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Bao Mi, Sugar Land, TX US
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20160032714 | Telemetry System and Method of Operating the Same - Methods and related apparatus pertaining to downhole and surface telemetry, such as a method in which a telemetry system is provided with a communication path formed with an electrically conductive transport medium coupled across a plurality of downhole nodes. Such method includes operating on the communication path with a multi-drop system that provides telemetry to the downhole nodes in a wellbore, including employing modulation in a master-slave arrangement using binary differential phase shift keying or differential quadrature phase shift keying. | 02-04-2016 |
Baoxia Mi, Potomac, MD US
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20150258506 | LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY OF GRAPHENE OXIDE MEMBRANES VIA ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTION AND ELUDICATION OF WATER AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS - A method for synthesizing a water purification membrane is presented. The method includes stacking a plurality of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets to create the water purification membrane, the stacking involving layer-by-layer assembly of the plurality of GO nanosheets and forming a plurality of nanochannels between the plurality of GO nanosheets for allowing the flow of a fluid and for rejecting the flow of contaminants. The method further includes cross-linking the plurality of GO nanosheets by 1,3,5-benzenetricarbonyl trichloride on a polydopamine coated polysulfone support. | 09-17-2015 |
Bayou Mi, Wilmington, DE US
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20140100254 | Radezolid salts and polymorphic forms thereof - Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1a, | 04-10-2014 |
Charles Mi, State College, PA US
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20080213906 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR COMBINING PROTEIN PRECIPITATION AND SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION - A composition, method and device for the preparation of biological samples for subsequent LC-MS analysis using a combined and concurrent protein precipitation and solid phase extraction (SPE) process is described. Through an integrated combination of protein precipitation, filtration, and SPE using a novel zirconia-coated chromatographic media, interfering compounds, such as proteins and phosphate-containing compounds, are eliminated from the biological samples, affording a higher degree of analyte response during LC-MS analysis. | 09-04-2008 |
Chris Mi, Detroit, MI US
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20140313795 | SINGLE PHASE BI-DIRECTIONAL AC-DC CONVERTER WITH REDUCED PASSIVE COMPONENTS SIZE AND COMMON MODE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE - A bidirectional AC-DC converter is presented with reduced passive component size and common mode electro-magnetic interference. The converter includes an improved input stage formed by two coupled differential inductors, two coupled common and differential inductors, one differential capacitor and two common mode capacitors. With this input structure, the volume, weight and cost of the input stage can be reduced greatly. Additionally, the input current ripple and common mode electro-magnetic interference can be greatly attenuated, so lower switching frequency can be adopted to achieve higher efficiency. | 10-23-2014 |
20140340031 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION FOR BATTERY CHARGING - A wireless power transmission system is provided for high power applications. The power transmission system is comprised generally of a charging unit configured to generate an alternating electromagnetic field and a receive unit configured to receive the alternating electromagnetic field from the charging unit. The charging unit includes a power source; an input rectifier; an inverter; and a transmit coil. The transmit coil has a spirangle arrangement segmented into n coil segments with capacitors interconnecting adjacent coil segments. The receive unit includes a receive coil and an output rectifier. The receive coil also has a spirangle arrangement segmented into m coil segments with capacitors interconnecting adjacent coil segments. | 11-20-2014 |
20150015197 | DOUBLE-SIDED LCC COMPENSATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER - A double-sided LCC compensation network and a tuning method are proposed for a wireless power transfer system. With the proposed topology, the resonant frequency is independent of coupling coefficient and load conditions. The parameter values are tuned to realize zero voltage switching (ZVS) for the sending side switches. A wireless charging system with up to 7.7 kW output power was designed and built using the proposed topology and achieved 96% efficiency from DC power source to battery load. | 01-15-2015 |
Glenn Mi, Saratoga, CA US
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20130219412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE BPEL SUPPORT FOR CORRELATION AGGREGATION - A system and method are disclosed for providing BPEL support for correlation aggregation. The system can comprise a business process engine, executing on one or more application servers organized in a cluster. The system can comprise a database including a table which stores records relating to message groups and business process instances. When a message is received by the business process engine, the business process engine can determine an identity associated with the message, and check the database to determine if there is an entry associated with the identity. If there is no entry associated with the identity, then the business process engine can instantiate a first business process instance associated with the identity, and if there is an entry associated with the identity, then the business process engine can route the message to a business process instance associated with the identity. | 08-22-2013 |
Glenn Weiqun Mi, Saratoga, CA US
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20150046902 | EXECUTION SEMANTICS FOR SUB-PROCESSES IN BPEL - A system and method for facilitating execution of a portion of a process via a subprocess. An example method includes encapsulating process logic of a portion of a parent process via the subprocess, wherein the parent process is encoded via a business process language characterized by process lifecycle management functionality; using an instance of a call activity in a scope of the parent process or subprocess to activate the subprocess, yielding a called subprocess in response thereto; and employing a business process runtime engine to adjust a scope of the subprocess to inherit the scope of the process used to call the subprocess, thereby enabling the process lifecycle management functionality to govern a lifecycle of the subprocess. In a more specific embodiment, the business process language includes standard Business Prosecution Execution Language (BPEL); the parent process represents a business process; and the subprocess includes a standalone subprocess. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046905 | SUBPROCESS DEFINITION AND VISUALIZATION IN BPEL - A system and method for enabling reuse of a portion of a business process. An example method includes employing a business process language to facilitate accessing a definition of a subprocess characterizing the process logic, wherein the definition indicates one or more parameters to be used by the subprocess to implement a task specified by the process logic; and employing the definition to facilitate: using one or more variables of a parent process as one or more arguments that are passed to an instantiated version of the subprocess, and mapping the one or more arguments to the one or more parameters. In a more specific embodiment, the example method further includes characterizing a behavior of the subprocess via one or more dynamic scoping rules. The business process language includes a version of Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), and a BPEL extension activity facilitates defining the subprocess. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046929 | USING-SUB-PROCESSES ACROSS BUSINESS PROCESSES IN DIFFERENT COMPOSITES - A system and method for facilitating reuse of a portion of process logic by different processes. An example method includes providing a subprocess that is adapted to perform the process logic in a file accessible to a composite system, wherein the subprocess is adapted to be called by a first parent process via a subprocess extension to a business process language employed to encode the first parent process; using a call activity defined as part of the subprocess extension, and included in a scope of the first parent process to facilitate access to functionality of the subprocess by the parent process; and employing a business process engine to facilitate instantiating the subprocess, resulting in an instantiated subprocess in response thereto; and using a second parent process to share use of the instantiated subprocess with the first parent process. | 02-12-2015 |
Hongcheng Mi, Foster City, CA US
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20150248706 | Collecting, Synching, and Organizing Data Received from a Single Customer Across Multiple Online and Connected Devices - An advertisement system enables an advertiser to serve a targeted advertisement to a user based on data collected across multiple client devices associated with the same user. The advertisement system correlates client devices to a particular user by collecting, analyzing, and comparing behavioral data, transactional data, and loyalty status data associated with each client device. The advertisement system uses device correlations to serve a targeted advertisement to a user across one or more of the correlated devices. | 09-03-2015 |
20150248707 | Hotel Recommendation Engine Based on Customer Data from Multiple Online Sources - A recommendations system enables an advertiser to serve a personalized hotel recommendation to a user based on a wide variety of client data associated with the user. The client data describes the user's hotel booking preferences which is matched to hotel property data, describing the characteristics of particular hotel offers. The recommendations system selects a particular hotel offer to recommend to the user by comparing the hotel property data to the client data associated with the user. The recommendations system serves a recommendation to a user based on the selected hotel offer. | 09-03-2015 |
Jian Mi, Niskayuna, NY US
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20110209745 | PHOTOVOLTAIC FRAMED MODULE ARRAY MOUNT UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC RAIL - A photovoltaic framed module array apparatus for mounting a first framed photovoltaic (PV) module and a second framed PV module is provided. The photovoltaic framed module array apparatus comprises a first rail. The first rail includes an insert slot for accommodating an insert edge of the first framed PV module, and a capture slot for accommodating a capture edge of the second framed PV module. The capture slot is positioned substantively parallel to the insert slot. | 09-01-2011 |
20120173203 | Method of Optimizing Volume Utilization of An Autoclave - A method of optimizing an autoclave volume utilization includes, in an exemplary embodiment, determining process parameters of an autoclave; modeling an autoclave configuration to determine airflow patterns in the autoclave, temperature variation throughout the autoclave, and the distribution of turbulent intensity in the autoclave; and modifying the autoclave configuration with hardware changes to the autoclave to alter the airflow patterns in the autoclave. The method also includes modeling the modified autoclave configuration to determine modified airflow patterns in the autoclave, modified temperature variation throughout the autoclave, and the modified distribution of turbulent intensity in the autoclave; and modeling the modified autoclave configuration with parts to be cured in the modified autoclave configuration to determine an arrangement of parts that maximizes the number of parts in the autoclave that meet predetermined cured properties of the parts. | 07-05-2012 |
Liangchuan Mi, Santa Clara, CA US
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20140221054 | SAVING POWER IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - Saving power in a mobile terminal includes determining alignment processing moments after the mobile terminal enters a standby mode. Alignable wakeup events, which occur during alignment processing periods corresponding to each alignment processing moment, are thus controlled to commence related processing at each of the alignment processing moments. Power consumption caused by various wakeup events in a standby mode may thus be reduced and battery life of the mobile terminal may thus be improved. | 08-07-2014 |
Liangchuan Mi, Union City, CA US
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20150202533 | MAPPING TOUCHSCREEN GESTURES TO ERGONOMIC CONTROLS ACROSS APPLICATION SCENES - A technique of implementing on-screen gestures associated with a software application comprises receiving a first control input that relates to a first scene associated with the software application, translating the first control input into a first set of instructions based on a first mapping, and providing the first set of instructions to an operating system that includes the first set of instructions in the software application, receiving a second control input that relates to a second scene associated with the software application, translating the second control input into a second set of instructions based on a second mapping, and providing the second set of instructions to the operating system, wherein the operating system is configured to include the second set of instructions in the software application. | 07-23-2015 |
Luo Mi, Seattle, WA US
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20110195104 | INTEGRATED ANTIMICROBIAL AND LOW FOULING MATERIALS - Cationic polymers hydrolyzable to zwitterionic polymers, monomers for making the cationic polymers, surfaces that include the polymers, and methods for making and using the cationic polymers and surfaces. The cationic polymers include counterions and/or hydrolyzable groups that release active agents. | 08-11-2011 |
Michael Hao Mi, Redmond, WA US
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20140071895 | Network Selection Based On Customizing Crowdsourced Connection Quality Data - Embodiments select networks for connection based on application-specific quality scores. A request is received from an application for a network connection. Connection quality data for nearby networks is accessed. The connection quality data is derived from crowdsourced data. The connection quality data is adjusted based on a device context to produce an application-specific quality score for each of the networks. One or more of the networks are selected for connection based on the application-specific quality scores. In some embodiments, a single network connection endpoint is provided to the application to abstract connection management details from the application. | 03-13-2014 |
20150139074 | Adaptive Generation of Network Scores From Crowdsourced Data - Embodiments generate and provide connection quality data for networks based on past performance of those networks. Network experience data and corresponding device context are received from a first set of mobile devices. The received data is processed to generate the connection quality data, which is distributed to a second set of mobile devices for use in selecting a network and establishing a connection. Feedback describing performance of the selected network is received and applied to adjust the previously generated connection quality data. In some embodiments, the connection quality data represents voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call quality. | 05-21-2015 |
Minhong Mi, Sewickley, PA US
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20090098915 | RECHARGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy from a base station, ambient energy or ultra-wide band energy. The remote station preferably has at least one antenna having an effective area greater than its physical area. The system may have an antenna and associated circuitry provided on an electronic chip such as a monolithic chip or on a printed circuit with a suitable substrate. | 04-16-2009 |
20090207000 | Multiple Antenna Energy Harvesting - Energy harvesting circuits and associated methods are provided that employ multiple antennas to optimize the amount of energy that is harvested while at the same time making efficient use of tag space. In some embodiments, matching networks are chosen in a manner that optimizes the DC energy that is created from the harvesting process. In other embodiments, phase shifts are introduced into the received signals to allow the signals to be more efficiently combined after they are rectified. | 08-20-2009 |
Minhong Mi, Newton Center, MA US
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20150364816 | MILLIMETER WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH BALL GRID ARRAY PACKAGE INCLUDING TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE CHANNELS - A millimeter wave integrated circuit (IC) chip. The IC chip comprises an IC die and a wire bond ball grid array package encapsulating the IC die. The wire bond ball grid array package comprises a solder ball array, a millimeter wave transmit channel, and a millimeter wave receive channel, wherein each millimeter wave transmit and receive channel electrically couples the IC die to a signal ball of the solder ball array and is configured to resonate at an operating frequency band of the millimeter wave IC chip. | 12-17-2015 |
Ningfang Mi, Williamsburg, VA US
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20090132754 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH HISTOGRAM OF IDLE TIME AND SCHEDULING OF BACKGROUND AND FOREGROUND JOBS - A data storage device includes a cumulative data histogram of lengths of idle times between foreground user service requests. The cumulative data histogram is updated with measured lengths of current idle times between successive user service requests. Background service request are scheduled following a user service request after a time delay that is controlled as a function of the cumulative data histogram and a calculated length of a busy time of the background service request. | 05-21-2009 |
20090307347 | Using Transaction Latency Profiles For Characterizing Application Updates - One embodiment is a method that determines transaction latencies occurring at an application server and a database server in a multi-tier architecture. The method then analyzes the transaction latencies at the application server with Central Processing Unit (CPU) utilization during a monitoring window to determine whether a change in transaction performance at the application server results from an update to an application. | 12-10-2009 |
20100094592 | Using Application Performance Signatures For Characterizing Application Updates - One embodiment is a method that determines application performance signatures occurring at an application server in a multi-tier architecture. The method then analyzes the application performance signatures to determine whether a change in transaction performance at the application server results from a modification to an application. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094992 | Capacity Planning Of Multi-tiered Applicatons From Application Logs - One embodiment collects performance data for an application server that processes transactions received from a client computer to a database server. An application log is created from the performance data and used for capacity planning in a multi-tiered architecture. | 04-15-2010 |
Ningliang Mi, Arlington Heights, IL US
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20120200232 | ELECTRONIC BALLAST WITH DIMMING CIRCUIT - An electronic ballast with dimming circuit including an electronic ballast dimming circuit receiving an analog dimming signal, the electronic ballast dimming circuit including an input dimming circuit ( | 08-09-2012 |
Qi Mi, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20080228456 | MODELING WOUND HEALING - Provided are methods of simulating tissue healing. The methods comprise using a mechanistic computer model of the interrelated effects of inflammation, tissue damage or dysfunction and tissue healing to predict an outcome of healing of damaged tissue in vivo, thereby predicting the outcome of healing of damaged tissue in vivo. Implementations of these methods on a computing device also are provided. Non-limiting examples of diseases and/or conditions that are amenable to simulation according to the methods described herein include: a diabetes, diabetic foot ulcers, necrotizing enterocolitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, restenosis (post-angioplasty or stent implantation), incisional wounding, excisional wounding, surgery, accidental trauma, pressure ulcer, stasis ulcer, tendon rupture, vocal fold phonotrauma, otitis media and pancreatitis. | 09-18-2008 |
20110190680 | Self-Regulating Device for Modulating Inflammation - A bioreactor is provided which contains cells capable of producing cytokine inhibitors in response to cytokines, in a manner regulated by the local or systemic milieu of an individual patient and predicted by mechanistic computational simulations. The bioreactor transfers the cytokine inhibitors to a patient in need of control of the inflammation process as part of a disease or condition in the patient, such as sepsis, trauma, traumatic brain injury, or wound healing. Related methods also are provided. | 08-04-2011 |
20120271611 | Modeling Wound Healing - Provided are methods of simulating tissue healing. The methods comprise using a mechanistic computer model of the interrelated effects of inflammation, tissue damage or dysfunction and tissue healing to predict an outcome of healing of damaged tissue in vivo, thereby predicting the outcome of healing of damaged tissue in vivo. Implementations of these methods on a computing device also are provided. Non-limiting examples of diseases and/or conditions that are amenable to simulation according to the methods described herein include: a diabetes, diabetic foot ulcers, necrotizing enterocolitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, restenosis (post-angioplasty or stent implantation), incisional wounding, excisional wounding, surgery, accidental trauma, pressure ulcer, stasis ulcer, tendon rupture, vocal fold phonotrauma, otitis media and pancreatitis. | 10-25-2012 |
20130197893 | METHODS FOR MODELING HEPATIC INFLAMMATION - Provided herein are in silico methods of modeling hepatic inflammation, fibrosis/cirrhosis, and cancer. The models are computer-implemented agent-based models and are useful in determining patient prognoses in hepatic conditions, including viral infections, damage, inflammation, and cancer. The modeling system also is useful in modeling the effects of active agents on normal hepatic tissue or hepatic tissue perturbed by inflammation, infection, damage, fibrosis/cirrhosis, and cancer. | 08-01-2013 |
20140350527 | "Self-Regulating Device for Modulating Inflammation" - A bioreactor is provided which contains cells capable of producing cytokine inhibitors in response to cytokines, in a manner regulated by the local or systemic milieu of an individual patient and predicted by mechanistic computational simulations. The bioreactor transfers the cytokine inhibitors to a patient in need of control of the inflammation process as part of a disease or condition in the patient, such as sepsis, trauma, traumatic brain injury, or wound healing. Related methods also are provided. | 11-27-2014 |
Qiding Mi, Bellingham, MA US
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20080255269 | Coated polydivinbenzene beads - The present invention provides novel, polymeric supports, methods of making, and methods of using the supports, that have a fluorinated, amidated surface. The supports include polymeric microbeads, thin layers or membranes, plates, monoliths and the like. The supports are useful as packing materials for normal phase, reverse phase, and size exclusion chromatography, and provide high speed separation of analytes with excellent resolution. The fluorinated, amidated surface may include a composition comprising a plurality of repeating units, for example, having the following structure: | 10-16-2008 |
Ruifa Mi, Baltimore, MD US
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20100303881 | Therapeutic Electrospun Fiber Compositions - The instant invention provides electrospun fiber compositions comprising one or more polymers and one or more biologically active agents. In specific embodiments, the biologically active agents are nerve growth factors. In certain embodiments, the electrospun fiber compositions comprising one or more biologically active agents are on the surface of a film, or a tube. The tubes comprising the electrospun fiber compositions of the invention can be used, for example, as nerve guide conduits. | 12-02-2010 |
20140271793 | THERAPEUTIC ELECTROSPUN FIBER COMPOSITIONS - The instant invention provides electrospun fiber compositions comprising one or more polymers and one or more biologically active agents. In specific embodiments, the biologically active agents are nerve growth factors. In certain embodiments, the electrospun fiber compositions comprising one or more biologically active agents are on the surface of a film, or a tube. The tubes comprising the electrospun fiber compositions of the invention can be used, for example, as nerve guide conduits. | 09-18-2014 |
20150142026 | THERAPEUTIC ELECTROSPUN FIBER COMPOSITIONS - The instant invention provides electrospun fiber compositions comprising one or more polymers and one or more biologically active agents. In specific embodiments, the biologically active agents are nerve growth factors. In certain embodiments, the electrospun fiber compositions comprising one or more biologically active agents are on the surface of a film, or a tube. The tubes comprising the electrospun fiber compositions of the invention can be used, for example, as nerve guide conduits. | 05-21-2015 |
Sha Mi US
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20150329638 | Use of DR6 Antagonists to Improve Motor Neuron Disease - The present invention relates to Death Receptor-6 (DR6) antagonists and methods of their use in improving motor neuron disease. Novel affinity enhanced anti-DR6 antibodies are also provided. The invention also pertains to methods of identifying additional anti-DR6 antagonists. | 11-19-2015 |
Weigun Mi, Santa Clara, CA US
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20090177985 | CAPTURING DATA FROM USER SELECTED PORTIONS OF A BUSINESS PROCESS AND TRANSFERRING CAPTURED DATA TO USER IDENTIFIED DESTINATIONS - A graphical user interface (GUI) displays a flow of activities of a business process, including any portion thereof from which capture of data is permitted. The GUI receives, in an operation, at least an indication of a business process portion from which data is to be captured (“sensor”), an identification of an endpoint to which captured data is to be transferred, and a type of the endpoint which identifies (through a mapping) a predetermined software. A sensor may be added any number of times (through a single GUI or though multiple GUIs) by repeatedly performing the operation. Also, a given sensor may be associated with multiple endpoints. Computer(s) executing the business process check whether or not a sensor is present, on execution of the business process portion, and if present, then execute the corresponding predetermined software(s) to transfer data from the sensor directly to the respective endpoint(s). | 07-09-2009 |
Xiang-Dong Mi, Acton, MA US
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20160077329 | DITHERED DISPLAYS AND DITHERING PROCESSES AND APPARATUS - In one innovative aspect of the disclosure, a method includes patterning a first region and a first portion of a second region of a substrate using a first reticle. The method also includes patterning the second region and a first portion of the first region using a second reticle. The method additionally includes forming a first array of first patterned elements based on the patterning by the first reticle, and forming a second array of second patterned elements based on the patterning by the second reticle. In some implementations, each of the first and the second arrays are incomplete in each of the first portions. However, the first patterned elements in the first portion of the second region are complementary to the second patterned elements in the first portion of the second region. Similarly, the first patterned elements in the first portion of the first region are complementary to the second patterned elements in the first portion of the first region. In some such implementations, the combination of the first array and the second array form a complete array of patterned elements. | 03-17-2016 |
Xiang-Dong Mi, Northborough, MA US
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20110242847 | LAMINATED DOUBLE-SIDED LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - The present invention provides a light guide plate having an input surface for receiving light from a light source, a micro-patterned output surface for emitting light, and a micro-patterned bottom surface opposing to the output surface, made in steps comprising: extruding a first resin into the nip between a first pressure roller and a first patterned roller to form a first layer. Extruding a second resin into the nip between a second pressure roller and a second patterned roller to form a second layer. Laminating the first layer and the second layer at their unpatterned surfaces to form an optical sheet comprising a plurality of light guide plate patterns, and cutting and finishing the optical sheet into a plurality of double-sided light guide plates having the specified length and width dimensions. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242848 | PRINTED DOUBLE-SIDED LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - The present invention provides a light guide plate having an input surface for receiving light from a light source, a micro-patterned output surface for emitting light, and a micro-patterned bottom surface opposing to the output surface, made in steps comprising: extruding a resin into the nip between a pressure roller and a patterned roller to form a layer at a patterned roller surface temperature T1 and a nip pressure P1, the layer having an un-patterned surface and a patterned surface, the patterned surface having a pattern transferred from the patterned roller. Printing a discrete pattern on the un-patterned surface of the layer to form an optical sheet comprising a plurality of light guide plate patterns, and cutting and finishing the said optical sheet into a plurality of double-sided light guide plates having the specified length and width dimensions. | 10-06-2011 |
20120161344 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DIFFUSELY-REFLECTING POLARIZER HAVING A NEARLY ISOTROPIC CONTINUOUS PHASE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a diffusely reflecting polarizer, comprising the steps of: coextruding first and second polymers through a chaotic mixer and a sheeting die to produce a cast sheet with a desired blend morphology and stretching said cast sheet to produce a composite film containing a first polymer having a birefringence of less than 0.02, with said first polymer being an amorphous material and a continuous phase, and a second polymer which forms a dispersed phase, and having an index of refraction that differs from said continuous phase by greater than about 0.05 along a first axis and by less than about 0.05 along a second axis orthogonal to said first axis, wherein said first and second polymers taken together along a first axis for one polarization state of electromagnetic radiation exhibit a diffuse reflectivity R | 06-28-2012 |
20120161345 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DIFFUSELY-REFLECTING POLARIZER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY AMORPHOUS NANO-COMPOSITE CONTINUOUS PHASE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a diffusely reflecting polarizer, comprising the steps of: coextruding first and second polymers through a chaotic mixer and a sheeting die to produce a cast sheet with a desired blend morphology and stretching said cast sheet to produce a composite film containing a first polymer having a birefringence of less than 0.02, with said first polymer being a substantially amorphous nano-composite material, and a second polymer, the first polymer being a major phase, and the second polymer being a dispersed minor phase, wherein said first and second polymers taken together along a first axis for one polarization state of electromagnetic radiation exhibit a diffuse reflectivity R | 06-28-2012 |
20130148377 | LIGHT GUIDE FILMS HAVING REDUCED BANDING LEVELS - The present invention provides a light guide plate comprising an input surface for receiving light from a light source, an output surface for emitting light, and a bottom surface opposing to the output surface, wherein at least one of the output surface and the bottom surface has a micro-pattern, the micro-pattern comprising a plurality of micro-lenses. The light guide plate further comprises micro-lens having a width w, a length l, a depth d, an orientation angle, a first base angle α | 06-13-2013 |
20130148378 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATES HAVING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL MICRO-LENSES - The present invention provides a light guide plate comprising an input surface for receiving light from a plurality of discrete light sources, an output surface for emitting light, and a bottom surface opposing to the output surface, wherein at least one of the output surface and the bottom surface has a micro-pattern, the micro-pattern consisting of a plurality of substantially identical micro-lenses, each micro-lens having a width, a length, and an orientation angle. The light guide plate further provides an area density D(x, y) of the micro-lenses varies in a first direction y-axis that is parallel to the length direction and in a second direction x-axis that is parallel to the width direction for y between starting line y | 06-13-2013 |
20130155693 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE HAVING A PSEUDO TWO-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN - The present invention provides a light guide plate comprising a light guide plate comprising an input surface for receiving light from a plurality of discrete light sources, an output surface for emitting light, and a bottom surface opposing to the output surface. At least one of the output surface and the bottom surface has a micro-pattern, the micro-pattern comprising micro-lenses distributed in a first direction y-axis that is parallel to the length direction and in a second direction x-axis that is parallel to the width direction. | 06-20-2013 |
20130329452 | METHOD FOR REDUCING HOT SPOTS IN LIGHT GUIDE PLATES - The present invention provides a method of reducing hot spots in a light guide plate, the light guide plate comprising an input surface for receiving light from a plurality of discrete light sources, an output surface for emitting light, a bottom surface opposing to the output surface, and an end surface opposing to the input surface. The method further provides distributing a set of lenses in the core zone and a set of micro-lenses in the mixing zone, wherein the density of the set of micro-lenses stays constant in the X-axis, and a size and density of the micro-lenses is selected to redirect the light from the discrete light sources toward the Y-axis and provide a ratio L | 12-12-2013 |
20130329453 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE HAVING A REVERSED MICRO-PATTERN IN ITS MIXING ZONE - The present invention provides a light guide plate having reduced hot spots comprising an input surface for receiving light from a plurality of discrete light sources, an output surface for emitting light, a bottom surface opposing to the output surface, and an end surface opposing to the input surface. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329454 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE HAVING A ONE-DIMENSIONAL MICRO-PATTERN IN ITS MIXING ZONE - The present invention provides a light guide plate having reduced hot spots comprising an input surface for receiving light from a plurality of discrete light sources, an output surface for emitting light, a bottom surface opposing to the output surface, and an end surface opposing to the input surface. The invention further provides a set of lenses distributed in the core zone and a set of micro-lenses distributed in the mixing zone, wherein the density of the set of micro-lenses stays the same in the X-axis, and the selected size and the density of the micro-lenses redirect the light from the discrete light sources toward the Y-axis and a ratio L | 12-12-2013 |
20130329455 | METHOD FOR REDUCING HOT SPOTS IN A LIGHT GUIDE PLATE UTILIZING A REVERSED MICRO-PATTERN IN ITS MIXING ZONE - The present invention provides a method of reducing hot spots in a light guide plate. The method comprises distributing a set of lenses in the core zone and a set of micro-lenses in the mixing zone between Y=Y | 12-12-2013 |
20140327948 | DISPLAY ELEMENTS INCORPORATING ASYMMETRIC APERTURES - This, disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for improving the angular light distribution of a display apparatus. Smaller shutter-based display apparatus that modulate light passing through at least two apertures in an aperture or light blocking layer can provide similar viewing angle characteristics as larger shutter-based modulators by disproportionately reducing the width of a subset of the at least two apertures in relation to the remainder of the apertures. As the width of such apertures is one of the primary determinants of viewing angle, allowing a greater percentage of the light throughput of a shutter assembly to pass through wider apertures helps maintain a wider viewing angle for the display. | 11-06-2014 |
20140362092 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) BACKLIGHT WITH REDUCED HOTSPOT FORMATION - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for reducing hotspots in backlit displays. Hotspot artifacts in multi-color backlit displays can be reduced by incorporating optical structures along the edges of light guides incorporated into the backlights. The optical structures are positioned adjacent to light emitting modules that emit light into the light guide. Light emitted from the light emitting modules passes through the optical structures before entering the light guide. Hotspot size can be reduced by appropriately configuring the shapes and sizes of these optical structures. In some implementations, the optical structures may include serrations along the side of the light guide adjacent to the light sources. In some other implementations, the optical structures may include dimples. Size of hotspots may also be reduced by reducing the distance between adjacent light sources of the same color. | 12-11-2014 |
20140375538 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCORPORATING CONSTRAINED LIGHT ABSORBING LAYERS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for modulating light for a display. The system includes a light blocking layer including a reflective layer and a light absorbing layer. The light blocking layer is configured such that any conductive components therein underlie or cover less than a majority of the circuitry controlling the display elements incorporated into the display. | 12-25-2014 |
20150185466 | SHUTTER-BASED LIGHT MODULATORS INCORPORATING TIERED BACKPLANE SLOT STRUCTURES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a MEMS display apparatus incorporating a tiered backplane slot structure. The backplane can include two or more light-blocking layers defining optical windows and positioned at different heights. Light can pass through the optical windows of the display apparatus at an angle. In some implementations, the angle can be based on the index of refraction of a transparent material inside the display apparatus. The transmission of off-axis and on-axis light can be improved by varying the widths of the optical windows in each layer of the backplane. In some implementations, the difference in the widths of optical windows of adjacent layers can be substantially equal to the separation distance between the layers. | 07-02-2015 |
20160048015 | DISPLAYS HAVING REDUCED OPTICAL SENSITIVITY TO APERTURE ALIGNMENT AT STEPPER FIELD BOUNDARY - Systems, methods and methods of manufacture for, among other things, a MEMS display that has a substrate with a first and a second array of apertures. The first and second arrays are, typically, formed on the substrate so that the arrays are adjacent and define a field boundary line that may extend between the two arrays and along a width of the substrate. In at least one array, the apertures that are proximate the field boundary line are placed at locations on the substrate to reduce differences in luminance between one portion of the display and another portion of the display. | 02-18-2016 |
Xiaofeng Mi, Jersey City, NY US
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20130275422 | SEARCH RESULT PREVIEWS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing search result page previews. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data that specify a set of search results responsive to a search query. Query-relevant content is selected to be included in a page preview for at least one of the search results. In turn, data that cause presentation of the page preview are provided. The data provided can cause presentation of the query-relevant content at an initial zoom level and at a higher zoom level, where the initial zoom level is a zoom level at which both the query-relevant content and other content from the resource are presented. The page preview can include a page tear that defines multiple portions of the page preview for a resource. | 10-17-2013 |
20150193445 | SEARCH RESULT PREVIEWS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing search result page previews. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data that specify a set of search results responsive to a search query. Query-relevant content is selected to be included in a page preview for at least one of the search results. In turn, data that cause presentation of the page preview are provided. The data provided can cause presentation of the query-relevant content at an initial zoom level and at a higher zoom level, where the initial zoom level is a zoom level at which both the query-relevant content and other content from the resource are presented. The page preview can include a page tear that defines multiple portions of the page preview for a resource. | 07-09-2015 |
Yanli Mi, San Mateo, CA US
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20090163421 | Room Temperature Stable, Lyophilized Natriuretic Peptide Formulations - Lyophilized pharmaceutical compositions comprise a natriuretic peptide, a buffer and a bulking agent that are stable at room temperature. Preferably, for a fill volume of 1 mL (pre-lyophilization), the total cake mass, post-lyophilization, is 30-175 mg. Preferably, the natriuretic peptide is ularitide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Various embodiments of the compositions may further comprise at least one of an acid and a base. In some embodiments, the pH of the compositions is between 4.0 and 6.0. In addition, various embodiments of the compositions may further comprise a stabilizing agent. In some embodiments, the compositions are isotonic. Preferably, the compositions are used for the treatment of cardiac conditions. The invention also relates to methods for preparing such compositions. | 06-25-2009 |
20100022602 | PRE-MIXED, READY-TO-USE IV BOLUS NICARDIPINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Provided herein are ready-to-use premixed bolus injection pharmaceutical compositions of nicardipine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and methods for use in treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions. | 01-28-2010 |
20120214761 | PRE-MIXED, READY-TO-USE IV BOLUS NICARDIPINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Provided herein are ready-to-use premixed bolus injection pharmaceutical compositions of nicardipine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and methods for use in treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions. | 08-23-2012 |
20140206643 | PRE-MIXED, READY-TO-USE IV BOLUS NICARDIPINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Provided herein are ready-to-use premixed bolus injection pharmaceutical compositions of nicardipine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and methods for use in treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions. | 07-24-2014 |
Ye Mi, West Lafayette, IN US
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20100172471 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING FLAME AND SPRAY STRUCTURE IN WINDOWLESS CHAMBERS - Apparatus for detecting variations in gas density within a volume surrounded by a closed metal wall opaque to optical light includes a source of x-rays positioned at a selected location outside the closed metal wall. A detector is positioned outside the closed metal wall at a location suitable to detect x-rays from the source passing entirely through a portion of the volume surrounded by the closed metal wall. The detector has a plurality of sensors arranged in at least one row to capture a dimensionally distributed view of detected x-rays. A processor coupled to an output of the detector analyzes the data which can be displayed in a suitable graphical or pictorial presentation. The closed metal wall can define a housing for a flame, spray or other gaseous distribution. The entirety of the apparatus, excluding the display, can be located with a radiation shield, made of lead or other suitable material to prevent any stray output of x-rays. A dopant can be added to enhance the interaction with the x-rays. | 07-08-2010 |
20130195245 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING FLAME AND SPRAY STRUCTURES IN WINDOWLESS CHAMBERS - Method for detecting variations in gas density within a volume surrounded by a closed metal wall opaque to optical light includes a source of x-rays positioned at a selected location outside the closed metal wall. Positioning a detector outside the closed metal wall at a location suitable to detect x-rays from the source passing entirely through a portion of the volume surrounded by the closed metal wall. Providing the detector with a plurality of sensors arranged in at least one row to capture a dimensionally distributed view of detected x-rays. Coupling a processor to an output of the detector to analyze the data which can be displayed in a suitable graphical or pictorial presentation, including processing the data to correct for any beam hardening of the x-rays as they pass through the closed metal wall, to apply the Maximum Likelihood Estimation method to generate on the display a reconstructed image of the gas density, and to use Inverse Radon Transforms for deconvolution. A dopant can be added to enhance the interaction with the x-rays. | 08-01-2013 |
Yuan Mi, San Diego, CA US
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20080221192 | Compounds and Compositions as Protein Kinase Inhibitors - The invention provides a novel class of compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with abnormal or deregulated kinase activity, particularly diseases or disorders that involve abnormal activation of the Abl, Bcr-Abl, cSrc, TPR-Met, Tie2, MET, FGFR3, Aurora, Axl, Bmx, BTK, c-kit, CHK2, Flt3, MST2, p70S6K, PDGFR, PKB, PKC, Raf, ROCK-H, Rsk1, SGK, TrkA, TrkB and TrkC kinases. | 09-11-2008 |
20090036423 | IMMUNOSUPPRESANT COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to immunosuppressant, process for their production, their uses and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention provides a novel class of compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by lymphocyte interactions, particularly diseases associated with EDG receptor mediated signal transduction. | 02-05-2009 |
Zaichuan Mi, Wexford, PA US
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20100036411 | ANTI-NO-REFLOW GUIDE WIRE FOR VASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for improving outcomes in vascular interventional procedures. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for improving outcomes in vascular interventional procedures using an anti-no-reflow guide wire that attenuates the “no-reflow” phenomenon that is associated with negative outcomes. | 02-11-2010 |
Zhe Cheng Mi, Lawrenceville, GA US
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20090319311 | Systems and Methods for Real-Time Monitoring and Analysis of Prescription Claim Rejections - Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for real-time monitoring and analysis of prescription claim rejections. In one embodiment, a transaction performance monitoring system for facilitating real-time monitoring of the rejection of claims can be provided. The transaction performance monitoring system can include a transaction performance monitoring application operable to receive a plurality of claims associated with at least one dispenser, wherein each of the claims relates to at least one prescription and at least one payor. In addition, a transaction performance monitoring application operable to, in real-time, identify rejected claims and associated causes of the rejected claims. Furthermore, a transaction performance monitoring system can include a network operable to communicate the plurality of claims between the at least one dispenser and the at least one payor. | 12-24-2009 |
Zheng Mi, Redmond, WA US
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20130229429 | Deterministic Visual Indication of User Data Context - A VCI (visual context indicator) color is assigned deterministically and proactively at runtime to user data contexts, and is not stored in the database, spreadsheet, or other context. VCI colors can be high contrast friendly colors. The same color is assigned to a given context each time the application runs unless the context's identifying property has changed. Color assignments are not made by users or by the application's designer, but are done instead by hashing from a context's identifying property into a VCI color palette containing, e.g., eight to sixteen colors. Unlike text-selection coloring, VCI coloring is based on the user data context's identifying property. The color assignment visually indicates context by displaying the context's name in the VCI color, or by displaying a graphical element in the VCI color near the context name. VCI color assignment also shows the occurrence and result of changes in user data context. | 09-05-2013 |
20150082245 | Deterministic Visual Indication of User Data Context - A VCI (visual context indicator) color is assigned deterministically and proactively at runtime to user data contexts, and is not stored in the database, spreadsheet, or other context. VCI colors can be high contrast friendly colors. The same color is assigned to a given context each time the application runs unless the context's identifying property has changed. Color assignments are not made by users or by the application's designer, but are done instead by hashing from a context's identifying property into a VCI color palette containing, e.g., eight to sixteen colors. Unlike text-selection coloring, VCI coloring is based on the user data context's identifying property. The color assignment visually indicates context by displaying the context's name in the VCI color, or by displaying a graphical element in the VCI color near the context name. VCI color assignment also shows the occurrence and result of changes in user data context. | 03-19-2015 |
Zhibao Mi, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20090104647 | METHODS FOR SELECTING ACTIVE AGENTS FOR CANCER TREATMENT - The present invention provides methods for individualizing chemotherapy, and particularly methods for individualizing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The present invention provides methods for predicting a cancer patient's response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, including assessing the probability of a positive response upon treatment with candidate agents prior to surgery. In various aspects, the invention involves culturing a monolayer of malignant cells from an explant of a patient's biopsy specimen, such as a transcutaneous biopsy-sized specimen, and testing the malignant cells for resistance or sensitivity to one or a plurality of candidate agents for neoadjuvant therapy. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for accurately scoring and interpreting such assays, and discloses in vitro chemoresponse results that are predictive of a patient's pathological complete response (pCR) upon receiving the corresponding treatment regimen. | 04-23-2009 |
20100216168 | METHODS FOR EVALUATING ANGIOGENIC POTENTIAL IN CULTURE - The present invention provides a method of evaluating the angiogenic potential of a tumor, and for predicting the efficacy of anti-angiogenic therapies on an individualized basis. The method of the invention involves preparing an angiogenic signature for malignant cells in culture by assaying for the presence or level of one or more angiogenesis-related factors selected from VEGF/VPF, IL8/CXCL8, TGF-β1, TGF-β2, TGF-β3, bFGF/FGF-2, EGF, PDGF-AA, PDGF-AA/BB, IP-10, and Flt-3 ligand. The angiogenic signature may be prepared from cultures maintained under normoxic and/or hypoxic environments. The invention may be used in conjunction with chemoresponse testing of anti-tumor agents, to predict or suggest a combination therapy for cancer patients. | 08-26-2010 |
20120219982 | METHODS FOR SELECTING ACTIVE AGENTS FOR CANCER TREATMENT - The present invention provides methods for individualizing chemotherapy, and particularly methods for individualizing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The present invention provides methods for predicting a cancer patient's response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, including assessing the probability of a positive response upon treatment with candidate agents prior to surgery. In various aspects, the invention involves culturing a monolayer of malignant cells from an explant of a patient's biopsy specimen, such as a transcutaneous biopsy-sized specimen, and testing the malignant cells for resistance or sensitivity to one or a plurality of candidate agents for neoadjuvant therapy. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for accurately scoring and interpreting such assays, and discloses in vitro chemoresponse results that are predictive of a patient's pathological complete response (pCR) upon receiving the corresponding treatment regimen. | 08-30-2012 |
Zhiyong Mi, Durham, NC US
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20110190386 | Aptamer Inhibitors of Osteopontin and Methods of Use Thereof - The present invention polynucleotide aptamers that selectively bind to and inhibit the function of osteopontin, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of use for diagnostics and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with osteopontin. | 08-04-2011 |
Zhong-Xing Mi, San Leandro, CA US
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20120076962 | INTEGRATED MULTIAXIAL ARTICLES: METHOD, APPARATUS AND FABRICS - Integrated multiaxial articles have a prescribed integration pattern formed of winding yarns arranged in multiaxial direction at prescribed angles in a plurality of layers bound together by a set of through-the-layers binding yarns with yarns of non-crimp. Methods and apparatus of making same are presented. Hollow integrated multiaxial fabric and its variants are introduced. | 03-29-2012 |
Zhong-Xing Mi, Raleigh, NC US
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20110165350 | INTEGRATED HOLLOW FABRIC STRUCTURE - In one aspect of the invention, an integrated hollow fabric structure includes a body having an axis and a thickness along a direction perpendicular to the axis, at least first and second groups of yarns, the yarns of each group space-regularly disposed in layers, where the yarn layers of the at least two groups of yarns are alternately stacked and interlocked together, and embedded in the body, and a third group of yarns through the thickness of the body to interlock the layers together, where the positions and the pattern of interlocking vary according to the need. | 07-07-2011 |