor space based on the thusly collected measurement information. The positioning system then provides the generated wireless communication infrastructure information to a terminal of which location is desired to be measured, and then the terminal measures its location based on the wireless communication infrastructure information and signals received from nearby wireless access devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Youngsu Cho, Byung Doo Kim, Sungjo Yun, Myungin Ji, Wan Sik Choi, Dong Yong Kwak
  • Patent number: 8547236
    Abstract: Apparatus for detection of human falls comprises: an acceleration detector, for detecting vibration events, typically placed on a floor, a microphone, located in association with the acceleration detector for detection of corresponding sound events, and a classification unit to classify concurrent events from the microphone and the acceleration detector, thereby to determine whether a human fall is indicated. If the event appears to be a human fall, then an alarm is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority
    Inventors: Israel Gannot, Dimitry Litvak, Yaniv Zigel
  • Patent number: 8546976
    Abstract: A system for supplying electric power from an AC power source to ships, each of the ships moored at a respective berth of a quay, the system including a rectifier, having an AC and DC side, for converting AC electric power from the AC power source to DC power, the AC side arranged to be connected to the AC power source, and a plurality of ship connection arrangements for supplying electric power to a respective ship, each of the ship connection arrangements placed at one of the berths and including an inverter configurable to output AC power at a first or a second frequency and a ship connector for connecting the ship. A DC distribution network connected to the DC side of the rectifier and the rectifier is placed at a distance from the quay and each of the inverters is connected to the DC distribution network is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Ambra Sannino, Georgios Demetriades, Lars Hultqvist, Ola Norén
  • Patent number: 8545848
    Abstract: The invention relates to neutralizing antibodies which are specific for human cytomegalovirus and bind with high affinity as well as immortalized B cells that produce such antibodies. The invention also relates to the epitopes that the antibodies bind to as well as the use of the antibodies and the epitopes in screening methods as well as the diagnosis and therapy of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for Research in Biomedicine
    Inventors: Antonia Lanzavecchia, Annalisa Macagno
  • Patent number: 8548193
    Abstract: A method for electronically magnifying a target object with an imaging device. The method includes obtaining a full view image of the target object, where the full view image is focused. The method further includes moving the imaging device in proximity to a portion of the target object and obtaining a key image of the portion of the target object. The method further includes matching the key image to a corresponding portion of the full view image. The method further includes magnifying the corresponding portion of the full view image and displaying the magnified portion of the full view image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Saund, Lawrence C. Lee, Doron Kletter
  • Patent number: 8545903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a turmeric extract for preventing and treating influenza virus infection and for inhibiting neuraminidase activity. A turmeric extract, its fraction, and a curcuminoid-based compound separated therefrom may inhibit neuraminidase activity and have antiviral and cell degeneration inhibitory effects on influenza virus, and may be useful in preventing and treating influenza virus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Woo-Song Lee, Mun-Chual Rho, Su-Jin Park, Young-Bae Ryu, Jong-Sun Chang, Mal-Sun Shin, Hyung-Jae Jeong, Hyung-Jun Kwon
  • Patent number: 8545381
    Abstract: An auxiliary artificial heart pump drive device for driving an auxiliary artificial heart pump includes first and second pump control parts which are arranged in duplexed configuration. Each pump control part controls the auxiliary artificial heart pump by outputting a drive signal to the auxiliary artificial heart pump. Each pump control part has a means which, when a failure is detected in the pump control part, electrically cuts off a path through which the drive signal is outputted to the auxiliary artificial heart pump. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an auxiliary artificial heart pump drive device and an auxiliary artificial heart system which exhibit high availability even when a serious failure occurs by any chance without duplexing a pump device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sun Medical technology Research Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Kanebako
  • Patent number: 8544474
    Abstract: Systems and methods that provide magnetically-enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents to selected tissue are disclosed. The systems and methods involve the use of carrier devices and release devices and two different magnetic fields to move magnetic particles into selected tissue. Movement of the magnetic particles (and any associated therapeutic agent) into the tissue may be assisted by both magnetic attractive forces as well as magnetic repulsive forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Gurpreet S. Sandhu, David R. Holmes, Jr., Robert D. Simari, Nicole P. Sandhu, David R. Holmes, III
  • Patent number: 8548281
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-optic modulating device. The electro-optic modulating device includes an optical waveguide with a vertical structure and sidewalls of the vertical structure are used to configure a junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gyungock Kim, Jeong Woo Park, Jongbum You, Sang Gi Kim, Sanghoon Kim, In Gyoo Kim, Jiho Joo, Duk Jun Kim, Dongwoo Suh, Sahnggi Park, Ki Seok Jang, Junghyung Pyo, Kap-Joong Kim, Do Won Kim, Dae Seo Park
  • Patent number: 8549065
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device are disclosed for communicating between clients and servers of a client/server system using the standard protocol OPC UA, and for the interaction of an OPC UA client with an OPC UA server, OPC UA service calls are used. In order to integrate a transaction context in OPC UA service calls, all OPC UA servers of the system are complemented by a transaction management component, and in order to carry out transactions, appropriately configured OPC UA clients communicate with respective OPC UA servers using transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventor: Wolfgang Mahnke
  • Patent number: 8549098
    Abstract: Methods and systems for protocol offload and direct I/O with I/O sharing in a virtualized network environment are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a plurality of GOSs sharing a single network interface circuitry, or a network interface card, (NIC) that may provide access to a network. The NIC may directly handle processing of data to be transmitted to the network and/or data received from the network for each of the GOSs without a TGOS for the GOSs handling the data to be transmitted to the network and/or data received from the network. The data may be copied directly from a buffer in the single NIC to an application buffer for one of the plurality of GOSs and/or directly from an application buffer for one of the plurality of GOSs to the buffer in the single NIC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Israel Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eliezer Aloni, Uri El Zur, Rafi Shalom, Caitlin Bestler
  • Patent number: 8545529
    Abstract: Vitrectomy probes and system related thereto are disclosed herein. The disclosure describes various example vitrectomy probes having an adjustable cutting port size. Various example features are described for adjusting the size of the cutting port. Further, the disclosure provides examples for adjusting the size of the cutter port while the vitrectomy probe is in operation. Some implementations disclosed herein include a piezoelectric element operable to adjust a position of a stroke limiter to define a size of the cutter port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventors: John R. Underwood, Jack Robert Auld, John Christopher Huculak
  • Patent number: 8547171
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a printed circuit board (PCB) for an electronic circuit for a power amplifier of a wireless communication device. The PCB comprises: a substrate; a ground reference in the substrate; first through fourth locations and first and second pads in the substrate; and first and second electrical tracks in the substrate. The locations are for components for the PCB, including a 0 ohm component, and pads connect tracks to the components. The first pad is for a high band power input terminal of the amplifier. The first track connects the first pad to the second location. The third location is in the first track for placement of a first capacitor in a circuit between the first pad and ground. The second pad is for an output terminal of the amplifier. The second track connects the second pad to an output stage circuit of the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Lizhong Zhu, George Soliman Mankaruse, Michael Stephen Corrigan, Jun Xu, Kent Arnold Nickerson
  • Patent number: 8545890
    Abstract: The present invention describes a directly compressible composite excipient prepared by coating calcium silicate with a carbohydrate. The present invention further describes the incorporation of the composite excipient into a tablet formulation. The orally disintegrating tablets are of optimal mechanical strength and disintegrate within 60 seconds in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Rubicon Research Private Limited
    Inventors: Pratibha Pilgaonkar, Maharukh Rustomjee, Anilkumar Gandhi, Pradnya M. Bagde
  • Patent number: 8547867
    Abstract: A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by estimating and identifying Bluetooth component interference activation when configuring LTE and non-LTE components to provide an in-device coexistence operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Changhoi Koo, Youn Hyoung Heo, Zhijun S. Cai
  • Patent number: 8545620
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inorganic binder system comprising a) calcium silicate cement, b) calcium aluminate cement, c) at least one trifunctional polyalkylene glycol and d) optionally calcium sulphate. Additionally disclosed is the use of at least one polyalkylene glycol as an accelerator for an inorganic binder system comprising a) calcium silicate cement, b) calcium aluminate cement and d) optionally calcium sulphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Frenkenberger, Stefan Köhler, Thomas Heichele, Klaus-Dieter Hötzl, Patrick Weiss, Alexander Dressen
  • Patent number: 8544335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining both pressures and temperatures in a high temperature environment. The present invention also relates to a method of determining temperatures about a pressure-sensing element using a bi-functional heater. In addition, the present invention preferably relates to a pressure sensor with the pressure-sensing element and a heating element both integrated into the sensor's packaging, preferably onto the diaphragm of the pressure sensor, and particularly to such a pressure sensor capable of operating at high or elevated temperatures, and even more particularly to such a pressure sensor wherein the heating element is capable of both heating, at least in part, the pressure-sensing element and monitoring the temperature of the application area. Preferably, the pressure-sensing element is formed from shape memory alloy (SMA) materials that can be used at high or elevated temperatures as a pressure sensor with high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Orbital Research Inc.
    Inventors: Greg S. Shaw, Troy Prince, Joseph Snyder, Michael C. Willet, Frederick J. Lisy
  • Patent number: 8545431
    Abstract: A glaucoma drainage device has a housing with an open outlet end. A tube is in fluid communication with the housing. An actuator is located in the housing. An actuation arm is located at least partially in the housing and is coupled to the actuator. A tapered arm is rigidly coupled to the actuation arm. A needle head is located opposite the tapered arm. A tapered end of the tapered arm is located at least partially in the tube. When the tapered arm is moved, it can clear an obstruction from the tube. When the needle head is moved, it can disperse aqueous or clear fibers from the drainage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.
    Inventor: Matthew J. A. Rickard
  • Patent number: 8547283
    Abstract: A multiband antenna having a ground plane and a radiating portion is provided. The radiating portion includes a first metal portion, a second metal portion, an inductively-coupled portion, and a third metal portion. The first metal portion has a first coupling metal portion and a signal feeding line electrically connected thereto. The second metal portion has a second coupling metal portion and a shorting metal portion electrically connected thereto with a shorting point connected to the ground plane. The first and second coupling metal portions are coupled and a capacitively-coupled portion is formed therebetween. The inductively-coupled portion is connected between the third and second metal portions. The first and second metal portions enable the antenna to generate a first operating band. The first, second and third metal portions enable the antenna to generate a second operating band, the frequencies of which are lower than those of the first operating band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Sun-Yat-Sen University
    Inventors: Kin-Lu Wong, Ming-Fang Tu, Wei-Yu Li, Chun-Yih Wu