Patents by Inventor Jianfeng Zhang

Jianfeng 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).

  • Publication number: 20090175897
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the fields of gene therapy, immunology, and vaccine technology. More specifically, the invention relates to a novel system that can rapidly generate high titers of adenovirus vectors that are free of replication-competent adenovirus (RCA). Also provided are methods of generating these RCA-free adenoviral vectors, immunogenic or vaccine compositions comprising these RCA-free adenovirus vectors, methods of expressing a heterologous nucleic acid of interest in these adenovirus vectors and methods of eliciting immunogenic responses using these adenovirus vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: De-chu C. Tang, Jianfeng Zhang, Kent R. Van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20080296890
    Abstract: A pipe-in-pipe pipeline has a bulkhead that transfers thermal stress from an inner pipe to an outer pipe, wherein at least part of the bulkhead forms a conduit for a product traveling through the inner pipe. Most preferably, the pipeline is a cryogenic pipeline for transport of liquefied natural gas. Where desirable, insulating material may be disposed between the inner pipe and outer pipe, while spacers may maintain the distance between the pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clifford Neal Prescott, Jianfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20070276688
    Abstract: Interactive resource competition ranks resource users using coefficients of performance (CoP). Resource users compete for a target resource and each offer a quantifiable reciprocal resource in exchange for using the target resource. A trigger frequency of a predetermined action with respect to the target resource is recorded, and the CoP based on the respective reciprocal resource value and the trigger frequency is determined. The target resource is then allocated based on the ranking of the CoP's. An intermediate and credit fund account is used for both making payments and recording the trigger frequency. The competition is particularly useful for allocating an information display position in online electronic marketing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: ALIBABA.COM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tongyu Sun, Yulei Wang, Dong Chai, Peng Jiang, Anning Li, Jianfeng Zhang, Lijuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20050271689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the decontamination of anthrax spores, prophylaxis and treatment of anthrax infections and, more particularly, to compounds that act as specific inhibitors of B. anthracis germination/outgrowth-associated proteins, methods and means for making such inhibitors and their use as pharmaceuticals and/or vaccines. The invention also relates to the prophylaxis and treatment of anthrax infections and, more particularly, to vaccines and compositions that comprise B. anthracis antigens, epitopes, proteins, or nucleic acid molecules, including anthrax protective antigen, anthrax lethal factor, anthrax edema factor and anthrax proteins associated with spore germination and outgrowth, as well as methods and means for making such compositions and their use pharmaceuticals and/or vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Chun-Ming Huang, JianFeng Zhang, De-Chu Tang