Patents by Inventor Brian Zhang
Brian 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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Publication number: 20240157274Abstract: A gas-liquid separator, adapted for separating liquid and gas in an ebullated bed reactor under operating conditions, is disclosed. The device may be used in the petroleum and chemical processing industries in catalytic reactions of hydrocarbonaceous feedstocks in the presence of hydrogen, at an elevated temperature and pressure, to separate gas and liquid from gas and liquid mixtures within the reactor. The device is generally vertically oriented and may be installed in the flow through pan of an ebullated bed reactor. The device comprises a transfer conduit for transferring a gas-liquid mixture stream from a lower section of an ebullated bed reactor to an upper section of the reactor, a vortex separation section having gas-rich and liquid-rich stream outlets, and a gas-rich stream outlet conduit located on top of and adjacent to the vortex separation section. The transfer conduit includes internal means to produce a spiral flow in the gas-liquid mixture, such as a helical or spiral insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Steven Xuqi SONG, Blaine HOLMES, Wayne MUNSTERMAN, Tom BERRY, Xiaohui ZHANG, Deanne KELLY, Ali VAKIL, Ehsan ZAMAN, Marvin WEISS, Matthew D. POLAND, Brian HANSON
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Patent number: 11981942Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for solubilising arabinoxylan-containing material (particularly insoluble arabinoxylan-containing material), comprising admixing a xylan-containing material with a xylanase comprising a polypeptide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10. SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15, or a variant, homologue, fragment or derivative thereof having at least 75% identity with SEQ ID No. 3 or SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 9 or SEQ ID No. 10 or SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15; or a polypeptide sequence which comprises SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10. SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15 with a conservative substitution of at least one of the amino acids; or a xylanase which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 12. SEQ ID No. 13. SEQ ID No. 14. SEQ ID No. 16. SEQ ID No. 17 or SEQ ID No.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APSInventors: Luis Fernando Romero Millan, Susan Arent Lund, Brian Soegaard Laursen, Elijah Gituanjah Kiarie, Zhenghong Zhang, Rosalyn Lau, Zheyong Yu, Floor Klaaske Kooy, Jan Hendrik Van Tuijl, Bart Christiaan Koops, Mads Brogger Pedersen, Soren Dalsgaard
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Patent number: 11978238Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of converting media dimensions. A device may identify a set of frames from a video in a first orientation as belonging to a scene. The device may receive a selected coordinate on a frame of the set of frames for the scene. The device may identify a first region within the frame including a first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate and a second region within the frame including a second feature. The device may generate a first score for the first feature and a second score for the second feature. The first score may be greater than the second score based on the first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate. The device may crop the frame to include the first region and the second region within a predetermined display area comprising a subset of regions of the frame in a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Brian Mulford, Nathan Frey, Alexandros Panagopoulos, Yinquan Hao, Yuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20240139352Abstract: Imaging agents comprising an isolated polypeptide conjugated with a radionucleide and a chelator; wherein the isolated polypeptide binds specifically to HER2, or a variant thereof; and methods for preparing and using these imaging agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Faisal Ahmed Syud, Brian Duh-Lan Lee, Rong Zhang, Peter Brian Iveson, Paul Schaffer, Tove Simonsson, Elin Gunneriusson, Fredrik Frejd, Lars Abrahmsen, Joachim Feldwisch, Nina Herne, Christofer Lendel
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Patent number: 11972431Abstract: Systems and methods include registering use of a virtual certification number (VCN) at a secure entity by receiving, at an external gateway, a registration request comprising an external request code and a primary account number (PAN), wherein the external request code is unique to the secure entity, determining that the external request code is an unregistered external request code, receiving a tokenized PAN based on the PAN, receiving an account identifier by applying the tokenized PAN to a certification mechanism tool application programing interface (API), generating a certification mechanism reference identifier by encrypting a certification mechanism associated with the account identifier and the tokenized PAN, updating a database to associate the certification mechanism reference identifier with the external request code, and transmitting, via the external gateway, a registration authentication to an external entity, the registration authentication comprising the external request code.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Kelly Jo Brown, Jesse Emery, Jonathan Blocksom, Swapna Mandala, Todd Safford, Victoria Yang, Brian Glowniak, Edward Husa, Calvin Sun, Audrey Zhang
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Publication number: 20240132826Abstract: An apparatus for bioprocessing includes a housing, a drawer receivable within the housing, the drawer including a plurality of sidewalls and a bottom defining a processing chamber, and a generally open top, the drawer being movable between a closed position in which the drawer is received within the housing, and an open position in which the drawer extends from the housing enabling access to the processing chamber through the open top, and at least one bed plate positioned within the processing chamber and configured to receive a bioreactor vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLCInventors: Weston Blaine Griffin, Alex D Corwin, Xiaohua Zhang, Reginald Donovan Smith, Zhen Liu, Chengkun Zhang, Vandana Keskar, Brian Michael Davis, Kashan Shaikh
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Patent number: 11966769Abstract: Computing system enhancements make container instantiation faster, reduce layer content storage demands, and make more container image formats available. A container instantiation location sends a container image pull request to a container registry, receives an image manifest, sends a layer mount request to the registry instead of a layer content download request, receives a layer mount, optionally repeats for additional layers, creates a union file system spanning the layers, and launches a container process based on the union file system without first downloading all the layer content.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Eric Ray Hotinger, Bin Du, Sajay Antony, Steven M. Lasker, Siva Garudayagari, Dongjiang You, Yu Wang, Samarth Shah, Brian Timothy Goff, Shiwei Zhang
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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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Publication number: 20240117363Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, cells, engineered microorganisms, and kits for increased production of a nucleic acid molecule that comprises an unnatural nucleotide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Floyd E. ROMESBERG, Brian LAMB, Yorke ZHANG
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Patent number: 11951589Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to hold a polishing pad, a carrier head to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad, and a controller. The polishing pad has a polishing control groove. The carrier is laterally movable by a first actuator across the polishing pad and rotatable by a second actuator. The controller synchronizes lateral oscillation of the carrier head with rotation of the carrier head such that over a plurality of successive oscillations of the carrier head such that when a first angular swath of an edge portion of the substrate is at an azimuthal angular position about an axis of rotation of the carrier head the first angular swath overlies the polishing surface and when a second angular swath of the edge portion of the substrate is at the azimuthal angular position the second angular swath overlies the polishing control groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Jimin Zhang, Jianshe Tang, Brian J. Brown, Wei Lu, Priscilla Diep
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Patent number: 11952428Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of BCMA. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to BCMA, vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T cells comprising the BCMA CAR. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR that comprises a BCMA binding domain.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Aida Abujoub, John Blankenship, Dexiu Bu, Tony Fleming, Brian Holmberg, Connie Hong, Lu Huang, Chonghui Zhang
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Publication number: 20240109899Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) and (II), wherein all substituents are defined herein, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of using said compositions in the treatment of various disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANYInventors: BRIAN E. FINK, EMILY CHARLOTTE CHERNEY, LIPING ZHANG, JULIAN C. LO, GRETCHEN M. SCHROEDER, TRAM N. HUYNH, DONNA D. WEI, VIJAY T. AHUJA, CLAUDE A. QUESNELLE
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Publication number: 20240114125Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes obtaining a sensor assembly that includes at least a first camera and a second camera, and positioning the sensor assembly in an enclosure of a sensor testing system. The enclosure has a first enclosure target and a second enclosure target affixed thereon, and includes a sensor arrangement. The sensor testing assembly further includes a computing arrangement and a data acquisition arrangement, The method also includes performing a first test on the sensor assembly by providing commands to the sensor assembly using the computing arrangement, and monitoring the sensor assembly during the first test. Monitoring the sensor assembly includes obtaining data from the sensor assembly and/or the sensor arrangement, and providing the data to the data acquisition arrangement. Finally, the method includes processing the data, wherein processing the data includes determining whether the data indicates that the sensor assembly passes the first test.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Nuro, Inc.Inventors: Fan Yang, Samuel Cheng, Yun Zhang, Brian Hufnagel, Tarik Snyder, Jordan Aaron, Biyu Ye
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Patent number: 11946348Abstract: A gas-lift well includes a casing extending down a wellbore, production tubing extending within the casing, a gas system for inserting compressed gas into an annular space between the casing and the production tubing, at least one gas-lift input, and at least one fluid flow regime modifier. The at least one gas-lift input extends from the annular space, through the production tubing, and to an interior of the production tubing. The at least one fluid flow regime modifier is disposed within the production tubing and is at least partially within a fluid column of the production tubing, the at least one fluid flow regime modifier is configured to reduce fluid fallback and impart a turbulent flow regime to at least a portion of the fluid column.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLCInventors: Brian Reeves, Jinfeng Zhang
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Patent number: 11939389Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of BCMA. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to BCMA, vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T cells comprising the BCMA CAR. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR that comprises a BCMA binding domain.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Aida Abujoub, John Blankenship, Dexiu Bu, Tony Fleming, Brian Holmberg, Connie Hong, Lu Huang, Chonghui Zhang
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Publication number: 20240092947Abstract: The present disclosure relates to supported catalyst systems for olefin polymerization, catalyst system precursors, methods of producing the precursors and catalyst systems and polyolefins formed from the catalyst systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Lubin LUO, Francis C. RIX, Kevin A. Stevens, Chi-l KUO, Xiaodan ZHANG, Jacqueline A. LOVELL, Charles J. HARLAN, Xuan YE, Brian R. BERG
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Patent number: 11932842Abstract: An apparatus for bioprocessing includes a housing, a drawer receivable within the housing, the drawer including a plurality of sidewalls and a bottom defining a processing chamber, and a generally open top, the drawer being movable between a closed position in which the drawer is received within the housing, and an open position in which the drawer extends from the housing enabling access to the processing chamber through the open top, and at least one bed plate positioned within the processing chamber and configured to receive a bioreactor vessel.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLCInventors: Weston Blaine Griffin, Alex D Corwin, Xiaohua Zhang, Reginald Donovan Smith, Zhen Liu, Chengkun Zhang, Vandana Keskar, Brian Michael Davis, Kashan Shaikh
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Patent number: 11930991Abstract: A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a canister and a base configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot thereon, where the base can include a front portion and a back portion opposite the front portion. The base can include a vacuum port extending at least partially through the base. The canister can be connected to the back portion of the base and can be located at least partially above the base. The canister can include a debris bin connected to the vacuum port to receive debris therefrom and a fan compartment connected to a side wall of the debris bin and including a fan system operable to draw debris through the vacuum port and the debris bin.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Vincent Andrew Wolff, Brian W. Doughty, Leo Torrente, Travis Gschrey, Jack Zhang, Levi Fox, Rogelio Manfred Neumann, Celerick Stephens, James J. Mahoney, Jr.
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Patent number: 11931853Abstract: Generating a recipe for controlling a polishing system includes receiving a target removal profile that includes a target thickness to remove for a plurality of locations on a substrate that are angularly distributed around the substrate, and storing a first function defining a polishing rate for a zone from a plurality of pressurizable zones of a carrier head that are angularly distributed around a the carrier head. The first function defines polishing rates as a function of pressures. For each particular zone of the plurality of zones a recipe defining a pressure for the particular zone over time is calculated by calculating an expected thickness profile after polishing using the first function, and minimizing a cost function that incorporates a first term representing a difference between the expected thickness profile and a target thickness profile.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Eric Lau, Charles C. Garretson, Huanbo Zhang, Zhize Zhu, Benjamin Cherian, Brian J. Brown, Thomas H. Osterheld
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Patent number: 11931854Abstract: A method of chemical mechanical polishing includes rotating a polishing pad about an axis of rotation, positioning a substrate against the polishing pad, the polishing pad having a groove that is concentric with the axis of rotation, oscillating the substrate laterally across the polishing pad such that a central portion of the substrate and an edge portion of the substrate are positioned over a polishing surface of the polishing pad for a first duration, and holding the substrate substantially laterally fixed in a position such that the central portion of the substrate is positioned over the polishing surface of the polishing pad and the edge portion of the substrate is positioned over the groove for a second duration.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Jimin Zhang, Jianshe Tang, Brian J. Brown, Wei Lu, Priscilla Diep LaRosa