Patents by Inventor William Chou
William Chou 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).
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Publication number: 20240112143Abstract: A method of implementing administrative services for managing group feedback is disclosed. A selection of a feedback visibility setting for a feedback message from a plurality of predefined feedback visibility settings is received via a give feedback tab of a user interface. The feedback message and a selection of one or more recipients are received via the give feedback tab. The feedback message is sent to the selected one or more recipients based on the selected feedback visibility setting. A request for feedback and a selection of one or more feedback providers are received via a request feedback tab of the user interface. The request for feedback is sent to the selected one or more feedback providers. Received feedback responses linked to a user profile of the feedback requestor are stored.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Eric Koslow, Amy Ming Luo, Byron Sha Yang, Joan Roig, Victor Kmita, Johannes Ma, Elliot Dahl, Adnan Chowdhury, Ricky Rizal Zein, William Michael Dybas, Jack Hanford, Ryan Hinshaw, Jared Erondu, Aleksandr Mistratov, Rahul Rangnekar, Carrie Jo Noonan, Jerry Xie, Nathalie Corinne Bize, Hari Vignesh Ganesan, Audrey Chou, Elise Fung, Jay Ashish Mahabal
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Publication number: 20240112808Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing device, a particular textual description of a scene. The method also includes applying a neural network for text-to-image generation to generate an output image rendition of the scene, the neural network having been trained to cause two image renditions associated with a same textual description to attract each other and two image renditions associated with different textual descriptions to repel each other based on mutual information between a plurality of corresponding pairs, wherein the plurality of corresponding pairs comprise an image-to-image pair and a text-to-image pair. The method further includes predicting the output image rendition of the scene.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Melissa Strader, William Ito, Christopher Co, Katherine Chou, Alvin Rajkomar, Rebecca Rolfe
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Publication number: 20240094861Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for configuring a three-dimensional (3D) model within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring a 3D model; receiving, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the 3D model, the properties specifying image data for projecting onto the 3D model; and in association with virtual conferencing, providing display of the room based on the properties for the 3D model, and causing the image data to be projected onto the 3D model within the room.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: William Chou, Andrew Cheng-min Lin
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Patent number: 10956498Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for scanning bindings in a webpage. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, at a browser of a client device, markup for a webpage, initiating a scan of the markup for the webpage to identify bindings in the markup, in response to a time threshold being satisfied during the scan of the markup for the webpage, pausing the scan of the markup and storing location data corresponding to a location in the markup reached by the scan at pause time, rendering, by the browser, a next frame for the webpage, and in response to completion of the rendering of the next frame for the webpage, resuming the scan of the markup for the webpage at the location in the markup.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: William Chou, Malte Ubl
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Publication number: 20190151365Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for treating diseases, e.g., cancers, e.g., diseases associated with expression of an antigen, e.g., CD 19, comprising administering a cell that expresses a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to the antigen, e.g., CD19, in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicants: Novartis AG, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Oezlem Anak, Sanela Bilic, Jennifer Brogdon, John Scott Cameron, William Chou, Stephan Grupp, Danny Roland Howard, Jr., Randi Isaacs, Carl H. June, Simon Lacey, Shannon Maude, Jan J. Melenhorst, Stephen Shuster, Alfonso Quintas-Cardama
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Publication number: 20190102475Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for scanning bindings in a webpage. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, at a browser of a client device, markup for a webpage, initiating a scan of the markup for the webpage to identify bindings in the markup, in response to a time threshold being satisfied during the scan of the markup for the webpage, pausing the scan of the markup and storing location data corresponding to a location in the markup reached by the scan at pause time, rendering, by the browser, a next frame for the webpage, and in response to completion of the rendering of the next frame for the webpage, resuming the scan of the markup for the webpage at the location in the markup.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: William Chou, Malte Ubl
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Patent number: 7374679Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for a filter having little change over time and conventionally known properties of a porous PTFE molded article such as water permeability resistance, air permeability, sealing properties and electric properties, in which collection efficiency, air permeability and pressure loss are improved. Specifically, the present invention relates to an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for a filter comprising a dense skin layer and a continuously foamed porous layer, wherein (1) the contact angle of water to the surface of the skin layer is 120 to 140°; and (2) the diffuse reflectance of light is 91 to 94%.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2004Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Yeu Ming Tai Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: James Huang, William Chou, David Chou, Juin-Yih Lai, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Da-Ming Wang, Ruoh-Chyu Ruaan, Tian-Tsair Wu
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Patent number: 7309663Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for clothing having little change over time and conventionally known properties of a porous PTFE molded article such as water permeability resistance, air permeability, sealing properties and electric properties, in which durability and water vapor permeability are improved by strengthening adhesion strength with fabric. Specifically, the present invention relates to an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for clothing comprising a dense skin layer and a continuously foamed porous layer, wherein (1) the contact angle of water to the surface of the skin layer is 120 to 140°; and (2) the diffuse reflectance of light of the skin layer is 91 to 94%.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2004Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Yeu Ming Tai Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: James Huang, William Chou, David Chou, Juin-Yih Lai, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Da-Ming Wang, Ruoh-Chyu Ruaan, Tian-Tsair Wu
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Publication number: 20070090252Abstract: A safety clothes hook having alterable anchor direction includes a base fastened to a wall and multiple pairs of upper brackets and lower brackets fastened to the base. Each pair of the upper and lower brackets are pivotally coupled with a plurality of hooks between them. Each hook has a plurality of insertion portions on the upper side to be inserted by an anchor strut located on a lower side of the hook on the upper side. The upmost hook has a pivot portion on the top to be coupled with a coupling portion of the upper bracket, and a space allowing the hooks to be moved upwards. Thus each hook can be anchored in a selected direction to avoid being hit and moved when in use. When not in use, the hook can be swiveled close to the wall to avoid being extended outside and hitting people.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2005Publication date: April 26, 2007Inventor: William Chou
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Patent number: 6852223Abstract: The present invention relates to an asymmetric porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane comprising a dense skin layer and a continuously foamed porous layer, (1) the dense skin layer having a surface roughness Ra of 20 to 165 nm; (2) the dense skin layer having a contact angle for water of 120 to 135°; (3) the porous layer having a maximum pore diameter of 0.03 to 1.0 ?m; and (4) the membrane having a total porosity of 20 to 70%. The asymmetric porous PTFE membrane has an ability to separate each liquid component from a liquid-liquid homogeneous mixture in addition to known properties such as water permeability resistance, gas permeability, sealing property and electric property, wherein change of these properties over time is small.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Yeu Ming Tai Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: James Huang, William Chou, David Chou, Juin-Yih Lai, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Da-Ming Wang, Ruoh-Chyu Ruaan, Tian-Tsair Wu
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Patent number: 6845184Abstract: Opto-electrical systems having electrical and optical interconnections formed in thin layers are disclosed. In one set of preferred embodiments, optical signals are conveyed between layers by respective vertical optical couplers disposed on the layers. In other preferred embodiments, optical signals are conveyed by stack optical waveguide coupling means. Yet other preferred embodiments have electrical via means formed in one or more layers to covey electrical signals between two or more layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1999Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Tetsuzo Yoshimura, Yashuhito Takahashi, Masaaki Inao, Michael G. Lee, William Chou, Solomon I. Beilin, Wen-chou Vincent Wang, James J. Roman, Thomas J. Massingill
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Publication number: 20040198121Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for clothing having little change over time and conventionally known properties of a porous PTFE molded article such as water permeability resistance, air permeability, sealing properties and electric properties, in which durability and water vapor permeability are improved by strengthening adhesion strength with fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: YEU MING TAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: James Huang, William Chou, David Chou, Juin-Yih Lai, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Da-Ming Wang, Ruoh-Chyu Ruaan, Tian-Tsair Wu
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Publication number: 20040195173Abstract: The present invention provides an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for a filter having little change over time and conventionally known properties of a porous PTFE molded article such as water permeability resistance, air permeability, sealing properties and electric properties, in which collection efficiency, air permeability and pressure loss are improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: YEU MING TAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: James Huang, William Chou, David Chou, Juin-Yih Lai, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Da-Ming Wang, Ruoh-Chyu Ruaan, Tian-Tsair Wu
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Patent number: 6702971Abstract: To provide a method of producing a uniaxially stretched polytetrafluoroethylene gasket tape, which comprises: (1) a step for preparing a paste comprising a mixture of a polytetrafluoroethylene powder obtained by emulsion polymerization and an extrusion aid, (2) a step for extruding the paste by means of an extruder equipped with a die which has plural separators inside an orifice thereof having a rectangular cross section, (3) a step for rolling, in the extruding direction, an extrudate having slit lines to give a rolled polytetrafluoroethylene sheet, (4) a step for uniaxially stretching the rolled sheet in the rolling direction after removing the extrusion aid from the rolled sheet, and (5) a step for heat-treating the obtained uniaxially stretched polytetrafluoroethylene sheet. The die of the extruder has plural sheet-like separators in the orifice thereof having a rectangular cross section.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Yeu Ming Tai Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: James Huang, William Chou, David Chou, Shia-Chung Chen, Woh-Jer Lee, Lei-Ti Huang, Ching-Yao Huang
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Patent number: 6690845Abstract: Three-dimensional opto-electronic modules having a plurality of opto-electronic (O/E) layers, with optical signals being routed between O/E layers within one or more three-dimensional volumes, are disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the O/E layers are disposed over and above one another with at least one of their edges aligned to one another. At least two of the O/E layers have waveguides with ends near the aligned edges. A plurality of Zconnector arrays are disposed between the O/E layers and within the three-dimensional volumes to provide a plurality of Zdirection waveguides. A first vertical optical coupler couples light from one waveguide in one O/E layer to a Z-direction waveguide, and a second vertical optical coupler couples the light from the Z-direction waveguide to a second waveguide in a second O/E layer. In further preferred embodiments, segments of the Z-connector arrays are held by a holding unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2000Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Tetsuzo Yoshimura, Yashuhito Takahashi, Masaaki Inao, Michael G. Lee, William Chou, Solomon I. Beilin, Wen-chou Vincent Wang, James J. Roman, Thomas J. Massingill
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Patent number: 6611635Abstract: Disclosed is device and/or material integration into thin opto-electronic layers, which increase room for chip-mounting, and reduce the total system cost by eliminating the difficulty of optical alignment between opto-electronic devices and optical waveguides. Opto-electronic devices are integrated with optical waveguides in ultra thin polymer layers on the order of 1 &mgr;m to 250 &mgr;m in thickness.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1999Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Tetsuzo Yoshimura, Yashuhito Takahashi, Masaaki Inao, Michael G. Lee, William Chou, Solomon I. Beilin, Wen-chou Vincent Wang, James J. Roman, Thomas J. Massingill
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Publication number: 20030089660Abstract: The present invention relates to an asymmetric porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane comprising a dense skin layer and a continuously foamed porous layer, (1) the dense skin layer having a surface roughness Ra of 20 to 165 nm; (2) the dense skin layer having a contact angle for water of 120 to 135°; (3) the porous layer having a maximum pore diameter of 0.03 to 1.0 &mgr;m; and (4) the membrane having a total porosity of 20 to 70%. The asymmetric porous PTFE membrane has an ability to separate each liquid component from a liquid-liquid homogeneous mixture in addition to known properties such as water permeability resistance, gas permeability, sealing property and electric property, wherein change of these properties over time is small.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: Yeu Ming Tai Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: James Huang, William Chou, David Chou, Juin-Yih Lai, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Da-Ming Wang, Ruoh-Chyu Ruaan, Tian-Tsair Wu
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Publication number: 20030015821Abstract: To provide a method of producing a uniaxially stretched polytetrafluoroethylene gasket tape, which comprises: (1) a step for preparing a paste comprising a mixture of a polytetrafluoroethylene powder obtained by emulsion polymerization and an extrusion aid, (2) a step for extruding the paste by means of an extruder equipped with a die which has plural separators inside an orifice thereof having a rectangular cross section, (3) a step for rolling, in the extruding direction, an extrudate having slit lines to give a rolled polytetrafluoroethylene sheet, (4) a step for uniaxially stretching the rolled sheet in the rolling direction after removing the extrusion aid from the rolled sheet, and (5) a step for heat-treating the obtained uniaxially stretched polytetrafluoroethylene sheet. The die of the extruder has plural sheet-like separators in the orifice thereof having a rectangular cross section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Applicant: YEU MING TAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: James Huang, William Chou, David Chou, Shia-Chung Chen, Woh-Jer Lee, Lei-Ti Huang, Ching-Yao Huang
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Patent number: 6343171Abstract: Opto-electrical systems having electrical and optical interconnections formed in thin layers with thin-film active devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, optical connections are made between the edge of one substrate and the surface of another substrate with the use of photorefractive materials. In another embodiment, the optical connection is made by separating a optical film from the first substrate and coupling the first substrate and the optical film to separate receptacles located on the second substrate. Film optical link modules employing aspects of the invention are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1999Date of Patent: January 29, 2002Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Tetsuzo Yoshimura, Yashuhito Takahashi, Masaaki Inao, Michael G. Lee, William Chou, Solomon I. Beilin, Wen-chou Vincent Wang, James J. Roman, Thomas J. Massingill
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Patent number: 6239485Abstract: An interposer for providing power, ground, and signal connections between an integrated circuit chip or chips and a substrate. The inventive interposer includes a signal core and external power/ground connection wrap. The two sections may be fabricated and tested separately, then joined together using z-connection technology. The signal core is formed from a conductive power/ground plane positioned between two dielectric layers. A patterned metal layer is formed on each dielectric layer. The two metal layers are interconnected by a through via or post process. The conductive power/ground plane functions to reduce signal cross-talk between signal lines formed on the two patterned metal layers. The power/ground wrap includes an upper substrate positioned above the signal core and a lower substrate positioned below the signal core.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Michael G. Peters, Wen-chou Vincent Wang, Yasuhito Takahashi, William Chou, Michael G. Lee, Solomon Beilin