Patents by Inventor Lanying Wu
Lanying Wu 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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Publication number: 20240299356Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, methods and composition for the treatment of cancers that are recalcitrant to treatment and/or become resistant to certain drug treatments. The methods provided may, inter alia, be used to treat cancer in subjects having elevated STAT1 activity levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Steven ALTSCHULER, Lani WU, Xiaoxiao SUN, Matthew JACOBSON
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Publication number: 20080082074Abstract: An absorbent article comprising a single side panel permanently attached to one of the front waist region and the back waist region is provided. The side panel is non-contoured and elastic, and can be refastened or adjusted to the body to maintain the article in a pant configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: April 3, 2008Inventors: Arginnys Soto, Lanying Wu, Stacy Driskell, Nadine Clark
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Publication number: 20070078424Abstract: An absorbent article is curved in a saucer like shape in the transverse direction. The absorbent article offers not only a better fitting and feeling product to the wearer, but also has better flow characteristics. The article is formed by having an absorbent core that is made from multiple strips of absorbent material arranged in a stepwise manner so as to form a gradient. These strips may be of uniform or varying width and maybe made from a combination of one or more suitable material types.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Lanying Wu, Sharon Black
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Publication number: 20070000936Abstract: A container for one-handed pop-up dispensing plural wiping sheets. The container comprises a housing having a hollow interior in which an array of wiping sheets is disposed. The housing includes an aesthetically pleasing opening whose perimeter defines a non-regular shaped icon representing a realistic, fanciful or otherwise ornamental object. The opening has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is of sufficient size and shape to enable an adult to extend his/her fingers therethrough to grasp one sheet of the array to pull the sheet into it and then slide the sheet into the second portion. The second portion frictionally engage the sheet slid into it to cause that sheet to be separated from the remaining sheets in the array to remove that sheet from the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Inventors: Lanying Wu, Tyanisa Bell, Ruth Levy
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Publication number: 20060283874Abstract: A container for one-handed pop-up dispensing plural wiping sheets. The container comprises a housing having a hollow interior in which an array of wiping sheets is disposed. The housing includes an aesthetically pleasing opening whose perimeter defines a non-regular shaped icon representing a realistic, fanciful or otherwise ornamental object. The opening has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is of sufficient size and shape to enable an adult to extend his/her fingers therethrough to grasp one sheet of the array to pull the sheet into it and then slide the sheet into the second portion. The second portion frictionally engage the sheet slid into it to cause that sheet to be separated from the remaining sheets in the array to remove that sheet from the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2006Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Lanying Wu, Tyanisa Bell, Ruth Levy
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Publication number: 20060286154Abstract: The disclosure describes compositions, such as absorbent article topsheets or undersheets, that on its bodyside surfaces comprises an anionic surfactant-bound polymeric biguanide or an anionic surface-bound polymeric biguanide that can dissociate from the article so as to attack bacteria on the wearer's skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AGInventors: Ruth Levy, Lanying Wu
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Publication number: 20060154236Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for automated morphological analysis of cells also known as phenotypic screening. The inventive methods are particularly useful in the rapid analysis of cells required in a biological screen or in the screening for agents with a particular mechanism of action. Agents which cause a particular phenotype in the cells can be identified using the inventive quantitative morphometric analysis of cells. The data gathered using the inventive method can also be quantified and analyzed later for various trends and classifications (e.g., Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistics, titration-invariant similarity scores). Characteristics of cells which can be determined using this method include number of nuclei, size of cell, size of nuclei, number of the centrosomes, shape of cells, size of centrosomes, perimeter of nucleus, shape of nucleus, staining for a particular protein, staining for an organelle, pattern of staining, and degree of staining.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: Steven Altschuler, Lani Wu, Michael Slack
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Publication number: 20060050946Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for automated morphological analysis of cells. The inventive methods are particularly useful in the rapid analysis of cells required in a biological screen. Agents which cause a particular phenotype in the cells can be identified using the inventive quantitative morphometric analysis of cells. The data gathered using the inventive method can also be quantified and analyzed later for various trends and classifications. Characteristics of cells which can be determined using this method include number of nuclei, size of cell, size of nuclei, number of the centrosomes, shape of cells, size of centrosomes, perimeter of nucleus, shape of nucleus, pattern of staining, and degree of staining.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2003Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Timothy Mitchison, Steven Altschuler, Yan Feng, Thomas Mayer, Zachary Perlman, Michael Slack, Lani Wu
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Publication number: 20050263534Abstract: A container for one-handed pop-up dispensing plural wiping sheets. The container comprises a housing having a hollow interior in which an array of wiping sheets is disposed. The housing includes an aesthetically pleasing opening whose perimeter defines a non-regular shaped icon representing a realistic, fanciful or otherwise ornamental object. The opening has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is of sufficient size and shape to enable an adult to extend his/her fingers therethrough to grasp one sheet of the array to pull the sheet into it and then slide the sheet into the second portion. The second portion frictionally engage the sheet slid into it to cause that sheet to be separated from the remaining sheets in the array to remove that sheet from the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2004Publication date: December 1, 2005Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AGInventors: Lanying Wu, Tyanisa Bell, Ruth Levy
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Publication number: 20050091042Abstract: Sound source separation, without permutation, using convolutional mixing independent component analysis based on a priori knowledge of the target sound source is disclosed. The target sound source can be a human speaker. The reconstruction filters used in the sound source separation take into account the a priori knowledge of the target sound source, such as an estimate the spectra of the target sound source. The filters may be generally constructed based on a speech recognition system. Matching the words of the dictionary of the speech recognition system to a reconstructed signal indicates whether proper separation has occurred. More specifically, the filters may be constructed based on a vector quantization codebook of vectors representing typical sound source patterns. Matching the vectors of the codebook to a reconstructed signal indicates whether proper separation has occurred. The vectors may be linear prediction vectors, among others.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alejandro Acero, Steven Altschuler, Lani Wu
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Publication number: 20050058683Abstract: The disclosure describes compositions, such as absorbent article topsheets or undersheets, that on its bodyside surfaces comprises an anionic surfactant-bound polymeric biguanide or an anionic surface-bound polymeric biguanide that can dissociate from the article so as to attack bacteria on the wearer's skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: March 17, 2005Inventors: Ruth Levy, Lanying Wu
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Patent number: 6575950Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is provided which includes a chassis having a front portion, a rear portion, a crotch portion, a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, and a pair of ear portions integral to the backsheet. Each ear portion has proximal, distal, first connecting and second connecting edges. The first and second connecting edges connect the distal to the proximal edges. The proximal edge is integral to the topsheet. Each ear portion has an elastic layer having first and second edges where the first edge and second edge are secured to the backsheet. The elastic layer has a central portion not secured to the backsheet. The ear portion has a tearable portion extending from the first to the second connecting edges and extends along the central portion of the elastic layer. A fastener joined to each of the elastic layers secures the disposable absorbent article.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AGInventors: Andrew Waksmundzki, Lanying Wu, Joan Rodgers
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Patent number: 6575949Abstract: A diaper is provided which includes a chassis having front, rear, and crotch portions. The chassis includes a topsheet, backsheet, core and pair of ears. Each ear includes a topsheet, backsheet and proximal, distal, first connecting, and second connecting edges. The first connecting and second connecting edges connect the distal to proximal edges. The proximal edge is integral to the chassis. Each ear has an elastic layer sandwiched between its topsheet and backsheet. Each elastic layer has first and second edges which are secured to the ear topsheet and backsheet. The elastic layer has a central portion not secured to either the ear topsheet or backsheet. Each ear topsheet and backsheet has perforations. The tearable portion is adjacent to the central portion. Each ear may be pulled away from the chassis causing the ear topsheet and backsheet to tear at the perforations thereby exposing the elastic layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AGInventors: Andrew Waksmundzki, Lanying Wu, Joan Rodgers
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Patent number: 6556983Abstract: A pattern lattice data space as a framework for analyzing data, in which both schema-based and statistical analysis are accommodated, is defined. Ways to manage the size of the lattice structures in the pattern lattice data space are described. Utilities to classify or cluster, search (find similar data), or relate data using lattice fragments in the pattern lattice data space are also described. Superpattern cone or lattice generation function, which may be used by the classification and clustering functions, is also described. In addition, a subpattern cone or lattice generation process, which may be used by the search (find similar data) and data relating functions, is also described. Finally, a function to label, in readily understandable “pidgin”, categories which classify information, is also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2000Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven Altschuler, David V. Ingerman, Lani Wu, Lei Zhao
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Patent number: 5879782Abstract: This invention relates to a process for forming a single-layer, durably wettable polymeric web having a plurality of apertures. This process comprises melting a mixture of at least one thermoplastic polymer and at least one migratable surfactant and extruding the mixture to form a single-layer, substantially continuous polymeric film. The film is then apertured using high pressure fluid flows. Aperture formation is conducted when the single-layer polymeric film has a contact angle of at least about 30.degree., to minimize wash-off of the surfactant impregnated in the polymer web. The invention also relates to durably-wettable apertured webs.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1998Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Yann-Per Lee, Ronald Bernd Holzwarth, Lanying Wu
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Patent number: 5834092Abstract: This invention relates to a process for forming a single-layer, durably wettable polymeric web having a plurality of apertures. This process comprises melting a mixture of at least one thermoplastic polymer and at least one migratable surfict and extruding the mixture to form a single-layer, substantially continuous polymeric film. The film is then apertured using high pressure fluid flows. Aperture formation is conducted when the single layer polymeric film has a contact angle of at least about 30.degree., to minimize wash-off of the surfactant impregnated in the polymer web. The invention also relates to durably-wettable apertured webs.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1998Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Yann-Per Lee, Ronald Bernd Holzwarth, Lanying Wu
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Patent number: 5792412Abstract: This invention relates to a process for forming a single-layer, durably wettable polymeric web having a plurality of apertures. This process comprises melting a mixture of at least one thermoplastic polymer and at least one migratable surfactant and extruding the mixture to form a single-layer, substantially continuous polymeric film. The film is then apertured using high pressure fluid flows. Aperture formation is conducted when the single-layer polymeric film has a contact angle of at least about 30.degree., to minimize wash-off of the surfactant impregnated in the polymer web. The invention also relates to durably-wettable apertured webs.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Yann-Per Lee, Ronald Bernz Holzwarth, Lanying Wu