Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Patent number: 9200121
    Abstract: A poly(siloxane-diphenylbutadiyne) exhibiting thermosetting properties, a highly tunable glass transition temperature (Tg), and very high thermal and thermo-oxidative stability. In one embodiment, the poly(siloxane-diphenylbutadiyne) is a poly(tetrasiloxane-diphenylbutadiyne). The present subject matter also relates to a method of synthesizing the poly(tetrasiloxane-diphenylbutadiyne).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Benzhong Tang, Jie Li, Rongrong Hu, Wing Yip Lam
  • Patent number: 9203010
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system for embedded thermoelectric generators are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus is embedded in an interface where the ambient temperatures on two sides of the interface are different. In one embodiment, the apparatus is fabricated with the interface in integrity as a unitary piece. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first thermoelectric material embedded through the interface. The apparatus further includes a second thermoelectric material embedded through the interface. The first thermoelectric material is electrically coupled to the second thermoelectric material. In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes an output structure coupled to the first thermoelectric material and the second thermoelectric material and configured to output a voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Muhammad M. Hussain, Salman Bin Inayat, Casey Eben Smith
  • Patent number: 9193032
    Abstract: A supplying system of adding gas into the polishing slurry and method thereof are described. The supplying system includes a slurry container, a gas-mixed container, an adjusting device, a first flow controller, and a second flow controller. The supplying system utilizes the adjusting device to mix the polishing slurry with gas for forming the gas-mixed polishing slurry. The supplying system of adding the gas into the polishing slurry and method thereof are capable of increasing the material removal rate of the surface of the substrate in order to improve the processing quality of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Chen, Ping-Shen Chou, Wei-Kang Tu
  • Patent number: 9189835
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for robust estimation of a non-uniform motion blur that may reduce an amount of the non-uniform motion blur information, that is, a number of homographies by estimating non-uniform motion blur information about a blur in a predetermined area, thereby reducing an amount of time needed to remove the non-uniform motion blur, and may improve accuracy and stability of the non-uniform motion blur information by estimating homographies for an input image while increasing a number of the homographies, iteratively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION POHANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jung Uk Cho, Seung Yong Lee, Young Su Moon, Shi Hwa Lee, Chi Young Lee, Sung Hyun Cho, Ho Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 9191060
    Abstract: Signal processing, data encoding and/or decoding techniques are applied in a dictionary system. A dictionary is generated as a function of time shift and phase shift distortion. Atoms of the dictionary can be determined. Further, parameters of the dictionary can be flexibly chosen. In one aspect, signals can be processed as a function of the dictionary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Maosheng Xiong
  • Patent number: 9187537
    Abstract: There are provided a recombinant silk protein derived from sea anemones, a method for producing the same, and a composition for preparing a silk fiber including same. The recombinant silk protein derived from sea anemones has sequence features similar to genetic information of a silk protein derived from spiders and silkworms. Also, a large amount of recombinant silk protein derived from sea anemones may be produced from a transformant and it has good physical properties such as strength and elasticity. Therefore, the recombinant silk protein derived from sea anemones can be usefully applied in various industrial fields in which natural silk protein can be applied, and it is expected to create new industrial fields based on its distinctive mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION POHANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyung Joon Cha, Yun Jung Yang, Yoo Seong Choi
  • Patent number: 9182500
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for amplitude digitization of nuclear radiation pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Yonggang Wang, Wensong Zhu, Jun Chen
  • Publication number: 20150315689
    Abstract: This invention relates to metallurgy, more specifically, to wrought aluminum base alloys, and can be used for the fabrication of products with up to 350° C. working temperature range. The technical result achieved in the first and second objects of this invention is providing a new heat resistant aluminum base alloy the wrought semifinished products of which (sheets, rods, wire, die forgings products or pipes) have high strength, heat resistance and electrical conductivity. Said technical result is achieved in the first object of this invention as follows. The aluminum base alloy contains copper, manganese, zirconium, silicon, iron and chromium in the following amounts, wt. %: Copper 0.6-1.5 Manganese 1.2-1.8 Zirconium 0.2-0.6 Silicon 0.05-0.25 Iron 0.1-0.4 Chromium 0.01-0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY "MISIS"
    Inventors: Nikolay Alexandrovich BELOV, Alexander Nikolaevich ALABIN
  • Patent number: 9172492
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a time/wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network (TWPON), which has an optical splitter (21) and a waveguide grating router (WGR) (22) disposed at a remote node (RN) (20). The optical splitter (21) and the WGR (22) can be connected in a cascade or in a parallel such that the present invention can use less number of wavelengths to increase transmission capacity or increase the number of users. A channel fault monitoring (CFM) module provided at an optical line terminal (OLT) is utilized to locate fiber breaks among distribution fibers. The TWPON of the present invention can provide TDM-PON, WDM-PON, and Hybrid PON co-existing platform with less wavelengths channel fault monitoring mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: San-Liang Lee
  • Publication number: 20150299716
    Abstract: Provided is a method of eliminating the dependence of methanol induced promoter on a single methanol carbon source for expressing foreign polypeptide. The method comprises activating the expression of the promoter requiring methanol induction by increasing the expression quantity of Mit1 polypeptide in cells of methylotrophic yeast, so that the promoter originally depending on methanol induction no longer depends on single methanol and can also express foreign polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiangshan Zhou, Yuanxing Zhang, Jinjia Wang, Xiaolong Wang, Peng Bai, Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 9162287
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing gold nanoparticles using hydroxyl peroxide in an aqueous alkaline condition in the presence of a biocompatible protecting agent. The method of the invention does not involve toxic reagents and therefore are environmentally friendly. The gold nanoparticles thus produced can be used in biomedical applications including cancer therapy and drug delivery without purification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Masaki Ujihara, Toyoko Imae
  • Patent number: 9166928
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented relating to a three stage crossbar based switching system and a scheduling method for transmission of data packets and associated request and grant tokens. The first stage and third stage portions of the switching system contain TDM crossbars, which are interconnected by a middle stage set of crossbars. In an embodiment, the system switching module is a m×m crossbar switch comprising m inputs and m outputs. The switch has a size m2×m2 formed from m×m crossbar modules. Scheduling of data packet servicing is on a frame by frame basis relating to selection based on port addresses and port address groups. Further, time slot interchange is utilized to address time slot mismatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Chin Tau Lea
  • Patent number: 9164153
    Abstract: Magnetic sensors are disclosed, as well as methods for fabricating and using the same. In some embodiments, an EMR effect sensor includes a semiconductor layer. In some embodiments, the EMR effect sensor may include a conductive layer substantially coupled to the semiconductor layer. In some embodiments, the EMR effect sensor may include a first voltage lead coupled to the semiconductor layer. In some embodiments, the first voltage lead may be configured to provide a voltage for measurement by a voltage measurement circuit. In some embodiments, the EMR effect sensor may include a second voltage lead coupled to the conductive layer. In some embodiments, the second voltage lead may be configured to provide a voltage for measurement by a voltage measurement circuit. Embodiments of a Hall effect sensor having the same or similar structure are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jurgen Kosel, Jian Sun
  • Publication number: 20150292025
    Abstract: Different combinations of methylation status based biomarkers can be used to test for prostate cancer with high sensitivity and high specificity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Vladimir Bajic, Hicham Mansour, Roberto Incitti
  • Patent number: 9159477
    Abstract: Provided are a laminated chip composite resistor combining a thermistor and a varistor, and a preparation method thereof. The composite resistor comprises a varistor part, a transition layer part and a thermistor part overlapped sequentially, wherein the varistor part is formed by alternately laminating a ceramic layer of a varistor, a first electrode layer, another ceramic layer of a varistor and a second electrode layer; the thermistor part is formed by alternately laminating a ceramic layer of a thermistor, a third electrode layer, another ceramic layer of a thermistor and a fourth electrode layer; and the transition layer part is located between the thermistor part and the varistor part. Co-firing is employed and the base metal Ni is the main material of inner electrodes, which can reduce costs, simplify the preparation process, and improve the reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qiuyun Fu, Dongxiang Zhou, Yunxiang Hu, Zhiping Zheng, Wei Luo, Tao Chen
  • Patent number: 9159394
    Abstract: A ring-shaped magnetoresistive memory device includes a ring-shaped magnetoresistive memory cell, a first conductor, and a second conductor. The first conductor is positioned on a first surface of the ring-shaped magnetoresistive memory cell for generating a first magnetic field pulse. The second conductor is positioned on a second surface of the ring-shaped magnetoresistive memory cell for generating a second magnetic field pulse. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. An extension direction of the first conductor is perpendicular to an extension direction of the second conductor. A time delay is between the first magnetic field pulse and the second magnetic field pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jyh-Shinn Yang, Ching-Ming Lee, Te-Ho Wu
  • Publication number: 20150284809
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention concern methods and compositions related to detection of ovarian cancer, including detection of the stage of ovarian cancer, in some cases. In particular, the invention encompasses use of expression of TFAP2A and in some embodiments CA125 and/or E2F5 to identify ovarian cancer, including detecting mRNA and/or protein levels of the respective gene products. Kits for detection of ovarian cancer are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Vladimir Bajic, Mandeep Kaur
  • Publication number: 20150285506
    Abstract: A detonation engine can detonate a mixture of fuel and oxidizer within a cylindrical detonation region to produce work. The detonation engine can have a first and a second inlet having ends fluidly connected from tanks to the detonation engine. The first and second inlets can be aligned along a common axis. The inlets can be connected to nozzles and a separator can be positioned between the nozzles and along the common axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Aslan KASIMOV
  • Publication number: 20150280017
    Abstract: Nanometer sized materials can be produced by exposing a target to a laser source to remove material from the target and deposit the removed material onto a surface of a substrate to grow a thin film in a vacuum chamber
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Basma El Zein, Yingbang Yao, Elhadje Dogheche, Samir Boulfrad, Ghassan Jabbour
  • Patent number: 9148439
    Abstract: A method of detecting an internet attack against a computing device is disclosed. The method of detecting an internet attack against a computing device comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of incoming network packets; extracting a plurality of incoming feature packets based on the plurality of incoming network packets; predicting a predicted incoming feature packet based on the plurality of incoming feature packets; obtaining a first classification data based on one of the incoming feature packets using a first classifier; obtaining a second classification data based on the predicted incoming feature packet by using a second classifier; and performing at least one remedy action if the first classification data or the second classification data identifies the internet intrusion attack; wherein each of the plurality of incoming feature packets and the predicted incoming feature packet comprise a plurality of incoming features and a plurality of predicted features respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chi Tin Hon, Jia Hua Xu