Patents by Inventor Kevin Xu

Kevin Xu 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: 20240144191
    Abstract: An online concierge system receives a goal and availability information for a picker, in which the availability information describes time slot-location pairs for which the picker is available. The system accesses and applies a first and a second machine learning model to predict a likelihood that an order will be available for service and an amount of earnings for servicing the order, respectively, for each time slot-location pair. The system computes an estimated amount of earnings for each time slot-location pair based on the predictions and generates suggested schedules that each includes one or more time slot-location pairs. For each suggested schedule, the system computes a total estimated amount of earnings based on the estimated amount of earnings and one or more costs. The system identifies a suggested schedule for achieving the goal based on the total estimated amount of earnings or an estimated amount of time included in the suggested schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ganesh Krishnan, Xiaofan Xu, Kevin Ryan
  • Publication number: 20240116892
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides heterocyclic amide and urea compounds and compositions thereof useful for inhibiting JAK2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Craig E. Masse, Kevin Robert DeMarco, Jiayi Xu, Jeremy R. Greenwood, Phani Ghanakota
  • Publication number: 20240116912
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds that can be used as Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) agonists, compositions containing these compounds and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yingzi XU, Kevin KLUCHER, F. Anthony ROMERO
  • Publication number: 20240098474
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for receiving a communication session request associated with a particular User Equipment (“UE”). The system may identify locator information associated with an edge discovery system associated with a network that includes a plurality of edge devices, wherein the edge discovery system receives service requests associated with one or more UEs and provides an indication of a respective edge device of the plurality of edge device in response to respective service requests. The system may output, in response to the communication session request, the locator information associated with the edge discovery system, wherein the particular UE communicates with the edge discovery system using the locator information to output a particular service request and receive, from the edge discovery system, an indication of a particular edge device of the plurality of edge devices in response to the particular service request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Xu, Charles P. Szrom, Valerie Feldmann
  • Patent number: 11933087
    Abstract: A storage console includes a housing with a storage chamber, two closure members connected to the housing, an actuator movably arranged in the housing and a latch mechanism rotatably connected to the housing. The two closure members can be rotated to open or close the storage chamber. The latch mechanism includes two latch members and a synchronizer connected between the two latch members. The movement of the actuator actuates the two latch members to rotate to a lock position in which the two latch members engage with the two closure members or a release position in which the two latch members are separated from the two closure members. The two closure members of the storage console can be opened synchronously by use of the actuator and closed independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mona Li, Wei Xu, Leo Chen, Kevin Shen
  • Publication number: 20240084051
    Abstract: Disclosed are support-activators and catalyst compositions comprising the support-activators for polymerizing olefins in which the support-activator includes clay heteroadduct, prepare from a colloidal phyllosilicate such as a colloidal smectite clay, which is chemically-modified with a heterocoagulation agent. By limiting the amount of heterocoagulation reagent relative to the colloidal smectite clay as described herein, the smectite heteroadduct support-activator is a porous and amorphous solid which can be readily isolated from the resulting slurry by a conventional filtration process, and which can activate metallocenes and related catalysts toward olefin polymerization. Related compositions and processes are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A.
    Inventors: Michael D. Jensen, Kevin Chung, Daoyong Wang, Wei-Chun Shih, Guangxue Xu, Chih-Jian Chen, Charles R. Johnson, II, Mary Lou Cowen
  • Publication number: 20240082820
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to core-shell particles that are superficially porous, polymer-based, and include organic-inorganic materials. In various embodiments, a non-porous polymer core is surface modified. In various embodiments, a non-porous hybrid organic-inorganic material is in contact with the modified surface of the core, and a porous hybrid organic-inorganic material is in contact with the non-porous hybrid organic-inorganic material. The present disclosure pertains to chromatographic separation devices that comprise such core-shell particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mingcheng Xu, Darryl W. Brousmiche, Daniel P. Walsh, Nicole L. Lawrence, Kevin D. Wyndham
  • Publication number: 20240082821
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to non-porous composite particles that are non-porous, polymer-based, organic-inorganic materials. In various embodiments, a non-porous polymer core is surface modified. In various embodiments, a non-porous hybrid organic-inorganic material is disposed on the modified surface of the core. The present disclosure pertains to chromatographic separation devices that comprise such non-porous composite particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mingcheng Xu, Darryl W. Brousmiche, Daniel P. Walsh, Nicole L. Lawrence, Kevin D. Wyndham
  • Patent number: 11927762
    Abstract: A display system comprising a steerable display having a monocular field of view of at least 1 degree, positioned within a scannable field of view of at least 20 degrees, the steerable display positioned for a user. In one embodiment, the steerable display is positioned for the user's fovea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Avegant Corp.
    Inventors: Aaron Matthew Eash, Andrew John Gross, Christopher David Westra, D. Scott Dewald, Edward Chia Ning Tang, Joseph Roger Battelle, Kevin William King, Warren Cornelius Welch, III, Eric Richard David Frasch, David A. Henderson, Qin Xu
  • Publication number: 20240079784
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element and a light source module mounted to a flexible printed circuit and a metal cowling. The module may emit light through a rear housing wall. The printed circuit may be interposed between the metal cowling and a conductive support plate in the rear housing wall. The printed circuit may include a ground trace coupled to the resonating element. A dimpled pad may couple the ground trace to the support plate. Compressive foam may be used to exert a force against the flexible printed circuit that presses the dimpled pad against the conductive support plate. The ground trace and the dimpled pad may form a return path to ground for the resonating element. The dimpled pad may occupy less height within the device than other structures such as metal springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Han Wang, Victor C. Lee, Jingni Zhong, Ming Chen, Bhaskara R. Rupakula, Yiren Wang, Yuan Tao, Christopher Q. Ma, Zhiheng Zhou, Sherry Cao, Kevin M. Froese, Hao Xu, Hongfei Hu, Mattia Pascolini
  • Publication number: 20240056485
    Abstract: A system described herein may maintain one or more smart contracts on a distributed ledger. The system may receive a request, associated with a User Equipment (“UE”), for access to a particular network (e.g., a private network), identify one or more attributes of the UE, and select a particular smart contract based on the attributes of the UE. The system may execute the selected particular smart contract, which may include performing operations, indicated by the particular smart contract, using the one or more attributes of the UE as inputs. Executing the particular smart contract may further include identifying outputs that result from performing the particular set of operations using the attributes of the UE as inputs, such as a network access policy for the UE. The system may output a response to the request, indicating the network access policy determined based on executing the particular smart contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Xu, Mohan Palat
  • Patent number: 11778476
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for selectively granting or revoking/denying access to applications, services, data, etc. to a User Equipment (“UE”) based on location-based policies and a network-determined location of the UE. The network-determined location may be determined by elements of a wireless network, such as a Mobility Management Entity (“MME”), Access and Mobility Management Function (“AMF”), or other suitable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Valerie Feldmann, Kevin Xu, Robert Belson
  • Patent number: 11549852
    Abstract: Exemplary sap flow sensors are provided. A sap flow sensor includes a substrate having a main body and at least two arms spaced apart from one another. The at least two arms extend from the main body. The sap flow sensor further includes a sap flow gauge that is disposed on the substrate. The sap flow gauge is configured to monitor a flow rate of sap through a stem of a plant. The sap flow gauge includes a heating element coupled to an arm of the at least two arms. The sap flow gauge further includes a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor disposed on opposite sides of the heating element. The first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor each coupled to a neighboring arm of the at least two arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CALVERT VENTURES LLC
    Inventors: Pushpam Joseph Aji John, Kevin Xu
  • Publication number: 20220362449
    Abstract: Fluidic devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One system may comprises a sheath, a delivery module, and a removal module. The sheath includes a working lumen, a delivery lumen, and a removal lumen. The delivery module is configured to move a fluid from a fluid reservoir and into a body cavity through the delivery lumen. The removal module is configured to move the fluid and a particulate contained therein out of the body cavity through the removal lumen, through a filtration device that removes the particulate, and back into the fluid reservoir. One method comprises placing a distal end of sheath into a body cavity, energizing the working lumen to generate a particulate in the cavity, moving the fluid into the cavity to engage the particulate, and moving the fluid and the contaminant from the body cavity, through a filter for removing the contaminant, and back into the fluid source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Alfred GAO, Cheng ZHANG, Yuan Chester HONG, Feng Kevin XU
  • Patent number: 11433172
    Abstract: Fluidic devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One system may comprises a sheath, a delivery module, and a removal module. The sheath includes a working lumen, a delivery lumen, and a removal lumen. The delivery module is configured to move a fluid from a fluid reservoir and into a body cavity through the delivery lumen. The removal module is configured to move the fluid and a particulate contained therein out of the body cavity through the removal lumen, through a filtration device that removes the particulate, and back into the fluid reservoir. One method comprises placing a distal end of sheath into a body cavity, energizing the working lumen to generate a particulate in the cavity, moving the fluid into the cavity to engage the particulate, and moving the fluid and the contaminant from the body cavity, through a filter for removing the contaminant, and back into the fluid source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Alfred Gao, Cheng Zhang, Yuan Chester Hong, Feng Kevin Xu
  • Patent number: 11395211
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide techniques for a geographically-based traffic handling policy. An originating device may mark traffic with geographic restriction information, such as in a header of network traffic, indicating a geographic restriction on the propagation of the traffic. The geographic restriction may indicate a geographic region in which the traffic may be forwarded, or a geographic region in which the traffic is prohibited from being forwarded. Network devices in a path between the originating device and a destination device may determine whether to drop the traffic or perform other policy-related actions based on whether such devices are inside the geographic region in which the traffic may be forwarded. In some implementations a destination device may register as an exception to such policies, based on which an originating device or a router may bypass geographically-based traffic handling policies with respect to marked traffic directed to the destination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Charles P. Szrom, Kevin Xu, Rashmitha Sirsi, Valerie Feldmann, Robert Belson
  • Publication number: 20220221348
    Abstract: Exemplary sap flow sensors are provided. A sap flow sensor includes a substrate having a main body and at least two arms spaced apart from one another. The at least two arms extend from the main body. The sap flow sensor further includes a sap flow gauge that is disposed on the substrate. The sap flow gauge is configured to monitor a flow rate of sap through a stem of a plant. The sap flow gauge includes a heating element coupled to an arm of the at least two arms. The sap flow gauge further includes a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor disposed on opposite sides of the heating element. The first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor each coupled to a neighboring arm of the at least two arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Pushpam Joseph Aji John, Kevin Xu
  • Publication number: 20220210655
    Abstract: A system described herein may provide a technique for selectively granting or revoking/denying access to applications, services, data, etc. to a User Equipment (“UE”) based on location-based policies and a network-determined location of the UE. The network-determined location may be determined by elements of a wireless network, such as a Mobility Management Entity (“MME”), Access and Mobility Management Function (“AMF”), or other suitable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Valerie Feldmann, Kevin Xu, Robert Belson
  • Patent number: D970001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Weimin Zhou, Kevin Xu, Lynette Li, Gary Cao, Rocky Qu, Roy Liao, Zhao Xia Jin, David Hou, Xue Liu
  • Patent number: D970724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Weimin Zhou, Kevin Xu, Lynette Li, Gary Cao, Rocky Qu, Roy Liao, Zhao Xia Jin, David Hou, Xue Liu