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Jian Chang, Taipei County TW

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100202163FLYBACK POWER CONVERTERS - A dual-switch flyback power converter includes a control circuit to generate a switching signal. A high-side driving circuit includes a pulse generation circuit. The pulse generation circuit generates a pulse-on signal and a pulse-off signal to control two transistors in response to the switching signal. The two transistors further respectively provide a level-shift-on signal and a level-shift-off signal to a comparison circuit to enable/disable a high-side driving signal. Without using a charge pump circuit to power the high-side driving circuit, a floating winding of a transformer is utilized to provide a floating voltage to power the high-side driving circuit, which reduces the cost of the dual-switch flyback power converter and ensures a sufficient high-side driving capability of the high-side driving circuit.08-12-2010
20110037443PARALLEL CONNECTED PFC CONVERTER - A parallel PFC converter comprises a first PFC circuit, a second PFC circuit, and a voltage divider. The second PFC circuit is connected in parallel with the first PFC circuit for generating an output voltage of the parallel PFC converter. The voltage divider is coupled to receive the output voltage for generating a first feedback signal and a second feedback signal. The first feedback signal is higher than the second feedback signal. The first PFC circuit and the second PFC circuit respectively comprises a first switching control circuit and a second switching control circuit for regulating the output voltage. It is an object of the present invention to reduce the power loss for improving the efficiency of the PFC converter.02-17-2011

Jian Cheng, Guangdong Province CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120082053Method and Apparatus for Service Configuration and Rate Matching of Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access System - A method for configuring a service and a method and apparatus for rate matching in a TD-SCDMA system, this method for configuring the service includes: taking that a check bit puncturing ratio should be more than 7i+a or less than 7i−a as a newly added constraint condition, and the check bit puncturing ratios of each configured service being outside a range of [7i+a, 7i−a], the method for rate matching includes: when puncturing each path of check bits of the current data block, if a difference between a position P04-05-2012

Jian Cheng, Hsin-Tien City TW

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100062642Micro Plug Connector - A micro plug connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a pair of positioning hooks and a metal shell. The insulative housing has a base and a tongue protruding from the base. The terminals and positioning hooks are mounted through the base into the tongue. The metal shell covers the insulative housing and has a front cover and a rear cover. The front cover is mounted around the tongue and has a connecting plate protruding from the front cover and partially covering the bottom of the base. The rear cover formed on the front cover and covers the base and the connecting plate of the front cover. The front and rear covers double cover the insulative housing to strengthen the structures of the micro plug connector and prevent inadvertent disassembly or failure of the micro plug connector.03-11-2010

Jian Fan, Palo Alto, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090016605System and method for creating an editable template from a document image - Embodiments of the present invention recite a system and method for creating an editable template from a document image. In one embodiment of the present invention, the spatial characteristics and the color characteristics of at least one region of a document are identified. A set of characteristics of a graphic representation within the region are then determined without the necessity of recognizing a character comprising the graphic representation. An editable template is then created comprising a second region having the same spatial characteristics and the same color characteristics of the at least one region of the document and comprising a second graphic representation which is defined by the set of characteristics of the first graphic representation.01-15-2009

Jian Han, Huntsville, AL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090253183Amplicon Rescue Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction for Amplification of Multiple Targets - Disclosed is a method for amplifying and detecting polynucleotides which can provide sensitive, specific detection of multiple targets from a clinical specimen within a relatively short time.10-08-2009
20100021896Method for Evaluating and Comparing Immunorepertoires - Disclosed is a method for amplifying RNA and/or DNA from immune cell populations and using the amplified products to produce an immune response profile and evaluate the possible correlation between a normal or abnormal immune response and the development of a disease such as an autoimmune disease, cancer, diabetes, or heart disease.01-28-2010
20100190186Method for Pathogen Capture from Mammalian Blood - Disclosed is a method for isolating, and thereby concentrating, microorganisms from mammalian blood. The method may be used in conjunction with PCR amplification of the DNA/RNA of the microorganism(s) to identify pathogenic microorganisms within the blood without requiring that those organisms be cultured as a first step in the identification process.07-29-2010
20100240093Isolated Staphylococcus Pseudolugdunensis - Disclosed is an isolated strain of a previously unknown 09-23-2010
20100291668Apparatus for Performing Amplicon Rescue Multiplex PCR - The present disclosure is a cassette for PCR amplification and detection of DNA amplicons, the cassette having a cassette pipette which may be moved vertically and horizontally within the cassette, at least one reagent chamber, and at least one detector, such as a microarray, for the detection of DNA amplified during the PCR amplification steps.11-18-2010

Patent applications by Jian Han, Huntsville, AL US

Jian He, Clemson, SC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090140211CONVECTIVE FLOW CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION GROWTH OF NANOSTRUCTURES - The invention is directed to CVD methods and systems that can be utilized to form nanostructures. Exceptionally high product yields can be attained. In addition, the products can be formed with predetermined particle sizes and morphologies and within a very narrow particle size distribution. The systems of the invention include a CVD reactor designed to support the establishment of a convective flow field within the reactor at the expected carrier gas flow rates. In particular, the convective flow field within the reactor can include one or more flow vortices. The disclosed invention can be particularly beneficial for forming improved thermoelectric materials with high values for the figure of merit (ZT).06-04-2009

Jian He, Nanjing CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110003873PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND ITS USE IN THE PREPARATION OF A MEDICAMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES - A pharmaceutical composition comprises 3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one and borneol, and can be used to prepare the medicine for treating cerebrovascular diseases.01-06-2011

Jian Hu, Bejing CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100185689Enhancing Keyword Advertising Using Wikipedia Semantics - Disclosed are systems and methods for extracting semantic-based keywords through mining word semantics using Wikipedia's taxonomy. Described is the use a semantic bipartite graph that relates candidate keywords and topics.07-22-2010

Jian Jin, Berkeley, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100210472SPATIAL POSITIONING OF SPECTRALLY LABELED BEADS - Devices, systems, kits, and methods for detecting and/or identifying a plurality of spectrally labeled bodies well-suited for performing multiplexed assays. By spectrally labeling the beads with materials which generate identifiable spectra, a plurality of beads may be identified within the fluid. Reading of the beads is facilitated by restraining the beads in arrays, and/or using a focused laser.08-19-2010
20120043208APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT BIOMOLECULE SEPARATION AND ANALYSIS - A multi-channel gel electrophoresis apparatus for efficiently collecting molecules isolated by gel electrophoresis so they can be further analyzed, identified, or used as reagents or medications. The apparatus using a novel “tagless” strategy that combines multi-dimensional separation of endogenous complexes with mass spectrometric monitoring of their composition. In this procedure, putative protein complexes are identified based on the co-migration of collections of polypeptides through multiple orthogonal separation steps. A majority of 02-23-2012

Patent applications by Jian Jin, Berkeley, CA US

Jian Le, San Mateo, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090177621Database Query Optimization - A method, system, and computer program product for optimizing database queries in a data processing system. A query optimization (QO) utility maximizes the query coverage of Materialized Query Tables (MQTs) in order to efficiently process various types of incoming queries to a database engine. In particular, the QO utility enables MQT technology for nullable foreign key columns in a number of table joins involving fact tables and dimension tables, in which the fact tables and dimension tables have column data which are not null. The QO utility also enables MQT query matching for a relational database engine for non-additive measures, and improves the performance of existing query-matching capabilities for a relational database engine for additive measures. The QO utility specifies a number of functionally dependent relationships between the columns of a table in order to enhance the query matching abilities of the database engine.07-09-2009
20090299969DATA WAREHOUSE SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for analyzing historical data in a data warehouse. A data warehouse is provided. The data warehouse includes several database tables. Every database table has a start time column and an end time column. A query is issued to the data warehouse. The query includes customized query predicates against the start time column values and end time column values of a database table. A response is received from the data warehouse. The response includes table records satisfying the query and having valid (START_TIME, END_TIME) ranges that cover a fixed time point specified by the customized query predicates of the query. Methods for updating a database table in a data warehouse, and a data warehouse system are also described.12-03-2009

Patent applications by Jian Le, San Mateo, CA US

Jian Shen, East Palo Alto, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090307082SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB ADVERTISEMENT - A method and system for web advertisement are disclosed. According to one embodiment a computer-implemented method comprises receiving chat room information, wherein the chat room information describes a current state of a chat room. The chat room information is provided to an advertisement server, and the advertisement server selects an advertisement based upon the chat room information. The advertisement is received and provided to an advertisement module, and the advertisement module provides the advertisement to the chat room.12-10-2009

Jian Shen, Suzhou TW

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100002269 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE INFORMATION OF SCANNER ON DISPLAYER AND SCANNER USING THE SAME - A scanner is provided, which has a scan unit for scanning and producing image information, a storage unit for storing the image information and a first port for connection to an electrical device.01-07-2010

Jian Shi, Goleta, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080277582Closed loop controller and method for fast scanning probe microscopy - A method of operating a metrology instrument includes generating relative motion between a probe and a sample at a scan frequency using an actuator. The method also includes detecting motion of the actuator using a position sensor that exhibits noise in the detected motion, and controlling the position of the actuator using a feedback loop and a feed forward algorithm. In this embodiment, the controlling step attenuates noise in the actuator position compared to noise exhibited by the position sensor over the scan bandwidth. Scan frequencies up to a third of the first scanner resonance frequency or greater than 300 Hz are possible.11-13-2008
20090032706Fast-Scanning SPM and Method of Operating Same - A method and apparatus are provided that have the capability of rapidly scanning a large sample of arbitrary characteristics under force control feedback so has to obtain a high resolution image. The method includes generating relative scanning movement between a probe of the SPM and a sample to scan the probe through a scan range of at least 4 microns at a rate of at least 30 lines/sec and controlling probe-sample interaction with a force control slew rate of at least 1 mm/sec. A preferred SPM capable of achieving these results has a force controller having a force control bandwidth of at least closed loop bandwidth of at least 10 kHz.02-05-2009

Patent applications by Jian Shi, Goleta, CA US

Jian Tan, Bartlett, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090314446Low Amidine Content Polyvinylamine, Compositions Containing Same and Methods - Low amidine content poly(N-vinylformamide-co-vinylamine) (PVAm), is described, as well as processes of making and providing same in fresh or aged formats, and the usage of such polymer to increase papermaking retention and drainage rate and enhance paper dry strength, and other applications.12-24-2009

Jian Yu, Honolulu, HI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080220505RECOVERY AND PURIFICATION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES - The present invention relates to a method to recover, purify and isolate polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers from PHA-containing cell mass, which includes: (a) solubilizing the non-PHA cell mass in an acidic solution, leaving a suspension of partially crystallized PHA granules; (b) adjusting the pH of the suspension to 7-11 and separating the PHA solids from the dissolved non-PHA cellular mass; (c) re-suspending the PHA solids in a bleaching solution for decolorization; and (d) drying the resulting PHA solids. About 95% or greater of original PHA in cell mass is recovered, and the purity of PHA solids is about 97% or above. The weight average molecular mass of the purified biopolyesters is about 500 kDa or greater.09-11-2008

Jian Yuan, Mountain View, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090319388Image Capture for Purchases - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented item identification method that includes identifying an item in an image received from a remote electronic device; transmitting search results containing information about the item for one or more vendors of the item; and transmitting to the remote device code for executing an order for the item from the one or more vendors of the item.12-24-2009
20100138553Selecting Format for Content Distribution - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for performing a content distribution associated with a format includes performing analysis of an information collection reflecting network activities by a user, the network activities occurring in response to earlier content distributions to the user. The method includes selecting a format for a content distribution to be made to the user, the format being selected based on the analysis. The method includes performing the content distribution to the user using the selected format.06-03-2010
20110320317IMAGE CAPTURE FOR PURCHASES - The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented item identification method that includes identifying an item in an image received from a remote electronic device; transmitting search results containing information about the item for one or more vendors of the item; and transmitting to the remote device code for executing an order for the item from the one or more vendors of the item.12-29-2011

Patent applications by Jian Yuan, Mountain View, CA US

Jian Zhu, Kunshan City CN

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090169717Liquid crystal depositing device and method - Liquid crystal depositing devices and methods that monitor the amount of the liquid crystal available for dispensing and supplement the liquid crystal when the device detects that the amount available is running low. One exemplary liquid crystal depositing device includes a liquid crystal dispensing container, a liquid crystal nozzle, a liquid crystal sensor, and a liquid crystal supplementing container. The liquid crystal nozzle deposits the liquid crystal from said liquid crystal container to the liquid crystal display substrate. The liquid crystal sensor is configured to monitor an amount of liquid crystal inside the liquid crystal dispensing container. The liquid crystal supplementing container is configured to supply liquid crystal to the liquid crystal dispensing container when the liquid crystal sensor detects that the amount of liquid crystal in the dispensing container has fallen below a predetermined amount. In one exemplary method, a detected amount of liquid crystal in a liquid crystal dispensing container is compared to a predetermined sufficient liquid crystal amount. The liquid crystal in the liquid dispensing crystal container is supplemented when the liquid crystal amount in the liquid crystal dispensing container is below the predetermined sufficient liquid crystal amount. The liquid crystal is deposited onto a liquid crystal display substrate when the liquid crystal amount in the liquid crystal dispensing container is above the predetermined sufficient liquid crystal amount.07-02-2009