Patents by Inventor Brian (Xi-Yu) Guo

Brian (Xi-Yu) Guo 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).

  • Patent number: 12257162
    Abstract: A soft tissue repair system is provided for covering or filling openings in the annulus of an intervertebral disc. The soft tissue repair system uses a single plug or a combination of a first plug and a second plug. The second plug is a flowable plug such as an adhesive material or a material that hardens to a flexible plug material. Each plug is configured to close the opening in the annulus and can be positioned within the opening, over the opening at the exterior surface or over the opening at the interior surface. The plug can also be combined with a clamping mechanism that engages the annulus to secure the plug in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, David C. Paul, Sean Suh, Colm Mclaughlin, Marcin Niemiec, Aditya Ingalhalikar, Daniel Davenport, Jamie Carroll, Chad Glerum, Edward Dwyer, Noah Hansell, Mark Weiman, Douglas Cahill, Adam Friedrich, Michelle Kofron, Vipin Kunjachan, Ed Reilley, Damien O'Halloran, William S. Rhoda, Brian Malm
  • Patent number: 12258556
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a syringe for separating nucleic acids from a blood sample and systems that include the syringe and a portable PCR device. The syringe may include a shell defining a central aperture extending through a longitudinal axis of the syringe, a plunger disposed within the central aperture of the shell, and a core rotatably disposed within the central aperture. The syringe may further include a needle fluidically connectable to the inlet of the shell. Various embodiments relate to a method for separating nucleic acids from a blood sample, the method comprising drawing the blood sample from a patient using the syringe according to any of the embodiments described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Kim, Geoffrey Mulberry
  • Patent number: 12262289
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for determining locations of an electronic device. In one aspect, a method is performed at a computing system having one or more processors and memory. The method includes obtaining device identification information for the electronic device; broadcasting a request based on the device identification information that the electronic device be enabled to transmit or reflect location information using a radar technique; receiving a signal from the electronic device, the signal indicating a location of the electronic device using a radar technique; and determining the location of the electronic device based on the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eric Marschalkowski, Brian Silverstein, Eden Sherry, Andrew Goldenson
  • Patent number: 12259252
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel methods for generating a navigation presentation that displays a device navigating a route on a map. The method of some embodiments uses a virtual camera that, based on detected changes in the navigation context, dynamically modifies the way it captures portions of the map to produce different navigation scenes in the navigation presentation. To generate the navigation scenes, the method of some embodiments (1) identifies different sets of attributes that describe the different navigation contexts at different times during the navigation presentation, and (2) uses these different sets of attributes to identify different styles for operating the virtual camera. In some embodiments, the method uses an identified style to specify the virtual camera's positional attributes, which, in turn, define the portions of the map that the virtual camera identifies for rendering to produce several navigation scenes for a period of time (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Justin M. Strawn, Adam B. Findley, Nathan L. Fillhardt, Brian J. Andrich, Usama M. Hajj, Tadayasu Sasada
  • Patent number: 12257378
    Abstract: Blood is conveyed from a source into a separator, which separates at least one target blood component from the blood. The target blood component is then conveyed out of the separator, with the procedure continuing until an initial target amount of blood to be processed has been conveyed from the source into the separator and the target blood component separated from the initial target amount of blood to be processed has been conveyed out of the separator as an actual yield of the target blood component. An adjusted target amount of blood to be processed is then determined based at least in part on the difference between a target yield of the target blood component and the actual yield. The initial target amount of blood to be processed is then replaced with the adjusted target amount of blood to be processed when next executing the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian C. Case
  • Patent number: 12261603
    Abstract: A System-on-Chip includes a data processing engine array. The data processing engine array includes a plurality of data processing engines organized in a grid. The plurality of data processing engines are partitioned into at least a first partition and a second partition. The first partition includes one or more first data processing engines of the plurality of data processing engines. The second partition includes one or more second data processing engines of the plurality of data processing engines. Each partition is configured to implement an application that executes independently of the other partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Sagheer Ahmad, Jaideep Dastidar, Brian C. Gaide, Juan J. Noguera Serra, Ian A. Swarbrick
  • Patent number: 12258075
    Abstract: An adjustable base plate system includes a first track structure configured to extend along one side of a vehicle cargo area and a second track structure configured to extend along an opposite side of a vehicle cargo area. At least one base plate has a first edge and a second edge opposite of the first edge, wherein the first edge is supported by the first track structure and the second edge is supported by the second track structure. The first track structure and the second track structure each comprise at least a first tier track and a second tier track such that a distance between a bottom surface of the at least one base plate and a support surface of the vehicle cargo area can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew B. Rutman, Eric Scott Levine, Michael M. Azzouz, Stuart C. Salter, Jeffrey R. Sturges, William Wurz, David Brian Glickman
  • Patent number: 12257154
    Abstract: An orthopedic system for delivery of a therapeutic agent to a bone includes an elongate stem adapted to be inserted into an intramedullary canal, an inlet configured to receive the therapeutic agent, and one or more outlets configured to deliver the therapeutic agent to the bone. The elongate stem may comprise one or more protrusions to engage the bone, and one or more channels extending longitudinally therein, fluidly coupled to the inlet. The therapeutic agent flows from the inlet through the one or more channels and exits into the intramedullary canal through the one or more outlets. The system may be configured to allow one or more dimensions of the system to be adjusted to accommodate the anatomy of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Osteal Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. de Beaubien, Brian Bowman, Benjamin Arnold, Erika Lin, Kristen Pena, Tina John
  • Patent number: 12262036
    Abstract: Image series transformation for optimal compressibility is performed with neural upsampling and error resilience. It incorporates a novel correlation network composed of convolutional layers for feature extraction and a channel-wise transformer with attention to capture complex inter-channel dependencies. The system includes an angle optimizer to further enhance the compressibility of an image and an error resilience subsystem to improve robustness against transmission errors and data loss. The convolutional layers extract multi-dimensional features from the image, while the channel-wise transformer learns global inter-channel relationships. The error resilience subsystem applies forward error correction coding, data partitioning based on importance, and embeds error concealment hints. This hybrid approach addresses both local and global features, mitigates compression artifacts, improves image quality, and enhances data integrity during transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ATOMBEAM TECHNOLOGIES INC
    Inventor: Brian Galvin
  • Patent number: 12256742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) recombinant exosporium-producing Bacillus cells that express a fusion protein comprising: (i) at least one plant growth stimulating protein or peptide and (ii) a targeting sequence that localizes the fusion protein to the exosporium of the Bacillus cells; and b) at least one further biological control agent selected from particular microorganisms disclosed herein and/or a mutant of a specific strain of a microorganism disclosed herein having all identifying characteristics of the respective strain, and/or at least one metabolite produced by the respective strain, and/or at least one metabolite produced by the respective strain that exhibits activity against insects, mites, nematodes and/or phytopathogens in a synergistically effective amount. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for enhancing plant growth, promoting plant health, and/or reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Damian Curtis, Brian Thompson
  • Publication number: 20250093107
    Abstract: A furnace assembly for use with a gas fuel that includes a cabinet and a burner located in the cabinet that is operable to ignite the gas fuel. The furnace also includes a heat exchanger assembly in communication with the burner and open to receiving the ignited gas fuel, the heat exchanger assembly including tubes. Each tube includes a first section with an inlet, a horizontal section having a first internal diameter, and a vertical section. Each tube also includes a second section extending from the first section and having a second internal diameter less than the first internal dimeter. The second section also includes a serpentine flow path up and down in the vertical direction and an outlet. The gas fuel entering a tube stays in the tube until flowing out of the tube. The furnace also includes a blower operable to move air through the cabinet and over the heat exchanger assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Brian Russell
  • Publication number: 20250096310
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of providing residual compressive stress to a lithium-based solid electrolyte by ion exchanging lithium ions with ions having a larger ionic radius that the lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Brian W. Sheldon, Yue Qi, Sydney Morris, Harsh D. Jagad, Stephen J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20250096368
    Abstract: An enclosure for a prismatic battery cell include first side surfaces, second side surfaces connected between the first side surfaces, a top surface connected between the first side surfaces and the second side surfaces, and a bottom surface connected between the first side surfaces and the second side surfaces. The first side surfaces, the second side surfaces, the top surface and the bottom surface are configured to receive a battery cell stack. The second side surfaces, the top surface and the bottom surface expand/contract to allow guided expansion/contraction of the enclosure in a first direction while limiting expansion in second and third directions transverse to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Lu HUANG, Blair E. Carlson, Charles W. Wampler, II, Jing Gao, Brian J. Koch, Margaux Elise LeBlanc, Jeffrey A. Abell
  • Publication number: 20250096534
    Abstract: A laser assembly (10) for generating an output beam (12) includes: (i) a first laser (16) that generates a first laser beam (16A) having a first polarization state; (ii) a second laser (20) that generates a second laser beam (20A); (iii) a polarization beam combiner (24) that combines the first laser beam (16A) and the rotated second laser beam (20A) to form a combination beam (25); and (iv) an optical assembly (32) that expands and collimates the combination beam (25) to provide the output beam (12). The optical assembly (32) include an on-axis telescope plus a projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Jason Whitmore, Brian Adam Daniel, Marcus Daniel Lanovaz, John Robert Rowlette, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20250097507
    Abstract: A controlling device is automatically configured to issue a communication directly to a first controllable appliance to control a functional operation of the first controllable appliance in the event that the first controllable appliance is determined to be unresponsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link or to issue a communication to a second controllable appliance to control the functional operation of the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link in the event that first controllable appliance is determined to be responsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Barnett, Arsham Hatambeiki, Rex Xu, Jesus Perez
  • Publication number: 20250098182
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including: a first level including at least four independently controlled first memory arrays, where the first level includes first transistors; a second level disposed on top of the first level, where the second level includes second memory arrays; and a third level disposed on top of the second level, where the third level includes third transistors, at least one metal layer, and third memory arrays; a fourth level disposed on top of the third level, where the fourth level includes fourth transistors, another at least one metal layer, and is bonded to the third level, where the bonded includes metal-to-metal bonding regions, where the first level includes first filled holes, where the second level includes second filled holes; and a via connection through the second level and the third level, and where the fourth level includes at least one SRAM memory array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc.
    Inventors: Zvi Or-Bach, Jin-Woo Han, Brian Cronquist
  • Publication number: 20250089888
    Abstract: A furniture assembly system that includes a first furniture assembly, a casegood furniture assembly, and a coupler, the coupler selectively connecting the first furniture assembly and the casegood furniture assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Shawn D. Nelson, David M. Underwood, Brian Kuchler, Zach I. Gaarder
  • Publication number: 20250090559
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds which are prodrugs of ALOX-15 inhibitors. Also described herein are methods for using such compounds in the treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Omri GOTTESMAN, Shannon BRUSE, Brian CAJES, David LEWIS, David ROZEMA
  • Publication number: 20250090710
    Abstract: A scent dispenser may comprise a vial retaining mechanism, a heating element, vial sensor, and a controller. The vial retaining mechanism includes a vial coupling that removeably retains a vial containing a scented solution. The includes a wick extending from a cavity of the vial through an opening of a neck of the vial. The heating element is shaped to receive and heat the wick of the vial. The vial sensor includes an array of sensor pads that are arranged in alignment with the vial retained by the vial coupling. The controller is electrically coupled to the heating element and electrically coupled to the array of sensor pads. The controller regulates a temperature level of the heating element, and receives signals from the array of sensor pads and processing the signals to determine a fluid level of the vial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Brian Aaron Jones, Bruno Miranda Lima, Richard Nathanial Stapler, III, Zachary Dennis Blume
  • Publication number: 20250091018
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, methods and/or systems for use in protecting items and/or structures that are exposed to, submerged and/or partially submerged in aquatic environments from contamination and/or fouling due to the incursion and/or colonization by specific types and/or kinds of biologic organisms and/or plants, including the protection from micro- and/or macro-fouling for extended periods of time of exposure to aquatic environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Brian McMurray, Cliff Sharpe, Mike Termini, Emily Ralston, Abraham Stephens, Ed Dormier, Lindsey Calcutt, Joseph Basista