Patents by Inventor Michael (Zi-Qiang) Lo

Michael (Zi-Qiang) Lo 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: 12384440
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stroller propulsion apparatus, comprising a pair of elongated handles attached to a handlebar of a stroller. The elongated handles further comprise a grip and a resistance element. By using the grips, the user applies a pressure on the handles and the resistance element to move the handles in a forward direction and a rearward direction in a reciprocating motion propelling the stroller in the forward direction to allow a user to maintain an ergonomic positions while walking and exercising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Inventor: Gary Michael Peloquin
  • Patent number: 12385055
    Abstract: Transgenic host cells, vectors useful for making transgenic host cells, and kits useful for making transgenic host cells are described. Also described are transgenic plants. In some embodiments, transgenic host cells express a 4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase (4HPAAS). In some embodiments, transgenic host cells express a tyrosol:UDP-glucose 8-O-glucosyltransferase (T8GT). The transgenic host cells are useful for biosynthesis of one or more of salidroside, icariside D2, tyrosol, and 4-hydroxypenylacetaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
    Inventors: Michael Torrens-Spence, Jing-Ke Weng
  • Patent number: 12385253
    Abstract: A membrane composite comprising a membrane panel having opposed first and second planar surfaces and a fabric backing secured to a first planar surface through a UV-cured adhesive disposed on said planar surface of said membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Holcim Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Jiansheng Tang, Michael J. Hubbard, Joseph Kalwara, Carl E. Watkins, Jr., Brian Alexander, Todd D. Taykowski, Joseph R. Carr
  • Patent number: 12384873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cationically curable composition with at least one cationically polymerizable component, a first photoinitiator releasing an acid when irradiated with actinic radiation of a first wavelength ?1, and a second photoinitiator releasing an acid when irradiated with actinic radiation of a second wavelength ?2, wherein the second wavelength ?2 is shorter than the first wavelength ?1, and wherein the second photoinitiator, after irradiation of the composition with actinic radiation of the first wavelength ?1, shows an absorption of actinic radiation of the second wavelength ?2 in the composition that is sufficient to activate the second photoinitiator and fix the composition. Furthermore, a method is described for the joining, casting, molding, sealing and/or coating of substrates using the cationically curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Gerald Uhl, Timo Anselment, Michael Scholz, Sebastian Zink, Kilian Kreul
  • Patent number: 12386031
    Abstract: According to a further example implementation, the method comprises measuring magnitude response information relating to an analog baseband signal processing chain of a reception channel of a radar system, determining—based on the measured magnitude response information—at least one value which characterizes at least one frequency limit of the first baseband signal processing chain, and determining a phase response for the baseband signal processing chain based on the at least one value and a model of the baseband signal processing chain. The method also comprises digitizing an output signal from the baseband signal processing chain and digitally processing the digitized output signal, wherein phase equalizing is carried out based on the determined phase response during normal radar operation of the radar system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Michael Gerstmair, Michael Petit, Josef Kulmer, Julian Mitterlehner, Dominik Breuer, Alexander Girlinger
  • Patent number: 12386068
    Abstract: An apparatus for artificial intelligence (AI) bathymetry is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sonic unit attached to a boat, the sonic unit configured to generate a plurality of metric data as a function of a plurality of ultrasonic pulses and a plurality of return pulses. An image processing module is configured to generate a bathymetric image as a function of the plurality of metric data, identify, as a function of the bathymetric image, an underwater landmark, and register the bathymetric image to a map location as a function of the underwater landmark. A communication module is configured to transmit the registered bathymetric image to at least a computing device. An autonomous navigation module is configured to determine a heading for the boat as a function of a path datum and command boat control to navigate the boat as a function of the heading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Mythos AI Inc
    Inventors: Geoffrey Michael Douglass, John Rogers Houston, Allen Edward Flick, Damon Allen Wolfe
  • Patent number: 12386623
    Abstract: In an example, a device includes a register file; a set of functional units coupled to the register file; and an instruction decoder coupled to the register file and to the set of functional units. The instruction decoder receives an executable instruction directed to a specific functional unit of the set of functional unit. The executable instruction includes a segment specifying a register of the register file. The instruction decoder also provides the executable instruction to the specific functional unit. The specific functional unit then determines whether to execute the executable instruction based on a value stored in the register of the register file specified by the segment of the executable instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy David Anderson, Duc Quang Bui, Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak
  • Patent number: 12386662
    Abstract: A method for allocating resources for a machine learning model is disclosed. A machine learning model to be executed on a special purpose machine learning model processor is received. A computational data graph is generated from the machine learning model. The computational dataflow graph represents the machine learning model which includes nodes, connector directed edges, and parameter directed edges. The operations of the computational dataflow graph is scheduled and then compiled using a deterministic instruction set architecture that specifies functionality of a special purpose machine learning model processor. An amount of resources required to execute the computational dataflow graph is determined. Resources are allocated based on the determined amounts of resources required to execute the machine learning model represented by the computational dataflow graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Ross, John Michael Stivoric
  • Patent number: 12387461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for annotating car radar data, comprising: at least one radar arranged on a car for producing a radar image by means of radar measurement; at least one optical detection system arranged outside the car for producing a camera image; a segmentation unit, which is designed to subject a camera image produced by the optical detection system to semantic segmentation for forming a semantic grid in order to assign one of a plurality of object classes to the camera image pixel by pixel; a computing unit, which is designed to transfer the camera image and/or the radar image into a common coordinate system for co-registration; and an annotation unit, which is designed to carry out annotation of the radar image, in other words to allocate an object class to a radar target of the radar image, in such a way that the object class of the semantic grid of the co-registered camera image in which the radar target of the co-registered radar image is located is allocated to a particular radar tar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Prophet, Marcel Hoffmann, Michael Stelzig, Martin Vossiek
  • Patent number: 12386413
    Abstract: An interactive user experience system is disclosed. The system includes a processor, a display in electrical communication with the processor and configured to display a visual content of interactive content, a modular tile floor in electrical communication with the processor and including a plurality of tiles configured to move independently to induce or respond to a desired motion for a user in contact with the modular tile floor, a sensor in electrical communication with the processor. The sensor detects at least one of an orientation or a position of the user on the modular tile floor, and based on the detected orientation or position of the user, the processor modifies at least one of the visual content or a movement of the plurality of tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Jack Wetherell, Robert J. Bristow, Lanny S. Smoot, Alfredo M. Ayala, Michael Ryan Enriquez Arevalo, Frank D. Mezzatesta, III
  • Patent number: 12383002
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are protective apparatuses for minimizing the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases between individuals in close proximity to one another. Said apparatuses may comprise a receiving component comprising a first aperture comprising a series of flanges; as well as a substantially transparent shield component. Protective apparatuses of the present disclosure may be used to protect dentists and other healthcare workers from transmission of infectious agents through aerosols and through transmission of droplets and other bodily fluids that may contain infectious agents and likewise may be used to protect patients in the same manner. Also disclosed herein are systems comprising such protective apparatuses installed to a substantially cylindrical suctioning device such as a vacuum hose or operatively attached to an articulating mechanical arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Inventors: James L. Orrington, II, Michael Prince, Hyunchul Kim, McKayla Barber
  • Patent number: 12383025
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole coupled to the upper. The sole includes an insole for receiving a foot of a wearer and a sole member disposed below the insole to support the foot of the wearer. The sole member includes a web extending along a length of the sole and a plurality of pillars projecting upwardly from the web toward the insole. Each of the pillars includes a curved sidewall and a lid extending from an upper end of the curved sidewall. The curved sidewall and the lid define a cavity. The web and the plurality of pillars of the sole member are unitary and made of an elastomeric material that allows the pillars to flex or deform at a compressed state and return to an upright position at a relaxed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Reebok International Limited
    Inventors: Michael Andrews, Daniel R. Hobson, Jeffrey J. Acheson
  • Patent number: 12383058
    Abstract: Load-bearing furniture (such as beds, tables, desks, benches, and the like) made from lightweight, foldable material, comprised of base supports with beveled crenellations along certain top edges of the supports, designed to securely receive beams formed in the shape of flanged triangular prisms, said beams optionally featuring ventilation holes to facilitate air circulation through beam cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Voorhees
  • Patent number: 12383219
    Abstract: Described herein are calibration jigs and methods used to design and fabricate calibration jigs as well as associated workflows that may be used for determining the calibration parameters used to create a 2D image of a 3D scene, wherein the calibration jig has the shape of an isosceles right semi-triangular prism and is configured to ergonomically fit an anterior-medial tibial position on a patient's leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: XPLAN AI Ltd.
    Inventors: Ilya Kovler, Hamza Abudayyeh, Shimon Bezalel, Itay Mairantz, Moshe Safran, Michal Margalit, Michael Librus, Ofer Abramov, Ron Soferman
  • Patent number: 12383224
    Abstract: A system for deploying needles in tissue includes a controller and a visual display. A treatment probe has both a needle and tines deployable from the needle which may be advanced into the tissue. The treatment probe also has adjustable stops which control the deployed positions of both the needle and the tines. The adjustable stops are coupled to the controller so that the virtual treatment and safety boundaries resulting from the treatment can be presented on the visual display prior to actual deployment of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Gynesonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Munrow, Darrin Uecker, Brian Placek, Harry Kwan, David Toub, Cameron D. Hinman, David J. Danitz
  • Patent number: 12383253
    Abstract: A knotless suture anchor system is disclosed for improved anchoring in tissue. The knotless suture anchor system includes an anchor body having an exterior surface, a proximal end, a distal end, a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends, an interior longitudinal passageway extending at least partway from the proximal end toward the distal end, a proximal opening communicating with the longitudinal passageway nearer the proximal end, and a distal opening communicating with the longitudinal passageway nearer the distal end. The knotless suture anchor system also includes an interference member insertable distally into the longitudinal passageway to secure a portion of a suture within the longitudinal passageway by compressing the portion of the suture between the interference member and the anchor body, and a frangible connection that joins a proximal member to the anchor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Crossroads Extremity Systems, LLC
    Inventors: T. Wade Fallin, Joel Helgerson, Michael Chad Hollis, Daniel Sayger
  • Patent number: 12384788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are capable of modulating, e.g., inhibiting or activating, one or more kinases, especially LRRK2 and/or NUAK1 and/or TYK2 or mutants thereof. The compounds are useful for treating diseases, such as autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, bone diseases, metabolic diseases, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, allergies, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, skin disorders, eye diseases, infectious diseases and hormone-related diseases. The present description discloses the synthesis and characterisation of exemplary compounds as well as pharmacological data thereof (e.g. pages 40 to 146; examples 1 to 63; compounds 1 to 248; tables 1 to 3). Preferred compounds are e.g. 1,4-dihydrobenzo[d]pyrazolo[3,4-f][1,3]diazepine derivatives and related compounds. An exemplary compound is e.g. 5-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-8-methoxy-1,4-dihydrobenzo[d]pyrazolo[3,4-f][1,3]diazepine (example 49).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Origenis GMBH
    Inventors: Roland Koestler, Jean Tassel, Michael Thormann, Nasser Yehia, Andreas Treml, Michael Almstetter
  • Patent number: 12383601
    Abstract: The invention provides immune effector cells (for example, T cells, NK cells) that express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), and compositions and methods thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Aida Abujoub, John Blankenship, Attilio Bondanza, Jennifer Brogdon, Dexiu Bu, Serena De Vita, Glenn Dranoff, Boris Engels, Tony Fleming, Brian Walter Granda, Michael R. Greene, Carla Patricia Guimaraes, Anniesha Hack, Brian Holmberg, Connie Hong, Lu Huang, Olja Kodrasi, Joni Waiee Lam, Hyungwook Lim, Elizabeth Dorothy Pratico, Andrew Price, Akash Sohoni, Andrew Marc Stein, Louise Treanor, Chonghui Zhang, Xu Zhu
  • Patent number: 12383663
    Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) system includes a PD fluid pump; a disinfection loop including the PD fluid pump, the disinfection loop including PD fluid used for disinfecting the disinfection loop; and a carbon dioxide (CO2), source positioned and arranged to supply CO2 to the disinfection loop to inhibit and/or remove the production of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) during a disinfection sequence. The PD system includes a control unit configured to open a valve to allow CO2 to be supplied, wherein the control unit may use a lookup table or algorithm to determine the desired pressure or pressure increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Oskar Erik Frode Styrbjorn Fallman, Michael Pettersson
  • Patent number: D1087748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Wire, Daniel Riordan Smith