Patents by Inventor X. Guo

X. Guo 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: 11976290
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules that are unique to Brassica Event MON94100 and transgenic Brassica plants, Brassica plant parts, Brassica seeds, Brassica cells, and agricultural products containing Brassica Event MON94100 as well as methods of using and detecting Brassica Event MON94100. Transgenic Brassica plants containing Brassica Event MON94100 exhibit tolerance to dicamba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christine M. Ellis, Shirley X. Guo, Sherry LeClere, Mingsheng Peng, Janice R. Weihe
  • Patent number: 11946061
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel methods and compositions for conferring tolerance to glyphosate to plants. The invention also provides glyphosate-tolerant plants, seeds, tissue, cells, and plant parts comprising modified EPSP synthases and recombinant DNA molecules encoding modified EPSP synthases, as well as methods of producing the same and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Guillermo A. Asmar-Rovira, Stephen M. Duff, Shirley X. Guo, Jingdong Liu, R. Douglas Sammons, Lei Shi
  • Publication number: 20230127011
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel methods and compositions for conferring tolerance to glyphosate to plants. The invention also provides glyphosate -tolerant plants, seeds, tissue, cells, and plant parts comprising modified EPSP synthases and recombinant DNA molecules encoding modified EPSP synthases, as well as methods of producing the same and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Guillermo A. Asmar-Rovira, Stephen M. Duff, Shirley X. Guo, Jingdong Liu, R. Douglas Sammons, Lei Shi
  • Patent number: 11473099
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel methods and compositions for conferring tolerance to glyphosate to plants. The invention also provides glyphosate-tolerant plants, seeds, tissue, cells, and plant parts comprising modified EPSP synthases and recombinant DNA molecules encoding modified EPSP synthases, as well as methods of producing the same and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Guillermo A. Asmar-Rovira, Stephen M. Duff, Shirley X. Guo, Jingdong Liu, R. Douglas Sammons, Lei Shi
  • Publication number: 20220075447
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for persistent calibration of an electronic device configured to implement an extended reality (XR) system involve estimating and validating visual-inertial odometry (VIO) calibration parameters during an active XR session of the electronic device. Validating the estimated VIO calibration parameters involves performing a strict calibration qualification of the estimated VIO calibration parameters using a thresholding module, machine learning module, or both. An initial calibration qualification is performed concurrently with the strict calibration qualification based on VIO performance. If the estimated VIO calibration parameters pass the strict calibration qualification and initial calibration qualification, they are stored for use to calibrate the device in future XR sessions. Persistent calibration of time alignment between the inertial management unit and the image sensor of the electronic device is also performed during active XR sessions upon detection of time alignment issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Chao X. Guo, Fei Han, Sazzadur Rahman, Luca Ballan, Junyang Lu
  • Publication number: 20220033838
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules that are unique to Brassica Event MON94100 and transgenic Brassica plants, Brassica plant parts, Brassica seeds, Brassica cells, and agricultural products containing Brassica Event MON94100 as well as methods of using and detecting Brassica Event MON94100. Transgenic Brassica plants containing Brassica Event MON94100 exhibit tolerance to dicamba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Christine M. Ellis, Shirley X. Guo, Sherry LeClere, Mingsheng Peng, Janice R. Weihe
  • Patent number: 11098323
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules that are unique to Brassica Event MON94100 and transgenic Brassica plants, Brassica plant parts, Brassica seeds, Brassica cells, and agricultural products containing Brassica Event MON94100 as well as methods of using and detecting Brassica Event MON94100. Transgenic Brassica plants containing Brassica Event MON94100 exhibit tolerance to dicamba.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christine M. Ellis, Shirley X. Guo, Sherry LeClere, Mingsheng Peng, Janice R. Weihe
  • Publication number: 20210189417
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel methods and compositions for conferring tolerance to glyphosate to plants. The invention also provides glyphosate-tolerant plants, seeds, tissue, cells, and plant parts comprising modified EPSP synthases and recombinant DNA molecules encoding modified EPSP synthases, as well as methods of producing the same and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Guillermo A. Asmar-Rovira, Stephen M. Duff, Shirley X. Guo, Jingdong Liu, R. Douglas Sammons, Lei Shi
  • Patent number: 10789656
    Abstract: Methods for providing a privacy setting for a target user relative to relationships with a number of other users in a social network utilizing an electronic computing device are presented, the method including: causing the electronic computing device to retrieve a current privacy setting for a common profile item, where the common profile item corresponds with the target user and each of the number of other users, and where the common profile item is one of a number of common profile items; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a pseudo-common profile item sensitivity value for the common profile item based on the current privacy settings of the target user and the number of other users; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a final common profile item sensitivity value for the common profile item based on the current privacy setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sherry X. Guo, Tony Sun, Dwayne Lorenzo Richardson, Eugene Michael Maximilien, Kun Liu, Tyrone Wilberforce Andre Grandison
  • Publication number: 20200123559
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules that are unique to Brassica Event MON94100 and transgenic Brassica plants, Brassica plant parts, Brassica seeds, Brassica cells, and agricultural products containing Brassica Event MON94100 as well as methods of using and detecting Brassica Event MON94100. Transgenic Brassica plants containing Brassica Event MON94100 exhibit tolerance to dicamba.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Christine M. Ellis, Shirley X. Guo, Sherry LeClere, Mingsheng Peng, Janice R. Weihe
  • Publication number: 20130339964
    Abstract: The replaying of work across a database servers includes: receiving a global time by each of a plurality of replay dispatchers; calculating, for each given replay dispatcher, a time offset using a local time for the given replay dispatcher and the global time; receiving, for each given replay dispatcher, a replay workload comprising a plurality of replay records and a global replay start time, wherein each of the plurality of replay records comprises an expected wait time; calculating, for each given replay dispatcher, a wait time for each given replay record based on the expected wait time for the given replay record, the global replay start time, and the time offset for the given replay dispatcher; and submitting, for each given replay dispatcher, the replay records to a target database server for processing in an order according to the calculated wait times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Curt L. COTNER, Sherry X. GUO, Thomas J. TOOMIRE, John E. VONAU, Fang-Yi WANG, Catalina Y. WEI
  • Patent number: 8500962
    Abstract: A method for substrate processing includes producing a magnetic field by a magnetron across the full width of a sputtering surface of a target in a first direction. The magnetron can produce two erosion grooves separated by a distance S on the sputtering surface. The method includes moving the magnetron continuously at a first speed by the distance S in a first segment along a linear travel path. The linear travel path is along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The method includes continuously sputtering a material off the sputtering surface and depositing the material on the substrate during the first segment, and moving the magnetron by the distance S in a second segment along the linear travel path at a second speed higher than the first speed without sputtering the material off the sputtering surface or sputtering materials off at significant lower rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Ascentool Inc
    Inventors: George X. Guo, Kai-an Wang
  • Patent number: 8408858
    Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a first load lock, a process chamber having a first opening to allow an exchange of a substrate between the first load lock and the first process chamber, first rollers in the process chamber; and second rollers in the first load lock, wherein the first rollers and the second rollers are configured to transport a substrate thereon through the first opening between the first load lock and the process chamber. At least some of the first rollers and the second rollers are idler rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ascentool International Limited
    Inventors: George X. Guo, Kai-an Wang
  • Publication number: 20130015056
    Abstract: A vacuum processing system includes a vacuum chamber that can contain a workpiece therein, a deposition source unit that provides a material to be deposited on the workpiece in vacuum, and a cooling module in thermal contact with the deposition source unit. The cooling module includes one or more holding wells that can contain a cooling liquid. The cooling module can cool the deposition source unit by a loss of latent heat during the evaporation of the cooling liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventor: George X. Guo
  • Publication number: 20120298169
    Abstract: A multi junction photovoltaic device includes lower pn junction layers comprising silicon and upper pn junction layers formed over the lower pn junction layers. The upper pn junction layers include a CdTe layer, wherein the upper pn junction layers are electrically serially connected to the lower pn junction layers. The upper pn junction layers can convert a first portion of photons into a first electric voltage. The lower pn junction layers can convert a second portion of photons into a second electric voltage lower than the first electric voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: George X. Guo, Zhengyu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120207916
    Abstract: A vacuum processing system includes a vacuum chamber in connection with a vacuum pump that can exhaust air or vapor in the vacuum chamber, and a container in the vacuum chamber configured to contain one or more work pieces therein and to receive a heat-exchange liquid that comes into contact with the one or more work pieces to allow heat exchange with the one or more work pieces. The vacuum pump can exhaust at least a portion of the vapor evaporated from the heat-exchange liquid on the work pieces or in the container. A deposition source unit can provide material to be deposited on the one or more work pieces in vacuum. The one or more work pieces can be brought a predetermined temperature by the heat-exchange liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: George X. Guo
  • Patent number: 8236152
    Abstract: A deposition system includes a chamber, a plurality of targets in a center region in the chamber and a plurality of substrates in the chamber. The targets are sequentially positioned when viewed in a first direction. At least one of the targets includes a sputtering surface facing outward. The substrates are sequentially positioned when viewed in the first direction. At least one of the substrates includes a deposition surface configured to receive material sputtered off the sputtering surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ascentool International Ltd.
    Inventors: George X. Guo, Kai-an Wang
  • Publication number: 20120111270
    Abstract: A plasma-enhanced substrate processing system includes a magnetic-field generation unit that can create a substantially uniform magnetic field along an axial direction in a spatial region, a processing chamber in the spatial region, and a first planar source unit that provides a deposition material. The magnetic field can produce a plasma gas in the processing chamber, which enables the deposition material to be deposited on a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: George X. Guo
  • Patent number: 8152975
    Abstract: A target assembly for material deposition includes a first target piece having a first sputtering surface and comprising a first target material that is to be sputtered off the first sputtering surface and to deposit on a substrate. The target assembly also includes a second target piece juxtaposed to the first target piece. The second target piece comprises a second sputtering surface and a second target material that can be sputtered off the second sputtering surface and to deposit on the substrate. The first target piece and the second target piece are configured to be switched in positions and/or orientations after a period of sputtering operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Ascentool International
    Inventors: George X. Guo, Kai-an Wang
  • Publication number: 20120031755
    Abstract: A deposition system includes a chamber, a plurality of targets in a center region in the chamber and a plurality of substrates in the chamber. The targets are sequentially positioned when viewed in a first direction. At least one of the targets includes a sputtering surface facing outward. The substrates are sequentially positioned when viewed in the first direction. At least one of the substrates includes a deposition surface configured to receive material sputtered off the sputtering surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: George X. Guo