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Jiang Chen, Nashua, NH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090092240	Audio Conferencing - A communications conference management system is prepared for the establishment of conference calls, by pre-programming the management system with identification data for participants authorised to be connected to a specific conference residing on a conference bridge. The conference management system is arranged such that connection to a specific conference residing on a bridge can be made in response to recognition of the network identifier.	04-09-2009
20090094547	Audio conferencing announcements - An audio conferencing facility has a database for storing user data relating to authorisation to use the facility, and provides storage for a name file to be stored as part of the user data, which may be retrieved for generation of an audio signal to be played to one or more of the participants to a communication connection whenever that participant uses the conferencing facility. The name may be generated as an audio recording by the user, or entered as text, or retrieved from a directory in text form. It may be stored either in audio form or as text, for conversion to audio using a speech synthesiser.	04-09-2009

Jiang Hui-Ru, Hsinchu City TW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120060137	Method for designing wiring topology for electromigration avoidance and fabrication method of integrate circuits including said method - A method for designing wiring topology for electromigration avoidance, which is composed of multiple sources, multiple sinks and multiple wires, is disclosed. The steps of said method to get an optimal topology includes: 1. calculating the length of all the wires to choose one of the wires with the shortest length as a feasible wire, 2. deciding a capacity of the feasible wire, 3. deciding the capacities of the other wire according to the capacity of the feasible wire, a flow of the source of the feasible wire and a flow of the sink of the feasible wire, 4. comparing the length of the other wires to select another feasible wire, 5. repeating said steps until finding all feasible wires for constructing a feasible topology, 6. creating a flow network according to the feasible topology, 7. iteratively checking if a negative cycle exists in the flow network and removing it until no more negative cycles.	03-08-2012

Jiang Jianlong, Zhejiang CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100242535	REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTOR FOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGER - A refrigerant distributor for a heat exchanger is disclosed. The distributor comprises: a pipe having an inlet disposed generally at one end of the pipe, refrigerant flows into and through the pipe through the inlet. The cross-section of a flow passage within the pipe gradually decreases from the one end to the other end of the pipe. With the above configuration, the refrigerant can be distributed relatively uniformly from the distributor.	09-30-2010
20100243224	FIN FOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGER USING THE FIN - The present invention discloses a fin for a heat exchanger, the fin comprises a plurality of fin plates which are adjacent to one another, each of the fin plates is formed with louvers; and a connecting portion which connects adjacent fin plates at an end of the adjacent fin plates. The connecting portion comprises a middle curved section and side curved sections located on the sides of the middle curved section, and the curvature radius of the middle curved section is larger than the curvature radius of the side curved sections. With the technical solution of the invention, since the contact area between the flat tubes and the fin increases, the fin efficiency is increased and thus the heat exchange performance of the heat exchanger is enhanced	09-30-2010
20110017438	MULTI-CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER WITH IMPROVED UNIFORMITY OF REFRIGERANT FLUID DISTRIBUTION - A micro-channel heat exchanger includes an inlet manifold fluidly connected with an outlet manifold by a plurality of generally parallel tubes, further defining a plurality of generally parallel micro-channels therethrough. Refrigerant is introduced to the heat exchanger through a distributor tube disposed within the inlet manifold. The distributor tube includes a plurality of non-circular openings disposed along the length thereof which act as an outlet for refrigerant flow into the inlet manifold and eventually into and through the tubes and micro-channels. The openings are preferably slots arranged along the length of the distributor tube at an angle relative to the longitudinal direction of the distributor tube and oriented within the inlet manifold for a general direction of refrigerant flow at an angle relative to the general direction of refrigerant flow through the tubes. Alternative shapes for the openings are also considered.	01-27-2011
20110061844	HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is disclosed, which comprises an inlet header defining a refrigerant chamber therein; an outlet header spaced apart from the inlet header; a plurality of tubes, two ends of each tube being connected to and communicating with the inlet and outlet headers respectively; a plurality of fins, each of which is interposed between adjacent tubes; and a distribution tube disposed outside the refrigerant chamber and formed with a distribution opening, through which the distribution tube communicates with the refrigerant chamber. According to the present invention, the distribution tube is easy to assemble, disassemble and maintain. The refrigerants in the inlet header and the distribution tube do not disadvantageously affect each other, thus enhancing distribution of refrigerant.	03-17-2011

Jiang Keyong, Guangzhou City CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080204345	Wideband I-Shaped Monopole Dipole - A wideband	08-28-2008

Jiang Lin, Chengdu CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100303656	METERING PUMP AND DRIVE DEVICE THEREOF - A drive device, comprising a housing, a rod, a limiting device, a sliding block, a rotating block, a pair of springs, a pair of first grooves, and a second groove. The rod passes through the sliding block, an axis is disposed on the sliding block, the rotating block is disposed on the axis, the springs are disposed on both sides of the rotating block, the top of the spring is contacted with one side of the rotating block, the first grooves are disposed on one side of the rod opposite to the housing, the second groove is disposed on inner side of the housing opposite to the first groove, a middle part of the second groove is lower than other parts thereof, one end of the rotating block slides in the second groove, and the other end of the rotating block slides in and between the first grooves.	12-02-2010

Jiang Lin, Suzhou CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090001127	Rotatable Stapling Head Of A Surgical Stapler - The present invention provides a rotatable stapling head of a surgical stapler, which comprises a staple cartridge (	01-01-2009
20100059571	A CIRCULAR STAPLER WITH AN AUTOMATIC SAFETY MECHANISM - A circular stapler with an automatic safety mechanism comprises a stapler body, a stapler head, an actuating mechanism and a transmission adjusting mechanism; wherein the actuating mechanism comprises a handle and a handle coat, the transmission adjusting mechanism comprises a screw rod and an adjusting knob; a stopper is disposed either inside said handle or said handle coat; a safety rod and a pulling sheet are further provided, the safety rod has a safety block on one end and has a protruding block and a pin hole as its middle portion, a cylindrical pin is inserted into the pin hole so as to get the safety rod to be pivotally connected with the stapler body; the pulling sheet has a rear portion mounted on the screw rod and has a pulling hook at its front portion, the pulling hook hooks with the protruding block.	03-11-2010

Jiang Liu, Terrace SG

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110091084	AUTOMATIC OPACITY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR CORTICAL CATARACT DIAGNOSIS - A method performed by a computer system for detecting opacity in an image of the lens of an eye. The method includes detecting a region of interest in a picture of the lens, and processing the region of interest to produce a modified image using an algorithm which emphasizes opacity associated with a cortical cataract relative to opacity caused by other types of opacity, such as opacity caused by posterior sub-capsular cataracts (PSC). The modified image may be used for grading the level of cortical opacity, by measuring, in the modified image, the proportion of opacity in at least one area of the region of interest.	04-21-2011

Jiang Lu, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053426	COBALT DEPOSITION ON BARRIER SURFACES - Embodiments of the invention provide processes for depositing a cobalt layer on a barrier layer and subsequently depositing a conductive material, such as copper or a copper alloy, thereon. In one embodiment, a method for depositing materials on a substrate surface is provided which includes forming a barrier layer on a substrate, exposing the substrate to dicobalt hexacarbonyl butylacetylene (CCTBA) and hydrogen to form a cobalt layer on the barrier layer during a vapor deposition process (e.g., CVD or ALD), and depositing a conductive material over the cobalt layer. In some examples, the barrier layer and/or the cobalt layer may be exposed to a gas or a reagent during a treatment process, such as a thermal process, an in situ plasma process, or a remote plasma process.	02-26-2009
20100062149	METHOD FOR TUNING A DEPOSITION RATE DURING AN ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION PROCESS - Embodiments of the invention provide methods for depositing a material on a substrate within a processing chamber during a vapor deposition process, such as an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. In one embodiment, a method is provided which includes sequentially exposing the substrate to a first precursor gas and at least a second precursor gas while depositing a material on the substrate during the ALD process, and continuously or periodically exposing the substrate to a treatment gas prior to and/or during the ALD process. The deposition rate of the material being deposited may be controlled by varying the amount of treatment gas exposed to the substrate. In one example, tantalum nitride is deposited on the substrate and the alkylamino metal precursor gas contains a tantalum precursor, such as pentakis(dimethylamino) tantalum (PDMAT), the second precursor gas contains a nitrogen precursor, such as ammonia, and the treatment gas contains dimethylamine (DMA).	03-11-2010

Jiang Shengli, Shanghai CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080254198	Method of Preparing Creatine Ester Salts and Uses Thereof - This invention discloses the method of preparation of creatine ester-salts. Creatine is an extremely popular ergogenic aid, and is found most often in the form of creatine monohydrate. Creatine monohydrate is poorly soluble in water however and while esters gain solubility, there functionality is greatly decreased. The material can be administered in a variety of ways including capsules, tablets, powdered beverages, bars, gels, liquids, liposomes or drinks.	10-16-2008

Jiang Tongbi, Boise, ID US

Jiang Wang, Shanghai CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110170642	APPARATUSES, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR CONVEYING INFORMATION - The invention is related to an apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive a channel quality indication matrix; a processor configured to repeat, until the channel quality indication matrix is empty except for selected scheduling results, the following procedure: selecting a column of the channel quality indication matrix having the smallest number of non-zero channel quality indicators; searching for a largest channel quality indicator in the selected column of the channel quality indication matrix; selecting the searched largest channel quality indicator as a scheduling result, and emptying the column and row of the channel quality indication matrix corresponding to the selected scheduling result except for the selected scheduling result.	07-14-2011

Jiang Wang, Zhujia CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100278169	BI DIRECTIONAL DECODE AND FORWARD RELAY - Methods, apparatus and computer program product provide a bi-directional decode and forward relay having at least 2N antennas configured to perform transmit and receive operations in a wireless communications network; radio apparatus configured to perform relay operations through the at least 2N antennas with at least two other communications devices operative in the wireless communications network, each of the at least two other communications devices having N antennas; and a controller configured to operate the radio apparatus to receive data from the at least two communications devices at a time slot K; to jointly encode the data received from the at least two communications devices using at least one of an XOR or a sum operation; and at a time slot (K+1) to operate the radio apparatus to transmit via one antenna the jointly encoded data to the at least two communications devices.	11-04-2010

Jiang Wang, Xian CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120040628	Transceiver with Interferer Control - Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a transceiver that includes multiple communication subunits associated with multiple communication protocols, respectively. The transceiver includes a conflict detection and control unit that determines whether interference is present or anticipated to occur between two or more of the communication subunits. If interference is present or anticipated, a local oscillator (LO) tuning unit changes an LO frequency provided to at least one of the two or more communication units. For example, in some embodiments, the LO tuning unit changes the LO frequency from high-side injection to low-side injection, or vice versa, or changes the intermediate frequency (IF) associated with a given communication subunit. In these ways, the techniques disclosed herein limit signal degradation due to interference from communication subunits residing within the transceiver.	02-16-2012

Jiang Xiangqian, Huddersfield GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090207416	SURFACE CHARACTERISTIC DETERMINING APPARATUS - Light from the first and second different wavelength light sources is combined and supplied to a director that directs zeroth order light to a reference surface and other order, generally first order diffracted light to on a location of the sample surface which is dependent upon wavelength. Light reflected by the sample and reference surfaces interfere. A characteristic of a sample surface is determined from interference light of the first wavelength. Interference light of the second wavelength is used to enable phase-locking by adjusting the path length difference by moving the reference surface or changing the refractive index of a path portion to compensate for phase variation due to environmental effects. Non-mechanical scanning is used to scan the sample surface by using a variable wavelength source and a director providing different first order diffraction angles for different wavelengths or an acousto-optical device that provides a variable pitch acoustic diffraction grating.	08-20-2009

Jiang Xiaoping, Shanghai CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120043141	Toothed Slider - An example method includes measuring a capacitance variation of a first conductive element and a capacitance variation of a second conductive element. The example method includes calculating a centroid position through the measured capacitance variation of the first conductive element and the measured capacitance variation of the second conductive element. A conductive sub-element of the first conductive element may be interleaved with a conductive sub-element of the second conductive element. The conductive sub-element of the first conductive element and the conductive sub-element of the second conductive element may each have a varying width.	02-23-2012
20120044201	APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A CONDUCTIVE OBJECT AT A LOCATION - A method and apparatus to detect a conductive object at a location determines a capacitance variation of a first sensor element and a capacitance variation of a second sensor element. The method and apparatus detects a touch at a first location if the capacitance variation of the first sensor element is greater than a reference value and the capacitance variation of the second sensor element is not greater than the reference value. The method and apparatus detects the touch at a second location if the capacitance variation of the first sensor element is not greater than the reference value and the capacitance variation of the second sensor element is greater than the reference value. The method and apparatus detects the touch at a third location if the capacitance variation of the first sensor element and the capacitance variation of the second sensor element are both greater than the reference value.	02-23-2012
20120046887	TWO-PIN COUPLING SLIDER - A slider has a first conductive trace and a second conductive trace. The first conductive trace has one or more sub-traces. The width of a first sub-trace of the first conductive trace is larger than the width of a second sub-trace of the first conductive trace adjacent to the first sub-trace of the first conductive trace. The second conductive trace has sub-traces. The width of a first sub-trace of the second conductive trace is smaller than the width of a second sub-trace of the second conductive trace adjacent to the first sub-trace of the second conductive trace. The sub-traces of the first conductive trace are interleaved with the sub-traces of the second conductive trace.	02-23-2012

Jiang Xueping, Shenzhen CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100108097	BIOCHEMICAL ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR CLEANING FLUID COMPONENTS OF THE SAME - There is provided a biochemical analyzer and a method of cleaning fluid components of the same. The biochemical analyzer includes a reagent adding mechanism, a sample adding mechanism, at least one reaction cup, a cleaning mechanism and a waste pipeline connected to the cleaning mechanism. A control system is employed, wherein the control system has a cleaning mode for cleaning fluid components of the biochemical analyzer, having: a) a water injection step; and b) a water discharge. With the cleaning method, the fluid components such as the water drawing device and waste valve on the waste pipeline may be automatically cleaned without manual intervention.	05-06-2010

Jiang Yonggang, Hampshire GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080297795	Methods and apparatus for optical analysis of samples in biological sample containers - An apparatus and method for optically analyzing samples in a biological sample container containing samples arranged at different locations on the base of the container. An optical acquisition device is provided comprising a detector and an objective. The position of the upper and lower surfaces of the base at each of the sample locations is determined by a confocal polychromatic displacement sensor. Light is collected from each of the sample locations by adjusting the focal plane to be coincident with, or vertically offset from, the upper surface of the base, as determined from the displacement sensor. This allows for rapid scanning of large numbers of samples in a multi-well plate or other biological sample containers.	12-04-2008

Jiang Zhang, Coppell, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120022156	DELAYED RELEASE, ORAL DOSAGE COMPOSITIONS THAT CONTAIN AMORPHOUS CDDO-ME - Pharmaceutical formulations exhibit a desirably low Cmax, among other properties, that contain particles of amorphous bardoxolone methyl, either in pure form or in the form of a solid dispersion, admixed with particles of a hydrophilic binding agent. Such formulations possess the advantage of higher oral bioavailability, relative to formulations based on the crystalline form of bardoxolone methyl.	01-26-2012

Jiang Zhang, Shanghai CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090034721	ENCRYPTING AND DECRYPTING A DATA STREAM - The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for encrypting and for decrypting a data stream, for securely sending a data stream and for securely receiving a data stream, and for secure transmission of a data stream. The data stream, after at least a part of it being encrypted, is transmitted from a sender to a receiver via a channel. An exemplary method for encrypting comprises: adjusting encryption attributes during transmission; encrypting the data stream according to the adjusted encryption attributes; and transmitting the encrypted data stream and information of the encryption attributes to the receiver.	02-05-2009
20090065805	Method and structure using a pure silicon dioxide hardmask for gate pattering for strained silicon MOS transistors - A structure using pure silicon dioxide hard marsk for gate pattern. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a partially completed semiconductor integrated circuit device. The device has a semiconductor substrate and a dielectric layer overlying the semiconductor substrate. The device has a gate structure including edges and a substantially pure silicon dioxide mask structure overlying the gate structure. A thickness ranging from about 400 to about 600 Angstroms of the substantially pure silicon dioxide mask structure is included. The device has a dielectric layer forming sidewall spacers on the edges of the gate structure to protect the gate structure including the edges and an exposed portion of the pure silicon dioxide mask structure overlying the gate structure. The device has an epitaxially grown fill material in an etched source region and an etched drain region.	03-12-2009