Patents by Inventor Weiping Tang

Weiping Tang 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: 20120101147
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and products for enhancing and improving recovery of lost memories. In particular the methods are accomplished by inhibiting HDAC2 and or selectively inhibiting HDAC1/2 or HDAC1/2/3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital
    Inventors: Li-Huei Tsai, Andre Fischer, Stephen J. Haggarty, Weiping Tang, Stuart L. Schreiber, Edward Holson, Florence Wagner, Mikel P. Moyer
  • Publication number: 20120088300
    Abstract: Certain embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a method of producing endoderm cells, such as definitive endoderm cells by exposing stem cells such as embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to an effective amount of at least one compound described herein to differentiate the stem cells into the endoderm cells such as definitive endoderm cells. Differentated endoderm cells produced by the methods disclosed herein can be differentiated into pancreatic epithelium, and other endoderm derivatives such as thymus, liver, stomach, intestine and lung. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of producing pancreatic progenitor cells, such as Pdx1-positive pancreatic progenitor cells by exposing endoderm cells, such as definitive endoderm cells to an effective amount of at least one compound described herein to differentiate the definitive endoderm cells into Pdx1-positive pancreatic progenitor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Douglas A. Melton, Malgorzata Borowiak, Rene Maehr, Shuibing Chen, Weiping Tang, Julia L. Fox, Stuart L. Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20120039909
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and products for enhancing and improving recovery of lost memories. In particular the methods are accomplished through the increase of histone acetylation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Li-Huei Tsai, Andre Fischer, Stephen Haggarty, Weiping Tang, Stuart L. Schreiber
  • Patent number: 8088951
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and products for enhancing and improving recovery of lost memories. In particular the methods are accomplished through the increase of histone acetylation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The General Hospital Corporation, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Li-Huei Tsai, Andre Fischer, Stephen Haggarty, Weiping Tang, Stuart L. Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20110241986
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to an interactive projection device. The interactive projection device includes a light source configured to emit an input light beam, wherein the light source comprises a visible light emitting device; a first beam splitter configured to split the input light beam into first and second split light beams; a second beam splitter configured to split a scattered light beam received from a surface into third and fourth split light beams; an image forming device configured to produce an image light beam based on the first split light beam and emit the image light beam onto the surface through the first and second splitters, thereby generating a projection image on the surface; and a detector configured to detect the invisible light of the third split light beam, thereby acquiring a scattering image from the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventors: Yaojun FENG, Weiping TANG, Ying LIU
  • Publication number: 20110172303
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The inventive compounds are useful as deacetylase inhibitors (e.g., histone deacetylase inhibitors) and may be useful in the treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer. In particular, the inventive compounds are HDAC6 inhibitors. The invention also provide synthetic methods for preparing the inventive compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Weiping Tang, James Elliot Bradner, Stuart L. Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20110057557
    Abstract: A projection light emitting diode (LED) module is provided. According to one embodiment, the LED module converts LED light to polarized light and emits the polarized light. One embodiments of the LED module includes a reflective polarizer positioned in a light emission path of the LED light, wherein the reflective polarizer polarizes the LED light, and the reflective polarizer further transmits the first polarization state light and reflects the second polarization state light; and a polarization conversion element bonded to the reflective polarizer, the polarization conversion element positioned between the LED light and the reflective polarizer, wherein the polarization conversion element coverts the second polarization state light to a desired polarization state light. A reflecting cup may be provided to increase the reflection of light back through the polarization conversion element and the reflective polarizer. The LED module may be configured for use with commercially available LED packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Chi, Shou Lung Chen, Weiping Tang
  • Publication number: 20080300205
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and products for enhancing and improving recovery of lost memories. In particular the methods are accomplished through the increase of histone acetylation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President and Fellows of Harvard College, The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Li-Huei Tsai, Andre Fischer, Stephen Haggarty, Weiping Tang