Patents by Inventor Todd ZHOU

Todd 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).

  • Publication number: 20240099958
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to natural oil-based petrolatum compositions and a method of making the same. The natural oil-based petrolatum composition includes the esterification product of: about 0.1 wt % to about 35 wt % a fatty acid dimer, about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % a C8 to C22 fatty acid, and about 65 wt % to about 95 wt % hydrogenated natural oil, wherein the natural based petrolatum product has an acid value of less than 25. Natural oil-based petrolatum compositions can be used in personal care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Emmanuel Paul Jos Marie EVERAERT, Todd L. KURTH, Timothy Alan MURPHY, Yijun ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240082141
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to natural oil-based petrolatum compositions and a method of making the same. The natural oil-based petrolatum composition includes the esterification product of: about 0.1 wt % to about 40 wt % a fatty acid dimer, about 99.9 wt % to about 60 wt % of one or more components selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 polyols, natural oils, fatty acids, and acyls glycerols, wherein the natural based petrolatum product has a cone penetration value of greater than 10 and a polydispersity index greater than 1.3. Natural oil-based petrolatum compositions can be used in personal care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Emmanuel Paul Jos Marie EVERAERT, Todd L. KURTH, Timothy Alan MURPHY, Yijun ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240082140
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to natural oil-based petrolatum compositions and a method of making the same. The natural oil-based petrolatum composition includes the esterification product of a pre-esterification mixture of: about 15 wt % to about 25 wt % a fatty acid dimer, about 15 wt % to about 25 wt % glycerin, and about 55 wt % to about 70 wt % hydrogenated natural oil, wherein the natural oil-based petrolatum product has an acid value of less than 5.0. Natural oil-based petrolatum compositions can be used in personal care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Emmanuel Paul Jos Marie EVERAERT, Todd L. KURTH, Timothy Alan MURPHY, Yijun ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20210387029
    Abstract: The Dual Clappet Mask is to protect people from inhaling harmful air around them. They inhale and exhale by the same mouth nipple connected to a dual clappet, and the two clappets are open/close automatically to fulfill the respiring. Unlike filtering the inside air, the Dual Clappet Mask uses outside clean air via a soft tube, and in this way it would protect people very well from a small toxic, dusty and anoxic environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Todd Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210206194
    Abstract: This Hand Peel Pencil does not need any knife to cut during using. When the writing head is used out, to acquire more writing head people can just use their fingers getting a short cone tube off from the Hand Peel Pencil. In this way people can save time from finding a suitable knife and cutting their pencil from time to time during writing. Also using Hand Peel Pencil can protect environment from the garbage of cutting of pencil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventor: Todd Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200187981
    Abstract: In an ultrasonic tool-guidance system, an imaging module in a housing includes modules for image and beam processing and beamforming. A transmitter and a receiver connect via a switch to a multi-transducer probe. The housing includes a display for providing real-time ultrasound images. The probe includes a tool-guiding channel through which a tool can be inserted into the body of a patient. The transducers are arranged at an angle laterally around the tool-guiding channel. The angled transducers provide overlapping beams that result in a better quality enhanced image of the center area. The probe is rotatably attached to the housing to allow for easy viewing of the ultrasound images during a procedure. The tool-guiding channel is maintained at a fixed angle with respect to the transducers and the probe to assure that the tool remains in the illuminated area throughout the procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: ULTRASEE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mu TIAN, Todd ZHOU, Yong TIAN