Patents Assigned to Research
  • Patent number: 7134132
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying advertisements. The advertisements are displayed on a television having a controlled connected thereto and configured for receiving commands from a viewer of the television. The method includes displaying a first advertisement on the television, receiving a command from the viewer of the television to display a second advertisement, the second advertisement being a variant of the first advertisement, and displaying the second advertisement on the television.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Interval Research Corporation
    Inventors: J. Thomas Ngo, Malcolm Slaney
  • Patent number: 7132291
    Abstract: The inventions is drawn towards vectors and methods useful for preparing genetically transformed plant cells that express immunogens from pathogenic organisms which are used to produce immunoprotective particles useful in vaccine preparations. The invention includes plant optimized genes that encode the HN protein of Newcastle Disease Virus. The invention also relates to methods of producing an antigen in a transgenic plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignees: Dow Agro Sciences LLC, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
    Inventors: Guy A. Cardineau, Hugh Stanley Mason, Joyce M. VanEck, Dwayne D. Kirk, Amanda Maree Walmsley
  • Patent number: 7132563
    Abstract: This is a novel method for production of no-carrier-added O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-Tyrosine, which has been proved a suitable PET (position emission tomography) probe for tumor diagnosis imaging, and the preparation of the title compound starts from precursors with the chemical structures as in Formula 1, wherein R1 is a protective group for the carboxyl functional group, R2 is a protective group for the amino group, and R3 acts as a leaving group, R1 represents an arylalkyl group, R2 represents a carboxyl group, and R3 represents a p-tosyloxy, methane sulfonyloxy or trifluoromethane sulfonyloxy or bromine, and the final purification of the product is using a separation column, which is very convenient for automated synthesis, and the invention uses the precursor with the chemical structures as in Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Jenn Tzong Chen, Wuu Jyh Lin, Ai Ren Lo, Ming Hsin Lee, Hsin Er Wang, Shih Yan Wu, Mao Hsiung Chang
  • Patent number: 7133530
    Abstract: A circular transducer array (30) is provided for use in recording a sound field. The array (30) comprises a plurality of microphones (31a–31h), a digital signal processor (33), frequency compensation filters (34) and a sum and difference network (35). The digital signal processor calculates the Fourier transform of sampled output signals from the transducers to produce a plurality of sound wave components specifying the sound field. The frequency compensation network (34) equalises each component using Bassel functions to flatten the apparent response of the array (30) and the sum and difference network (35) then combines the equalised components to provide a plurality of audio signals which represent the sound field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Research Limited
    Inventor: Mark Alistair Poletti
  • Patent number: 7133041
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal three-dimensional rendering. The apparatus includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) memory units; at least one pixel bus for providing global horizontal communication; a plurality of rendering pipelines; at least one geometry bus; and a control unit. The apparatus includes a block processor having a circular ray integration pipeline for processing voxel data and ray data. Rays are generally processed in image order thus permitting great flexibility (e.g., perspective projection, global illumination). The block processor includes a splatting unit and a scattering unit. A method for casting shadows and performing global illumination in relation to light sources includes sweeping a two dimensional array of rays through the volume can also be implemented with the apparatus. A method for approximating a perspective projection includes using parallel projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Arie E. Kaufman, Ingmar Bitter, Frank Dachille, Kevin Kreeger, Baoquan Chen
  • Patent number: 7133196
    Abstract: Provided is an erbium-doped fiber amplifier reducing transient phenomena of a signal-to-noise ratio and a bit error rate in a dynamic wavelength division multiplexing system and an amplifying method using the erbium-doped fiber amplifier. The erbium-doped fiber amplifier includes: a polarization scrambler modulating a polarization state of an input signal to remove a polarization of the input signal; an amplifier amplifying the input signal from which the polarization has been removed; a detector reading powers of input and output signals of the amplifier; and an automatic gain controller controlling currents of the pump LDs according to the powers of the input and output signals read by the detector 1630 to maintain the gain even if the power of input signal changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Won Kyoung Lee, Heuk Park, Kwang Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 7131339
    Abstract: A device and method for the non-contact measurement of dynamic torsion in a rotating shaft using magnetostrictive sensors (MsS). The monitoring and detection system have specially configured magnetostrictive signal detectors that include inductive pickup coils, in which signals corresponding to localized shaft torques are induced. The non-contact method for measuring dynamic torques includes fixing a ferromagnetic strip to a ferromagnetic or non-ferromagnetic shaft and inducing a circumferential residual magnetization therein. An MsS in the form of either an encircling coil positioned around the shaft on a cylindrical substrate, or a partially encircling coil positioned on a flexible substrate and wrapped partially about the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Hegeon Kwun, Sang-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 7132489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing amphoteric polymer for surface coating and preparation method thereof, in particular, to a fluorine-containing amphoteric polymer for surface coating and preparation method thereof in which a hydrocarbon compound with hydrophilic groups serves as a main chain and a macromonomer prepared by copolymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound and a perfluoro alkyl compound is incorporated into side chains, thereby imparting amphoteric property on the present polymer. Therefore, the present polymer allows self-emulsification and shows soil release, water-repellent and oil-repellent properties with no help of emulsifier, applicable to a variety of industrial fields such as coating, adhesive, fiber, precision chemistry, biological/biochemical industry, electric/electronic, automobile and metal industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Soo-Bok Lee, In Jun Park, Dong-Kwon Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Jong-Wook Ha, Won-Wook So, Kwang-Won Lee, Kwang-Han Kim, Mi-Sun Cha
  • Patent number: 7133824
    Abstract: A noise reduction method partitions frequency band into multiple sub-bands and estimates the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value for each sub-band. An over-subtraction factor of each sub-band is determined based on the estimated SNR value. Then, the clean speech spectrum estimate is determined by performing spectral over-subtraction on each sub-band, so as to determine the clean speech signal from the estimated clean speech spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuo-Guan Wu, Po-Cheung Chen
  • Patent number: 7132008
    Abstract: A process and corresponding apparatus for dehydrating gas, especially natural gas. The process includes an absorption step and a membrane pervaporation step to regenerate the liquid sorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Membrane Technology & Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes G Wijmans, Alvin Ng, Anurag P Mairal
  • Patent number: 7133491
    Abstract: An X-ray apparatus is provided for inspecting a cargo container. The apparatus includes a moveable platform with an X-ray source and X-ray detector disposed on the platform on opposing sides of a scanning zone where the scanning zone may be moved along a length of the cargo container to scan a volume of the cargo container, said X-ray source being disposed in a spaced-apart relationship with respect to the scanning zone. The X-ray apparatus also includes a precollimator disposed on the X-ray platform between the X-ray source and scanning zone, said precollimator being located proximate the scanning zone and an intermediate collimator disposed midway between the X-ray source and the precollimator, said intermediate collimator having a spaced-apart relationship with respect to the precollimator and to the X-ray source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Bio-Imaging Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Bernardi, John F. Moore
  • Patent number: 7132102
    Abstract: Novel bacteriocins and/or the novel lactic acid-producing strains are used for at least reducing the levels of colonization by at least one target bacteria in animals, especially poultry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology, Ministry of Health and Social Development, RF, as Represented by the Director for the State Research Center for Applied Microbiology, Ministry of Health and Social Development, RF
    Inventors: Norman J. Stern, Edward A. Svetoch, Boris V. Eruslanov, Larisa I. Volodina, Yuri N. Kovalev, Tamara Y. Kudryavtseva, Vladimir V. Perelygin, Victor D. Pokhilenko, Vladimir P. Levchuk, Valery N. Borzenkov, Olga E. Svetoch, Eugeni V. Mitsevich, Irina P. Mitsevich
  • Patent number: 7131596
    Abstract: Coded data for disposal on or in an interface surface associated with a product item, the coded data being indicative of an identity of the product item, the coded data being arranged in accordance with at least one layout having n-fold rotational symmetry about a center of rotation, where n is at least two, the layout including n identical sub-layouts rotated 1/n revolutions apart about the center of rotation, at least one sub-layout including rotation-indicating data that distinguishes that sub-layout from each other sub-layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7133001
    Abstract: A large aperture lightweight antenna uses an inflatable spherical surface deployed within a lighter than air platform. Beam steering is accomplished by moving the RF feedpoint(s) with respect to the reflector. The antenna can use an inflatable collapsible transreflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Toyon Research Corporation
    Inventors: A. Vincent Mrstik, Michael A. Gilbert, Michael P. Grace
  • Patent number: 7132405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the targeted delivery of a delivery vehicle construct which specifically binds to and stimulates endocytosis into cells expressing the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR), and particularly human airway epithelia. The delivery vehicle construct comprises a portion of uPA and a cargo linked thereto and is useful for the targeted delivery of the cargo to a cell. In one aspect of the invention, the uPA portion of the delivery vehicle construct comprises the wild-type uPA, a fragment of uPA which has the PAI-1 binding region deleted, or a uPA peptide comprising amino acids 13–19 and is useful for the targeted delivery of the cargo to cells, and in particular to airway epithelia. The present invention also provides a method for delivering the delivery vehicle construct to a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Michael J. Welsh, Paola T. Drapkin
  • Patent number: 7132491
    Abstract: Organometallic reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer reagents (RAFT reagents), processes of free radical polymerization employing the same and polymers with low polydispersity index obtained thereby. The process includes polymerizing at least one monomer with at least one initiator and at least one organometallic RAFT reagent to obtain polymers having terminal organometallic functional groups with low polydispersity index. In addition, the terminal organometallic functional group may be removed by subjecting the obtained polymer to elimination to provide the corresponding organic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yih-Hsing Lo, Kuo-Chen Shih, Yi-Chun Chen, Mei-Hua Wang, Fong Yee Hsu, Ming-Siao Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7133761
    Abstract: A method for processing an accelerometer data set generated from an operating internal combustion engine is disclosed. The processed accelerometer data is cepstrally filtered and a heat release trace is pulled from the accelerometer data set. That heat release trace is then used to estimate combustion quality and combustion phasing within the engine and control future combustion events using this information. Misfire and knock sensing is also incorporated into the engine controls. The method provides controls for an engine to allow it to adjust combustion from cycle window to cycle window generally without the need for expensive and less durable direct pressure measurement devices as compared to accelerometers. The resulting fuel injection speed results in the fuel passing through shock waves within the combustion chamber, which, in turn, promotes combustion of the fuel by promoting mixing of the fuel and intake charge within the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Westport Research Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Ancimer
  • Patent number: 7133185
    Abstract: A self-assembly structure of micro electromechanical optical switch utilizes residual stresses of three curved beams. The first curved beam pushes the base plate away from the substrate. The second curved beam lifts up the mirror slightly. Then, the third curved beam rotates the mirror vertical to the base plate and achieves self-assembly. In another embodiment, magnetic force and magnetic-activated elements are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shih-Yi Wen, Hsiao-Wen Lee, Jui-Ping Weng, Wu-Cheng Kuo, Chen-Yu Weng, Yu-Han Chien
  • Patent number: 7132056
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a fluid ejection device includes the step of forming a plurality of micro-electromechanical fluid ejection devices on a substrate that incorporates drive circuitry such that each device includes a micro-electromechanical actuator that is in electrical contact with the drive circuitry and a fluid ejection member that is positioned on the actuator. A plurality of nozzle chamber walls are formed on the substrate to define nozzle chambers such that each fluid ejection member is operatively positioned with respect to a respective nozzle chamber to eject fluid from the nozzle chamber on receipt of an electrical signal from the drive circuitry by the micro-electromechanical actuator to displace the fluid ejection member. A layer of sacrificial material is deposited on the substrate to cover the nozzle chamber walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: D531628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Velimir Pletikosa, Frank Tyneski, Roman Rak, Jana Regenwetter, Teodor Dabov