Patents by Inventor So Young Lee

So Young 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).

  • Patent number: 12781363
    Abstract: Disclosed are a membrane electrode assembly for water electrolysis, a water electrolysis cell including the membrane electrode assembly, and a method for fabricating the membrane electrode assembly. An anion exchange membrane of the membrane electrode assembly for water electrolysis includes a polymer having a stable backbone without aryl ether linkages and containing piperidinium groups with high chemical stability and phenyl-based blocks with excellent mechanical properties introduced therein. Due to its structure, the polymer has improved alkaline stability and processability and excellent mechanical properties, based on which the durability of the membrane electrode assembly can be improved. Therefore, the membrane electrode assembly for water electrolysis can be used to manufacture a water electrolyzer with high current density, low resistance, and improved life characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignees: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: So Young Lee, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Sae Yane Baek, Ju Yeon Lee, Young Moo Lee, Nanjun Chen, Jong Hyeong Park
  • Patent number: 12765123
    Abstract: A light emitting element may include a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer including a first area, a second area, and a third area that have different doping concentrations, an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a first intermediate layer and a second intermediate layer that are disposed between at least one of the first area, the second area, and the third area. The first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer may include different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Won Lee, Bong Chun Park, Kwan Jae Lee, So Young Lee, Jin Hyuk Jang, Chan Woo Joo, Seon Hong Choi
  • Patent number: 12735796
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer reinforced composite electrolyte membrane and a method for manufacturing the same. The multilayer reinforced composite electrolyte membrane according to the present disclosure has sufficient mechanical properties and improved membrane resistance at the same time since a porous support is impregnated in an ionomer and it is stacked in a multilayer structure. Furthermore, since the composite electrolyte membrane has no wrinkles and cracks due to excellent dimensional stability, it can improve the electrochemical properties of batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jin Young Kim, Youngjoon Lim, Taehyun Kwon, Byeong-jo Min, Bora Seo, Hee-Young Park, So Young Lee, Hyun Seo Park, Sung Jong Yoo, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Jong Hyun Jang
  • Patent number: 12730477
    Abstract: A display device includes: a flexible substrate; and a plurality of supports on the flexible substrate and spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of supports includes glass and has a thickness of 0.1 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Sang Yun, Young Ji Kim, Wan Jung Kim, Hyo Young Mun, Yi Seul Um, So Young Lee, Young Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12693174
    Abstract: An electronic device for estimating body temperature is provided. The electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of body skin; a second temperature sensor configured to measure a second temperature at a position spaced apart from the body skin; and a processor configured to estimate a body temperature based on the first temperature, to estimate an ambient temperature of a main body based on the second temperature, to calculate a heat loss, which occurs from a reference body location to the body skin due to the ambient temperature of the main body, based on the estimated ambient temperature of the main body, and to obtain a final body temperature by correcting the body temperature based on the heat loss due to the ambient temperature of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young Lee, Bok Soon Kwon, Sang Kyu Kim, Sung Ho Kim, Ho Taik Lee, Hong Soon Rhee
  • Publication number: 20260210509
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp forms a beam pattern by at least one lamp module. The at least one lamp module includes a light source that generates light; and a light guide that guides the light incident from the light source to be emitted. The light guide includes a light-receiving portion on which the light is incident from the light source unit; a light-emitting portion that emits the light incident on the light-receiving portion; and a light-transfer portion that is connected between the light-receiving portion and the light-emitting portion to transmit at least a part of the light incident on the light-receiving portion to the light-emitting portion. The light-receiving portion has an upper portion and a lower portion formed asymmetrically with each other with respect to a reference line that coincides with an optical axis of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2025
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Jun Yeong PARK, Jin Young JUNG, So Young LEE, Sun Gu KANG
  • Patent number: 12690372
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a lateral side meeting the first surface, and an inclined surface between the lateral side and the second surface, a light-emitting element layer above the first surface of the substrate, dams surrounding the light-emitting element layer in plan view, an encapsulating layer covering the light-emitting element layer and the dams, and an organic planarization layer above the encapsulating layer, covering the encapsulating layer and the dams, extending to be adjacent to an edge of the substrate, and having a lateral side that forms an inclination, and that is spaced inwardly from the lateral side of the substrate, wherein a distance between the lateral side of the organic planarization layer and the lateral side of the substrate is less than a planar width of the inclined surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Young Mun, Young Ji Kim, Yong Seung Park, Yi Seul Um, So Young Lee
  • Patent number: 12680887
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first sensor configured to measure a skin temperature of skin of a user; a second sensor configured to measure heat flux transmitted from the skin to a main body of the electronic device; a third sensor configured to measure a heart rate of the user; and a processor configured to estimate a rate of core body temperature change based on the skin temperature measured at a first time and a second time, the heat flux, the heart rate, and the skin temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungho Kim, Sang Kyu Kim, So Young Lee, Bok Soon Kwon, Ho Taik Lee, Hong Soon Rhee
  • Publication number: 20260193394
    Abstract: A copolymer suitable for use in an anion exchange membrane and an anion exchange membrane including the same are provided. The copolymer includes a repeating unit represented by Formula 1. In Formula 1, M1 is selected from arylene groups represented by Formulae 2-1 and 2-2, and M2 is an arylene group represented by Formula 3. Variables x and y are each independently in a range of 0.1 to 0.9, with the sum of x and y being 1. L1 and L2 are each independently selected from arylene groups represented by Formulae 4-1 and 4-2, as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Jong Chan KIM, Dong Gun LEE, So Young LEE, Soo Min CHO, Cheol Woo KIM, Jung A LEE
  • Patent number: 12672782
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating body temperature includes: a first temperature sensor configured to measure surface temperature of a wrist of a user; and a processor configured to calculate skin heat flux based on the surface temperature of the wrist, to estimate central wrist temperature of the user based on the surface temperature of the wrist, the calculated skin heat flux, and a blood flow rate and metabolism of the user, and to estimate core body temperature of the user based on the estimated central wrist temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ho Taik Lee, Woochul Kim, Sang Kyu Kim, Bok Soon Kwon, Jiyong Kim, So Young Lee, Gimin Park, Seungjai Woo
  • Patent number: 12667265
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature when an object comes into contact with a contact surface of a main body of the electronic device; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first temperature sensor in a direction opposite the contact surface and configured to measure a second temperature; and a processor configured to detect a temperature change due to heat generation inside the main body, and estimate skin surface temperature based on the first temperature, the second temperature, and the temperature change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young Lee, Sang Kyu Kim, Bok Soon Kwon, Sungho Kim, Ho Taik Lee, Hong Soon Rhee
  • Patent number: 12669386
    Abstract: An electronic device for estimating body temperature is provided. The electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of body skin; a second temperature sensor configured to measure a second temperature at a position spaced apart from the body skin; and a processor configured to estimate a body temperature based on the first temperature, to estimate an ambient temperature of a main body based on the second temperature, to calculate a heat loss, which occurs from a reference body location to the body skin due to the ambient temperature of the main body, based on the estimated ambient temperature of the main body, and to obtain a final body temperature by correcting the body temperature based on the heat loss due to the ambient temperature of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young Lee, Bok Soon Kwon, Sang Kyu Kim, Sung Ho Kim, Ho Taik Lee, Hong Soon Rhee
  • Patent number: 12672416
    Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, spaced apart from each other, and light emitting elements disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the light emitting elements includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. A thickness of the active layer is in a range of about 1 nm to about 2.8 nm, the active layer includes InGa1-xN (about 0.18?x?about 0.20). The light emitting elements emit light with a wavelength in a range of about 462 nm to about 472 nm in a current density in a range of about 0.5 A/cm2 to about 100 A/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung A Lee, Bong Chun Park, Kwan Jae Lee, Dong Eon Lee, So Young Lee
  • Patent number: 12663317
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating body temperature of an object may include: a heating element; a first temperature sensor configured to measure temperature of the heating element; a second temperature sensor disposed at a position spaced apart from the first temperature sensor and configured to measure surface temperature of an object upon contact with the object; and a processor configured to estimate core temperature using a heat flux based on the temperature of the heating element and the surface temperature of the object, and to estimate body temperature of the object by correcting the core temperature, estimated using the heat flux, based on external temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bok Soon Kwon, Sang Kyu Kim, So Young Lee, Sung Ho Kim, Ho Taik Lee
  • Publication number: 20260158172
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cell death method using a CRISPR/Cas system having single-strand break activity together with a PARP inhibitor, as one type of cell death method using a CRISPR/Cas system. This method is a safer cell death technology with few unwanted side effects, compared to cell death methods using CRISPR/Cas systems having double-strand break activity. Disclosed herein are a method for treating cancer by using the cell death method, and specific configurations required for implementing the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2026
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Seung Woo CHO, So Young LEE, Taejoon KWON, Kyungjae MYUNG
  • Publication number: 20260152458
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compound including an organic group in which at least one hydrogen is substituted with a halogen atom, an ether group and a multi-aromatic ring, which is represented by Formula 1 below, wherein in Formula 1, m and n are each independently an integer of 1 to 6, R1 is each independently an organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 is each independently an organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which includes at least one of an alkylene group or an arylene group, X is a halogen atom, and Ars is a multi-aromatic ring having 10 to 50 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Cheol Woo KIM, Dong Gun LEE, So Young LEE, Soo Min CHO, Jong Chan KIM, Jung A LEE
  • Patent number: 12645084
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a first display element which is disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of diffraction patterns which are disposed on a path of light emitted from the first display element and arranged along a direction with a first period. when a width of a cross section of one of the plurality of diffraction patterns is defined as a first length, the first period and the first length satisfy Inequality (1): 0.4 ? d ? 1 / DP ? 1 ? 1 , ( 1 ) where DP1 is the first period, and d1 is the first length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hwan Cho, So Young Lee, Sun Young Jung, Chung Sock Choi, Sun Mi Kang, Hyun Ho Kim, Cheol Jang, Sang Hyun Han
  • Patent number: 12638339
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a sensor including a flexible printed circuit board, a plurality of temperature sensors arranged on the flexible printed circuit board, and a thermally conductive material disposed between the plurality of temperature sensors; and at least one processor configured to estimate a body temperature of a user based on data that is obtained by the plurality of temperature sensors when a contact surface of the sensor is contacted with the user, wherein the flexible printed circuit board is bent to have the plurality of temperature sensors arranged at different distances from the contact surface of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bok Soon Kwon, Sang Kyu Kim, Sung Ho Kim, So Young Lee, Ho Taik Lee, Hong Soon Rhee
  • Publication number: 20260143935
    Abstract: A display panel comprises a first data line, a second data line electrically insulated from the first data line, and a first data connection line electrically connected to the first data line and disposed closer to the second data line than to the first data line in a first direction. The first data line, the second data line, and the first data connection line each comprise a line member extending in a second direction different from the first direction and comprise a first protrusion and a second protrusion both protruding from the line member and being wider than the line member in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Young Soo YOON, Dae Suk KIM, Yang Hee KIM, Hyun Chol BANG, Il Goo YOUN, Bong Won LEE, So Young LEE, Su Kyo JUNG
  • Patent number: 12629034
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of a skin surface when a user comes into contact with a main body of the electronic device; a first heating element spaced apart from the first temperature sensor by a first predetermined distance; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first heating element by a second predetermined distance and configured to measure a second temperature inside the main body; and a processor configured to: estimate heat flux based on the first temperature and the second temperature; estimate a blood perfusion rate of the user based on a temperature of the first heating element and the first temperature, and estimate a core body temperature of a user based on the first temperature, the estimated heat flux, and the estimated blood perfusion rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ho Taik Lee, Woochul Kim, Bok Soon Kwon, Sang Kyu Kim, Gimin Park, Sungho Kim, Jiyong Kim, Seungjai Woo, So Young Lee, Hong Soon Rhee