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Nguyen, San Francisco
Francois P. Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20120012136 | PLUNGERS AND DEVICES FOR STORING PLUMBING TOOLS - A plunger that operates by a piston to drive a purging flow at relatively high pressure is disclosed. The plunger includes features so that the exterior of the plunger remains in a dry and sanitary condition. An optional storage unit is also disclosed where the storage unit includes at least one UV element. Where the UV element decreases the amount of pathogens on the plumbing tool. | 01-19-2012 |
Ha Nam Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20100167286 | Pluripotent cell lines and methods of use thereof - Methods of generating cell lines with a sequence variation or copy number variation of a gene of interest, methods of use thereof, and cell lines with a sequence variation or copy number variation of a gene of interest are provided. | 07-01-2010 |
Hiep T. Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090214910 | LOW PRESSURE DROP FUEL PROCESSOR FOR USE WITH PORTABLE FUEL CELLS - The invention relates to a fuel processor that produces hydrogen from a fuel and includes a low pressure drop burner. The low pressure drop burner permits the use of a low pressure air supply such as a fan to move products and reactants through the burner. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100047634 | PORTABLE REFORMED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS WITH WATER RECOVERY - Described herein is a portable fuel cell system with water recovery capabilities. The system generates one or more exhaust streams from which water can be recovered. A water removal system contained in the portable fuel cell system package draws water from an exhaust stream; the exhaust may include a burner exhaust, a reformer exhaust, and/or a fuel cell exhaust. The water can then be provided to the incoming fuel. | 02-25-2010 |
Huong My Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20080269468 | Devices and Methods for Integrated Continuous Manufacturing of Biological Molecules - The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for purifying a molecule of interest from a heterogeneous clarified fluid mixture. The apparatus of the invention generally comprises a continuous perfusion fermentation system, a continuous particle removal system integrated with the perfusion fermentation system; and a continuous purification system integrated with the particle removal system, which is maintained under sterile conditions. The process comprises filtering a heterogeneous clarified fluid mixture by continuous ultrafiltration at a specific flow rate below the transition point of the molecule of interest in the pressure-dependent region of the flux versus TMP curve, wherein the specific flow rate is maintained substantially constant throughout the continuous ultrafiltration. | 10-30-2008 |
Jack Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20080227743 | Compositions and Kits for Treating Influenza - Compositions, kits and methods are provided for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090136477 | Methods of generating and screening for proteases with altered specificity - Disclosed herein are methods for generating proteases with altered specificity for the target molecules they cleave. The invention further discloses methods of using these proteases to treat diseases in which the target proteins are involved with. Cleaving certain target proteins at certain substrate sequences with a protease is a method for treating these pathologies. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090247481 | Compositions and Kits for Treating Influenza - Compositions, kits and methods are provided for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090326978 | Emergency Preparations for an Epidemic - Stockpiles and methods of stockpiling a combination antiviral therapy for responding to an epidemic viral outbreak are described. Methods and systems of inventory control for co-deployment of drugs used in combination during a pandemic are described. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110230432 | COMPOSITIONS AND KITS FOR TREATING INFLUENZA - Compositions, kits and methods are provided for the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza. | 09-22-2011 |
Kim-Lien Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090318855 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING INTRAVASCULAR UPTAKE OF AGENTS - This invention is generally related to therapeutic treatment of a coronary vessel wall, and more particularly, to systems and methods for improving uptake of therapeutic agents within the endothelium for enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents to a treatment site. A medical device is provided that is capable of reducing the pressure applied to a vessel wall and delivering a therapeutic agent into the vessel wall. Also, methods are described for using the device to facilitate delivery and uptake of a therapeutic agent into the vessel wall. | 12-24-2009 |
Lamthuy Tran Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20120096357 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA SELECTION AND SHARING - A method and system for media selection and sharing is disclosed. According to one embodiment, media content is received from a media source and is stored in a buffer for a first time period. A second time period within the first time period is determined for creating a media clip from the media content stored in the buffer. A media clip is generated as determined by the second time period. A user provides an input, and the user's input is associated with the media clip to take one or more effects on the media clip. The media clip enhanced with the one more effects is transmitted over a network to share with other users. | 04-19-2012 |
Loc Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090159675 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE CARDHOLDER REWARDS IMAGE REPLACEMENT - A system for facilitating image management for portable devices is disclosed. The system includes a host configured to maintain information relating to a first portable device and a second portable device and an interface device configured to communicate with the host and the first and second portable devices. The interface device includes control logic configured to: determine whether the first portable device is valid for image synchronization using information provided by the host; and if it is determined that the first portable device is valid for image synchronization, record an image of the first portable device, determine whether the second portable device is valid for image synchronization, and download an image of the first portable device to the second portable device if it is determined that the second portable device is valid for image synchronization. The interface device further includes control logic configured to: determine whether the second portable device is valid for image replacement using information provided by the host, and if it is determined that the second portable device is valid for image replacement, retrieve an image of the first portable device and download the retrieved image to the second portable device. The interface device also includes control logic configured to: determine whether the second portable device includes additional information that is not included in the image of the first portable device, and if it is determined that the second portable device includes the additional information, concatenate the additional information with the image of the first portable device, and download the concatenated additional information and image of the first portable device onto the second portable device. The interface device concatenates the additional information and the image of the first portable device based on a set of conflict resolution rules. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100100484 | PRODUCT LEVEL PAYMENT NETWORK ACQUIRED TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION - A flexible spending account system can be implemented according to one embodiment of the invention so as to automatically substantiate purchases made at a retailer merchant. For example, according to one embodiment of the invention, a method of authorizing products for purchase can be implemented by determining via a computer that a product requested for purchase at a point of sale by a consumer matches a qualified product category under the flexible spending account, sending an authorization request message for requesting use of said flexible spending account of said consumer, wherein said authorization request message comprises a total purchase amount field and a first qualified amount field for a first type of qualified items. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100174597 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING WILDCARD VALUES - A method of processing data on a server computer is disclosed. The method includes receiving data at the server computer, the data including a first data string including one or more wildcard values. The first data string is specifically associated with a consumer, and the one or more wildcard values are associated with the purchase transaction. The method also includes comparing the first data string to a second data string by the server computer, and providing an output to the consumer based on the comparison. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110191155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING WILDCARD VALUES - A method of processing data on a server computer is disclosed. The method includes receiving data at the server computer, the data including a first data string including one or more wildcard values. The first data string is specifically associated with a customer, and the one or more wildcard values are associated with the purchase transaction. The method also includes comparing the first data string to a second data string by the server computer, and providing an output to the consumer based on the comparison. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120016756 | Method and System for Providing a Distributed Adaptive Rules Based Dynamic Pricing System - A system for providing distributed control to process transactions is disclosed. The system includes a service provider system having associated therewith a number of rules and a number of meta-rules, a point of service device having associated therewith a number of rules and a number of meta-rules, and a portable device having associated therewith a number of rules and a number of meta-rules. The portable device uses its associated rules to determine an outcome for a transaction. If the portable device is unable to determine the outcome for the transaction, the portable device uses its associated meta-rules to either determine whether one or more of its associated rules can be altered locally in order to determine the outcome or request the point of service device to help determine the outcome using the rules and meta-rules associated with the point of service device. If the point of service device is unable to determine the outcome using its associated rules, the point of service device uses its associated meta-rules to either determine whether one or more of its associated rules can be altered locally in order to determine the outcome or request the service provider system to help determine the outcome using the rules and meta-rules associated with the service provider system. | 01-19-2012 |
Maikhanh T. Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20100161826 | NEWS ARCHITECTURE FOR iTV - A system and method for acquiring media content is disclosed. A capture platform may allow users to create customized templates for the automatic capture of web-based media, such as news. Captured content may be normalized for optimized access by a plurality of different device platforms, and may also be customized for individual users. One or more chained transformer plug-ins may be used to provide the customization. | 06-24-2010 |
Minh Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20080279831 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING PROSTATE CANCER OR A HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER - The present invention relates to prostate cancer markers, compositions comprising such markers, immunoglobulins specific for such markers, and methods of using such markers and/or immunoglobulins to assess an immune response against prostate cancer. An immune response against the markers correlates with an immune response, in particular a humoral immune response, against prostate cancer cells which immune response is preferably associated with prophylaxis of prostate cancer, treatment of prostate cancer, and/or amelioration of at least one symptom associated with prostate cancer. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100150946 | Methods and Compositions for Treating Prostate Cancer or Inducing a Humoral Immune Response Against Prostate Cancer - The present invention relates to prostate cancer markers, compositions comprising such markers, and methods of using such markers to induce or increase an immune response against prostate cancer. An immune response against the markers correlates with an immune response, in particular a humoral immune response, against prostate cancer cells which immune response is preferably associated with prophylaxis of prostate cancer, treatment of prostate cancer, and/or amelioration of at least one symptom associated with prostate cancer. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100151523 | REGULATED EXPRESSION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FROM ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTORS - Single AAV vector constructs for regulated expression of an immunoglobulin molecule or fragment thereof and methods of making and using the same are described. The AAV vectors comprise a regulated promoter operably linked to the coding sequence for a first and second immunoglobulin coding sequence, a sequence encoding a self-processing cleavage site between the coding sequence for the first and second immunoglobulin coding sequence and a additional proteolytic cleavage site, which provides a means to remove the self processing peptide sequence from an expressed immunoglobulin molecule or fragment thereof. The vector constructs find utility in enhanced production of biologically active immunoglobulins or fragments thereof in vitro and in vivo. | 06-17-2010 |
Tan D. Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090017452 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO THE PHARMACOGENETICS OF DIFFERENT GENE VARIANTS - The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for determining the presence or absence of polymorphisms within an ABCC2, UGT1A1, and/or SLCO1B1 gene and correlating these polymorphisms with activity levels of their gene products and making evaluations regarding the effect on their substrates, particularly those substrates that are drugs. In addition, there are methods and compositions of evaluating the risk of an individual for developing toxicity or adverse event(s) to an ABCC2, UGT1A1, and/or SLCO1B1 substrate. In some embodiments, the invention concerns methods and compositions for determining the presence or absence of ABCC2 3972C>T variant and predicting or anticipating the level of activity of ABCC2 and determining dosages of an ABCC2 drug substrate, such as irinotecan, in a patient. Such methods and compositions can be used to evaluate whether irinotecan-based therapy, or therapy involving other ABCC2 substrates, may pose toxicity problems if given to a particular patient or predicting their efficacy. Alterations in suggested therapy may ensue based on genotyping results. | 01-15-2009 |
Thao Bich Nguyen, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20100185979 | Providing Access to Contextual Actions and Information - Systems and methods for providing access to actions and information are described in the present disclosure. According to one example, an embodiment of a method is described. The method comprises analyzing a position of a mouse pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI), the mouse pointer being controlled by a user-operated mouse. Also, a glyph is displayed on the GUI, wherein the glyph is associated with an object that is displayed on the GUI. The method also includes displaying a target in the location of the glyph when the mouse pointer is positioned within a field of the glyph. Furthermore, a dialog box is opened when a mouse click is detected and when the mouse pointer is within a field of the target. | 07-22-2010 |