Chiu, MA
Bernard Chiu, Boston, MA US
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20090188371 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STRINGED CONTROLLERS AND/OR INSTRUMENTS - Stringed instruments, game controllers, and related structures and methods are described. A game controller having one or more strings is described for a computer gaming application. Output signals may be sent from the controller to the gaming application indicative of fingering of the game controller and the time at which the strings of the game controller are struck. Multi-mode apparatus are also described. A stringed apparatus may be used as both a game controller and an instrument. Bracing structures and methods are also described for bracing stringed apparatus, such as stringed game controllers and instruments. | 07-30-2009 |
20090191932 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STRINGED CONTROLLERS AND/OR INSTRUMENTS - Stringed instruments, game controllers, and related structures and methods are described. A game controller having one or more strings is described for a computer gaming application. Output signals may be sent from the controller to the gaming application indicative of fingering of the game controller and the time at which the strings of the game controller are struck. Multi-mode apparatus are also described. A stringed apparatus may be used as both a game controller and an instrument. Bracing structures and methods are also described for bracing stringed apparatus, such as stringed game controllers and instruments. | 07-30-2009 |
20100234109 | FRET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FRETS FOR STRINGED CONTROLLERS AND INSTRUMENTS - A fret and method of making the fret are disclosed. The fret can include a body portion made of a non-conductive material, a first end, a second end, and a length defined between the first and second ends. A plurality of electrically conductive elements can be disposed along at least part of the body portion. Each element can be electrically insulated from the other conductive elements by the body portion. The method can include 1) providing a blank formed of electrically conductive material, 2) processing the blank to provide a plurality of electrically conductive elements, 3) affixing a body portion made of a non-conductive material to the plurality of electrically conductive elements, the body portion electrically insulating each element from the other conductive elements, and 4) removing material from the processed blank and affixed body portion to form a perimeter of the fret in a desired shape. | 09-16-2010 |
20100279772 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STRINGED CONTROLLERS AND/OR INSTRUMENTS - Stringed instruments, game controllers, and related structures and methods are described. A game controller having one or more strings is described for a computer gaming application. Output signals may be sent from the controller to the gaming application indicative of fingering of the game controller and the time at which the strings of the game controller are struck. Multi-mode apparatus are also described. A stringed apparatus may be used as both a game controller and an instrument. Bracing structures and methods are also described for bracing stringed apparatus, such as stringed game controllers and instruments. | 11-04-2010 |
20110086705 | MUSIC GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SAME - A music game method includes retrieving song data having note information from a storage medium coupled to a computer system. The method also includes determining from the song data at least two note indicators to be presented sequentially and determining from the song data a leader between first and second note indicators. The leader provides information related to the second note indicator. A music game system includes a song manager module configured to retrieve song data having note information from a storage medium, and a user interface module configured to determine from the song data at least two note indicators to be presented sequentially and to determine from the song data a leader between first and second note indicators. Each note indicator is related to corresponding note information. The first and second note indicators are adjacent to one another. | 04-14-2011 |
20110218022 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STRINGED CONTROLLERS AND INSTRUMENTS - Stringed instruments, game controllers, and related structures and methods are described. A game controller having one or more strings is described for a computer gaming application. A plurality of frets can be disposed on a fingerboard and underlying the strings. The frets may include electrically conductive zones that can be electrically insulated from each other, and each zone corresponds to a different string. A polyphonic pickup having a plurality of wire-wound coils coupled to corresponding magnetic returns can be included, and can be adapted to detect striking of at least one of the strings by a user of the game controller. Output signals may be sent from the controller to the gaming application indicative of fingering of the game controller and the time at which the strings of the game controller are struck. Multi-mode apparatus are also described. A stringed apparatus may be used as both a game controller and an instrument. | 09-08-2011 |
Eugene Chiu, Auburndale, MA US
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20110014618 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS - The invention generally relates to methods for detecting a target nucleic acid and a target protein in a single assay. | 01-20-2011 |
20110129837 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS - The invention generally relates to methods for detecting a target nucleic acid and a target protein in a single assay. | 06-02-2011 |
20130316356 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS - The invention generally relates to methods for detecting a target nucleic acid and a target protein in a single assay. | 11-28-2013 |
Eugene Chiu, Auberndale, MA US
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20100196492 | ELECTROSTATIC COATING OF PARTICLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY - A system for electrostatically coating particles is provided. The system is particularly well suited for coating charged drug delivery particles (e.g., nanoparticles, microparticles) with a coating of opposite charge. The coating may include a targeting moiety such as a small molecule ligand, peptide, protein, aptamer, etc. The coated particles are biodegradable and/or biocompatible, have a near neutral zeta (ΞΎ) potential, and are stable in serum. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and kits including the inventive coated particles. Methods of preparing and using the inventive particles are also included. | 08-05-2010 |
Hao Wen Chiu, Holden, MA US
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20140118681 | TEMPORARY PHOTOCHROMIC PATCH FOR AN OPHTALMIC LENS - A process for making a temporary photochromic patch for an ophthalmic lens. A photochromic dye is dissolved in either a siloxane base or curing agent. The base and curing agent are combined to initiate a polymerization reaction that will result in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer matrix having sufficiently low molecular weight to accommodate the photochromic dye's mobility. The polymerization reaction is completed in a form to create a viscoelastic patch. The resulting patch can be trimmed and temporarily applied to an ophthalmic lens without needing adhesive. | 05-01-2014 |
Johannes Chiu, Bedford, MA US
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20120152752 | SEED LAYER DEPOSITION IN MICROSCALE FEATURES - A method of forming a metal feature on a workpiece with deposition is provided. The method includes providing an under bump metal layer for solder of an electronic device on the workpiece, depositing a substantially pure tin layer directly to the under bump metal layer, and depositing a tin silver alloy layer onto the substantially pure tin layer. | 06-21-2012 |
20120298502 | ELECTRO CHEMICAL DEPOSITION AND REPLENISHMENT APPARATUS - A process electrolyte replenishment module adapted to replenish ions in a process electrolyte in a substrate electrochemical deposition apparatus having a first anode and a first cathode, the replenishment module having a second anode. A process electrolyte recirculation compartment is disposed in the frame configured so that the process electrolyte is recirculating between the replenishment module and the deposition apparatus. An anode compartment is coupled to the process electrolyte recirculation compartment having the second anode, that is a soluble anode, for immersion in a secondary anolyte, and having a first ion exchange membrane being a cationic member separating the secondary anolyte from the process electrolyte. A cathode compartment is provided in the frame coupled to the process electrolyte recirculation compartment having a second cathode for immersion in a secondary catholyte, and having a second ion exchange membrane being a monovalent selective membrane separating the secondary catholyte from the process electrolyte. | 11-29-2012 |
20120298504 | Electro chemical deposition and replenishment apparatus - An electrochemical deposition apparatus adapted to deposit metal onto a surface of a substrate, the apparatus has a frame configured for holding a process electrolyte. A substrate holder is removably coupled to the frame, the substrate holder supporting the substrate in the process electrolyte. An anode fluid compartment is removably coupled to the frame and containing an anolyte and having an anode facing the surface of the substrate, the anode fluid compartment further having a ion exchange membrane disposed between the anode and the surface of the substrate, the anode fluid compartment removable from the frame as a unit with the ion exchange membrane and the anode. The holder, the anode and the membrane are arranged in the frame so that ions from the anode pass through the ion exchange membrane into and primarily replenish ions in the process electrolyte depleted by ion deposition onto the surface of the substrate. | 11-29-2012 |
Johannes Chiu, Chelsea, MA US
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20110240481 | SEED LAYER DEPOSITION IN MICROSCALE FEATURES - A method and system for coating the interior surfaces of microscale hole features fabricated into the substantially planar surface of a work piece. The method comprises providing a work piece with a barrier metal coating that is substantially continuous and uniform both along the planar surface of the work piece and the inner surfaces of the microscale hole features wherein said barrier metal coating is applied by a substantially surface reaction limited process. The workpiece is provided with a coating, on the planar surface of the work piece, of a thick metal layer anchored to the barrier metal coat and disposed to provide substantially uniform electrical conduction capability to the microscale features located throughout and across the workpiece. An electrical contact path is provided to the electrically conductive coating at the perimeter of the work piece. The workpiece is immersed in a chemical bath, causing said chemical bath to fully contact the interior surfaces of the microscale hole features, said chemical bath containing metal ions suitable for electrodeposition. An electric potential is applied at the perimeter of the work piece to cause electrodeposition of metal ions onto all surfaces of the work piece including the interior surfaces of the microscale hole features to a predetermined finish coating in one step. | 10-06-2011 |
Johannes S. Chiu, Bedford, MA US
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20130213816 | Incorporating High-Purity Copper Deposit As Smoothing Step After Direct On-Barrier Plating To Improve Quality Of Deposited Nucleation Metal In Microscale Features - Techniques disclosed herein a method and system for coating the interior surfaces of microscale hole features fabricated into the substantially planar surface of a substrate. Techniques include creating a separation or smoothing layer between a nucleation layer process and a metallization or gapfill process. The addition of such a separation layer avoids dissolving a seed layer and gapfill complications from remnant organic material. Techniques include adding a conformal copper smoothing layer step after applying a direct on-barrier nucleation layer. The smoothing layer adds a sufficient thickness so that the gapfill chemistry does not erode the nucleation layer. The smoothing layer can also provide a high-purity copper film that will not detrimentally interact with the TSV gapfill chemistry. This smoothing layer can also provide a surface with consistent roughness to allow uniform adhesion of the organic additives in the TSV gapfill chemistry to create a filling profile that is void-free. | 08-22-2013 |
John Chiu, Lexington, MA US
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20080276505 | Backlit faceplate for data appliances and related methods - A display for a data-appliance cabinet comprises a panel having front and rear surfaces and dimensions matching a front-side portion of a data-appliance cabinet allocated to an absent accessory device, a translucent window through the panel, a light source for illuminating the translucent window via the rear surface of the panel, and means facilitating installation of the backlit display. | 11-13-2008 |
20080288498 | Network-attached storage devices - Systems and methods for managing data within a networked computer environment including application servers and a plurality of storage devices utilize a collection of service modules, each separately addressable from and in communication with the application servers and the storage devices and providing system-wide services to the application servers and the storage devices. | 11-20-2008 |
20080288552 | Portable database storage appliance - A data storage system includes an active data store (ADS) and a passive data store (PDS) that, when implemented as a network-attached database appliance, facilitates the separation of operating system software components and data. | 11-20-2008 |
Maria I. Chiu, Newton Centre, MA US
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20120302572 | USE OF EMT GENE SIGNATURES IN CANCER DRUG DISCOVERY, DIAGNOSTICS, AND TREATMENT - The present invention provides diagnostic methods for assessing the EMT status of tumor cells, and for predicting the effectiveness of treatment of a cancer patient with an EGFR or IGF-1R kinase inhibitor, utilizing an EMT gene signature index score. The present invention further provides methods for treating patients with cancer that incorporate these methods. | 11-29-2012 |
20160083465 | ANTI-GDF15 ANTIBODIES - Monoclonal antibodies that bind and inhibit the activity of human GDF15 are disclosed. The antibodies can be used to treat body weight loss, including cachexia, associated with the over-expression of human GDF15. | 03-24-2016 |
Maria Isabel Chiu, Boston, MA US
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20110065898 | Immunosuppressant Target Proteins - The present invention relates to the discovery of novel proteins of mammalian origin which are immediate downstream targets for FKBP/rapamycin complexes. | 03-17-2011 |
Maria Isabel Chiu, Newton Centre, MA US
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20140193427 | ANTI-GDF15 ANTIBODIES - Monoclonal antibodies that bind and inhibit the activity of human GDF15 are disclosed. The antibodies can be used to treat body weight loss, including cachexia, associated with the over-expression of human GDF15. | 07-10-2014 |
Michael Chiu, Somerville, MA US
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20150100335 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Adherence Monitoring and Patient Interaction - Devices, systems, and methods are provided for adherence monitoring and patient interaction. In general, the devices, systems, and methods can facilitate a patient's adherence to a medication schedule and can facilitate monitoring and tracking of the patient's adherence to the medication schedule. In one embodiment, a medical accessory such as a cap is provided that can be configured to attach to existing medication dispensers, such as asthma inhalers, or to be integrated into a custom-made medication dispenser. The accessory can be configured to provide a notification to the patient when medication is due. The accessory can be configured to detect usage of the dispenser. The accessory can be configured to provide data regarding dispensing of the medication to an external device. The data can be analyzed and provided for visualization on a user interface. | 04-09-2015 |
Philip T. Chiu, Arlington, MA US
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20110287578 | Method of fabricating bifacial tandem solar cells - A method of fabricating on a semiconductor substrate bifacial tandem solar cells with semiconductor subcells having a lower bandgap than the substrate bandgap on one side of the substrate and with subcells having a higher bandgap than the substrate on the other including, first, growing a lower bandgap subcell on one substrate side that uses only the same periodic table group V material in the dislocation-reducing grading layers and bottom subcells as is present in the substrate and after the initial growth is complete and then flipping the substrate and growing the higher bandgap subcells on the opposite substrate side which can be of different group V material. | 11-24-2011 |
20150099324 | BIFACIAL TANDEM SOLAR CELLS - A method of fabricating on a semiconductor substrate bifacial tandem solar cells with semiconductor subcells having a lower bandgap than the substrate bandgap on one side of the substrate and with subcells having a higher bandgap than the substrate on the other including, first, growing a lower bandgap subcell on one substrate side that uses only the same periodic table group V material in the dislocation-reducing grading layers and bottom subcells as is present in the substrate and after the initial growth is complete and then flipping the substrate and growing the higher bandgap subcells on the opposite substrate side which can be of different group V material. | 04-09-2015 |
Roxana Chiu, Boston, MA US
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20130022211 | WIRELESSLY TRIGGERED VOICE ALTERING AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for wirelessly triggering an amplification system are disclosed. In one example, the system for wirelessly triggering the amplification comprises at least one wireless tag, the at least one wireless tag having unique identification (ID) information and an amplification system configured to receive audio signals. Further, the amplification system comprises a wireless reader configured to receive and determine the ID information from the at least one wireless tag, and a processor configured to associate at least one sound effect with the ID information received from the at least one wireless tag and to modify the audio signals to include the at least one sound effect. | 01-24-2013 |
Steve Y. Chiu, Bedford, MA US
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20110286336 | RELAXED CONSTRAINED SHORTEST PATH FIRST (R-CSPF) - In one embodiment, a target bandwidth, a lower bandwidth boundary constraint, and an upper cost boundary constraint for a constrained path are configured. A set of paths are computed that have bandwidth within the lower bandwidth boundary constraint and cost within the upper cost boundary constraint. A determination is made whether one or more paths of the set of paths has bandwidth that provides at least the target bandwidth and, if so, a path from the one or more paths of the set of paths having bandwidth that provides at least the target bandwidth is selected to use as the constrained path, and, if not, a path from the one or more paths of the set having bandwidth that does not provide at least the target bandwidth that has bandwidth closest to the target bandwidth is selected to use as the constrained path. | 11-24-2011 |
Yu-Hui Chiu, Waltham, MA US
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20160060768 | POST LAUNCH INERT GAS PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gas production and utilization system includes an ionic liquid having an electrochemical window and engineered to produce a specific gas. A power supply is configured to apply a voltage potential across electrodes disposed in the ionic liquid at a level higher than the electrochemical window of the ionic liquid to decompose the ionic liquid. The resultant gas is delivered to a pressure vessel and may be utilized in a variety of different ways. | 03-03-2016 |