Patents by Inventor Kim Pham

Kim Pham 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: 20240026442
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for tracking nucleic acid fragment origin by target-specific barcode tagging when original nucleic acid targets break into small fragments. Nucleic acid targets are captured in vitro on a solid support with clonally localized nucleic acid barcode templates. Many nucleic acid targets can be processed simultaneously in a massively parallel fashion without partition. These nucleic acid target tracking methods can be used for a variety of applications in both whole genome sequencing and targeted sequencing in order to accurately identify genomic variants, haplotype phasing and assembly, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Universal Sequencing Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Zhoutao CHEN, Tsai-Chin WU, Long Kim PHAM, Yong WANG
  • Patent number: 11807903
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for tracking nucleic acid fragment origin by target-specific barcode tagging when original nucleic acid targets break into small fragments. Nucleic acid targets are captured in vitro on a solid support with clonally localized nucleic acid barcode templates. Many nucleic acid targets canbe processed simultaneously in a massively parallel fashion without partition. These nucleic acid target tracking methods can be used for a variety of applications in both whole genome sequencing and targeted sequencing in order to accurately identify genomic variants, haplotype phasing and assembly, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Sequencing Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Zhoutao Chen, Tsai-Chin Wu, Long Kim Pham, Yong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230220453
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and kits for tracking nucleic acid target origin by barcode tagging of the targets when they break into smaller fragments. Nucleic acid targets are captured in vitro by clonally localized nucleic acid barcode templates on a solid support. Millions of nucleic acid targets can be processed simultaneously in a massively parallel fashion without additional partition. These captured targets are broken into small fragments, and a target specific barcode sequence is tagged on each fragment as an identification of their original target. These nucleic acid target tracking methods can be used for a variety of applications in both whole genome sequencing and targeted sequencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Sequencing Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Zhoutao Chen, Long Kim Pham, Junchen Gu, Ming Lei
  • Publication number: 20220298545
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for tracking nucleic acid fragment origin by target-specific barcode tagging when original nucleic acid targets break into small fragments. Nucleic acid targets are captured in vitro on a solid support with clonally localized nucleic acid barcode templates. Many nucleic acid targets can be processed simultaneously in a massively parallel fashion without partition. These nucleic acid target tracking methods can be used for a variety of applications in both whole genome sequencing and targeted sequencing in order to accurately identify genomic variants, haplotype phasing and assembly, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Zhoutao Chen, Tsai-Chin Wu, Long Kim Pham, Yong Wang, Ming Lei
  • Patent number: 10942931
    Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for selecting and notifying operators of the option to enable a record activation feature for a short interval of time for the records they offer in a selected geographic area. Enabling record activation for a record indicates that the record may be booked without the operator's to manual approval of the transaction. Before selecting and notifying operators, a demand for database requests is predicted. Operators that are most likely to offer their record for record activation are identified. A quality score is determined for each identified record based on the likelihood that the record will get booked once the operator has programmatically enabled record activation. The records needed to fulfill the demand for database requests are selected based on their quality score and the operators of the selected records are notified of the option to enable record activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.
    Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Kim Pham, Maxim Charkov
  • Publication number: 20210047683
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for tracking nucleic acid fragment origin by target-specific barcode tagging when original nucleic acid targets break into small fragments. Nucleic acid targets are captured in vitro on a solid support with clonally localized nucleic acid barcode templates. Many nucleic acid targets canbe processed simultaneously in a massively parallel fashion without partition. These nucleic acid target tracking methods can be used for a variety of applications in both whole genome sequencing and targeted sequencing in order to accurately identify genomic variants, haplotype phasing and assembly, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Zhoutao CHEN, Tsai-Chin WU, Long Kim PHAM, Yong WANG
  • Patent number: 10621548
    Abstract: This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.
    Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Yangli Hector Yee, Peng Ye, Fenglin Liao, Li Zhang, Kim Pham, Julian Qian, Benjamin Yolken
  • Publication number: 20200090116
    Abstract: This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Yangli Hector Yee, Peng Ye, Fenglin Liao, Li Zhang, Kim Pham, Julian Qian, Benjamin Yolken
  • Patent number: 10528909
    Abstract: This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.
    Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Yangli Hector Yee, Peng Ye, Fenglin Liao, Li Zhang, Kim Pham, Julian Qian, Benjamin Yolken
  • Publication number: 20190138529
    Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for selecting and notifying operators of the option to enable a record activation feature for a short interval of time for the records they offer in a selected geographic area. Enabling record activation for a record indicates that the record may be booked without the operator's to manual approval of the transaction. Before selecting and notifying operators, a demand for database requests is predicted. Operators that are most likely to offer their record for record activation are identified. A quality score is determined for each identified record based on the likelihood that the record will get booked once the operator has programmatically enabled record activation. The records needed to fulfill the demand for database requests are selected based on their quality score and the operators of the selected records are notified of the option to enable record activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Kim Pham, Maxim Charkov
  • Publication number: 20190078150
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and kits for tracking nucleic acid target origin by barcode tagging of the targets when they break into smaller fragments. Nucleic acid targets are captured in vitro by clonally localized nucleic acid barcode templates on a solid support. Millions of nucleic acid targets can be processed simultaneously in a massively parallel fashion without additional partition. These captured targets are broken into small fragments, and a target specific barcode sequence is tagged on each fragment as an identification of their original target. These nucleic acid target tracking methods can be used for a variety of applications in both whole genome sequencing and targeted sequencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Zhoutao Chen, Long Kim Pham, Junchen Gu, Ming Lei
  • Patent number: 10204144
    Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for selecting and notifying operators of the option to enable a record activation feature for a short interval of time for the records they offer in a selected geographic area. Enabling record activation for a record indicates that the record may be booked by a user without first requesting the operator to manually approve the transaction request and waiting for the operator's approval of the request. Before selecting and notifying operators, a demand for database requests is predicted. Operators that are most likely to offer their record for record activation are identified. A quality score is determined for each identified record based on the likelihood that the record will get booked once the operator has programmatically enabled record activation. The records needed to fulfill the demand for database requests are selected based on their quality score and the operators of the selected records are notified of the option to enable record activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.
    Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Kim Pham, Maxim Charkov
  • Publication number: 20170308846
    Abstract: This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. The system inputs the demand estimates into a likelihood model to generate a set of request likelihoods, each request likelihood representing a likelihood that the time-expiring inventory will receive a transaction request at each of a set of test price and test times to expiration. The system further trains a regression tree model based on a set of training data comprising each of the request likelihoods from the set and the test price and test time period to expiration used to generate the demand estimate that was used to generate the request likelihood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Yangli Hector Yee, Peng Ye, Fenglin Liao, Li Zhang, Kim Pham, Julian Qian, Benjamin Yolken
  • Publication number: 20170031914
    Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for selecting and notifying operators of the option to enable a record activation feature for a short interval of time for the records they offer in a selected geographic area. Enabling record activation for a record indicates that the record may be booked by a user without first requesting the operator to manually approve the transaction request and waiting for the operator's approval of the request. Before selecting and notifying operators, a demand for database requests is predicted. Operators that are most likely to offer their record for record activation are identified. A quality score is determined for each identified record based on the likelihood that the record will get booked once the operator has programmatically enabled record activation. The records needed to fulfil the demand for database requests are selected based on their quality score and the operators of the selected records are notified of the option to enable record activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Spencer de Mars, Kim Pham, Maxim Charkov
  • Patent number: 9060641
    Abstract: Provided is a grill grate with removable bars for improving cleaning performance on a cooking grill. The grill grate with removable bars has a frame structure, configured to be placed over a heat source in the grill, where the frame structure has a plurality of notches. The grill grate further includes a plurality of grill bars, configured to support food during cooking and positioned on the frame structure. Also provided are methods of providing an improved grill grate for cleaning grill including the steps of: forming a frame structure, configured to be positioned above a heat source on the cooking grill; forming a plurality of grill bars, configured to receive food to be cooked thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventor: Hao Kim Pham
  • Publication number: 20150135393
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a novel towel easily fixed about the body of a wearer, the towel comprising a substantially planer rectangular main body having a hem at the longitudinal top edge and a cord mounted on said hem and contracting said hem to form a neck opening for securing the towel to body of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Hao Kim Pham
  • Publication number: 20060030341
    Abstract: A communication device includes a stationary phone connectable to a wired telephone network and a removable wireless unit. The stationary phone and wireless unit are provided with a means of a two-way wireless interface. In one embodiment, the wireless unit further includes a built-in multi-functional personal organizer and an optional means of connectivity to a cellular phone network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Kim Pham
  • Patent number: D741575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventor: Hao Kim Pham
  • Patent number: D742098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Inventor: Hao Kim Pham