Patents Issued in July 25, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240247186
    Abstract: Provided are light-emitting organic nanoparticles containing an organic phosphor having a luminous efficiency of 80% or more, wherein the light-emitting organic nanoparticles has an average particle size of 100 to 170 nm and a standard deviation of particle sizes of 500 nm or less, a composition for a color conversion film including the same, and a color conversion film, a display device, and a light-emitting diode device manufactured using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: ND-Materials Corp., Clap Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Hyuk Kwon, Gyeong Min Ki, Sung Ho Kim, Kang II Seo, Mi Young Chae, Young Hun Jung
  • Publication number: 20240247187
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds containing palladium(II), as the central metal atom, and tetradentate [N{circumflex over (?)}C{circumflex over (?)}C{circumflex over (?)}N] ligands. The compounds are charge neutral, and feature a donor-acceptor structure where a pendant substituted amino group (such as unsubstituted diphenylamine or substituted diphenylamine) and a heteroaryl group (such as pyridine group) serve as donor and acceptor, respectively. This donor-acceptor structure introduces a set of low-energy singlet and triplet charge-transfer excited states with small energy separation allowing for efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence to take place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Che, Man-Ki Sit, Tsz-Lung Lam, Gang Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240247188
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanoparticle, a production method, and an electroluminescent devices including the same, wherein the semiconductor nanoparticles include a zinc chalcogenide including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, the semiconductor nanoparticles do not include cadmium, the semiconductor nanoparticles exhibit a peak emission wavelength in a range of greater than or equal to about 455 nanometers (nm) and less than or equal to about 480 nm, in a photoluminescence spectroscopy analysis, the semiconductor nanoparticles exhibit an absolute quantum yield of greater than or equal to about 80% and a full width at half maximum of less than or equal to about 50 nm, and an average particle size of the semiconductor nanoparticles is greater than or equal to about 12 nm and less than or equal to about 50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Seok HAN, Ji Hyun MIN, Yuho WON, Jin A KIM, Hogeun CHANG, Hyundong HA
  • Publication number: 20240247189
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for reducing, inhibiting, or preventing corrosion of a surface, the method comprising contacting an anticorrosion compound of Formula 1 with the surface, the anticorrosion compound of Formula 1 having a structure corresponding to: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkoxyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, and —NR8R9; R6 and R7 are independently hydrogen, a substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, substituted aryl, substituted alkaryl, or substituted aralkyl, wherein at least one substituent is a hydroxyl or an ether; provided that at least one of R6 and R7 is other than hydrogen; R8 and R9 are independently hydrogen, unsubstituted alkyl, unsubstituted alkenyl, unsubstituted aryl, unsubstituted alkaryl, unsubstituted aralkyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, or substituted alkaryl, wherein at least one substituent is a hydroxyl or an ether; or any two adjacent groups of R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 form one or more ring st
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Jeremy Moloney, Carter Martin Silvernail
  • Publication number: 20240247190
    Abstract: A liquid crystal medium comprising one or more compounds of formula PT and one or more compounds of formula GF and/or UI in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings defined in claim 1. Also, high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dagmar Klass, Carsten Fritzsch, Constanze Brocke
  • Publication number: 20240247191
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal composition and a method for preparing the same, and a display panel, and the liquid crystal composition comprises a mixture of rod-shaped monomer molecules, a chiral agent, and a mixture of bent molecules, wherein the mixture of bent molecules comprises multiple bent molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaojuan WU, Jian WANG, Jiaxing WANG
  • Publication number: 20240247192
    Abstract: Nonlinear optical chromophore compositions which display lyotropic nematic liquid crystal phases in polar organic solvents and provide a mechanical anisotropic effect allowing for the formation of a non-centrosymmetric chromophore-polymer matrix without the application of an electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Lightwave Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Cory Pecinovsky, Barry Johnson, Ginelle A. Ramann
  • Publication number: 20240247193
    Abstract: Processes and systems for hydrocarbon pyrolysis. In some embodiments, a hydrocarbon can be heated within a convection section of a steam cracking furnace and combined with an aqueous fluid to produce a heated mixture. A heavy feed that includes a plastic material can be introduced into a vessel and a portion of the plastic material can be cracked therein. Liquid and vapor effluents exiting the vessel can be obtained. At least a portion of the liquid effluent can be heated to produce a heated fluid stream that can be recycled to the vessel. The vapor effluent can be combined with the heated mixture to produce a combined mixture that can be heated within the convection section to produce a heated combined mixture. At least a portion of the heated combined mixture can be cracked within a radiant section of the steam cracking furnace to produce a steam cracker effluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kara R. Radford, David Spicer, Saurabh S. Maduskar, Theodore W. Walker, Alison M. Miller, Steven M. Slack
  • Publication number: 20240247194
    Abstract: Processes for removing deposits from a pump-around loop or simply loop. The process can include isolating a first and a second end of the loop in fluid communication with a vessel to provide an isolated section. The isolated section can include a first conduit disposed within a convection section of a steam cracking furnace or a heat exchanger that is external to the steam cracking furnace that can include char therein. The first end can be connected to an aqueous fluid/oxidant source. The second end can be connected to a second conduit disposed within the convection section. An aqueous fluid/oxidant mixture can be introduced into the first end that can be heated by flowing through the isolated section. The heated mixture can flow through the second conduit to produce a second heated mixture that can be introduced into a radiant section of the steam cracking furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kara R. Radford, David Spicer, Saurabh S. Maduskar, Theodore W. Walker, Alison M. Miller, Steven M. Slack
  • Publication number: 20240247195
    Abstract: A process for oligomerizing olefins to distillate fuels which oligomerizes a recycle olefin stream with a charge olefin stream in a first-stage oligomerization reactor. The first-stage oligomerate is oligomerized in a second-stage oligomerzation reactor to provide a second-stage oligomerate stream. The second-stage oligomer stream is hydrogenated to produce fuels. A stripping column is used to prepare the hydrogenated fuel streams for fractionation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Mathur, Debanjan Chakrabarti, Jeannie Mee Blommel, Joel S. Paustian, Manuela Serban
  • Publication number: 20240247196
    Abstract: A process for preparing an olefin stream for oligomerization comprises fractionating an olefin stream to provide a light gas stream and an olefin rich stream. Oxygenates are absorbed from the olefin rich stream into a water wash stream to provide an oxygenate rich water wash stream and a washed olefin stream. The washed olefin stream can then be oligomerized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Piotrowski, Ernest J. Boehm, John J. Senetar, Matthew C. Cole, Jeannie Mee Blommel, Christopher Procopi, Ian G. Horn, Andrew B. Chin
  • Publication number: 20240247197
    Abstract: A process is provided for preparing a hydrocarbon stream for oligomerization. The process strips dimethyl ether from an olefin stream using a stripping column. Lighter olefins such as C3? olefins are also removed. The C4+ olefins can then be sent for further processing including selective hydrogenation followed by oligomerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Piotrowski, Ernest J. Boehm, John J. Senetar, Matthew C. Cole, Jeannie Mee Blommel, Christopher Procopi, Ian G. Horn, Andrew B. Chin
  • Publication number: 20240247198
    Abstract: A process for oligomerizing olefins to distillate fuels which oligomerizes a recycle olefin stream with a charge olefin stream in a first-stage oligomerization reactor. The first-stage oligomerate is oligomerized in a second-stage oligomerzation reactor to provide a second-stage oligomerate stream. A recycle olefin stream is taken from said second-stage oligomerate stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Mathur, Debanjan Chakrabarti, Jeannie Mee Blommel, Richard K. Hoehn, Joel S. Paustian, Manuela Serban
  • Publication number: 20240247199
    Abstract: A process for oligomerizing olefins to distillate fuels which oligomerizes a recycle olefin stream with charge olefin streams in a first-stage oligomerization reactor. The first-stage oligomerate is oligomerized in a second-stage oligomerization reactor to provide a second-stage oligomerate stream. A recycle olefin stream is taken from said second-stage oligomerate stream. A dealkanizer column can be used to remove light alkanes that would be inert and accumulate in a recycle loop. The second-stage oligomer product stream is hydrogenated to produce fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ashish Mathur, Debanjan Chakrabarti, Jeannie Mee Blommel, Joel S. Paustian, Manuela Serban
  • Publication number: 20240247200
    Abstract: An alcohol-containing feed is transformed by the use of only two distinct conversion process steps into products, of which one product is a kerosene that is a fully formulated aviation turbine fuel (jet fuel) comprising of mostly n-alkanes, isoalkanes, cycloalkanes, and aromatics. The first conversion step is acid-catalyzed conversion and the second conversion step is hydrotreating. The kerosene product is within the compositional limits for aviation turbine fuel containing synthesized material and it requires no blending to be fully formulated. Specifically the product contains sufficient aromatics to be within the prescribed range of aromatics (8-26.5 vol % or or 8-25 vol %.) for aviation turbine fuel containing synthesized material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Arno DE KLERK, Cibele Melo HALMENSCHLAGER, Felix Rudolf August LINK
  • Publication number: 20240247201
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of generating high-purity hydrogen from waste plastic without producing carbon dioxide. In the method of generating hydrogen according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, reactants include hydroxide, and thus, the amount and purity of the generated hydrogen increases, a reaction temperature suitable for reaching an appropriate hydrogen production rate is lowered, and the amount of generated carbon dioxide is significantly decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Woojae KIM, Hye Rin SEO, Hye Min JUNG, Jiwon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240247202
    Abstract: A process for preparing synthetic hydrocarbons from a biomass feedstock is provided. The process involves electrolysis of steam and/or CO2, optionally along with a refinery gas in a high temperature co-electrolyzer (HTCE) to produce oxygen and hydrogen and/or enhanced hydrogen rich syngas. The oxygen generated via the electrolysis process is used for partial oxidation of a biomass feedstock in a gasifier to generate a hydrogen lean syngas. The hydrogen lean syngas is mixed with at least a portion of the hydrogen and/or enhanced hydrogen rich syngas generated via the high temperature electrolysis/co-electrolysis to formulate a hydrogen rich syngas. The hydrogen rich syngas is then reacted in a Fischer Tropsch (FT) reactor to produce synthetic hydrocarbons and refinery gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: EXPANDER ENERGY INC., ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Steve KRESNYAK, Gord CRAWFORD, Sellathurai SUPPIAH
  • Publication number: 20240247203
    Abstract: An additive composition for liquid fuels is provided. The additive composition comprises water, one or more mineral salts, a polyol compound, an alcohol and a surfactant. The additive composition can be added to liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel, kerosene and mazut to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. The composition can be prepared from all natural materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: GREEN PETROSOL LTD.
    Inventor: Ziad Abdul Mohsen Hussein ABDEEN
  • Publication number: 20240247204
    Abstract: Household lubricant compositions containing medium chain triglycerides are non-toxic and biodegradable. The lubricant compositions are made using vegetable oil components and stabilized using alcohol, an antioxidant, and a metal chelator. The lubricant compositions offer safe and environmentally friendly alternatives to petroleum-based lubricants, yet have similar lubricity and are more stable than naturally sourced vegetable oils. The compositions also can be used to clean and coat surfaces, including food preparation surfaces, and to prevent corrosion. Still further uses include sterilization and sanitation of surfaces and as a skin conditioner and lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Perlman Consulting, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel PERLMAN
  • Publication number: 20240247205
    Abstract: A compressor is a compressor for a refrigeration cycle apparatus that performs a refrigeration cycle using a refrigerant containing a hydrofluoroolefin and a refrigeration oil containing a polyol ester or a polyvinyl ether. The compressor includes a sliding portion. The sliding portion is formed of an aluminum alloy containing from 5 wt % to 25 wt % of silicon. The refrigeration oil contains an acid scavenger or an oxygen scavenger and satisfies the following relational formula: total content (wt %) of acid scavenger and oxygen scavenger in refrigeration oil?(2.3+2.6×(hydrofluoroolefin content (wt %) in refrigerant)?1.6×(silicon content (wt %) in sliding portion))/100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Arisa KIRA, Masaru TANAKA, Hideki MATSUURA
  • Publication number: 20240247206
    Abstract: A base oil for a refrigerating machine oil, having cyclic saturates of 40% by mass or less and non-cyclic saturates of 60% by mass or more in saturates, a density at 15° C. of 0.805 g/cm3 or lower, and a normal paraffin content of 50% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiyuki NARA, Tomohiro TAKAKI, Yuya MIZUTANI, Makoto ANDO, Hidetoshi OGATA
  • Publication number: 20240247207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new amphiphilic perfluorinated compounds and their use as a detergent for extracting membrane-proteins or synthesizing membrane-proteins in acellular system. It also relates to a method for extracting a membrane-protein from a biological sample using such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: GRÉGORY DURAND, MOHEDDINE WEHBIE
  • Publication number: 20240247208
    Abstract: A metal surface cleaner comprising (i) one or more biochelants; (ii) an alkalinity source, (iii) a surfactant and (iv) a solvent. A method of treating a metal surface comprising contacting the metal surface with a composition comprising (i) one or more biochelants; (ii) an alkalinity source, (iii) a surfactant and (iv) a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Solugen, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Helander, Michael J. Pawlik, LoongYi Tan, Catherine Gonzalez, Frederyk Ngantung
  • Publication number: 20240247209
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of cleaning a surface to be cleaned, wherein said surface is selected from a household item or a vehicle, said method comprising contacting said surface with an aqueous solution comprising a polyester polyquaternary (PEPQ) compound. Formulations useful for this purpose are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Josmary Alejandra VELÁSQUEZ CANO, Natalija SMOLKO SCHWARZMAYR, Mikael Ivar WIDELL
  • Publication number: 20240247210
    Abstract: A liquid fabric care composition including an organic acid and/or a salt thereof, Bacillus spores, a fragrance material comprising aldehydic perfume raw materials, water and wherein the composition includes less than 10%, by weight of the liquid fabric care composition, of a material selected from the group consisting of detersive surfactant, bleaching systems, fabric softening materials, and mixtures thereof and wherein the liquid fabric care composition has a neat pH of from about 2 to about 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Neil Joseph LANT, Samuel Kimani NJOROGE, Todd Michael WERNICKE
  • Publication number: 20240247211
    Abstract: An all-natural, moisturizing soap composition that allows for high vegetable butter fat content while also being capable of processing for high quality bar soap (moisturizing properties without sticky pellets, brittleness, cracking, and/or inhibition of lather formation) and a method for making the same and other soaps is provided. The soap composition may contain up to 50% vegetable butter fat(s). The semi-continuous process for saponification provides a fast and energy efficient alternative to prior art methods, while also allowing for high quality bar soap that contains a high content (up to 50%) of vegetable butter fat(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Vanguard Soap LLC
    Inventor: Scott Smith
  • Publication number: 20240247212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for manufacturing fermented beverages and, more particularly, to an apparatus and method for manufacturing fermented beverages, by which handmade fermented beverages can be manufactured without professional knowledge or brewing equipment. According to an embodiment of the present invention, provided is an apparatus for manufacturing fermented beverages, the apparatus being characterized by comprising a flow path module connected to a keg in which an undiluted solution is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: INTHEKEG, INC.
    Inventors: Taeil KANG, Wonseok LEE, Changhun JEONG, Byunggyu KANG, Seungchul LEE, Yoonsang KIM
  • Publication number: 20240247213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing a fermented beverage and a method for preparing same, and, more particularly, to an apparatus for preparing a fermented beverage and a method for preparing same, which enable homemade fermented beverages to be prepared without professional knowledge or brewing equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: INTHEKEG, INC.
    Inventors: Taeil KANG, Wonseok LEE, Changhun JEONG, Byunggyu KANG, Seungchul LEE, Yoonsang KIM
  • Publication number: 20240247214
    Abstract: A system for producing kombucha-based alcoholic beverage includes a brew vessel for steeping tea to form a tea liquor, a primary fermentation vessel configured for anaerobic fermentation of a tea liquor into an alcoholic brew, a secondary fermentation vessel configured for further anaerobic fermentation of the alcoholic brew to an alcohol by volume (ABV) of at least 7%, an aerobic fermenter for fermenting tea liquor when mixed with sugar and inoculated with a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (“SCOBY”) to form a fermented tea liquor, and a mixing tank dimensioned and configured to mix the alcoholic brew and the fermented tea liquor in desired ratios to produce a fermented alcoholic beverage having an ABV of approximately 3% to 7%. A method for producing kombucha-based alcoholic beverage is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Honeymoon Brewery, LLC
    Inventors: Ayla K. BYSTROM-WILLIAMS, James W. L. HILL
  • Publication number: 20240247215
    Abstract: A biomimetic system includes: a container; and a human cholangiocyte-like cell-containing membrane, in which the human cholangiocyte-like cell-containing membrane includes a permeable base plate and a two-dimensional tissue of human cholangiocyte-like cells stacked on one surface of the permeable base plate, the human cholangiocyte-like cell-containing membrane divides the container into a first compartment and a second compartment, a one surface side of the permeable base plate is exposed in the first compartment, the other surface side of the permeable base plate is exposed in the second compartment, the human cholangiocyte-like cells express P-gp, and an efflux ratio calculated by Formula (1) is 1.5 or more, efflux ratio=(permeation rate of rhodamine 123 that permeates from the second compartment to the first compartment)/(permeation rate of rhodamine 123 that permeates the second compartment from the first compartment) . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: JSR CORPORATION, KENDAI TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
    Inventors: Norio MASUDA, Ryo OKADA, Takuo OGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240247216
    Abstract: A cell culture cartridge is provided comprising a plurality of zones geometrically configured to provide for symmetrical fluid flow with each of the plurality of zones to avoid dead areas in flow within each of the plurality of zones. In certain embodiments, at least eight inlets are provided, with an inlet positioned at each corner of the cell culture cartridge. In certain embodiments, a shared outlet is positioned on a top surface of the cell culture cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew Kozbial
  • Publication number: 20240247217
    Abstract: An apparatus for growing biological material, comprising a bioreactor chamber comprising at least one substrate positioned within an interior of the bioreactor chamber to support the growth of the biological material; at least one inlet to supply nutrient; and at least one outlet configured to enable biological material to be retrieved from the bioreactor chamber; a liquid nutrient container comprising at least one liquid nutrient outlet fluidly connected to the bioreactor chamber to supply a liquid nutrient; and an atomizer fluidly connected between the bioreactor chamber and the liquid nutrient container and comprising a carbon dioxide inlet fluidly connected to receive a source of carbon dioxide wherein the atomizer is configured to receive liquid nutrient from the liquid nutrient container and produce a liquid nutrient mist and provide a mixture of the liquid nutrient and the carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide inlet to the bioreactor chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: BYRON BIOREACTOR TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
    Inventor: Karl Alwyn LAWTON
  • Publication number: 20240247218
    Abstract: We have found a way to make possible large-scale plasmid transfection using PEI to produce high titer viral vectors in fixed bed or adherent cell culture bioreactors by using PEI as a transfection agent, while avoiding formation of the PEI-plasmid precipitate which in prior art approaches clogged adherent bioreactor substrates. We have also found a way to improve PEI-based transfection by modifying how pH and CO2 are managed during transfection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hanna P. Lesch, Joonas Malinen, Eevi Lipponen, Anniina Valkama, Hanna Leinonen
  • Publication number: 20240247219
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to bioreactors, for example for biological treatment and, more specifically to bioreactor insert apparatus including biofilms and related methods. The bioreactor insert apparatus provides a means for circulation of reaction medium within the bioreactor, a biofilm support, and biological treatment of an inlet feed to the reactor/insert apparatus. The bioreactor insert apparatus has a high relative surface area for biofilm attachment and is capable of generating complex flow patterns and increasing treatment efficiency/biological conversion activity in a biologically-active reactor. The high surface area structure incorporates multiple biofilm support structures such as meshes at inlet and outlet portions of the structure. The biofilm support structures and biofilms thereon can increase overall reaction rate of the bioreactor and/or perform some solid/liquid separation in the treatment of the wastewater or other influent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Skerlos, Lutgarde Raskin, Timothy Fairley-Wax, Nishant Jalgaonkar
  • Publication number: 20240247220
    Abstract: A device for cultivating and observing contractions of a tissue comprises a lower component defining a culture chamber having a transparent bottom, and an upper component having a base plate and two elastic posts arranged at a lateral post distance. Each elastic post has an upper post end fixed to the base plate and a free lower post end. When the upper component is fitted on the lower component, the elastic posts extend into the culture chamber, their lower post ends facing the transparent bottom. Each elastic post includes a light guide for coupling-in light at the upper post end and for coupling-out the light at the lower post end and through the transparent bottom. A piezoelectric bending transducer has an upper transducer end fixed to the base plate and a lower transducer end attached to one of the elastic posts at a vertical distance to its lower post end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Timo Betz, Till Münker, Arne Hofemeier
  • Publication number: 20240247221
    Abstract: System and method for monitoring material change by measuring at least one metric. In a first configuration, an EM signal is transmitted across a calibrated transmission configuration to at least one load including the material, the reflection is measured, and the at least one metric is calculated based at least on the reflection. In a second configuration, an EM signal is transmitted in the vicinity of at least one resonator that is operably coupled with a load that can include the material. An EM signal is received that has been affected by the resonator, and a measurement of the at least one metric can be based at least on the received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Lauren N. Shum, David Blumberg, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240247222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microorganism culture production amount prediction system and method with improved accuracy in predicting the microorganism culture production amount using a metabolic model equation by calculating the predicted substrate concentration from the metabolic model equation, calculating the actually measure substrate concentration from the spectrum data of the culture solution, comparing the predicted substrate concentration with the actually measured substrate concentration, and updating the parameters of the metabolic model equation, in a method for predicting the culture concentration of microorganisms with known metabolic model equation governing the metabolic model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Gil CHOI, You Bin KWON, Young Soo SONG, Ye Hoon IM, Jun Won CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240247223
    Abstract: Provided is an examination method wherein a measurement target is produced in a reaction field within a container and reacted with a reagent to cause light emission which is received, and the optical characteristics thereof detected by a detection unit. The reaction field contains a plurality of pieces in a solution in which the reagent dissolves, the pieces being capable of adsorbing the reagent and gradually releasing the adsorbed reagent for reaction with the measurement target. The container is arranged on the detection unit such that the detection unit faces the reaction field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Saeko SARUWATARI, Yoko TOKUNO, Ikuo UEMATSU, Mitsuko ISHIHARA, Shigehisa KAWATA, Eiichi AKAHOSHI, Takaaki WADA
  • Publication number: 20240247224
    Abstract: A system for conducting antimicrobial susceptibility testing comprising a reader, one or more cassette slots designed to accept a cassette and operatively associated with the computing device, one or more circuit boards operatively associated with each cassette slot, each circuit board including one or more light sources secured to the circuit board, and one or more light sensors secured to the circuit board, one or more cassettes operatively associated with the one or more cassette slots, each cassette including a housing to secure cassette components, one or more well carrier channels within the housing, one or more well carriers which will be housed in the one or more cassettes, each well carrier including a feed line including a lumen, a port secured to one end of the feed line, and a plurality of reaction wells operatively associated with the feed line and open to the lumen of the feed line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Patrick Isakson, Mitchell David Newton, Sachidevi Puttaswamy, Roy Raymond Swiger
  • Publication number: 20240247225
    Abstract: A gravitational liquid-splitting device has a funnel, a dispensing valve, a liquid-splitting part, and a stirring assembly. The funnel has an inner space and a bottom opening connected to each other. The dispensing valve is mounted to the funnel and is configured to close or open the bottom opening of the funnel. The liquid-splitting part is connected to a bottom of the funnel and has an input channel and two output channels. The input channel is formed in the liquid-splitting part and extends upward and downward. An upper end of the input channel forms an input opening on a top of the liquid-splitting part and is connected to the bottom opening of the funnel. The stirring assembly has a stirrer configured to stir liquid in the funnel. Therefore, the gravitational liquid-splitting device improves efficiency and quality, and also reduces risk of contamination in the cell passaging operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: HSIN-WU MI, CHIH-HUANG LIN, HSIN-FEI HUANG, CHIA-I HSU
  • Publication number: 20240247226
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterotrophic methods of culturing algae, particularly Galdieria species, to produce the valuable pigment phycocyanin. The methods rely on high oxygen saturation and controlled base dosing to provide improved phycocyanin production. The present invention further relates to algal biomass, compositions comprising said biomass or phycocyanin, uses thereof in various products, and a reactor for culturing the algae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
    Inventors: Thomas James BURNS, Daniel James GILMOUR
  • Publication number: 20240247227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a protein-rich biomass comprising at least one fermented substrate and at least one strain of an edible filamentous fungus, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing at least one substrate to be fermented, the substrate having total solid loading of from 51% to 85%; b) inoculating the at least one substrate with at least one strain of an edible filamentous fungus thus obtaining at least one inoculated substrate; c) setting a set of conditions, wherein said set of conditions comprises at least one of humidity level 20-100%), flow rate of a second gaseous fluid of from 0.25 to 4 vvm, temperature of from 30° C. to 45° C., light intensity of from 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Millow Holding AB
    Inventors: Mohammad J. TAHERZADEH, Coralie Hellwig, Lukitawesa LUKITAWESA, Steven WAINAINA, Swarnima AGNIHOTRI
  • Publication number: 20240247228
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides biocontainment methods and mechanisms that prevent modified cells from escaping their intended environment(s) while enabling the survival and replication of the modified cells where intended. This is achieved by linking the viability of the modified cells to the presence of a control molecule that is exogenously supplied to define the location and time in which cells are capable of growing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Weston Robert Whitaker, William Cain DeLoache, Zachary Nicholas Russ, IV, Elizabeth Joy Stanley Shepherd, Lauren Popov
  • Publication number: 20240247229
    Abstract: The present application discloses a cell culture media for growth, maintenance and induction of reversion to a less mature state of a cell comprising a MUC1* activating ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Cynthia Bamdad, Benoit Smagghe
  • Publication number: 20240247230
    Abstract: Provided are a genetically modified oligodendrocyte progenitor cell, a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. Also provided is a method capable of simultaneously repairing myelin, promoting myelin production, and reducing inflammatory responses and autoimmune damage; the method comprises a genetically engineered oligodendrocyte progenitor cell achieving direct repair of a myelin sheath by means of transplantation of the genetically modified oligodendrocyte progenitor cell, which can alleviate an inflammatory response of the nerve and improve nerve function. This has very good application prospects in the clinical treatment of multiple sclerosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yuchun GU, Lida WU
  • Publication number: 20240247231
    Abstract: Provided are modified immune cells including tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) or B cells, a composition comprising the immune cells, and a method of treating neoplastic or cancer conditions comprising administering to a subject the immune cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: Weiyue GU
  • Publication number: 20240247232
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered immune cells and methods for their creation and use. The immune cells comprise activating and blocking receptors, that exhibit cross-talk between the receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: Alexander Kamb
  • Publication number: 20240247233
    Abstract: A cell culture scaffold of the present invention consists of a seaweed-derived component, is edible and has a pore size and stiffness that are suitable for cell culture, and a significantly excellent moisture-holding ability to enable long-term culture and efficient cell proliferation even when a high density of muscle stem cells are inoculated, and thus it may be effectively used for producing cultured meat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hee Jae LEE, Joon Ho KEUM, Kyeong Hun CHOI, Ye Bin SON, Song Yi CHUN, Su Ji KIM, Sung Chun CHO, Dasom KIM, Chisung JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240247234
    Abstract: TA preparation method for off-the-shelf human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells includes culturing an isolated umbilical cord tissue blocks to obtain P0 cells; carrying out passage on the P0 cells twice to obtain P2 cells, and cryopreserving the P2 cells; the cryopreserved P2 cells are subjected to thawing and passage twice to obtain P4 cells, and the P4 cells are cryopreserved; the cryopreserved P4 cells are subjected to thawing and passage once to obtain P5 cells, and the P5 cells are sequentially digested, washed and resuspended to obtain the human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells. The present invention also adopts cryopreservation method to develop a cryopreservation preparation of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells. The cryopreservation preparation is convenient for storage and can be directly administered intravenously after thawing without changing the liquid, avoiding possible contamination risk during dispensing, and is more conducive to clinical use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yu ZHANG, Qi QI, Yun ZHANG, Ruizhen HOU, Wenjie WU, Wangyi ZHOU, Lei WANG
  • Publication number: 20240247235
    Abstract: A method obtains naive induced iPSCs (niPSCs) from mammalian somatic cells. The method includes a transgene cocktail delivery to somatic cells in a microfluidic setting, including a first step of Mesenchymal to Epithelial Transition (MET) and a second step of colonies generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Graziano MARTELLO, Nicola ELVASSORE, Marco PELLEGRINI, Stefano GIULITTI