Patents by Inventor Wen Zhang

Wen Zhang 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).

  • Patent number: 11241415
    Abstract: Compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof are described. The compounds relate to and/or have application(s) in (among others) the fields of drug discovery, pharmacotherapy, physiology and organic chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Franco J. Duarte, Neel K. Anand, Wen Zhang, Pankaj Sharma, Devendrapratap Singh
  • Publication number: 20220037183
    Abstract: A transfer system and a transfer method are provided. The transfer system includes trolley member and a control device. The trolley member moves on a transport rail. The control device is configured to send a first control signal to the trolley member when the trolley member moves to a first preset site. The trolley member grabs a first-type carrier according to the first control signal. The control device is further configured to send a second control signal to the trolley member when the trolley member moves to a second preset site. The trolley member grabs a second-type carrier according to the second control signal. The first-type carrier is configured to carry a semiconductor material, and the second-type carrier is configured to carry a semiconductor material different from the semiconductor material carried by the first-type carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Wen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11239980
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The method includes: determining a time domain location for transmitting the PUSCH according to a downlink transmission time interval TTI for receiving a scheduling grant; and transmitting the PUSCH in the determined time domain location; wherein the scheduling grant comprises at least one of: indication information for indicating whether to transmit a demodulation reference signal DMRS; first time domain location related information for transmitting the demodulation reference signal DMRS; second time domain location related information for transmitting data; information on frequency domain density of the demodulation reference signal DMRS; and frequency domain offset information of the demodulation reference signal DMRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Shuqiang Xia, Wenfeng Zhang, Jing Shi, Xianghui Han, Chunli Liang
  • Patent number: 11228031
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer. The active material-containing layer contains a titanium-niobium composite oxide. A cross-section of the active material-containing layer includes a first cross-section from the current collector to length 0.5t with respect to a thickness t of the active material-containing layer, and a second cross-section from length 0.5t to length t from the current collector. An area ratio S1 occupied by the titanium-niobium composite oxide within the first cross-section, and an area ratio S2 occupied by the titanium-niobium composite oxide within the second cross-section satisfy 0.8<S2/S1<1. A maximum peak in a particle diameter frequency distribution of the titanium-niobium composite oxide is from 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keigo Hoshina, Yasunobu Yamashita, Wen Zhang, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 11211601
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes an active material-containing layer. The active material-containing layer includes an active material and a conductive agent. The active material contains primary particles of a niobium-titanium composite oxide. The conductive agent contains fibrous carbon. The primary particles have an average particle size of 0.3 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less. At least a part of a surface of the primary particles is coated with the fibrous carbon. A covering ratio of the primary particles by the fibrous carbon is 0.01% or more and 40% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Keigo Hoshina, Wen Zhang, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 11210351
    Abstract: One aspect of the subject matter described herein comprises a database management system. The database management system comprises a communication circuit, an interface, and a processor. The communication circuit receives information from databases via a communication network. The interface allows user operation and interaction via the communication network and the database management system. The processor provides data to and receives data from the interface, including a plurality of alphanumeric records comprising at least one unique identifier, obtains database records from other databases for each unique identifier, identifies a number of alphanumeric records in the plurality having events in their histories, determines a percentage of alphanumeric records in the plurality having negative events in their histories, generates a report including the determined percentages, and conveys the report to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kirsten Marie Von Busch, Ryan B. Cain, Dominic Edward DeGuiseppe, Wen Zhang, Erik Peter Hjermstad
  • Patent number: 11201348
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes an active material-containing layer containing active material particles, ferroelectric particles, and solid electrolyte particles. A ratio (FEcontact) of the number of the ferroelectric particles in contact with the active material particles relative to the number of the ferroelectric particles included in the active material-containing layer is 85% or more. A ratio (SEnon-contact) of the number of the solid electrolyte particles not in contact with the active material particles relative to the number of the solid electrolyte particles included in the active material-containing layer is 30% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazuomi Yoshima, Wen Zhang, Yasuhiro Harada, Norio Takami
  • Patent number: 11194827
    Abstract: A method of storing remote sensing big data in a Hbase database. The method includes: obtaining a remote sensing image, and pre-cropping the remote sensing image based on a Google S2 algorithm; selecting a grid level based on a resolution of the remote sensing image; demarcating a coverage scope of the remote sensing image; calculating grids covered within the coverage scope; cropping the remote sensing image according to the grids, to yield a plurality of image blocks, and serializing the plurality of image blocks; establishing an Hbase table; establishing a table storage model containing RowKey, and calculating the RowKey according to attributes of an image block; and integrating data structure of multi-source remote sensing image data according to attribute expression of a zoned remote sensing image in a plurality of dimensions, and storing serialized image blocks in an Hbase database according to the RowKey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lingkui Meng, Changlu Cui, Wen Zhang, Yizhuo Meng, Yisong Wang, Rui Wang, Beibei Yang, Ziwen Gao, Linyi Li, Changhui Yu, Chongxin Tao
  • Patent number: 11184898
    Abstract: A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: determining a resource indication value based on a combination of at least two of a first parameter, a second, and a third parameter, the resource indication value indicative of respective identifiers of a sequence of resource blocks to be allocated to a communication node, wherein the resource indication value is determined by a predefined relationship between the combination of the at least two of the first, second, and third parameters; and transmitting the resource indication value to the communication node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Shuqiang Xia, Jing Shi, Xianghui Han, Chunli Liang, Min Ren
  • Patent number: 11179684
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for manufacturing nanobubbles are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a nanobubble generator system includes a medium, wherein in the medium is a liquid medium or a semi-liquid medium. A device is immersed in the medium. The device includes a ceramic membrane having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and pores extending through the membrane from the first surface to the second surface, and a hydrophobic porous coating layer disposed on the first surface of the membrane. The system includes a gas source for providing a gas to the medium. In operation, the gas enters pores on the second surface of the membrane and exits the coating layer in the form of nanobubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Taha Marhaba, Ahmed Khaled Abdella Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11177853
    Abstract: Provided are an information transmission method and apparatus, which relate to wireless communication. The method includes determining a frequency hopping pattern; and sending uplink information on a specified physical resource block (PRB) according to the frequency hopping pattern, or receiving or detecting downlink information on the specified PRB according to the frequency hopping pattern. The frequency hopping pattern is determined according to at least one of the following information: a time domain frequency hopping granularity; an available subframe set; an available subband set; a time division duplex (TDD) uplink and downlink configuration; a number of PRBs included in each available subband; and an cell identifier of a cell in which a terminal currently resides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Xi'an Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Shuqiang Xia, Kun Liu, Xianghui Han, Bo Dai, Jing Shi, Xianming Chen, Huiying Fang
  • Publication number: 20210335447
    Abstract: A computational framework for high-throughput mapping, validating, and predicting receptor sequence interactions is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Jing He, Namita Gupta, Gurinder S. Atwal, Peter Hawkins
  • Patent number: 11150739
    Abstract: A Chinese character Pinyin input method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes displaying on a human-machine interaction interface (HMI) initial keys representing all initials and simple final keys representing all simple finals. The method further includes, in response to an operation with respect to a simple final, displaying on the HMI auxiliary keys corresponding to the simple final, wherein various combinations of the simple final and symbols represented by the auxiliary keys respectively form compound finals starting with the simple final. The disclosed method and apparatus are especially applicable to inputting Chinese characters on a smart device touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Bin Gao, Hong Bo Peng, Cheng Xu, Quan Wen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210319540
    Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for generating texture models for objects within a video stream. The systems and methods access a set of images as the set of images are being captured at a computing device. The systems and methods determine, within a portion of the set of images, an area of interest containing an eye and extract an iris area from the area of interest. The systems and methods segment a sclera area within the area of interest and generate a texture for the eye based on the iris area and the sclera area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Chen Cao, Wen Zhang, Menglei Chai, Linjie Luo
  • Publication number: 20210296653
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electrode includes a current collector and an active material-containing layer. The active material-containing layer includes an active material, a conductive agent, and cellulose fiber. The conductive agent includes carbon fiber. The active material-containing layer includes a first surface brought into contact with the current collector, and a second surface. 2000/mm2 or less of first agglomerates are present on the second surface. Each of the first agglomerates includes at least one of the carbon fiber or the cellulose fiber, and does not include the active material. Each of the first agglomerates has a longest diameter of 5 ?m or more and a shortest diameter of 1 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mitsuru ISHIBASHI, Wen ZHANG, Kazuomi Yoshima, Keigo HOSHINA, Norio TAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210296631
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a niobium-titanium composite oxide having fluorine atoms on at least part of a surface the niobium-titanium composite oxide. An abundance ratio AF of fluorine atoms, an abundance ratio ATi of titanium atoms, and an abundance ratio ANb of niobium atoms on a surface of the negative electrode according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfy a relationship of 3.5?AF/(ATi+ANb)?50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Keigo HOSHINA, Wen ZHANG, Tetsuya SASAKAWA, Yasuhiro HARADA, Norio TAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210295952
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for classifying a patient as a responder or a non-responder are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Wen Zhang, Jing He
  • Patent number: 11116178
    Abstract: A smart pet toy capable of automatically rolling to leak food, including a chamber, where the chamber is in a ball shape or a cylindrical shape and is internally provided with a mechanism; the mechanism is internally provided with a driving apparatus, and the driving apparatus is connected to the chamber by using a drive rod, so that the mechanism can drive the chamber to roll; the chamber is internally provided with an annular storage area, and the wall of the chamber is provided with food leakage windows in communication with the storage area, so that pet food in the storage area leaks out through the food leakage windows. The toy can be flexibly controlled manually or by a remote controller to roll and leak food as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TONGFU MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huixin Yuan, Wen Zhang, Shentong Li
  • Patent number: D934441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sichuan Qianli-beoka Medical Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Wen Zhang
  • Patent number: D935045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sichuan Qianli-beoka Medical Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Wen Zhang