Patents Assigned to University
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Publication number: 20150134947Abstract: A method for allowing a first party and a second party to obtain shared secret information is provided. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining, by the first party, a sequence of values A=X+NA where X is a sequence of values and NA is a random sequence associated with the first party; obtaining, by the second party, a sequence of values B=X+NB where NB is a random sequence associated with the second party; performing, by the first and second parties, a data matching procedure to identify corresponding pairs of values, a, b in respective sequences A and B that match, wherein sequences A and B are discrete-valued sequences equal to, derived from, or derived using, sequences A and B; wherein the shared secret information is equal to, or derived from, or derived using, the matching values in sequences A and B.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: University of LeedsInventors: Benjamin Thomas Hornsby Varcoe, Matthew Christopher John Everitt
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Publication number: 20150135293Abstract: Channel based authentication schemes for intrusion detection that operates at the physical layer are described that apply the capabilities of a pattern re-configurable antenna for improved performance. Performance gains are achieved by the schemes as a function of the number of antenna modes. The first scheme relies on a channel based fingerprint for differentiating between transmitters whereas another scheme poses the intruder detection problem as a generalized likelihood ratio (GLR) test problem that operates on the channel realizations corresponding to different modes present in a reconfigurable antenna. The benefits of these two schemes over single element antennas are demonstrated. General guidelines are provided on how to choose the different elements of the decision metric in order to realize better performance for physical layer based authentication schemes based on any diversity scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Drexel UniversityInventors: Prathaban Mookiah, Kapil R. Dandekar, John MacLaren Walsh, Rachel Greenstadt
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Publication number: 20150132778Abstract: Provided herein are methods for diagnosing heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) in a subject. The methods comprise (a) contacting a PF4-heparin complex with a biological sample from the subject; (b) contacting the composition of part (a) with an HIT-like antibody; and (c) measuring the amount of bound HIT-like antibody. In one embodiment, a significant decrease in the amount of bound HIT-like antibody in the composition of part (b) as compared to a control level is indicative of a diagnosis of HIT in the subject. Also provided are assay kits for performing the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Douglas B. Cines, Adam Cuker, Bruce Sachais
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Publication number: 20150133630Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide molecules that bind to a target molecule in a pH dependent manner and a screening method for selecting such molecules. Provided is a screening method for selecting peptides that bind to a target molecule at a first pH and do not bind thereto at a second pH, including a step of preparing a peptide library in which each mRNA contains at least one special amino acid that undergoes a pH-dependent change in the charge of the side chain thereof, a step of bringing the peptide library into contact with the target molecule and incubating them under the first pH condition and selecting peptides that bind to the target molecule, and a step of selecting, from the peptides which have bound to the target molecule, peptides that do not bind to the target molecule under the second pH condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: The University of TokyoInventors: Hiroaki Suga, Takeo Iida
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Publication number: 20150132297Abstract: The invention provides methods and materials related to a gene expression-based survival predictor for DLBCL patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Serv, Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Oslo University Hospital HF, Oregon Health & Science University, University of Rochester, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universitat De Barcelona, British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch, Julius-Maximilians-University of WuerzburgInventors: Lisa Rimsza, Andrew T. Lister, Wing C. Chan, Dennis Weisenburger, Jan Delabie, Erlend B. Smeland, Harald Holte, Stein Kvaloy, Rita M. Braziel, Richard I. Fisher, Pedro Jares, Armando Lopez-Guillermo, Elias Campo Guerri, Elaine S. Jaffe, Georg Lenz, Wyndham H. Wilson, George Wright, Sandeep S. Dave, Louis M. Staudt, Randy D. Gascoyne, Joseph M. Connors, Hans-Konrad Muller-Hermelink, Andreas Rosenwald, German Ott
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Publication number: 20150135318Abstract: A method of detecting network intrusion based on improved support vector machine is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of identifying a plurality of features; computing information gain of each of the features; selecting a pre-determined number of features based on the computed information gain and augmenting that set of pre-determined number of features with special features to form a set of selected features; and classifying a network connection based on the selected features using support vector machine. In order to achieve better detection accuracy, cross-validation and grid-search are applied to select the radial basis function for the support vector machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Macau University of Science and TechnologyInventors: HON Chi Tin, XU Jia Hua
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Publication number: 20150133677Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel synthetic methods for preparing a spiro cyclopropyl indolinone compound represented by Structural Formula (A): or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also included are synthetic intermediates described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: University Health NetworkInventors: Graham Cumming, Narendra Kumar B. Patel, Bryan T. Forrest, Yong Liu, Sze-Wan Li, Peter Brent Sampson, Louise G. Edwards, Heinz W. Pauls
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Publication number: 20150128440Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for drying and concentrating, using waste vapor, which includes: a vapor supplying unit that produces and supplies vapor, using a boiler; a vapor storing unit that temporarily stores the vapor from the vapor supplying unit; a drying/concentrating unit that receives the vapor from the vapor storing unit and dries/concentrates a high-moisture material, in an indirect heat transfer type; a waste vapor collecting unit that collects waste vapor produced from the high-moisture material in the drying/concentrating unit; a vapor compressing unit that compresses the waste vapor collected by the waste vapor collecting unit; a condensate water discharging unit that separates condensate water, which is discharged after used as heat source in the drying/concentrating unit, and stink gases and discharges them; and a stink gas supplying line through which the stink gases separated by the condensate water discharging unit is supplied to the boiler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventor: Tae In OHM
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Publication number: 20150133609Abstract: Zwitterionic and mixed charge conducting polymers, surfaces modified to include the polymers, bulk constructs that include the polymers, and methods for using the polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: University of Washington through its Center for CommercializationInventors: Shaoyi Jiang, Tao Bai
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Patent number: 9029509Abstract: The present disclosure relates to binding agents (e.g. antibodies) that bind to and/or modulate the activity of a urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR/CD87), compositions comprising the antibodies, and methods involving use of the antibodies or compositions.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Charles S. Craik, Krishna Sai Duriseti, David H. Goetz
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Patent number: 9030277Abstract: A compact microwave distributed-element dual-mode bandpass filter is provided, comprising a dual-mode resonator and a signal input port and a signal output port coupled electrically to the dual-mode resonator respectively; wherein, the dual-mode resonator comprises a main stripline with a center-loaded short-circuited stub, the main stripline is reasonably folded in both vertical and horizontal directions and is reasonably folded into a first layer, a second layer, a third layer and a fourth layer; a symmetrical plane is provided between the second layer and the third layer, while the first layer and the fourth layer are symmetrical to each other relative to the symmetrical plane, the second layer and the third layer are symmetrical to each other relative to the symmetrical plane as well; the center-loaded short-circuited stub is located on the symmetrical plane, and the symmetrical plane can be treated as a virtual ground at odd-mode resonant frequency.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Nantong UniversityInventor: JianXin Chen
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Patent number: 9031646Abstract: A method discriminates between ventricular arrhythmia and supraventricular arrhythmia by determining the direction of an electrical signal conducted through the atrioventricular node. An implantable cardiac defibrillator provides atrioventricular and ventriculoatrial pacing bursts to determine if an arrhythmia with a 1:1 atrial to ventricular relationship is due to ventricular tachycardia or supraventricular tachycardia. This discrimination capability reduces the incidence of inappropriate shocks from dual-chamber implantable cardiac defibrillators to near zero and provides a method to differentially diagnose supraventricular tachycardia from ventricular tachycardia.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventor: Samir F. Saba
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Patent number: 9028842Abstract: The present invention provides anti-Plasmodium immunogenic compositions comprising EVP1 (PFD0495c) or an antigenic portion thereof, as well as methods of immunizing against malaria employing these compositions. In other embodiments, the present invention provides methods of identifying Plasmodium infection employing agents that bind to EVP1 or an antibody generated thereto.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: Kasturi Haldar, Pamela Tamez, Souvik Bhattacharjee
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Patent number: 9029823Abstract: A new class of phase change materials has been discovered based on compounds of: Ga; lanthanide; and chalcogenide. This includes compounds of Ga, La, and S (GLS) as well as related compounds in which there is substitution of S with O, Se and/or Te. Moreover, La can be substituted with other lanthanide series elements. It has been demonstrated that this class of materials exhibit low energy switching. For example, the GLS material can provide an optical recording medium with erasability 3-5 dB greater than the erasability of GeSbTe (GST) material which is the standard material for phase change memories.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: University of South HamptonInventors: Daniel William Hewak, Richard J. Curry, Arshad Khawar Mairaj, Robert E. Simpson
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Patent number: 9030161Abstract: A system for wireless power transmission may include one or more charging panels and one or more powered devices. The charging panel may include a pilot analysis circuitry, processor and power transmitter. The pilot analysis circuitry may be configured to analyze the magnitude and phase of a pilot signal from the powered device, based on which the processor may be configured to determine a complex conjugate of the pilot signal. And the power transmitter may be configured to cause radiation of a focused wireless power beam to the powered device in accordance with the complex conjugate of the pilot signal and via one or more antenna elements. The charging panel may be one of a plurality of spatially-distributed charging panels each of which includes respective antenna elements that may form an array of antenna elements configured to collaboratively radiate wireless power as a distributed, retro-reflective beamformer.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas SystemInventors: Mingyu Lu, Richard E. Billo
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Patent number: 9031320Abstract: An image dynamic range compression method for an image processing device is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of input pixels which include a first input pixel, obtaining a luminance pixel value of each of the input pixels, executing a filter execution according to the luminance pixel values of the input pixels to obtain a filter result corresponding to the first input pixel, transforming the filter result into a function result according to a function, and obtaining an output luminance pixel value of the first input pixel according to the luminance pixel value of the first input pixel and a transforming ratio between the function result and the filter result. Accordingly, the method reserves the details in an image and color information, and increases the execution speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Tamkang UniversityInventor: Chi-Yi Tsai
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Patent number: 9032348Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for simulating physical active semiconductor components using in silico active semiconductor components. To simulate charge degradation effect(s) in a circuit simulation, a simulated defect signal level is produced. More specifically, the simulated defect signal level simulates at least one charge degradation effect in the in silico active semiconductor component as a function of simulation time and a simulated input signal level of a simulated input signal. As such, the charge degradation effect(s) are simulated externally with respect to the in silico active semiconductor component. In this manner, the in silico active semiconductor component does not need to be reprogrammed in order to simulate charge degradation effects.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, University of Southern CaliforniaInventors: Hugh James Barnaby, Ivan Sanchez Esqueda
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Patent number: 9031774Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for predicting a moving direction of another vehicle running on a carriageway adjacent to a user's vehicle using periodically acquired image information around the user's vehicle, and performing a control process of preventing collision of the user's vehicle when a moving direction of the user's vehicle crosses the moving direction of the other vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Andong University Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Jung Hee Suk, Ik Jae Chun, Chun Gi Lyuh, Soon Il Yeo, Wook Jin Chung, Jeong Hwan Lee, Jae Chang Shim, Tae Moon Roh
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Patent number: 9029889Abstract: A light emitting diode is provided. The light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The active layer is sandwiched between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a surface of the second semiconductor layer which is away from the active layer is a light extraction surface of the LED. The first electrode is electrically connected with the first semiconductor layer. The second electrode electrically connected with the second semiconductor layer. A number of three-dimensional nano-structures are formed on the light extraction surface of LED, the number of the three-dimensional nano-structures are aligned side by side, and a cross section of each three-dimensional nano-structure is M-shaped.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhen-Dong Zhu, Qun-Qing Li, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 9030112Abstract: An illumination system includes: a signal receiver device configured to, in response to a coupling signal, generate a receiver-side signal frame including a control code portion based on control information of the coupling signal; a code extracting unit operable to extract the control code portion from the receiver-side signal frame; and a current providing unit operable to provide a driving current through a light emitting component according to the control code portion extracted from the code extracting unit. The driving current has a magnitude dependent on the extracted control code portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: National Chi Nan UniversityInventors: Tai-Ping Sun, Chia-Hung Wang, Jia-Yu Chen