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Ben Xuehai Ni, Canton, MI US
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| 20100170468 | BEARING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE - The bearing system for an automotive engine includes a first bearing support structure formed in a cylinder block bulkhead and having a first bearing insert. A second bearing support structure is removably mounted to the first bearing support structure and contains a second bearing insert. A lubrication channel formed in an inside diameter of the first bearing insert and an inside diameter of the second bearing insert extends along a portion of the first bearing insert from a smaller bearing clearance position offset from a first bearing parting line and into a smaller bearing clearance portion of the second bearing insert extending past a second bearing parting line. The lubrication channel provides an improved flow of oil to a drilled passage formed in a shaft, such as a crankshaft, to feed oil to various bearings, such as connecting rod bearings, while reducing oil leakage from such a bearing system. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100192898 | OIL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH DUAL MODE PRESSURE LIMITING VALVE - A lubricating oil supply system for internal combustion engine includes an oil reservoir and oil pump connected with a lubrication distribution network including a piloted pressure relief valve which selectively controls the pressure within the distribution network to at least one pressure value that is less than the maximum pressure produced by a primary pressure relief valve associated with the oil pump, while also protecting the lubrication distribution network from an unwanted overpressure condition. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100192899 | OIL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A lubricating oil supply system for internal combustion engine includes an oil reservoir and oil pump connected with a lubrication distribution network including a pressure controller which selectively controls the pressure within the distribution network to at least one pressure value that is less than the maximum pressure produced by a pressure relief valve associated with the oil pump. | 08-05-2010 |
Beta Yuhong Ni, West Linn, OR US
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| 20090099980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BILLING FOR PRINTING SERVICE COSTS BY EXAMINING THE CONTENT OF A PAGE - A system and method of billing for printing service costs can examine content of a page and apply a cost function to approximate the cost of printing the page. Examining the content of the page may include detecting at least one object in the page and determining an approximate area of coverage of the detected object within the at least one object in the page. The cost function can approximate the cost of printing the page using the detected object and the determined approximate area of coverage of the detected object. | 04-16-2009 |
Bin Ni, Lafayette, IN US
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| 20100097317 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE A HANDHELD POINTER-BASED USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus to provide a handheld pointer-based user interface are described herein. An example apparatus includes a wireless pointer component and one or more base components. The wireless pointer component is configured to transmit one or more human-computer interaction (HCI) signals associated with an HCI event via a first communication link. One or more base components are operatively coupled to a screen of a display to receive the one or more HCI signals from the wireless pointer component via the first communication link. Further, the one or more base components are configured to generate at least one of operating information and position information of the wireless pointer component based on the one or more HCI signals, and to transmit the at least one of operating information and position information to a processor configured to generate screen information on the screen of the display via a second communication link. | 04-22-2010 |
Chiyou Ni, Belle Mead, NJ US
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| 20110136833 | Tetrahydropyridinyl and Dihydropyrrolyl Compounds and the Use Thereof - The invention relates to tetrahydropyridinyl and dihydropyrrolyl compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvates thereof, wherein X, Y, Z, R | 06-09-2011 |
Chuan Ni, Allen, TX US
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| 20090309559 | AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURABLE DUAL REGULATOR TYPE CIRCUITS AND METHODS - Automatically configurable dual regulator type circuits and methods are provided. On embodiment of the invention includes an automatically configurable dual regulator type circuit. The circuit comprises a high-side switching device (HS-SD) coupled to a low-side switching device (LS-SD) at an output node. The circuit further comprises a control logic device that turns on the HS-SD to provide an output current to a user selected circuit configuration through the output node, turns off the HS-SD after a voltage fed back from an output terminal of the user selected circuit configuration exceeds a first threshold and sets a regulator type configuration mode based on the presence or absence of a flyback period at the output node after the HS-SD has been turned off. | 12-17-2009 |
Chunjian Ni, Durham, NC US
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| 20110292593 | INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE IONIC AIR MOVING DEVICES FOR ZONAL CONTROL OF AIR FLOW THROUGH A CHASSIS - Airflow in a computer chassis may be enhanced or reduced to affect cooling of heat generating devices using an ionic air moving device. A plurality of ionic air moving devices enhance or reduce airflow through a plurality of fluidically parallel airflow zones of the computer chassis in an airflow direction established by a nonionic air moving device. Each ionic air moving device comprises an ion emitter electrode disposed a spaced distance from a collector electrode, wherein a controller independently controls an electrical potential between the emitter and collector electrodes of each ionic air moving device for affecting the rate of airflow through one or more of the plurality of airflow zones. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120036998 | ELECTROSTATIC CONTROL OF AIR FLOW TO THE INLET OPENING OF AN AXIAL FAN - An air moving apparatus comprises an axial fan and an electrostatic device. The axial fan has a rotatable shaft defining a central axis of the axial fan, a plurality of blades secured to the shaft, and an air inlet opening. The electrostatic device is disposed immediately upstream of the air inlet opening of the axial fan, and includes a collector and an emitter. In one embodiment, the electrostatic device comprises a cylindrical collector coupled to ground and has a central axis aligned with the central axis of the axial fan, wherein the cylindrical collector has an inner diameter that is substantially the same as the diameter of an air inlet opening to the axial fan. The electrostatic device further comprises a plurality of emitter wires coupled to a terminal of a direct current source and extending lengthwise within the cylindrical collector. The axial fan moves air longitudinally through an air inlet opening of the axial fan, and, during operation of the axial fan, the application of an electrical potential between an emitter and a collector causes ionic air movement radially outwardly away from a central axis of the axial fan. | 02-16-2012 |
Frank (zhi) Ni, Dexter, MI US
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| 20100175469 | Electrically heated fluid tube - An electrically heated, flexible fluid conduit or tube ( | 07-15-2010 |
Haihong Ni, Lexington, MA US
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| 20090048203 | SUBSTITUTED ADENINES AND THE USES THEREOF - This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections. | 02-19-2009 |
Haihong Ni, Waltham, MA US
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| 20080312211 | Antibacterial Pyrrolopyridines, Pyrrolopyrimidines and Pyrroloazepines-154 - Compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are described: formula (I). Processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use as medicaments and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections are also described. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090118220 | SUBSTITUTED ADENINES AND THE USES THEREOF - This invention relates to compounds of Formula I: | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100179150 | ANTIBACTERIAL PIPERDINE DERIVATIVES - Compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are described. Processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use as medicaments and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections are also described. | 07-15-2010 |
Hua Ni, Chantilly, VA US
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| 20080243580 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICES PARTNER LABOR RATE OPTIMIZATION - Effective and efficient multi-vendor labor rate negotiations are supported by using a minimization algorithm to provide an optimized total cost of staffing allocation. Critical impact factors are also provided to identify specific labor categories or other vendor attributes that have the greatest impact on the total staffing allocation cost. By varying the elements identified by the critical impact factors and using the computer-implemented optimization algorithm, real-time changes are available to the vendors to assist in the negotiations of services contract agreements. | 10-02-2008 |
Jian Ni, Rockville, MD US
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| 20080317756 | Antibodies to Chemokine Alpha-5 - The present invention relates to a novel CKα-5 protein which is a member of the alpha chemokine family. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human CKα-5 protein. CKα-5 polypeptides are also provided, as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. Antibodies and fragments thereof that specifically bind to CKα-5 polypeptides are also disclosed, as are compositions and methods for making such antibodies. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of CKα-5 activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting immune system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating immune system-related disorders. | 12-25-2008 |
Jian Ni, Gaithersburg, MD US
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| 20100130417 | TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA HII - The present invention discloses transforming growth factor alpha HII polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques and therapeutic uses of the polypeptides which include stimulating wound healing, treating neurological disorders, treating ocular disorders, treating kidney and liver disorders, and stimulating embryogenesis and angiogenesis. Also disclosed are antagonists against such polypeptides and their use as a therapeutic to treat neoplasia. Also disclosed are diagnostic assays for detecting altered levels of the polypeptide of the present invention and mutations in the nucleic acid sequences which encode the polypeptides of the present invention. | 05-27-2010 |
Jianwen Ni, Franklin, TN US
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| 20100071829 | Accelerated Curing Adhesive For Wood Composites - An adhesive system for, inter alia, the manufacturing of wood composites, which includes a MDI adhesive and a formaldehyde-containing resin accelerator. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100075153 | Catalyzed Isocyanate Adhesive System For Wood Composites - An adhesive system for, inter alia, the manufacturing of wood composites, which includes a two part adhesive system with an isocyanate polymer and an isocyanate catalyst in an thermosetting resin. | 03-25-2010 |
Jun Ni, Newark, DE US
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| 20110246385 | AUTOMATICALLY RECALIBRATING RISK MODELS - Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for automatically recalibrating risk models are presented. An identifier of a modeling function may be received. The modeling function may have at least one input variable and a first set of one or more coefficients. Updated performance data that includes at least one input value corresponding to the at least one input variable may be received from a data source. Then, a second set of one or more coefficients may be calculated for the modeling function based on the updated performance data. If it is subsequently determined that the modeling function more accurately models the updated performance data when the second set of one or more coefficients is used in computing a result of the modeling function, then the first set of one or more coefficients may be replaced with the second set of one or more coefficients to recalibrate the modeling function. | 10-06-2011 |
Jun Ni, Burlington, MA US
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| 20090033418 | Training sequence and digital linearization process for power amplifier - A training sequence and digital linearization process for a power amplifier are provided. In particular, a system for maintaining linear operation of an amplifier is includes an estimation component configured to determine compensation coefficients. The system further includes a digital pre-distorter configured to compensate for non-linear operation of the amplifier based on the compensation coefficients. The compensation coefficients are determined based on a training sequence signal having a time synchronization portion and a linearization sequence portion. | 02-05-2009 |
Jun Ni, Liberty Lake, WA US
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| 20100091909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNEQUAL ERROR PROTECTION AND SOFT DECISION CALCULATIONS - A wireless communications device ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110182301 | TDMA VOICE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - In accordance with a first aspect, a method, apparatus and system is disclosed for communicating within a TDMA communication system comprising receiving data from a plurality of transmitters in a stream of TDMA super-frames, wherein each transmitter transmits payload data in one particular frame within a defined super-frame, each super-frame comprising M frames, where M is a positive integer greater than one, determining, using a processor, a quality of received data from said transmitters, and if the quality of received data from one of said transmitters is below a quality threshold, granting said one of said transmitters the right to transmit data within a second frame in said super-frames, and collectively processing in a processor said data in both frames of said super-frame assigned to said one of said transmitters to reconstruct said data from said one of said transmitters Also, a method, apparatus and system for processing data received in a TDMA communication system utilizing a stream of TDMA super-frames, each super-frame having a structure comprising M frames, each frame designed to carry data of a duration of Y time units, from a different communication channel, where Y is a positive integer, said method comprising dividing said super-frame into N/M hyper-frames, where N is a factor of M, and partitioning said data from each of said transmitters into mini-frames of duration Y/N and interleaving said mini-frames of data from each of said transmitters into a TDMA transport stream comprising super-frames of M*N mini-frame | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110182332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH SPEED DATA TRANSMISSION MODULATION AND DEMODULATION - A method and apparatus for communicating wirelessly comprising creating a plurality of sub-carrier signals by quadrature amplitude modulating data onto a plurality of sub-carrier frequencies spaced apart by a sub-carrier frequency spacing interval, frequency shifting the sub-carrier signals by one half of the sub-carrier frequency spacing interval, and modulating the sub-carrier signals onto a radio frequency carrier wave for wireless transmission. | 07-28-2011 |
Kai Ni, Atlanta, GA US
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| 20110169923 | Flow Separation for Stereo Visual Odometry - In a method for determining a translation and a rotation of a platform, at least a first frame and a previous frame are generated. Points are matched between images generated by two stereoscopic sensors. Points are matched to corresponding stereo feature matches between two frames, thereby generating a set of putative matches. Putative matches that are nearer to the platform than a threshold are categorized as near features. Putative matches that are farther to the platform than the threshold are categorized as distance features. The rotation of the platform is determined by measuring a positional change in two of the distant features. The translation of the platform is determined by compensating one of the near features for the rotation and then measuring a change in one of the near features measured between the first frame and the second frame. | 07-14-2011 |
Liming Ni, Duluth, GA US
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| 20080280974 | Spiro compounds for treatment of inflammatory disorders - Provided are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment or prophylaxis of an inflammatory condition, in particular asthma. The compounds are of the general Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, prodrug or derivative thereof: | 11-13-2008 |
Ling Ni, Dallas, TX US
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| 20080233140 | Therapeutic Applications of Activation of Human Antigen-Presenting Cells Through Dectin-1 - The present invention includes compositions and methods for binding Dectin-1 on immune cells with anti-Dectin-1-specific antibodies or fragment thereof capable of activating the immune cells. | 09-25-2008 |
Nanting Ni, Atlanta, GA US
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| 20100137249 | COMPOSITIONS FOR REGULATING OR MODULATING QUORUM SENSING IN BACTERIA, METHODS OF USING THE COMPOUNDS, AND METHODS OF REGULATING OR MODULATING QUORUM SENSING IN BACTERIA - The present disclosure encompasses compounds and compositions that are useful as specific AI-2 antagonists for the control of bacterial quorum sensing. Although the AI-2 antagonists according to the present disclosure may not have bactericidal effect, their ability to attenuate virulence, drug resistance, and/or biofilm formation have therapeutic benefits. In addition, the AI-2 antagonists of the present disclosure can also be used as tools to probe bacterial AI-2 functions. The present disclosure also encompasses methods for inhibiting or attenuating microbial virulence, biofilm formation, and drug resistance. The methods are suitable for preventing bacteria from accruing and forming extensive biofilms that may be a health or hygiene hazard or a physical issue, such as in the blockage of water or fuel lines. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110144187 | APTAMER INHIBITION OF THROMBUS FORMATION - Boronic acid-modified DNA-based aptamers can be selected to recognize fibrinogen through binding at a glycosylation site and thus are useful for probing the effect of glycosylation pattern changes on the ability for fibrinogen to mediate blood coagulation. In addition, the aptamers of the disclosure also have anticoagulation effects due to their binding to fibrinogen and its cleavage product fibrin. The present disclosure, therefore, encompasses methods for inhibiting fibrin coagulation with an aptamer capable of specifically binding to a glycosylation site of fibrinogen or fibrin. The disclosure further provides oligonucleotide aptamers comprising at least one nucleotide having a boronic acid thereon, where the aptamer is capable of selectively binding to a glycosylation site of fibrinogen, or the derivative thereof. | 06-16-2011 |
Ni Ni, Ames, IA US
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| 20110212841 | Low resistivity contact to iron-pnictide superconductors - Method of making a low resistivity electrical connection between an electrical conductor and an iron pnictide superconductor involves connecting the electrical conductor and superconductor using a tin or tin-based material therebetween, such as using a tin or tin-based solder. The superconductor can be based on doped AFe | 09-01-2011 |
Nina Ni, Kendall Park, NJ US
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| 20100022457 | Sustained release glp-1 receptor modulators - The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions comprising a human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)-receptor modulator as an active ingredient in a sustained release formulation. | 01-28-2010 |
Qiang Ni, Baltimore, MD US
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| 20090317333 | PROTEIN KINASE A REPORTERS USEFUL IN HIGH THROUGHPUT ASSAYS - Protein kinase A reporters useful for obtaining measurements of protein kinase A activity with high spatial and temporal resolution can be used in high throughput assays to identify potentially therapeutic compounds. | 12-24-2009 |
Qingwen Ni, San Antonio, TX US
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| 20120070503 | Nanoparticle-Based Targeted Drug Delivery For In Vivo Bone Loss Mitigation - The present invention is directed to nanoparticle-based targeted drug delivery system for treatment of bone-loss. An enantiomeric phenothiazine is formulated into an in-vivo nanoparticle delivery system which may contain bone-targeting functionality. The nanoparticle formulations and their associated influence on whole bone porosity may now also be evaluated utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and relaxation time profiles, and in particular, median T | 03-22-2012 |
Tao Ni, Christiansburg, VA US
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| 20090243957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFORMATION VISUALIZATION IN MULTI-DISPLAY ENVIRONMENTS - A system for visualizing information in multi-display environments (“MDEs”) using spatial and perspective-aware visualization techniques. In one implementation, the position of each display in a three-dimensional MDE is determined relative to the other displays. Graphical decoration objects and link paths are then used to help visualize relatedness and continuity between graphical data objects and graphical node-link objects on different displays. Three-dimensional decoration objects and link paths are also constructed to visualize interrelationships between data objects on displays that are not on the same plane. The visualization techniques can also be integrated with mobile displays using location sensing technology to dynamically adjust the decoration objects. Additionally, user tracking systems will dynamically adjust the decoration objects based on user perspective. The visualization techniques are applicable to physical, virtual or mixed physical-virtual environments. | 10-01-2009 |
Wangyang Ni, Latrobe, PA US
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| 20080253846 | END MILL FOR ORBITAL DRILLING OF FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC MATERIALS - A center or non-center cutting end mill for orbital drilling of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) materials includes a shank, a neck, a cutting head and two or more flutes. The end mill has a tool geometry with the following features: a dish angle between about 2 degrees to about 6 degrees; a helix angle between about 5 degrees to about 18 degrees; an end teeth radial rake angle between about 0 degrees and about 15 degrees; a peripheral teeth radial rake angle between about 8 degrees and about 16 degrees; a gashing axial rake angle between about 3 degrees to about 10 degrees; and a primary clearance angle between about 10 degrees to about 18 degrees. The end mill is made from a tungsten carbide substrate with cemented cobalt in a range between about 3 to 10 wt. % and a diamond coating having a thickness in a range between about 8 to 20 μm. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090155559 | Coated article with nanolayered coating scheme - A coated article that includes a substrate and a wear-resistant coating scheme. The coated article may be a cutting insert shown to improve performance in chip-forming material removal operations or a wear-resistant component used in chipless forming operations. The wear-resistant coating scheme has an underlayer and top layer containing aluminum, chromium, and nitrogen. The coating scheme also includes a mediate multi-periodicity nanolayer coating scheme containing titanium, aluminum, chromium and nitrogen. The mediate multi-periodicity nanolayer coating scheme includes a plurality of sets of alternating layer arrangements. Each one of the alternating layer arrangements has a base layer comprising titanium, aluminum and nitrogen and a nanolayer region having a plurality of sets of alternating nanolayers. Each set of alternating nanolayers has one nanolayer having aluminum, chromium, titanium and nitrogen and another nanolayer having aluminum, chromium, titanium and nitrogen. The base layer has a base layer thickness and the nanolayer region has a nanolayer region thickness. The base layer thickness is smaller than the nanolayer region thickness. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100183383 | END MILL FOR ORBITAL DRILLING - A center or non-center cutting end mill for orbital drilling includes a shank having a shank diameter; a neck having a neck diameter; a cutting head having a cutting diameter; a corner radius; a dish angle; and a longitudinal axis, the cutting head including a forward cutting end having a convexly curved section located between the longitudinal axis and the corner radius, wherein the convexly curved section causes material removed from a workpiece to flow radially outward from an initial contact area toward the corner radius, thereby minimizing the accumulation of material in a central portion of the forward cutting end. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110081539 | Aluminum Titanium Nitride Coating and Method of Making Same - Hard coatings and methods of making the hard coatings comprising aluminum titanium nitride which are usable on cutting tools are disclosed. The coatings include at least one aluminum titanium nitride layer having between about 0 and about 15 weight percent hexagonal phase and a composition of (Al | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110293909 | Multilayer Nitride Hard Coatings - A wear resistant multilayer nitride hard coating for substrates. The hard coating includes a first layer of titanium aluminum nitride and a second layer comprising a plurality of sublayer groups. Each sublayer group includes a first sublayer of titanium silicon nitride and a second sublayer of titanium aluminum nitride. The composition of the titanium aluminum nitride, both in the first layer and in the sublayer groups, is (Ti | 12-01-2011 |
Weiting Ni, Carmel, IN US
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| 20090221501 | MIXING AND MATCHING TC PROTEINS FOR PEST CONTROL - The subject invention relates to the surprising discovery that toxin complex (TC) proteins, obtainable from | 09-03-2009 |
Weiting W. Ni, Carmel, IN US
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| 20110008833 | PROTEIN PRODUCTION IN PLANT CELLS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the expression of protein. Embodiments of methods may comprise the cleavage and repair of a nucleotide sequence encoding a highly expressed protein leading to a reduction in the expression of the highly expressed protein. | 01-13-2011 |
Xianfeng Ni, Sussex, WI US
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| 20090003679 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL X-RAY RADIOGRAPHIC TOMOSYNTHESIS USER INTERFACE - A system and method for an improved digital X-ray radiographic tomosynthesis user interface and workflow. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20100290707 | IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, DEVICE AND RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM - An image acquisition method includes determining the starting position, the ending position of a region of interest, and the value of overlap of the region of interest in the two adjacent sub-images, calculating the number of the sub-images required to be captured, the component of field of view at the direction of tube movement and the positions of the tube and the detector corresponding to each sub-image based on the starting position and the ending position of a region of interest and the value of the overlap. The method also includes moving the tube and the detector to each position and capturing the region of interest to obtain sub-images at the positions, and pasting the several sub-images together to form an image of the said region of interest. | 11-18-2010 |
Xudong Ni, Woodinville, WA US
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| 20110178798 | ADAPTIVE AMBIENT SOUND SUPPRESSION AND SPEECH TRACKING - A device for suppressing ambient sounds from speech received by a microphone array is provided. One embodiment of the device comprises a microphone array, a processor, an analog-to-digital converter, and memory comprising instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor. The instructions stored in the memory are configured to receive a plurality of digital sound signals, each digital sound signal based on an analog sound signal originating at the microphone array, receive a multi-channel speaker signal, generate a monophonic approximation signal of the multi-channel speaker signal, apply a linear acoustic echo canceller to suppress a first ambient sound portion of each digital sound signal, generate a combined directionally-adaptive sound signal from a combination of each digital sound signal by a combination of time-invariant and adaptive beamforming techniques, and apply one or more nonlinear noise suppression techniques to suppress a second ambient sound portion of the combined directionally-adaptive sound signal. | 07-21-2011 |
Yajin Ni, Germantown, MD US
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| 20110207226 | NON-INTEGRATING LENTI/ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS HYBRID VECTOR SYSTEM - The present invention provides for a hybrid vector system for the purpose of therapeutic gene delivery where the system is used for a targeted integration of a therapeutic gene into a genome. The hybrid vector system comprises a hybrid vector made up of a non-integrating lentiviral vector and an adeno-associated vector, and a therapeutic gene. | 08-25-2011 |
Yan Ni, Westfield, NJ US
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| 20110306060 | PCSK9 IMMUNOASSAY - Methods of using PCSK | 12-15-2011 |
Yike Ni, Monmouth Jct, NJ US
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| 20090143361 | Pyrido[3,2-E]Pyrazines, Process For Preparing The Same, And Their Use As Inhibitors Of Phosphodiesterase 10 - The invention relates to pyrido[3,2-e]pyrazines, to processes for preparing them, to pharmaceutical compositions which comprise these compounds and to the pharmaceutical use of these compounds, which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10, as active compounds for treating central nervous system disorders, obesity, and metabolic disorders. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090143367 | ARYL AND HETEROARYL FUSED IMIDAZO[1,5-a]PYRAZINES AS INHIBITORS OF PHOSPHODIESTERASE 10 - The invention relates to imidazo[1,5-a]pyrazine derivatives, to processes for preparing them, to pharmaceutical preparations which comprise these compounds and to the pharmaceutical use of these compounds, which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10), as active compounds for treating central nervous system diseases of mammals, including humans. | 06-04-2009 |
Yike Ni, Hillsborough, NJ US
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| 20100120762 | Triazine derivatives as inhibitors of phosphodiesterases - The invention relates to triazine derivatives of formula (I): | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100120763 | IMIDAZO[5,1-C][1,2,4]BENZOTRIAZINE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF PHOSPHODIESTERASES - The invention relates to imidazo[5,1-c][1,2,4]benzotriazine derivatives of formula I: | 05-13-2010 |
Zhicheng Ni, Allentown, PA US
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| 20120121018 | Generating Single-Slice Pictures Using Paralellel Processors - A video encoding system generates (e.g., H.264) single-slice pictures using parallel processors. Each picture is divided horizontally into multiple segments, where each different parallel processor processes a different segment. Each parallel processor (other than the first parallel processor of the uppermost segment) only partially processes the macroblocks in the first row of its segment. Subsequently, a final processor completes the processing of the partially encoded, first-row macroblocks based on the encoding results for the macroblocks in the last row of the segment above and across the segment boundary. The encoding of the first-row macroblocks is constrained to enable the encoding of all other rows of macroblocks to be completed by the parallel processors, without relying on the final processor. | 05-17-2012 |