Patents by Inventor Min Cheng

Min Cheng 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: 20210263437
    Abstract: A toner including a parent toner particle comprising at least one resin, in combination with an optional colorant, and an optional wax; and a surface additive formulation comprising at least one medium silica surface additive; at least one large cross-linked organic polymeric additive; at least one positive charging surface additive, wherein the at least one positive charging surface additive is (a) a titanium dioxide surface additive; and wherein the parent toner particles further contain a small silica; or (b) a non-titanium dioxide positive charging metal oxide surface additive; and wherein the parent toner particles further optionally contain a small silica; and wherein a total surface area coverage of all of the surface additives combined is 100 to 140 percent of the parent toner particle surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Michael F. Zona, Jordan A. Frank, Daniel W. Asarese, Chieh-Min Cheng, Paul K. Acquaviva
  • Publication number: 20210263436
    Abstract: A toner composition including a first wax; a second wax that is different from the first wax; wherein the first wax comprises a paraffin wax; wherein the second wax comprises a polymethylene wax; at least one polyester; and an optional colorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jordan A. Frank, Daniel W. Asarese, Paul K. Acquaviva, Chieh-Min Cheng, Michael F. Zona, Richard P. N. Veregin
  • Publication number: 20210265890
    Abstract: A functional module is provided. The functional module is applied to an electronic device, and includes a housing, a functional member, and a motor assembly. Both the functional member and the motor assembly are disposed in the housing. The motor assembly includes a motor and an output shaft. The motor is configured to drive the output shaft to rotate. The output shaft protrudes from one side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Chia-Min CHENG, Chui-Hung CHEN, Ching-Yuan YANG, Cheng-Han CHUNG
  • Patent number: 11098373
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and kits for detecting the presence or absence of gene dysregulations such as those arising from gene fusions and/or chromosomal abnormalities, e.g. translocations, insertions, inversions and deletions. The methods, compositions and kits are useful for detecting mutations that cause the differential expression of a 5? portion of a target gene relative to the 3? region of the target gene. The average expression of the 5? portion of the target gene is compared with the average expression of the 3? portion of the target gene to determine an intragenic differential expression (IDE). The IDE can then be used to determine if a dysregulation or a particular disease (or susceptibility to a disease) is present or absent in a subject or sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
    Inventor: Shih-Min Cheng
  • Patent number: 11092906
    Abstract: A toner including a parent toner particle comprising at least one resin, in combination with an optional colorant, and an optional wax; and a surface additive formulation comprising at least one medium silica surface additive; at least one large silica surface additive; at least one positive charging surface additive, wherein the at least one positive charging surface additive is (a) a titanium dioxide surface additive; and wherein the parent toner particles further contain a small silica; or (b) a non-titanium dioxide positive charging metal oxide surface additive; and wherein the parent toner particles further optionally contain a small silica; and wherein a total surface area coverage of all of the surface additives combined is 100 to 140 percent of the parent toner particle surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Michael F. Zona, Jordan A. Frank, Daniel W. Asarese, Paul K. Acquaviva, Chieh-Min Cheng
  • Patent number: 11092892
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a substrate measuring device in a lithography projection apparatus that provides multiple light sources having different wavelengths. In some embodiments, a lithography projection apparatus includes a substrate measuring system disposed proximate to a substrate stage, the substrate measuring system further including an emitter including multiple light sources configured to provide multiple beams of light, each of at least some of the multiple beams of light having a different wavelength, at least one optical fiber, wherein each of respective portions of the at least one optical fiber is configured to pass a respective one of the multiple beams of light, and a receiver positioned to collected light emitted from the emitter and reflected off of a substrate disposed on the substrate stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Cheng Wu, Chi-Hung Liao
  • Patent number: 11086243
    Abstract: A toner composition including a first wax; a second wax that is different from the first wax; wherein the first wax comprises a paraffin wax; wherein the second wax comprises a polymethylene wax; at least one polyester; and an optional colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan A. Frank, Daniel W. Asarese, Paul K. Acquaviva, Chieh-Min Cheng, Michael F. Zona, Richard P. N. Veregin
  • Patent number: 11088023
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes providing a material layer having a recess formed therein. A first tungsten metal layer is formed at a first temperature and fills the recess. An anneal process at a second temperature is then performed, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pin-Hong Chen, Chih-Chieh Tsai, Tzu-Chieh Chen, Kai-Jiun Chang, Chia-Chen Wu, Yi-An Huang, Tsun-Min Cheng, Yi-Wei Chen, Wei-Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 11086244
    Abstract: A toner including a parent toner particle comprising at least one resin, in combination with an optional colorant, and an optional wax; and a surface additive formulation comprising at least one medium silica surface additive; at least one large cross-linked organic polymeric additive; at least one positive charging surface additive, wherein the at least one positive charging surface additive is (a) a titanium dioxide surface additive; and wherein the parent toner particles further contain a small silica; or (b) a non-titanium dioxide positive charging metal oxide surface additive; and wherein the parent toner particles further optionally contain a small silica; and wherein a total surface area coverage of all of the surface additives combined is 100 to 140 percent of the parent toner particle surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Richard P. N. Veregin, Michael F. Zona, Jordan A. Frank, Daniel W. Asarese, Chieh-Min Cheng, Paul K. Acquaviva
  • Patent number: 11081383
    Abstract: A substrate table is provided. The substrate table includes a main body configured to support a substrate thereon. The substrate table further includes a number of vacuum channels provided in the main body and respectively formed with a vacuum opening on a surface of the main body. The vacuum channels are configured to apply a vacuum to the substrate. The vacuum channels are distributed throughout the main body and arranged in a grid pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Cheng Wu, Chi-Hung Liao
  • Patent number: 11069559
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure and method for forming such a structure are disclosed by the present invention. In the method, before a first trench in a pre-processed substrate is filled with any filling material, an auxiliary layer is formed over an inner surface of the first trench. Afterward, a first filling dielectric is formed and an etch back process is performed so that a top surface of the first filling dielectric is higher than that of the pre-processed substrate, and a second filling dielectric is then formed and subject to a second planarization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NEXCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sun-Hung Chen, Tsun-Min Cheng, Jui-Min Lee, Wei Xiang, Renwei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210217613
    Abstract: A method includes transferring a wafer to a position over a wafer chuck; ejecting a first gas from a purging device above the wafer to clean a top surface of the wafer; after ejecting the first gas, lifting a lifting pin through the wafer chuck to receive the wafer; and after the wafer is received by the lifting pin, ejecting a second gas from first openings in a sidewall of the lifting pin to a region between a bottom surface of the wafer and a top surface of the wafer chuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Cheng WU, Chi-Hung LIAO
  • Patent number: 11054383
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor device that is efficiently and economically produced at the chip level for a variety of applications is disclosed. In some aspects, the device is made on or using a wafer technology whereby a sensor chamber is created by said wafer and a gas port allows for a working electrode of the sensor to detect certain gases. Large scale production is possible using wafer technology where individual sensors are produced from one or more common wafers. Integrated circuits are made in or on the wafers in an integrated way so that the wafers provide the substrate for the integrated circuitry and interconnects as well as providing the definition of the chambers in which the gas sensors are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: InSyte Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Chandra Bhat, Jim Chih-Min Cheng, Richard Ian Olsen
  • Patent number: 11053542
    Abstract: The present technology relates to methods for determining whether a patient having thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology will benefit from diagnostic surgery, e.g., lobectomy. These methods are based on screening a patient's thyroid nodules and detecting alterations in target nucleic acid sequences corresponding to a specific set of thyroid cancer-related genes. Kits for use in practicing the methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
    Inventors: Shih-Min Cheng, Joseph J. Catanese, Andrew Grupe, Feras Hantash, Frederic M. Waldman, Kevin Qu
  • Publication number: 20210198471
    Abstract: Disclosed is a two-component curable polymeric system having increased viscosity. One component contains a homogeneous blend of a polyisocyanate and a homopolymer or copolymer of vinyl acetate. This component has a higher viscosity than the polyisocyanate alone, thereby increasing the viscosity of the two-component curable system. The other component of the two-component curable system is a composition containing an isocyanate reactive component. The polyisocyanate and the isocyanate reactive component react together (“cure”) to form a polymer. Typically, but not always, the isocyanate reactive component is a polyol or polyamine that is capable of reacting with the polyisocyanate, thereby forming a polyurethane (polyol) or polyurea (polyamine).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Chih-Min Cheng, Zachary Bryan, James Murray, Li Kang, Shuhua Jin
  • Publication number: 20210197126
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high-penetration two-component polyurethane adhesive for separation apparatus, such as thin film composite reverse osmosis filtration membranes. The polyisocyanate reactive side of the two-component adhesive comprises hydrogenated castor oil or derivative thereof to increase the viscosity and provide a thixotropic property. Surprisingly, these high-viscosity polyisocyanate reactive components provide a two-component polyurethane adhesive exhibiting excellent penetration of the membranes used in such separation apparatus. Also disclosed is a method of using these two component polyurethane adhesives to bond these membranes to one or more other components of a separation apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shuhua Jin, Zachary Bryan, Chih-Min Cheng, Li Kang, Aaron Fabas, James Murray
  • Patent number: 11034883
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to low molecular weight polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles that can be used to deliver agents deep into hydrocarbon reservoirs. Methods of making and using said polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen J Johnson, Cory Berkland, Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, Jenn-Tai Liang, Terry M. Christian, Riley B. Needham, Min Cheng, Ying-Ying Lin, Andrew B. Woodside
  • Patent number: 11027734
    Abstract: A braking control method for a braking system of a vehicle is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The braking control method comprises: obtaining a total braking distance and a first speed of the vehicle; obtaining braking delay information related to the braking system, wherein the braking delay information includes first time information and second time information, the first time information reflects a delay time of a braking signal, and the second time information reflects a preparation time for performing a braking operation according to the braking signal by the braking system; obtaining deceleration information according to the total braking distance, the first speed and the braking delay information; generating the braking signal according to the deceleration information; and performing the braking operation according to the braking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Liang-Yu Ke, Yu-Min Cheng
  • Patent number: 11016390
    Abstract: A method includes generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light. The EUV light is gathered onto a first region of a first optical reflector by using a collector. A second region of the first optical reflector is free from incidence of the EUV light when the EUV light is reflected onto the first region. The EUV light is reflected to a reticle by using the first optical reflector, so as to impart the EUV light with a pattern. The first optical reflector is rotated such that the EUV light is reflected onto the second region in a first time period and the EUV light is reflected onto the first region in a second period. The first region is free from incidence of the EUV light in the first time period, and the second region is free from incidence of the EUV light in the second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Hung Liao, Min-Cheng Wu
  • Patent number: 11008444
    Abstract: The present invention is generally related to various types of compositions that comprise a polyindane resin. In particular, the polyindane resins may be utilized in various polymer-based and elastomer-based formulations in order to enhance several properties and characteristics of those formulations. More specifically, elastomeric compositions are provided that comprise at least one polyindane resin, which may be used to replace or enhance the functionality of existing hydrocarbon resins used in elastomeric formulations. The elastomeric compositions may be used to produce various tire components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Mark William Ingratta, Soumendra Kumar Basu, Mark Stanley Pavlin, Joseph Alexander Deloach, George Joseph Kutsek, Wei Min Cheng