Patents by Inventor Andrew Nguyen

Andrew Nguyen 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).

  • Symmetric chamber body design architecture to address variable process volume with improved flow uniformity/gas conductance
    Patent number: 10446418
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to process chambers having modular design to provide variable process volume and improved flow conductance and uniformity. The modular design according to the present disclosure achieves improved process uniformity and symmetry with simplified chamber structure. The modular design further affords flexibility of performing various processes or processing substrates of various sizes by replacing one or more modules in a modular process chamber according to the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen, Yogananda Sarode Vishwanath, Tom K. Cho
  • MDS TO AML TRANSITION AND PREDICTION METHODS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190304570
    Abstract: Contemplated systems and methods allow for prediction of time for MDS to AML transition using a predictive model that is based on selected features with significant differential expression levels and/or pathway activity between MDS to AML cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Charles Benz, Andrew Nguyen, Andrew J. Sedgewick, Christopher Szeto
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PARTICLE DEFECTS IN PLASMA ETCH CHAMBERS
    Publication number: 20190295826
    Abstract: In-situ low pressure chamber cleans and gas nozzle apparatus for plasma processing systems employing in-situ deposited chamber coatings. Certain chamber clean embodiments for conductor etch applications include an NF3-based plasma clean performed at pressures below 30 mT to remove in-situ deposited SiOx coatings from interior surfaces of a gas nozzle hole. Embodiments include a gas nozzle with bottom holes dimensioned sufficiently small to reduce or prevent the in-situ deposited chamber coatings from building up a SiOx deposits on interior surfaces of a nozzle hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Xikun Wang, Andrew Nguyen, Changhun Lee, Xiaoming He, Meihua Shen
  • VIRAL NEOEPITOPES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190287656
    Abstract: Contemplated antiviral/cancer treatments comprise analysis of neoepitopes from viral DNA that has integrated into the host genome, and design of immunotherapeutic agents against such neoepitopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen, John Zachary Sanborn, Stephen Charles Benz
  • Method of determining consumption of decayed drug through drug taggants
    Patent number: 10408849
    Abstract: We disclose a method of using taggants to assess how and to what extent a drug in a drug composition that a user has consumed has decayed in response to storage conditions and time. The taggants may decay in response to environmental conditions which cause different drugs to lose their efficacy. These environmental conditions may include light, temperature, oxidation, and age. The taggants may be detected in biological samples, including urine and feces. By identifying the taggants, the drug composition and other information relating to the drug may be identified. Additionally, quantification of the different taggants may be used to determine whether the drug in the drug composition has been exposed to environmental conditions which may reduce its efficacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Dan Allen, Conrad Rosenbrock, Daniel Hendricks, Andrew Nguyen, Steven J. M. Butala, Travis Niederhauser, Terrece Pearman, Joe Fox
  • Automatic bidet wand aiming system based on user's center of mass
    Patent number: 10407888
    Abstract: The bidet system may include multiple seat scales which may float between the toilet bowl rim and the toilet seat. These seat scales may collect measurements which are transmitted to a controller. The controller may include instructions to calculate a user's center of mass based on the measurements and to identify the position of the user's anus based on the center of mass. The controller may then transmit instructions to a bidet wand directing direct the bidet wand to a position which aims a cleansing fluid spray toward the user's anus. A camera which collects images of the user's anal and urogenital region may also be included in the bidet system. The camera may transmit obfuscated images to the controller to identify other areas of the user's anatomy in need of cleansing. The controller may direct the bidet wand to aim a cleansing fluid spray toward these areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Travis Niederhauser, Jared Reynolds, Joshua Larsen, Ben Swenson, Clayton Jorgensen, Andrew Nguyen, Terrece Pearman, Daniel Hendricks
  • Apparatus for controlling temperature uniformity of a substrate
    Patent number: 10386126
    Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the thermal uniformity of a substrate can control the thermal uniformity of the substrate to be more uniform or to be non-uniform. In some embodiments, an apparatus for controlling the thermal uniformity of a substrate includes: a substrate support having a support surface to support a substrate thereon. A flow path is disposed within the substrate support to flow a heat transfer fluid beneath the support surface. The flow path comprises a first portion and a second portion, each portion having a substantially equivalent axial length. The first portion is spaced about 2 mm to about 10 mm from the second portion. The first portion provides a flow of heat transfer fluid in a direction opposite a flow of heat transfer fluid of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kallol Bera, Xiaoping Zhou, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Andrew Nguyen, Hamid Tavassoli, Surajit Kumar, Shahid Rauf
  • Gas systems and methods for chamber ports
    Patent number: 10381247
    Abstract: An electronic device manufacturing system may include a chamber port assembly that provides an interface between a transfer chamber and a process chamber. In some embodiments, the chamber port assembly may be configured to direct a flow of purge gas into a substrate transfer area of the chamber port assembly. In other embodiments, a process chamber and/or the transfer chamber may be configured to direct a flow of purge gas into the substrate transfer area. The flow of purge gas into a substrate transfer area may prevent and/or reduce migration of particulate matter from chamber hardware onto a substrate being transferred between the transfer chamber and a process chamber. Methods of assembling a chamber port assembly are also provided, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Nagendra V. Madiwal, Robert Irwin Decottignies, Andrew Nguyen, Paul B. Reuter, Angela R. Sico, Michael Kuchar, Travis Morey, Mitchell DiSanto
  • Plasma chamber with tandem processing regions
    Patent number: 10381200
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing substrates in tandem processing regions of a plasma chamber is provided. In one example, the apparatus is embodied as a plasma chamber that includes a chamber body having a first chamber side with a first processing region and a second chamber side with a second processing region. The chamber body has a front wall and a bottom wall. A first chamber side port, a second chamber side port, and a vacuum port are disposed through the bottom wall. The vacuum port is at least part of an exhaust path for each of the processing regions. A vacuum house extends from the front wall and defines a second portion of the vacuum port. A substrate support is disposed in each of the processing regions, and a stem is coupled to each substrate support. Each stem extends through a chamber side port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen, Yogananda Sarode Vishwanath, Xue Yang Chang
  • IMMUNOTHERAPY MARKERS AND USES THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190237196
    Abstract: Systems and methods for prediction of the treatment outcome for immune therapy are presented in which omics data of a patient tumor sample are used. Most typically, the omics data are processed to identify mutational signatures (especially APOBEC/POLE signatures), immune checkpoint expression, and MSI status as leading indicators to predict the treatment outcome for immune therapy. Such prediction advantageously integrates various parameters that would otherwise, when individually considered, skew prediction outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen, John Zachary Sanborn, Shahrooz Rabizadeh
  • Automatic Bidet Wand Aiming System based on User's Center of Mass
    Publication number: 20190203454
    Abstract: The bidet system may include multiple seat scales which may float between the toilet bowl rim and the toilet seat. These seat scales may collect measurements which are transmitted to a controller. The controller may include instructions to calculate a user's center of mass based on the measurements and to identify the position of the user's anus based on the center of mass. The controller may then transmit instructions to a bidet wand directing direct the bidet wand to a position which aims a cleansing fluid spray toward the user's anus. A camera which collects images of the user's anal and urogenital region may also be included in the bidet system. The camera may transmit obfuscated images to the controller to identify other areas of the user's anatomy in need of cleansing. The controller may direct the bidet wand to aim a cleansing fluid spray toward these areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Travis Niederhauser, Jared Reynolds, Joshua Larsen, Ben Swenson, Clayton Jorgensen, Andrew Nguyen, Terrece Pearman, Daniel Hendricks
  • Viral neoepitopes and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10339274
    Abstract: Contemplated antiviral/cancer treatments comprise analysis of neoepitopes from viral DNA that has integrated into the host genome, and design of immunotherapeutic agents against such neoepitopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: NANTOMICS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen, Stephen Charles Benz, John Zachary Sanborn
  • INLINE DPS CHAMBER HARDWARE DESIGN TO ENABLE AXIS SYMMETRY FOR IMPROVED FLOW CONDUCTANCE AND UNIFORMITY
    Publication number: 20190148121
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to apparatus and methods for symmetry in electrical field, gas flow and thermal distribution in a processing chamber to achieve process uniformity. Embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plasma processing chamber having a plasma source, a substrate support assembly and a vacuum pump aligned along the same central axis to create substantially symmetrical flow paths, electrical field, and thermal distribution in the plasma processing chamber resulting in improved process uniformity and reduced skew.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew NGUYEN, Yogananda SARODE VISHWANATH, Tom K. CHO
  • ADAPTER FOR USE WITH A MULTI-PORT CONTROL VALVE USED IN BLOOD SAMPLING, BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190125234
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adapter for use with a multi-port control valve that is used in a blood sampling, blood pressure monitoring system that includes a sampling site, a pressure transducer, and a reservoir. The multi-port control valve includes a partition and a rotatable valve member that rotates around to one of a reservoir port, a sampling site port, or a pressure transducer port to block fluid communication. The adapter comprises: a partition to define an input fluid path and an output fluid path, wherein the partition of the adapter mates with the partition of the multi-port control valve and a partition of the reservoir, in which, the partition in the adapter mates with the partition in the reservoir such that a fluid circuit is created from the multi-port control valve, through the adapter, and through the reservoir, and back to the multi-port control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen Hoan, Mandana Farhadieh, Brian Patrick Murphy
  • MULTI-PORT CONTROL VALVE FOR USE IN BLOOD SAMPLING, BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190125232
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-port control valve with multi-lumen paths diverging flow so that, the multi-port control valve fills and expels fluid at the same time through the same port for use in a blood sampling, blood pressure monitoring system that includes a sampling site, a pressure transducer, and reservoir. The multi-port control valve may include a rotatable valve member and three ports. Each of the three ports is connected to one of the sampling site, the pressure transducer, and the reservoir. In particular, the rotatable valve member is rotatable, such that, depending upon a position of the rotatable valve member, one of the three ports is blocked from fluid communication with the other two ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Jason A. Wine, Alexander H. Siemons, Andrew Nguyen Hoan, Mandana Farhadieh, Brian Patrick Murphy
  • ROTATABLE HANDLE FOR A MULTI-PORT CONTROL VALVE FOR USE IN BLOOD SAMPLING, BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190125236
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-port control valve with multi-lumen paths diverging flow so that, the multi-port control valve fills and expels fluid at the same time through the same port for use in a blood sampling, blood pressure monitoring system that includes a sampling site, a pressure transducer, and reservoir. The multi-port control valve may include a rotatable valve member and three ports. Each of the three ports is connected to one of the sampling site, the pressure transducer, and the reservoir. In particular, the rotatable valve member is rotatable, such that, depending upon a position of the rotatable valve member, one of the three ports is blocked from fluid communication with the other two ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen Hoan, Mandana Farhadieh, Brian Patrick Murphy
  • MULTI-PORT CONTROL VALVE FOR USE IN BLOOD SAMPLING AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190125233
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-port control valve with multi-lumen paths diverging flow so that, the multi-port control valve fills and expels fluid at the same time through the same port for use in a blood sampling, blood pressure monitoring system that includes a sampling site, a pressure transducer, and reservoir. The multi-port control valve may include a rotatable valve member and three ports. Each of the three ports is connected to one of the sampling site, the pressure transducer, and the reservoir. In particular, the rotatable valve member is rotatable, such that, depending upon a position of the rotatable valve member, one of the three ports is blocked from fluid communication with the other two ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen Hoan, Mandana Farhadieh, Brian Patrick Murphy
  • BRACKET FOR MOUNTING A MULTI-PORT CONTROL VALVE AND A RESERVOIR TO A SENSOR HOLDER FOR USE IN A BLOOD SAMPLING-BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190125235
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-port control valve with multi-lumen paths diverging flow so that, the multi-port control valve fills and expels fluid at the same time through the same port for use in a blood sampling, blood pressure monitoring system that includes a sampling site, a pressure transducer, and reservoir. The multi-port control valve may include a rotatable valve member and three ports. Each of the three ports is connected to one of the sampling site, the pressure transducer, and the reservoir. In particular, the rotatable valve member is rotatable, such that, depending upon a position of the rotatable valve member, one of the three ports is blocked from fluid communication with the other two ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen Hoan, Mandana Farhadieh, Brian Patrick Murphy
  • CANCER NEOEPITOPES
    Publication number: 20190099475
    Abstract: Certain universal neoepitopes and cancer specific neoepitopes and methods therefor are presented that may be used in immunotherapy and cancer diagnosis. Preferred therapeutic and diagnostic compositions include antibodies or fragments thereof that bind to neoepitopes on cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Charles Benz, Andrew Nguyen, Charles Joseph Vaske, John Zachary Sanborn
  • Method of measuring artificial sweeteners in bodily waste to identify and quantify drug consumption
    Patent number: 10241122
    Abstract: We disclose a drug tracking system and method of use which may be used to screen a subject's bodily waste in order to assess whether the subject has consumed a drug. The system includes a drug composition which is tagged with at least one artificial sweetener that may be detected in the subject's bodily waste. The subject may consume the tagged drug and a user may obtain a sample of the subject's bodily waste. The bodily waste sample may be analyzed to detect the artificial sweetener or its metabolite. In some embodiments, the result of the analysis of bodily waste may be entered into a database, compared to standards that comprises analyses of a plurality of drug tags, and the identity of the drug tag, and consequently the drug composition, determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Steven Butala, Dan Allen, Daniel Hendricks, Andrew Nguyen, Conrad Rosenbrock, Terrece Pearman