Patents by Inventor Feng Cheng

Feng Cheng 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).

  • Publication number: 20260162314
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for video generation. A method comprises: generating a token sequence based on an input text using an auto-regressive model, the token sequence comprising a plurality of token groups, each token group comprising an action token and a caption token associated with a video clip, the action token indicating a theme of the video clip; determining text conditional information and visual conditional information based on the token sequence, the text conditional information comprising a plurality of caption tokens comprised in the token sequence; and generating a plurality of video clips based at least on the text conditional information and the visual conditional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Junfei Xiao, Lu Jiang, Feng Cheng, Lu Qi, Liangke Gui, Jiepeng Cen, Zhibei Ma
  • Patent number: 12522852
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing L-glufosinate ammonium by biological enzymatic de-racemization, a glufosinate ammonium dehydrogenase mutant and a use thereof. The method for preparing L-glufosinate ammonium by biological enzymatic de-racemization includes catalyzing D,L-glufosinate ammonium as a raw material by a multi-enzyme catalysis system to obtain L-glufosinate ammonium. The enzyme catalysis system includes D-amino acid oxidase for catalyzing D-glufosinate ammonium in the D,L-glufosinate ammonium to 2-carbonyl-4-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphonyl]butanoic acid, and a glufosinate ammonium dehydrogenase mutant for catalytically reducing 2-carbonyl-4-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphonyl]butanoic acid to L-glufosinate ammonium. The glufosinate ammonium dehydrogenase mutant is obtained by mutation of glufosinate-ammonium dehydrogenase in wild fungi Thiopseudomonas denitrificans at a mutation site of V377S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Feng Cheng, Chenghao Cao, Yuguo Zheng, Shuping Zou, Jianmiao Xu
  • Patent number: 12465047
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing L-glufosinate ammonium powder. The method includes the following steps: (1) obtaining a transformation solution for performing biocatalytic transformation to prepare L-glufosinate ammonium, and filtering out bacteria to obtain a filtrate; (2) detecting the amount of ammonium sulfate in the filtrate obtained in step (1), adding calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide to react with the ammonium sulfate to produce calcium sulfate precipitates, and filtering out the calcium sulfate precipitates to obtain a filtrate; (3) detecting the amount of glufosinate ammonium in the filtrate obtained in step (2), adding zinc salt, adjusting pH to 5.5-6.8 to produce glufosinate ammonium zinc salt precipitates, and filtering and collecting the glufosinate ammonium zinc salt precipitates; (4) adding a solvent to dissolve the glufosinate ammonium zinc salt precipitates collected in step (3), and adjusting pH of a solution to 2-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Jie Mao, Feng Cheng, Shuping Zou, Jianmiao Xu, Yuguo Zheng
  • Patent number: 12461785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a graphic-blockchain-orientated sharding storage apparatus, at least comprising a first sharding module and a second sharding module, wherein the first sharding module shards nodes having different resource capacity levels based on ledger data organized using a DAG structure, and the second sharding module assigns transactions to the shards matching with execution difficulty levels of the transactions, so that each said transaction is processed and stored in the shard corresponding thereto. The present invention incorporates the sharding technology into a graphic blockchain to provide a graphic-blockchain-orientated sharding storage method, so as to reduce pressure in terms of data storage and transaction processing on nodes of the graphic blockchain system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jiang Xiao, Feng Cheng, Junpei Ni, Wenhui Yang, Hai Jin
  • Publication number: 20250313814
    Abstract: Provided is an omega-transaminase mutant acquired by a single-point mutation or multi-point mutation at positions 275, 115, and 97 of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO. 2. The transaminase mutant is derived from Aspergillus lentulus. It catalyzes bioreactions with a ketone precursor of a sitagliptin intermediate as the substrate, isopropylamine as the amino donor, pyridoxal phosphate as the coenzyme, and a protonic polar solvent as the cosolvent, thus separating and purifying sitagliptin or the sitagliptin intermediate with high optical purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Feng Cheng, Kuang He, Zhiqiang Liu, Yuguo Zheng, Haijian Xia, Jianxiong Gu, Jiaohua Lin, Yizhong Jin
  • Patent number: 12378588
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a transaminase mutant and application thereof in preparation of sitagliptin intermediates, the transaminase mutant is obtained by substitution of tyrosine with proline at position 74, substitution of glutamic acid with aspartic acid at position 228, substitution of leucine with alanine at position 254 and substitution of methionine with threonine at position 290 of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention uses wet cells or a purified transaminase as a biocatalyst and a sitagliptin precursor ketone or a prochiral carbonyl compound as a substrate to prepare a sitagliptin intermediate or a sitagliptin ester intermediate; the total yield of the method reaches about 82%, and e.e. value of the product reaches 99%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG YONGTAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, ZHEJIANG YONGTAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Liu, Feng Cheng, Xiaojian Zhang, Dongxu Jia, Yuguo Zheng, Renbao He, Yizhong Jin, Hongming Shao, Jiaohua Lin, Feng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12332390
    Abstract: The online detection system for type identification and activity measurement of radiations in gas or liquid is provided, which can capture the light signals generated by different radiations in real time, and convert the light signals into the electrical signals, so as to realize the online type identification and activity measurement of the radiations based on the waveforms and the time information of the electrical signals of the different radiations. In addition, based on the characteristic that different radiations have different penetration capabilities, the inner-outer two-layer activity measurement structure is designed, which can discriminate the radiations with the same waveform. Therefore, the present disclosure simplifies the radiation activity measurement process, thereby greatly improving the efficiency of the radiation activity measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Inventors: Chunhui Dong, Ming Wang, Qingxian Zhang, Gang Li, Qichang Huang, Lingfeng Wei, Weinan Li, Jingxin Zuo, Weixin Peng, Kaiyong Liao, Yi Gu, Feng Cheng, Fei Li, Muhao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250146834
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a system for adaptively dividing a graph network comprising a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes being connected to at least one other node of the plurality of nodes, the method comprising: for each pair of subnetworks from a plurality of subnetworks within the graph network, calculating an association score based on a first accuracy metric in predicting a first latent attribute of at least one first node of a first subnetwork of the each pair of subnetworks using parameters optimized for accurately predicting a second latent attribute of at least one second node of a second subnetwork of the each pair of subnetworks; and forming one of a plurality of new subnetworks within the graph network from each pair of a pair set of subnetworks from the plurality of subnetworks based on a result of determining a sum of the association scores of the pair set of subnetworks is higher than that of another pair set of subnetworks from the plurality of subnetworks
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Johan Zhi Kang KOK, Suriyanarayanan VENKATESAN, Sien Yi TAN, Feng CHENG, Bingsheng HE
  • Patent number: 12215372
    Abstract: A method for asymmetrically preparing L-phosphinothricin by oxidation-reduction reaction through biological multienzyme coupling, where D,L-phosphinothricin as a raw material is catalyzed by an enzyme catalysis system to obtain L-phosphinothricin, wherein the enzyme catalysis system comprises a D-amino acid oxidase mutant for catalyzing D-phosphinothricin in D,L-phosphinothricin into 2-carbonyl-4-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphono] butyric acid and a transaminase for catalytic reduction of the 2-carbonyl-4-[hydroxy(methyl)phosphono] butyric acid into L-phosphinothricin; the D-amino acid oxidase mutant is obtained by mutation of D-amino acid oxidase in wild strain Rhodotorula taiwanensis at one of the following sites: (1) M213S-N54V-F58E; (2) M213S-N54V-F58E-D207A; (3) M213S-N54V-F58E-D207A-S60T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Feng Cheng, Liuyu Wang, Yuguo Zheng, Jianmiao Xu, Shuping Zou
  • Publication number: 20250019732
    Abstract: A method for chemical-biological cascade synthesis of L-phosphinothricin is carried out as follows: 3-(methylethoxyphosphinyl) ethyl propionate is synthesized by addition reaction from diethoxymethylphosphine and acrylic acid, then a condensation reaction is carried out with 3-(methylethoxyphosphinyl) ethyl propionate and sodium ethoxide as reactants, then the product is subjected to a hydrolysis reaction with diethyl oxalate to synthesize 4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-2-oxobutyric acid, and finally, L-phosphinothricin is catalytically synthesized by taking 4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-2-oxobutyric acid as a raw material, and using highly active and stable wet cells co-expressing phsophinothricin dehydrogenase and alcohol dehydrogenase or co-expressing a phsophinothricin dehydrogenase mutant and alcohol dehydrogenase as a biocatalyst, thereby solving the problems of existing L-phosphinothricin synthesis being tedious, low asymmetric amination reduction activity and poor stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Yaping XUE, Feng Cheng, Shuping Zou, Jianmiao XU, Yuguo ZHENG
  • Patent number: 12152264
    Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant, a recombinant bacterium and a one-pot multi-enzyme synchronous directed evolution method. The phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant, with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No.1, is obtained by mutating alanine at position 164 to glycine, arginine at position 205 to lysine, and threonine at position 332 to alanine in a phosphinothricin dehydrogenase derived from Pseudomonas fluorescens. The recombinant bacterium is obtained by introducing a gene encoding the phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant into a host cell. The host cell can also incorporate a gene encoding a glucose dehydrogenase or a gene encoding a formate dehydrogenase to undergo synchronous directed evolution to achieve double gene overexpression. The one-pot multi-enzyme synchronous directed evolution method of the present invention can screen recombinant bacteria with greatly improved activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Feng Cheng, Jumou Li, Qinghua Li, Yuguo Zheng, Shuping Zou, Jianmiao Xu
  • Patent number: 12104191
    Abstract: A cofactor self-sufficient Escherichia coli and its construction method and application in the synthesis of L-glufosinate are provided. The present invention expresses a NADH kinase and key enzymes of the cofactor synthesis pathway in E. coli, and knocks out the genes of enzymes that catabolizes cofactor, and with the addition of co-metabolic intermediates during cell incubation, the intracellular NADP(H) concentration is increased by at least 50% and the catalytic activity of glufosinate dehydrogenase by 2-fold, resulting in a significant increase in the spatiotemporal yield of the glufosinate synthesis reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Shuping Zou, Zhentao Jiang, Jianmiao Xu, Feng Cheng, Yuguo Zheng
  • Patent number: 12075800
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a die-pressing production device and method for flavored dried bean curd. The die-pressing production device includes a die-pressing apparatus and an intermittent fabric operation apparatus located on a side of the die-pressing apparatus; the die-pressing apparatus includes a frame body on which two parallel wrapping mechanisms for wrapping a to-be-pressed material are disposed, and a cover plate for downwards pressing the wrapping mechanisms and a jacking plate for upwards jacking the wrapping mechanisms are respectively disposed on the top and bottom of the frame body; and the intermittent fabric operation apparatus includes a rack and a roller set disposed on the rack, and the roller set is wound with a rotary fabric belt passing through a space between the two wrapping mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Jiangnan University
    Inventors: Feng Cheng, Zhigang Ma, Weixi Ji, Feihu Song
  • Patent number: 12031160
    Abstract: The present invention provides a glufosinate-ammonium dehydrogenase mutant and application in synthesis of L-glufosinate-ammonium thereof, the method uses 2-carbonyl-4-[(hydroxy)(methyl)phosphinoyl]-butyric acid or its salts as a substrate and the glufosinate-ammonium dehydrogenase or cells containing the glufosinate-ammonium dehydrogenase as a biocatalyst to carry out reductive amination, thereby obtaining L-glufosinate-ammonium. The method has features of high conversion rate of raw materials, high yield, easy separation and purification of the product, and high chiral purity; compared with other catalytic processes, the method in the present invention has features of relatively simple process and a conversion rate of raw materials up to 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Feng Cheng, Qinghua Li, Yuguo Zheng, Jianmiao Xu
  • Patent number: 11939599
    Abstract: Disclosed are a gene mining method combining functional sequence and structure simulation, an NADH-preferring phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant and an application thereof. The gene mining method comprises the following steps: (1) analyzing a characteristic sequence which an NADH-type glutamate dehydrogenase should have; (2) searching a gene library based on the characteristic sequence; (3) performing clustering analysis and protein structure simulation on genes obtained by the searching; (4) selecting genes that feature high gene aggregation and a protein structure similar to that of the known phosphinothricin dehydrogenase as candidate genes. A wild-type phosphinothricin dehydrogenase with an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Feng Cheng, Jiamin Zhang, Shuping Zou, Jianmiao Xu, Yuguo Zheng
  • Patent number: 11904423
    Abstract: Provided is a bilateral ultrasonic rolling processing track coordination method for a blade surface, the method comprising: step S1, performing layering processing on a blade to acquire a contour curve of “A”-shaped and “n”-shaped blade edges of a blade model at different heights; step S2: determining the endpoints of a blade processing track; and step S3: planning the thickness and the rotation angle of the blade, comprising: step S31, solving a main direction angle ?main of the contour curve; step S32, solving the thickness d of the blade; step S33, solving a rotation angle required by blade processing when the blade edge is “A”-shaped; and step S34, solving the rotation angle required by blade processing when the blade edge is “n”-shaped. According to the method, blade deformation generated by an ultrasonic rolling force is reduced, the processing efficiency is improved, and the blade processing precision is also improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiancheng Zhang, Kaiming Zhang, Shulei Yao, Shuang Liu, Feng Cheng, Shantung Tu
  • Publication number: 20230350084
    Abstract: The online detection system for type identification and activity measurement of radiations in gas or liquid is provided, which can capture the light signals generated by different radiations in real time, and convert the light signals into the electrical signals, so as to realize the online type identification and activity measurement of the radiations based on the waveforms and the time information of the electrical signals of the different radiations. In addition, based on the characteristic that different radiations have different penetration capabilities, the inner-outer two-layer activity measurement structure is designed, which can discriminate the radiations with the same waveform. Therefore, the present disclosure simplifies the radiation activity measurement process, thereby greatly improving the efficiency of the radiation activity measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chunhui Dong, Ming Wang, Qingxian Zhang, Gang Li, Qichang Huang, Lingfeng Wei, Weinan Li, Jingxin Zuo, Weixin Peng, Kaiyong Liao, Yi Gu, Feng Cheng, Fei Li, Muhao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11781117
    Abstract: Disclosed are a machine learning gene mining method and a phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant for amino translocation. The phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant for amino translocation is obtained by mutation of a wild-type phosphinothricin dehydrogenase with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No.2 at one of the following sites: (1) E263D-K134R-H96A-R290V; (2) E263D-K134R-H96A; (3) E263D-K134R; (4) E263D; (5) E263N; (6) E263C; and (7) E263G. The present invention utilizes the site-saturation mutagenesis technology to mutate a phosphinothricin dehydrogenase gene as shown in SEQ ID No. 1, finds that the 263rd, 134th, 290th and 290th positions are the key sites affecting enzyme activity and stereoselectivity, and obtains a mutant with enzyme activity and ee value much higher than those of the parent phosphinothricin dehydrogenase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Feng Cheng, Dongyang Wu, Shuping Zou, Jianmiao Xu, Yuguo Zheng
  • Patent number: D1002143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Feng Cheng
  • Patent number: D1006597
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Feng Cheng