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Nguyen, Santa Clara

Bang-Thu Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110012633APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING OF STACKED DIE STRUCTURE - An integrated circuit device is described that includes a stacked die and a base die having probe pads that directly couple to test logic of the base die so as to implement a scan chain for testing of the integrated circuit device. The base die further includes contacts disposed on a back side of the base die and through-die vias coupled to the contacts and coupled to programmable logic of the base die. In addition, the base die includes a first probe pad configured to couple test input, a second probe pad configured to couple test output and a third probe pad configured to couple control signals. Test logic of the base die is configured to couple to additional test logic of the stacked die so as to implement a scan chain for testing of the integrated circuit device. In accordance with aspects of the present invention, the first probe pad, the second probe pad and the third probe pad are coupled directly to the test logic such that configuration of the programmable logic is not required for coupling the test input, the test output and the control signal between the base die and the stacked die so as to implement the scan chain.01-20-2011

Bruce Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120011594SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPPA COMPLIANCE FOR ONLINE EDUCATION - A method of providing an online verifiable consent from a parent to a minor to permit usage of an online education system and that prevents misrepresentation and unauthorized access is provided. The method comprises establishing a relationship between an adult parent and a minor and based on the relationship verifying whether the adult parent permits the minor access to the online education system. If the adult parent permits the minor access, the method then grants access to the minor to the online education system.01-12-2012

Dat Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090141032Synchronization of video input data streams and video output data streams - A method for synchronizing an input data stream with an output data stream in a video processor. The method includes receiving an input data stream and receiving an output data stream, wherein the input data stream and the output data stream each comprise a plurality of pixels. The method further includes sequentially storing pixels of the input data stream using an input buffer and sequentially storing pixels of the output data stream using an output buffer. Timing information is determined by examining the input data stream and the output data stream. A synchronization adjustment is applied to the input buffer and the output buffer in accordance with the timing information. Pixels are output from the input buffer and the output buffer to produce a synchronized mixed video output stream.06-04-2009

David Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110055844HIGH DENSITY MULTI NODE COMPUTER WITH INTEGRATED SHARED RESOURCES - A multi-node computer system, comprising: a plurality of nodes, a system control unit and a carrier board. Each node of the plurality of nodes comprises a processor and a memory. The system control unit is responsible for: power management, cooling, workload provisioning, native storage servicing, and I/O. The carrier board comprises a system fabric and a plurality of electrical connections. The electrical connections provide the plurality of nodes with power, management controls, system connectivity between the system control unit and the plurality of nodes, and an external network connection to a user infrastructure. The system control unit and the carrier board provide integrated, shared resources for the plurality of nodes. The multi-node computer system is provided in a single enclosure.03-03-2011

Duong Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090250236FLEXIBLE MECHANICAL PACKAGING FORM FACTOR FOR RACK MOUNTED COMPUTING DEVICES - The present invention comprises a dual-use form factor for rack mounting equipment. In particular, the form-factor is configured so that it can be both rack-mounted directly or installed within a chassis. In addition, the form-factor may comprise one or more blind-mate connector systems that are suitable for blunt-type connectors, such as PCIe connectors.10-08-2009

Gia-Khanh Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090158292USE OF EXTERNAL SERVICES WITH CLUSTERS - A method, apparatus, and system are directed toward managing a system that includes a cluster and an external resource. The external resource may be part of a second cluster that is collocated on the same hardware platforms as the cluster. A proxy resource is used to enforce a dependency relationship between a native resource of the cluster and an external resource, such that a dependency with the proxy resource serves to enforce a dependency with the external resource. The cluster framework may maintain states of the proxy resource, including an offline state, an online-standby state, and an online state. The online-standby indicates that the proxy has been started, but it has not determined that the associated external resource is enabled. The proxy may determine whether the external resource is enabled or disabled and, in response, notify the cluster framework.06-18-2009

Hong-Nhung Y. Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090285777Uses of Mammalian Cytokine; Related Reagents - Provided are methods of treatment for skin disorders. In particular, treatment, the skin disorders are generally inflammatory skin disorders, including improper wound healing. Provided are methods of using of a cytokine molecule.11-19-2009
20110135597Uses of Mammalian Cytokine; Related Reagents - Provided are methods of treatment for skin disorders. In particular, treatment, the skin disorders are generally inflammatory skin disorders, including improper wound healing. Provided are methods of using of a cytokine molecule.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Hong-Nhung Y. Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Hung P. Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110058174Substrate Edge Inspection - An apparatus for inspecting an edge of a substrate. A light source produces a light beam, and a two-dimensional beam deflector receives the light beam and creates a semi-annular scanning beam. A first flared parabolic surface receives the semi-annular scanning beam and directs the semi-annular scanning beam onto the edge of the substrate, thereby creating specularly reflected light from the edge of the substrate. A second flared parabolic surface receives and directs the specularly reflected light to a detector. The detector receives the directed specularly reflected light and produces signals. An analyzer analyzes the signals and detects defects at the edge of the substrate.03-10-2011

Hung Phi Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
201200196263D Microscope And Methods Of Measuring Patterned Substrates - A three-dimensional (3D) microscope for patterned substrate measurement can include an objective lens, a reflected illuminator, a transmitted illuminator, a focusing adjustment device, an optical sensor, and a processor. The focusing adjustment device can automatically adjust the objective lens focus at a plurality of Z steps. The optical sensor can be capable of acquiring images at each of these Z steps. The processor can control the reflected illuminator, the transmitted illuminator, the focusing adjustment device, and the optical sensor. The processor can be configured to capture first and second images at multiple Z steps, the first image with the pattern using the reflected illuminator and the second image without the pattern using one of the reflected illuminator and the transmitted illuminator.01-26-2012

Lanh Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090079355Digital Driver Apparatus, Method and System for Solid State Lighting - An apparatus, method and system are provided for controlling the solid state lighting, such as LEDs. An exemplary apparatus comprises: a switch for switching electrical current through the LEDs, a current sensor; a first comparator adapted to determine when a switch electrical current has reached a first predetermined threshold; a second comparator adapted to determine when the switch electrical current has reached a predetermined average current level; and a controller. The controller is adapted to turn the switch into an on state and an off state, to determine a first on time period as a duration between either a detection of a second predetermined current threshold or the turning the switch into the on state, and the detection of the predetermined average current level; to determine a second on time period as a duration between the detection of the predetermined average current level and the detection of the first predetermined current threshold; and to determine an on time period of the switch as substantially proportional to a sum of the first on time period and the second on time period. Additional exemplary embodiments utilize a difference between the first and second on time periods to generate an error signal to adjust the on time period of the switch.03-26-2009

Perry F. Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110247045Disposable browsers and authentication techniques for a secure online user environment - Disclosed herein are systems and methods that allow for secure access to websites and web-based applications and other resources available through the browser. Also described are systems and methods for secure use and retention of user credentials, as well as methods for dynamic authentication of users and integrity checking of service providers in online environments. Thus, described in the present specification are systems and methods for constructing and destroying private, secure, browsing environments (a secure disposable browser), insulating the user from the threats associated with being online for the purposes of providing secure, policy-based interaction with online services.10-06-2011

Ricky Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080298469BITRATE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR IMAGE TRANSCODING - This disclosure describes techniques for encoding data to compress image data to a reduced size. The techniques may be particularly effective in transcoding an image to a reduced size for transmission. An encoding device may transcode an image to an acceptable file size using bitrate control techniques that affect the entire image uniformly to transcode the image. For example, the encoding device may modify one or more quantization tables as a function of the near linear relationship between bitrate (R) and the number of zero-valued quantized transform coefficients to reduce the file size uniformly over the entire image. Alternatively, or additionally, the encoding device may transcode the image using bitrate control techniques that affect only specific localized regions of the image.12-04-2008

Thai Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100280600DUAL DRUG STENT - Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. These therapeutic agents may be released under controlled and directional conditions so that the one or more therapeutic agents reach the correct target area, for example, the surrounding tissue and/or the bloodstream.11-04-2010

Thai M. Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

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20100152841ADHESION PROMOTING PRIMER FOR COATED SURFACES - An expandable medical device includes a plurality of elongated struts, forming a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a first diameter to a second diameter. A plurality of different beneficial agents may be loaded into different openings within the struts for delivery to the tissue. For treatment of conditions such as restenosis, different agents are loaded into different openings in the device to address different biological processes involved in restenosis and are delivered at different release kinetics matched to the biological process treated. The different agents may also be used to address different diseases from the same drug delivery device. In addition, anti-thrombotic agents may be affixed to at least a portion of the surfaces of the medical device for the prevention of sub-acute thrombosis. To ensure that the different agents remain affixed to the device as well as to each other, primer layers may be utilized.06-17-2010
20100161039ADHESION PROMOTING TEMPORARY MASK FOR COATED SURFACES - An expandable medical device includes a plurality of elongated struts, forming a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a first diameter to a second diameter. A plurality of different beneficial agents may be loaded into different openings within the struts for delivery to the tissue. For treatment of conditions such as restenosis, different agents are loaded into different openings in the device to address different biological processes involved in restenosis and are delivered at different release kinetics matched to the biological process treated. The different agents may also be used to address different diseases from the same drug delivery device. In addition, anti-thrombotic agents may be affixed to at least a portion of the surfaces of the medical device for the prevention of sub-acute thrombosis. To ensure that the different agents remain affixed to the device as well as to each other, masking and de-masking processes may be utilized.06-24-2010
20100304007ADHESION PROMOTING TEMPORARY MASK FOR COATED SURFACES - An expandable medical device includes a plurality of elongated struts, forming a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a first diameter to a second diameter. A plurality of different beneficial agents may be loaded into different openings within the struts for delivery to the tissue. For treatment of conditions such as restenosis, different agents are loaded into different openings in the device to address different biological processes involved in restenosis and are delivered at different release kinetics matched to the biological process treated. The different agents may also be used to address different diseases from the same drug delivery device. In addition, anti-thrombotic agents may be affixed to at least a portion of the surfaces of the medical device for the prevention of sub-acute thrombosis. To ensure that the different agents remain affixed to the device as well as to each other, masking and de-masking processes may be utilized.12-02-2010
20110029070ADHESION PROMOTING PRIMER FOR COATED SURFACES - An expandable medical device includes a plurality of elongated struts, forming a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a first diameter to a second diameter. A plurality of different beneficial agents may be loaded into different openings within the struts for delivery to the tissue. For treatment of conditions such as restenosis, different agents are loaded into different openings in the device to address different biological processes involved in restenosis and are delivered at different release kinetics matched to the biological process treated. The different agents may also be used to address different diseases from the same drug delivery device. In addition, anti-thrombotic agents may be affixed to at least a portion of the surfaces of the medical device for the prevention of sub-acute thrombosis. To ensure that the different agents remain affixed to the device as well as to each other, primer layers may be utilized.02-03-2011
20110113728E BEAM STERILIZATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES COMPRISING BIOACTIVE COATING - The invention provides a method for single-step terminal sterilization process for bio-active heparin coatings on materials and biomaterials containing heparin used in medical devices, such as catheters, tissue engineering scaffolds, or drug delivery carrier materials. This may include any medical device or implantable that could benefit from improved antithrombotic and biocompatible heparin surfaces. Other relevant device examples may include heparin or a heparin derivative coated stents to reduce clotting and restenosis, dental or ophthalmological implants. These materials may comprise additional polymeric compositions such as polyethyleneimine, dextran sulfate or their modified forms. These polymers together with heparin coatings may be applied to other substrate of medical devices such as metal, ceramics or biologically derived materials.05-19-2011

Thai Minh Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090252778METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REDUCING TISSUE DAMAGE AFTER ISCHEMIC INJURY - Methods and devices are provided for the delivery of therapeutic agents which reduce myocardial tissue damage due to ischemia and anti-restenotic agents which inhibit restenosis following a cardiac procedure such as stent implantation. The anti-ischemia agents are delivered to the myocardial tissue over an administration period sufficient to achieve reduction in ischemic or reperfusion injury of the myocardial tissue. The anti-restenotic agents are delivered over an administration period sufficient to reduce the re-narrowing of a blood vessel following a cardiac procedure such as implantation of a device. Preferred anti-restenotic drugs are those that do not reduce the beneficial effects provided by the anti-ischemic drug, such as drugs that do not act on the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR).10-08-2009
20110009953RAPAMYCIN RESERVOIR ELUTING STENT - Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. These therapeutic agents may be released under controlled and directional conditions from a stent so that the one or more therapeutic agents reach the correct target area, for example, the surrounding tissue.01-13-2011
20110086082COMPOSITION, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MODULATING RELEASE KINETICS IN IMPLANTABLE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES BY MODIFYING DRUG SOLUBILITY - An implantable drug delivery device loaded with a beneficial agent is provided, wherein the beneficial agent is in two different forms, a first form having a higher solubility and a second form having a lower solubility, and wherein the two different forms are present in a proportion which is selected to achieve a desired release rate.04-14-2011
20110137407BARE METAL STENT WITH DRUG ELUTING RESERVOIRS - Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. These therapeutic agents may be released under controlled and directional conditions from a stent so that the one or more therapeutic agents reach the correct target area, for example, the surrounding tissue.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Thai Minh Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Thinh Ba Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100144730PYRIDINONYL PDK1 INHIBITORS - The present invention provides pyridinonyl PDK1 inhibitors and methods of treating cancer using the same.06-10-2010

Tuan Anh (mike) Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120108081APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY USING DIRECT HEATING METHODS - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an apparatus and methods for uniformly heating substrates in a processing chamber. In one embodiment, an apparatus generally includes a substrate supporting structure that is able to help minimize the temperature variation across each of the substrates during thermal processing. In one configuration, a substrate supporting structure is adapted to selectively support a substrate carrier to control the heat lost from regions of each of the substrates disposed on the substrate carrier. The substrate supporting structure is thus configured to provide a uniform temperature profile across each of the plurality of substrates during processing.05-03-2012