Patents by Inventor Jae Woo Lee

Jae Woo Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260250163
    Abstract: A treatment method of at least one colloidal TOC present in wastewater, said at least one colloidal TOC being selected among starch, oil, and dye, comprising the steps of: (a) un-stabilizing the at least one colloid TOC by adding an alkaline source to the wastewater to raise the pH to 11 to 12.5; (b) precipitating the at least one colloid TOC by adding a polymer flocculant; and (c) separating the at least one precipitated colloid TOC into solid and liquid under conditions of pH 11 to 12.5 and discharging it out of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicant: SNF Group
    Inventors: Heung Seop LEE, Young Han BAE, Min Ho KIM, Tae Seung HONG, Jae Woo LEE, Tae Kwang JEONG
  • Patent number: 12715774
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube using carbon dioxide and a carbon nanotube manufactured using carbon dioxide. Particularly, an embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube using carbon dioxide to manufacture a uniform carbon nanotube with a small diameter by using a catalyst, a carbon raw material, and carbon dioxide, with a carbon nanotube manufactured using carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jae Woo Lee, Byung Hoon Hwang, Won Chan Yoon
  • Publication number: 20260245516
    Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate having a display area including a plurality of emission areas arranged therein. A circuit layer is located on the substrate. An element layer is located on the circuit layer. The element layer comprises light emitting elements arranged in each of the plurality of emission areas. The circuit layer comprises light emitting pixel drivers electrically connected to the light emitting elements. An initialization voltage line transmits an initialization voltage. The light emitting pixel drivers comprise first light emitting pixel drivers, second light emitting pixel drivers and third light emitting pixel drivers. The initialization voltage line comprises a first initialization voltage line transmitting a first initialization voltage to the third light emitting pixel drivers and a second initialization voltage line transmitting a second initialization voltage having a different voltage level from the first initialization voltage to the second light emitting pixel drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2025
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Inventors: Seung Jun LEE, Jae Woo LEE, Tae Ho KIM, Dong Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20260215124
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, and a first light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first sub-light-emitting layer, a charge generation layer, and a second sub-light-emitting layer, where an area of the first sub-light-emitting layer is larger than an area of the charge generation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2025
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Jae Woo LEE, Tae Ho KIM, Dong Min LEE, Seung Jun LEE, Sun Young JUNG
  • Publication number: 20260196522
    Abstract: An anode active material for a secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes a composite particle including a core containing silicon and metal nanoparticles arranged on an outer surface of the core. A ratio of the volume of the metal nanoparticles to the volume of the core is greater than 0.22 and 0.4 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Han Vin KIM, Sung Kyung KIM, Jae Woo LEE, Jae Chan RYU, Seo Hyeon PARK, Yoon Seok JUNG, Seung Goo JUN, Eun Suh LEE
  • Publication number: 20260194806
    Abstract: A photomask includes a transparent substrate having a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite to each other, a first translucent layer disposed on the first surface of the transparent substrate, a light-shielding layer disposed on the second surface of the transparent substrate, and a second translucent layer disposed between the second surface of the transparent substrate and the light-shielding layer. The second translucent layer has a higher transmittance than a transmittance of the first translucent layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventor: Jae Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20260177639
    Abstract: Disclosed is an analysis method and device for evaluating an electrical characteristic for a vertical sidewall in a semiconductor gate stack structure in a three-dimensional (3D) structure, which may be configured to prepare a plurality of 3D semiconductor gate stack structures having different areas, and including the same vertical sidewall within the areas, respectively, to measure electrical characteristics of the 3D semiconductor gate stack structures, respectively, and to detect an electrical characteristic of the vertical sidewall from relationship between the areas and the electrical characteristics through extrapolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus
    Inventors: Jae Woo LEE, Sang Hyeok KIM, Donghyun KIM, Inkyu YOON, Somi LEE
  • Publication number: 20260177604
    Abstract: Provided are a test element group (TEG) device and a cryogenic intrinsic characteristic analysis method for quantitatively assessing impact of a high-k-based passivation layer on an electrical characteristic of a device in a two-dimensional (2D) field effect transistor (FET) structure. Herein, to analyze a FET device that includes a channel of a 2D material and a passivation layer of a high-k material, a first FET device in which the passivation layer is arranged in a first direction with respect to the channel and a second FET device in which the passivation layer is arranged in a second direction different from the first direction with respect to the channel may be prepared. The first and second charge amounts trapped in the passivation layers in the first and second FET devices, respectively, may be compared to assess quantitative impact of the shape of the passivation layer on the FET device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus
    Inventors: Jae Woo LEE, Inkyu YOON, Donghyun KIM, Sang Hyeok KIM, Somi LEE
  • Patent number: 12655087
    Abstract: Disclosed is a distillation apparatus having a various heat exchange methods added to a process of producing dimethyl carbonate using reactive distillation and pressure-swing distillation. According to the disclosure, internal and external heat integration between a high-pressure and a low-pressure distillation column, which constitute pressure-swing distillation columns, is applied to a dimethyl carbonate production process, and a vapor recompression heat pump configured to compress and heat a fluid and transfer the heat to a fluid having a relatively low temperature is applied to achieve additional heat exchange with a reactive distillation column, thereby improving the dimethyl carbonate production process in terms of energy and economic efficiency by reducing energy consumption while reducing investment and operating costs of a reboiler and a condenser, which are required in a conventional process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Inventors: Jae Woo Lee, Minyong Lee
  • Publication number: 20260154466
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for designing a powertrain system architecture for a mobility apparatus based on allowable failure rate of system and reliability. The method includes generating an available power rate under failure of a system based on a failure scenario according to a failure of components in the system architecture, generating a system reliability according to the failure scenario based on a failure rate of the component and a connection combination between the components of the system architecture, determining severity data of the system related to the available power rate under failure, based on risk level data indicating a correlation between a risk level and a power reduction rate of the system according to the available power rate under failure, and determining whether to adopt the system architecture based on an allowable failure rate of the system corresponding to the severity data and the system reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Konkuk University Industrial Cooperation Corp
    Inventors: Jeong A Yang, Tae Yun Choi, Woo Suk Jung, Keun Seok Lee, Eu Gene Hwang, Jae Woo Lee, Maxim Tyan, Win Thu Zin, Dong Oh Kwag
  • Publication number: 20260157038
    Abstract: A display device includes, a substrate, a circuit layer on the substrate, and a light emitting element layer on the circuit layer and including light emitting elements, wherein the circuit layer includes, a light emitting pixel driver electrically connected to the light emitting elements, a first active layer, a first gate conductive layer on the first active layer, a second gate conductive layer on the first gate conductive layer, a second active layer on the second gate conductive layer, and a third gate conductive layer on the second active layer, and wherein the light emitting pixel driver includes: a first capacitor including capacitor electrodes respectively located in the second gate conductive layer and the third gate conductive layer, and a second capacitor including capacitor electrodes respectively located in the first active layer, the first gate conductive layer, and the second gate conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Seung Jun LEE, Tae Ho KIM, Gun Hee KIM, Jae Woo LEE, Joo Hee JEON, Sun Young JUNG
  • Publication number: 20260147950
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating conceptual design for mobility apparatus. The method includes: generating problem definition data according to a requirement specification of a user; generating function data according to functional decomposition for each aircraft mission based on the requirement specification and the problem definition data; extracting element data of a main configuration of the aircraft based on design concept data searched for based on the required function data and databased external data; and generating matrix data having airframe configuration data of the aircraft based on a combination of the element data of the main configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Jeong A YANG, Woo Suk JUNG, Tae Yun CHOI, Keun Seok LEE, Eu Gene HWANG, Jae Woo LEE, Maxim TYAN, Min Ji KIM
  • Publication number: 20260147951
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for selecting conceptual design for a mobility apparatus. The method includes selecting airframe configuration data from a plurality of airframe configuration data related to an aircraft according to a criterion condition, generating evaluation data related to the selected airframe configuration data by using a performance evaluation index for the airframe configuration data, and selecting the concept configuration for the aircraft in the selected airframe configuration data based on the evaluation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Jeong A YANG, Woo Suk JUNG, Tae Yun CHOI, Keun Seok LEE, Eu Gene HWANG, Jae Woo LEE, Maxim TYAN, Min Ji KIM
  • Patent number: 12640227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for optimizing a program voltage and an erase voltage of a charge-trap memory device through a three-dimensional (3D) trap analysis that may apply each of different trap control voltages to the memory device and measure low-frequency noises of the memory device respectively corresponding to the trap control voltages, may extract trap distributions in the memory device for the trap control voltages based on the low-frequency noises, respectively, and may analyze the trap distributions according to depths of the memory device, and detect a trap control voltage having a maximum trap distribution in a charge trap layer of the memory device, thereby detecting at least one of an optimal program voltage and erase voltage for the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Jae Woo Lee, Sanghyeok Kim, Inkyu Yoon, Somi Lee, Dong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20260140440
    Abstract: A method for forming a hydrophobic photoresist thin film includes the steps of: injecting a first precursor and an oxygen source into a chamber in which a substrate is disposed, so as to form a thin film including hydrophilic groups; and injecting a second precursor to modify the thin film including the hydrophilic groups and form a modified layer. The photoresist thin film formed thereby does not contain hydroxyl groups and thus exhibits hydrophobicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: So Jeong YEO, Jang Keun SIM, Jae Woo LEE, Jun Young KIM, Pil Soo KIM, Da Som KIM
  • Patent number: 12583811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing hydrocarbon double acids using a cyclic hydrocarbon oxidation catalyst, wherein adipic acid and dodecanedioic acid may be produced with high yield while solving the problem of environmental pollution, the adipic acid and the dodecanedioic acid being prepared by using an oxidation reaction of a cyclohexane-cyclohexanone mixture and an oxidation reaction of a cyclododecane-cyclododecanone mixture, respectively, in the presence of a vanadium phosphate oxide-based catalyst and/or a cobalt-manganese oxide-based catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignees: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Woo Lee, Jeil Park, Wonhyeong Lee
  • Publication number: 20260073880
    Abstract: A display device includes a circuit layer including emission pixel drivers, and data lines transferring data signals of the emission pixel drivers; a data driver generating the data signals of the emission pixel drivers; and a demultiplexer circuit electrically connected between the data driver and the data lines and including a first demultiplexer transistor turned on by a first demultiplexer control signal and a second demultiplexer transistor turned on by a second demultiplexer control signal. A first data line of the data lines is electrically connected to the data driver through the first demultiplexer transistor and a transfer path shorter than a first extension length. A second data line of the data lines is electrically connected to the data driver through the second demultiplexer transistor and a transfer path longer than or equal to the first extension length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Soo KANG, Man Sung KIM, Tae Ho KIM, Yong Ho SUNG, Seung Jun LEE, Yong Su LEE, Jae Woo LEE, Sang Min JEON, Seung Hwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20260070395
    Abstract: An automotive air vent includes: a housing having open front and rear portions, and an air vent mounted inside the housing and configured to move in a front-to-back direction. and the air vent includes a blade and a knob for adjusting a wind direction. The automotive air vent further includes a mesh cover installed in a divided manner inside the housing and configured to cover the air vent so that wind is discharged at a reduced wind speed. In particular, the mesh cover is configured to guide the air vent to selectively move forward when the mesh cover is retracted into the housing for switching from a no-wind mode to an air vent mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ITW EF&C Korea LLC., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Woo Lee, Uug Hwi Kim, Gee Young Shin, Seung Won Jung, Chun Ha Kim, Byung Jo Kim, Seung Cheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20260056242
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a light-emitting element sample, an apparatus for inspecting a light-emitting element sample, a method of manufacturing a display device, and an electronic device comprising a display device are provided. The method of inspecting the light-emitting element sample includes: acquiring electrical information and optical information on the light-emitting element sample; and analyzing the light-emitting element sample by synthesizing the electrical information and the optical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Jae Chul HONG, Seung Yoon RYU, Chul Hoon KIM, Jae Woo LEE, Chang Min LEE, Hyun Jae LEE, Ki Seok HEO
  • Publication number: 20260052917
    Abstract: A method for forming an insulating layer pattern includes providing a substrate including two or more different types of dielectric layer regions; selectively forming a blocking layer on the substrate to include a first region on which a blocking layer is formed and a second region on which no blocking layer is formed or the blocking layer is formed less than in the first region; selectively forming an insulating layer on the second region; and etching a portion of an upper portion of the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Han Jin LEE, Jae Woo LEE, Jun Young KIM, So Jeong YEO, Hwan Soo KIM, Jang Keun SIM, Pil Soo KIM, Gyeong A LEE, Cheol Kyu BOK