Patents by Inventor Michael Ching

Michael Ching 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).

  • Patent number: 12240077
    Abstract: A guard for a rotatable wheel of a power tool is disclosed. The guard comprises a shroud which is configured to partially enclose the wheel and a port disposed at a circumferential position on the shroud, via which debris generated by the wheel during use can exit the shroud. The shroud comprises a radii of curvature which increases between a first angular position and a second angular position, relative to a rotational axis of the wheel, in a direction comprising a rotational direction of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SWISSLOGO AG
    Inventor: Michael Ching
  • Publication number: 20240123571
    Abstract: A guard for a rotatable wheel of a power tool is disclosed. The guard comprises a shroud which is configured to partially enclose the wheel and a port disposed at a circumferential position on the shroud, via which debris generated by the wheel during use can exit the shroud. The shroud comprises a radii of curvature which increases between a first angular position and a second angular position, relative to a rotational axis of the wheel, in a direction comprising a rotational direction of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Ching
  • Publication number: 20230416391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of elderly subjects (e.g., subjects aged 65 years or older) having relapsed and/or refractory (R/R) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). More specifically, the invention pertains to the treatment of subjects having an R/R NHL by intravenous administration of mosunetuzumab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Huang HUANG, Carol Elaine O'HEAR, Iris Tranthuyngan TO, Michael Ching-sun WEI, Shen YIN
  • Patent number: 11605115
    Abstract: A system and method of identifying suspicious item-related features are disclosed. In some embodiments, a new item listing is received. The item listing may correspond to a request to list an item for sale on an e-commerce website. Item-related data for the item listing may be extracted. The item-related data can be used by a model to classify the new item listing. The model may be trained on data comprising identifications of which item listings in the sample of item listings are suspicious and identifications of which item listings in the sample of item listings are not suspicious may be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Scott Johnson, Michael Ching, Julie Lavee Netzloff, Vamsi Krishna Salaka
  • Publication number: 20230039118
    Abstract: A fall arrest indicator is disclosed for indicating whether a fall arrest event has occurred, the fall arrest indicator includes an actuator, the actuator being reconfigurable between a first configuration and a second configuration; an electronic alarm circuit comprising an alarm for indicating a fall arrest event; and, activating means, wherein the activating means is arranged to reconfigure the alarm circuit between an inactive state in which the alarm is inactive and an operative state in which the alarm is activated, in dependence of a reconfiguration of the actuator between the first and second configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Michael CHING
  • Publication number: 20230039472
    Abstract: A vacuum machine comprising: a housing for receiving vacuumed matter and at least two removably attachable accessories; sensing means for detecting the accessories; a control circuit communicatively coupled with the sensing means; the sensing means being arranged to generate a first signal to the control circuit representative of the presence of a first accessory, a second signal representative of the presence of two accessories, the control circuit being arranged to preventing operation of the vacuum machine when the first signal is received and to allow operation of the vacuum machine when the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Arthur PALLISTER, Michael CHING
  • Patent number: 11559180
    Abstract: A filter system for a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The system comprises a housing reconfigurable relative to a bin between an operative configuration in which the housing is disposed upon the bin so that dirt separated from dirt-laden air can collect in the bin, and an idle configuration in which the housing is removed from the bin. The housing comprises an inlet for receiving dirt-laden air into the housing, an outlet via which cleaned air can exit the housing. The system further comprises first filtering means and second filtering means disposed within the housing, the first filtering means being positioned upstream of the second filtering means. The first and second filtering means comprises a filter medium configured to separate dirt from the dirt-laden air passing from the inlet to the outlet through the filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Beacon Group (International) Ltd
    Inventor: Michael Ching
  • Patent number: 11188601
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating search results. A data access module accesses search results data indicative of a plurality items and that is indicative of ranking values of the plurality of items. A controller module generates page data based on the search results data. The controller module selects a first item from the plurality of items. A diversification module accesses a first rule of the page data. The diversification module determines a deviance value and a reordering-cost value of a second item from the plurality of items. The controller module can select, based at least on a first combination of the deviance and the reordering-cost values of the second item, the second item for placement ahead of the first item on the page data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: David Goldberg, Miroslav Melichar, Michael Ching, Davide Libenzi
  • Publication number: 20210330158
    Abstract: A filter system for a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The system comprises a housing reconfigurable relative to a bin between an operative configuration in which the housing is disposed upon the bin so that dirt separated from dirt-laden air can collect in the bin, and an idle configuration in which the housing is removed from the bin. The housing comprises an inlet for receiving dirt-laden air into the housing, an outlet via which cleaned air can exit the housing. The system further comprises first filtering means and second filtering means disposed within the housing, the first filtering means being positioned upstream of the second filtering means. The first and second filtering means comprises a filter medium configured to separate dirt from the dirt-laden air passing from the inlet to the outlet through the filter medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Ching
  • Publication number: 20200226653
    Abstract: A system and method of identifying suspicious item-related features are disclosed. In some embodiments, a new item listing is received. The item listing may correspond to a request to list an item for sale on an e-commerce website. Item-related data for the item listing may be extracted. The item-related data can be used by a model to classify the new item listing. The model may be trained on data comprising identifications of which item listings in the sample of item listings are suspicious and identifications of which item listings in the sample of item listings are not suspicious may be received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Scott Johnson, Michael Ching, Julie Lavee Netzloff, Vamsi Krishna Salaka
  • Patent number: 10643260
    Abstract: A system and method of identifying suspicious item-related features are disclosed. In some embodiments, a sample of item listings is received. Each item listing in the sample of item listings may correspond to an item offered for sale on an e-commerce website. Item-related data for each item listing in the sample of item listings may be extracted. Training data comprising identifications of which item listings in the sample of item listings are suspicious and identifications of which item listings in the sample of item listings are not suspicious may be received. A model for classifying a candidate item listing on the e-commerce website as being suspicious may be determined using the training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Brian Scott Johnson, Michael Ching, Julie Lavee Netzloff, Vamsi Krishna Salaka
  • Publication number: 20180293321
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating search results. A data access module accesses search results data indicative of a plurality items and that is indicative of ranking values of the plurality of items. A controller module generates page data based on the search results data. The controller module selects a first item from the plurality of items. A diversification module accesses a first rule of the page data. The diversification module determines a deviance value and a reordering-cost value of a second item from the plurality of items. The controller module can select, based at least on a first combination of the deviance and the reordering-cost values of the second item, the second item for placement ahead of the first item on the page data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: David Goldberg, Miroslav Melichar, Michael Ching, Davide Libenzi
  • Patent number: 10019523
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating search results. A data access module accesses search results data indicative of a plurality items and that is indicative of ranking values of the plurality of items. A controller module generates page data based on the search results data. The controller module selects a first item from the plurality of items. A diversification module accesses a first rule of the page data. The diversification module determines a deviance value and a reordering-cost value of a second item from the plurality of items. The controller module can select, based at least on a first combination of the deviance and the reordering-cost values of the second item, the second item for placement ahead of the first item on the page data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: David Goldberg, Miroslav Melichar, Michael Ching, Davide Libenzi
  • Patent number: 9984151
    Abstract: Techniques for determining search results based on session based refinements are presented herein. A method is disclosed that includes receiving a query in a user session, the query comprising one or more search parameters, detecting, in the user session and after receiving the query, a user event associated with a property of an item, updating a record in a table that associates the query with the property, the table comprising a plurality of records that associate the query with respective item properties, the record comprising the query, the property, and a score, and ranking search results for a subsequent query based on the associated properties indicated in the plurality of records, the subsequent query including the one or more search parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Yuanjie Liu, Xiaoyuan Wu, Michael Ching, Song Feng, Joseph Anthony Beynon, David Goldberg
  • Patent number: 9773045
    Abstract: Search results may include both objective results and person results. In one example, a search query is evaluated to determine whether it is the type of query that a user might want to ask to a friend. If the query is of such a type, then the search engine may examine a social graph to determine which friends of the user who entered the query may have information that is relevant to answering the query. If such friends exist, then the friends may be displayed along with objective search results, along with an explanation of each friend's relevance to the query. Clicking on a person in the results may cause a conversation to be initiated with that person, thereby allowing the user who entered the query to ask his or her friend about the subject of the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sandy Wong, Wei Mu, Jun Yin, Rahul Nair, Simon King, Srinivasan Badrinarayanan, Xavier Legros, Michael Ching, Kevin Haas, Shubha Nabar
  • Patent number: 9760901
    Abstract: Systems and methods to predict bidding behavior are described. The system identifies a listing that includes listing information that describes an item that is being auctioned on a network-based marketplace. The system further identifies bid classification information based on the number of bids received for the item. Finally, the system predicts whether no more bids are expected to be received for the item based on the classification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alpha Kamchiu Luk, Michael Ching, Ben Chisell, Johannes Braun, Tom Pugh, Tom Wagstaff, Shervin Moghaddam, Yu Liu, Vinayak Agarwal, Gajanan Adalinge, David Goldberg
  • Publication number: 20160188660
    Abstract: Techniques for determining search results based on session based refinements are presented herein. A method is disclosed that includes receiving a query in a user session, the query comprising one or more search parameters, detecting, in the user session and after receiving the query, a user event, updating, for each previous query in the user session that includes one or more of the search parameters, a record in a table for the query, the record storing a count of user events that match the user event, updating a score for each of the previous queries based on the count of user events, the respective records further storing the score, and ranking search results for a subsequent query based on the scores in the table, the subsequent query including the one or more search parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Yuanjie Liu, Xiaoyuan Wu, Michael Ching, Song Feng, Joseph Anthony Beynon, David Goldberg
  • Publication number: 20160188659
    Abstract: Techniques for determining search results based on session based refinements are presented herein. A method is disclosed that includes receiving a query in a user session, the query comprising one or more search parameters, detecting, in the user session and after receiving the query, a user event associated with a property of an item, updating a record in a table that associates the query with the property, the table comprising a plurality of records that associate the query with respective item properties, the record comprising the query, the property, and a score, and ranking search results for a subsequent query based on the associated properties indicated in the plurality of records, the subsequent query including the one or more search parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Yuanjie Liu, Xiaoyuan Wu, Michael Ching, Song Feng, Joseph Anthony Beynon, David Goldberg
  • Publication number: 20160147755
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating search results. A data access module accesses search results data indicative of a plurality items and that is indicative of ranking values of the plurality of items. A controller module generates page data based on the search results data. The controller module selects a first item from the plurality of items. A diversification module accesses a first rule of the page data. The diversification module determines a deviance value and a reordering-cost value of a second item from the plurality of items. The controller module can select, based at least on a first combination of the deviance and the reordering-cost values of the second item, the second item for placement ahead of the first item on the page data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: David Goldberg, Miroslav Melichar, Michael Ching, Davide Libenzi
  • Patent number: D868231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Beacon Group (International) Limited
    Inventor: Michael Ching