Patents by Inventor Grace Y. Liu

Grace Y. Liu 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: 20230203471
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a platform for disrupting intracellular microtubules. The method and the platform of the present disclosure can accurately and quickly disrupt the microtubule structure in a specific area of a cell by adding a specific chemical small molecule or a specific wavelength of light. In addition to providing important reagents for microtubule-related research in basic science, it may even be developed into a new technology for precise chemotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Lin, Grace Y. Liu
  • Patent number: 10185692
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for tracking use of a specialized hardware component in symmetric multiprocessing computing device. A device includes a memory and one or more multi-core processors attached to a coherent memory bus. A proxy for a specialized hardware component (SHC) such as an accelerator, FPGA, or ASIC is placed in communication with the coherent memory bus. The proxy may be attached to another bus such as a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus. A tracker updates an allocated counting register with counts of events related to use of the SHC. When requested, information from the counting register is provided such as to an external device or client communicating with the multiprocessing computing device. The tracker may follow calls or messages to the SHC. The tracker may accumulate a count of message size or mode of use or use of certain functions of the SHC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shakti Kapoor, Grace Y. Liu, Karen E. Yokum
  • Publication number: 20180052795
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for tracking use of a specialized hardware component in symmetric multiprocessing computing device. A device includes a memory and one or more multi-core processors attached to a coherent memory bus. A proxy for a specialized hardware component (SHC) such as an accelerator, FPGA, or ASIC is placed in communication with the coherent memory bus. The proxy may be attached to another bus such as a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) bus. A tracker updates an allocated counting register with counts of events related to use of the SHC. When requested, information from the counting register is provided such as to an external device or client communicating with the multiprocessing computing device. The tracker may follow calls or messages to the SHC. The tracker may accumulate a count of message size or mode of use or use of certain functions of the SHC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Shakti Kapoor, Grace Y. Liu, Karen E. Yokum