Patents Assigned to Research
  • PLATING APPARATUS AND PLATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230374691
    Abstract: The present invention discloses plating apparatuses and plating methods for metal deposition on a substrate with pattern structures. In an embodiment, a plating apparatus comprises a plating bath configured to accommodate electrolyte, a substrate holding module configured to hold a substrate, and at least one driving device configured to drive the substrate holding module together with the substrate to horizontally vibrate and/or vertically vibrate during the substrate being immersed into the electrolyte to be plated. The present invention can enhance mass transfer during the substrate being plated by vibrating the substrate holding module so as to raise plating rate and uniformly plating on the pattern structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: ACM Research (Shanghai) Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Wang, Jian Wang, Hongchao Yang, Zhaowei Jia
  • OPTICAL ISOLATOR, ULTRAVIOLET LASER DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20230375847
    Abstract: An optical isolator includes a first polarizer arranged such that a transmission axis thereof is set to cause a normalized transmittance with respect to incident light having a wavelength of ultraviolet and linear polarization to be 0.9 or more, a Faraday rotator using a Faraday material configured to rotate a polarization direction of light having transmitted through the first polarizer in a first rotation direction by a first rotation amount by a magnetic field and rotate the polarization direction in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction by a second rotation amount by optical activity or birefringence, and a second polarizer arranged such that a transmission axis thereof is set to cause a normalized transmittance with respect to the incident light having transmitted through the Faraday rotator to be 0.9 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: Gigaphoton Inc., Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
    Inventors: Yuki TAMARU, Taisuke MIURA, Ryo YASUHARA
  • Circularly Recyclable Polymers Featuring Topochemically Elongated Carbon-Carbon Bonds
    Publication number: 20230374174
    Abstract: A topochemical approach for creating elongated C—C bonds with a bond length of 1.57˜1.70 ? between monomers in the solid state; and topochemically prepared highly crystalline polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Letian Dou, Zitang Wei, Qixuan Hu, Xuyi Luo
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SPHERICAL POWDERS OF NOVEL MULTICOMPONENT BASED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS AND ALLOYS MADE BY THE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20230374628
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing powders of novel multicomponent based shape memory alloys. The memory shape alloys are made by combining at least 4 to 6 elements selected from a combination of group IUPAC 4 transition metal (Ti) with group IUPAC 10 transition metals (Ni and Pt) to make up the basic ternary alloy with further additions of 1 up to 3 other transition metals making a final alloy of a maximum of 4 up to 6 components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventor: Silethelwe CHIKOSHA
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECHIPERING OBFUSCATED TEXT FOR CYBER SECURITY
    Publication number: 20230377358
    Abstract: Provided is a method for deciphering obfuscated text for cyber security and an apparatus for the same. The method according to some embodiments includes: converting text including a target character string into an image; recognizing a character string in the image using a text recognition model; and determining that the target character string is an obfuscated character string, based on a similarity between the target character string and the recognized character string being equal to or less than a first reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: Samsung SDS Co., Ltd., Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Min Woo JEONG, Jeong Do Yoo, Seung Hyun Shin, Huy Kang Kim
  • PALLADIUM-TRANSITION METAL CORE-BASED CORE-SHELL ELECTRODE CATALYST AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230378480
    Abstract: The manufacturing method of a palladium transition metal core-based core-shell electrode catalyst according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first step of preparing a slurry by irradiating ultrasonic wave to a dispersion solution including a solvent, a platinum precursor, a palladium precursor, a carbon support, and a transition metal precursor, a second step of preparing a solid material by filtering, washing, and drying the slurry prepared in the first step, and a third step of preparing a core-shell electrode catalyst by thermally treating the solid prepared in the second step in a specific gas atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Gu-gon PARK, Eunjik LEE, Ik Sung LIM, Sung-Dae YIM, Seok-Hee PARK, Minjin KIM, Young-Jun SOHN, Byungchan BAE, Seung-gon KIM, Dongwon SHIN, Hwanyeong OH, Seung Hee WOO, So Jeong LEE, Hyejin LEE, Yoon Young CHOI, Yun Sik KANG, Won-yong LEE, Tae-hyun YANG
  • Electricity management apparatus for trading dump power for housing, and housing complex association method
    Patent number: 11824359
    Abstract: A power management apparatus and a housing complex combination method for trading surplus power for a housing are provided. Influencing factors in analyzing a consumption pattern of an individual housing and various correlations between the influencing factors are analyzed, and an optimal sustainable housing complex through supply of new renewable energy is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tai-Yeon Ku, Wan Ki Park
  • Precursors for deposition of molybdenum-containing films
    Patent number: 11821071
    Abstract: Molybdenum-containing films are deposited on semiconductor substrates using reactions of molybdenum-containing precursors in ALD and CVD processes. In some embodiments, the precursors can be used for deposition of molybdenum metal films with low levels of incorporation of carbon and nitrogen. In some embodiments, the films are deposited using fluorine-free precursors in a presence of exposed silicon-containing layers without using etch stop layers. The precursor, in some embodiments, is a compound that includes molybdenum, at least one halogen that forms a bond with molybdenum, and at chamber least one organic ligand that includes an element selected from the group consisting of N, O, and S, that forms a bond with molybdenum, In another aspect, the precursor is a molybdenum, compound with at least one sulfur-containing ligand, and preferably no molybdenum-carbon bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventor: Kyle Jordan Blakeney
  • Routing for DTOF sensors
    Patent number: 11822017
    Abstract: A ToF sensor includes an array of pixels having first and second subsets of pixels, first and second pluralities of TDCs, a routing bus having first and second pluralities of bus drivers, and a controller configured to: when the first subset of pixels is active and the second subset of pixels is not active, control the first plurality of bus drivers to route events from half of the pixels of the first subset to the first plurality of TDCs and control the first and second pluralities of bus drivers to route events from the other half of the pixels of the first subset to the second plurality of TDCs, and when the first subset of pixels is not active and the second subset of pixels is active, control the first plurality of bus drivers to route events from the second subset of pixels to the first plurality of TDCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
    Inventors: Neale Dutton, John Kevin Moore
  • Nanoparticles and biotemplates with tunable length and methods of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 11820988
    Abstract: Methods and nucleic acid sequences for the synthesis of biotemplates in a non-plant based expression system are provided. Such biotemplates include Barley stripe mosaic virus viral-like particles (BSMV-VLPs) that are capable of self-assembly due to being operatively linked with an origin of self-assembly with the Barley stripe mosaic virus capsid protein (BSMV-CP). Also provided are BSMV-VLPs that are capable of self-assembly due one or more site-directed mutations on the BSMV-CP, and BSMV-VLPs that exhibit enhanced stability due to such site-directed mutation(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kevin Solomon, Kok Zhi Lee, Yu-Hsuan Lee, Michael Harris, Loretta Sue Loesch-Fries
  • Spatial light modulator and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 11822190
    Abstract: Various embodiments may provide a spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator may include a first electrode arrangement. The spatial light modulator may also include a second electrode arrangement. The spatial light modulator may additionally include a liquid crystal (LC) layer between the first electrode arrangement and the second electrode arrangement. The spatial light modulator may also include one or more nanoantennas in contact with the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode arrangement and the second electrode arrangement may be each configured to allow at least a portion of light to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Xuewu Xu, Ramon Jose Paniagua Dominguez, Arseniy Kuznetsov
  • Image encoding/decoding image method and device, and recording medium storing bit stream
    Patent number: 11825077
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image encoding method performed by an image encoding apparatus may comprise determining an intra-prediction mode of a current block, configuring a reference sample of intra prediction by using at least one of a neighbor pixel of the current block in a current picture and a pixel of a reference picture, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Ha Hyun Lee, Dong San Jun, Seung Hyun Cho, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi, Gwang Hoon Park, Tae Hyun Kim, Dae Young Lee
  • Peptides and methods and uses thereof for modulating anaphase promoting complex (APC) activity
    Patent number: 11819021
    Abstract: Novel activators of the APC complex and methods and uses of these activators are provided. In particular, the activators are used for increasing resistance to stress and/or increasing lifespan in a plant or mammalian cell, in a plant or mammalian embryo or in a plant or subject. The activators are also used for treating cancer in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: University of Saskatchewan & National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Troy Harkness, Terra Gayle Arnason, Pankaj Bhowmik
  • Laser shock peening apparatuses and methods
    Patent number: 11819946
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing materials to enhancing the material's surface strength, improving the material's cyclic and thermal stability of microstructures, and extend the material's fatigue performance. Embodiments include laser shock peening at material temperatures that are moderately elevated (from the material's perspective) above room temperature. Alternate embodiments include laser shock peening at very cold (cryogenic) material temperatures. Still further embodiments include laser shock peening while covering the surface of the material being processed with an active agent that interacts with the laser energy and enhances the pressure exerted on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gary J. Cheng, Yiliang Liao, Yingling Yang, Chang Ye
  • Methods of treating muscular dystrophy
    Patent number: 11820972
    Abstract: The invention provides for AAV vectors expressing the ANO5 gene and antioxidant therapy as methods of inducing muscle regeneration and a method of treating muscular dystrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    Inventor: Louise Rodino-Klapac
  • Gene expression profiles associated with chronic allograft nephropathy
    Patent number: 11821037
    Abstract: By a genome-wide gene analysis of expression profiles of over 50,000 known or putative gene sequences in peripheral blood, the present inventors have identified a consensus set of gene expression-based molecular biomarkers associated with chronic allograft nephropathy and/or interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy CAN/IFTA and subtypes thereof. These genes sets are useful for diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and/or subtyping of CAN/IFTA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Daniel R. Salomon, Sunil M. Kurian, Steven R. Head
  • Inhibitors of bacterial pasta kinases
    Patent number: 11820753
    Abstract: Biochemically active PASTA kinase inhibitors which exploit subtle structural differences between human kinases and bacterial PASTA kinases to improve specificity and inhibitor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Robert Todd Striker, Nathan Joseph Wlodarchak, John Bruce Feltenberger, Jennifer Golden
  • Methods and devices for graphene formation on flexible substrates by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
    Patent number: 11823895
    Abstract: A method of forming graphene on a flexible substrate includes providing a polymer substrate including a metal structure and providing a carbon source and a carrier gas. The method also includes subjecting the polymer substrate to a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process and growing a graphene layer on the copper structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chen-Hsuan Lu, Chyi-Ming Leu, Nai-Chang Yeh, Chih-Cheng Lin, Chi-Fu Tseng
  • Apparatus and method for minimum energy tracking loop
    Patent number: 11824546
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatuses and methods for minimum energy tracking loop that includes an oscillator to imitate a threshold path of a load system and automatically adjust a clock frequency as a supply voltage to the load system is changed, a voltage regulator configured to supply a power, an energy sensing unit which is connected to the oscillator and the voltage regulator and calculates a proportional energy proportional to a total energy consumed by the load system at a specific supply voltage, a minimum energy finder to find a minimum energy point of the load system by monitoring the calculated proportional energy proportional to the total energy at a plurality of supply voltages, a buck converter to supply a power to the load system with a supply voltage at which the load system operates with a minimum energy when the minimum energy point is found in the minimum energy finder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Bai Sun Kong, Jong Woo Kim
  • Adhesive compositions made from plant protein and phenolics
    Patent number: 11820924
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adhesive compositions made from the reaction product of plant protein and phenolics, and method of making and using the adhesive compositions. A maximum bonding strength of 7.8±1.5 MPa was obtained using only 1 weight % tannic acid in a zein matrix of pH=7 and cured at 120° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonathan James Wilker, Gudrun Schmidt