Patents by Inventor Christopher Li
Christopher Li 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: 20240126690Abstract: A memory system includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller configured to: designate a storage mode for a target set of memory cells based on valid data in a source block, wherein the target set of memory cells are configured with a capacity to store up to a maximum number of bits per cell, and the storage mode is for dynamically configuring the target set of memory cells in as cache memory that stores a number of bits less per cell than the corresponding maximum capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Peter Feeley, Ashutosh Malshe, Daniel J. Hubbard, Christopher S. Hale, Kevin R. Brandt, Sampath K. Ratnam, Yun Li, Marc S. Hamilton
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Publication number: 20240128036Abstract: Power switch assemblies are provided herein each having a power switch enclosure including a box portion and a cover portion removably attachable to the box portion, a power switch installed in a box cavity and having a plurality of terminals, a handle shaft extending through a wall of the cover, and a monitor circuit including a circuit board attached to the cover, monitor circuitry formed on the circuit board, and a plurality of connectors installed on the circuit board, wherein the connectors are configured, upon attachment of the cover to the box, without manual disconnection or reconnection of wires, to electrically interact with a terminal of the power switch for electrical communication between the power switch and the monitor circuitry, and wherein the connectors are configured, without manual disconnection or reconnection of wires, to terminate the electrical interactions upon removal of the cover from the box.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: John E. Brower, Christopher Alan Carbone, Zhenhong Li
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Publication number: 20240122392Abstract: A cooking system for cooking food including a housing having a hollow interior and a cooking container receivable within said hollow interior. The cooking container has an upper end and a feature formed at the upper end. At least one heating element is associated with the feature and a fluid source is arranged to deliver fluid to said feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Christopher T. Martin, Joshua D. Anthony, Benjamin Sharp, Chuwen Li
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Publication number: 20240122463Abstract: Various apparatuses are disclosed (e.g., system, device, method, or the like) for guiding the capture and assessing the quality of an image, including dental images. The apparatuses may use trained neural networks to examine images and provide users feedback regarding image quality. The neural networks may be trained based on images within image groups that have been ranked based on perceived image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Guotu LI, Chao SHI, Chad Clayton BROWN, Christopher E. CRAMER, Phillip Thomas HARRIS, Adam SILL, Will NEVILLE, Ritvik BANSAL
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Patent number: 11957541Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for scoring a post-treatment tooth position of a patient's teeth. A patient's dentition may be scanned and/or segmented. Raw dental features, principal component analysis (PCA) features, and/or other features may be extracted and compared to those of other teeth, such as those obtained through automated machine learning systems. A classifier can identify and/or output the post-treatment tooth position of the patient's teeth.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.Inventors: Guotu Li, Christopher E. Cramer, Chad Clayton Brown, Anton Spiridonov
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Patent number: 11962892Abstract: A method of dental treatment may include receiving photos of a person's dentition, identifying a stage of a treatment plan administered to the person's dentition, gathering a three-dimensional (3D) model of the person's dentition corresponding to the stage of the treatment plan, projecting attributes of the 3D model of the person's dentition onto an image plane to get a projected representation of the person's dentition at the stage of the treatment plan, comparing the photos to the projected representation to derive an error image representing the comparison, and analyzing the error image for discrepancies, wherein the discrepancies represent one or more deviations of the person's dentition from the stage of the treatment plan.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Christopher E. Cramer, Rajiv Venkata, Leela Parvathaneni, Phillip Thomas Harris, Sravani Gurijala, Svetozar Hubenov, Sebastien Hareng, Guotu Li, Yun Gao, Chad Clayton Brown
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Patent number: 11958006Abstract: Virus and microbe-killing, self-sterilizing resistive heated air filters and methods of making and using same methods. The air filter is includes laser-induced graphene (LIG), a porous conductive graphene foam formed through photothermal conversion of a polyimide film (or another source or source of polymer or other LIG precursor material) by a laser source. The LIG in the air filter can capture particulates and bacteria. The bacteria cannot proliferate even when submerged in culture medium. Through a periodic Joule-heating mechanism, the filter easily reaches greater than 300° C. This destroys any microorganisms including bacteria, along with molecules that can cause adverse biological reactions and diseases such as viruses, pyrogens, allergens, exotoxins, endotoxins, teichoic acids, mycotoxins, nucleic acids, and prions.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: William Marsh Rice University, B.G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd., at Ben-Gurion UniversityInventors: James M. Tour, Michael G. Stanford, John Li, Yieu Chyan, Christopher John Arnusch, Steven E. Presutti
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Publication number: 20240115612Abstract: Provided are adoptive cell therapy methods involving the administration of doses of cells for treating disease and conditions, including certain B cell malignancies. The cells generally express recombinant receptors such as chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). In some embodiments, the methods are for treating subjects with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). In some embodiments, the methods are for treating subjects with relapsed or refractory NHL. Also provided are articles of manufacture and prophylactic treatments in connection with adoptive therapy methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Juno Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Tina ALBERTSON, Brian CHRISTIN, Jacob Randolph GARCIA, Christopher Glen RAMSBORG, Claire L. SUTHERLAND, Clinton WEBER, Rachel K. YOST, Mark J. GILBERT, He LI
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Publication number: 20240118630Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, device, and system for biochips manufacturing including a wafer processing apparatus such as a spin cell platform, a synthesizer, a wafer handling robot, an ultraviolet aligner, and a wafer centering device. The wafer processing apparatus uses a nozzle in a lid to disperse a solution to the surface of a wafer. Further, the wafer is positioned on top of a vacuum chuck and does not spin while the solution is dispensed over the surface of the wafer via surface tension, thereby permitting the first solution to react with a reagent on the surface. Further, when dispensing the first solution, a separation gap between the lid and the wafer is at a predetermined distance, for example, from about 20 micrometer to about 200 micrometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: CENTRILLION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Bolan LI, Uzair Yousuf SIKORA, Glenn MCGALL, Christopher Alan HACK, Wei ZHOU
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Patent number: 11952608Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing oxygenated terpenoids. Polynucleotides, derivative enzymes, and host cells for use in such methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Manus Bio Inc.Inventors: Ajikumar Parayil Kumaran, Chin Giaw Lim, Liwei Li, Souvik Ghosh, Christopher Pirie, Anthony Qualley
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Publication number: 20240110315Abstract: The present invention provides a composition and method for forming polymeric multifilaments having a filament diameter of no more than 10 ?m with a high tensile strength and toughness. The composition includes at least one semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer and a nucleating agent to stabilize the multifilaments during melt-spinning and facilitate phase transformation of the thermoplastic polymer in subsequent drawing and annealing cycles. The method includes a quenching step for the melt-spun filaments immediately after the melt-spinning and collection of the quenched filaments with a specific winding speed to decrease the filament diameter. The subsequent drawing and annealing cycles further enhance the mechanical properties of the filaments after the quenching.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Kang ZHANG, Christopher Cheung YEC, Shilong ZHANG, Jifan LI
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Publication number: 20240111289Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to arranging a pickup between a driverless vehicle and a passenger. For instance, dispatch instructions dispatching the vehicle to a predetermined pickup area in order to pick up the passenger are received by the vehicle which begins maneuvering to the predetermined pickup area. While doing so, the vehicle receives from the passenger's client computing device the device's location. An indication that the passenger is interested in a fly-by pickup is identified. The fly-by pickup allows the passenger to safely enter the vehicle at a location outside of the predetermined pickup area and prior to the one or more processors have maneuvered the vehicle to the predetermined pickup area. The vehicle determines that the fly-by pickup is appropriate based on at least the location of the client computing device and the indication, and based on the determination, maneuvers itself in order to attempt the fly-by pickup.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Nathaniel Fairfield, Joshua Seth Herbach, Christopher Kennedy Ludwick, Matthew Paul McNaughton, Renaud-Roland Hubert, Jennifer Arden, Min Li Chan
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Publication number: 20240108169Abstract: Embodiments of a paper towel holder, system and method thereof are provided. The paper towel holder includes a bracket, a sleeve, a pin and an arm. The bracket is sized and configured to be coupled to a main body of a cooking system. The sleeve defines a hollow portion to receive the pin with an axis extending axially through the sleeve, the sleeve being coupled to the bracket. The arm includes at least one opening so as to be rotatably coupled to the pin. The at least one opening in the arm extends to define a keyed shape that corresponds with a square shaped outer periphery of the sleeve such that the arm is rotatable about the pin and can be moved to different orientations about the pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Christopher L. Hanks, Mengyan Li
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Patent number: 11945967Abstract: A method for forming a benzophenone-containing emulsion is provided. The method includes a step of forming a pre-emulsion by combining a monomer composition with a benzophenone or a benzophenone derivative in water, the monomer composition including one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid monomers and (meth)acrylic monomers, vinyl acetate, aromatic monomers, vinyl neodecanoate, and combinations thereof. The pre-emulsion is polymerized by combining the pre-emulsion with a radical initiator in a reactor to form a reaction mixture that polymerizes to form an emulsion polymer. This procedure implements novel and easily polymerizable benzophenone (meth)acrylates) into the polymer backbone preventing them from leaching out of finished coatings. Advantageously, the benzophenone-containing emulsions can be used to form paint coatings with dirt pick-up resistance while maintaining the excellent flexibility of paint finishes to limit cracking of the final film.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Behr Process CorporationInventors: Jigui Li, Christopher Ziehm, Ryan Hicken
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Patent number: 11944647Abstract: Provided are adoptive cell therapy methods involving the administration of doses of cells for treating disease and conditions, including certain B cell malignancies. The cells generally express recombinant receptors such as chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). In some embodiments, the methods are for treating subjects with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). In some embodiments, the methods are for treating subjects with relapsed or refractory NHL. Also provided are articles of manufacture and prophylactic treatments in connection with adoptive therapy methods.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Juno Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Tina Albertson, Brian Christin, Jacob Randolph Garcia, Christopher Glen Ramsborg, Claire L. Sutherland, Clinton Weber, Rachel K. Yost, Mark J. Gilbert, He Li
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Publication number: 20240099365Abstract: A cartridge includes an air flow passageway defining a first airflow direction, a heating element having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis perpendicular to the first airflow direction, and a jacket at least partially surrounding the heating element along the longitudinal axis of the heating element and defining a second airflow direction perpendicular to the first airflow direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: San LI, Barry S. SMITH, Christopher S. TUCKER
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Patent number: 11939762Abstract: A system and method are provided for manufacturing a tower structure. Accordingly, one or more layers of a wall element are deposited with a printhead assembly. At least one recess is defined in the wall element. The recess(es) has a single, circumferential opening positioned along an inner reference curve or an outer reference curve of the wall element. The recess(es) also has a depth which extends in a radial direction and intersects a midline reference curve. A reinforcing element is placed entirely within the recess(es) at the midline reference curve.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLCInventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Gregory Edward Cooper, Xiaopeng Li, Christopher James Kenny, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer
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Patent number: D1019164Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: LANDSCAPE FORMS, INC.Inventors: Rodrigo Andres Torres Torres, Christopher E. Briolat, Site Li
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Patent number: D1019226Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: LANDSCAPE FORMS, INC.Inventors: Rodrigo Andres Torres Torres, Christopher E. Briolat, Site Li
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Patent number: D1019433Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: James Siminoff, Mark D. Siminoff, Wen-Yo Lu, Christopher Loew, Jia Li, Wei-Chung Wang, Gregory Berlin, Andrew Louis Russell, Eric Scott Micko