Patents by Inventor Ping Zhuang

Ping Zhuang 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: 7250525
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank F. Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20060269473
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20060269474
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Patent number: 7100430
    Abstract: A dual stage scanning instrument includes a sensor for sensing a parameter of a sample and coarse and fine stages for causing relative motion between the sensor and the sample. The coarse stage has a resolution of about 1 micrometer and the fine stage has a resolution of 1 nanometer or better. The sensor is used to sense the parameter when both stages cause relative motion between the sensor assembly and the sample. The sensor may be used to sense height variations of the sample surface as well as thermal variations, electrostatic, magnetic, light reflectivity or light transmission parameters at the same time when height variation is sensed. By performing along scan at a coarser resolution and short scans a high resolution using the same probe tip or two probe tips at fixed relative positions, data obtained from the long and short scans can be correlated accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Amin Samsavar, William R. Wheeler, Steven G. Eaton, Jian-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20060051293
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20060002853
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20050271584
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank Kung, Mei Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Patent number: 6946116
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form-amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank F. Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20050005688
    Abstract: A dual stage scanning instrument includes a sensor for sensing a parameter of a sample and coarse and fine stages for causing relative motion between the sensor and the sample. The coarse stage has a resolution of about 1 micrometer and the fine stage has a resolution of 1 nanometer or better. The sensor is used to sense the parameter when both stages cause relative motion between the sensor assembly and the sample. The sensor may be used to sense height variations of the sample surface as well as thermal variations, electrostatic, magnetic, light reflectivity or light transmission parameters at the same time when height variation is sensed. By performing along scan at a coarser resolution and short scans a high resolution using the same probe tip or two probe tips at fixed relative positions, data obtained from the long and short scans can be correlated accurately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Amin Samsavar, William Wheeler, Steven Eaton, Jian-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20040131545
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form-amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank F. Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Patent number: 6696039
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Hank F. Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20030149250
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Hank F. Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20030059369
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hank F Kung, Mei-Ping Kung, Zhi-Ping Zhuang
  • Patent number: 6267005
    Abstract: A dual stage scanning instrument includes a sensor for sensing a parameter of a sample and coarse and fine stages for causing relative motion between the sensor and the sample. The coarse stage has a resolution of about 1 micrometer and the fine stage has a resolution of 1 nanometer or better. The sensor is used to sense the parameter when both stages cause relative motion between the sensor assembly and the sample. The sensor may be used to sense height variations of the sample surface as well as thermal variations, electrostatic, magnetic, light reflectivity or light transmission parameters at the same time when height variation is sensed. By performing along scan at a coarser resolution and short scans a high resolution using the same probe tip or two probe tips at fixed relative positions, data obtained from the long and short scans can be correlated accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Kla-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Amin Samsavar, William R. Wheeler, Steven G. Eaton, Jian-Ping Zhuang
  • Patent number: 5866806
    Abstract: A probe tip of a scanning probe microscope or a profilometer is scanned across a surface in a contact, non-contact, or intermittent contact mode to sense the presence of a feature to be located. The probe tip may be scanned along substantially parallel paths, spiral paths or in a sequence of random positions to locate the feature. After the feature has been located, a different searching sequence is employed in order to locate a center of the feature if such is desired. Then, the probe tip is scanned across the surface over the center of the feature in order to perform a measurement of the feature. For some particular features such as tungsten plugs, metal clusters or metal filled via holes of a surface, an electrical or magnetic parameter of the feature may be used for locating the feature after which the same or a different characteristic of the feature, such as geometric profile, can be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Amin Samsavar, Jian-Ping Zhuang, Jason Schneir