Patents by Inventor Ka Yiu On
Ka Yiu On 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).
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Patent number: 11416503Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing consumable collaboration insights related to a file in a collaboration environment. In one aspect, data associated with at least one of a file and collaborators of the file is mined. One or more collaboration events related to the file may be determined using the mined data. A summary of the one or more collaboration events related to the file may be generated. The summary of the one or more collaboration events may be sent to a client computing device for displaying a summarized view of the one or more collaboration events as a collaboration pane within the file.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Karvell Ka Yiu Li, Sharon Hang Li, Yimeng Li, Dhaliwal Maninderjit Singh
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Patent number: 11203897Abstract: A wireless electric curtain control system includes a smart curtain, a wireless repeater and a remote control. The remote control is for sending a control signal to the wireless repeater; the wireless repeater is for receiving and sending the control signal to the smart curtain; the smart curtain includes a curtain body, a motor module and a wireless module; the wireless module is for receiving and feeding back the control signal of the wireless repeater to a motor module; the motor module controls the operation of the curtain body according to the control signal received by the wireless module. The wireless repeater sends the control signal to the wireless module of the smart curtain to control the motor module and the smart curtain and increase the signal transmission distance between the smart curtain and the remote control via a wireless transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Dongguang Keetat Lighting Ltd.Inventors: Ka Yiu On, Yanliang Chen, Jianming Zeng, Lanyu Li
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Patent number: 11174468Abstract: The present disclosure describes a genetically engineered bacteria that relieves the catabolite repression problem exerted by the Spot 42 small regulatory RNA by adding a galactokinase that does not contain the Spot 42 binding region. As such, galK and galM and the like can be expressed allow better galactose utilization.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYInventors: Ka-Yiu San, Ping Liu, Sha Li
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Publication number: 20210087571Abstract: A method to improve the production of acetyl-CoA-derived biochemicals by overexpression of an acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase or acetate-CoA ligase from naturally acetate-utilizing organisms with or without an added acetate transporter. The production of free fatty acid and its derivatives from renewable carbon source was used as a non-limiting example. Using this approach, the production of free fatty acids with yield close to the maximum theoretical yield at high titer can be achieved. As such, this invention will provide the necessary framework to produce many other products sharing or branching out from the fatty acid synthesis pathway economically. These products include hydrocarbons, fatty alcohols, hydroxy fatty acids, dicarboxylic acids, fatty acid esters, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Ka-Yiu SAN, Zhilin LI
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Patent number: 10943059Abstract: A mechanism and model by which to manage inadvertent edits of electronic content. The model determines the likelihood of whether a modification made to a document is intentional or was inadvertent and assist users in identifying these edits. The proposed devices and method can significantly improve workflow efficiency and allow users to feel more comfortable in the development and use of their electronic content, and/or reduce the possibility of other users causing accidental or unintentional errors in a document.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Zhenyu Yao, Sharon Hang Li, Maninder jit Singh Dhaliwal, Karvell Ka Yiu Li, Yimeng Li
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Patent number: 10920251Abstract: This invention describes a method of using microbial to produce fats, such as fatty acids and their derivatives, or products derived from the fatty acid synthesis cycle, such as hydroxyfatty acids, methyl ketones, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYInventors: Ka-Yiu San, Zhilin Li, Xian Zhang
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Patent number: 10851393Abstract: The present disclosure describes a genetically engineered a KASIII-independent fatty acid biosynthetic pathway that makes use of the promiscuous nature of the rest of the FAS enzymes (3-ketoacyl-ACP synthetase, 3-ketoacyl-ACP reductase, 3-hydroxyacyl ACP dehydrase, enoyl-ACP reductase) to bypass the KASIII step by providing a Co-A precursor of two or higher than two carbons (such as the four carbon butyryl-CoA) as the starting molecule. Since many CoA-based starter molecules can be supplied for the fatty acid synthesis, much more diversified products can be obtained with various carbon-chain lengths. As such, this disclosure will serve as a powerful and efficient platform to produce low to medium chain length products carrying many different functional groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Ka-Yiu San, Xian Zhang, Hui Wu, Dan Wang
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Publication number: 20200332594Abstract: A wireless electric curtain control system includes a smart curtain, a wireless repeater and a remote control. The remote control is for sending a control signal to the wireless repeater; the wireless repeater is for receiving and sending the control signal to the smart curtain; the smart curtain includes a curtain body, a motor module and a wireless module; the wireless module is for receiving and feeding back the control signal of the wireless repeater to a motor module; the motor module controls the operation of the curtain body according to the control signal received by the wireless module. The wireless repeater sends the control signal to the wireless module of the smart curtain to control the motor module and the smart curtain and increase the signal transmission distance between the smart curtain and the remote control via a wireless transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Ka Yiu On, Yanliang Chen, Jianming Zeng, Lanyu Li
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Patent number: 10774349Abstract: The present disclosure describes an engineered microorganism for producing alpha omega bifunctional C6-16 fatty acids from renewable carbon sources.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Ka-Yiu San, Dan Wang
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Patent number: 10752925Abstract: Microbes and methods used to convert renewable carbon sources such as glucose, sucrose, biomass hydrolysate, methanol or formate, to succinate-derived products, such as fumarate or malate, which are desirable products having many uses.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Ka-Yiu San, George N. Bennett, Irene Martinez
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Publication number: 20200200341Abstract: The present invention relates to night lamps and particularly to a detachable night lamp. The detachable night lamp includes a lampshade, a mounting base, a circuit board installed in the mounting base and having an illuminator electrically connected to the circuit board, a receiving chamber formed at the top surface of the mounting base. The receiving chamber has a through hole corresponding to the illuminator. A plug connector is installed at the bottom end of the lampshade for connecting the receiving chamber and the plug connector includes a cylinder connected to the bottom of the lampshade bottom, and a semi-circular fastening ring disposed on the outer wall of the cylinder. A fastening block is disposed on an inner wall of the receiving chamber for connecting the semi-circular fastening ring. The mounting base and the lampshade have a detachable design.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Ka Yiu On, Chuan Yang, Lin Tan, Hongguo Ling, Liang Yin, Nanxi Peng
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Publication number: 20200004808Abstract: A mechanism and model by which to manage inadvertent edits of electronic content. The model determines the likelihood of whether a modification made to a document is intentional or was inadvertent and assist users in identifying these edits. The proposed devices and method can significantly improve workflow efficiency and allow users to feel more comfortable in the development and use of their electronic content, and/or reduce the possibility of other users causing accidental or unintentional errors in a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Zhenyu YAO, Sharon Hang LI, Maninder jit Singh DHALIWAL, Karvell Ka Yiu LI, Yimeng LI
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Patent number: 10465212Abstract: There is provided a recombinant bacterium comprising at least one overexpressed acyl-ACP thioesterase gene, and wherein at least one gene from the tricarboxylic acid cycle or glycolysis or both is inactivated. There is also provided a method for producing fatty acids, said method comprising culturing bacteria comprising at least one overexpressed acyl-ACP thioesterase gene in a growth medium in a container having walls; allowing said bacteria to secrete fatty acids; and collecting said fatty acids. Acid supplementation is also shown to increase productivity.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Ka-Yiu San, Mai Li, Xiujun Zhang
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Publication number: 20190251197Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for providing consumable collaboration insights related to a file in a collaboration environment. In one aspect, data associated with at least one of a file and collaborators of the file is mined. One or more collaboration events related to the file may be determined using the mined data. A summary of the one or more collaboration events related to the file may be generated. The summary of the one or more collaboration events may be sent to a client computing device for displaying a summarized view of the one or more collaboration events as a collaboration pane within the file.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Karvell Ka Yiu Li, Sharon Hang Li, II, Yimeng Li, Dhaliwal Maninderjit Singh
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Patent number: 10310718Abstract: Enabling interaction with an external service feature via a productivity application is provided. Features in an application are oftentimes an integration of an external or third party service into the application. To enable access to a feature, such as for testing purposes, a secret globally unique identifier (GUID) is input into a designated interface of the application, and a request is sent to enable the external service feature, wherein the request provides an indication to provide resources to interact with the external service feature. The application receives the resources and enables interaction with the external service feature via the productivity application by providing an interface within the productivity application for interacting with the external service feature. Various GUIDs may be used to enable different features. Further, another GUID may be used to disable interaction with the external service feature.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Shavinder Singh Multani, Alberto Swett, Karvell Ka Yiu Li, Akshay Navneetlal Mutha
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Publication number: 20190144898Abstract: This invention describes a method of using microbial to produce fats, such as fatty acids and their derivatives, or products derived from the fatty acid synthesis cycle, such as hydroxyfatty acids, methyl ketones, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Ka-Yiu SAN, Zhilin LI, Xian ZHANG
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Publication number: 20190119686Abstract: The present disclosure describes a genetically engineered bacteria that relieves the catabolite repression problem exerted by the Spot 42 small regulatory RNA by adding a galactokinase that does not contain the Spot 42 binding region. As such, galK and galM and the like can be expressed allow better galactose utilization.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYInventors: Ka-Yiu SAN, Ping LIU, Sha LI
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Publication number: 20190079946Abstract: In example embodiments, a server stores, in one or more data repositories, a plurality of files that are accessible to a first user of a client device. The server computes, for each file in the plurality of files, a score representing a likelihood that the first user will access the file. The server determines that, for one or more files from the plurality of files, the score exceeds a threshold. The server caches the one or more files in a local cache memory of the client device in response to determining that the score exceeds the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Karvell Ka Yiu Li, Yi-Lei Wu, Rui Hu, Sharon Hang Li, Sihong Liu, Si-Qing Chen, Ankita Sharma, Varshini Ramaseshan, Tejprakash S. Gill, Tomasz Lukasz Religa
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Publication number: 20180371508Abstract: Microbes and methods used to convert renewable carbon sources such as glucose, sucrose, biomass hydrolysate, methanol or formate, to succinate-derived products, such as fumarate or malate, which are desirable products having many uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Ka-Yiu SAN, George N. Bennett, Irene Martinez
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Patent number: 10011854Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an engineered microbe capable of improved productivity of fatty acid or fatty acid derivative. An NAD+-dependent 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase or NAD+-dependent 3-oxoacyl-CoA reductase replaces or supplements the native NADP+-dependent 3-oxoacyl-ACP reductase so as to utilize the higher availability of NAD+ rather than NADP+ in the cell. Higher production, yield and titer of fatty acids are therefore obtained. Such microbes can be combined with other mutations to further improve yield of fatty acids or fatty acid derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Ka-Yiu San, Wei Li