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Hiram Chee, Santa Cruz, CA US
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| 20090105766 | Systems, Devices and Methods for the Correction of Spinal Deformities - Provided herein are systems, devices and methods for the correction of spinal deformities with the use one or more implantable rods configured to apply a corrective force to the spine. Methods of minimally invasive implantation of a corrective system are provided, such as where the corrective system is attached only to the spinous process of one or more vertebral bodies. Various corrective systems as well as components thereof are also provided. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20110077687 | Systems, Methods And Devices For Correcting Spinal Deformities - Provided herein are systems, devices and methods for the correction of spinal deformities with the use one or more implantable rods configured to apply a corrective force to the spine. Methods of minimally invasive implantation of a corrective system are provided, such as where the corrective system is attached only to the spinous process of one or more vertebral bodies. Various corrective systems as well as components thereof are also provided, such as those that allow limited movement with respect to the spinal column. | 03-31-2011 |
Jaime Chee, San Diego, CA US
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| 20100118210 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING A CURSOR FOR TELEVISIONS - Techniques for implementing a cursor or other similar widget for televisions include outputting a graphical user interface including a widget and any combination of objects on a television Thereafter one or more key events may be received from a remote control. The graphical user interface can be updated by moving the widget in response to each direction key activation if the one or more key events indicate activation of one or more direction keys on the remote control. In addition, a function designated by a given object may be initiated in response to the activation of the enter key if the widget is determined to be proximate the given object. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100138867 | AUDIOVISUAL USER INTERFACE BASED ON LEARNED USER PREFERENCES - A method and apparatus for providing an audiovisual user interface based on learned user preferences is described. In one implementation, the method involves collecting a set of user preferences for a user; providing a metadata stream associated with an audiovisual input; comparing elements within the metadata stream with the set of user preferences to form a comparison; and outputting a message to the user if the comparison indicates that the metadata stream matches one or more elements of the set of user preferences. The message may be output either acoustically or visually, and may relate to the audiovisual input, which may be audio, video, or both audio and video. The audiovisual input may be blocked based on a restricted message, and may be accessed upon a successful password query. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100192219 | TEMPORALLY SYNCHRONIZED VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT SCREENSAVER OR WALLPAPER BASED ON USER PREFERENCES - A method of generating an audiovisual object such as a wallpaper or screensaver keyed to a user's preferences, local time, and location, comprising: collecting a set of user preferences for a user; providing a metadata stream associated with an audiovisual input; comparing elements within the metadata stream with the set of user preferences to form a comparison; and outputting an audiovisual object to the user's video display unit if the comparison indicates that the metadata stream matches one or more elements of the set of user preferences. User preferences may be collected from user habits based on metadata streams associated with the audiovisual input, or may be directly input by the user. The methods above may also be stored on a computer readable medium. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100235791 | SMART MENU APPARATUS - A smart search menu is displayed on a video display unit, wherein the menu includes an accumulated search criteria list and a results list. A user's selection is input from the menu as a selected element, and, if the user has selected an element of the search criteria, then the information is output to the video display unit. By accumulating the search criteria as a list of search criteria, the user is less likely to be “lost” within the search menus, and may therefore more quickly find desired content within a content database. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110102684 | Automatic capture of data for acquisition of metadata - A television receiver device consistent with certain implementations has a display associated with the television receiver device. A filter converts a stream of audio/video content that is to be displayed on the display associated with the television receiver device into a stream of digital audio data. A buffer stores a sample of the digital audio data. A modem transmits the sample of audio data from the buffer to a content identification server and that receives metadata identifying the audio data from the content identification server. A display processor renders at least a portion of the metadata to the display. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 05-05-2011 |
Mark Chee, Encinitas, CA US
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| 20090286688 | COMBINATORIAL DECODING OF RANDOM NUCLEIC ACID ARRAYS - Methods disclosed herein relate to identification of nucleotides in a nucleotide sequence. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20110251101 | COMBINATORIAL DECODING OF RANDOM NUCLEIC ACID ARRAYS - Methods disclosed herein relate to identification of nucleotides in a nucleotide sequence. | 10-13-2011 |
Mark Chee, Del Mar, CA US
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| 20100041569 | METHODS OF USING AN ARRAY OF POOLED PROBES IN GENETIC ANALYSIS - The invention provides arrays of polynucleotide probes having at least one pooled position. A typical array comprises a support having at least three discrete regions. A first region bears a pool of polynucleotide probes comprising first and second probes. A second region bears the first probe without the second probe and a third region bears the second probe without the first probe. A target nucleic acid having segments complementary to both the first and second probes shows stronger normalized binding to the first region than to the aggregate of binding to the second and third regions due to cooperative binding of pooled probes in the first region. The invention provide methods of using such arrays for e.g., linkage analysis, sequence analysis, and expression monitoring. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20110009289 | METHODS OF USING AN ARRAY OF POOLED PROBES IN GENETIC ANALYSIS - The invention provides arrays of polynucleotide probes having at least one pooled position. A typical array comprises a support having at least three discrete regions. A first region bears a pool of polynucleotide probes comprising first and second probes. A second region bears the first probe without the second probe and a third region bears the second probe without the first probe. A target nucleic acid having segments complementary to both the first and second probes shows stronger normalized binding to the first region than to the aggregate of binding to the second and third regions due to cooperative binding of pooled probes in the first region. The invention provides methods of using such arrays for e.g., linkage analysis, sequence analysis, and expression monitoring. | 01-13-2011 |
Mark Chee, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20080261832 | Arrays of nucleic acid probes for detecting cystic fibrosis - The invention provides arrays of immobilized probes, and methods employing the arrays, for detecting mutations in the CFTR gene. | 10-23-2008 |
Mark S. Chee, Encinitas, CA US
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| 20090023605 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIZER - An apparatus for high-throughput combinatorial synthesis of organic molecules including a reaction vessel for containing a combinatorial chemistry synthetic reaction, a liquid dispenser for dispensing the liquid, a liquid aspirator and an adjustment mechanism. The reaction vessel includes an ingress aperture allowing a liquid to enter into an interior of the vessel and an egress aperture for aspirating the liquid from the vessel. The liquid dispenser dispenses liquid through the ingress aperture. The liquid aspirator aspirates liquid through the egress aperture and includes a rotor for carrying the vessel and orbiting the vessel about an axis of rotation. The rotor is oriented generally in a horizontal plane and includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the angle of the vessel relative to the horizontal plane in response to the centrifugal force generated by orbiting the vessel about the axis or rotation. A method of combinatorial synthesis of organic molecules is also disclosed. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090215649 | ARRAY KITS AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS - The invention relates to sensor compositions comprising a composite array of individual arrays, to allow for simultaneous processing of a number of samples. The invention further provides methods of making and using the composite arrays. The invention further provides a hybridization chamber for use with a composite array. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090221450 | METHODS OF MAKING ARRAYS - The invention relates to sensor compositions comprising a composite array of individual arrays, to allow for simultaneous processing of a number of samples. The invention further provides methods of making and using the composite arrays. The invention further provides a hybridization chamber for use with a composite array. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110143965 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIZER - An apparatus for high-throughput combinatorial synthesis of organic molecules including a reaction vessel for containing a combinatorial chemistry synthetic reaction, a liquid dispenser for dispensing the liquid, a liquid aspirator and an adjustment mechanism. The reaction vessel includes an ingress aperture allowing a liquid to enter into an interior of the vessel and an egress aperture for aspirating the liquid from the vessel. The liquid dispenser dispenses liquid through the ingress aperture. The liquid aspirator aspirates liquid through the egress aperture and includes a rotor for carrying the vessel and orbiting the vessel about an axis of rotation. The rotor is oriented generally in a horizontal plane and includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the angle of the vessel relative to the horizontal plane in response to the centrifugal force generated by orbiting the vessel about the axis or rotation. A method of combinatorial synthesis of organic molecules is also disclosed. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110245101 | CO-LOCALIZATION AFFINITY ASSAYS - The invention provides a new assay format for high throughput molecular binding studies at a single molecule level. The invention enables creation of binding event identifiers in a highly parallel way. Individual binding events occur between two agents of a binding pair, e.g., a protein-based binding pair or a binding pair comprising a protein and a chemical moiety. The binding event identifier created through the binding of the two binding agents is unique to that pair, and identification of the binding event identifier is indicative of the binding of these specific may be assessed through a readout that is digital in nature. The invention enables very large sets of thousands or more of different binding agents or potential binding agents to be assayed simultaneously, resolving millions or more of potential interactions, and distinguishing specific interactions from those that are less specific. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110245111 | SPATIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS - The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120028815 | NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING USING MICROSPHERE ARRAYS - The invention relates to DNA sequencing by synthesis techniques, including those utilizing the detection of pyrophosphate (PPi) generated during the DNA synthesis reaction (pyrosequencing). The methods and compositions utilize biosensor arrays comprising microspheres distributed on a surface. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120065081 | NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides oligonucleotide constructs, sets of such oligonucleotide constructs, and methods of using such oligonucleotide constructs to provide validated sequences or sets of validated sequences corresponding to desired ROIs. Such validated ROIs and constructs containing these have a wide variety of uses, including in synthetic biology, quantitative nucleic acid analysis, polymorphism and/or mutation screening, and the like. | 03-15-2012 |
San Hwa Chee, Fremont, CA US
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| 20090058378 | CIRCUIT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING AN IN-RUSH CURRENT - A circuit is provided including an output stage with a pair of transistors. Further provided is a control circuit in communication with the output stage. The control circuit is capable of controlling a duration in which at least one of the transistors is actuated for reducing an in-rush current. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20110096944 | HIGH PERCEIVED AUDIO QUALITY CLASS D AMPLIFIER - An audio amplifier and a method of operating such an amplifier are disclosed. The audio amplifier includes a switch disabling controller and/or an output set-point controller. The switch disabling controller is configured to disable switching of an output switch circuit or other switch circuit while an input signal represents at least relative silence. The output set-point controller is configured to bring and/or hold first and second switch nodes toward and/or at a set-point voltage while the input signal represents at least relative silence. | 04-28-2011 |
Uriel Hiran Chee, Santa Cruz, CA US
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| 20110152907 | Devices, systems, and methods for performing atherectomy including delivery of a bioactive material - Devices, systems, and methods are employed to perform an atherectomy in an identified region to restore patency to arterial lesions. A bioactive material is introduced into the identified region before, after or during performing the atherectomy. The bioactive material can be introduced, e.g., on a balloon coated with the bioactive material, which is expanded in contact with the identified region to deliver the bioactive material. The bioactive material can be, e.g., at least one of a restenosis-inhibiting agent, a thrombus-inhibiting agent, and an anti-inflammatory agent. | 06-23-2011 |
Yong Chee, Beverly Hills, CA US
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| 20120114546 | Hybrid TCS-siemens process equipped with 'turbo charger' FBR; method of saving electricity and equipment cost from TCS-siemens process polysilicon plants of capacity over 10,000 MT/YR - A ‘hybrid’ TCS (Trichlorosilane)-Siemens process is provided to save electricity and initial investment cost from TCS synthesizing process and silicon tetrachloride to TCS converting process in a TCS-Siemens polysilicon plant, whose size is over 10,000 MT/YR of polysilicon. The ‘hybrid’ TCS-Siemens process of the current application is equipped with one direct chlorination FBR (Fluidized Bed Reactor) and one hydro-chlorination FBR. Three different TCS-Siemens processes are compared based on mass balance calculation. The hybrid TCS-Siemens process saves at least 78,000,000Kwhr/year of electricity from TCS generation only from a 10,000 MT/YR polysilicon plant when compared with a ‘Closed Loop TCS-Siemens Process’, which is equipped with only high-pressure, high-temperature operating hydro-chlorination FBRs. | 05-10-2012 |
Yongchae Chee, Beverly Hills, CA US
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| 20100264362 | Method of producing trichlorosilane (TCS) rich Chlorosilane product stably from a fluidized gas phase reactor (FBR) and the structure of the reactor - A fluidized bed reactor (FBR) for producing chlorosilane mixture, which has high contents of tri-chlorosilane (TCS), by hydro chlorination of metallurgical silicon (MGSI) and a method of producing high contents of TCS stably with the FBR is disclosed. A cooling jacket, which surrounds the lower reactor section, combined with inert initial charging material, which does not react with HCl during the reaction at a temperature of above 300° C. and pressure of above 5 bar, controls the extreme exothermal heat of the reaction. In addition to this, combination of an optimized gas distributor and a feeder that can feed the metallurgical silicon with accuracy of ±5% enabled to realize uniform temperature profile within the reaction zone within ±1 degree ° C. deviation at 350° C. of average reaction temperature and at 5 bar of reaction pressure. | 10-21-2010 |
Yongchae Chee, Beverly Hillss, CA US
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| 20100001236 | Method of producing trichlorosilane (TCS) rich product stably from a fluidized gas phase reactor (FBR) and the structure of the reactor - A fluidized bed reactor (FBR) for producing tri-chlorosilane (TCS) from metallurgical silicon (MGSI) and method of producing TCS stably with the FBR is disclosed. The FBR according to current application is comprised of 1) a straight lower bed section whose height over inner diameter ratio (H/D) is in the range of 3 to 6, 2) an expanded zone that has steep angle lower than 7 degree from the vertical line of the lower bed section, 3) a hemi-sphere top section on a flange for internal cooler, 4) a straight upper section of the reactor, 5) an internal cooler with flange, 6) a gas distribution plate, 7) a feed inlet line that has angle lower than 20 degree from the vertical line of the lower bed section, 8) a cyclone installed upper-outside of the FBR, 9) a recycle line from an outside cyclone that has angle lower than 20 degree from the vertical line of the lower bed section, 10) a seed bed hopper located vertically at the top of the hemi-sphere top section, 11) an outer cooling jacket surrounding the outside of the lower bed section, and 12) a feeder that controls feed rate of MGSI within ±5% accuracy. | 01-07-2010 |
Yong Chae Chee, Beverly Hills, CA US
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| 20110129402 | Method of producing trichlorosilane (TCS) rich product stably from hydrogenation of silicon tetra chloride (STC) in fluidized gas phase reactor (FBR) and the structure of the reactor - A fluidized bed reactor (FBR) for producing chlorosilane mixture containing trichlorosilane (TCS) concentration at least 50% from hydrogenation of special metallurgical silicon (MGSI), which has manganese concentration less than 35 ppmw, silicon tetra chloride (STC), and the method of producing high TCS content chlorosilane mixture is disclosed. The FBR according to current application has an expanded over head zone, whose inner diameter is at least twice bigger than that of the inner diameter of the lower straight zone. Temperature of the reaction bed is controlled between 300° C. to 600° C. within the mean temperature deviation of ±5 C. Reaction pressure is maintained between 3 to 10 bar. Retention time of the STC and hydrogen in the reaction bed is controlled to be shorter than 30 seconds. The FBR of the current application enables higher STY (space time yield; production rate/volume of the reactor) of TCS compared to any other current commercial STC cold converter, which hydrogenise STC to TCS. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110297884 | Method of producing trichlorosilane (TCS) rich chlorosilane product stably from a fluidized gas phase reactor (FBR) and the structure of the reactor -II - A fluidized bed reactor (FBR) for producing chlorosilane mixture, which has high contents of tri-chlorosilane (TCS), by hydro chlorination of metallurgical silicon (MGSI) and a method of producing high contents of TCS stably with the FBR is disclosed. A cooling jacket, which surrounds the lower reactor section, combined with inert initial charging material, which does not react with HCl during the reaction at a temperature of above 300° C. and pressure of above 5 bar, controls the extreme exothermal heat of the reaction. In addition to this, combination of an optimized gas distributor and a feeder that can feed the metallurgical silicon with accuracy of ±5% enabled to realize uniform temperature profile within the reaction zone within ±1° C. deviation at 350° C. of average reaction temperature and at 5 bar of reaction pressure. Without the initial charging material, temperature profile within the reaction zone is controlled within ±30° C. | 12-08-2011 |
Yuen Hui Chee, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20090052099 | Hybrid Circuit for Circuit Protection and Switching - A hybrid circuit ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090054004 | Biasing for Stacked Circuit Configurations - A biasing scheme for compensating for a difference in biasing currents between a first circuit element ( | 02-26-2009 |