Patents by Inventor Stephen (Hsiao Yi) Li

Stephen (Hsiao Yi) Li 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: 20250110276
    Abstract: Devices and/or methods of fabrication facilitating suppression of embedded SiGe optical waveguides with low defectivity are provided. In an embodiment, a device can comprise a substrate comprising a trench within the substrate, wherein the trench comprises a base surface and sidewalls comprising the substrate; and a fully strained silicon-germanium (SiGe) structure located within the trench, wherein a bottom surface of the SiGe structure is in contact with the base surface, wherein side surfaces of the SiGe structure are in contact with the sidewalls, and wherein the SiGe structure is at least twice the critical thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bedell, Jason S. Orcutt, Abram L Falk, Chi Xiong, Cihan Kurter, Ashutosh Rao
  • Publication number: 20250108148
    Abstract: Provided are methods for preparing sterilized, gelled, solubilized extracellular matrix (ECM) compositions useful as cell growth substrates. Also provided are compositions prepared according to the methods as well as uses for the compositions. In one embodiment a device, such as a prosthesis, is provided which comprises an inorganic matrix into which the gelled, solubilized ECM is dispersed to facilitate in-growth of cells into the ECM and thus adaptation and/or attachment of the device to a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen F. Badylak, Timothy Joseph Keane, JR., Neill Jordon Turner, Christopher Lee Dearth
  • Publication number: 20250108303
    Abstract: Methods for managing non-player characters and power centers in a computer game are based on character hierarchies and individualized correspondences between each character's traits or rank and events that involve other non-player characters or objects. Players may share power centers, character hierarchies, non-player characters, and related quests involving the shared objects with other players playing separate and unrelated game instances over a computer network, with the outcome of the quests reflected in different the games. Various configurations of game machines are used to implement the methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Michael de Plater, Christopher Herman Hoge, Robert Kenyon Hull Roberts, Daniel Paul Valerius, Rocky Albert Newton, Kevin Leslie Stephens
  • Publication number: 20250110361
    Abstract: A slow-light photonic modulator includes a silicon-on-insulator substrate that includes a silicon device layer on top of a silicon dioxide buried layer. A ridge waveguide is formed partially etching the silicon device layer. The ridge waveguide includes a grating arm and a reference arm. A grating waveguide and a grating electrode are in the grating arm. A straight waveguide and a reference electrode are in the reference arm. A lateral junction is formed by doping the ridge waveguide with p-type and n-type dopants. In some embodiments, the slow-light photonic modulator further includes an unequal phase shifter architecture that is configured to set the modulator in quadrature without the use of external waveguide heaters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Zhaoran Huang, Stephen Anderson, Amir Begovic
  • Publication number: 20250111703
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for dynamically managing road use charges for a vehicle which transmits one or more messages to a backend server of a road use charging (RUC) service with vehicle location data and RUC-related data collected from a memory storage device or one or more in-vehicle sensors which capture the RUC-related data relating to the vehicle operation and design so that the backend server of the RUC service can generate an RUC report which includes one or more adjustments to a RUC rate for the vehicle based on the RUC-related data in the second message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Cathi Chinn, Stephen C. Young
  • Publication number: 20250107525
    Abstract: Disclosed are carboxylic acid-derived keto-diesters having formula (VIII) or an herbicidally-effective salt thereof; compositions comprising such keto-diesters or herbicidally-effective salts; methods of preparing such keto-diesters, herbicidally-effective salts, and/or compositions; and methods for controlling undesired vegetation by contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of such a keto-diester, herbicidally-effective salt, or composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: JOANNA N. BAJSA-HIRSCHEL, AMAR G. CHITTIBOYINA, STEPHEN O. DUKE, SHAMBA CHATTERJEE, IKHLAS A. KHAN
  • Publication number: 20250109286
    Abstract: A tire tread and a pneumatic tire including the tread are described. The tread is formed from a vulcanizable rubber composition, which includes 50-70 phr of polybutadiene rubber, 30-50 phr of a solution-polymerized styrene butadiene rubber with a styrene content of 5-15 wt. % and a Tg of ?70° C. to ?50° C., at least 100 phr of silica, at least 6 parts by weight per hundred parts of the silica of an organosilane coupling agent, at least 2 phr of processing oil, at least 40 phr of resin, the resin including a hydrocarbon traction resin and a tackifier resin, and a cure package including a sulfur-based curing agent, zinc oxide, and a cure accelerator. The rubber composition provides the tire with a good balance of wet, dry, and cold performance characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Alexis Anne Kruth, Kate Elizabeth Dennis-Pelcher, Bryce Alexander Butti, Brad Stephen Gulas, Cecilia Layne Mainzer
  • Publication number: 20250109539
    Abstract: A method for a dry cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, performing, the calibration cycle in response to the activation signal. The calibration cycle including analyzing a cycle history of the washing machine appliance, measuring a first line voltage of an electrical supply line, monitoring a temperature via a temperature sensor of the washing machine appliance, measuring a load inertia and a second line voltage of the electrical supply line, and updating operational parameters in response to one or more of a line stiffness between the first line voltage and the second line voltage, the load inertia, and the temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stannard Nathan Phelps, Stephen Edward Hettinger, Nicholas Dillon
  • Publication number: 20250109541
    Abstract: A method is for a drain cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, and performing the calibration cycle in response to the activation signal. The calibration cycle includes initializing a drain sequence of the washing machine appliance, measuring a flow rate of water through a drain hose during the drain sequence, identifying siphoning pull through the drain hose, measuring a volume of water backflowing from the drain hose, and updating operational parameters of the washing machine appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stannard Nathan Phelps, Stephen Edward Hettinger, Nicholas Dillon
  • Publication number: 20250110591
    Abstract: This document describes systems and techniques for false-input suppression at touch-sensitive displays. In aspects, an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display generates a touch frame having a heatmap matrix based on touch input received at the touch-sensitive display. The electronic device further obtains contextual data to determine if the contextual data satisfies contextual conditions. If the contextual conditions are satisfied, a machine-learned model analyzes the touch frame to generate a confidence score for a likelihood that one or more hotspots within the heatmap matrix are indicative of touch inputs from machine-learned entities. Based on the confidence score being above a threshold, the electronic device suppresses touch inputs to prevent user interface interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Leonardo Blanger, Chiayun Kuan, Stephen Mathew Pfetsch
  • Publication number: 20250109021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an MCMB preparation method, and the method may comprise the steps of a) pre-treating raw pitch, b) mixing the pre-treated pitch with a salt, c) pulverizing and stirring the pitch and salt mixture, (d) heating and stirring the pulverized mixture at a temperature of 150-300° C. for 30-180 minutes to pyrolyze and polymerize the raw pitch and accordingly prepare mesophase pitch, e) cooling the heated and stirred mixture and removing a salt therefrom, and f) post-processing the mesophase pitch from which a salt has been removed to prepare MCMB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Jinkyu HAN, Stephen David PASK, Hwanbeom LEE
  • Publication number: 20250111094
    Abstract: One example method includes generating respective confidence vectors for respective hops associated with a data confidence fabric (DCF), and each hop is associated with one or more trust insertion technologies, identifying a deviation from one of the confidence vectors, generating a waterfall visualization that identifies a location in the DCF, and a type, of the deviation, automatically identifying a remediation action concerning the deviation, and automatically implementing the remediation action in a node of the DCF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventor: Stephen J. Todd
  • Publication number: 20250112651
    Abstract: A multigenerational front-end module (FEM) with 2G Vramp capabilities is disclosed. In particular, a FEM having a single transmission path may include a single power amplifier with supporting elements such as for example, bias levels, load modulation, supply voltages, or the like, that may be reconfigured and tuned so as to allow the single power amplifier to adapt effectively and work with different generations of wireless protocols. Further, this multigenerational FEM is able to accommodate a 2G Vramp mode with a multistage power amplifier, each with its own gate or base control signal instead of a collector signal control. This control is further effectuated by efficient power detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Baker Scott, George Maxim, Stephen James Franck
  • Publication number: 20250110134
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to single immunoglobulin variable domains with amino substitutions that result in improved thermal stability, cellular expression, and other biophysical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen John Demarest, Michael Lajos Gallo, David Forrest Thieker, Brian Arthur Kuhlman
  • Publication number: 20250109191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for altering body composition in a subject, wherein the alteration of body composition is an increase in muscle mass and a reduction of fat mass simultaneously. The present invention also relates to compositions and methods for reducing fat mass in a subject. The compositions and methods also increase muscle volume and lean body mass in the subject. The present invention also relates to compositions that comprise a GDF8 inhibitor and an Activin A inhibitor and the use of such compositions to treat diseases and disorders characterized by increased fat mass, and/or decreased muscle volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen DONAHUE, Robert C. PORDY, Gary HERMAN
  • Publication number: 20250110013
    Abstract: Methods and systems to monitor a pipeline for a leak or rupture. An embodiment of the system may include sensor assemblies. Each of the sensor assemblies may include an optical signal generator, an input, an output, and a transmission time circuitry configured to determine a transmission time of the optical signal. The transmission time circuitry may be configured to generate a transmission time data packet including the transmission time. Each of the sensor assemblies may include a fiber optic cable positionable about a circumference of the pipeline and connected to the output and the input. The system may include a controller connected to each of the sensor assemblies and configured to prompt each of the plurality of sensor assembly to generate the optical signal and determine whether the leak or the rupture has occurred based on the transmission time data packet from each of the plurality of sensor assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Jason S. Dalton, Stephen Daniel Ernst
  • Publication number: 20250110261
    Abstract: An optical film includes a plurality of alternating first and second polymeric layers disposed on a first protective layer. Each of the first and second polymeric layers has an average thickness less than about 500 nm and the first protective layer has an average thickness greater than about 750 nm. An olefin layer can be disposed on the first protective layer opposite the plurality of alternating first and second polymeric layers. The olefin layer includes cyclic olefin copolymer, cyclic olefin polymer, or a blend thereof. The olefin layer can have an unstructured major surface opposite the first protective layer. A bonding layer is disposed between, and bonds together, the olefin layer and the first protective layer. The optical film is integrally formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin T. Huseby, Stephen A. Johnson, Adam D. Haag, John D. Le, Jacob D. Young, Brian R. Peterson, Kayla A. McGrath
  • Publication number: 20250110200
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for configuring a wireless network are described herein. A wireless network may include a gateway device, one or more access points, and/or one or more client devices. The gateway device, one or more access points, and one or more client devices may be configured for WiFi motion detection. A computing device may determine a group of devices to configure for WiFi motion detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventor: James H. Stephens, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250111304
    Abstract: Computer implementations for managing contract data requirements list (CDRL) deliverables are disclosed. In some implementations, a controller identifies a CDRL deliverable associated with a program. The controller determines whether the CDRL deliverable is associated with a milestone of a plurality of milestones associated with the program and whether the CDRL is associated with a recurrence. In addition, the controller determines a delivery date for the CDRL deliverable based on whether the CDRL is associated with the milestone and whether the CDRL deliverable is associated with the recurrence. The controller displays, via a display, a CDRL deliverable name of the CDRL deliverable and at least one of: the delivery date, a delivery status corresponding to the delivery date, and a delivery evaluation corresponding to the delivery date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Stephen Hollander, Daniel Kubler, William Belcher
  • Publication number: 20250108285
    Abstract: A ski boot scraper device adapted for use with trekking poles. The ski boot scraper device provides a user the ability to scrape the underside of their shoes or boots clean to remove mud, snow, or other unwanted material adhered to the underside of the boot through the use of a scraper blade which is reconfigurable from a stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. In a stowed configuration, the scraper blade generally longitudinally aligned with a first pole, and in a deployed configuration the scraper blade is misaligned with (e.g., orthogonal to) the first pole, and configured to interconnect to a second pole to provide added support and stability for the process of scraping one's footwear upon the scraper blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventor: Stephen C. HOODECHECK