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Ai-Guo Gao, Ballwin, MO US
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| 20090130071 | Soybean Plant And Seed Corresponding To Transgenic Event MON87701 And Methods For Detection Thereof - The present invention provides a transgenic soybean event MON87701, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said soybean event in a biological sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said soybean event in a biological sample, and methods for detecting the presence of said soybean event nucleotide sequences in a biological sample. The invention further provides methods of growing the seeds of such soybean event into soybean plants, and methods of breeding to produce soybean plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event. | 05-21-2009 |
Baiyun Gao, Vienna, VA US
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| 20090080030 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND BUSINESS METHODOLOGY - A digitization process and system which is initiated with the pickup and transport of documents to a scanning facility. Following pickup and transport, a number of additional steps are performed toward the goal of digitizing all documents without the loss of any documents and with assurance that all documents are properly catalogued, tracked and scanned. Various aspects of the process are designed to provide the highest possible assurance of document integrity. Further, the system and process herein disclosed assures proper merging of documents which may be scanned in parallel and via multiple scanning stations. In this way it is also possible to track, organize and scan documents associated with multiple projects in parallel and at one or more scanning stations. | 03-26-2009 |
Bing Shen Gao, Los Altos, CA US
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| 20090087370 | METHOD AND MATERIAL FOR PURIFYING IRON DISILICIDE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATION - A method for processing iron disilicide for manufacture photovoltaic devices. The method includes providing a first sample of iron disilicide comprising at least an alpha phase entity, a beta phase entity, and an epsilon phase entity. The method includes maintaining the first sample of iron disilicide in an inert environment and subjects the first sample of iron disilicide to a thermal process to form a second sample of iron disilicide. The second sample of iron disilicide comprises substantially beta phase iron disilicide and is characterized by a first particle size. The method includes introducing an organic solvent to the second sample of iron disilicide, forming a first mixture of material comprising the second sample of iron disilicide and the organic solvent. The method processed the first mixture of material including the second sample of iron disilicide using a grinding process. The method converted the second sample of iron disilicide having the first particle size to a third sample of iron disilicide having a second particle size. The organic solvent is removed and output a third sample of iron disilicide characterized by the second particle size and greater than about 90% of the beta phase entity. | 04-02-2009 |
Chao Gao, Fremont, CA US
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| 20100302541 | System and Method for Performing Ellipsometric Measurements on an Arbitrarily Large or Continuously Moving Sample - A method for calibrating an apparatus for ellipsometric measurements performed on an arbitrarily large or continuously moving sample, using a visible sample reference frame, and one or more laser sources in order to calibrate the ellipsometer for variations in the distance between the ellipsometer apparatus and the sample of interest. Included are techniques for projecting a first laser beam spot from an incident laser source onto a sample, then analyzing the position of the first laser beam spot relative to the center of the sample reference frame using human-aided measurements and confirmations and/or computer vision techniques. Then adjusting pivot points and/or apparatus-to-sample distance to achieve a first beam spot being located about the center of the sample reference frame, and concurrently intersecting the plane of the sample. Other techniques include changing the incidence and reflectance angle using a semi-circular track arc design with a stepping motor activating each goniometer arm. | 12-02-2010 |
Dacao Gao, Dana Point, CA US
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| 20090012136 | UNIT DOSE FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING THROMBOSIS WITH THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS - The present invention provides new methods of treating thrombosis and cardiovascular diseases using of antithrombotic agents, as well as methods of determining therapeutically effective amounts of antithrombotic agents and unit dose formulations thereof. | 01-08-2009 |
Daquan Gao, Louisville, KY US
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| 20100034799 | ANTI-COCAINE COMPOSITIONS AND TREATMENT - Embodiments of the invention disclosed herein generally relate to anti-cocaine therapeutics. Specifically, some embodiments of the invention relate to highly efficient, thermostable, and long-lasting cocaine esterase (CocE) mutants that can protect against the toxic and reinforcing effects of cocaine in subjects. Provided herein are mutant CocE polypeptides displaying thermostable esterase activity. Also provided are methods of treating cocaine-induced conditions in a subject in need via administration of mutant CocE as well as methods for high-throughput screening of candidate esterase polypeptides. | 02-11-2010 |
Dashan Gao, La Jolla, CA US
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| 20080317337 | System and method for decomposing a digital image - A system and method for decomposing a digital image is provided. A digital image is represented as a word-graph, which includes words and visualized features, and zone hypotheses that group one or more of the words. Causal dependencies of the zone hypotheses are expressed through a learned generative zone model to which costs and constraints are assigned. An optimal set of the zone hypotheses are inferred, which are non-overlapping, through a heuristic search of the costs and constraints. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20110116715 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Recognizing Patterns In A Digital Image Through Document Image Decomposition - A computer-implemented system and method for retrieving a digital image through document image decomposition is provided. A stored digital image is retrieved. Generic visual features are extracted. The features are grouped into a primitive layer including word-graphs that each include words and features. The words are grouped into a layout layer including zone hypotheses that each include one or more of the words. Causal dependencies between the word-graphs and the zone hypotheses are expressed through zone models that include a joint probability defining a pair of probabilistic models generated through a learned binary edge classifier. Each pair of probabilistic models is expressed as an optimal set selection problem including a set of cost functions and constraints. The optimal set selection problem is evaluated through a heuristic search of the cost functions and constraints and a non-overlapping optimal set of the zone hypotheses is provided that characterize the stored digital image. | 05-19-2011 |
Frank Fang Gao US
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| 20100026027 | Vehicle Cargo Bed Extender-Tailgate Assembly - A truck cargo bed extender-tailgate assembly has three extension boards that are hinged with the tailgate. When extra cargo volume is desired, the assembly is lowered to a horizontal position. The left and right extension sideboards fold up to upright positions and pinned respectively with the left sidewall and the right sidewall of the truck bed. The extension backboard folds up to an upright position and is pinned with the upright left extension sideboard and the upright right extension sideboard. With three extension boards at upright positions, the cargo bed is extended by an length equal to the height of the tailgate. The extension backboard can be lowered from its upright position backward to a horizontal position, further extending the cargo bed floor. When the extended cargo bed is no longer needed, three extension boards can be easily folded down to their stowed positions to resume the original vehicle length. | 02-04-2010 |
George Zhandong Gao, Fremont, CA US
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| 20100241651 | PROCESSING OF FILES FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A file is received by for online storage and processing. Prior to storing, the file is bifurcated into content data and metadata for separate processing. The content data from uploaded files can be converted from a native format to a common format, and stored in a data store. The metadata from uploaded files can be stored in a database. When a request for the file is received, the file can be reassembled in the native format by converting the data content back to the native format and appending the metadata. | 09-23-2010 |
Guang R. Gao, Newark, DE US
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| 20080294411 | Systems and Methods for Logic Verification - Methods and systems for simulating logic may translate logic design into executable code for a multi-processor based parallel logic simulation device. A system may implement one or more parallel execution methods, which may include IPMD, MPMD, and/or DDMT. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090222252 | DATA DRIVEN LOGIC SIMULATION CHIP AND TOOLCHAIN - An apparatus and method may be used for compiling a hardware logic design into data-driven logic programs to be executed on a data-driven chip. The apparatus may include storage with a library for defining a net-list synthesized by a synthesis tool. The apparatus may also include a data-driven logic verification chip comprising a plurality of logic processors. The apparatus may further include a code generator for adopting heuristics to convert the net-list into data driven logic programs and for allocating hardware resources to balance computing and storage loads across the plurality of logic processors of the verification chip. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100286976 | Systems and Methods for Logic Verification - Methods and systems for simulating logic may translate logic design into executable code for a multi-processor based parallel logic simulation device. A system may implement one or more parallel execution methods, which may include IPMD, MPMD, and/or DDMT. | 11-11-2010 |
Hai Yan Gao US
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| 20090061009 | Composition and Method of Treatment of Bacterial Infections - The invention is intended for a treatment of severe infections using an injectable drug-delivery system comprising nanoparticles of a biodegradable polymer with incorporated antibacterial drug. | 03-05-2009 |
Hetian Gao, Fremont, CA US
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| 20090280998 | Microarray having a base cleavable linker - There is disclosed a microarray having base cleavable linkers and a process of making the microarray. The microarray has a solid surface with known locations, each having reactive hydroxyl groups. The density of the known locations is greater than approximately 100 locations per square centimeter. Optionally, oligomers are synthesized in situ onto the cleavable linkers and subsequently cleaved using a cleaving base. Optionally, the oligomers are cleaved and recovered as a pool of oligomers. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100129819 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS IN PARTICLE-BASED DETECTION OF TARGET MOLECULES USING LINKING MOLECULES - Methods and compositions which can be used to increase the strength and/or probability of forming a binding complex comprising a target molecule and a substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, linking molecules are disclosed which can be used to increase the number of intra-complex binding interactions. Covalent bonds can be introduced to further increase the strength of these binding interactions. Inter-complex cross-linking can be utilized in connection with these methods to further strengthen and stabilize the disclosed binding complexes. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100130383 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS IN PARTICLE-BASED DETECTION OF TARGET MOLECULES USING COVALENT BOND FORMING REACTIVE PAIRS - Methods and compositions which can be used to increase the strength and/or probability of forming a binding complex comprising a target molecule and a substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, linking molecules having one or more members of a reactive pair are disclosed which can be used to increase the number of intra-complex binding interactions in a complex comprising a target molecule and a substrate. Intra-complex crosslinking and inter-complex crosslinking can be utilized in connection with these methods and compositions to further strengthen and stabilize the disclosed binding complexes. | 05-27-2010 |
Hongliang Gao, Orlando, FL US
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| 20100037036 | METHOD TO IMPROVE BRANCH PREDICTION LATENCY - An apparatus to generate a branch prediction of an instruction based at least in part on the address of the previous branch instruction, wherein the previous instruction is prior to the instruction in a program order. The prediction can also based on a branch history value with respect to the previous branch instruction and one or more previous branch predictions. | 02-11-2010 |
Hua Gao, Fox Point, WI US
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| 20090205467 | Ratcheting head with internal self-locking adapter related applications - A ratcheting assembly for a tool comprising a housing, a gear supported by a hollow shaft located in the housing and a pawl to engage the gear. A ring in contact with the housing allows adjustment of the ratcheting assembly. The assembly can the releasably lock the tool within the ratcheting assembly by way of a locking mechanism located within the shaft. The assembly further has a compressible collar that will be used to release the tool from the ratcheting assembly. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090301267 | Ratchet Screwdriver and Construction Method - A ratchet screwdriver with an assembly of a handle ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100204703 | Torque measuring mechanism using cam engagement - A device for delivering a predetermined amount of torque to a tool. The device has a handle and a cam assembly located within the handle. The cam assembly has a cam member integrally formed with a drive shaft. An adjustment ring is capable of rotating the cam assembly to different positions related to different levels of torque. A plunger will be biased against an exterior surface of the cam member to provide the different levels of torque delivery. | 08-12-2010 |
Huidong Gao, Forest, VA US
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| 20100327858 | Pipeline Inspection Tool with Double Spiral EMAT Sensor Array - A pipeline inspection tool includes two pole magnets oriented at an oblique angle relative to the central longitudinal axis of the tool body. An array of sensor coil sets is located between opposing edges of the two pole magnets and oriented perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. Each sensor coil set includes a transmitter coil and two opposing pairs of receiver coils that are gated to receive reflections from the wall of a tubular member. Because the line of sensor coils is rotated relative to the magnetic bias field, the receiver coils are in-line with, and have the same angular orientation as, the transmitter coil. The tool provides improved sensitivity to small defects, substantial decrease in RF pulser power requirements, full circumferential coverage, self-calibration of the transmitted signals, and less interference between transmitter coils caused by acoustic ring around. | 12-30-2010 |
Huirong Gao, Johnston, IA US
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| 20080216200 | Alternative splicing factors polynucleotides, polypeptides and uses thereof - The invention provides isolated polynucleotides and their encoded proteins that are involved in splicing or modulating splicing activity. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering splicing protein content and/or composition of plants. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090133152 | METHODS FOR ALTERING THE GENOME OF A MONOCOT PLANT CELL - Methods and compositions for altering the genome of a monocot plant cell, and a monocot plant are disclosed. The methods and compositions use a double-strand break inducing agent to alter a monocot plant or plant cell genomic sequence comprising a recognition sequence for the double-strand break inducing agent. | 05-21-2009 |
Jian Gao, Newark, CA US
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| 20100215143 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR SCANNING A STREAM OF OBJECTS - A method for scanning a stream of objects includes continuously acquiring raw data of the stream of objects using an X-ray system including a detector, determining a leading edge and a trailing edge of a first object of the stream of objects from the raw data acquired by the detector using a control system, processing acquired raw data of the first object based on the determined leading edge and the determined trailing edge using the control system, and reconstructing an image of the first object using at least the processed raw data. A system configured to perform the method is also disclosed. | 08-26-2010 |
Jiaxin Jerry Gao, Lehi, UT US
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| 20080213741 | DISTRIBUTED LEARNING PLATFORM SYSTEM - A system for distributing educational information includes compiling educational information from educational sources. The user connects to a management system through a network connection. A user account may be authenticated with a user identification. The management system then transmits a plurality of educational material that may be used and operated on the user's computer when the user is offline. Later, the management system performs a sync operation when the user is able to reconnect to the system. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215670 | TRACKING USAGE AND MONITORING USERS OF A DISTRIBUTED LEARNING SYSTEM - A system for monitoring and tracking the distribution of educational information in a distributed learning environment includes allowing a user to connect to a management system through a network connection. The management system transmits a plurality of educational material that may be used and operated on the user's computer when the user is offline. The management system performs a sync operation when the user is able to reconnect to the system. After each transfer and/or sync operation, the management system stores data associated with the outcome of the transfer and/or sync, wherein the data may be used to monitor a student's progression through a course and to track diagnostic problems in a user's computer. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080215731 | ATTRIBUTE GROUPING FOR ONLINE COURSE - In an online computing system for providing a user with access to educational content in an online educational system, wherein the educational content includes access information. The method comprising organizing a hierarchy of user groups and domains, associating the user with a group or domain, receiving a request from a user to access educational content in the online educational system, retrieving information relating to the user's group or domain associations, retrieving the access information of the educational content that the user has requested to access, comparing the access information with the information relating to the user's group or domain associations, and determining whether the user has been authorized to access the requested educational content. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090068629 | DUAL OUTPUT GRADEBOOK WITH RUBRICS - A system and method for assessing a student's performance in a course in an online course environment, the method comprising creating rubrics that correlate with course materials for an online course, the rubrics including a scoring schema which is stored in an educational management system, distributing the rubrics from the educational system to a user's computer through a network connection, displaying the rubrics on the user's computer together with their correlating course materials, recording the outcome of a student's performance on the rubrics, the outcome including a grade associated with a student, and transferring the recorded outcome to the educational management system. | 03-12-2009 |
Jing Gao, Loveland, CO US
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| 20090299650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING TARGET PROBE SETS - Systems and methods for using the same to filter target probes sets are provided. In certain embodiments, the system and methods are implemented on a web-based platform. Also provided are computer program products for executing the subject methods. | 12-03-2009 |
Johnway Gao, Hilliard, OH US
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| 20090066934 | OPTICAL DEVICES FOR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DETECTION - A biological and chemical detection system is provided that detects and identifies biological and/or chemical particulates of interest. The biological and chemical detection system comprises a collector, a first optical device, a second optical device and a processor. The collector is configured to deposit particulates drawn from a fluid stream onto a sample substrate to define a sample area. The first optical device derives first data relative to at least a portion of the sample area, which is analyzed to determine at least one field of view and/or specific target location. The second optical device then interrogates the sample area at each determined target location, e.g., using Raman spectroscopy, to produce interrogation data. The processor determines whether the sample area includes predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest based upon an analysis of the interrogation data and triggers an event such as an alarm or message if the predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest are identified. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090103082 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DETECTION - A biological and chemical detection system is provided that detects and identifies biological and/or chemical particulates of interest. The biological and chemical detection system comprises a collector, a first optical device, a second optical device and a processor. The collector is configured to deposit particulates drawn from a fluid stream onto a sample substrate to define a sample area. The first optical device derives first data relative to at least a portion of the sample area, which is analyzed to determine at least one field of view and/or specific target location. The second optical device then interrogates the sample area at each determined target location, e.g., using Raman spectroscopy, to produce interrogation data. The processor determines whether the sample area includes predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest based upon an analysis of the interrogation data and triggers an event such as an alarm or message if the predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest are identified. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100261280 | Biological and chemical monitoring - A biological and chemical detection system is provided that detects and identifies biological and/or chemical particulates of interest. The biological and chemical detection system comprises a collector, a first optical device, a second optical device and a processor. The collector is configured to deposit particulates drawn from a fluid stream onto a sample substrate to define a sample area. The first optical device derives first data relative to at least a portion of the sample area, which is analyzed to determine at least one field of view and/or specific target location. The second optical device then interrogates the sample area at each determined target location, e.g., using Raman spectroscopy, to produce interrogation data. The processor determines whether the sample area includes predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest based upon an analysis of the interrogation data and triggers an event such as an alarm or message if the predetermined biological or chemical particulates of interest are identified. | 10-14-2010 |
Juwen Gao, Fremont, CA US
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| 20110059608 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING ADHESION OF LOW RESISTIVITY TUNGSTEN/TUNGSTEN NITRIDE LAYERS - Methods of improving the adhesion of low resistivity tungsten/tungsten nitride layers are provided. Low resistivity tungsten/tungsten nitride layers with good adhesion are formed by treating a tungsten or tungsten nitride layer before depositing low resistivity tungsten. Treatments include a plasma treatment and a temperature treatment. According to various embodiments, the treatment methods involve different gaseous atmospheres and plasma conditions. | 03-10-2011 |
Kaizhong Gao, Eden Praire, MN US
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| 20100129685 | RECORDING MEDIA WITH REDUCED MAGNETIC HEAD KEEPER SPACING, HEAD MEDIA SPACING, OR HEAD TO SOFT UNDERLAYER SPACING - Aspects include recording media with enhanced areal density through reduction of head media spacing, head keeper spacing, or head to soft underlayer spacing. Such aspects comprise replacing currently non-magnetic components of devices, such as interlayers and overcoats with components and compositions comprising magnetic materials. Other aspects relate to magnetic seed layers deposited within a recording medium. Preferably, these aspects, embodied as methods, systems and/or components thereof reduce effective magnetic spacing without sacrificing physical spacing. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100177439 | PERPENDICULAR MEDIA WITH REDUCED SIDE TRACK ERASURE - A media for perpendicular recording and a method of creating the media is provided. The media includes a hard recording layer and a soft underlayer (SUL). The SUL is composed of at least two anti-ferromagnetically coupled (AFC) sub-underlayers. The sub-underlayers respond to a magnetic field established during dynamic reversal with respective magnetic fields. The sub-underlayers are formed and disposed to differ in one or more magnetic moment, anisotropy, and thickness, so that their respective magnetic fields constructively interfere in one or more points in the hard recording layer, thereby reducing a total SUL magnetic field response to the dynamic reversal field approximately to zero at one or more points in the hard recording layer, which reduces side track erasure. | 07-15-2010 |
Kai-Zhong Gao, Eden Prairie, MN US
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| 20080299904 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system comprises a first communication module including a transmitter configured to generate a modulated magnetic field and a second communication module including a receiver. The receiver of the second communication module includes a solid magnetic field sensor configured to sense the magnetic field. Information is transferred from the first communication module to the second communication module via the magnetic field. | 12-04-2008 |
Li Gao, Missouri, MO US
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| 20100182161 | WIRELESS TELEMETRY REPEATER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various electromagnetic LWD telemetry systems are disclosed having a wireless repeater positioned on or near the seabed. The wireless repeater receives and demodulates electromagnetic uplink signals and retransmits the uplink signals from the seabed as electromagnetic or acoustic signals. A receiver on the drilling platform or suspended from the water's surface receives the uplink signal and forwards it to a facility for processing and storage. In some embodiments, the wireless repeater takes the form of a sub threaded inline with the drill string with an electromagnetic signal sensor positioned inside the drill string. In other embodiments, the wireless repeater takes the form of a unit that rests on the seabed with electromagnetic signal sensors inserted into the sea bottom. | 07-22-2010 |
Liang Gao, West Lafayette, IN US
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| 20100301209 | DISCONTINUOUS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE INTERFACE - A method of interfacing atmospheric pressure ion sources, including electrospray and desorption electrospray ionization sources, to mass spectrometers, for example miniature mass spectrometers, in which the ionized sample is discontinuously introduced into the mass spectrometer. Discontinuous introduction improves the match between the pumping capacity of the instrument and the volume of atmospheric pressure gas that contains the ionized sample. The reduced duty cycle of sample introduction is offset by operation of the mass spectrometer under higher performance conditions and by ion accumulation at atmospheric pressure. | 12-02-2010 |
Lijun Gao, West Columbia, SC US
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| 20090217965 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED SOLAR POWER GENERATION AND MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING - Disclosed is an apparatus and methodology for generating operating power for various desired applications using solar energy. A solar array is formed using a small number of solar cells connected in series to form a string of solar cells and then connecting multiple strings in parallel. Unlike conventional solar arrays, no bypass diodes are incorporated into the array. A power converter is coupled to the array to boost output voltage to a level sufficient to operate the desired application. The power converter may be operated independently or based on output levels of the array, the material from which the solar cells of the array are constructed and the operating temperature of the array or combinations thereof. | 09-03-2009 |
Liming Gao, Alameda, CA US
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| 20090017649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCTION OF EXTERNAL ELASTOMERIC CONNECTOR COMPRESSION FORCE - A connector system employs a first connector moiety on an insertable miniaturized form factor card. A mobile information device (MID) has a printed circuit board having a second connector moiety and a frame mounted on the MID PCB for receiving the card. A slot is present in the frame for engagement of an elastomeric connector element in alignment with the second connector moiety. The card is positioned by the frame for alignment of the first connector moiety with the elastomeric connector element. The contact surface of the first connector moiety, as an example, multiple contact pads on the card, is extended, accomplished in the example by a matching plurality of individual metallic conductor extensions affixed to the plurality of contact pads using surface mount technology, and a cover attached to the frame is provided for urging the card into the frame and urging the extended contact surface to compress the elastomeric connector for positive contact. | 01-15-2009 |
Lisheng Gao, Morgan Hill, CA US
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| 20090284733 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, CARRIER MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING POLARIZATION SETTINGS FOR AN INSPECTION SYSTEM - Computer-implemented methods, carrier media, and systems for selecting polarization settings for an inspection system for inspection of a layer of a wafer are provided. One method includes detecting a population of defects on the layer of the wafer using results of each of two or more scans of the wafer performed with different combinations of polarization settings of the inspection system for illumination and collection of light scattered from the wafer. The method also includes identifying a subpopulation of the defects for each of the different combinations, each of which includes the defects that are common to at least two of the different combinations, and determining a characteristic of a measure of signal-to-noise for each of the subpopulations. The method further includes selecting the polarization settings for the illumination and the collection to be used for the inspection corresponding to the subpopulation having the best value for the characteristic. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100188657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS ON A WAFER - Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer are provided. One method includes generating output for a wafer by scanning the wafer with an inspection system using first and second optical states of the inspection system. The first and second optical states are defined by different values for at least one optical parameter of the inspection system. The method also includes generating first image data for the wafer using the output generated using the first optical state and second image data for the wafer using the output generated using the second optical state. In addition, the method includes combining the first image data and the second image data corresponding to substantially the same locations on the wafer thereby creating additional image data for the wafer. The method further includes detecting defects on the wafer using the additional image data. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100226562 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR DETECTING AND/OR SORTING DEFECTS IN A DESIGN PATTERN OF A RETICLE - Various computer-implemented methods are provided. One method for sorting defects in a design pattern of a reticle includes searching for defects of interest in inspection data using priority information associated with individual defects in combination with one or more characteristics of a region proximate the individual defects. The priority information corresponds to modulation levels associated with the individual defects. The inspection data is generated by comparing images of the reticle generated for different values of a lithographic variable. The images include at least one reference image and at least one modulated image. A composite reference image can be generated from two or more reference images. The method also includes assigning one or more identifiers to the defects of interest. The identifier(s) may include, for example, a defect classification and/or an indicator identifying if the defects of interest are to be used for further processing. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110170766 | Adaptive Signature Detection - A processor-based method for detecting defects in an integrated circuit, by creating an image of at least a portion of the integrated circuit with a sensor, grouping pixels of the image into bins based at least in part on a common characteristic of the pixels that are grouped within a given bin, creating a histogram of the pixels in each of the bins, calculating a mean value of the histogram for each of the bins, comparing the mean value for each of the bins to a threshold value, flagging as defect candidates those bins where the mean value of the bin varies from the threshold value by more than a predetermined amount, and performing signature detection on the bins that are flagged as defect candidates, where the image of the integrated circuit is not directly compared to any other image of an integrated circuit. | 07-14-2011 |
Man Gao, San Ramon, CA US
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| 20090099343 | Isolation of pathogenic prions - Peptide reagents that interact preferentially with the PrP | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090130774 | Elisa assays using prion-specific peptide reagents - Peptide reagents that interact preferentially with the PrPsc form of the prion protein are described for use in detecting PrPsc in biological samples. In particular, ELISA assays are described. | 05-21-2009 |
Minzhan Gao, Cupertino, CA US
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| 20090085668 | Inductor Sharing in Radio Frequency Communications - Two or more low noise amplifiers are configured to amplify received radio frequency input signals and one or more shared load or source degeneration inductors are configured to be used for each of the two or more low noise amplifiers. Further, the one or more shared inductors can be configured to be used for processing two or more signal bands in a multi-band communication system. | 04-02-2009 |
Peiliang Gao, Alviso, CA US
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| 20100214648 | OPTICAL WAVELENGTH TUNABLE FILTER - An acousto-optical tunable filter is disclosed. The filter includes a medium having one or more indices of refractions alterable by the application of acoustic waves to the medium. The filter also includes an acoustic transducer coupled to the medium to generate the acoustic waves Altering the frequency of the acoustic wave selects among the different wavelengths in the incident light ray. The device also includes an optical mirror for reflecting a wave diffracted by the medium back to the medium so that it can again be diffracted. The first diffracted wave has its frequency shifted in one direction by the frequency of the acoustic wave while the second diffracted wave has its frequency shifted in the opposite direction, thereby compensating for the first shift. The result is an output ray with little or no frequency shift. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100284696 | OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER - A scalable reconfigurable (or tunable) optical add/drop multiplexer (SROADM) is disclosed. The SROADM includes a pair of acoustic optic tunable filters (AOTF) and a wavelength blocker (WB). A first input port receives an initial wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) optical signal including to-be-dropped optical signal(s). A second input port(s) receives optical signal(s) to be added, which has the same wavelength(s) as that optical signal(s) to be dropped. In one embodiment, the WB is connected to the AOTFs through free space coupling. In another embodiment, the coupling is achieved by optical fiber fusion splicing. The latter method has advantage of using commercially available products and easier assembly while a more compact size is achievable by the free space coupling. The device is scalable in terms of number of add/drop ports and capacity to process any number of wavelength channels. | 11-11-2010 |
Pu-Xian Gao, Coventry, CT US
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| 20100180950 | LOW-TEMPERATURE SURFACE DOPING/ALLOYING/COATING OF LARGE SCALE SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE ARRAYS - A method and corresponding system for providing a uniform nanowire array including uniform nanowires composed of at least three elements is presented. An embodiment of the method includes growing an array of two-element nanowires, and thereafter uniformly doping or alloying each two-element nanowire, with respect to each other two-element nanowire, with at least one doping or alloying element through a wet chemical synthesis with a precursor solution, to produce the uniform array of nanowires composed of at least three elements. The two-element nanowire can include Zn and O, and the at least one doping or alloying element can be Mg, Cd, Mn, Cu, Be, Fe, and Co. Applications of the three-element nanowire array include solar cells and light emitting diodes with improved efficiencies over existing technologies. | 07-22-2010 |
Qian Gao, San Ramon, CA US
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| 20110009287 | PURIFICATION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES - Methods and compositions for efficiently purifying monoclonal antibodies and identifying pairs of antibodies compatible in sandwich immunoassays are provided. | 01-13-2011 |
Robert R. Gao, Henderson, NV US
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| 20080230072 | Naso-gastric mask and method - A mask for delivery of gas, such as oxygen, to a patient and useable in a naso-gastric intubation procedure without disruption of the seal between the mask and the face of the patient. The body of the mask includes an opening through which the naso-gastric tube may be inserted. The opening comprises a vertical lining and first and second coupling members on either side thereof and above a peripheral edge of the mask, which may be closed below the tube to provide an enhanced seal for the mask. The coupling members may comprise hook and loop members, a snap, a button, or interlocking members. | 09-25-2008 |
Robert X. Gao, Manchester, CT US
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| 20100332170 | Multiple Excitation Capacitance Polling for Enhanced Electronic Capacitance Tomography - Disclosed herein is a novel sensing technique, termed Multiple Excitation Capacitance Polling (MECaP), that improves the efficiency of Electrical Capacitance Tomography (ECT). Unlike traditional alternating current techniques, where excitation signal is applied to an electrode one at a time, MECaP involves simultaneously applying multiple excitation signals, in a progressively increasing fashion, to multiple electrodes on an ECT sensor. The received signals are filtered or otherwise decomposed (e.g., Fourier transformed) into different components, and the individual components are used to generate an image of the article or substance disposed between the electrodes. Because multiple capacitances can be simultaneously measured as a consequence, scanning with MECaP can significantly increase the image scanning speed. For example, scanning with MECaP may enable frames rates of tens of kHz for imaging dynamic processes such as engine combustion. | 12-30-2010 |
Shawn X. Gao, Irvine, CA US
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| 20090013780 | SINGLE LIGHT SOURCE UNIFORM PARALLEL LIGHT CURTAIN - A continuous high resolution fluid level monitoring system is provided by embodiments of the present invention. This continuous high resolution fluid level monitoring system includes a unique fluid level sensor having a point light source, parabolic reflector, sensor array, and detection, processing and control system. The point light source illumines a parabolic reflector wherein the point light source is located at the focus of the parabolic reflector. The parabolic reflector reflects light from the point light source to produce a parallel light curtain. This parallel light curtain is parallel to an axis of symmetry of the parabolic reflector. The parallel light curtain illumines a chamber such as a chamber in an ophthalmic surgical device used to contain surgical fluid. The sensor array coupled to the chamber detects the parallel light curtain illuminating the chamber. The sensor array provides an output to a detection/processing/control system in order to determine the fluid level within the chamber. This optical method of determining the surgical fluid levels may be advantageous in that it prevents physical contamination of the surgical fluids. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090124962 | Reflux control in microsurgical system - A microsurgical system capable of improving reflux via programmable, pre-defined reflux profiles and a pressure accumulator. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100030168 | Aspiration control via flow or impedance - A microsurgical system capable of controlling aspiration and detecting an occlusion via monitoring a change in either suction flow rate or suction impedance. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100192699 | System and Method of Non-Invasive Continuous Level Sensing - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for detecting the level of a fluid in a surgical cassette by projecting light from a linear light source into a wall of a cassette. Depending on the amount a light reflected or refracted in the cassette (i.e., due to the cassette material/fluid interface or cassette material/air interface (or other interface)) various portions of a linear sensor array will be more or less illuminated. By examining the illumination of the linear sensor array, the level of fluid in the chamber can be determined. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100228199 | Surgical cassette for intraocular pressure control - An improved surgical cassette for controlling intraocular pressure during ophthalmic surgery. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110144675 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Pneumatic Valve Driver - In various embodiments, a pneumatic system valve for a surgical console may be controlled by a controller configured to adjust a valve duty cycle (VDC) of the valve to reduce a difference between the valve's differential pressure and a desired differential pressure. In some embodiments, average differential pressures may be detected and relayed from a pressure sensor, coupled to one or more ports of the valve, to the controller. The controller may compare the measured average differential pressure against the desired average differential pressure (e.g., received from the user). The controller may then determine a modified VDC to reduce a difference between the desired average differential pressure and the measured average differential pressure. In some embodiments, the desired average differential pressure may be determined based on input received from a user of the surgical console. | 06-16-2011 |
Shengqiang Gao, Beachwood, OH US
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| 20110004299 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPLACING A DISEASED CARDIAC VALVE - An apparatus for replacing a diseased cardiac valve is movable from a radially collapsed configuration to a radially expanded configuration. The apparatus comprises an expandable support member and a prosthetic valve secured therein. The main body portion extends between first and second end portions and includes an outer circumferential surface, a circumferential axis extending about the circumferential surface, and a plurality of wing members spaced apart from one another by an expandable region. Each of the wing members includes first and second end portions and a flexible middle portion extending between the end portions. The second end portion is integrally formed with the main body portion. The first end portion is adjacent the circumferential axis and substantially flush with the outer circumferential surface in the radially collapsed configuration. The first end portion extends substantially radial to the outer circumferential surface in the radially expanded configuration. | 01-06-2011 |
Song Gao, Tempe, AZ US
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| 20100309035 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE REFERENCE VOLTAGE ACCURACY - A method and apparatus for converting an analog input voltage signal to a discrete signal, the method including generating at least one reference voltage and at least one secondary voltage. The method further including selecting at least one voltage between the at least one reference voltage and the at least one secondary voltage and generating at least one intermediate voltage based on the at least one voltage and at least one digital code. The at least one intermediate voltage and the analog input voltage further being used to generate at least one comparison signal and the discrete signal being generated based on the at least one comparison signal and the at least one digital code. | 12-09-2010 |
Wenliang Gao, Eugene, OR US
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| 20090067731 | COMPENSATED VIRTUAL SCAN LINES - Disclosed are embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatus for providing virtual scan lines in an imaging system that compensate for the optical distortion associated with the system. In some embodiments, the virtual scan lines may be curved or angled according to their position in the Field of View (FOV) of the imaging system to compensate for the distortion. Some embodiments may provide for virtual scan lines that are preconfigured to compensate for a typical or pre-selected level and type of optical distortion. Other embodiments may be configured to measure or otherwise ascertain the actual distortion of the optical lens and/or other components of the system and generate a virtual scan line pattern that compensates for the measured distortion. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20100123005 | METHOD OF PREVENTING MULTIPLE READS WHEN SCANNING GROUPS OF OPTICAL CODES - State-of-the-art optical scanning systems feature digital imaging of multiple symbolic labels such as optical bar codes. An imaging scanner reads a label | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100165160 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING - A data reader preferably includes an imaging device that operates on a rolling reset basis to capture images of a moving target. Images of moving targets are preferably analyzed to determine the ambient light intensity, and a processor in the data reader preferably adjusts operation of the imager and of a light source based on the intensity of the ambient light. Other data readers may use an imager with a mechanical shutter that is designed for rapid, frequent operation. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100213259 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPTICAL CODE READING USING A COLOR IMAGER - Systems and methods of optical code reading include production of image data by a color image sensor array and processing of the image data to decode an optical code. In one configuration, the color image sensor array includes first and second sets of sensor pixels sensitive to light having wavelengths within, respectively, first and second wavelength bands, reflected light is focused by an optical system to form an image of an optical code on the color image sensor array, first and second sets of image data representing light intensity levels sensed by, respectively, the first and second sets of sensor pixels are produced, and the first set of image data is processed to determine whether the second set of image data is to be used in combination with the first set of image data to decode the optical code. | 08-26-2010 |
Wenxiang Gao, Zionsville, IN US
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| 20110055946 | DOMINANT EARLINESS MUTATION AND GENE IN SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS) - The subject invention relates in part to the discovery of a spontaneous sunflower mutation. The subject invention involves an ‘early’ mutation and related inbred/hybrid development. The subject invention further provides a single dominant gene that confers earliness in sunflower inbred isolines and near isogenic hybrids. There is no known prior teaching or suggestion of this gene's utility for hybrid development in the industry. The subject indention also provides a new and distinctive sunflower inbred line designated H 120R. The invention includes seeds that possess this mutated gene, plants produced by growing these seeds, and progeny thereof that possess this mutated gene and the associated earliness trait. The subject invention also includes methods for producing such sunflower seeds and plants, including inbreds and hybrids. Such plants can be produced by, for example, crossing such an inbred line with itself or with another sunflower line. | 03-03-2011 |
Xiangming Gao, Topeka, KS US
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| 20090217398 | METHODS TO IDENTIFY FAT AND LEAN ANIMALS USING CLASS PREDICTORS - A combination comprising two or more polynucleotides that are differentially expressed in fat animals compared to lean animals or two or more proteins produced by the expression of such polynucleotides is disclosed. The combination and probes based upon the combination are used for formulating a prognosis that an animal is likely to become fat, developing a diagnosis that an animal is fat, screening substances to determine if they are useful for modulating the amount of adipose tissue on an animal, and detecting the differential expression of one or more genes differentially expressed in fat animals compared to lean animals in a sample. Methods for using class predictor gene profiles to identify fat and lean animals are also disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100137404 | Compositions and Methods for Altering Gene Expression - Compositions and methods for regulating gene expression in a growing animal are disclosed. | 06-03-2010 |
Xiao Gao, Lynchburg, VA US
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| 20090011210 | Lightweight glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic material - A glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic sheet material is provided in which certain properties, or combinations of properties, are improved relative to similar comparative sheet materials. The sheet material generally comprises a glass mat or glass fabric fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin in which the thermoplastic resin at least partially impregnates the glass mat or fabric. The thermoplastic sheet material contains about 15 wt. % to about 65 wt. % of the glass mat or fabric based on the weight of the thermoplastic sheet material and has a thickness in the range of about 0.4 mm to about 3.0 mm. By including glass mat or fabric and maintaining the sheet thickness in the aforementioned range, the present invention thermoplastic sheet material exhibits improved flexural and/or tensile strength and modulus properties at reduced basis weight compared to a comparative thermoplastic sheet materials. A method of providing the glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic sheet material having an improved combination of flexural strength and modulus and/or tensile strength and modulus properties is also described, in which a first layer of a first thermoplastic resin, a second layer of a second thermoplastic resin, and a layer of glass mat or glass fabric are provided; the first thermoplastic resin layer, the second thermoplastic resin layer and the glass mat or glass fabric layer are arranged such that the glass mat or glass fabric layer is interposed between the first and second thermoplastic resin layers; and heat and pressure are applied to substantially melt and compress the first thermoplastic resin and/or the second thermoplastic resin and to at least partially impregnate the glass mat or glass fabric layer with the molten first thermoplastic resin and/or the molten second thermoplastic resin. | 01-08-2009 |
Xiaohu Gao, Decatur, GA US
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| 20090169861 | POROUS MATERIALS EMBEDDED WITH NANOSPECIES, METHODS OF FABRICATION THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include structures, methods of forming the structures, and methods of using the structures. One exemplary structure, among others, includes a nanospecies and a porous material. The nanospecies has a first characteristic and a second detectable characteristic. In addition, a second detectable energy is produced corresponding to the second detectable characteristic upon exposure to a first energy. The porous material has the first characteristic and a plurality of pores. The first characteristic causes the nanospecies to interact with the porous material and become disposed in the pores of the porous material. | 07-02-2009 |
Yan Gao, Durham, NC US
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| 20100025717 | HIGHLY EFFICIENT GALLIUM NITRIDE BASED LIGHT EMITTING DIODES VIA SURFACE ROUGHENING - A gallium nitride (GaN) based light emitting diode (LED), wherein light is extracted through a nitrogen face (N-face) of the LED and a surface of the N-face is roughened into one or more hexagonal shaped cones. The roughened surface reduces light reflections occurring repeatedly inside the LED, and thus extracts more light out of the LED. The surface of the N-face is roughened by an anisotropic etching, which may comprise a dry etching or a photo-enhanced chemical (PEC) etching. | 02-04-2010 |
Ya-Sheng Gao, Chapel Hill, NC US
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| 20100292169 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REGULATING HDAC6 ACTIVITY - The present invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting Hsp90 activity in a cell, comprising contacting the cell with an inhibitor of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) | 11-18-2010 |
Yifan Gao, Milpitas, CA US
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| 20100082557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example implementation and the method includes receiving a query for a policy (e.g., a multi-media session) that pertains to a selected one of first and second endpoints. Each endpoint interfaces with their respective session initiation protocol entity, which interacts with a session border controller (SBC). The method further includes negotiating credentials via a policy element and a selected SBC and determining, via a selected policy within the policy element, whether a requested communication session is prohibited or conducted between the endpoints. In more specific embodiments, each SBC makes a mapping between signaling entity information and pre-configured SBC virtual private network (VPN) information used for dynamic configuration of the communication session, and wherein a SIP [or other communication protocol] adjacency configuration is created, where adjacency characteristics are defined for each enterprise in which the endpoints reside. | 04-01-2010 |
Yong Gao, Fremont, CA US
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| 20110170766 | Adaptive Signature Detection - A processor-based method for detecting defects in an integrated circuit, by creating an image of at least a portion of the integrated circuit with a sensor, grouping pixels of the image into bins based at least in part on a common characteristic of the pixels that are grouped within a given bin, creating a histogram of the pixels in each of the bins, calculating a mean value of the histogram for each of the bins, comparing the mean value for each of the bins to a threshold value, flagging as defect candidates those bins where the mean value of the bin varies from the threshold value by more than a predetermined amount, and performing signature detection on the bins that are flagged as defect candidates, where the image of the integrated circuit is not directly compared to any other image of an integrated circuit. | 07-14-2011 |
Yuanfang Gao, Columbia, MO US
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| 20090148910 | REUSABLE PCR AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A DNA amplification device utilizing a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and silicon substrate coated with spin-on glass (SOG) is provided. This PDMS layer is irreversibly bonded to the SOG layer of the silicon substrate using oxygen plasma. The amplification device is an inexpensive, microfluidic device, which can be utilized as a portable thermo-cycler to perform PCR amplification of DNA in the field. | 06-11-2009 |
Yuangang Gao, Boulder, CO US
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| 20090152873 | Shock Wave and Power Generation Using on-Chip Nanoenergetic Material - A method of generating power uses a nanoenergetic material. The nanoenergetic material comprising thermite is obtained and deposited on a substrate. An igniter is placed on the nanoenergetic material. When power is desired, the nanoenergetic material is ignited. A transducer receives thermal, sonic, magnetic, optic and/or mechanical energy from combustion of the nanoenergetic material and converts it into electrical energy. Preferably, the transducer is a thermoelectric, piezoelectric or magneto device. Preferably, multiple transducers are integrated in one power generators to maximize the power from nanoenergetic thermites. | 06-18-2009 |
Zhangguo Gao, Baton Rough, LA US
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| 20110077300 | Metabolic Benefits to Butyrate as a Chronic Diet Supplement - Sodium butyrate was chronically administrated through diet supplementation at 5% w/w in a high fat diet. Supplementation of butyrate prevented development of insulin resistance and obesity in C57BL/6J mice on a high fat diet, and in mice fed on a regular diet of tributyrin. Fasting blood glucose, insulin, and insulin tolerance were all reserved in the butyrate-treated mice. The body fat content was maintained at 10% without a reduction in food intake. Adaptive thermogenesis and fatty acid oxidation were enhanced. An increase in mitochondria function and biogenesis was observed in the skeletal muscle and brown fat, and Type 1 muscle fiber was enriched in the skeletal muscle. In genetically obese mice, supplementation of butyrate led to an increase in insulin sensitivity and reduction in adiposity. Dietary supplementation of butyrate can prevent and treat diet-induced insulin resistance. | 03-31-2011 |
Zhaohui Gao, West Linn, OR US
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| 20090177878 | System and Method for Enabling Storage Area Network Component Migration - A system and method for enabling storage area network (SAN) component migration are provided. An end-to-end systems management console, referred to as the hardware migration assistant, is provided to simplify the migration steps for a SAN administrator to replace key SAN components. The hardware migration assistant provides a single interface suitable for stepping the SAN administrator through the reconfiguring task faster and with fewer sources of error than the known distributed manual process. The hardware migration assistant of the illustrative embodiments provides an interface through which a user may specify a type of SAN component that is being replaced and identifies the particular SAN components that are being replaced. The hardware migration assistant provides a knowledge base for guiding the user through the replacement operation and the reconfiguring of the SAN components, including the new SAN components, based on the previous configuration of the replaced components. | 07-09-2009 |
Zhenhai Gao, Emeryville, CA US
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| 20100004237 | 2-Amino-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[4,3-D]pyrimidin-5-ones - Disclosed are 2-amino-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one compounds, their stereoisomers, tautomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and prodrugs thereof; compositions that include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and one or more of the 2-amino-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent. Disclosed also are methods of using the 2-amino-7,8-dihydro-6H-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, in the prophylaxis or treatment of cellular proliferative, viral, autoimmune, cardiovascular, and central nervous system diseases. | 01-07-2010 |
Zhi Gao, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20090284204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING INDUCTION MOTOR ROTOR TEMPERATURE - A method and apparatus to provide continuous and reliable rotor temperature estimates for line-connected induction motors during steady-state and/or dynamic motor operations. Rotor temperature is calculated from voltage and current measurements without any temperature or speed sensors. First, complex space vectors are synthesized from voltage and current measurements. Second, the instantaneous rotor speed is detected by calculating the rotational speed of a single rotor slot harmonic component with respect to the rotational speed of the fundamental frequency component. Third, the positive sequence fundamental frequency components are extracted from complex space vectors. Fourth, the rotor time constant is estimated in a model-reference adaptive system based on a dynamic induction motor equivalent circuit model. Finally, the rotor temperature is calculated according to the linear relationship between the rotor temperature and the estimated rotor time constant. Real-time induction motor thermal protection is achieved through this continuous tracking of the rotor temperature. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING INDUCTION MOTOR ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS - A method and apparatus to provide estimates of electrical parameters for line-connected induction motors during either steady-state or dynamic motor operations. The electrical parameters are calculated from the motor nameplate data and voltage and current measurements. No speed sensors or electronic injection circuits are needed. The method can be divided into 4 major steps. First, complex space vectors are synthesized from voltage and current measurements. Second, the instantaneous rotor speed is detected by calculating the rotational speed of a single rotor slot harmonic component with respect to the rotational speed of the fundamental frequency component. Third, the positive sequence fundamental frequency components are extracted from complex space vectors. Finally, least-squares estimates of the electrical parameters are determined from a dynamic induction motor equivalent circuit model. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284212 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ESTIMATING TRANSIENT SLIP - A method of determining a slip estimate associated with an induction motor through analysis of voltage and current signals. A fundamental frequency is calculated from a representation (e.g., complex representation) of the voltage signal, and a saliency frequency is calculated from a representation of the current signal. An estimation of slip quantity is calculated according to a slip estimation function that includes the saliency frequency, a saliency order, the fundamental frequency, a quantity of rotor slots, and a quantity of poles of the motor. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090287463 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING ROTOR SLOTS - A method of determining a quantity of rotor slots in an induction motor through analysis of voltage and current signals. An approximate slip is calculated according to an approximate slip function that is independent of a rotor slots quantity. A fundamental frequency is calculated from a representation of the voltage signal. A saliency frequency is calculated from a representation of the current signal. For each rotor slots index in a set of rotor slots indices, a slip estimate is calculated according to a slip estimation function that includes the saliency frequency, a saliency order, the fundamental frequency, a rotor slots index in the set of rotor slots indices, and a quantity of poles of the motor, such that the slip estimate is evaluated at respective ones of the set rotor slots indices. A slip estimation error signal is calculated according to a slip estimation error function that includes a difference between the approximate slip and respective ones of the slip estimates. A rotor slots performance surface representative of an aggregate of the slip estimation error signals evaluated over the set of the rotor slots indices is calculated. A rotor slots quantity equal to the rotor slots index corresponding to a minimum of the rotor slots performance surface over at least a portion of the set of the rotor slots indices is defined. | 11-19-2009 |
Zhifang Gao, Indianapolis, IN US
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| 20100199389 | Targeted integration into the Zp15 locus - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for targeted integration of an exogenous sequence into a plant Zp15 locus, for example, for expression of a polypeptide of interest. | 08-05-2010 |
Zhigang Gao, Richfield, OH US
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| 20110026630 | Power Allocation of Spatial Streams in MIMO Wireless Communication System - Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication techniques are provided that involve mapping multiple spatial streams to corresponding modes of a wireless channel between a plurality of antennas of a first wireless communication device and a plurality of antennas of a second wireless communication device so as to allocate or distribute power unequally to the plurality of modes. In addition, techniques are provided herein to cyclically shift a mapping of spatial streams to modes of the channel. | 02-03-2011 |
Zhihong Gao, Orlando, FL US
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| 20110038709 | Turbine Vane for a Gas Turbine Engine Having Serpentine Cooling Channels - A turbine vane for a gas turbine engine having an internal cooling system formed from at least one serpentine cooling channel with enhanced cooling elements. The serpentine cooling channel may include a first turn manifold with purge air discharge orifices inline with a first pass of the serpentine cooling channel. Cooling fluids may be used to cooling the leading edge of the vane and passed through the purge air discharge orifices to purge the rim cavity proximate to the endwall. The first turn manifold may also include a plurality of trip strips. The trips strips may be positioned on the suction and pressure sidewalls and may be offset from trip strips on the opposing sidewall. The cooling system may also include an aft purge rim orifice. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038735 | Turbine Vane for a Gas Turbine Engine Having Serpentine Cooling Channels with Internal Flow Blockers - A turbine vane for a gas turbine engine with an internal cooling system formed from a serpentine cooling channel with one or more flow blocking ribs is disclosed. The serpentine cooling channels may be configured to receive cooling fluids from internal cooling fluids supply channels. The serpentine cooling channels may include flow blocking ribs to form concurrent flow channels to reduce the cross-sectional area within the midchord region of the airfoil to maintain the internal through flow channel Mach number. The flow blocking ribs may include slots therein and may have any appropriate configuration. In at least one embodiment, the flow blocking ribs may be have a nonuniform taper or a uniformed taper. | 02-17-2011 |
Zhiyong Gao, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20090010846 | Nitro-Imidazole Hypoxia Imaging Agents - The present invention relates to novel radioactively labeled bioreducible tracers of Formula I useful for detecting hypoxic tumors or ischemic tissue in vivo. In one embodiment, the tracers consist of a 2-nitroimidazole moiety, a triazole, metabolically stable linker with pharmacokinetics enhancing substituents, and a radioisotope. The preferred in vivo imaging modality is positron emission tomography. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090123372 | DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR IMAGING PROBES FOR CARBONIC ANHYDRASE-IX USING CLICK CHEMISTRY - The present application discloses methods for identifying inhibitors with high binding-affinity for the carbonic anhydrase-IX (CA-IX) enzyme using click chemistry and uses the candidates thereof as positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents. | 05-14-2009 |
Zhonggao Gao, Salt Lake City, UT US
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| 20090117177 | Echogenic microbubbles and microemulsions for ultrasound-enhanced nanoparticle-mediated delivery of agents - Described are methods and compositions for treating tumors, such as drug-sensitive tumors, inoperable tumors, poorly vascularized tumors, and multidrug resistant tumors, by intravenous or direct intratumoral injection of compositions comprising microemulsions and polymeric micelle-encapsulated biologically active agents. The methods and compositions also include microemulsions converting into microbubbles in situ upon injection. The methods disclosed optionally including applying a micelle disruption method such as ultrasound. Also disclosed are methodologies of imaging administration of agents in tissues using streams of microemulsions which create microbubbles in situ upon injection. The methods and compositions also include enhancement of tumor treatment through use of microemulsions which create microbubbles in situ, upon injection, as cavitation nuclei. The methods and compositions are also useful in enhancing intracellular drug delivery. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100009926 | PH-SENSITIVE POLYMERIC MICELLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY - Mixed micelles containing poly(L-histidine-co-phenylalanine)-poly(ethylene glycol) block copolymer and poly(L-lactic acid)-poly(ethylene glycol) block copolymer are a pH-sensitive drug carrier that release the drug in an acidic microenvironment, but not in the blood. Since the microenvironment of solid tumors is acidic, these mixed micelles are useful for treating cancer, including those cancers exhibiting multidrug resistance. Targeting ligands, such as folate, can also be attached to the mixed micelles for enhancing drug delivery into cells. Methods of treating a warm-blooded animal with such a drug are disclosed. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100056844 | BRACHYTHERAPY SEED WITH FAST DISSOLVING MATRIX FOR OPTIMAL DELIVERY OF RADIONUCLIDES TO CANCER TISSUE - A system, method and device for treating tumor cells utilizing a resorbable therapy seed made up of microspheres containing a beta- or alpha-particle-emitting radiation source and a resorbable polymer matrix. These seeds are implanted within the tumor and then rapidly dissolved so as to release the microspheres from the polymer matrix. These microspheres then spread within a preselected target area and provide radiation therapy in a predetermined amount and at a preselected rate according the specific needs and necessities of the users. The configuration of the microspheres, the types of radiation provided and the location and use of these microspheres provides desired localized treatment to target cells while preferentially avoiding or minimizing undesired damage to surrounding tissue. The present invention provides a method for making the seeds, as well as a method for utilizing the seeds as a part of the treatment method. | 03-04-2010 |