Patents by Inventor Thomas Yang

Thomas Yang 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).

  • Small molecule inhibitors of ALDH and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11944626
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a thiopyrimidinone structure which function as inhibitors of ALDH protein, and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Scott D. Larsen, Brandt C. Huddle, Kun Yang, Ronald Buckanovich, Thomas Hurley
  • Checkpoint identity verification using mobile identification credential
    Patent number: 11950101
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method to increase the efficiency of security checkpoint operations. A security checkpoint kiosk serves as a Relying Party System (RPS). The RPS establishes a secure local connection between the RPS and a User Mobile-Identification-Credential Device (UMD). The RPS sends a user information request to the UMD, via the secure local connection, seeking release of user information associated with a Mobile Identification Credential (MIC). The RPS obtains authentication of the user information received in response to the user information request. The RPS retrieves user travel information based on the user information. The RPS determines that the user travel information matches the user information. When the user travel information matches the user information, the RPS approves the user to proceed past the security checkpoint kiosk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haya Iris Villanueva Gaviola, Gianpaolo Fasoli, Vinay Ganesh, Irene M. Graff, Martijn Theo Haring, Ahmer A. Khan, Franck Farian Rakotomalala, Gordon Y. Scott, Ho Cheung Chung, Antonio Allen, Mayura Dhananjaya Deshpande, Thomas John Miller, Christopher Sharp, David W. Silver, Policarpo B. Wood, Ka Yang
  • Methods of manufacturing at least a portion of a magnetic layer of a magnetic recording disk, and related magnetic recording disks
    Patent number: 11948614
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of manufacturing at least a portion of a magnetic layer of a magnetic recording disk. The methods include forming a plurality of sacrificial, discrete structures via imprint lithography. The sacrificial, discrete structures are used to form a plurality of three-dimensional segregant structures in a magnetic layer of the magnetic recording disk. The present disclosure also relates to corresponding magnetic recording disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Xiaomin Yang, Kim Yang Lee, Thomas Young Chang, ShuaiGang Xiao, Sha Zhu
  • DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL USER INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20240104188
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to digital identification credential user interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Haya Iris VILLANUEVA GAVIOLA, Antonio A. ALLEN, Mayura D. DESHPANDE, Thomas John MILLER, Policarpo Bonilla WOOD, JR., Ho Cheung CHUNG, Gianpaolo FASOLI, Vinay GANESH, Irene M. GRAFF, Martijn Theo HARING, Ahmer A. KHAN, Franck Farian RAKOTOMALALA, Gordon SCOTT, Christopher SHARP, David W. SILVER, Ka YANG
  • High Strength and Translucency Dental Ceramic Materials, Devices, and Methods
    Publication number: 20240099941
    Abstract: A zirconia ceramic material for use in dental applications is provided comprising an yttria-stabilized zirconia material comprising from 4.5 mol % to 5.1 mol % yttria. Optionally, the zirconia ceramic has a coloring agent that may comprise one or more metals selected from terbium (Tb), chromium (Cr), erbium (Er), and cobalt (Co), and further, may, optionally, comprise alumina, which if present may be in an amount from 0 wt % to 0.25 wt %. The zirconia ceramic materials exhibit both enhanced translucency and a flexural strength of at least 800 MPa when fully sintered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sreeram Balasubramanian, Tyler Arthur Gubb, . Akash, Thomas C. Valenti, Yan Yang, Kevin Michael Recor
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE VISUALIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LUMEN STRUCTURES AND FLOW THEREWITHIN
    Publication number: 20240104701
    Abstract: A method for visualizing luminance variance for an object may include receiving image data associated with a digital image of the object. An algorithm is applied to the image data to generate an enhanced image. The enhanced image includes connected pixel value lines representative of pixel value ranges from the input image to enable visualization of luminance variance of the object by the human eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Imago Systems, Inc.,
    Inventors: Gene Ramsay, Thomas E. Ramsay, Karen Morgan, Oleksandr Andrushchenko, Anna Yang, Jermaine Headley, Victor Krivorotov, Gennadiy Lyashenko
  • MODULATION BASED HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK RETRANSMISSION DESIGN
    Publication number: 20240106563
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. For example, the described techniques provide for a wireless device transmitting an initial transmission associated with a data payload, such as a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) payload. The initial transmission may include a set of bits modulated using a first bit ordering scheme, and the set of bits may include a first bit subset that are transmitted with a lower transmission reliability than a second bit subset of the set of bits. The wireless device may modulate the first bit subset using a second bit ordering scheme that differs from the first bit ordering scheme to generate a modulated bit set. The second bit ordering scheme may be associated with a higher transmission reliability for the first bit subset. The wireless device may transmit the second transmission for the data payload with the modulated bit set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Jing Jiang, Thomas Joseph Richardson, Pinar Sen
  • BALUN PACKAGE COMPRISING MULTIPLE INDUCTIVE BALUNS FOR AN MRI RF COIL
    Publication number: 20240103107
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a balun package comprising a set of inductive baluns for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil. A first resonant circuit and a second resonant circuit each comprise an inductor. A first decoupling circuit leg is between and shared by the first and second resonant circuits and includes one or more decoupling inductors and/or one or more decoupling capacitors. A first cable bundle is wound to form the inductor of the first resonant circuit or is otherwise spaced from and inductively coupled to the inductor of the first resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Yang, Thomas Eastlake, Tsinghua Zheng, Matthew Finnerty
  • ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR GOALS PLATFORMS
    Publication number: 20240095645
    Abstract: A method of generating customizable goal representation is disclosed. A request from a user to view a goal representation is received. A flexible goal ontology is accessed that comprises one or more goal entities, one or more goal relationships between the goal entities, or one or more goal properties, the one or more goal properties including one or more metadata attributes relating to the one or more goal entities. A set of mapping rules is obtained that defines mappings between one or more goals. The set of mapping rules is evaluated to assemble a customized goal representation tailored to the user. The customized goal representation is updated based on a revaluation of the mapping rules affected by changes to the one or more goal entities, the one or more goal relationships, or the one or more properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sven Martin Andreas Elfgren, Friedrich I. Riha, Elliot Piersa Dahl, Eric Koslow, Nicole Jensen McMullin, Natasha Hede, Connie Lynn Chen, Alexa Jean Kriebel, Chije Wang'ati, JR., Megan McGowan, Ami Tushar Bhatt, Jeffrey Ryan Gurr, Tyler Kowalewski, Rahul Rangnekar, Byron Sha Yang, Jerry Wu, Ricky Rizal Zein, Romain Beauxis, Adnan Chowdhury, Priya Balasubramanian, Gilles Yvetot, Shaylan Hawthorne, Adnan Pirzada, Matthew Michael Parides, Jenna Nicole Soojin Lee, Ian William Richard, Laura Elizabeth Pearson, Christian Nguyen, Tovin Thomas, Adam Carter, David Achee, David Christopher Sally, Miranda Howitt, Vincent Yao, Seth Goldenberg, Aimee Jin Peng, William Qingdong Yan, Matthew Stephen Wysocki, Michael Ryan Shohoney, Ryan Maas, Asha Camper Singh, Leonardo Faria, Elliot Piersa Dahl
  • MULTI-TURN BIRDCAGE MRI COIL AND APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20240094317
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a multi-turn (MT) birdcage magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio-frequency (RF) coil. The MT birdcage MRI RF coil includes a first conductive ring, a second conductive ring, and a plurality of conductive rungs. Each of the plurality of conductive rungs includes a first end coupled to the first conductive ring, and a second end coupled to the second conductive ring. At least one of the first conductive ring and the second conductive ring includes more than one turn. The first conductive ring, the second conductive ring, and the plurality of conductive rungs form a plurality of meshes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Yang, Matthew Finnerty, Tsinghua Zheng, Thomas Eastlake
  • DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION OF NON-FUCOSYLATED ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES
    Publication number: 20240075135
    Abstract: This invention relates methods of using a non-fucosylated anti-CD40 antibody for treatment of cancer and chronic infectious diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Shyra Gardai, Che-Leung Law, Stanford Peng, Jing Yang, Haley Neff-LaFord, Thomas John Manley
  • Hybrid Power Conversion System and Control Method
    Publication number: 20240079949
    Abstract: A converter includes L phase legs, each phase leg of the L phase legs comprising a plurality of switches connected in series between an input power source and ground, wherein a first flying capacitor of an Mth phase is cross-coupled between an Mth phase leg and an (M+1)th phase leg, and a first flying capacitor of an Lth phase is cross-coupled between an Lth phase leg and a first phase leg, and wherein switches of the L phase legs are configured such that a ratio of an input voltage of the hybrid multi-phase step-down power converter to an output voltage of the hybrid multi-phase step-down power converter is equal to N/D, and wherein L, M, N are positive integers with M<L, L>2, and D is a duty cycle of the hybrid multi-phase step-down power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Rui Liu, Thomas Liu, Songnan Yang
  • Diffraction grating array for wide-angle illumination
    Patent number: 11921306
    Abstract: An incident optical beam illuminates a subset of contiguous array of diffraction gratings on a substrate and produces one or more diffracted output beams. The grating array can be arranged so that (i) multiple incident beams result in a contiguous composite solid angle of far-field illumination, (ii) multiple output beams arising from any one incident beam do not overlap in the far field, or (iii) both. The gratings of the array can be arranged to produce a desired far-field illumination intensity profile. The grating array can be arranged so as to suppress or eliminate laser speckle arising from the output beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Mossberg, Jianji Yang, Dmitri Iazikov, Christoph M. Greiner
  • CODED SPREADING AND INTERLEAVING FOR MULTI-LEVEL CODING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20240072934
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may identify a first set of bits associated with a first set of modulation layers. The wireless communication device may interleave a second set of bits associated with a second set of modulation layers to obtain an interleaved second set of bits. The wireless communication device may generate a combined set of bits based at least in part on combining the second set of bits and at least a portion of the first set of bits. The wireless communication device may perform a transmission based at least in part on the combined set of bits and the second set of bits. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Wei YANG, Jing JIANG, Thomas Joseph RICHARDSON, Gabi SARKIS
  • MEASURING DEVICE WITH TOF SENSOR
    Publication number: 20240068810
    Abstract: A measuring device for acquiring a three-dimensional measuring point related to a target in a scene, the measuring device comprises a distance measuring unit comprising an emitting unit configured for emitting collimated measuring radiation (T) and a receiving unit configured for detecting at least a part of the collimated measuring radiation reflected (R) by the target, a directing unit rotatable around an elevation axis and configured for directing the measuring radiation towards the scene, a capturing unit, wherein the capturing unit comprises an image sensor and is configured to capture at least a scene image of at least part of the scene, and a controlling and processing unit configured at least for aligning the directing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Johan STIGWALL, Zheng YANG, Thomas JENSEN, Martin MAYER
  • MEASURING DEVICE WITH TOF SENSOR
    Publication number: 20240069204
    Abstract: A measuring device for acquiring a three-dimensional measuring point related to a target in a scene, the measuring device comprises a base unit, a support unit mounted on the base unit, a distance measuring unit comprising an emitting unit configured for emitting measuring radiation and a receiving unit configured for detecting at least a part of the measuring radiation reflected by the target and a directing unit mounted in the support unit configured for directing the measuring radiation towards the scene. The measuring device comprises a capturing unit, wherein the capturing unit is configured for capturing at least a scene image of at least part of the scene, the scene image is generated by the detection of visual-spectrum light, and a controlling and processing unit, wherein the controlling and processing unit is configured for aligning the directing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Johan STIGWALL, Zheng YANG, Thomas JENSEN, Martin MAYER
  • Compensating device having a torsion spring on the electric motor
    Patent number: 11916465
    Abstract: A compensating element having a first and a second assembly, wherein a locking mechanism is provided which can be switched over between a first and a second operating state. In the first operating state, the first assembly is connected fixedly to the second assembly and, in the second operating state, the first and second assemblies are connected to each other via a spring mechanism in such a manner that they are movable relative to each other. The locking mechanism includes an electric motor that can be used to switch over between the first and the second operating state. A locking ring is or is not braced against at least three balls depending on its rotational position with respect to a center axis. The locking ring is connected in terms of rotary drive to the electric motor via a torsion spring which is elastic with respect to the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Danzberger, Andreas Rueb, Christoph Janssen, Efim Kuhn, Fan Yang, Markus Groganz, Peter Schlegel, Sebastian Siedler, Thomas Dickmann
  • Laptop Sleeve Convertible to Personal Body Armor
    Publication number: 20230085150
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a protective sleeve for electronic products including laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices (hereinafter referred to as “Laptop Sleeve”) that easily and quickly converts into a light weight and compact personal ballistic body armor that can also provide effective stab resistance while being concealed as a commonly used and carried item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Yang, Dan Uhm
  • System of demand response provider control of network connected devices
    Patent number: 10594700
    Abstract: A system of controlling one or more building control devices. The system may incorporate receiving from a third party a request for access to a user account at a manufacturer of building control devices, where the user account may be associated with one or more of the user's building control devices from the manufacturer. The third party may be a demand response provider, an aggregator of building control devices, or a different entity. The building control devices may be connected to a network. The system may be implemented over one or more networks with a server, an application programming interface (API), and/or a service bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Ademco Inc.
    Inventors: Sorabh Khurana, Ivo Kubita, Thomas Yang
  • SYSTEM OF DEMAND RESPONSE PROVIDER CONTROL OF NETWORK CONNECTED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160241538
    Abstract: A system of controlling one or more building control devices. The system may incorporate receiving from a third party a request for access to a user account at a manufacturer of building control devices, where the user account may be associated with one or more of the user's building control devices from the manufacturer. The third party may be a demand response provider, an aggregator of building control devices, or a different entity. The building control devices may be connected to a network. The system may be implemented over one or more networks with a server, an application programming interface (API), and/or a service bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Sorabh Khurana, Ivo Kubita, Thomas Yang