Patents Assigned to Sciences
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Patent number: 10478502Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for topical application to skin are provided. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions comprise a corticosteroid and further comprise a liquid oil component comprising one or more dicarboxylic acid esters and/or monocarboxylic acid esters.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Arturo Angel, Gordon Dow
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Patent number: 10478789Abstract: This invention belongs to the field of biomass energy utilization at the large scale. A material stirring device for a biomass bin includes a transmission mechanism, a main stirring mechanism, and an auxiliary stirring mechanism. The main stirring mechanism includes a cylinder connected to the transmission mechanism. The outer wall of the cylinder is provided with a hollow stirring rod. The auxiliary stirring mechanism includes a rotating shaft vertically penetrating through the hollow stirring rod. Both ends of the rotating shaft are provided with stirring blades and the rotating shaft is connected to the transmission mechanism. That the stirring device is easily damaged due to too high density of the biomass material is overcome through the automatic conversion adjustment of the main and auxiliary stirring mechanisms. The continuous discharge efficiency of the biomass bin is improved by the organic integration of over and partial stirring.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Energy Research Institute Co., LTD, Henan Academy of SciencesInventors: Tingzhou Lei, Zhiwei Wang, Zaifeng Li, Xiaofeng He, Shuhua Yang, Xinguang Shi, Ju Xiao, Jinling Zhu
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Patent number: 10481375Abstract: Disclosed is an optical arrangement providing selective plane illumination, including an inverted illumination objective mounted below a sample support in use providing a line or plane of light at the sample support, and at least one image collection objective mounted above the support, said inverted illumination objective having an illumination objective optic axis, and said image collection objective having an image collection objective optical axis, wherein illumination light is arranged to propagate toward the illumination objective lateral offset to the illumination objective optical axis such that the illumination light leaving the illumination objective propagates toward the sample support at an oblique angle relative to the illumination objective optical axis, and wherein the image objective optical axis has an angle ? which is obtuse to the illumination objective optical axis and generally perpendicular to light propagating at the sample support.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences Corp.Inventor: Jeremy R. Cooper
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Patent number: 10483550Abstract: Provided is a solid oxide cell including a fuel electrode layer, electrolyte layer and an air electrode layer, wherein a diffusion barrier layer is provided between the air electrode layer and the electrolyte layer, the diffusion barrier layer includes: a first diffusion barrier layer formed on the electrolyte layer and including a sintered ceria-based metal oxide containing no sintering aid; and a second diffusion barrier layer formed on the first diffusion barrier layer and including a sintered product of a ceria-based metal oxide mixed with a sintering aid, the first diffusion barrier layer includes a sintered product of nanopowder and macropowder of a ceria-based metal oxide, and the first diffusion barrier layer and the second diffusion barrier layer are sintered at the same time. The diffusion barrier layer is densified, shows high interfacial binding force and prevents formation of a secondary phase derived from chemical reaction with the electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Kyung Joong Yoon, Seung-Hwan Lee, Mansoo Park, Jongsup Hong, Hyoungchul Kim, Ji-Won Son, Jong Ho Lee, Byung Kook Kim, Hae-Weon Lee
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Patent number: 10478312Abstract: An implant for use in a spine includes a body and a plurality of structural members. The plurality of structural members includes outer members that are arranged to contact a vertebra upon implantation and support members that provide reinforcement and stability to the outer members. The outer members may have sections with a generalized helical geometry. The generalized helical geometry provides distal and proximal outwardly facing surface regions and creates a series of protected fusion zones along the superior and inferior surfaces of the implant to foster adjacent bone growth.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education, Ltd.Inventors: Edward J. McShane, III, Christopher J. Ryan
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Patent number: 10482395Abstract: Systems and methods include: collecting digital event data for the digital account; using a trained machine learning model to extract account takeover (ATO) risk features from the collected digital event data; evaluating the extracted ATO risk features of the collected digital event data of the digital account against a plurality of ATO risk heuristics; identifying one or more of the plurality of ATO risk heuristics that is triggered by the extracted ATO risk features, wherein one or more of the plurality of ATO risk heuristics may be triggered if at least a subset of the extracted ATO risk features matches requirements of the one or more ATO risk heuristics; and generating an ATO risk assessment for the digital account using the one or more triggered ATO risk heuristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Sift Science, Inc.Inventors: Fred Sadaghiani, Keren Gu, Alex Paino, Jacob Burnim, Thomas Schiavone
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Patent number: 10483552Abstract: A catalyst containing a carbon support and a core-shell nanoparticle supported on the carbon support, wherein a core of the core-shell nanoparticle is cobalt metal not containing a heterogeneous element and the shell contains carbon. The catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction of the present disclosure is a catalyst in which the cobalt core-carbon shell nanoparticle is supported on the carbon support through ligand stabilization and heat treatment. The catalyst can be synthesized to have high dispersibility. In particular, it can be used as an electrode catalyst of a cathode to improve the oxygen reduction activity and durability of a fuel cell operating under an alkaline atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Sung Jong Yoo, Jue-hyuk Jang, So Young Lee, Jin Young Kim, Jong Hyun Jang, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Namgee Jung, Hyun Seo Park
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Patent number: 10481307Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, an optical antenna is provided. The optical antenna includes at least one first particle, and at least one second particle having a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the at least one first particle, wherein the at least one first particle and the at least one second particle are arranged along a plane, and wherein the at least one first particle is configured to enhance an optical emission of at least one light source providing an optical signal to the optical antenna and the at least one second particle is configured to direct the optical signal in a direction at least substantially perpendicular to the plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchInventors: Arseniy Kuznetsov, Yuan Hsing Fu
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Patent number: 10481188Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for non-contact measurement of an optoelectronic property. The system includes a sensing element configured to amplify an electromagnetic wave having a specific frequency, a thin film disposed on the sensing element such that an optoelectronic property of the thin film is measured, and an optoelectronic property measuring server configured to extract a physical property of the thin film based on the optoelectronic property of the thin film obtained when the electromagnetic wave amplified by the sensing element passes through the thin film.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Minah Seo, Sanghun Lee, Chulki Kim, Q-Han Park, Jongho Choe, Jinsoo Kim
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Patent number: 10479478Abstract: A morphing skin for an air vehicle structure, the skin being formed by a composite material which includes: a multiplicity of fibers, a matrix incorporating the fibers, and a thermo-sensitive material, such as a thermo-plastic. The thermo-sensitive material can be reversibly transitionable in response to a change in temperature, between (i) an ambient temperature mode in which the thermo-sensitive material is capable of transferring loads in the composite material, and (ii) a heated mode in which the ability of the thermo-sensitive material to transfer the loads is reduced. This can allow the stiffness of the skin to be temporarily reduced to enable the skin to be morphed into a different shape.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignees: MBDA UK Limited, Imperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineInventors: Mohammed Azad Hussain, Anthony Machell, Paul Robinson, Henry Alexander Maples, Charnwit Tridech, Alexander Bismarck
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Patent number: 10477860Abstract: A composition that can solvate biofilms and disrupt bacterial cell walls acts to both kill the bacteria by cell lysis and remove the biofilm. This solvent-containing composition is effective against a broad spectrum of microbes and can be used on a variety of surfaces, both living and inanimate. The polarity of the solvent component of the composition is lower than that of pure water so that the composition exhibits increased efficacy in solvating the macromolecular matrix of a biofilm and in penetrating bacterial cell walls.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Next Science IP Holdings Pty LtdInventor: Matthew Franco Myntti
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Patent number: 10484049Abstract: A ship network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention that enables data transmission and reception wirelessly in a ship regardless of the thickness of a bulkhead comprises: a first communication device, attached to a first bulkhead from among a plurality of bulkheads dividing a hull into a plurality of spaces, to receive transmission data transmitted from a transmitting terminal; and a second communication device, attached to a second bulkhead from among the bulkheads, to receive the transmission data from a first Ethernet communication module through near field communication and to transfer the received transmission data to a receiving terminal, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device perform near field communication using the first bulkhead and the second bulkhead as a communication medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)Inventor: Franklin Don Bien
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Patent number: 10481085Abstract: A glucose sensor comprising an optical energy source having an emitter with an emission pattern; a first polarizer intersecting the emission pattern; a second polarizer spaced a distance from the first polarizer and intersecting the emission pattern, the second polarizer rotated relative to the first polarizer by a first rotational amount ?; a first optical detector intersecting the emission pattern; a second optical detector positioned proximal to the second polarizer, the first polarizer and the second polarizer being positioned between the optical energy source and the second optical detector, the second optical detector intersecting the emission pattern; a compensating circuit coupled to the second optical detector; and a subtractor circuit coupled to the compensating circuit and the first optical detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: K Sciences GP, LLCInventor: Valentin Korman
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Patent number: 10478288Abstract: A mechanical prosthetic heart valve having a ring, multiple hinges, and multiple leaflets. The hinges are attached to the ring and are evenly spaced from one another along the inner circumference of the ring. Each leaflet is rotably attached to a hinge by an opening located in the center of the lower portion of the leaflets. The ring can include multiple protrusions located along the inner circumference of the ring. The protrusions of the ring limit the opening angle of the leaflets. By limiting the opening angle of the leaflets, wear and tear of the hinges and leaflets, as well as the probability of malfunction of the mechanical prosthetic heart valve are reduced. In addition, limiting the opening angle of the leaflets may increase the opening and closing speed of the leaflets, thus improving performance of the mechanical prosthetic heart valve when the patient is experiencing an elevated cardiac frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Clover Life Sciences Inc.Inventors: Osvaldo N. Amerio, Carlos Enrique Schvezov
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Patent number: 10482955Abstract: A storage array and a storage chip and method for storing a logic relationship between objects. The storage array comprises first leading-out wires and second leading-out wires, and a storage unit is connected between each first leading-out wire and each second leading-out wire having different serial numbers. A controllable switch is connected between each first leading-out wire and each second leading-out wire having a same serial number. The storage chip comprises an interface module. A control module is used for producing a control signal. A driving module is used for producing write current, erase current or read current. A first decoder and a second decoder are used for gating the first leading-out wires and the second leading-out wires. A storage array is used for storing a logic relationship value. The storage method comprises write and read operations.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCInventors: Sannian Song, Xiaogang Chen, Zhitang Song, Tianqi Guo
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Publication number: 20190346339Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for precisely measuring a structure are disclosed. A reference meter installed at a fixed location provides GPS reference information. A plurality of response meters, respectively installed at a plurality of positions of the structure, acquire acceleration information through acceleration sensors and measure a plurality of real-time kinematic (RTK) displacement data based on the GPS reference information, respectively. The response meters synchronize acceleration information with the plurality of RTK displacement data measured to generate into a packet to be transmitted. An operation processor receives the acceleration information and the plurality of RTK displacement data and calculates structure response information. With the GPS and accelerometers, the dynamic behaviors of structures including high-rise buildings, bridges, dams, and harbors can be precisely measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicants: Poongsan FNS Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Nam-Yeol Kwon, Doo-Young Kang, Seung-Beom Park, Min-Jae Kim, Jae-Min Moon, Hyeon-Muk Lim, Jin-Seok Kang, Hoon Sohn, Ki-Young Kim, Gun-Hee Koo, Jae-Muk Choi, Jun-Yeon Chung
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Publication number: 20190343864Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing hepatitis B, comprising: at least one oligonucleotide selected from the group consisting an oligonucleotide represented by a nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, or 6 or a nucleic acid sequence complementary thereto; and an oligonucleotide having at least one chemical modification on the oligonucleotide, as an active ingredient, and a method for screening a therapeutic agent for hepatitis B according to the formation of a G-quadruplex by HBV and a candidate material. The pharmaceutical composition forms a G-quadruplex with HBV and reduces cccDNA (covalently closed circular DNA) and thus can be used in the treatment or prevention of hepatitis B.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: AM Sciences IncInventors: Kyun Hwan KIM, Doo Hyun KIM, Yeong Min PARK
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Publication number: 20190347476Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for estimating human emotions using a deep psychological affect network for human emotion recognition. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for estimating emotion includes obtaining a physiological signal of a user, learning a network, which receives the obtained physiological signal, by using a temporal margin-based classification loss function considering a temporal margin, when the learning is in progress along a time axis, and estimating an emotion of the user through the learning of the network using the temporal margin-based classification loss function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Sungho JO, Buyng Hyung Kim
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Publication number: 20190347814Abstract: An apparatus, system and process for utilizing dual complementary pattern illumination of a scene when performing depth reconstruction of the scene are described. The method may include projecting a first reference image and a complementary second reference image on a scene, and capturing first image data and second image data including the first reference image and the complementary second reference image on the scene. The method may also include identifying features of the first reference image from features of the complementary second reference image. Furthermore, the method may include performing three-dimensional (3D) scene reconstruction for image data captured by the imaging device based on the identified features in the first reference image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Vidya Ganapati, Eden Rephaeli
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Publication number: 20190344353Abstract: The present invention relates to ear-of-rice-shaped copper particles. The technical gist thereof is a method of manufacturing ear-of-rice-shaped copper particles, ear-of-rice-shaped copper particles manufactured thereby, and a conductive paste using the same. The method includes a first step of preparing a copper precursor solution, a second step of adjusting the pH of the copper precursor solution, a third step of adding a zinc powder to the pH-adjusted copper precursor solution, a fourth step of synthesizing the ear-of-rice-shaped copper particles by stirring the copper precursor solution, to which the zinc powder is added, for a predetermined time, and a fifth step of separating, washing, and then drying the synthesized ear-of-rice-shaped copper particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Foundation for Research and Business, Seoul National University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jong-Hyun Lee, Jun Ho Hwang