| Industry Foundation of Chonnam National University Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120128594 | SELECTIVE INFARCTED-TISSUE-TARGETING BACTERIA AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to bacteria which specifically target infracted tissue and use thereof. The present invention provides a selective infracted tissue-targeting bacterium for the first time, and can be used in selectively delivering drugs to the infracted tissue or in selectively imaging the infracted tissue. The infracted tissue-targeting bacterium of the present invention can finish treatments by using antibiotics, and therefore, have remarkable advantages as compared to gene therapy using recombinant viruses. The infracted tissue-targeting bacterium of the present invention have a significantly high affinity and specificity to infracted myocardium or infracted brain, thereby significantly reducing undesired transfections in the organs or tissues other than the heart. The gene expression by the infracted tissue-targeting bacterium of the present invention in infracted myocardium or infracted brain is remotely controllable. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124569 | COMMUNICATION MIDDLEWARE APPARATUS FOR GUEST, COMMUNICATION MIDDLEWARE APPARATUS FOR HOST, AND DRIVING METHOD USING THE SAME - There is provided a communication middleware apparatus for a host device, including: a profile manager configured to receive specification information of a guest device through a Low-rate Wireless Personal Area Network (LR-WPAN) module; an application program manager configured to search for an application program for a host device that has to be newly installed or updated, based on the specification information of the guest device, and to install or update the found application program for the host device in the host device; and a firmware manager configured to search for firmware for the guest device that has to be updated based on the specification information of the guest device, and to transmit the found firmware for the guest device to the guest device through the LR-WPAN module. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121156 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF A SET OF TEETH - The present invention relates to a method for acquiring a 3-Dimensional (3D) image of a set of teeth, and, in particular, to a method for acquiring a 3D image of a set of teeth which can continuously acquire a plurality of 3D images of a set of teeth which show the change of dentition of a patient using only a single Computed Tomography (CT) scan. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120077736 | INHIBITOR AGAINST FORMING BIOFILM COMPRISING K-CASEIN MACROPEPTIDE - An inhibitor against the formation of biofilm includes κ-casein macropeptide. The inhibitor prevents or reduces the formation of a biofilm by inhibiting attachment or attachment/invasion followed by biofilm formation on the abiotic or biotic surfaces by | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120022798 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING IMPACT RESISTANCE OF ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE (ABS) MATERIAL - The present invention provides a model equation for predicting the impact resistance of an ABS material, which has excellent properties, gloss, and stainability and thus can be widely used in vehicles, electricity and electronics, and miscellaneous applications. The model equation of the present invention provides high accuracy and reproducibility. The prediction technology can be used particularly to determine whether a material complies with the specification of vehicle components, to overcome the quality problems, and to prevent the production of defective products. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20110321188 | Solanum lycopersicum histidine decarboxylase gene-derived fruit-specific expression promoter and uses thereof - The present invention relates to a | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110287198 | ALKALI-ACTIVATED BINDER, ALKALI-ACTIVATED MORTAR, CONCRETE PRODUCTS AND WET RED CLAY PAVING MATERIAL USING BINDER - The present invention relates to an alkali-activated binder which can be used as a binder for replacing cement, and more particularly, to an alkali-activated binder, and to mortar, concrete, concrete products, and wet loess paving material comprising the binder, in which inorganic sodium-free alkaline materials are contained to reduce the total amount of Na | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110228124 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION PREPROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is a character recognition preprocessing method and apparatus for correcting a nonlinear character string into a linear character string. A binarized character string region is divided into character regions on a character-by-character basis. Upper and lower feature points of each character region are derived, and an upper boundary line, which is a curve connecting the upper feature points of the character regions, and a lower boundary line, which is a curve connecting the lower feature points of the character regions, are generated by applying cubic spline interpolation. Nonlinearity is corrected through adaptive region enlargement by using the maximum horizontal length and the maximum height of the divided character regions. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110195906 | OSTEOGENIC SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND MEDIUM CONTAINING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an osteogenic synthetic peptide, derived from bone morphogenetic protein-7, consisting of a sequence of 15 amino acid residues. Provided are also a pharmaceutical composition and a medium composition comprising the same. Having remarkable activity related to promoting osteoblast differentiation, the osteogenic synthetic peptide is very useful in the treatment of osteoporosis, bone defects and/or osteoarthritis. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110184388 | BACTERIUM-BASED MICROROBOT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a bacterium-based microrobot for medical treatment, an operation method thereof, and a treatment method using the same. The bacterium-based microrobot can be propelled by the flagellum movement of bacteria, can be directed toward a target lesion by the ability of bacteria to recognize the lesion, can be monitored for how many the microrobot targets the lesion, and can directly or indirectly treat the lesion by the proliferation of bacteria through self-division in the lesion. The bacteria may be genetically manipulated to be resistant to immune responses and produce a material inhibitory of the growth of affected cells. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110165134 | LACTOBACILLUS SP. JNU2116 WITH ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY - sp. strain with antimutagenic activity and, more particularly, | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110135564 | HIGH-CAPACITY ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES AND PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIZING THE SAME - is the present invention features a high-capacity anode material for rapidly chargeable and dischargeable lithium secondary batteries, which is composed of Li | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110129879 | Hybrid Genes and Enzymes of Glucanase and Dextransucrase and Processes for Preparing Isomalto-Oligosaccharides or Dextran Using the Same - Disclosed are hybrid genes of glucanase and dextransucrase, recombinant vectors comprising said hybrid genes, microorganisms which are transformed with said recombinant vectors, hybrid enzymes which are expressed from said hybrid genes, and processes for preparing isomalto-oligosaccharides or dextran using said microorganisms or enzymes. Expensive isomalto-oligosaccharides and low molecular weight dextran for clinical use can be produced simply and effectively from cheap substrate-sucrose, using a single bacterial strain or enzyme. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110063468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING LABEL - Disclosed is a method for retrieving a label in a portable terminal. The method includes obtaining a label image photographed through a camera, extracting characters included in the label image and recognizing the extracted characters, detecting at least one label including the recognized character from a label database including multiple labels and information on the multiple labels and constituting a preliminary label candidate group including said at least one label, detecting an image characteristic of the label image, detecting at least one label having an image characteristic, which is similar with the detected image characteristic, from the preliminary label candidate group, and constituting a final label candidate group, and providing each of said at least one label included in the final label candidate group and detailed information corresponding to each of said at least one label. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110053279 | DETECTION METHODS OF PROTEINS ON POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS USING GEL BACKGROUND STAINING AND ORGANIC DYE COMPOSITIONS FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are a method for detecting proteins on a polyacrylamide gel by background staining method using an organic dye composition containing eosin Y or phloxine B, and the organic dye composition for use in the method, which enables the rapid and simple detection of the protein on the polyacrylamide gel with a high sensitivity. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110053190 | Use of CFH or ApoH as a Biochemical Diagnostic Marker for Complete Remission in Acute Myeloid Leukemia - The present invention relates to a diagnostic method for acute myeloid leukemia, in particular, a method for using CFH or ApoH in patient sera as biochemical diagnostic markers to determine complete remission in acute myeloid leukemia. In accordance with this invention, CFH and ApoH are identified as a novel biochemical marker for understanding the biological mechanism and responsiveness to disease in AML patients after induction chemotherapy, and can be used as a biochemical marker for evaluating the prognosis of disease in patients after induction chemotherapy. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110035160 | Multi-Channel Bio Reactor with Fluorescence Detector and On-Line Monitoring Apparatus of It - Disclosed is a multi-channel bio reactor with fluorescence detector which measures various bio-chemical materials using fluorescence analysis, and an on-line monitoring apparatus of it. The multi-channel bio reactor with fluorescence detector comprises a light source | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110009954 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF DRUG-RELEASING STENT COATED WITH TITANIUM-OXIDE THIN FILM - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a drug-releasing stent, including: coating a titanium dioxide or nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide thin film on a metal stent; and attaching a drug on the surface of the titanium oxide thin film. More specifically, the method for manufacturing a drug-releasing stent includes: coating a titanium dioxide or nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide thin film on a metal stent, which can be inserted into the blood vessel, by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD); modifying the surface of the titanium oxide thin film with hydroxyl groups by low-temperature plasma; and chemically attaching a drug such as an antithrombotic drug or a neointimal hyperplasia inhibitor, so that the drug may be released in the blood vessel in a sustained manner. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20100299767 | TREM-2 GENE AND PROTEIN AS INHIBITORS OF EXPRESSION OF GA733-2, AND TRANSGENIC ANIMALS COMPRISING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed are a composition for inhibiting the expression of GA733-2 or for detecting GA733-2, which comprises TREM-2 gene or protein, a transgenic animal containing same, and a method using the same. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100297744 | Multi-Channel Bioreactor with the Immobillization of Optical Sensing Membrane - The present invention relates to a multi-channel microbioreactor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-channel microbioreactor having a number of wells in which an optical sensing membrane comprising a fluorescent dye and a bioconjugate, or a sensor material including a biomolecule conjugated to a fluorescent dye and a bioconjugate is formed. The multi-channel microbioreactor according to the present invention can be used for an in-situ optical detection of dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, monosaccharides, polysaccharides, organic acids, alcohols, cholesterol, choline and xanthine, etc. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100279428 | OPTICAL SENSING MEMBRANES, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF TWO OR MORE PARAMETERS OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION, pH AND TEMPERATURE - Provided is an optical sensing membrane, including a mixture of two or more fluorescent dyes for detection of dissolved oxygen concentration, pH and temperature, immobilized on a support, a detection device including the optical sensing membrane and a detection method using the detection device. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100208999 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR DISTORTION IN TEXT RECOGNITION - A method of compensating for distortion in text recognition is provided, which includes extracting a text region from an image; estimating the form of an upper end of the extracted text region; estimating the form of a lower end of the extracted text region; estimating the form of left and right sides of the extracted text region; estimating a diagram constituted in the form of the estimated upper end, lower end, left and right sides, and including a minimum area of the text region; and transforming the text region constituting the estimated diagram into a rectangular diagram using an affine transform. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100202690 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING TEXT FROM IMAGE - Disclosed is a method of recognizing a text from an image. The method includes dividing the image into a predefined number of regions through a clustering technique; setting a certain area of the regions as a background region; identifying the outer peripheral pixel and inner peripheral pixel of each region except for the background region of the divided regions; setting a region identified as having one of its outer peripheral pixel and its inner peripheral pixel corresponding to a pixel of the background region, as a boundary region; and setting a region identified as having any of its outer peripheral pixel and its inner peripheral pixel not corresponding to a pixel of the background region, as a center text region, and excluding the boundary region from a binary-coding object of the text. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100172587 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING A LIP REGION FOR LIP READING - A method for setting a lip region of a face included in an image, including setting a first region and a second region in an image including a face, identifying contrast information of the first region, setting a threshold for binarization using the contrast information, and binarizing the second region based on the threshold. A region in which a pixel having an identical binary value continuously distributed within a predetermined number of ranges in the binarized image is set as an eye candidate object. An eye region is then extracted from the eye candidate object based on geometric characteristic of an eye region in an image, and the lip region is set with reference to the extracted eye region based on geometric information of the eye region and the lip region. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100167177 | Carbon nanofiber with skin-core structure, method of producing the same, and products comprising the same - This invention relates to carbon nanofiber having a skin-core structure containing pitch and polyacrylonitrile, to a method of producing the carbon nanofiber, and to a product including the carbon nanofiber. The carbon nanofiber includes polyacrylonitrile and pitch having different properties respectively constituting a skin layer and/or a core layer, with a diameter of 1 μm or less, and thus functions of the carbon nanofiber vary depending on change in composition thereof. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100151876 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE - A technology for inter-cell interference control is provided. In one general aspect, the inter-cell interference may be controlled by resource allocation scheduling or power management. A cell may be divided into a plurality of regions. A constant available resource band and a selectively available band are allocated to each region. Each of the allocated resource bands is assigned with an interference characteristic. The resource allocation scheduling and the power management are performed according to the resources allocated to the respective regions and the interference characteristics assigned to the respective resources. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100112684 | CELL CULTURE DISH FOR THE EMBRYOID BODY FORMATION FROM EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS - The present invention relates to a cell culture dish for the erabryoid body formation from embryonic stem cells, which facilitates efficient and stable differentiation of embryonic stem cells by forming embryoid body in grooves on the bottom of a support adhered on the back of the lid for the culture dish by hanging drop culture. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100016236 | Osteogenic synthetic peptides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and medium containing the same - Disclosed herein is an osteogenic synthetic peptide, derived from bone morphogenetic protein-7, consisting of a sequence of 15 amino acid residues. Provided are also a pharmaceutical composition and a medium composition comprising the same. Having remarkable activity related to promoting osteoblast differentiation, the osteogenic synthetic peptide is very useful in the treatment of osteoporosis, bone defects and/or osteoarthritis. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20080264485 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL CONTAINING FLUORESCENT MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a dye-sensitized solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes an opposing electrode and a photoelectrode. The opposing electrode includes a light-transmitting layer formed of a transparent glass substrate and an FTO (fluorine-doped tin oxide) thin film deposited on the transparent glass substrate, and a catalyst layer formed by depositing platinum on the FTO thin film. The photoelectrode includes a glass substrate and an FTO thin film deposited on the glass substrate. The photoelectrode is coated with a mixture of a fluorescent material and a transition metal oxide that includes titanium dioxide (TiO | 10-30-2008 |