Patents by Inventor Tinny Liang

Tinny Liang 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).

  • Sequential delivery of fluid volumes and associated devices, systems and methods
    Patent number: 11098346
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to capillarity-based devices for performing chemical processes and associated system and methods. In one embodiment, for example, a device can include a porous receiving element having an input region and a receiving region, a first fluid source and a second fluid source positioned within the input region of the receiving element; wherein the first fluid source is positioned between the second fluid source and the receiving region, and wherein, when both the first and second fluid sources are in fluid connection with the input region, the device is configured to sequentially deliver the first fluid and the second fluid to the receiving region without leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Joshua Bishop, Joshua Buser, Samantha Byrnes, Shivani Dharmaraja, Elain S. Fu, Jared Houghtaling, Peter C. Kauffman, Sujatha Kumar, Lisa Lafleur, Tinny Liang, Barry Lutz, Bhushan Toley, Maxwell Wheeler, Paul Yager, Xiaohong Zhang
  • SEQUENTIAL DELIVERY OF FLUID VOLUMES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20190134637
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to capillarity-based devices for performing chemical processes and associated system and methods. In one embodiment, for example, a device can include a porous receiving element having an input region and a receiving region, a first fluid source and a second fluid source positioned within the input region of the receiving element; wherein the first fluid source is positioned between the second fluid source and the receiving region, and wherein, when both the first and second fluid sources are in fluid connection with the input region, the device is configured to sequentially deliver the first fluid and the second fluid to the receiving region without leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Joshua Bishop, Joshua Buser, Samantha Byrnes, Shivani Dharmaraja, Elain S. Fu, Jared Houghtaling, Peter C. Kauffman, Sujatha Kumar, Lisa Lafleur, Tinny Liang, Barry Lutz, Bhushan Toley, Maxwell Wheeler, Paul Yager, Xiaohong Zhang
  • SEQUENTIAL DELIVERY OF FLUID VOLUMES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150361487
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to capillarity-based devices for performing chemical processes and associated system and methods. In one embodiment, for example, a device can include a porous receiving element having an input region and a receiving region, a first fluid source and a second fluid source positioned within the input region of the receiving element; wherein the first fluid source is positioned between the second fluid source and the receiving region, and wherein, when both the first and second fluid sources are in fluid connection with the input region, the device is configured to sequentially deliver the first fluid and the second fluid to the receiving region without leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Joshua Bishop, Joshua Buser, Samantha Byrnes, Shivani Dharmaraja, Elain S. Fu, Jared Houghtaling, Peter C. Kauffman, Sujatha Kumar, Lisa Lafleur, Tinny Liang, Barry Lutz, Bhushan Toley, Maxwell Wheeler, Paul Yager, Xiaohong Zhang
  • DISSOLVABLE BRIDGES FOR MANIPULATING FLUID VOLUMES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140093980
    Abstract: The present technology is directed to capillarity-based devices for performing chemical processes and associated system and methods. In one embodiment, for example, a device can include a source configured to receive one or more fluids, a first material adjacent to and in fluid connection with the source, a second material, and a dissolvable volume-metering element positioned between the first material and the second material. The volume-metering element can be configured to provide a fluid connection between the first material and the second material. The volume-metering element can also be configured to at least partially dissolve and break the fluid connection between the first material and second material once a predetermined volume of fluid flows therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Elain S. Fu, Barry Lutz, Jared Houghtaling, Tinny Liang