Patents by Inventor Min Lu

Min Lu 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: 20220259188
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted certain 1-pyrazolyl, 5-, 6-disubstituted indazole derivatives of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, and ring A are as defined herein, which are potent inhibitors of LRRK2 kinase and may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the LRRK2 kinase is involved, such as Parkinson's Disease and other diseases and disorders described herein. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, in which LRRK-2 kinase is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, John J. Acton, III, Michael J. Ardolino, Yi-Heng Chen, Peter H. Fuller, Anmol Gulati, Rebecca Elizabeth Johnson, William P. Kaplan, Solomon D. Kattar, Mitchell H. Keylor, Derun Li, Kaitlyn Marie Logan, Min Lu, Gregori J. Morriello, Santhosh F. Neelamkavil, Barbara Pio, Nunzio Sciammetta, Vladimir Simov, Jing Su, Luis Torres, Xin Yan
  • Patent number: 11365127
    Abstract: A large-particle spherical salt with a particle size of 400-950 ?m and a sphericity of 0.5-1.0 is disclosed, which overcomes the existing difficulty in this field for larger particle size as well as higher sphericity. A preparation method of the large-particle spherical salt is also disclosed, wherein in one preparation process, 2% of gum arabic (based on the mass percentage of solute sodium chloride in a sodium chloride saturated solution) is added, and under conditions of an evaporating temperature of 60° C. a stirring rate of 350 rpm, and an evaporating time of 8 hours, a large-particle spherical salt with a particle size of 921.593 ?m and an average sphericity of 0.904 is successfully prepared. The large-particle spherical salt prepared by the method has a uniform particle size distribution and good appearance, can be combined with other substances, adding some extra value to the salt. Meanwhile, the large-particle spherical salt prepared by the method has a high safety grade (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Na Tang, Min Lu, Wei Du, Penggao Cheng, Jun Xiang, Lei Zhang, Songbo Wang, Jianping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11315355
    Abstract: An electric lock includes a fingerprint module and a control circuit. The fingerprint module includes a fingerprint sensing unit configured to sense a fingerprint image of a user, and a fingerprint recognition unit electrically connected to the fingerprint sensing unit and configured to compare the fingerprint image of the user with registered fingerprint data pre-stored in the fingerprint recognition unit to generate a comparison result. The control circuit is electrically connected to the fingerprint recognition unit, and configured to control the electric lock to perform a predetermined operation according to the comparison result. The fingerprint sensing unit and the fingerprint recognition unit are integrated and packaged in a same chip, and the comparison result is transmitted from the fingerprint recognition unit to the control circuit after being encrypted according to a predetermined encryption method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Min Lu, I-Chang Shih, Pi-Shun Chang
  • Patent number: 11274111
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula (I) act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Jared N. Cumming, Christian Fischer, Symon Gathiaka, Charles A. Lesburg, Derun Li, Min Lu, Matthew J. Mitcheltree, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, David L. Sloman, Hongjun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220078091
    Abstract: A method for bundling network functions as a single microservice in a cloud environment. A service deployment manager may acquire subscriber location information associated with a subscriber or a subscriber profile associated with the subscriber. Moreover, the service deployment manager may utilize the subscriber location information or the subscriber profile to select a cloud location. For example, the cloud location may be based on load, geographical proximity, service profile, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Chaoxin Qiu, Mark A. Ratcliffe, Min Lu, Eric Ashby, Arshad Khan
  • Publication number: 20220056051
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula (I) act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Matthew L. Childers, Jared N. Cumming, Symon Gathiaka, Charles A. Lesburg, Derun Li, Min Lu, Matthew J. Mitcheltree, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11257704
    Abstract: A device for transferring micro-devices from a holding device to a final surface, avoiding damage during the process and ensuring coplanar presentation onto the final surface, includes a first substrate on the holding device. The holding device carries at least one transfer substrate which itself carries a plurality of micro-devices. At least one buffering member is located between the first substrate and the transfer substrate. The buffering member provides a small range of buffering for the micro-devices during the transfer and also compensates for any slight unevenness when the micro-devices are laid on and bonded to the final surface. A method for transferring the micro-devices is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Chang, Chin-Yuan Lin, Ying-Chieh Chen, I-Min Lu, I-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 11227138
    Abstract: A LCD device defining a display area includes a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate facing the color filter substrate, a backlight module on a side of the TFT substrate away from the color filter substrate, a transparent cover on a side of the color filter substrate away from the TFT substrate, and a fingerprint sensor in the display area. The fingerprint sensor defines a fingerprint sensing area in the display area. The LCD device further includes a light emitting diode on a side of the transparent cover adjacent to the color filter substrate. The light emitting diode is configured to emit light toward the fingerprint sensing area of the transparent cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Chang, Kuo-Sheng Lee, I-Min Lu
  • Publication number: 20210403469
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: Formula (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Yongxin Han, David Jonathan Bennett, Indu Bharathan, Liangqin Guo, Brett A. Hopkins, Xianhai Huang, Derun Li, Min Lu, Alexander Pasternak, David L. Sloman, Hongjun Zhang, Hua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210371292
    Abstract: A large-particle spherical salt with a particle size of 400-950 ?m and a sphericity of 0.5-1.0 is disclosed, which overcomes the existing difficulty in this field for larger particle size as well as higher sphericity. A preparation method of the large-particle spherical salt is also disclosed, wherein in one preparation process, 2% of gum arabic (based on the mass percentage of solute sodium chloride in a sodium chloride saturated solution) is added, and under conditions of an evaporating temperature of 60° C. a stirring rate of 350 rpm, and an evaporating time of 8 hours, a large-particle spherical salt with a particle size of 921.593 ?m and an average sphericity of 0.904 is successfully prepared. The large-particle spherical salt prepared by the method has a uniform particle size distribution and good appearance, can be combined with other substances, adding some extra value to the salt. Meanwhile, the large-particle spherical salt prepared by the method has a high safety grade (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Na TANG, Min LU, Wei DU, Penggao CHENG, Jun XIANG, Lei ZHANG, Songbo WANG, Jianping ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11189607
    Abstract: A micro LED display panel which is transparent to ambient light includes a TFT substrate, a plurality of micro LEDs, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer. The TFT substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The micro LEDs and the first insulating layer are on the first surface. The first insulating layer is transparent. The second insulating layer includes insulating units spaced from each other and made of a light absorbing material. Each insulating unit is on a side of the first insulating layer away from the TFT substrate and each micro LED is embedded in the first insulating layer and in one of insulating units. Regions of the TFT substrate not covered by the insulating layer are regions which allow light to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Wei Wu, I-Min Lu, Loganathan Murugan
  • Publication number: 20210348418
    Abstract: The installation kit for an electric lock includes a second lock having a rotary part. The rotary part includes a second shaft. A sleeve is driven by the rotary part and includes a passage which forms an opening formed to one end of the sleeve. A latch bolt includes an operation portion. A first lock includes a first shaft which is engaged with the operation portion so as to lock or unlock the latch bolt. The first shaft of the first lock is engaged with the passage of the sleeve and is co-rotated with the sleeve. The opening is a straight linear-shaped opening, a rectangular-shaped opening so as to be cooperated with the first lock. The second lock can be replaced a new one and operates the first lock and the latch bolt by the rotary part of the second lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: SHIH-MIN LU
  • Patent number: 11163542
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating automatically adjusting a user interface display screen or portion thereof. An example method includes determining context information associated with data, wherein the data is maintained in accordance with a data model; generating a signal when the context information changes; and employing the signal to automatically configure one or more characteristics of a user interface architecture, resulting in an adjusted user interface architecture. The context information may include information specifying one or more attributes relating to the data model. Generating may further include analyzing the one or more attributes to determine a modification to be made to the user interface architecture and then rendering a user interface display screen based on a modified user interface architecture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Blake Sullivan, Edward Farrell, Jing Wu, Venkata Guddanti, Min Lu, Hongbing Wang, Michael Elges, Michael William McGrath, Gangadhar Konduri
  • Patent number: 11156871
    Abstract: A backlight module for an LCD display includes backlight units. Each backlight unit includes a backplane unit, a first reflecting unit on the backplane unit, an LED on the backplane unit extending through the first reflecting unit, and a light guiding unit on a side of the LED and the first reflecting unit away from the backplane unit. The light guiding unit is transparent. Each backlight unit further includes a second reflecting unit on a side of the light guiding unit away from the backplane unit. The second reflecting unit includes at least one reflecting region and at least one transmitting region. The reflecting region reflects light; the transmitting region allows light to pass through. At least one backlight unit comprises a quantum dot layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Chang, I-Min Lu, Kuan-Hsien Jiang
  • Patent number: 11131120
    Abstract: An electric lock includes a motor, a power input port, a first control system and a second control system. The first control system includes an input unit configured to receive input data, an internal power source, and a first processing unit configured to use electricity of the internal power source to control the motor to rotate according to the input data. The second control system includes a wireless unit configured to receive a wireless signal, and a second processing unit different from the first processing unit and configured to use electricity of an external power source to control the motor to rotate when data transmitted in the wireless signal matches predetermined data and when the power input port is electrically connected to the external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Fu Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pi-Shun Chang, I-Chang Shih, Shih-Min Lu
  • Publication number: 20210295009
    Abstract: An electric lock includes a fingerprint module and a control circuit. The fingerprint module includes a fingerprint sensing unit configured to sense a fingerprint image of a user, and a fingerprint recognition unit electrically connected to the fingerprint sensing unit and configured to compare the fingerprint image of the user with registered fingerprint data pre-stored in the fingerprint recognition unit to generate a comparison result. The control circuit is electrically connected to the fingerprint recognition unit, and configured to control the electric lock to perform a predetermined operation according to the comparison result. The fingerprint sensing unit and the fingerprint recognition unit are integrated and packaged in a same chip, and the comparison result is transmitted from the fingerprint recognition unit to the control circuit after being encrypted according to a predetermined encryption method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shih-Min Lu, I-Chang Shih, Pi-Shun Chang
  • Publication number: 20210289045
    Abstract: An example system and method facilitates operation of a networked software application that communicates with a network resource during periods of intermittent network connectivity and includes determining when a networked software application is offline and when it is online; selectively intercepting one or more request messages from the networked software application addressed to a network resource when the software application is offline, resulting in a store of intercepted request messages; detecting when the networked software application transitions from being offline to being online; and selectively issuing the one or more request messages to the network resource in a sequence in which the one or more request messages were stored in the store of intercepted request messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Blake Sullivan, Kentaro Kinebuchi, Jing Wu, Min Lu, Andrew Schwartz, Max Starets
  • Patent number: 11112638
    Abstract: A touch and/or display panel with minimal border area includes a first substrate with first and second opposite surfaces. The panel further comprises a film on the first surface and bent to the second surface, the film is flexible and wires are patterned into the film. The film comprises first and second ends, the first end is located on the first surface, and the second end is located on the second surface and a chip is formed on the second end. A method for making the panel is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Min Lu, Chih-Fang Chen, An-Chou Chen, Kuo-Sheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20210274128
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing images that are associated with a video conference communication session, obtaining a video conference policy associated with the video conference communication session, applying object pattern recognition to the images to detect an object in the images, and retrieve first replacement image content according to the video conference policy. The images can be adjusted by replacing a first portion of the images other than the detected object with the first replacement image content to generate first adjusted video content. The first adjusted video content can be provided to the first recipient communication device via the video conference communication session. Non-adjusted video content can be provided according to the video conference policy to the second recipient communication device via the video conference communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Min Lu, Yi Chin, Gerald L. Hoover
  • Patent number: 11099416
    Abstract: An LCD display panel with increased screen-to-body ratio includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer disposed between them. The first substrate includes a display portion and at least two edge portions. The second substrate includes a support portion, two extended portions, and a second extended portion. A size of the support portion is same as a size of the display portion. Each first extended portion corresponds to one edge portion. The second extended portion is extended from a side of the support portion and is bent away from the first substrate. Part of the second extended portion is disposed below the display portion, and the electronic elements to drive the display are disposed on surface of the second extended portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Min Lu, Kuo-Sheng Lee