Patents by Inventor Amy Zhang
Amy Zhang 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: 11963691Abstract: A surgical instrument, has an end effector that includes an ultrasonic blade, and a clamp arm that moves relative to the ultrasonic blade from an opened position toward an intermediate position and a closed position. The clamp arm is offset from the ultrasonic blade to define a predetermined gap in the intermediate position between the opened position and the closed position. A clamp arm actuator connects to the clamp arm and moves from an opened configuration to a closed configuration to direct the clamp arm from the opened position toward the intermediate position and the closed position. A spacer connects with the clamp arm to inhibit movement of the clamp arm from the intermediate position toward the closed position for maintaining the predetermined gap between the clamp arm and the ultrasonic blade.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Ryan M. Asher, Brian D. Black, John E. Brady, Joseph Dennis, Geni M. Giannotti, Bryce L. Heitman, Timothy S. Holland, Joseph E. Hollo, Andrew Kolpitcke, Amy M. Krumm, Jason R. Lesko, Matthew C. Miller, David A. Monroe, Ion V. Nicolaescu, Rafael J. Ruiz Ortiz, Matthew S. Schneider, Richard C. Smith, Shawn C. Snyder, Sarah A. Worthington, Monica L. Rivard, Fajian Zhang
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Patent number: 11964961Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; processes for the preparation of; intermediates used in the preparation of; and compositions containing such compounds or salts, and their uses for treating D1-mediated (or D1-associated) disorders including, e.g., schizophrenia (e.g., its cognitive and negative symptoms), cognitive impairment (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Michael Aaron Brodney, Jennifer Elizabeth Davoren, Amy Beth Dounay, Ivan Viktorovich Efremov, David Lawrence Firman Gray, Michael Eric Green, Jaclyn Louise Henderson, Chewah Lee, Scot Richard Mente, Steven Victor O'Neil, Bruce Nelsen Rogers, Lei Zhang
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Publication number: 20240124610Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for treating a subject having a HER2 non-amplified (HER2-negative) cancer or low HER2 expressing (HER2-low) cancer, comprising detecting expression of a BCAR4 gene fusion in a biological sample from the subject. If expression of the BCAR4 gene fusion is detected, a HER2-targeted cancer treatment is administered to the subject; if expression of the BCAR4 gene fusion is not detected, a cancer treatment that is not HER2-targeted is administered to the subject. Methods of predicting response to a HER2-targeted cancer treatment and detecting BCAR4 or BCAR4 gene fusion activation are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Washington UniversityInventors: Nicole Maher, Christopher Maher, Andrew Nickless, Jin Zhang, Amy Ly, Jace Webster
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Patent number: 11960459Abstract: Systems and methods are described for merging customer profiles, such as may be implemented by a computer-implemented contact center service. In some aspects, a subset of profiles may be determined that satisfy merging criteria, where individual profiles include a plurality of data fields. At least one value in a first data field that conflicts between at least two profiles may be identified. Next a merged value may be selected for the first data field based on data deduplication criteria, where the data deduplication criteria includes at least one indicator of accuracy of values of the plurality of data fields. As a result of a determination that at least the subset of profiles of the group of profiles meet the merging criteria, at least the subset of profiles may be combined into a combined profile using the merged value.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jan Henrik Jonsson, Shadie Hijazi, Davor Golac, Kuangyou Yao, Yang Song, Shobhit Gupta, Ian James Boetius MacClancy, Lanxin Zhang, Hongtao Liu, Austin M Nevins, Amy Lee, Meng Xiao Wang, Blake Stephens
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Publication number: 20240117011Abstract: Disclosed are monoclonal antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and bi-specific antibodies that specifically bind a coronavirus spike protein, such as SARS-CoV-2. Also disclosed is the use of these antibodies for inhibiting a coronavirus infection, such as a SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, disclosed are methods for detecting a coronavirus, such as SARS-CoV-2, in a biological sample, using the disclosed antibodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: The U.S.A., as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: John Misasi, Lingshu Wang, Chaim Aryeh Schramm, John R. Mascola, Daniel Cesar Douek, Nancy J. Sullivan, Amy Ransier Henry, Tongqing Zhou, Peter D. Kwong, Wei Shi, Yi Zhang, Eun Sung Yang, Mario Roederer, Rosemarie Diana Mason, Amarendra Pegu, Julie E. Ledgerwood
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Patent number: 11932646Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel heteroaryl compounds of formula (VII). Such compounds are useful for the treatment of cancers.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Jianming Zhang, Barun Okram, Xianming Deng, Jae Won Chang, Amy Wojciechowski
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Patent number: 11922465Abstract: One or more servers can implement a method including generating an information resource comprising a content package including first content, metadata of a content extension, and a script for displaying the first content, and transmitting the information resource to a client device to cause the client device to: display the first content within an inline frame; identify an interaction with a user interface feature; transmit, responsive to identifying the interaction, a content extension request based on the metadata of the content extension; receive, responsive to the content extension request, a second content item; responsive to identifying the interaction, expand the inline frame from the first size to a second size; and display, in the expanded inline frame, the second content item, the second content item different from the first content item.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Amy Wu, Brandon Murdock Pearcy, Nathan Peter Lucash, Jun Xu, Yi Zhang, Zhen Yu
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Publication number: 20240070790Abstract: A method for data-driven professional network expansion techniques is implemented via a computing system including a processor. The method includes executing, via a network, an enterprise application on a remote computing system operated by a user associated with an enterprise and surfacing a professional networking UI on a display of the remote computing system during execution of the enterprise application. The method includes accessing enterprise-level data corresponding to the user and the enterprise, extracting parameters associated with the user and the enterprise from the enterprise-level data, and automatically generating, based on the extracted parameters, the user's professional network and a list of suggested professional contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Choo Yei CHONG, Heidi KENYON, Neha Parikh SHAH, Deepa SHENVI PRIOLKAR, Christopher Michael DOLLAR, Jin Young KIM, Aaron Nash MELHAFF, Venkata Sreekanth KANNEPALLI, Wende E. COPFER, Harald BECKER, Qintian ZHANG, Amy L. HUANG
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Patent number: 11912233Abstract: A door interface system for a vehicle door includes a sensor and a visual indicator. The sensor may be a proximity sensor and may be positioned proximate to the visual indicator such that it will detect an object proximate to the proximity sensor. The visual indicator may convey the position of the sensor and/or a status of the vehicle door. The door interface system is configured to control the vehicle door based at least in part on detecting an object proximate the visual indicator.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ZOOX, INC.Inventors: Auver Cedric Austria, Amy Chong, Andrew Allen Haskin, Kevin Mark Karol, Michael Moshe Kohen, Ishan Sain, Jingyi Zhang
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Patent number: 11911453Abstract: The disclosure relates to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines. The vaccine can be formulated in a lipid nanoparticle.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.Inventors: Giuseppe Ciaramella, Kapil Bahl, Amy Espeseth, Andrew J. Bett, Pedro Cejas, Lan Zhang, Christine Shaw
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Publication number: 20220015194Abstract: A snow melting system and method for operating a snow sensor is provided. The snow melting system includes a controller, a heating system, and a snow sensor. The snow sensor comprises a support structure and a cap. The support structure includes a proximal end and a distal end, where a first plane defined by the distal end is angled with respect to a second plane defined by the proximal end. The cap is disposed at the distal end of the support structure and comprises a top surface, a side surface arranged orthogonal to the top surface, and a chamfer that extends between the side surface and the top surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Ivy Meng, Daisy Zhang, Amy Zhang, Hector Liang, Heaven Gu, Nithin Hegde
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Publication number: 20220000389Abstract: A methodology of detecting pathogens captured respectively from the inhalation and the exhalation in human breathing is disclosed. More particularly, a method is described for simultaneously detecting pathogens captured on sensors placed respectively inside an inhalation channel and an exhalation channel of a nose respirator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventor: Amy Zhang Liu
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Publication number: 20210346632Abstract: A nose respirator device with a holder connected to a base, the holder has a top sitting across the nasal bridge and two arms extending downward to join with the base, which sits across the subnasale and contains two open cavities with upper openings capable of being inserted into each nostril. Each cavity can be further divided by a separator into two channels for inhalation and exhalation, respectively. One-way air flow in each channel can be further ensured with valves, which open only in one direction upon the push of air current. Filters can be fitted into each cavity or channel for air cleaning. One or more attachments can be fitted onto the base for additional purposes, which include extra filtration and disinfection. The area within the holder and the base can be covered with a sheet, which can also be used for device classification and user identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventor: Amy Zhang Liu
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Patent number: 10917179Abstract: An optical system for responding to distortions in incident light in a free space optical communication system includes a machine learning output storing at least an indication of multiple images and corresponding positioning or orientation attributes for one or more optical elements; a sensor configured to generate an image; and a component configured to adjust the one or more optical elements based on the generated image. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Konstantin Kudinov, Amy Zhang, Tobias Gerard Tiecke, Kevin Michael Birnbaum
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Publication number: 20200065633Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image on a computing device. The computing device may further execute a classification algorithm to determine whether a target feature is present in the received image. As an example, the classification algorithm may determine whether a building is depicted in the received image. In response to determining that a target feature is present, the method further includes using a segmentation algorithm to segment the received image for the target feature. Based on a determined footprint size of the target feature, a distribution of statistical information over the target feature in the image can be calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Tobias Gerard Tiecke, Amy Zhang, Xianming Liu, Andreas Gros
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Patent number: 10504007Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image on a computing device. The computing device may further execute a weakly-supervised classification algorithm to determine whether a target feature is present in the received image. As an example, the weakly-supervised classification algorithm may determine whether a building is depicted in the received image. In response to determining that a target feature is present, the method further includes using a weakly-supervised segmentation algorithm of the convoluted neural network to segment the received image for the target feature. Based on a determined footprint size of the target feature, a distribution of statistical information over the target feature in the image can be calculated.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Tobias Gerard Tiecke, Amy Zhang, Xianming Liu, Andreas Gros
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Publication number: 20190356392Abstract: An optical system for responding to distortions in incident light in a free space optical communication system includes a machine learning output storing at least an indication of multiple images and corresponding positioning or orientation attributes for one or more optical elements; a sensor configured to generate an image; and a component configured to adjust the one or more optical elements based on the generated image. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Konstantin Kudinov, Amy Zhang, Tobias Gerard Tiecke, Kevin Michael Birnbaum
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Patent number: 10305604Abstract: An optical system for responding to distortions in incident light in a free space optical communication system comprises a machine learning output storing at least an indication of multiple images and corresponding positioning or orientation attributes for one or more optical elements; a sensor configured to generate an image; and a component configured to adjust the one or more optical elements based on the generated image.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Konstantin Kudinov, Amy Zhang, Tobias Gerard Tiecke, Kevin Michael Birnbaum
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Publication number: 20190130224Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an image on a computing device. The computing device may further execute a weakly-supervised classification algorithm to determine whether a target feature is present in the received image. As an example, the weakly-supervised classification algorithm may determine whether a building is depicted in the received image. In response to determining that a target feature is present, the method further includes using a weakly-supervised segmentation algorithm of the convoluted neural network to segment the received image for the target feature. Based on a determined footprint size of the target feature, a distribution of statistical information over the target feature in the image can be calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Tobias Gerard Tiecke, Amy Zhang, Xianming Liu, Andreas Gros
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Publication number: 20150371241Abstract: A method to detect a number of individual users included in a composite set of movie ratings having ratings from a plurality of individual users includes accessing the composite set of movie ratings and movie profiles and loading the composite set and movie profiles into a rating analysis engine. Processing the composite set along with the movie profiles determines a number of partitions present in the composite set, wherein the number of partitions is determined iteratively using subspace clustering of ratings from the composite set. The determined number of partitions is output and corresponds to the number of individual users included in the composite set of movie ratings.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Stratis IOANNIDIS, Nadia FAWAZ, Andrea MONTANARI, Amy ZHANG