Patents by Inventor Wen Li

Wen Li 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).

  • Tree pruner
    Publication number: 20100236081
    Abstract: A tree pruner includes a hook set, a blade pivotally mounted on the hook set, a main linkage pivotally connected to the hook set, an auxiliary linkage set pivotally connected to the main linkage and the blade, a first pulley mounted to the main linkage, a second pulley mounted to the hook set and a rope coiling the two pulleys. The auxiliary linkage set has a first linkage and a second linkage pivotally connected to each other for elongating a lever arm from the main linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Wen-Li Guo
  • STABLE LIQUID INTERFERON FORMULATIONS
    Publication number: 20100239531
    Abstract: Liquid interferon compositions having a pH between 4.0 and 7.2 are described. The compositions comprise interferon-beta and a stabilizing agent at between about 0.3% and 5% by weight which is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of acidic amino acids, arginine and glycine. If needed, salt is added to provide sufficient ionic strength. The liquid composition has not been previously lyophilized or previously cavitated. The liquid is preferably contained within a vessel having at least one surface in contract with the liquid that is coated with a material inert to adsorption of interferon-beta. A kit for parenteral administration of a liquid interferon formulation and a method for stabilizing liquid interferon compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Mary D. DiBiase, Wen-Li Chung, Mark Staples, Eric Scharin
  • Modified polyethylene compositions
    Patent number: 7795366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising more than 25 weight % (based on the weight of the composition) of one or more ethylene polymers having an Mw of 20,000 g/mole or more and at least 0.1 weight % of a liquid hydrocarbon modifier where the modifier has: 1) a viscosity index of 120 or more, and 2) an kinematic viscosity of 3 to 3000 cSt at 100° C., and 3) a pour point of ?10° C. or less, and 4) a flash point of 200° C. or more; and wherein the modifier contains less than 5 weight % of functional groups selected from hydroxide, aryls, substituted aryls, halogens, alkoxys, carboxylates, esters, acrylates, oxygen, nitrogen, and carboxyl, based upon the weight of the modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Henry W. Yang, Bryan R. Chapman, David J. Lohse, Bruce R. Lundmark, Anthony Poloso, Sandra D. Schregenberger, Manika Varma-Nair, Wen Li
  • ALLOY POWDER FOR ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20100221608
    Abstract: An electrode alloy powder includes a hydrogen storage alloy and magnetic material clusters. The hydrogen storage alloy contains 20 to 70 wt % of Ni. The magnetic material clusters contain metal nickel, and have an average cluster size of 8 to 10 nm. A method for producing the electrode alloy powder includes an activation step of allowing a raw material powder including a hydrogen storage alloy to be in contact with an aqueous solution containing A wt % of sodium hydroxide and held at 100° C. or greater for B minutes. A and B satisfy 2410?A×B?2800.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Hideaki Ohyama, Kyoko Nakatsuji, Yoshitaka Dansui, Shinichi Orimo, Yuko Nakamori, Hai-Wen Li, Kazutaka Ikeda
  • SMART OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER HAVING INTEGRATED OPTICAL DYING GASP FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20100215359
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes an electric terminal that can receive power from a host equipment and provide a power supply voltage to the optical transceiver, and a power failure monitor circuit that can detect an imminent loss of the power supply voltage. The power failure monitor circuit can produce a dying-gasp control signal when such imminent loss of power supply voltage is detected or when a disabling control signal is received from the host equipment. A driver can receive the dying-gasp control signal. An optical transmitter is powered by the power supply voltage and can emit a first optical signal under the control of the driver. The driver can modulate an envelope of the first optical signal in response to the dying-gasp control signal to produce a modulated envelope comprising a first dying gasp signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Wen Li, Fulin Pan, Jianhui Zhou
  • HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE FORMULATIONS
    Publication number: 20100216705
    Abstract: Formulations containing complexed human growth hormone crystals are described. Also described are needleless injection systems for crystalline proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Wen-Li Chung, Lawrence Bush, Sergey Pechenov, Sujit K. Basu
  • Recessed channel transistor and method for preparing the same
    Patent number: 7781830
    Abstract: A recessed channel transistor comprises a semiconductor substrate having a trench isolation structure, a gate structure having a lower block in the semiconductor substrate and an upper block on the semiconductor substrate, two doped regions positioned at two sides of the upper block and above the lower block, and an insulation spacer positioned at a sidewall of the upper block and having a bottom end sandwiched between the upper block and the doped regions. In particular, the two doped regions serves as the source and drain regions, respectively, and the lower block of the gate structure serves as the recessed gate of the recessed channel transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Promos Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiao Che Wu, Ming Yen Li, Wen Li Tsai, Bin Siang Tsai
  • STEERING STRUCTURE OF TOY PLANE AND INFRARED FOUR-CHANNEL REMOTE-CONTROL ELECTRIC TOY PLANE
    Publication number: 20100206993
    Abstract: This invention discloses a steering structure of toy plane and an infrared four-channel remote-control electric toy plane. The steering structure of toy plane includes small internal guide, large external guide, elliptical shaft, and sector gear; the small internal guide has a rectangle hole with rounded angles and two arc-back bosses, and driven by the sector gear, the small internal guide contacts the elliptical shaft along the second and fourth quadrants; the large external guide has the elliptical hole, and driven by the sector gear, the large external guide contacts the elliptical shaft along first and third quadrants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventor: Wen Li
  • Method of fabricating an integrated intraocular retinal prosthesis device
    Patent number: 7774931
    Abstract: Intraocular retinal prosthesis devices and methods for fabricating the same. A prosthesis device includes a cable region that connects an electrode array region with a power and data management region. The electrode array region includes one or more arrays of exposed electrodes, and the power and data management region includes various power and control elements. The power and data management elements, in one aspect, include an RF coil or coils and circuit arrangements and/or chips configured to provide drive signals to the electrodes via a cable and receive power and signals from the RF coil or coils. Each region includes elements fabricated on or in a single polymer layer during the same fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Yu-Chong Tai, Damien C. Rodger, Wen Li, Mark Humayun, James D. Weiland, Hossein Ameri, Armand R. Tanguay, Jr.
  • Parallel-to-serial data sort device
    Patent number: 7764206
    Abstract: A data sort device for converting parallel data to serial data is disclosed and provided. The data sort device may include a plurality of switches for receiving parallel data, each of which are controlled by a respective control signal and configured to alternatingly transmit data bits received via first and second input terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher K. Morzano, Wen Li
  • TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX ANION-BASED HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100184595
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment and associated method of use discloses a hydrogen storage system that liberates hydrogen and includes a combination of at least one complex hydride containing a cation and a complex hydride anion based on boron, aluminum or nitrogen, together with an approximately stoichiometric or chemically equivalent amount of at least one other complex hydride containing a cation and a complex hydride anion based on a transition metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John J. Vajo, Wen Li, Ping Liu, Tina T. Salguero
  • Method to make an article comprising polymer concentrate
    Patent number: 7759415
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method to make an article comprising the steps of combining a semi-amorphous polymer having a heat of fusion of less than 70 J/g with a plasticizer and optionally one or more additives, to produce a polymer concentrate, combining the polymer concentrate with one or more final materials to produce an article precursor; and forming the article at least partially from the article precursor, wherein the polymer concentrate preferably shows no visible phase separation as demonstrated by the polymer concentrate having no visually detectable loss of the plasticizer after a portion of the polymer concentrate is aged on an absorbent surface for 24 hours at 25° C. An article produced by the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: James N. Coffey, Wen Li, Bryan R. Chapman, Bruce R. Lundmark
  • V?9V?2 T cell proliferation agent, method for producing activated V?9V?2 T cells, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7749760
    Abstract: A V?9V?2 T cell proliferation agent includes at least a bisphosphonate, interleukin 2, and interleukin 18. Since IL-18 has properties that improve cell viability by inhibiting cell death, IL-18 is presumably capable of acting as a cofactor for the bisphosphonate so as to significantly increase the effect of V?9V?2 T cell proliferation by the bisphosphonate and the IL-2. This allows providing a V?9V?2 T cell proliferation agent capable of growing V?9V?2 T cells with a proliferated efficiency significantly high compared to conventional methods so that the proliferated V?9V?2 T cells have a high antitumor activity and high cytokine productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Hyogo College of Medicine
    Inventors: Haruki Okamura, Shuji Kubo, Wen Li
  • AUTOMATIC DUST-REMOVING FILMSCANNER
    Publication number: 20100157259
    Abstract: An automatic dust-removing filmscanner comprises a scanner body, a film holder and a dust-removing element. The scanner body has a film-scanning platform and an image-capture module thereinside and has a slot on the surface thereof. The dust-removing element is installed in the film holder. When the film holder is inserted into the slot to locate the film over the film-scanning platform and enable the image-capture module to retrieve the image data recorded on the films, the dust-removing elements on the film holder simultaneously cleans the film-scanning platform. Therefore, the automatic dust-removing filmscanner not only retrieves image data but also automatically cleans the film-scanning platform at the same time without dismantling the scanner body to maintain the scanning quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Kuo-Hao HUANG, Hsin-Wen Li
  • Radiation detector power management for portable/handheld applications
    Patent number: 7741611
    Abstract: A radiation detector includes at least one multiple channel pixelated detector driven via a plurality of pixelated anode electrodes and at least one planar cathode electrode. Each detector is configured to reduce the number of active pixelated anode electrodes until a rate of events detected via at least one corresponding planar cathode electrode exceeds a preset threshold above a background count rate within a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yanfeng Du, Naresh Kesavan Rao, Brian David Yanoff, Wen Li
  • Plasticized Polyolefin Compositions
    Publication number: 20100152346
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plasticized polyolefin compositions comprising a polyolefin and a non-functionalized hydrocarbon plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Henry Wu-Hsiang Yang, Wen Li, Bruce R. Lundmark, Chon-Yie Lin, Chia Yung Cheng, Bryan R. Chapman, Petra Eiselt, Galina Ourieva, Manika Varma-Nair, James N. Coffey, Sandra Denise Schregenberger, David J. Lohse, Norman Yang, Jeffrey Theodore Zudock, Robert Jay Wittenbrink
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100141632
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel switchable between normal mode for displaying images and standby mode, a control circuit coupled to the liquid crystal panel controlling the liquid crystal panel mode according to video signals transmitted thereto, and a power board providing a power voltage to the control circuit. When the liquid crystal panel is in a standby mode, the control circuit outputs a corresponding feedback signal to interrupt power voltage supply from the power board to the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Wen LI, Shih-Wei CHEN, Ying-Xiang CHENG
  • High performance anode material for lithium-ion battery
    Patent number: 7722991
    Abstract: An anode material with lithium-alloying particles contained within a porous support matrix is provided. The porous support matrix preferably has a porosity of between 5 and 80% afforded by porosity channels and expansion accommodation pores, and is electrically conductive. More preferably the support matrix has a porosity of between 10 and 50%. The support matrix is made from an organic polymer, an inorganic ceramic or a hybrid mixture of organic polymer and inorganic ceramic. The organic polymer support matrix and can be made from a rod-coil polymer, a hyperbranched polymer, UV cross-linked polymer, heat cross-linked polymer or combination thereof. An inorganic ceramic support matrix can be made from at least one group IV-VI transition metal compound, with the compound being a nitride, carbide, oxide or combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., T/J Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pu Zhang, Junqing Ma, Suresh Mani, Monique Richard, Shoji Yokoishi, Brian Glomski, Liya Wang, Shih-Chieh Yin, Kimber L. Stamm, Chris Silkowski, John Miller, Wen Li
  • Ion exchange resin tower and detection method of lifetime of resin therein
    Patent number: 7713420
    Abstract: An ion exchange resin tower including a tank, a supply line, an output line, and a plurality of sampling tubes is provided. The supply line guides a liquid into the tank, such that an ion exchange occurs between the liquid and the ion exchange resin in the tank. The processed liquid is guided out of the tank via the output line. The sampling tubes are disposed on a sidewall of the tank to sample the liquid flowing through the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Wei Chu, Cheng-Wen Li, Chien-Chang Yang, Chang-Lung Pan
  • High DQE photon counting detector using statistical recovery of pile-up events
    Patent number: 7696483
    Abstract: A photon-counting detector includes a direct conversion material and a data acquisition system with a first comparator having a first signal level threshold indicative of a noise level of a spectrum of photons, the first comparator configured to output a count when the electrical signal level exceeds the first signal level threshold, and a second comparator having a second signal level threshold indicative of the maximum energy of the spectrum of photons, the second comparator configured to output a count when the electrical signal exceeds the second signal level threshold where a photon count is determined based on the counts from the first and second comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Eric Tkaczyk, Samit Kumar Basu, Wen Li, Yanfeng Du