Patents by Inventor To Liu

To Liu 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).

  • METHOD FOR PERFORMING LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS, LIGHT SOURCE, AND EUV LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230324813
    Abstract: A method for performing a lithography process is provided. The method includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate, providing a plurality of target droplets to a source vessel, and providing a plurality of first laser pulses according to a control signal provided by a controller to irradiate the target droplets in the source vessel to generate plasma as an EUV radiation. The plasma is generated when the control signal indicates a temperature of the source vessel is within a temperature threshold value. The method further includes directing the EUV radiation from the source vessel to the photoresist layer to form a patterned photoresist layer and developing and etching the patterned photoresist layer to form a circuit layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chi YANG, Ssu-Yu CHEN, Shang-Chieh CHIEN, Chieh HSIEH, Tzung-Chi FU, Bo-Tsun LIU, Li-Jui CHEN, Po-Chung CHENG
  • CELL GLYCOCALYX PROTECTION EFFECT OF ANISODAMINE
    Publication number: 20230321072
    Abstract: A use of anisodamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of a cellular glycocalyx protectant and a use of the anisodamine or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as a cellular glycocalyx protectant in the restoration and protection of cellular glycocalyx and a cell adhesion junction are provided. The use of the anisodamine or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of cellular glycocalyx protectant also has an effect of protecting the structure and function of an endothelial cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CHENGDU FIRST PHARMACEDTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhaohua LIU, Ye ZENG
  • IN-SITU ADJUSTABLE INTRAOCULAR LENS
    Publication number: 20230320841
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intralocular-lens (IOL) or ophthalmic device including an optic and at least one haptic, at least a portion of which is formed from a photoresponsive shape memory polymer network, such as a polydomain azo liquid crystalline polymer network (PD-LCN). The present disclosure further provides systems and methods for adjusting the position of such an IOL or other ophthalmic device using polarized laser radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: ALI AKINAY, XUWEI JIANG, JIAN LIU, JINGBO LIU
  • APPLICATION-INDEPENDENT MESSAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230328014
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by allowing senders to transmit messages and content using a messaging system, and recipients to access such messages and content, even if the recipients do not have access to the messaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jacob Andreou, Yang Dai, Sebastian Gil, Tengfei Li, Yansong Liu, Andy Ly, Chamal Samaranayake, Jianwei Tu
  • IN SITU CELL BIOREACTOR AND DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230323267
    Abstract: An in situ cell bioreactor and delivery system is provided. The system is composed of toroidal-spiral particles, which encapsulate cells therein and can further provide one or more active agents. Methods for using the system in cell-based therapies are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Ying LIU
  • WAFER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING WAFERS
    Publication number: 20230326776
    Abstract: A cart for wafer transportation includes a cart body, a separator disposed between first and second wafer holders, an airtight lock configured to seal the cart body. A wafer transfer system includes a cart including a space for holding a wafer holder, a first workstation configured to load the wafer holder into the space and pressurize the space, and a second workstation configured to depressurize the space and unload the wafer holder from the space, wherein the cart is transportable between the first workstation and the second workstation. A method for transporting wafers includes docking a cart in a workstation; loading a wafer holder into a space of the cart; pressurizing the space to cause a pressure of the space to be greater than an atmospheric pressure; maintaining the pressure of the space at the pressure; and moving the cart carrying the wafer holder away from the workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Ren-Hau Wu, Cheng-Kang Hu, Chieh-Chun Lin, Jia-Hong Liao, Cheng-Yi Liu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANGING LBT FOR UNLICENSED NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20230328775
    Abstract: Systems and methods for changing Listen Before Talk (LBT) for unlicensed networks are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device includes: receiving signaling from a base station that indicates when the wireless device uses LBT for transmissions; determining, based on the received signaling, whether or not to use LBT for transmissions; and transmitting based on the determination whether or not to use LBT for transmissions. Some embodiments provide a low complexity (in term of signaling overhead and specification impact) approach of adaptively using LBT mechanism by defining two simple modes for LBT operation (LBT and No LBT modes). Some embodiments reduce the probability of simultaneous transmissions that cause collisions, by using LBT mode, in environments and circumstances where network performance suffers from collision and/or interferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tai Do, Peter Alriksson, Reem Karaki, Aliakbar Mirzaei, Havish Koorapaty, Yuhang Liu
  • FLEXIBLE DISPLAY MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230328891
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible display module and a method for manufacturing the flexible display module. The flexible display module includes a flexible display panel, a driving chip and a circuit board. The flexible display panel includes a display region and a bonding region, and the driving chip and the circuit board are arranged at the bonding region. The circuit board includes a first flexible printed circuit and a first printed circuit board provided with an electronic element, the first printed circuit board is coupled to one end of the first flexible printed circuit, and the first flexible printed circuit includes a bonded portion coupled to the bonding region of the flexible display panel. The first flexible printed circuit is bent so that a first space is defined by the first flexible printed circuit, the first printed circuit board and the flexible display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jiafan SHI, Liqiang CHEN, Changbo LIU, Zuojia WANG, Qingsong WANG, Chao ZHOU, Yongchun JIANG, Qian YIN, Ziqi SONG
  • FIVE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM THERAPEUTIC FOCUS POSITIONING DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE GUIDANCE
    Publication number: 20230320693
    Abstract: Disclosed is a five-degree-of-freedom (5-DOF) therapeutic focus positioning device for magnetic resonance guidance, including: a driving bed body, a working bed body and an auxiliary bed body; the working bed body is provided with a probe connection plate and a probe movement control assembly for controlling the probe connection plate to perform a multi-degree-of-freedom movement, and the probe connection plate is provided with an ultrasonic probe; the probe movement control assembly includes a mechanism moving front and rear of the probe, a mechanism moving left and right of the probe, a rotation mechanism of the probe, a mechanism moving up and down of the probe and a swinging mechanism of the probe; and the driving bed body is provided with a motor variable speed group for driving the probe movement control assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: Shanghai Shende Green Medical Era Healthcare Technology Co., Ltd., Shende (Ningbo) Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd, Nantong Shende Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhiqiang SU, Zhou TIAN, Zhi LIU, Jian WANG, Qi SUN, Wenjie LIU, Jiabao WEN, Lei CUI, Hao WU, Shengfa ZHANG
  • PERFLUOROETHER FLUORORUBBER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230322991
    Abstract: The present invention provides a perfluoroether fluororubber and a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The perfluoroether fluororubber is prepared by a stepwise polymerization method, wherein polymerization monomers in each step of polymerization comprise tetrafluoroethylene and a perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether. The preparation method for the perfluoroether fluororubber provided in the present invention can shorten polymerization time and improve production efficiency, and the finally obtained perfluoroether fluororubber is good in processability, high in strength, low in hardness and compression deformation and good in medium resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jinlong YU, Bo LIU, Ziqiang ZHONG, Tingjian ZHANG, Zhongliang XIAO
  • WATER SOFTENER, HUMIDIFIER BASE, AND HUMIDIFIER
    Publication number: 20230322600
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a water softener, a humidifier base, and a humidifier. The water softener includes: a housing internally provided with a resin cavity and sequentially provided with a water inlet and a water outlet along a flowing direction of a water flow; a snap provided on the housing; and a positioning column provided on the end of the housing corresponding to the water inlet and extending toward a direction away from the housing. By providing the snap and the positioning column, when the water softener needs to be assembled, it is merely required to mount the snap and the positioning column to the corresponding parts of one humidifier; in this case, a water flow will enter the water softener through the water inlet to implement a subsequent water softening operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Zhirong LIN, Yang HE, Daying LAI, Donghai LIU, Haosheng LIN, Shuangshuang TAN
  • METHOD FOR WET REMOVAL OF SULFUR DIOXIDE BY SILICATE BACTERIA-ENHANCED PULP
    Publication number: 20230321596
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for wet removal of sulfur dioxide by silicate bacteria-enhanced pulp. The method includes: treatment of ore waste residue, activation and domestication of silicate bacteria, preparation of pulp, removal of sulfur dioxide, and resource utilization of a desulfurization product. The present disclosure combines flue gas desulfurization with resource utilization of the ore waste residue, and improves a desulfurization efficiency of the method by the pulp and a utilization rate of ore waste residue resources through silicate bacteria. The present disclosure has a high desulfurization efficiency, simple production process, and low cost, and realizes the recycling of resources such as the ore waste residue, the sulfur dioxide, and silicon. The present disclosure has obvious economic and environmental benefits and broad prospects for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yingjie LI, Huaying LIU, Senlin TIAN, Jingyan CHEN, Zimeng NIE, Ziyue LI, Qun ZHAO, Ping NING, Xuewei HU, Jianhong HUANG
  • Engineered microorganisms expressing acetoacetyl-CoA reductase variants and method for improving the yield of PHA
    Publication number: 20230323411
    Abstract: Provided is engineered microorganisms expressing acetoacetyl-CoA reductase variants and a method for improving the yield of PHA. Compared with the wild-type acetoacetyl-CoA reductase represented by SEQ ID NO. 31, the variant has one or more of the following mutations: (1) mutation of valine at position 141 to isoleucine or leucine; (2) mutation of methionine at position 12 to threonine, serine, alanine, leucine, lysine or isoleucine; (3) mutation of isoleucine at position 194 to valine, leucine or methionine; (4) mutation of glutamic acid at position 42 to lysine, glutamine, leucine, aspartic acid, proline, threonine, asparagine, or histidine; and (5) mutation of phenylalanine at position 55 to valine, alanine or isoleucine. The variants and their coding genes can promote the synthesis and accumulation of PHA by the strain and increase the yield of PHA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN BLUEPHA BIOSCIENCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin YIN, Yu WANG, Xiaocui XIE, Huayu ZHANG, Yakun WU, Tan LIU, Pingen TANG
  • THERMAL PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT AND STRESS REDUCTION IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODULES
    Publication number: 20230326876
    Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a signal distribution assembly configured to conduct signals in a semiconductor device module, the signal distribution assembly including: a metal layer, the metal layer having: a first side, the first side being planar; and a second side opposite the first side, the second side being non-planar and including: a base portion; a first post extending from the base portion; and a second post extending from the base portion. The metal layer can be pre-molded using a molding compound disposed on the second side of the metal later, with respective surfaces of the first post and the second posted exposed through the molding compound, and or the metal layer can be coupled with a thermally conductive insulator (e.g., ceramic) layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yong LIU, Qing YANG
  • CONTENT CREATION BASED ON TEXT-TO-IMAGE GENERATION
    Publication number: 20230326488
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for generating content. Text may be received. The text is associated with a video to be created by at least one user. At least one image may be generated based at least in part on the text using at least one machine learning model. The video may be generated based at least in part on the at least one image. The video comprises content overlaid on the at least one image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Bingchen Liu, Kin Chung Wong, Blake Garrett Fuselier, Lingyiqing Zhou, Diana Lee
  • MULTI-NUMEROLOGY FRAME STRUCTURE FOR NR OPERATION IN MM-WAVE FREQUENCY BANDS
    Publication number: 20230327927
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a network node configured to communicate with a wireless device is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to dynamically indicate a mixed numerology to the wireless device for implementation where the mixed numerology corresponds to a first numerology for a data channel and a second numerology for a control channel, the first numerology being different from the second numerology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jung-Fu CHENG, Yuhang LIU, Peter ALRIKSSON, Stephen GRANT, Tai DO
  • IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230328159
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: receiving request information used for transmitting target data and sent by the external module based on a pre-established communication connection, in which the communication connection is established based on a hardware specification of the external module; determining a transmission parameter of the target data based on the request information; and receiving the target data transmitted by the external module based on the transmission parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Pan LIU
  • Font Switching Method and Electronic Device
    Publication number: 20230325581
    Abstract: A font switching method and an electronic device are provided. A target font consistent with a font currently used by an operating system is found through pixel matching of a dot matrix, and the target font is applied to a third-party application, so that the third-party application can accurately vary with a font change of the operating system. This avoids a problem that the font used by the third-party application software is inconsistent with the font used by the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Liang Lu, Yaoming Liu, Lin Peng
  • MULTI-CHIP 3D STACKING PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING METHOD WITH HIGH HEAT DISSIPATION EFFICIENCY
    Publication number: 20230326912
    Abstract: A multi-chip 3D stacking packaging structure with high heat dissipation efficiency comprises a wiring board, a power device fixed on the wiring board, wherein a lateral heat insulating plate is arranged around the horizontal plane of the power device. A heat insulating layer is arranged directly above the power device, and the height of the heat insulating layer is higher than that of the lateral heat insulating plate. A power heat dissipation shoulder is arranged on the top of the lateral heat insulating plate, and the top of the power heat dissipation shoulder is connected with the edge of the heat insulating layer, The wiring hoard, the lateral heat insulating plate, the heat insulating layer on the top of the power device and the power heat dissipation shoulder together form a first closed heat-generating space cavity. A long adapter support channel is arranged on the wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: LINGGANG LIU, HUI XU, HANG ZHANG
  • HIGH-VOLTAGE BUSHING AND HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230328918
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing, comprising a conductive rod and an air cooling device. The conductive rod is internally provided with an air duct, and the air duct comprises an air inlet and an air outlet. The air cooling device comprises at least one fan, and the fan is configured to output airflow so as to blow the airflow into the air duct through the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: State Grid Corporation of China, State Grid Smart Grid Research Institute Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shan LIU, Zehong LIU, Shaowu WANG, Xianshan GUO, Yong HUANG, Jin ZHANG, Shengli SONG, Jinzhong LI, Licheng LU, Yunpeng LI, Jianhui ZHOU, Hang WANG, Zhe JIANG, Junyi HOU