Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 12290428
    Abstract: An osmotic sanitary collection bag for collecting fluid discharged from the vagina during menstruation. The osmotic sanitary collection bag includes an absorbent sponge having a plurality of drainage apertures disposed therethrough. Elongated adhesive strips extend away from the sponge and are adhered to a first surface of a conventional sanitary device to secure the osmotic sanitary collection bag in place. A collection bag abuts the absorbent sponge and is disposed in underlying relation to the absorbent sponge and the drainage apertures. The absorbent sponge is laced with salt, alcohol, and an odor-masking substance, such as sodium bicarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Florida A&M University
    Inventor: Charles Magee
  • Patent number: 12293191
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a fine-grained image recognition method and apparatus using graph structure represented high-order relation discovery, wherein the method includes: inputting an image to be classified into a convolutional neural network feature extractor with multiple stages, extracting two layers of network feature graphs in the last stage, constructing a hybrid high-order attention module according to the network feature graphs, and forming a high-order feature vector pool according to the hybrid high-order attention module, using each vector in the vector pool as a node, and utilizing semantic similarity among high-order features to form representative vector nodes in groups, and performing global pooling on the representative vector nodes to obtain classification vectors, and obtaining a fine-grained classification result through a fully connected layer and a classifier based on the classification vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: BEIHANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jia Li, Yifan Zhao, Dingfeng Shi, Qinping Zhao
  • Patent number: 12292382
    Abstract: A crystallinity measurement device includes a Raman spectroscopy unit configured to acquire a Raman spectrum of resin-containing material including crystalline thermoplastic resin; and an analysis unit configured to calculate crystallinity of the crystalline thermoplastic resin based on an intensity of a low-wavenumber spectrum that is a spectrum in a region of less than 600 cm?1, in the Raman spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., AKITA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kamihara, Naomoto Ishikawa, Kiyoka Takagi, Sota Kamo, Makoto Yamaguchi, Mitsutoshi Jikei, Kazuya Matsumoto, Mikio Muraoka
  • Patent number: 12292367
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are an imaging device and method for turbid oil abrasive particles based on polarized image enhancement, which belong to the technical field of image processing. The imaging device of the present invention includes a CMOS fixing device, a Stokes polarized CMOS sensor, an optical lens sleeve and an optical magnifying glass, where the Stokes polarized CMOS sensor includes a CMOS sensor and a Stokes analyzer. By using a polarization characteristic difference between scattered light of lubricating oil media and reflected light of abrasive particles, Stokes vector information is measured in real time under turbid lubricating oil scenes, the scattered light of the media is filtered out, image quality of the abrasive particles is improved, coverage duration for monitoring abrasive particle imaging is effectively prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Liming Wang, Yu Du, Yanyan Nie, Fangyi Li, Zihan Ye
  • Patent number: 12295154
    Abstract: A wide bandgap semiconductor structure for an irradiation characteristic test includes a substrate with metal plates and a wide bandgap semiconductor part. The wide bandgap semiconductor part includes a gallium nitride layer, a barrier layer, P-type gallium nitride layers, source ohmic metal layers, and drain ohmic metal layers. The P-type gallium nitride layers are connected to a gate interconnection metal layer via gate metal layers and metal lead wires. A gate top metal layer is provided on the gate interconnection metal layer. Each source ohmic metal layer is provided with a source interconnection metal layer and source top metal layers. Each drain ohmic metal layer is provided with a drain interconnection metal layer and drain top metal layers. The wide bandgap semiconductor part is connected to the metal plates through the source top metal layers, the drain top metal layers, and the gate top metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Feng Zhou, Yu Rong, Hai Lu, Weizong Xu, Dong Zhou, Fangfang Ren
  • Patent number: 12291600
    Abstract: A three-dimensional star-shaped ?-helix polypeptide having a high-efficiency gene delivery capability, and a preparation method and an application thereof. A dendrimer is used as an initiator and dichloromethane is used as a reaction solvent to initiate high-speed ring-opening polymerization of different types of N-carboxylic anhydride monomers, and groups having different electrical properties are introduced at the ends via click chemistry reactions. The abundant amino groups on the surface of the dendrimer provide enough polymerization sites to enable the polypeptide to form a three-dimensional spherical topological structure, and the topological structure provides an opportunity for initial acceleration of the ring-opening polymerization reaction. The higher positive charge density caused by polypeptide side chain modified guanidine/amino groups etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lichen Yin, Huan Ye, Rongying Zhu
  • Publication number: 20250136825
    Abstract: A method for preparing an antibacterial and fresh-keeping fruit-packaging material through three-dimensional (3D) printing includes the following steps: dissolving gum arabic and pullulan separately in deionized water to obtain a gum arabic solution and a pullulan solution; subjecting a probiotic to cultivation, centrifugation, and resuspension to obtain a bacterial suspension; mixing the bacterial suspension, the gum arabic solution, and the pullulan solution to obtain a core layer solution; mixing polyvinyl chloride, a modifier, and a plasticizer to obtain a shell layer solution; injecting the shell layer solution and the core layer solution into two syringes, respectively; conducting coaxial 3D printing to finally obtain a coaxial 3D printing product with a core-shell structure; and conducting uniaxial 3D printing with the shell layer solution alone to form an outer layer on the coaxial 3D printing product to obtain the antibacterial and fresh-keeping fruit-packaging material with inner and outer layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Zhihua LI, Xiaowei HUANG, Xiaobo ZOU, Liuzi DU, Jiyong SHI, Zhikun YANG, Shaoyi CEN, Junjun ZHANG, Ning ZHANG, Wei SUN
  • Publication number: 20250140861
    Abstract: In an electrode binder of a lithium ion secondary battery including a polymer solid electrolyte, the binder employs a polymer (A) which is a carboxyl group-containing polymer or a salt thereof and which provides a 5 mass % aqueous solution of the polymer (A) has a viscosity of 10,000 mPa·s or more at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD., National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    Inventors: Tomoko Nakano, Naohiko Saito, Yoichi Tominaga
  • Publication number: 20250138299
    Abstract: A reflective display device and a color laminated display device are disclosed. The reflective display device according to the present application includes: a first electrode which is a transparent electrode; a second electrode arranged opposite to the first electrode; a display layer arranged between an inner side of the first electrode and an inner side of the second electrode; the display layer including a plurality of pixel walls which are arranged in the display layer at intervals; and an accommodating cavity formed by two adjacent pixel walls and the inner side of the second electrode, the accommodating cavity being used for accommodating a color developing liquid, and each of the pixel walls has a color identical to the color developing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY, SHENZHEN GUOHUA OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guofu ZHOU, Biao TANG, Yongfeng HUANG, Heyong HU, Dong YUAN
  • Publication number: 20250137146
    Abstract: A method for syngas production includes contacting an electrocatalytic working electrode with a gaseous electrolytic solution including carbon dioxide in a cell with a reference electrode and a counter electrode, applying a potential to the cell during the contacting, and forming a gaseous syngas product by electrocatalytically reducing the carbon dioxide in the gaseous electrolytic solution without forming any liquid syngas product. The electrocatalytic working electrode includes an electrocatalytic material on a conductive carbon paper. The electrocatalytic material includes a zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) and silver in an amount of 5 to 10 percent by weight of the electrocatalytic material. The ZIF-8 and silver are in a layer of particles. The particles are in the form of one or more polyhedrons and the one or more polyhedrons have a longest dimension with an average length of 0.1 to 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Muhammad USMAN, Munzir Hamedelniel Mohamed SULIMAN
  • Publication number: 20250140227
    Abstract: A method of designing a silencer by using an acoustic metamaterial according to the present disclosure includes distributing design variables through an experimental design method, performing optimal design on initial design proposals, obtaining an insertion loss of an optimal unit cell, and selecting a unit cell to be used first for effective noise reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jin Woo LEE, Jae Ho CHO
  • Publication number: 20250142780
    Abstract: A heat sink includes a thermally conductive base. The thermally conductive base has a first surface, a second surface, a guiding surface and an accommodating recess. The second surface faces away from the first surface. The guiding surface are connected to the first surface and the second surface. The guiding surface is not perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. The accommodating recess is located at the first surface. The thermally conductive base has an inner bottom surface and an inner annular side surface which surround and form the accommodating recess. The inner annular side surface is connected to the inner bottom surface. The accommodating recess accommodates a heat source. The inner bottom surface is thermally coupled to the heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: COOLER MASTER CO., LTD., NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hao-Jun CHEN, Chi-Chuan WANG
  • Publication number: 20250143192
    Abstract: There is provided a stacked film with strong interlayer exchange coupling strength for upper and lower two magnetic layers, a magnetoresistive effect element, a semiconductor memory, and a logic LSI. A stacked film 10 includes a first magnetic layer 11, an antiferromagnetic coupling layer 12 adjacent to the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer 13 adjacent to the antiferromagnetic coupling layer and antiferromagnetically coupled to the first magnetic layer. The antiferromagnetic coupling layer 12 includes a layer containing an Ir—Re alloy and has an atom proportion of Re in the Ir—Re alloy of more than 0% and 12.5% or less. The magnetoresistive effect element, the semiconductor memory, and the logic LSI include one or a plurality of the stacked films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Saito, Shoji Ikeda, Tetsuo Endoh, Hirofumi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20250136555
    Abstract: Provided are a hydantoin compound as represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and the medical use thereof. The compound has a strong agonistic action on PPAR? and PPAR?, has a good selectivity to PPAR?, and has good pharmacokinetic properties. The compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, deuterated compound or solvate thereof can be used for preparing a PPAR?/? dual agonist, and is used for preparing a drug for preventing or treating diseases mediated by PPAR? and/or PPAR?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: HARBIN MEDISAN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Liang DAI, Hongbin SUN, Jiehao XIANG, Zhiqi FENG, Hui LIU, Xiangrui XU, Yinling YUN, Gang SUN, Xin LIU, Yanyan WANG, Haoliang YUAN
  • Publication number: 20250140077
    Abstract: Provided is a verifiable random lottery method based on a Merkle tree and a sorting manner, including: determining a number of winners and participants in a lottery, and allowing a lottery system to record personal data submitted by each of the participants and a random timestamp clicked and confirmed by the participant in a time period; constructing a Merkle tree with an SM3 algorithm, and taking a root of the Merkle tree as a random seed; taking the random seed as an input, iteratively running the SM3 algorithm to obtain a random string of each participant, sorting all of the random strings in a descending manner, and selecting the winners in the lottery; verifying the random seed in the lottery; and verifying a lottery result: iteratively running the SM3 algorithm on a legal random seed to reproduce and verify the lottery result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gengran HU, Zupei NIE, Lin You
  • Publication number: 20250140717
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stripline interconnect system for high-frequency signal transmission. The interconnect is positioned within a recessed area of a substrate, enabling a reduced height. Included in this design is a dielectric ramp, manufactured on the substrate, that facilitates a smooth transition from transmission dielectric to height of the wafer. Formed using aerosol jet printing, a center conductor extends from the substrate, traverses the dielectric ramp, and connects to wafer pads. To provide for electromagnetic confinement and reduce external interferences, a dielectric is printed over the center conductor, forming an arch, which is subsequently shielded with a printed metal covering. This design provides for reduced insertion and reflection losses, low dispersion, and increased signal isolation. This stripline interconnect is of particular interest for applications desiring precise high-frequency signal transmission between integrated circuit wafers and external circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Samir El-Ghazaly, Latarence Butts, H. Alan Mantooth
  • Publication number: 20250140893
    Abstract: A battery cell pressing system may include a sealed case having an internal chamber, the sealed case including at least one window to allow visual inspection of the internal chamber; a pouch-type battery cell disposed within the internal chamber of the sealed case; a fluid filling the internal chamber and surrounding the pouch-type battery cell; a fluid entrance in fluid communication with the internal chamber; a pressing member configured to adjust a pressure of the fluid within the internal chamber such that the pressure at which the fluid presses the pouch-type battery cell is approximately 1 MPa to 10 MPa; a heater configured to heat the fluid within the internal chamber; and a pressure measuring member configured to measure the pressure within the internal chamber. The fluid isotropically presses the pouch-type battery cell during at least one of charging and discharging of the pouch-type battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Jeongbeom LEE, Min-Sang SONG, Yu-Ting CHEN, Ying Shirley MENG
  • Publication number: 20250139331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a targeted perception-oriented twin substructure interaction method and system, and application. The method includes: acquiring multivariate inspection and monitoring data and finite element influence line data of a main structure; solving, on the basis of the inspection and monitoring data and the finite element influence line data of a non-focus region, boundary conditions of a focus region; establishing, for the focus region, a refined twin substructure finite element model, and correcting material properties of the refined twin substructure finite element model on the basis of the inspection and monitoring data and the finite element influence line data of the focus region; and calculating a correction force on the basis of the boundary conditions of the focus region and the material properties, and using the correction force as an equivalent external load to act on nodes of a global finite element model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Southeast University
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Yixuan Chen, Feiyu Wang, Chenhao Gao
  • Publication number: 20250139345
    Abstract: A machine-learning method for semiconductor process optimization may include inputting semiconductor-related parameters into each of first neural network models and outputting, based on the semiconductor-related parameters, a predicted figure of merit of a semiconductor device as a first output value from each of the first neural network models. After a semiconductor manufacturing process is performed with a semiconductor manufacturing parameter, electrical measurement parameter values may be measured using one or more measuring devices. The semiconductor-related parameters may include electrical measurement parameter values measured on one or more semiconductor devices. The method may also utilize a feedback loop between an output and an input of the first neural network models so that the electrical measurement parameter values can be updated based on an output value of the first neural network models. A second neural network model may also be used. A computing device and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: RESEARCH COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITY, POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hyun Chul CHOI, Chang Hyeon AN, Rock Hyun BAEK, Hyeok YUN
  • Patent number: RE50416
    Abstract: Embodiments include accessing a set of digital pathology (DP) images having an imaging parameter; applying a low-computational cost histology quality control (HistoQC) pipeline to the DP images, where the low-computational cost HistoQC pipeline computes a first set of image metrics associated with a DP image, and assigns the DP image to a first or a second, different cohort based on the imaging parameter and the first set of image metrics; applying a first, higher-computational-cost HistoQC pipeline to a member of the first cohort; applying a second, different higher-computation-cost HistoQC pipeline to a member of the second cohort; where the first or second, higher-computational-cost HistoQC pipeline determines an artifact-free region of the member of the first or second cohort, respectively, and classifies the member of the first or second cohort, respectively, as suitable or unsuitable for downstream computation or diagnostic analysis based, at least in part, on the artifact free region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Anant Madabhushi, Andrew Janowczyk