Patents by Inventor Huan Xu
Huan Xu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9068030Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing high melt strength propylene polymer by direct polymerization, comprising that a propylene polymer with wide molecular weight distribution and containing “very high molecular weight fraction” can be prepared by controlling the species and ratios of the external electron donors in the Ziegler-Natta catalyst system at different reaction stages according to the requirement for different molecular weight fractions in the different propylene polymerization stage of the series operation, and said polymer has excellent mechanical properties, especially with very high melt strength. The present invention also provides a propylene homopolymer with high melt strength, comprising the following features: (1) the MFR is 0.2-10 g/10 min at 230° C. with a load of 2.16 kg; (2) the molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn is 6-20; (3) the content of the fraction with a molecular weight higher than 5,000,000 is higher than or equal to 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignees: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, China Petroleum & Chemical CorporationInventors: Wenbo Song, Meifang Guo, Shijun Zhang, Wenjun Wei, Honghong Huang, Luqiang Yu, Tao Liu, Huijie Hu, Huan Xu, Peiqian Yu, Xiaomeng Zhang
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Patent number: 8999195Abstract: A liquid crystal smectic A composition that can be switched by the application of different electric fields across it between a first stable state (left hand block in FIG. 4) and at least one second stable state (right hand block in FIG. 4) in which the composition is less ordered than in the first state. The radiation transmission properties of the first and second states are different.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise LimitedInventors: Daping Chu, Huan Xu, William Alden Crossland, Anthony Bernard Davey
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Patent number: 8956548Abstract: The present, invention relates to liquid crystal compositions having a smectic A structure for use in an optical device in which the composition is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes (12-15). In essence the composition includes a siloxane oligomer (component (a)) which may be seen to construct a layered SmA system of particular spacing and “strength”. Within this structure a low molar mass nematic mesogen (component (c)) is provided that may be considered to be that of a “plasticiser” which moderates the layer “strength”, while simultaneously providing tuneability to the properties of the composition, e.g. its refractive index or dielectric anisotropy. The addition of a side chain liquid crystal polysiloxane (component (d)) allows such systems to be further moderated since they can be considered as binding together the la>¾rs, both within a given layer and between layers.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Cambridge Enterprise LimitedInventors: Terry Victor Clapp, William Alden Crossland, Anthony Bernard Davey, Martin Grasmann, Jonathan Paul Hannington, Russell Keith King, Mikhael Pivnenko, Steven Robson, Huan Xu
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Patent number: 8821992Abstract: A liquid crystal formulation is described. The liquid crystal formulation comprises a first oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material; and at least one additional material selected from a second oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material, non-liquid crystalline oligosiloxane-modified materials, organic liquid crystalline materials, or non-liquid crystalline materials, wherein the liquid crystal formulation has an I?SmA*?SmC* phase transition, with a SmC* temperature range from about 15° C. to about 35° C., a tilt angle of about 22.5°±6° or about 45°±6°, a spontaneous polarization of less than about 50 nC/cm2., and a rotational viscosity of less than about 600 cP. Devices containing liquid crystal formulations are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.Inventors: Jonathan Paul Hannington, Terry Victor Clapp, Fumito Nishida, Russel Keith King, Omar Farooq, Martin Grasmann, William Alden Crossland, Harry James Coles, Anthony Bernard Davey, Huan Xu, Oliver Hadeler, Mykhaylo Pivnenko
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Publication number: 20140018252Abstract: Disclosed are methods for classifying individuals having or suspected of having an inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, as ‘responders’ or ‘non-responders’ to first-line treatment, generally comprising the steps of a) obtaining a biological sample from the individual, b) isolating mRNA from the biological sample c) determining a gene expression profile from the biological sample; and d) comparing the gene expression profile of the individual to a reference gene expression profile or other suitable control such that changes in expression can be used to stratify individuals and predict efficacy of first-line therapy. A gene expression system is further provided for carrying out these methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Children's Hospital Medical CenterInventors: Huan Xu, Lee A. Denson, Bruce Aronow
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Publication number: 20130342773Abstract: A liquid crystal smectic A composition that can be switched by the application of different electric fields across it between a first stable state (left hand block in FIG. 4) and at least one second stable state (right hand block in FIG. 4) in which the composition is less ordered than in the first state. The radiation transmission properties of the first and second states are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Daping Chu, Huan Xu, William Alden Crossland, Anthony Bernard Davey
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Patent number: 8557241Abstract: Compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of pox virus infections are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: The Institute for Cancer ResearchInventors: Luis J. Sigal, Ren-Huan Xu
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Publication number: 20130155340Abstract: The present, invention relates to liquid crystal compositions having a smectic A structure for use in an optical device in which the composition is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes (12-15). In essence the composition includes a siloxane oligomer (component (a)) which may be seen to construct a layered SmA system of particular spacing and “strength”. Within this structure a low molar mass nematic mesogen (component (c)) is provided that may be considered to be that of a “plasticiser” which moderates the layer “strength”, while simultaneously providing tuneability to the properties of the composition, e.g. its refractive index or dielectric anisotropy. The addition of a side chain liquid crystal polysiloxane (component (d)) allows such systems to be further moderated since they can be considered as binding together the la>¾rs, both within a given layer and between layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventors: Terry Victor Clapp, William Alden Crossland, Anthony Bernard Davey, Martin Grasmann, Jonathan Paul Hannington, Russell Keith King, Mikhael Pivnenko, Steven Robson, Huan Xu
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Publication number: 20130152108Abstract: A method and system for video processing is disclosed. A device driver interface (DDI) call for flipping or updating an overlay may be skipped or ignored, and may not be used by a user mode driver to pass overlay properties to a kernel mode driver (KMD). Instead, the overlay properties may be passed to the KMD at rendering time during a DDI call for rendering. The user mode driver may call a DDI for rendering an overlay frame while simultaneously passing the overlay property data to the KMD. The KMD may store the overlay property data in an overlay flip queue, program the overlay hardware per the overlay property data stored in the overlay flip queue, and flip the overlay in response to the vertical synchronization deferred procedure call.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicants: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Yinan Jiang, Ting-Yu Lin, Jing Sha, Huan Xu, Fanfan Gu
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Patent number: 8368831Abstract: A liquid crystal formulation is described. The liquid crystal formulation comprises a first oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material; and at least one additional material selected from a second oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material, non-liquid crystalline oligosiloxane-modified materials, organic liquid crystalline materials, or organic non-liquid crystalline materials, wherein the liquid crystal formulation is nano-phase segregated in the SmC* phase, has an I?SmC* phase transition, with a SmC* temperature range from about 15° C. to about 35° C., has a tilt angle of about 22.5°±6° or about 45°±6°, and has a spontaneous polarization of less than about 50 nC/cm2, and a rotational viscosity of less than about 600 cP. Devices containing liquid crystal formulations are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.Inventors: Jonathan Paul Hannington, Terry Victor Clapp, Fumito Nishida, Russell Keith King, Omar Farooq, Martin Grasmann, William Alden Crossland, Harry James Coles, Anthony Bernard Davey, Huan Xu, Oliver Hadeler, Mykhaylo Pivnenko
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Publication number: 20130023598Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing high melt strength propylene polymer by direct polymerization, comprising that a propylene polymer with wide molecular weight distribution and containing “very high molecular weight fraction” can be prepared by controlling the species and ratios of the external electron donors in the Ziegler-Natta catalyst system at different reaction stages according to the requirment for different molecular weight fractions in the different propylene polymerization stage of the series operation, and said polymer has excellent mechnical properties, especially with very high melt strength. The present invention also provides a propylene homopolymer with high melt strength, comprising the following features: (1) the MFR is 0.2-10 g/10 min at 230° C. with a load of 2.16 kg; (2) the molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn is 6-20; (3) the content of the fraction with a molecular weight higher than 5,000,000 is higher than or equal to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventors: Wenbo Song, Meifang Guo, Shijun Zhang, Wenjun Wei, Honghong Huang, Luqiang Yu, Tao Liu, Huijie Hu, Huan Xu, Peiqian Yu, Xiaomeng Zhang
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Patent number: 8025937Abstract: A liquid crystal electro-optic device. The liquid crystal electro-optic device comprises at least one liquid crystal cell comprising: a pair of substrates having a gap therebetween; a pair of electrodes, the pair of electrodes positioned on one of the substrates or one electrode positioned on each substrate; and a ferroelectric, oligosiloxane liquid crystal material disposed in the gap between the pair of substrates, the ferroelectric, oligosiloxane liquid crystal material exhibiting an I-? SmC* phase sequence wherein the liquid crystal electro-optic device is bistable in operation. The invention also involves a method for making a liquid crystal electro-optic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.Inventors: Terry Victor Clapp, Fumito Nishida, Jonathan Paul Hannington, Russell Keith King, Omar Farooq, William Alden Crossland, Joo-Nyung Jang, Huan Xu, Anthony Bernard Davey
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Publication number: 20110161963Abstract: An apparatus for generating a cyclostationary extension for scheduling periodic software tasks may include a processor and a memory storing executable computer program code that causes the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining a time period including time periods associated with one or more radios. Each of the radios may include algorithms that are executable during respective time intervals of the time period. The computer program code may cause the apparatus to cyclically repeating each of the algorithms a number of times for the duration of the time period. In this regard, the algorithms may be executable a plurality of times during the time period. The computer program code may cause the apparatus to determine whether the algorithms are assignable to processors for execution during the respective time intervals based at least in part on a value. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: David Guevorkian, Yu-Huan Xu, Johannes Westmeijer
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Publication number: 20100283927Abstract: A liquid crystal formulation is described. The liquid crystal formulation comprises a first oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material; and at least one additional material selected from a second oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material, non-liquid crystalline oligosiloxane-modified materials, organic liquid crystalline materials, or organic non-liquid crystalline materials, wherein the liquid crystal formulation is nano-phase segregated in the SmC* phase, has an I?SmC* phase transition, with a SmC* temperature range from about 15° C. to about 35° C., has a tilt angle of about 22.5°±6° or about 45°±6°, and has a spontaneous polarization of less than about 50 nC/cm2, and a rotational viscosity of less than about 600 cP. Devices containing liquid crystal formulations are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LTD.Inventors: Jonathan Paul Hannington, Terry Victor Clapp, Fumito Nishida, Russell Keith King, Omar Farooq, Martin Grasmann, William Alden Crossland, Harry James Coles, Anthony Bernard Davey, Huan Xu, Oliver Hadeler, Mykhaylo Pivnenko
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Publication number: 20100283925Abstract: A liquid crystal formulation is described. The liquid crystal formulation comprises a first oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material; and at least one additional material selected from a second oligosiloxane-modified nano-phase segregating liquid crystalline material, non-liquid crystalline oligosiloxane-modified materials, organic liquid crystalline materials, or non-liquid crystalline materials, wherein the liquid crystal formulation has an I?SmA*?SmC* phase transition, with a SmC* temperature range from about 15° C. to about 35° C., a tilt angle of about 22.5°±6° or about 45°±6°, a spontaneous polarization of less than about 50 nC/cm2., and a rotational viscosity of less than about 600 cP. Devices containing liquid crystal formulations are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LTD.Inventors: Jonathan Paul Hannington, Terry Victor Clapp, Fumito Nishida, Russell Keith King, Omar Farooq, Martin Grasmann, William Alden Crossland, Harry James Coles, Anthony Bernard Davey, Huan Xu, Oliver Hadeler, Mykhaylo Pivnenko
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Publication number: 20100267575Abstract: Disclosed are methods for classifying individuals having or suspected of having an inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, as “responders” or “non-responders” to first-line treatment, generally comprising the steps of a) obtaining, a biological sample from the individual, b) isolating mRNA from the biological sample c) determining a gene expression profile from the biological sample; and d) comparing the gene expression profile of the individual to a reference gene expression profile or other suitable control such that changes in expression can be used to stratify individuals and predict efficacy of first-line therapy. A gene expression system is further provided for carrying out these methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2007Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERInventors: Huan Xu, Lee A. Denson, Bruce Aronow
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Publication number: 20100254981Abstract: Compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of pox virus infections are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Luis J. Sigal, Ren-Huan Xu
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Publication number: 20090185129Abstract: A liquid crystal electro-optic device. The liquid crystal electro-optic device comprises at least one liquid crystal cell comprising: a pair of substrates having a gap therebetween; a pair of electrodes, the pair of electrodes positioned on one of the substrates or one electrode positioned on each substrate; and a ferroelectric, oligosiloxane liquid crystal material disposed in the gap between the pair of substrates, the ferroelectric, oligosiloxane liquid crystal material exhibiting an I-? SmC* phase sequence wherein the liquid crystal electro-optic device is bistable in operation. The invention also involves a method for making a liquid crystal electro-optic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LTDInventors: Terry Victor Clapp, Fumito Nishida, Jonathan Paul Hannington, Russell Keith King, Omar Farooq, William Alden Crossland, Joo-Nyung Jang, Huan Xu, Anthony Bernard Davey