Abstract: A capacitor including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a dielectric material situated between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the dielectric material is a self-assembled block-copolymer film with a periodic morphology. The self-assembled block-copolymer film may have a lamellar morphology that is horizontally oriented into layers of copolymer parallel to the first electrode and second electrode.
Abstract: A method includes storing three-dimensional image data acquired intravascularly via an optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus. The image data is analyzed to compute a probability estimate of stent presence at support positions appearing in an A-line. Stent strut locations are located in three-dimensional space based on the computed probability estimate of stent presence.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 27, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
Case Western Reserve University
Inventors:
Zhao Wang, Andrew M. Rollins, David L. Wilson, Hiram G. Bezerra
Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-retaining tray for a pizza, comprising one of a support means and an electricity supply means. The present invention provides a heat-retaining tray comprising: an upper plate having a plurality of protrusions formed such that food is laid on the upper surface of the plurality of protrusions; a side wall integrally formed vertically on the periphery of the upper plate; and a temperature increase unit for raising the temperature of the upper plate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignees:
Moru Co., Ltd., Jeju National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
Inventors:
Ho Won Lee, Seung Geon Kim, Kyung Ho Cho, Kyung Mo Im
Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel endophyte strains or cultures thereof that have a symbiotic relationship with plants. The present disclosure further provides methods of improving seed vitality, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, plant health and yield under both stressed and unstressed environmental conditions, comprising inoculating a seed with the novel endophyte strains and cultivating a plant therefrom.
Abstract: Provided is an active positioning encoder, comprising: a display device, said display device being used for displaying at least a first pattern; a reading device, said reading device comprising at least a first read head, the first read head being used for reading the first pattern in order to obtain an image signal; a signal processing device, said signal processing device performing signal processing on the image signal of the first read head in order to determine the single-dimensional positioning of the first read head relative to the display device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 17, 2014
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Inventors:
Peisen S. Huang, Junbin Zhang, Zonghao Chen, Jian Gao
Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a gate, an insulating medium layer and a Schottky diode. The Schottky diode includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a semiconducting structure. The first electrode is located on the surface of the insulating medium layer and includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The second electrode is located on the surface of the insulating medium layer and includes a third metal layer and a fourth metal layer. The semiconductor structure includes a first end and a second end. The first end is sandwiched by the first metal layer and the second metal layer, the second end is sandwiched by the third metal layer and the fourth metal layer. The semiconductor structure includes a nano-scale semiconductor structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignees:
Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Abstract: Methods of obtaining quantitative MRI images of a subject that includes fitting a theoretical model that accounts for tissue-specific relaxation properties and magnetization transfer effects to MRI measured data is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
Washington University
Inventors:
Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy, Alexander L. Sukstansky, Jie Wen, Anne H. Cross
Abstract: Techniques, systems, and devices are described for implementing for implementing computation devices and artificial neurons based on nanoelectromechanical (NEMS) systems. In one aspect, a nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) based computing element includes: a substrate; two electrodes configured as a first beam structure and a second beam structure positioned in close proximity with each other without contact, wherein the first beam structure is fixed to the substrate and the second beam structure is attached to the substrate while being free to bend under electrostatic force. The first beam structure is kept at a constant voltage while the other voltage varies based on an input signal applied to the NEMS based computing element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 8, 2014
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
Cornell University
Inventors:
Amit Lal, Serhan Ardanuc, Jason T. Hoople, Justin C. Kuo
Abstract: An isolated peptide is disclosed. The peptide comprises a titanium oxide binding amino acid sequence connected to a heterologous biologically active amino acid sequence via a beta sheet breaker linker, wherein: (i) the titanium oxide binding amino acid sequence is selected to bind coordinatively with titanium oxide; (ii) the titanium oxide binding amino acid sequence is selected to induce a beta sheet structure; and (ii) the titanium oxide binding amino acid sequence binds to titanium oxide with a higher affinity than said biologically active amino acid sequence binds to the titanium oxide under physiological conditions. Use of the peptides and titanium devices comprising same are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 3, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Research and Development Authority
Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to iteratively reconstruct a computed tomography (CT) image using a hybrid pre-log and post-log iterative reconstruction method. A pre-log formulation is applied to values of the projection data that are less than a threshold (e.g., X-ray intensities corresponding to high absorption trajectories). The pre-log formulation has better noise modeling and better image quality for reconstructed images, but is slow to converge. Projection data values above the threshold are processed using a post-log formulation, which has fast convergence but poorer noise handling. However, the poorer noise handling has little effect on high value projection data. Thus, the hybrid pre-log and post-log method provides improved image quality by more accurately modeling the noise of low count projection data, without sacrificing the fast convergence of the post-log method, which is applied to high-count projection data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 27, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignees:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, The Regents of the University of California
Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for estimating driving information, the apparatus receives a driving route of a vehicle, generates speed deviations corresponding to points on the driving route, and generates a speed profile that is a sequence of predicted speeds corresponding to the points based on the speed deviations and average speeds corresponding to the points.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 8, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignees:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., North Carolina State University
Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for forming structures or devices (e.g. microprobes for use in die level testing of semiconductor devices) from a core material and a shell or coating material that partially coats the surface of the structure. Other embodiments are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for producing structures or devices (e.g. microprobes) from a core material and a shell or coating material that completely coats the surface of each layer from which the probe is formed including interlayer regions. Additional embodiments of the invention are directed to electrochemical fabrication methods for forming structures or devices (e.g. microprobes) from a core material and a shell or coating material wherein the coating material is located around each layer of the structure without locating the coating material in inter-layer regions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
University of Southern California
Inventors:
Ming Ting Wu, Rulon J. Larsen, III, Young Kim, Kieun Kim, Adam L. Cohen, Ananda H. Kumar, Michael S. Lockard, Dennis R. Smalley
Abstract: A dual output semiconductor optical amplifier-based tunable fiber laser is provided that can be switched from low to high power and vice versa. The laser system uses bidirectional semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) for amplification and hence is able to introduce a unique feature of adjustable dual/single output ports.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 23, 2018
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
Abstract: Disclosed are materials and methods for treating diseases of the mammalian eye, and in particular, Usher syndrome 1B (USH1B). The invention provides AAV-based, dual-vector systems that facilitate the expression of full-length proteins whose coding sequences exceed that of the polynucleotide packaging capacity of an individual AAV vector. In one embodiment, vector systems are provided that include i) a first AAV vector polynucleotide that includes an inverted terminal repeat at each end of the polynucleotide and a suitable promoter followed by a partial coding sequence that encodes an N-terminal portion of a full-length polypeptide; and ii) a second AAV vector polynucleotide that includes an inverted terminal repeat at each end of the polynucleotide and a partial coding sequence that encodes a C-terminal portion of a full-length polypeptide, optionally followed by a polyadenylation (pA) signal sequence.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2014
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventors:
Sanford Leon Boye, Shannon Elizabeth Boye, Frank Markus Dyka, William W. Hauswirth
Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for cache replacement. The present invention leverages Belady's optimal replacement algorithm by applying it to past cache accesses to inform future cache replacement decisions. The occupied cache capacity of a cache is tracked at every time interval using an occupancy vector. The cache capacity is retroactively assigned to the cache lines of the cache in order of their reuse, where a cache line is considered to a cache hit if the cache capacity is available at all times between two subsequent accesses. The occupancy vector is updated using a last touch timestamp of a current memory address. A determination is made as to whether the current memory address results in a cache hit or a cache miss based on the updated occupancy vector. The replacement state for the cache line is stored using the results of the determination.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 26, 2019
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer readable medium are provided for behavioral modeling of a concurrent multiband amplifier. The apparatus includes a memory to store coefficients of a memory polynomial having summations over no more than four indices including memory order and nonlinearity order, and nonlinear terms confined to even powers, and a processor circuitry that executes a model of the multiband amplifier according to the memory polynomial. The coefficients are not indexed over is the memory order index which allows for a substantial reduction in number of coefficients and minimization of memory, but with high memory depth.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 15, 2018
Publication date:
February 21, 2019
Applicant:
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Inventors:
Mohammed Abdalla Abdelrahim Ali, Azzedine Mohamed Ali Zerguine
Abstract: A method for enhancing or restoring adhesion to cells that have partially or completely loss the ability to adhere to a substrate or other cells using nanosized clay crystallites.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 23, 2018
Publication date:
February 21, 2019
Applicant:
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Inventors:
Sahel Nishat ABDULJAUWAD, Habib-ur-Rehman AHMED
Abstract: A system and method include a resonator device including walls forming a channel, where the walls are shaped to simultaneously confine light in an optical mode and to confine vibration in a mechanical mode, and where the mechanical mode is selected so that vibration in the mechanical mode can couple to the optical mode. A waveguide is coupled with the resonator device for guiding a probe light through the resonator device. An electro-mechanical actuation mechanism provides a mechanical drive force to the resonator device. A photodetector measure light outputted by the waveguide after passing through the resonator device, the outputted light including a modulated version of the probe light based on passing through the resonator device and interacting with a fluid, or a fluid containing a particle, contained by the channel of the resonator device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 21, 2018
Publication date:
February 21, 2019
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Abstract: A polymer nanocomposite coating of an elastomeric film containing at least 30 wt % conductive nanoparticles based on combined weight of elastomer and conductive nanoparticles is provided. The conductive nanoparticles have an average particle size along each dimension of less than 500 nm for nanoparticles having an aspect ratio of less than 20:1 or have an average particle size along each dimension of less than 2000 nm for nanoparticles having an aspect ratio of 20:1 or greater. The conductive nanoparticles are formed into hierarchical micro- and nano-sized aggregates having re-entrant morphology. The coating is both superoleophobic and conductive and retains these properties even when stretched under strain to over 100%. The coatings may be produced with simple spray technology.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 9, 2016
Publication date:
February 21, 2019
Applicants:
ARLANXEO Singapore Pte. Ltd., University of Western Ontario
Inventors:
Lorenzo P. FERRARI (deceased), Dana K. ADKINSON, Jun YANG, Binyu YU, Maxim PALIY, Brad KOBE
Abstract: A method of preparing and a composition of an oil-based drilling fluid. An oil-based drilling fluid includes a base oil continuous phase, in which the base oil continuous phase includes a base oil, an aqueous dispersed phase, and at least one rheology modifier comprising a modified magnesium/aluminum carbonate layered-double hydroxide (Mg/Al—CO3 LDH) compound.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 7, 2018
Publication date:
February 21, 2019
Applicants:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Durham University, M-I Drilling Fluids UK Ltd
Inventors:
Musarrat Halima Mohammed, Andrew Whiting, Hugh Christopher Greenwell, Manohara Gudiyor Veerabhadrappa, John Adrian Hall, Gasan Selman Alabedi, Michael Hayward Hodder