Patents by Inventor Wei Zhuang

Wei Zhuang 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: 20150005444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polyurethane dispersions containing an anionically hydrophilized and non-ionically hydrophilized polyurethane polymer with incorporated dihydrazide compounds, to a process for preparing them, and to their use for preparing coated textiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hans Georg Grablowitz, Thomas Feller, Wei Zhuang
  • Patent number: 8778974
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-aryl-3-aniline-5-alkyl-1,2,4-triazole derivatives and analogues or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to potent positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Gregor James MacDonald, Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Pauline Carol Stanislawski, Wei Zhuang, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus
  • Patent number: 8779158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-alkyl-3-aniline-5-aryl-pyrazole derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Wei Zhuang
  • Patent number: 8772504
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted benzoxazole, benzimidazole, oxazolopyridine and imidazopyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, A1, A2, A3, A4, Y1, Y2, Y3 and Z have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cellzome Limited
    Inventors: Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, François Paul Bischoff, Wei Zhuang, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Michel Surkyn, Mirko Zaja, Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Gregor James MacDonald, Daniel Oehlrich
  • Publication number: 20140181096
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for disambiguating entity names by determining query terms to associate with certain entities based on, for instance, user selection of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), are provided. In embodiments, query data is analyzed to determine which queries are most closely associated with certain entities, based on quantities of user selections associated with a particular URL and a given query, as compared to a total quantity of user selections associated with the query. Identified queries can be used to return search results, images to supplement search results, advertising, or the like that are associated with appropriate entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Zhuang, Jisheng Liang
  • Patent number: 8749917
    Abstract: An adjustable disk stabilizer for a spinstand having a spindle motor and spindle assembly for supporting and rotating a magnetic medium bearing disk. The spinstand is adapted to position a transducing (read/write) head adjacent to the magnetic medium. The adjustable disk stabilizer is attached to a stationary portion of the spindle assembly, and includes a mechanism to adjust height and alignment of a plate having a bearing surface opposite a non-magnetic-media-bearing undersurface of the disk. That bearing surface, in concert with the undersurface of the disk, establishes a supporting air bearing therebetween during rotation of the media-bearing disk. The adjustment mechanism enables easily-attained compensation for various disk-to-disk thicknesses and level imperfections of the bearing surface plate mounting, and enables precision alignment of the bearing surface of the plate to the surface of the disk opposite to the surface under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Guzik Technical Enterprises
    Inventors: Konstantin Perevoztchikov, Wei Zhuang, Nahum Guzik
  • Publication number: 20140012671
    Abstract: A method of providing targeted online advertisement includes receiving a request for an ad impression to be provided to a user in a network environment. The request includes a first content and a second content. The method also includes, using a processor, determining a context of the first content and a context of the second content, determining a correlation between the context of the first content and the context of the second content, and identifying a plurality of ads as candidates for consideration. The method further includes, using the processor, ranking the plurality of identified ads, selecting an ad among the plurality of identified ads based at least in part on a result of the ranking, and providing the selected ad as the ad impression to be displayed to the user in response to receiving the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jun Ye, Yu Cao, Luoqi Chen, Ya Luo, Wei Zhuang, Hanying Feng, Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20140012672
    Abstract: A method of providing targeted online advertisement includes receiving a request for an ad impression. The request includes a first content and a second content. The method also includes determining information related to (i) a context of the first content, (ii) a context of the second content, and (iii) a correlation between the context of the first content and the context of the second content, and providing the determined information to a bidding service, thereby enabling one or more advertisers to place one or more bids on the ad impression based on the provided information. Each of the one or more bids includes a bid price. The method further includes receiving the one or more bids for the ad impression, selecting one of the one or more received bids based at least in part on the bid prices, and providing an ad impression associated with the selected bid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Jun Ye, Yu Cao, Luoqi Chen, Ya Luo, Wei Zhuang, Hanying Feng, Hong Chen
  • Publication number: 20130267639
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a thermoplastic polyurethanes composition comprising polyether-based thermoplastic polyurethane and 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid ester and preparation processes thereof. The thermoplastic polyurethane composition has a good mold release behavior in injection molding without undesirably significant shrinkage and surface blooming of final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wei ZHUANG, Bin Chen, Akira Nomura, Etsuhiro Yamamoto, Jianqiang Qu, Michi Kondo, Tienkuan Lim, Frank Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20130151538
    Abstract: An entity summarization system is described herein that mines the Internet and other data source to provide answers to questions such as the relative sentiment of users towards various brands. The system uses a controlled vocabulary list describing a specific aspect of entities of interest. Given an entity name, the system scans the whole content corpus to collect statistics on the words that occur most frequently in the context of the entity name, taking into account proximity information, to produce a weighted list of vocabulary terms describing the entity. Two entities can be compared by normalizing and comparing their weighted term lists. In some embodiments, the system performs these procedures efficiently by leveraging an N-gram web model. Thus, the system provides an automated way to compare two entities to derive information about how users feel about the entities at any given time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pavel Dmitriev, Wei Zhuang
  • Patent number: 8440701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 1-(alkyl)-3-aniline-5-aryl triazole derivatives and analogues or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to potent positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors which have the capability of increasing the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Theodorus Dinklo, Anne Simone Josephine Lesage, Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Wei Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20130066716
    Abstract: The various embodiments described in the present disclosure, in at least one aspect, relate to computer-implemented methods of online advertisement. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving a request for an ad to be provided to a user in an online session, identifying a plurality of ads as candidates for consideration, determining one or more sentiments of a content of the online session, and ranking the plurality of identified ads based at least in part on (i) a correlation between the content of the online session and a content of each identified ad, and (ii) a correlation between the one or more sentiments of the content of the online session and the content of each identified ad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Founton Technologies, LTD.
    Inventors: Luoqi Chen, Jun Ye, Ya Luo, Yu Cao, Wei Zhuang, Hanying Feng
  • Publication number: 20130056657
    Abstract: A latch valve includes a first port containing line pressure, a second port containing control pressure, a third port located between the first and second ports, alternately connecting the first and second ports to a transmission control element, and a fourth port containing control pressure that tends to close the second port and open the first port in opposition to a spring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert O. Burkhart, John Butwin, Derek Kinch, Hrudaya Mahapatro, Wei Zhuang, Anthony Koenings
  • Publication number: 20130041750
    Abstract: The various embodiments described in the present disclosure, in at least one aspect, relate to computer-implemented methods of online advertisement. In one embodiment, a method includes determining an attention score for each of a plurality of ad creatives corresponding to a common ad content based on at least a correlation between each ad creative and a user's subconscious interest. The method further includes selecting an ad creative among the plurality of ad creatives based at least in part on the attention scores, and presenting the ad content with the selected ad creative as an ad impression to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Founton Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun YE, Yu Cao, Luoqi Chen, Ya Luo, Wei Zhuang, Hanying Feng
  • Publication number: 20130026401
    Abstract: A control valve for an automatic transmission includes a valve body including a chamber and a control pressure port, metering edges formed in the valve body at the control pressure port, a reference surface formed in the valve body, a spool displaceable along the chamber, and a solenoid module including a pin for displacing the spool, and located in the chamber by contact with the reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert O. Burkhart, Derek Kinch, John Butwin, Anthony Koenings, Hrudaya Mahapatro, Wei Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20120236048
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD), a controller and a driving method of a panel thereof are provided. Before the controller drives each data line, the driving polarity of the data lines is adjusted according to the display property of the sub-frame data signal. A first inversion driving method is employed for adjusting the data lines when the display property of the sub-frame data signal is a black frame, and a second inversion driving method is employed for adjusting when the display property of the sub-frame data signal is a color frame. Accordingly, power consumption can be lowered during the process of driving pixels, thereby achieving the purpose of power saving while not affecting the display quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Chin Tseng, Ying-Yuan Yang, Shi-Wei Zhuang, Chia-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20120184433
    Abstract: The invention discloses a mesoporous composite titanium oxide and a preparation method thereof, wherein the mesoporous composite titanium oxide material is composed of a mesoporous titanium oxide and an inorganic matter is composite on the outside surface and the wall of pores of the mesoporous titanium oxide; said inorganic matter contains at least one element selected from carbon, silicon, sulphur, phosphorus and selenium in an amount of 0.01%-25%, on amount of the element mass, of the mass of said mesoporous composite titanium oxide material; at least one most probable pore diameter of pore distribution of the mesoporous compound titanium oxide material is 3-15 nm, the specific surface area is 50-250 m2/g, and the pore volume is 0.05-0.4 m3/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicants: NANJING TAIWEI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., NANJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhuhong Yang, Yudan Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Changsong Wang, Licheng Li, Linghong Lv, Wei Zhuang, Chang Liu, Xin Feng
  • Patent number: 8143419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aniline-5-aryl triazole derivatives and analogues or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N. V.
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Anne Simone Josephine Lesage, Wei Zhuang, Marcel Frans Leopold De Bruyn, Frans Alfons Maria Van Den Keybus, Yves Emiel Maria Van Roosbroeck, Theodorus Dinklo, James Edward Stewart Duffy
  • Publication number: 20120022090
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel substituted benzoxazole, benzimidazole, oxazolopyridine and imidazopyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, A1, A2, A3, A4, Y1, Y2, Y3 and Z have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Henricu Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Francois Paul Bischoff, Wei Zhuang, Sven Franciscus Anna Van Brandt, Michel Surkyn, Mirko Zaja, Didier Jean-Claude Berthelot, Michel Anna Jozef Cleyn, Gregor James Macdonald, Daniel Oehlrich
  • Publication number: 20110065683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-alkyl-3-aniline-5-aryl-pyrazole derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, according to Formula (I). The invention particularly relates to positive allosteric modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, such positive allosteric modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of nicotinic receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus John F. Thuring, Gregor James MacDonald, Wei Zhuang