Patents Assigned to University
  • Patent number: 10561609
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition and an antiviral drug preparation, each comprising at least one water-insoluble antiviral drug and at least one water-soluble carrier material, wherein the water-insoluble antiviral drug is dispersed through the water-soluble carrier material in nano-disperse form. The present invention further provides processes for preparing the compositions and drug preparations, and also aqueous nano-dispersions obtained by combining water and the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The University of Liverpool
    Inventors: Alison J. Foster, James Long, Steven P. Rannard, Dong Wang, David J. Duncalf, Andrew Owen
  • Patent number: 10562830
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas separation system and a gas separation method capable of separating various types of hydrocarbon gas with high selectivity, and a gas separation system is for separating one type or more of hydrocarbon gases from mixed gas consisting of two types or more of hydrocarbon gases; having a porous metal-organic complex having pores determined by metal ion-containing planar ligands facing each other and pillar ligands coordinating between the planar ligands, and a controller for controlling at least a pressure of the mixed gas; and in which the pressure is controlled to control adsorption of the hydrocarbon gas to the porous metal-organic complex or desorption thereof from the porous metal-organic complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Christophe Lavenn, Patrick Ginet, Susumu Kitagawa, Ryotaro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10563664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan impeller (5) for a radiator fan module (1) in a motor vehicle as well as to a radiator fan module, the fan impeller comprising: a hub (8), a shroud (9), a plurality of blades (7) that extend from the hub (8) outward and are connected to each other via the shroud (9), and a plurality of streamlining fins (16) which are located between the blades (7), on the bottom side (12) of the shroud (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg, Hochschule Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences
    Inventors: Nils Springer, Michael Mauss, Frank Kameier, Gi-Don Na
  • Patent number: 10563982
    Abstract: A hybrid MEMS microfluidic gyroscope is disclosed. The hybrid MEMS microfluidic gyroscope may include a micro-machined base enclosure having a top fluid enclosure, a fluid sensing enclosure and a bottom fluid enclosure. The hybrid MEMS microfluidic gyroscope may include a plurality of cantilevers disposed within the bottom semi-circular portion of the micro-machined base enclosure or a single membrane disposed within the bottom semi-circular portion of the micro-machined base enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The University of Cyprus
    Inventors: Julius Georgiou, Charalambos Michael Andreou
  • Patent number: 10567033
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for detecting real-time random access and multi-user using multiple sequence spreading. The method for detecting real-time random access and multi-user using multiple sequence spreading may include steps of selecting, by user equipment, one spreading sequence set from a plurality of spreading sequence sets randomly without a separate resource allocation and/or spreading sequence allocation, applying, by the user equipment, each of the plurality of spreading sequences included in the one spreading sequence set to each of the plurality of symbols included in a group, and transmitting, by the user equipment, each of the plurality of symbols spread based on each of the plurality of spreading sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Chung Gu Kang, Ameha Tsegaye Abebe
  • Patent number: 10563499
    Abstract: This inventive method provides a novel way of modeling basins in planning the drilling of crude oil and natural gas wells by accounting for thermodynamic considerations in tracking the pore pressure of a location of interest. By plotting the energy gradients, heat flux, and thermal conductivity of the location of interest, the user can more accurately identify the location of the Top of Geopressure and additional pertinent information during the well drilling planning process that can reduce costs and increase the safety of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventors: Asadollah Hayatdavoudi, Sadiq Odubayo
  • Patent number: 10562772
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for making carbon nanotube structure. The device includes: an elastic rod including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end; and a controller connected to the first end and the second end respectively, wherein the controller is configured to rotate the elastic rod around a rotational axis which coincides with a center axis of the elastic rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiang-Tao Wang, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 10566538
    Abstract: A method for forming an organic thin film solar battery includes steps of: providing a substrate and an evaporating source; forming a first electrode on a surface of the substrate; spacing the evaporating source from the first electrode, and heating the carbon nanotube film structure to gasify the photoactive material and form a photoactive layer on a surface of the first electrode; and forming a second electrode on a surface of the photoactive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Wei, Hao-Ming Wei, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 10567398
    Abstract: A method executable via operation of configured processing circuitry to identify applications by remote monitoring may include initiating remote communication with a target device through an access point, the access point providing network access to the target device, providing a series of ping messages to the target device via the access point to determine a delay signature of an application running on the target device, comparing the delay signature of the application to a plurality of malware traffic signatures stored in a malware traffic signature library, and determining a matching score between the delay signature of the application and at least some of the malware traffic signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventor: Lanier A. Watkins
  • Patent number: 10564096
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and corresponding devices are provided for measuring the bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) of an object. An object is positioned relative to a BRDF measurement device. The BRDF measurement device comprises a turntable coupled to a background and a light source, the turntable configured to have the object positioned thereon; and a plurality of spectrographs configured such that each of the plurality of the spectrographs captures a reflectance spectra associated with the object from a different elevation angle relative to the object. A set of spectra data is captured by illuminating the object with the light source; and with each spectrograph, capturing a reflectance spectra associated with the object. The turntable is rotated such that an azimuthal angle between the object and the light source is changed. The capturing and rotating steps are repeated for a predetermined set of azimuthal angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Norman G. Fitz-Coy, Kunal Shrikant Patankar, Matthew T. Moraguez
  • Patent number: 10564099
    Abstract: A method for detecting or comparing mechanical strength of macro-molecular polymer materials. The detecting method has the steps of measuring the mechanical strength and the maximum value of the fluorescence absorption spectrum of each of the plurality of samples to form a curve relationship or function relationship between the maximum value of the fluorescence absorption spectrum and the mechanical strength; measuring the maximum value of the fluorescence absorption spectrum of the target material, and using the curve relationship or the function relationship to obtain the mechanical strength of the target material. The plurality of samples and the target material are both prepared from a macro-molecular polymer, and the macro-molecular polymer may be composed of disulfonate-difluorobenzophenone, hydroxyindole and difluorobenzophenone as monomers, and the sulfonate groups of the disulfonate-difluorobenzophenone have metal cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Southwest University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Guanjun Chang, Li Yang, Zhongyuan Lu, Junxiao Yang
  • Patent number: 10566475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoelectric element and a method for manufacturing the same, and the photoelectric element according to the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate; and transparent conductor pattern portions formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate to be connected to each other with a specific cycle such that incident light is concentrated in a specific area of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Icheon University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Joondong Kim, Ju-Hyung Yun
  • Patent number: 10564948
    Abstract: A method and a device for processing an irregular application are disclosed. The method comprises: determining M classes of tasks of the irregular application; executing the M classes of tasks in parallel, wherein each task has an index respectively; for the i-th task in the x-th class of task of the M classes of tasks: when the i-th task is executed to a rendezvous, stalling the i-th task, and determining a rule corresponding to the i-th task; inspecting current state of the i-th task according to the rule corresponding to the i-th task so as to steer the continued execution of the i-th task. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, irregular applications can be correctly and automatically executed with high performance in a manner of fine-grained pipeline parallelism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Wuxi Research Institute of Applied Technologies Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Leibo Liu, Zhaoshi Li, Shaojun Wei
  • Patent number: 10566618
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cell that has a high theoretical voltage and theoretical capacity, and can be discharged and recharged multiple times. The cell includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte, wherein the cathode contains a cathode active material containing an alkali metal compound represented by the formula (1): AxOy??(1) (wherein A is an alkali metal atom, x is 0.5 to 2.5, and y is 0.5 to 2.5), the anode contains an anode active material containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal, tin, titanium, boron, nitrogen, silicon, and carbon, and the cathode, the anode, and the electrolyte are hermetically sealed in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritaka Mizuno, Tetsuichi Kudo, Mitsuhiro Hibino, Yoshiyuki Ogasawara, Yosuke Suga, Atsuo Yamada, Yuki Yamada, Shin-ichi Okuoka, Koji Yonehara, Hironobu Ono, Yasutaka Sumida
  • Patent number: 10561749
    Abstract: Provided is a radioactive labeled compound capable of detecting a secondary mutation of an epidermal growth factor receptor, where the compound is represented by Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, and Y are as defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Kyoto University, ARKRAY, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideo Saji, Hiroyuki Kimura, Anna Miyazaki, Hirokazu Matsuda, Shuichi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10561958
    Abstract: Provided are a clip system and method for joining plates using the system of clips, with each clip including a base, a first protrusion, a second protrusion, a first pair of fingers, and a second pair of fingers, with the first protrusion and the second protrusion extending in opposite directions away from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Anurag Purwar, Qiaode Ge, Apoorva Godse
  • Patent number: 10563160
    Abstract: The present invention provides tissue scaffolds, methods of generating such scaffolds, and methods of use of such scaffolds to generate aligned and functional tissues for use in methods including regenerative medicine, wound repair, and transplantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Casey M. Jones, Patrick E. Donnelly, Stephen B. Bandini, Shivani Singh
  • Patent number: 10562005
    Abstract: A method for separating at least one hydrocarbon from a feed containing a mixture of at least one hydrocarbon and nitrogen, comprising contacting the feed with an adsorbent comprising a porous support wherein the porous support comprises exchangeable cations and at least a portion of the exchangeable cations are organic cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Gas Capture Technologies, University of Western Australia
    Inventors: Gang Li, Eric Freemantle May, Paul Anthony Webley, Stanley Hsing-Wei Huang, Kaman Ida Chan
  • Patent number: 10563249
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nucleic acid primer set that amplifies a ZEBOV gene. An F1 sequence includes at least 13 consecutive bases included in SEQ ID NO: 31 or 64. An F2 sequence includes at least 13 bases included in SEQ ID NO: 62 or 63. An F3 sequence includes at least 13 bases included in SEQ ID NO: 29, 36, 38, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 or 61. A B1c sequence includes at least 13 bases included in SEQ ID NO: 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 or 75. A B2c sequence includes at least 13 bases included in SEQ ID NO: 65 or 66. A B3c sequence includes at least 13 bases included in SEQ ID NO: 34, 67, 82 or 83.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Nagasaki University, Canon Madical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Yasuda, Yohei Kurosaki
  • Patent number: 10565764
    Abstract: An augmented reality device computationally processes an image frame against a first augmented reality profile stored in a local database. The first augmented reality profile includes first annotation content associated with a first object and is obtained from a second user device. In response to an object computationally processed from the first image frame satisfying a predetermined threshold of similarity with the first object in the first augmented reality profile, the first annotation content is rendered, on a display of the first user device, relative to the first object according to rendering instructions for the first annotation content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Bo Han, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Eric Zavesky, Wenxiao Zhang, Pan Hui