Patents by Inventor An C. Wu

An C. Wu 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).

  • MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH FLEXIBLE OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20190388890
    Abstract: Microfluidic devices in which electrokinetic mechanisms move droplets of a liquid or particles in a liquid are described. The devices include at least one electrode that is optically transparent and/or flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Pei-Yu E. Chiou, Kuo-Wei Huang, Igor Y. Khandros, Ming C. Wu
  • MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE (MMI) BASED LASER DEVICES FOR HETEROGENEOUS PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20190324210
    Abstract: Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems including a laser device having a 1×3 MMI coupler within a semiconductor layer. A front arm is coupled to the MMI coupler and terminated by a front reflector. In addition, a coarse tuning arm is coupled to the MMI coupler and terminated by a first back reflector for coarse wavelength tuning, a fine tuning arm is coupled to the MMI coupler and terminated by a second back reflector for fine wavelength tuning, and a SMSR and power tuning arm is coupled to the MMI coupler and terminated by a third back reflector. A gain region is above the front arm and above the semiconductor layer. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Meer Nazmus Sakib, Guan-Lin Su, John Heck, Haisheng Rong, Ming C. Wu
  • NON-INVASIVE CANCER DETECTION AND ANALYSIS BY SINGLE-MOLECULE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20190308190
    Abstract: Described are chips for detecting a target in a sample including a microfluidic flow chamber comprising one or more flow channels having a capture surface and at least one micromixer. Described are methods of using this chip wherein targets are identified by total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Chih-Ping Mao, Shih-Chin Wang, Jie Xiao, T.C. Wu, Chien-Fu Hung
  • IPSC-BASED VACCINE AS A PROPHYLACTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT FOR CANCER
    Publication number: 20190290697
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the application discloses a method for the treatment of cancer in a patient, the method comprises a vaccination of the patient with a vaccine, wherein the vaccine comprises an effective amount of mammalian pluripotent stem cells obtained from an embryonic source or obtained by reprogramming of somatic cells from the patient, wherein the vaccination comprising the step of administering a mammalian pluripotent stem cells to the patient in need thereof; and vaccine formulations for use in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: Khloris Biosciences, Inc., The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Nigel G. Kooreman, Joseph C. Wu, Lynne A. Bui
  • System, method, and computer-readable medium for adaptive display calibration and profiling
    Patent number: 10390009
    Abstract: An adaptive display calibration system includes a display, a photodetector configured to capture light emitted by the display, and a set-top box connected to the display and the photodetector. The set-top box includes processing circuitry configured to transmit one or more test patterns to the display, and receive one or more measurements of the display from the photodetector in response to the test patterns. Additionally, the processing circuitry of the set-top box determines a capability of the display based on the measurements received from the photodetector and programs the set-top box based on the capability of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Peisong Chen, Richard Hayden Wyman, Gheorghe Berbecel, Frederick George Walls, David C. Wu, Wade Keith Wan
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALBUMIN-FMS-LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 3 LIGAND FUSION PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190209649
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel fusion protein of Flt3L and albumin and its use to increase the Flt3L half-life in vivo and to deliver Flt3L to immune cells in a subject to enhance alternative dendritic cell populations. Use of the fusion protein in combination with other chemotherapeutic, radiotherapeutic and immunotherapeutic methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: T.C. Wu, Chien-Fu Hung, Brandon Krishna Lam
  • Memory arrangement for tensor data
    Patent number: 10346093
    Abstract: Disclosed circuitry includes RAM circuits, a memory controller, and an array of processing circuits. Each RAM circuit includes a read port and a write port. The memory controller accesses tensor data arranged in banks of tensor buffers in the RAM circuits. The memory controller is coupled to each read port by shared read control signal lines and to each write port by shared write control signal lines. The memory controller generates read control and write control signals for accessing different ones of the tensor buffers at different times. The array of processing circuits is coupled to one of the RAM circuits. The array includes multiple rows and multiple of columns of processing circuits for performing tensor operations on the tensor data. The processing circuits in each row in each array of processing circuits are coupled to input the same tensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: Ephrem C. Wu, Xiaoqian Zhang, David Berman
  • Pharmaceutical Compositions and Methods for Countering Chemotherapy Induced Cardiotoxicity
    Publication number: 20190175544
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing or eliminating cardiotoxicity, particularly cardiotoxicity induced by a cancer treatment or other therapy. In some cases, the methods and compositions prevent or reduce cardiotoxicity caused by anthracycline treatment. The methods provided herein often comprise administering a protective agent such as myricetin, tricetin, robinetin, ficetin, vitexin, quercetin, dihydrorobinetin, kaempferol, 7,3?,4?,5?-tetrahydroxyflavone, and myricitrin in conjunction with the administration of a cancer drug or other treatment. They may comprise administering a protective agent in combination with dexrazoxane. The compositions provided herein include co-formulations of a protective agent with a different protective agent or with a cancer treatment (e.g., anthracycline drug).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: SCT II LLC, Auransa Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher G. Armstrong, Kevin J. Kim, Lisa Maria Lucia Pham, Eunhye Park, Zhong Zhong, Guanyi Huang, Joseph C. Wu, Sidney Paul Elmer, Viwat Visuthikraisee, Eithon Michael G. Cadag, Thomas Bernard Freeman, Pek Yee Lum
  • Providing DEP manipulation devices and controllable electrowetting devices in the same microfluidic apparatus
    Patent number: 10245588
    Abstract: A structure for providing a boundary for a chamber in a microfluidic apparatus can comprise dielectrophoresis (DEP) configurations each having an outer surface and electrowetting (EW) configurations each having an electrowetting surface. The DEP configurations can facilitate generating net DEP forces with respect to the outer surfaces of the DEP configurations to move micro-objects on the outer surfaces, and the EW configurations can facilitate changing wetting properties of the electrowetting surfaces to move droplets of liquid medium on the electrowetting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Berkeley Lights, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Y. Khandros, Daniele Malleo, J. Tanner Nevill, Steven W. Short, Ming C. Wu
  • STRAP ATTACHMENT
    Publication number: 20190029384
    Abstract: A strap attachment device includes a strap connector configured to attach to a strap and a connecting plate secured on the surface of an article such as a bag or suitcase. The strap connector includes a connector post configured to removably engage and be secured by a locking member located beneath the connecting plate. The locking member is biased into a closed position by a mechanical biasing means, such as a spring. The connector post may include a flanged end configured to partially disengage the locking member causing the flanged end to mate with and be secured by the locking member responsive to being inserted into the connecting plate. A pull tab is further disposed on a pull track within the connecting plate. A user can disengage the connector post from the locking member by moving the pull tab along the pull track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Peter C. Wu, Paul V. Scicluna, Michael Greisser
  • Compositions and methods for rendering tumor cells susceptible to CD8+ T cell-mediated killing
    Patent number: 10183985
    Abstract: The present invention provides an immunoconjugate having the formula: T-c-En-c-Fcn or T-c-Fcn-c-En; wherein, T is a single chain variable portion fragment of a monoclonal antibody (scFv) directed to a target protein, polypeptide, or fragment thereof, which is highly expressed on cancer cells; E is two or more foreign immunogenic CD8+ T cell antigenic epitopes; c is a peptide or polypeptide fragment thereof, capable of being cleaved by a specific protease; and Fc is two or more Fc portions of an IgG antibody. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the same and vectors containing said nucleic acid sequences are also provided. Methods of making the immunoconjugate, along with methods of making target cells susceptible to CTL mediated cell killing, and methods for treatment of cancers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Hung, T. C. Wu
  • Stacked columnar integrated circuits
    Patent number: 10141938
    Abstract: An example semiconductor device includes a first integrated circuit (IC) die including a first column of cascade-coupled resource blocks; a second IC die including a second column of cascade-coupled resource blocks, where an active side of the second IC die is mounted to an active side of the first IC die; and a plurality of electrical connections between the active side of the first IC and the active side of the second IC, the plurality of electrical connections including at least one electrical connection between the first column of cascade-coupled resource blocks and the second column of cascade-coupled resource blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventor: Ephrem C. Wu
  • Tandem biochemical and thermochemical conversion of algal biomass
    Patent number: 10077454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and system configured to convert algal biomass into biofuels, alcohols, nutrients, biochar, chemical building block compounds, and/or other useful by-products. Exemplary methods include an integrated biochemical and thermochemical process that provides high purity biofuels and mixed alcohols, while minimizing waste and/or maximizing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan W. Davis, Anthe George, Todd W. Lane, Ronald C. Pate, Benjamin C. Wu
  • Pens for Biological Micro-Objects
    Publication number: 20180259482
    Abstract: Individual biological micro-objects can be deterministically selected and moved into holding pens in a micro-fluidic device. A flow of a first liquid medium can be provided to the pens. Physical pens can be structured to impede a direct flow of the first medium into a second medium in the pens while allowing diffusive mixing of the first medium and the second medium. Virtual pens can allow a common flow of medium to multiple ones of the pens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin T. Chapman, Igor Y. Khandros, Gaetan L. Mathieu, J. Tanner Nevill, Ming C. Wu
  • Gas turbine engine turbine impeller pressurization
    Patent number: 10072585
    Abstract: A cooling system for a gas turbine engine turbine section includes a rotor supporting a blade having a cooling passage. A disc is secured relative to the rotor and it forms a cavity between the rotor and the disc. A bleed air source is in fluid communication with the cavity. An impeller is arranged in the cavity. The impeller is configured to increase a fluid pressure within the cavity to drive bleed air from the bleed air source and thereby provide a pressurized cooling fluid to the cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Mosley, James P. Chrisikos, John J. O'Connor, Charles C. Wu, David Glasspoole, Roger Gates
  • Fragrance dispenser
    Patent number: D829318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Johnny C. Wu
  • Suitcase
    Patent number: D853722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TUMI, INC.
    Inventor: Peter C. Wu
  • Backpack
    Patent number: D859818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TUMI, INC.
    Inventor: Peter C. Wu
  • Soft sided luggage
    Patent number: D859834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TUMI, INC.
    Inventor: Peter C. Wu
  • Soft sided luggage
    Patent number: D872472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TUMI, INC.
    Inventor: Peter C. Wu