Patents by Inventor Mulan Zhang

Mulan Zhang 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: 20120109783
    Abstract: Searching for product information is disclosed, including: receiving a search request that includes at least a desired purchase quantity and a desired unit price; determining a preset purchase quantity that corresponds to the desired purchase quantity, wherein the determined preset purchase quantity is selected from a set of preset purchase quantities and each of the set of preset purchase quantities is associated with a different predetermined number of units; generating a search query that includes at least the determined preset purchase quantity and the desired unit price; and using the search query to search for matching products, wherein a matching product is associated with a unit price corresponding to the determined preset purchase quantity that corresponds to the desired unit price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Chenguang Le, Junlin Zhu, Yuanhu Yao, Weiyu Chen, Mulan Zhang, Maojian Fu
  • Patent number: 7758752
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a composite material which can rapidly and effectively remove algae and transform them into submerged macrophytes. The composite material is a mixture of two functional materials: one can grow into submerged macrophytes, and the other is clays or modified local soil particles which can flocculate algae, inhibit phosphorus release from sediments and act as the carrier of the above-mentioned seeds, earthnuts, buds, and roots of submerged macrophytes. In addition, the present invention proposes a physical-chemical-ecological combined method for improving water quality and enhancing the ecological restoration of eutrophic lakes using the above-mentioned material. By spraying the composite material to the lake surface, the new method can remove algae and turbidity through flocculation and complete the planting process simultaneously so that HABs and eutrophication are effectively controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Gang Pan, Binghui Tian, Hao Chen, Mulan Zhang, Xianzheng Yuan
  • Publication number: 20090107912
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a composite material which can rapidly and effectively remove algae and transform them into submerged macrophytes. The composite material is a mixture of two functional materials: one can grow into submerged macrophytes, and the other is clays or modified local soil particles which can flocculate algae, inhibit phosphorus release from sediments and act as the carrier of the above-mentioned seeds, earthnuts, buds, and roots of submerged macrophytes. In addition, the present invention proposes a physical-chemical-ecological combined method for improving water quality and enhancing the ecological restoration of eutrophic lakes using the above-mentioned material. By spraying the composite material to the lake surface, the new method can remove algae and turbidity through flocculation and complete the planting process simultaneously so that HABs and eutrophication are effectively controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Gang Pan, Binghui Tian, Hao Chen, Mulan Zhang, Xianzheng Yuan