Patents by Inventor Tony Chien

Tony Chien 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: 20160078705
    Abstract: A computer-network implemented system is provided for performing a method for measuring interest of users of client devices who are presented with description information of candidates of a voting even. The method includes: providing, to the client devices, candidate data containing the description information; receiving, from the client devices, voting data indicating inputs to vote for the candidates; selecting a winning candidate according to numbers of inputs to vote indicated by the voting data; providing reward data to the client devices from which the voting data corresponding to the winning candidate were received, the reward data including beneficial information associated with the winning candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Tony Chien-Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 7091544
    Abstract: A dynamic random access memory structure is provided, each active area of a memory unit cell is distributed individually in a substrate, and deep trench patterns are designed to have a checkerboard-like arrangement in the substrate. Also, there is a constant space between each deep trench pattern in a row. Further, long bit line contact plugs are located to electrically connect active areas of two diagonally neighbor memory unit cells, and a contact hole is formed on each long bit line contact plug to enable bit lines contact the long bit line contact plugs so two diagonally neighbor memory unit cells are controlled by the same bit line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Promos Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Rui-Yuan Hon, Tony Chien
  • Publication number: 20060076601
    Abstract: A dynamic random access memory structure is provided, each active area of a memory unit cell is distributed individually in a substrate, and deep trench patterns are designed to have a checkerboard-like arrangement in the substrate. Also, there is a constant space between each deep trench pattern in a row. Further, long bit line contact plugs are located to electrically connect active areas of two diagonally neighbor memory unit cells, and a contact hole is formed on each long bit line contact plug to enable bit lines contact the long bit line contact plugs so two diagonally neighbor memory unit cells are controlled by the same bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Applicant: ProMOS Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Rui-Yuan Hon, Tony Chien
  • Patent number: 6936521
    Abstract: An alignment mark is made of at least two nonparallel trenches having two reducing-width-to-zero ends. The displacement bias error, produced by a process bias error, of the centerlines of the trenches is zero where the width of the two trenches is zero. Hence, the alignment target on a substrate can be reproduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Promos Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Chien
  • Publication number: 20050023709
    Abstract: An alignment mark is made of at least two nonparallel trenches having two reducing-width-to-zero ends. The displacement bias error, produced by a process bias error, of the centerlines of the trenches is zero where the width of the two trenches is zero. Hence, the alignment target on a substrate can be reproduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventor: Tony Chien
  • Patent number: D355231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Inventor: Tony Chien