Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Zhou

Jeffrey Zhou 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).

  • Patent number: 11981707
    Abstract: Disclosed are Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) antigens including a recombinant RSV F protein stabilized in a prefusion conformation. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the antigens and methods of producing the antigens. Methods for generating an immune response in a subject are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the method is a method for treating or preventing a RSV infection in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of the antigen to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Peter D. Kwong, Barney S. Graham, Jason S. McLellan, Jeffrey Boyington, Lei Chen, Man Chen, Gwo-Yu Chuang, Ivelin Stefanov Georgiev, Jason Gorman, Michael Gordon Joyce, Masaru Kanekiyo, Gilad Ofek, Marie Pancera, Mallika Sastry, Cinque Soto, Sanjay Srivatsan, Guillaume Stewart-Jones, Yongping Yang, Baoshan Zhang, Tongqing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240117170
    Abstract: A composition for electroless plating comprises: from 9 to 29 weight percent, 9.7 to 29 weight percent, or 10 to 29 weight percent, of a first graft rubber copolymer which comprises the polymerized form of at least one conjugated diene monomer and at least one monovinyl aromatic monomer, from 70 to 90 weight percent, preferably 70-89.7 weight percent, more preferably 70 to 85 weight percent, of ungrafted styrenic polymer, from 0.1 to 10 weight percent of a core/shell diene-based rubber having particle size of 100 to 500 nanometers (nm), one or more of a stabilizer and/or antioxidant in total amount of from 0.1 to 5 weight percent, a fatty acid or a salt of fatty acid in an amount of from 0.1 to 2 weight percent, 0 to 5 weight percent of a mold release agent, 0 to 1 weight percent of a metal oxide, 0 to 3 weight percent of a lubricant, and 0 to 20 weight percent of polycarbonate wherein weight percent and ppm are based on total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Chen WAN, Stephen TAYLOR, Bing ZHOU, Jeffrey ESHENAUR, Robert Russell GALLUCCI, Jianhua XU
  • Publication number: 20240112027
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing neural architecture search for machine learning models. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving training data for a machine learning, generating a plurality of candidate neural networks for performing the machine learning task, wherein each candidate neural network comprises a plurality of instances of a layer block composed of a plurality of layers, for each candidate neural network, selecting a respective type for each of the plurality of layers from a set of layer types that comprises, training the candidate neural network and evaluating performance scores for the trained candidate neural networks as applied to the machine learning task, and determining a final neural network for performing the machine learning task based at least on the performance scores for the candidate neural networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yanqi Zhou, Yanping Huang, Yifeng Lu, Andrew M. Dai, Siamak Shakeri, Zhifeng Chen, James Laudon, Quoc V. Le, Da Huang, Nan Du, David Richard So, Daiyi Peng, Yingwei Cui, Jeffrey Adgate Dean, Chang Lan
  • Patent number: 10402293
    Abstract: A virtual machine may allow execution of applications decoupled from physical hardware. The virtual machine may be executed by the physical hardware in a data center. A system can monitor and assess performance and reliability of the virtual machine based on device records of network components of the data center that are supporting operation of the virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Babakhan, Jeffrey Zhou, Neale Rowe, Peter Leung
  • Patent number: 9811435
    Abstract: A virtual machine may allow execution of applications decoupled from physical hardware. The virtual machine may be executed by the physical hardware in a data center. A system can monitor and assess performance and reliability of the virtual machine based on device records of network components of the data center that are supporting operation of the virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Babakhan, Jeffrey Zhou, Neale Rowe, Peter Leung
  • Publication number: 20170315894
    Abstract: A virtual machine may allow execution of applications decoupled from physical hardware. The virtual machine may be executed by the physical hardware in a data center. A system can monitor and assess performance and reliability of the virtual machine based on device records of network components of the data center that are supporting operation of the virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Babakhan, Jeffrey Zhou, Neale Rowe, Peter Leung
  • Patent number: 9365972
    Abstract: A process for producing a water-absorbent high-porosity fibrous matrix from lignocellulosic raw materials, comprising wet mechanical processing of the raw material, drying, and then dry mechanical processing the fibers to provide a fibrous matrix is provided. The high-porosity fibrous matrix and absorbent articles prepared therefrom are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE)
    Inventors: Elizabeth Scharpf, Bernice Liying Huang, Hannah Hale, Joshua Velson, Sina Salehi Omran, Jeffrey Zhou, Rachel B. Licht, Clark K. Colton, William H. Dalzell
  • Publication number: 20150152597
    Abstract: A process for producing a water-absorbent high-porosity fibrous matrix from lignocellulosic raw materials, comprising wet mechanical processing of the raw material, drying, and then dry mechanical processing the fibers to provide a fibrous matrix is provided. The high-porosity fibrous matrix and absorbent articles prepared therefrom are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Elizabeth SCHARPF, Liying HUANG, Hannah BRICE, Joshua VELSON, Sina Salehi OMRAN, Jeffrey ZHOU, Rachel B. LICHT, Clark K. COLTON, William H. DALZELL
  • Publication number: 20150067143
    Abstract: A virtual machine may allow execution of applications decoupled from physical hardware. The virtual machine may be executed by the physical hardware in a data center. A system can monitor and assess performance and reliability of the virtual machine based on device records of network components of the data center that are supporting operation of the virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Babakhan, Jeffrey Zhou, Neale Rowe, Peter Leung
  • Patent number: 8936697
    Abstract: A process for producing a water-absorbent high-porosity fibrous matrix from lignocellulosic raw materials, comprising wet mechanical processing of the raw material, drying, and then dry mechanical processing the fibers to provide a fibrous matrix is provided. The high-porosity fibrous matrix and absorbent articles prepared therefrom are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Sustainable Health Enterprises
    Inventors: Elizabeth Scharpf, Liying Huang, Hannah Brice, Joshua Velson, Sina Salehi Omran, Jeffrey Zhou, Rachel B. Licht, Clark K. Colton, William H. Dalzell