Patents by Inventor Tony Yu

Tony Yu 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: 20160137929
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method for recovery of crude oil from a production fluid comprising an oil-water emulsion is provided. The method comprises adding a solid hydrophilic compound to the production fluid to form a production fluid-solid hydrophilic compound mixture. The method further comprises separating the production fluid-solid hydrophilic compound mixture to produce an oil phase containing the heavy crude oil and a water phase containing the solid hydrophilic compound. The production fluid-solid hydrophilic compound mixture may be separated by centrifuging the production fluid-solid hydrophilic compound mixture to produce the oil phase and the water phase. After separation, the oil phase may be analyzed to determine at least one of: oil composition, physical properties, and geochemical analysis. The crude oil comprises at least one of heavy crude oil, bitumen or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Aleksander GJATA, Tony Yu Hung MA
  • Patent number: 9259450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of a fermented soy extract as a prebiotic composition to protect beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal. Particularly, the fermented soy extract of the invention exhibits the prebiotic activity even under an antibiotic treatment. Also disclosed is combined use of an antibiotic and the fermented soy extract of the invention, which has advantages over administration of the antibiotic alone, such as decreasing the effective dose of the antibiotic and/or reducing side effects resulting from the antibiotic treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MICROBIO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Hong Chuang, Cheng Der Tony Yu, Kung-Ming Lu
  • Publication number: 20150346273
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a branch circuit monitoring (BCM) system that may include a first collector board with a first plurality of connector ports connected to a first plurality of branch circuits, and a second collector board with a second plurality of connector ports connected to a second plurality of branch circuits. Each of the first and second plurality of connector ports may receive a respective first and second plurality of connector plugs configured to be receivable in the respective first and second plurality connector ports. The first collector board may be coupled to an aggregator board such that the first plurality of current sensors may report branch circuit measurements to the aggregator board. The plugs may be connected to associated leads connected to respective first plurality and second plurality of current sensors. The first board and the second board may be in communication using a bus protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Canara, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Cotton, Brian Hanking, Jason W. Toomey, Michael Carmel, Douglas Sheppard, Matthew James Wind, Tony Yu
  • Publication number: 20150297696
    Abstract: The invention encompasses therapeutic compositions including Globo H-KLH conjugates and/or therapeutic antibodies as well as methods of making and using the same to treat proliferative diseases such as cancer. The therapeutic conjugates include an antigen linked to a carrier. In particular the therapeutic conjugates include a Globo H moiety and a KLH moiety and/or a derivatized KLH moiety subunit optionally linked via a linker. The therapeutic compositions are in part envisaged to act as cancer vaccines for boosting the body's natural ability to protect itself, through the immune system from dangers posed by damaged or abnormal cells such as cancer cells. An effective immune response is one that reduces the severity of disease, including but not limited to, prevention of disease, delay in onset of disease, decreased severity of symptoms, decreased morbidity and delayed mortality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Cheng-Der Tony YU, Cheng-Chi Irene Wang, Wei-Han Lee, Yu-Chen Lin, Yu-Hsin Tom Lin, I-Ju Chen
  • Publication number: 20150139272
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure involve a thermal monitoring system that includes multiple thermal sensor nodes and a control node. The thermal sensor nodes include an infrared sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, at least one LED, and a controller with a memory for storing temperature measurements and a sending and receiving information to and from the control node. The control node for receives, stores, and outputs temperature measurements from at least one thermal sensor node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Canara, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Hanking, Stephen D. Cotton, Michael Carmel, Tony Yu, Douglas Sheppard
  • Publication number: 20140354237
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and method for load balancing a string of jars. The temperature and voltage of each jar is measured and a target voltage for the jar is set based on the measured temperature. A current is supplied to the jar in order to maintain, increase, or decrease the jar's voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Canara, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Cotton, Brian Hanking, Cathy Snetsinger, Jason W. Toomey, Michael Carmel, Tony Yu, Patricio A. Triveri, Douglas Sheppard
  • Patent number: 8110223
    Abstract: Novel methods for making dosages form comprising a cushioning component. The methods of the present invention provides dosage forms which can be compressed to form compressed dosage forms that are substantially uniform in composition and robust and exhibit reduced friability. The invention also relates to methods for making fast-disintegrating dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Inventors: Larry Augsburger, Ngoc Do, Min Michael He, Cheng Der Tony Yu
  • Publication number: 20110224150
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of effecting regression of tumor size and mass of a metastasized tumor in a subject by administering an effective amount of a desulphatohirudin variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: CANYON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: Cheng-Der Tony YU
  • Patent number: 7795205
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods of inhibiting angiogenesis in a patient by administering an effective angiogenesis-inhibiting amount of a thrombin inhibitor, and to the treatment of disease states that result from uncontrolled cell proliferation by administering a thrombin inhibitor alone or co-administering a thrombin inhibitor with an anticancer or cytotoxic agent. Specifically, the thrombin inhibitors used in the methods of the present invention are hirudins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Canyon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Der Tony Yu
  • Patent number: 7631044
    Abstract: A system for suppressing delivery of undesirable messages through vulnerable systems. The system includes an emulator that emulates one or more of the vulnerable systems. A module associated with the emulator intercepts undesirable messages, which were originally intended to be sent through a vulnerable system. One embodiment includes plural emulators, which include one or more servers that are part of a network of servers. A controller communicates with one or more servers. In this embodiment, the controller includes a database capable of storing statistics pertaining to undesirable messages blocked by one or more of the servers. The statistics may include information pertaining to the sender(s) of the undesirable messages. Undesirable messages intercepted by the network of servers include email spam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: GoZoom.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Yu
  • Publication number: 20070027420
    Abstract: A device of a protection kit especially applied to an ankle, the ankle protection kit has a supporting portion from which a set of mutually opposite fixed portions extend and are pivotally connected therewith; the outer sides of the fixed portions are fixed by means of fixing tapes, so that the entire ankle protection kit can be fixed on the ankle. The structure is characterized in that: the fixing tapes has thereon a male magic tape section, a female magic tape section and an elastic section, the fixing tapes can have an effect of elastically extending by having the elastic section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Special Protectors Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Tony Yu
  • Patent number: 7112051
    Abstract: A quick clamping device includes a main body adapted to be mounted on a mold holder, a clamp piece including first and second arm sections and pivoted to the main body between the first and second arm sections, a wedge body mounted movably on the main body below the second arm section, and a driving unit connected to the wedge body. The first arm section has a press end adapted to clamp a mold unit against the mold holder. The wedge body is movable between a first position, in which the wedge body lifts the second arm section so as to move downward the press end toward the mold unit, and a second position, in which the wedge body moves away from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Asia Optical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Chou Lee, Tony Yu, James Bian, Chi-Chin Fu
  • Publication number: 20050262209
    Abstract: Various features are provided for analyzing and processing email messages including determining if an email message is unwanted, and blocking unwanted messages. Email traffic is monitored by analyzing email messages addressed to known invalid email addresses. Email messages addressed to invalid email addresses are sent to a central control site for analysis. One embodiment tries to ensure that the distance between the invalid addresses and closest valid addresses is significant enough so that the invalid addresses are not inadvertently used for non-spam purposes. Another embodiment of the invention provides for distributed “thin client” processes to run on computer systems or other processing platforms. The thin clients emulate an open relay computer. Attempts at exploiting the apparent open relay computer are reported to a control center and the relay of email messages can be inhibited. Another embodiment provides for analysis and tuning of rules to detect spam and legitimate email.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: MAILSHELL, INC.
    Inventor: Tony Yu
  • Publication number: 20050262210
    Abstract: Translation of text or messages provides a message that is more reliably or efficiently analyzed for purposes as, for example, to detect spam in email messages. One translation process takes into account statistics of erroneous and intentional misspellings. Another process identifies and removes characters or character codes that do not generate visible symbols in a message displayed to a user. Another process detects symbols such as periods, commas, dashes, etc., interspersed in text such that the symbols do not unduly interfere with, or prevent, a user from perceiving a spam message. Another process can detect use of foreign language symbols and terms. Still other processes and techniques are presented to counter obfuscating spammer tactics and to provide for efficient and accurate analysis of message content. Groups of similar content items (e.g., words, phrases, images, ASCII text, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: MAILSHELL, INC.
    Inventor: Tony Yu
  • Publication number: 20050153009
    Abstract: A quick clamping device includes a main body adapted to be mounted on a mold holder, a clamp piece including first and second arm sections and pivoted to the main body between the first and second arm sections, a wedge body mounted movably on the main body below the second arm section, and a driving unit connected to the wedge body. The first arm section has a press end adapted to clamp a mold unit against the mold holder. The wedge body is movable between a first position, in which the wedge body lifts the second arm section so as to move downward the press end toward the mold unit, and a second position, in which the wedge body moves away from the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Asia Optical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Chou Lee, Tony Yu, James Bian, Chi-Chin Fu
  • Publication number: 20040161459
    Abstract: The current invention relies on a process already provided in great detail in U.S. Pat. No. 60/437,507 and an associated CIP filed on May 23, 2003 and hereby incorporated by reference. However, it was noted during additional studies that if the Cushioning Beads™ were milled to a particle size between about 10 mesh and about 50 mesh and to a most preferred size of 30-40 mesh, the Cushioning Beads™ did not loose their ability to protect coated particles during compression, as would be expected because of the fine milling. Moreover, it was also discovered that tablets compressed from the milled Cushioning Beads™ immediately disperse in the mouth. A final advantage of the current invention is the improved hardness and friability. The invention produces a tablet of 2Kp or 20N hardness. A vast improvement because it allows for use of conventional manufacturing and packaging equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Ngoc Do, Cheng Der Tony Yu, Larry Augsburger
  • Publication number: 20040126422
    Abstract: The new process can be summarized in five general phases: the manufacture and coating of active-loaded beads with a sustained release coat, an enteric coat; a colonic coat, or a taste-masking coat; the manufacture of the cushioning components the co-processing of active-loaded beads with cushioning components into a single component known as a Cushioning Bead™; the use of freeze-drying to produce the intended outcome, and the compression of the resultant Cushioning Beads™ into tablets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Cheng Der Tony Yu, Ngoc Do, Larry Augsburger
  • Patent number: 6019988
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and means for enhancing the epidermal, transdermal and dermal permeation of a topically applied pharmacologically active agent (e.g., a drug or medicament) which has a low rate of skin penetration in the absence of a permeation enhancer and which is unstable and degrades during long-term storage with particular permeation enhancers. Also provided by the invention are methods and means to increase the skin penetration of a pharmacologically active agent which has a normally low rate of skin permeation and causes the instability and degradation of a permeation enhancer with which it is combined over a long period of time. Provided by the invention are at least one first composition containing a drug, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, chemical derivative or formulation thereof, in a dermatologically acceptable vehicle, and at least one second composition containing a permeation enhancer in an acceptable vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Prakash Parab, Cheng Der Tony Yu, Bhiku Patel