公开(公告)号：US20180357745A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US15780076

申请日：2016-12-16

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Marios Stephanou PATTICHIS ,  Cesar CARRANZA ,  Daniel LLAMOCCA OBREGON

IPC: G06T1/20 ,  G06F9/30 ,  G06T11/00

CPC classification number: G06F9/5066 ,  G01V2210/46 ,  G06T11/006

Abstract: Fast and a scalable algorithms and methods adaptable to available resources for computing (1) the DPRT on multicore CPUs by distributing the computation of the DPRT primary directions among the different cores, and (2) the DPRT on GPUs using parallel, distributed, and synchronized ray computations among the GPU cores with “ray” referring to one of the sums required for computing the DPRT or its inverse along a prime direction.

公开(公告)号：US10141469B1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-27

申请号：US15692541

申请日：2017-08-31

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Francesca Cavallo ,  Vijay Saradhi Mangu

IPC: H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/0725 ,  H01L31/0352 ,  H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/032 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/054 ,  H01L31/0236

Abstract: A solar cell for collecting solar radiation can include a barrier layer such as a dielectric barrier layer and a heterostructure including a first light absorbing layer and at least a second light absorbing layer. A method for forming the solar cell can include forming a sacrificial layer on a support substrate and forming the barrier layer on the sacrificial layer. The barrier layer is formed to have a strain gradient through its thickness. The heterostructure is attached to the barrier layer and the sacrificial layer is removed, thereby separating the barrier layer and the heterostructure from the support substrate. During the removal of the sacrificial layer, the strain gradient causes the barrier layer and heterostructure, to roll, curl, or spiral, thereby resulting in a radially stacked heterostructure that provides a light concentrating optical cavity having multiple light absorbing layers with different band gaps.

公开(公告)号：US20180333855A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15985213

申请日：2018-05-21

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Melanie E. Moses ,  Joshua P. Hecker ,  Qi Lu

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/1666 ,  B25J9/0084 ,  B25J9/1676 ,  B25J11/008 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G05B2219/39146 ,  G05B2219/39168 ,  G05D1/0088

Abstract: Teams of robots can be organized to collectively complete complex real-world tasks, for example collective foraging in which robots search for, pick up, and drop off targets in a collection zone. A dynamic multiple-place foraging algorithm (MPFAdynamic) is a scalable, flexible, and efficient algorithm for robot swarms to collect objects in unmapped environments. It achieves scalability through a decentralized architecture in which robots search without central control, and then return to mobile depots which provide collection and communication points. Mobile depots move closer to clusters of targets as robots discover them, which reduces robot transport time as well as collisions among robots. Flexibility is achieved by incorporating individual robot behaviors in which robots move and communicate in ways that mimic the foraging behaviors of ants. The MPFAdynamic algorithm demonstrates that dispersed agents that dynamically adapt to local information in their environment provide more flexible and scalable swarms.

公开(公告)号：US20180331270A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15527699

申请日：2015-12-07

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Mehran Tehrani

IPC: H01L35/24 ,  H01L35/34 ,  C08J3/21 ,  C08J7/04 ,  C08K3/04 ,  C08K3/08 ,  C08K3/22

CPC classification number: H01L35/24 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  C08J3/212 ,  C08J7/045 ,  C08J2481/08 ,  C08K3/041 ,  C08K3/08 ,  C08K3/22 ,  C08K2003/085 ,  C08K2003/0856 ,  C08K2003/0862 ,  C08K2003/2265 ,  C08K2003/2289 ,  C08K2003/2293 ,  C08K2201/01 ,  C08K2201/011 ,  H01L35/34 ,  C08L65/00 ,  C08L25/18 ,  C09D165/00

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for forming a composite. The method can include mixing a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a plurality of magnetic nanoparticles in a non-polar medium. At least some of the plurality of CNTs form entangled CNTs. The method also includes attaching first ones of the plurality of magnetic nanoparticles to exposed surfaces of the entangled CNTs; disentangling the entangled CNTs to form a plurality of dispersed CNTs; and aligning the plurality of dispersed CNTs. The disentangling of the entangled CNTs to form a plurality of dispersed CNTs includes exposing the plurality of magnetic nanoparticles and the plurality of entangled CNTs to electromagnetic energy.

公开(公告)号：US20180327461A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15574679

申请日：2016-05-18

Applicant: Ravi DURVASULA ,  ARORA Arinder Humar ,  STC.UNM

Inventor： Ravi Durvasula ,  Arinder Kumar Arora

IPC: C07K14/435 ,  C07K14/47 ,  A01N63/00 ,  C07K16/12

CPC classification number: C07K14/43572 ,  A01N63/00 ,  C07K14/4723 ,  C07K16/1203 ,  C07K16/1228 ,  C07K2319/30

Abstract: This disclosure describes a genetically-modified microbe that is a symbiont of an animal that is a vector organism for a pathogenic microbe, a paratransgenic organism that includes the genetically-modified microbe, and methods involving use of the genetically-modified microbe and/or the paratransgenic organism. Generally, the genetically-modified microbe includes a heterologous polynucleotide that encodes a heterologous polypeptide that reduces transmission of the pathogenic microbe.

公开(公告)号：US10128398B1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US14720249

申请日：2015-05-22

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Majeed M. Hayat ,  Payman Zarkesh-Ha

IPC: H03F3/08 ,  H01L31/107 ,  H01L25/16

Abstract: Systems and methods implementing a resonance circuit, including an avalanche photodiode, in which a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit is matched with the frequency of a dynamic biasing signal of the avalanche photodiode, can be used in a variety of applications. In various embodiments, a method for blocking and/or compensating current injection associated with the parasitic capacitance of APDs operated under dynamic biasing may be substantially realized by the matching of the resonance frequency of a resonance circuit including the avalanche photodiode with the frequency of an applied dynamic biasing signal. Additional systems and methods are described that can be used in a variety of applications.

公开(公告)号：US20180311302A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-01

申请号：US15962067

申请日：2018-04-25

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Jeff Wade Hill

IPC: A61K38/06 ,  C07K14/715 ,  A61K45/06

CPC classification number: A61K38/06 ,  A61K38/00 ,  A61K45/06 ,  C07K5/0823 ,  C07K14/7158

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel class of medicament based on CXCR antagonistic peptides. Among other things, the present invention provides peptides, compositions and methods for treating diseases, disorders and conditions in which a CXCR mediated pathway is implicated. Compositions and methods for effective treatment of inflammation, stroke, traumatic brain injury, pancreatic cancer, and others are provided.

公开(公告)号：US10106727B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-23

申请号：US14488989

申请日：2014-09-17

Applicant: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC ,  CARBO Ceramics Inc. ,  STC.UNM

Inventor： Chad Cannan ,  Terrence Palisch ,  Richard A. Kemp ,  Timothy J. Boyle ,  Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez ,  James E. Miller

IPC: C09K8/80 ,  E21B43/267 ,  E21B49/08 ,  E21B47/10

Abstract: Proppant compositions for use in hydraulic fracturing and methods of using same are disclosed herein. The proppant compositions include a plurality of proppant particulates and at least one particulate of the plurality of proppant particulates containing at least one tracer, wherein the at least one tracer separates from the at least one particulate located inside a fracture of a subterranean formation after a period of time.

公开(公告)号：US10093929B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US15029307

申请日：2014-10-10

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Fu-Sen Liang

IPC: C07H21/04 ,  C07H21/02 ,  C12N15/113 ,  C12N15/11

Abstract: This disclosure describes modular miRNA regulator molecules and methods of using modular miRNA regulator molecules. Generally, the modular miRNA regulator molecules include a recognition module and an inhibition module. Generally, the recognition module includes a polynucleotide in which at least a portion of the polynucleotide recognizes at least a portion of a preselected pre-miRNA. Generally, the inhibition module includes a moiety that inhibits nuclease processing of the preselected pre-RNA to a mature RNA.

公开(公告)号：US10089660B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-02

申请号：US14849227

申请日：2015-09-09

Applicant: STC.UNM

Inventor： Shuang Luan ,  Abdullah Mueen ,  Michalis Faloutsos ,  Amanda J. Minnich

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: Multiple sources of reviews for the same product or service (e.g. hotels, restaurants, clinics, hair saloon, etc.) are utilized to provide a trustworthiness score. Such a score can clearly identify hotels with evidence of review manipulation, omission and fakery and provide the user with a comprehensive understanding of the reviews of a product or establishment. Three types of information are used in computing the score: spatial, temporal and network or graph-based. The information is blended to produce a representative set of features that can reliably produce the trustworthiness score. The invention is self-adapting to new reviews and sites. The invention also includes a validation mechanism by crowd-sourcing and fake review generation to ensure reliability and trustworthiness of the scoring.