Patents by Inventor Joanne Ng

Joanne Ng 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).

  • Method and apparatus for using business rules or user roles for selecting portlets in a web portal
    Publication number: 20060235935
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes means to select portal resources (portlets, page and page groups) as displayed to a user based on pluggable rules engine; a rules database; and a portlet application aggregation engine which applies rules to select and display selected portlets, pages and page groups to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Joanne Ng
  • Antioxidant and antiactinic tea plant products
    Publication number: 20050084546
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition of white, green and yellow teas, in a preferred weight proportion of about 5:3:2 which has surprising ability to prevent damage caused by ultraviolet radiation as well as being a strikingly effective antioxidant. The mixed tea blend is useful in topical cosmetics or dermatologics, in beverage preparation and as a foodstuffs ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Walter Smith, Joanne Ng