Patents by Inventor Lam Nguyen

Lam Nguyen 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: 20210075142
    Abstract: A contact device includes an outer housing delimiting an inner space and an inner housing arranged in the inner space, the inner housing having a first recess. The contact device includes a contact element arranged in the inner space and a sealing element arranged between the contact element and the outer housing. The sealing element seals the inner space from the environment. The contact element has a second recess on an outside of the contact element aligned with the first recess. The contact device includes a contact securing device movable along the first recess to engage the second recess of the contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Lam Nguyen Nhu, Olivier De Cloet, Christian Schrettlinger, Wolfgang Mueller
  • Publication number: 20210062176
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments relating to variant asparaginase polypeptides with enhanced stability, pharmacodynamics, and/or reduced immunogenicity. The variant asparaginase polypeptides may be used as therapeutics in mammals, including human, canines, felines, and equines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Hangjun Zhan, Lam Nguyen, Richard Chin, Shyr Jiann Li
  • Publication number: 20210050684
    Abstract: A plug connector system is described. The plug connector system includes: a plug connector; a housing on which the plug connector is installed; the housing having an opening having a first inner wall; the plug connector having a sheet-metal shield that projects at least in portions into the opening; a ring being disposed in the opening and, with an outer wall, electrically contacting the first inner wall of the opening; the sheet-metal shield electrically contacting, with a further outer wall of the sheet-metal shield, a second inner wall of the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Vu Lam Nguyen, Thorsten Kremer, Wolfgang Pade
  • Patent number: 10921058
    Abstract: A convection current vacuum freeze drying method and a computer software program for manufacturing a product are disclosed which include: selecting specific freeze drying settings from a Database for a specific product; loading the specific freeze drying settings into a controller for fully controlling of the convection current freeze drying process; performing the convection current freeze drying process using an ice condenser unit equipped with a plurality of elongate heat exchange tubes having radially arranged fins; determining whether the convection current freeze drying process is operated in accordance to the specific freeze drying settings using a plurality of sensors and the controller, if the specific freeze drying settings are not corrected, then readjusting the specific freeze drying settings using the controller, and if the specific freeze drying settings are correct then packaging product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: VINAMIT USA LLC
    Inventor: Vien Lam Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20210032305
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments relating to feline erythropoietin (EPO) polypeptide analogs with one or more additional glycosylation sites and methods of producing and using the same to treat anemia in companion animals. Also provided are various embodiments relating to EPO polypeptides having a mutation in the second binding site, polypeptides comprising an extracellular domain of EPO receptor, and methods of using the same for treating polycythemia in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Hangjun Zhan, Lam Nguyen, Yongzhong Li, Qingyi Chu, Estela Garcia-Murillo, Victoria Leitman, Stephen Sundlof, Richard Chin, Shyr Jiann Li
  • Publication number: 20210026314
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for controlling a production system includes mapping, by a controller, the production system as a directed acyclic graph. The production system can include multiple plants that are represented as nodes and relations between the plants represented by edges of the directed acyclic graph. The method further includes generating, by the controller, a regression model for each of the plants in the production system. The method further includes predicting, by the controller, an output of each plant based on sensor data associated from each plant. The method further includes adjusting, by the controller, one or more control variables for each plant based on a target output by using machine learning. The method further includes adjusting, by the controller, the one or more control variables for each plant to generate the target output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: DZUNG PHAN, LAM NGUYEN, PAVANKUMAR MURALI, JAYANT R. KALAGNANAM
  • Patent number: 10862242
    Abstract: A plug connector for electrically and mechanically connecting a pair of electrical conductors of a line comprises an insulator and a housing receiving the insulator. The insulator receives and positions a pair of end sleeves each connected to one of the electrical conductors. The housing has a plurality of plug orientations each visually and haptically denoted by a marking in a grip region of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Lam Nguyen Nhu, Christian Mandel
  • Publication number: 20200367532
    Abstract: A concentrated fruit juice powder obtained by a convection current vacuum freeze drying process that includes: selecting and preparing fruits by predetermined quality guideline; extracting fruit juice by inserting the fruits into a screw press juicing apparatus having a precutter and a screw press whose body surface varies non-linearly, which is configured to achieve a maximum extraction efficiency; adding probiotics into the extracted fruit juice; freezing the fruit juice mixed with the probiotics in molds using an individual quick freezer (IQF) to obtain frozen fruit juice blocks; and vacuum freezing the frozen fruit juice blocks using a convection current vacuum freeze drying apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: VINAMIT USA LLC
    Inventor: VIEN LAM NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 10847924
    Abstract: A contact device comprises an outer housing delimiting a first inner space, an inner housing delimiting a second inner space and arranged in the first inner space, a contact element arranged in the second inner space, a first sealing element arranged between the inner housing and the outer housing, and a second sealing element arranged between the contact element and the inner housing. The first sealing element seals the first inner space from an environment of the contact device. The second sealing device seals the second inner space from the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Lam Nguyen Nhu, Olivier De Cloet, Christian Schrettlinger, Wolfgang Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200362034
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments relating to variant IgG Fc polypeptides of companion animals having increased Protein A binding for ease of purification, decreased C1q binding for reduced complement-mediated immune responses, decreased CD16 binding (e.g., for reduced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) induction, increased stability, and/or the ability to form heterodimeric proteins. In addition, various embodiments relating to antibodies and fusion proteins comprising such variant IgG Fc polypeptides are provided. Also provided are various embodiments relating to contiguous polypeptides comprising one or more variant GLP1 polypeptide(s) having improved serum half-life. Further provided are various embodiments relating to contiguous polypeptides or heterodimeric polypeptides comprising a GLP1 polypeptide and a glucagon polypeptide as a dual GLP1 receptor and glucagon receptor agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Hangjun Zhan, Lam Nguyen, Yongzhong Li, Fawn Qian, Shyr Jiann Li
  • Publication number: 20200359647
    Abstract: A concentrated coffee extract powder (instant coffee) and a system for producing the same are disclosed which includes: selecting and preparing coffee beans by a predetermined quality guideline; receiving a coffee extract by inputting the coffee beans into a high-volume coffee brewing machine a high-volume coffee brewing machine having a plurality of percolation tanks whose fluid inter-communication is controlled by a a Boolen logic performed by a proportional integral derivative controller (PIDC) after receiving time, temperature, and pressure data from the plurality of percolation tanks so that the coffee extract is qualitatively constant in each of said plurality of percolation tanks; freezing the coffee extract mixed with the probiotics in molds using an individual quick freezer (IQF) to obtain frozen coffee extract blocks; and vacuum freezing the frozen coffee extract blocks using a convection current vacuum freeze drying apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: VINAMIT USA LLC
    Inventor: VIEN LAM NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20200293876
    Abstract: In an approach for compressing a neural network, a processor receives a neural network, wherein the neural network has been trained on a set of training data. A processor receives a compression ratio. A processor compresses the neural network based on the compression ratio using an optimization model to solve for sparse weights. A processor re-trains the compressed neural network with the sparse weights. A processor outputs the re-trained neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Dzung Phan, Lam Nguyen, Nam H. Nguyen, Jayant R. Kalagnanam
  • Publication number: 20200240706
    Abstract: A convection current vacuum freeze drying method and a computer software program for manufacturing a product are disclosed which include: selecting specific freeze drying settings from a Database for a specific product; loading the specific freeze drying settings into a controller for fully controlling of the convection current freeze drying process; performing the convection current freeze drying process using an ice condenser unit equipped with a plurality of elongate heat exchange tubes having radially arranged fins; determining whether the convection current freeze drying process is operated in accordance to the specific freeze drying settings using a plurality of sensors and the controller, if the specific freeze drying settings are not corrected, then readjusting the specific freeze drying settings using the controller, and if the specific freeze drying settings are correct then packaging product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: VINAMIT USA LLC
    Inventor: VIEN LAM NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20200199216
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments relating to anti-IL17A antibodies and IL17Ra ECD polypeptides that bind to IL17A. In various embodiments, such anti-IL17A antibodies or IL17Ra ECD polypeptides can be used in methods to treat IL17-induced conditions in subjects, such as humans or companion animals, such as canines, felines, and equines. Also provided are various embodiments relating to IgG Fc variant polypeptides having one or more amino acid substitutions for reducing binding to C1q and/or CD16. In some embodiments, the IgG Fc variants and/or polypeptides comprising the IgG Fc variants (e.g., fusion polypeptides comprising the IgG Fc variants and the anti-IL17A antibodies and/or IL17Ra ECD polypeptides described herein) may have reduced complement-mediated immune responses and/or antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyr Jiann Li, Lam Nguyen, Lan Yang, Hangjun Zhan
  • Patent number: 10682633
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a new methodology aimed at preparing highly N-doped mesoporous carbon macroscopic composites, and their use as highly efficient heterogeneous metal-free catalysts in a number of industrially relevant catalytic transformations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉDE STRASBOURG, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
    Inventors: Cuong Pham-Huu, Giuliano Giambastiani, Yuefeng Liu, Housseinou Ba, Lam Nguyen-Dinh, Jean-Mario Nhut, Cuong Duong-Viet
  • Patent number: 10676797
    Abstract: A concentrated sugarcane juice powder obtained by a convection current vacuum freeze drying process that includes: selecting and preparing sugarcane stalks by a predetermined quality guideline; extracting sugarcane juice by inserting the sugarcane stalks into a sugarcane juice extracting apparatus having a mesh pattern of micro ridges configured to achieve a maximum extraction efficiency; adding probiotics into the extracted sugarcane juice; freezing the sugarcane juice mixed with the probiotics in molds using an individual quick freezer (IQF) to obtain frozen sugarcane juice blocks; and vacuum freezing said frozen sugarcane juice blocks using a convection current vacuum freeze drying apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: VINAMIT USA LLC
    Inventor: Vien Lam Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20200169586
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes connecting to a virtual session for co-experiencing digital media content with one or more other users in a virtual reality environment, where the virtual reality environment comprises a screen for displaying the digital media content, receiving relative-position information indicating relative positions between the first user and the one or more other users in the virtual reality environment, rendering the screen based on a first position of the first user in the virtual reality environment, wherein the screen and the first position of the first user have a predefined spatial relationship in the virtual reality environment, and rendering, based on the received relative-position information and the first position of the first user, a second avatar representing a second user in the virtual reality environment, wherein the second user is one of the one or more other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Difei Wang, Matthew Luther, Lam Nguyen, Monique Relova, German Bauer
  • Publication number: 20200080149
    Abstract: Epigenetic methods for assessing pluripotentcy of a cell population, such as a stem cell culture are provided. For example, pluripotency can be assessed by determining DNA methylation status at the RAB25, NANOG, PTPN6, MGMT, GBP3 and/or LYST gene regions. Kits and reagents for testing cells are likewise provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jill PETRISKO, Lam NGUYEN, Manuel KRISPIN
  • Publication number: 20200062840
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments relating to anti-IL31 antibodies binding to canine IL31. Such antibodies can be used in methods to treat IL31-induced conditions in companion animals, such as canines, felines, and equines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyr Jiann Li, Lam Nguyen, Hangjun Zhan
  • Publication number: 20200048325
    Abstract: Provided are various embodiments relating to IL13R/IL4R contiguous polypeptides derived from companion animal species and that bind to IL13 and/or IL4. Such contiguous polypeptides can be used in methods to treat IL13 and/or IL4-induced conditions in companion animals, such as canines, felines, and equines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Hangjun Zhan, Lam Nguyen, Fawn Qian, Shyr Jiann Li