Patents by Inventor How-Foo Chen

How-Foo Chen 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: 11353637
    Abstract: A two-piece optical prism includes a prism having a groove and prism having arc faces, where the prism having a groove has at least one first arc face and groove having at least one second arc face, and the prism having arc faces is placed in the groove of the prism having a groove and has at least one third arc face. The present invention can be used in the surface plasmon resonance optical system for the angle, range adjustment and control of incident light (e.g. laser light), capable of constituting an optical wide-angle, multi-angle incident system to carry out the wide-angle, multi-angle scanning detection of surface plasmon resonance, increasing the system dynamic detection range and sensitivity; and further reducing a detection chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL YANG-MING UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: How-Foo Chen
  • Publication number: 20200110201
    Abstract: A two-piece optical prism includes a prism having a groove and prism having arc faces, where the prism having a groove has at least one first arc face and groove having at least one second arc face, and the prism having arc faces is placed in the groove of the prism having a groove and has at least one third arc face. The present invention can be used in the surface plasmon resonance optical system for the angle, range adjustment and control of incident light (e.g. laser light), capable of constituting an optical wide-angle, multi-angle incident system to carry out the wide-angle, multi-angle scanning detection of surface plasmon resonance, increasing the system dynamic detection range and sensitivity; and further reducing a detection chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: How-Foo Chen
  • Patent number: 8908185
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prism. The prism includes a lower surface, an upper surface, a first side surface and a second side surface. The first side surface and the second side surface are disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. The first side surface and the second side surface of the prism are one-dimensional parabolic surfaces. The lower surface is used to receive light. The first side surface is used to reflect the light from the lower surface to the upper surface. The second side surface is used to reflect the light from the upper surface to the lower surface for further analysis in the process unit afterwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: National Yang-Ming University
    Inventors: How-foo Chen, Oscar Kuang-Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 8810795
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical detection system in which a first mirror of the control unit is used to receive light beam and redirect it into a first one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror. The first one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror then directs the light beam to a cylindrical lens. Through the mechanism of reflection, the cylindrical lens further directs the light beam to a second one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror. The second one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror then directs the light beam into a second mirror. The detection unit of the system is used to detect the light beam coming from the control unit, so as to convert the light signals into electric signals for the analysis in the process unit afterwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: National Yang-Ming University
    Inventor: How-Foo Chen
  • Publication number: 20140125979
    Abstract: The present invention provides a prism. The prism includes a lower surface, an upper surface, a first side surface and a second side surface. The first side surface and the second side surface are disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface. The first side surface and the second side surface of the prism are one-dimensional parabolic surfaces. The lower surface is used to receive light. The first side surface is used to reflect the light from the lower surface to the upper surface. The second side surface is used to reflect the light from the upper surface to the lower surface for further analysis in the process unit afterwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: How-foo CHEN, Oscar Kuang-Sheng LEE
  • Publication number: 20130342839
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical detection system in which a first mirror of the control unit is used to receive light beam and redirect it into a first one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror. The first one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror then directs the light beam to a cylindrical lens. Through the mechanism of reflection, the cylindrical lens further directs the light beam to a second one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror. The second one-dimensional off-axis parabolic mirror then directs the light beam into a second mirror. The detection unit of the system is used to detect the light beam coming from the control unit, so as to convert the light signals into electric signals for the analysis in the process unit afterwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL YANG-MING UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: How-Foo CHEN
  • Patent number: 7675626
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting a drug resistant microorganism by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Values of SPR angle shift (V) and the drop of SPR angle shift (D) of control group (V1 and D1) and sample (V2 and D2) can determine the microorganism is drug resistant by identifying (I) ration of V1/V2 larger than 1.001, (II) ration of D1/D2 larger than 1.001 and (III) the SPR angle shift of the sample more smooth or monotonic that that of the control. The present invention further provides SPR as a device used for the method of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: National Yang Ming University
    Inventors: Chi-Hung Lin, How-Foo Chen, Ya-Ling Chiang
  • Publication number: 20080096241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for detecting a drug resistant microorganism by surface plasmon resonance (SPR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Chi-Hung Lin, How-Foo Chen, Ya-Ling Chiang