Patents by Inventor Xianfeng Chen

Xianfeng Chen 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).

  • SERVER FOR SENDING NEW APPLICATION PORTIONS TO MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160309280
    Abstract: A communications system is to communicate with an application server storing a plurality of applications. The communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device configured to store at least one application from among the plurality of applications, the at least one application having stored version information associated therewith. An intermediate server is configured to update the mobile wireless communications device by at least obtaining respective current version information for associated current versions of the plurality of applications and obtaining the stored application version information from the mobile wireless communications device for the at least one stored application. The stored application version information is compared with the current version information for the at least one stored application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Xianfeng CHEN, Orlin Vesselinov STOEV
  • Loaded particles and the method of preparing thereof
    Patent number: 9469808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescent dye loaded particles and the method of preparing thereof. The method includes steps of preparing the nanoparticles with layered structure having at least one interlayer space, expanding the at least one interlayer space to form at least one expanded interlayer space, introducing the dye molecules to the at least one expanded interlayer space, and covalently bonding the dye molecules with the layered structure. The present invention also relates to a film comprising such nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Yan Li, Xianfeng Chen
  • Method of heating, method of producing piezoelectric film, and light irradiation device
    Patent number: 9461239
    Abstract: A method of heating includes a process of forming a layer to be heated on one surface of a light absorption layer; and a process of heating the light absorption layer by irradiating light onto the other surface of the light absorption layer. The other surface of the light absorption layer is a surface opposite to the one surface of the light absorption layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Xianfeng Chen
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20160264980
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency; enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced-nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Thomas R. Adams, Ameeta K. Agarwa, James A. Ball, Paolo Castiglioni, Banu Gopalan, Erin Bell, Shobha Char, Robert J. Bensen, Raghava S. Boddupalli, Alessandra Frizzi, Jill Deikman, Robert L. D'Ordine, Michael D. Edgerton, Xianfeng Chen, Mary Fernandes, Paul S. Chomet, Stephen Duff, Deborah G. Rucker, Changlin Fu, Jeffery E. Ahrens, Stanton B. Dotson, Richard E. Finger, Jinzhuo Dong, Molian Deng
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20160230183
    Abstract: This invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, transgenic plant nuclei and cells with such recombinant DNA construct for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Jeffery E. Ahrens, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Robert J. Bensen, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Paolo Castiglioni, R. Eric Cerny, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Maureen Daley, Jill Deikman, Molian Deng, Todd DeZwaan, Stephen Duff, Michael D. Edgerton, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Karen Gabbert, Meghan Galligan Donnarummo, Garrett J. Lee, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Steve He, Xianfeng Chen, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Paul Loida, Savitha Madappa, Robert J. Meister, Ming Peng, Donald E. Nelson, Anand Pandravada, Obed Patty, Marie Petracek, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Monica P. Ravanello, Richard Johnson, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A. Sanders, Beth Savidge, Steven H. Schwartz, Shobha Char, Padmini Sudarshana, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Virginia Ursin, Dale V. Val, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi Vidya, K. Vijayalakshmi, Todd C. Weber, Jingrui Wu, Wei Zheng, Zhidong Xie, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra
  • Method and apparatus for delivery of molecules to cells
    Patent number: 9394547
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a system and method for introducing a substance into cells. The system has an assembly including a plurality of elongate non-hollow nanoneedles forming a nanoneedle array or patch for delivering the substance into the cells, at least some of the nanoneedles have a non-uniform diameter with a wider upper end, a narrower lower end for penetration into the cells and a length from substantially 200 nm to 100 um. The lower end has a diameter from substantially 20-436 nm. Adjacent nanoneedles are spaced apart by substantially 5-50 um. The nanoneedles are made from a material selected from the group consisting of diamond, cubic boron nitride, carbon nitride, boron nitride, boron carbon nitride, metal borides and essentially boron materials, allowing the nanoneedles to maintain sufficient thinness and yet adequate rigidity during penetration. The nanoneedles are applied onto the cells grown on substrates at a preferred rate from 1 to 5 m/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Xianfeng Chen, Wenjun Zhang, Peng Shi
  • Server for sending new application portions to mobile wireless communications devices and related methods
    Patent number: 9386396
    Abstract: A communications system is to communicate with an application server storing a plurality of applications. The communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device configured to store at least one application from among the plurality of applications, the at least one application having stored version information associated therewith. An intermediate server is configured to update the mobile wireless communications device by at least obtaining respective current version information for associated current versions of the plurality of applications and obtaining the stored application version information from the mobile wireless communications device for the at least one stored application. The stored application version information is compared with the current version information for the at least one stored application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Xianfeng Chen, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev
  • COATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160058697
    Abstract: A method of coating a material onto projections provided on a patch. The method includes applying a coating solution containing the material to at least the projections and drying the coating solution to at least the projections using a gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Fernance KENDALL, Germain FERNANDO, Xianfeng CHEN, Tarl PROW
  • METHOD OF MAKING PIEZOELECTRIC FILM, METHOD OF MAKING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160023466
    Abstract: A method of making a piezoelectric film includes forming a PbTO3 (PTO) coating film by applying a precursor liquid of a coating film containing PTO as a main ingredient, forming a PTO amorphous layer containing lead titanate as a main ingredient by heating the PTO coating film at a heating temperature lower than a crystallization temperature at which the PTO coating film is crystalized, and forming, on the PTO amorphous layer, a piezoelectric thin-film layer having a main (100) orientation measured by X-ray analysis and containing lead zirconate titanate (PZT) as a main ingredient. The heating temperature is 300° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Xianfeng Chen
  • DEVICE FOR INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY AND A METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160017370
    Abstract: A device for intracellular delivery includes a substrate having a diamond layer, and diamond nanoneedles that spaced apart from each other on the diamond layer, the substrate further comprises a silicon layer below the diamond layer, wherein the nanoneedles are cylindrical nanoneedles, and a side surface of the nanoneedles is perpendicular to the diamond layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Peng Shi, Xianfeng Chen, Wenjun Zhang
  • Coating method
    Patent number: 9220678
    Abstract: A method of coating a material onto projections provided on a patch. The method includes applying a coating solution containing the material to at least the projections and drying the coating solution to at least the projections using a gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Fernance Kendall, Germain Fernando, Xianfeng Chen, Tarl Prow
  • LOADED PARTICLES AND THE METHOD OF PREPARING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150361333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescent dye loaded particles and the method of preparing thereof. The method includes steps of preparing the nanoparticles with layered structure having at least one interlayer space, expanding the at least one interlayer space to form at least one expanded interlayer space, introducing the dye molecules to the at least one expanded interlayer space, and covalently bonding the dye molecules with the layered structure. The present invention also relates to a film comprising such nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yan Li, Xianfeng Chen
  • Method of making liquid discharge head, liquid discharge head, liquid discharge apparatus having liquid discharge head, and manufacturing apparatus of liquid discharge head
    Patent number: 9202717
    Abstract: A method of making a liquid discharge head which includes a nozzle to discharge liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, a pressure chamber substrate to form surfaces of the pressure chamber, and a piezoelectric actuator to apply pressure to liquid in the pressure chamber having a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film, and an upper electrode, includes a silicon wafer supplying process, a position adjustment process, a surface treatment process to reform a surface of the lower electrode, a liquid applying process to apply ferroelectric precursor on the lower electrode by an inkjet method, a heating process to heat the ferroelectric precursor film, and a cooling process. A series of processes from the position adjustment process to the cooling process is iterated to form a ferroelectric film having a predetermined thickness. The series of processes is performed with certain waiting times inserted between key processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Takeuchi, Osamu Machida, Akira Shimofuku, Xianfeng Chen, Ryo Tashiro
  • EXPRESSION OF MICROBIAL PROTEINS IN PLANTS FOR PRODUCTION OF PLANTS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20150299720
    Abstract: Recombinant constructs and methods useful for improvement of plants are provided. In particular, recombinant constructs comprising promoters functional in plant cells positioned for expression of polynucleotides encoding polypeptides from microbial sources are provided. The disclosed constructs and methods find use in production of transgenic plants to provide plants, particularly crop plants, having improved properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Yongwei Cao, Gregory J. Hinkle, Steven C. Slater, Xianfeng Chen, Barry S. Goldman
  • Machine-to-machine communications privacy protection method and system, machine-to-machine communications service management entity, and related device
    Patent number: 9154501
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a machine-to-machine communications privacy protection method and system, a machine-to-machine communications service management entity, and a related device. The method includes: after receiving a location access message, determining, by a service management entity and according to locating information, an entity that performs privacy inspection; and triggering, by the service management entity, the entity that performs privacy inspection to perform privacy inspection. The M2M service management entity determines in advance the entity that performs privacy inspection and triggers the entity that performs privacy inspection to perform privacy inspection. Therefore, with the method provided in the present invention, message interaction on an mId interface is reduced, thereby reducing a message overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Jin, Yonggang Bian, Yongjing Zhang, Xianfeng Chen, Qi Lin, Lunjian Mu
  • COMPOSITE FOR PREPARING A TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING THE COMPOSITE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150265714
    Abstract: A composite for preparing a transdermal delivery device and a method for synthesizing the composite thereof comprising at least one polymer and at least one macrocyclic molecule, wherein the at least one polymer and the at least one macrocyclic molecule are adapted to form a complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Xianfeng Chen
  • Polynucleotides for expression of microbial starch branching enzymes in plants for production of plants with improved yield
    Patent number: 9024113
    Abstract: Recombinant constructs and methods useful for improvement of plants are provided. In particular, recombinant constructs comprising promoters functional in plant cells positioned for expression of polynucleotides encoding starch branching enzymes from microbial sources are provided. The disclosed constructs and methods find use in production of transgenic plants to provide plants, particularly crop plants, having improved yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yongwei Cao, Gregory J. Hinkle, Steven C. Slater, Xianfeng Chen, Barry S. Goldman
  • Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits
    Publication number: 20150113676
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Scott Abad, Thomas R. Adams, Julie A. Alvarez, Mahindra Anuradha, Alice Clara Augustine, Erin Bell, Kristen A. Bennett, Robert J. Bensen, Paolo Castiglioni, Richard E. Cerny, Xianfeng Chen, Jaishree M. Chittoor-Vijayanath, Farah Deeba, Jill Deikman, Molian Deng, Meghan Galligan-Donnarummo, Stephen Duff, Bradon J. Fabbri, Jason Fenner, Mary Fernandes, Karen Gabbert, Barry S. Goldman, Deborah J. Hawkins, Jacqueline E. Heard, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Dangyang Ke, John R. Ledeaux, Garrett J. Lee, Savitha Madappa, Donald E. Nelson, Obed Patty, Badami S. Pranesh, Qungang Qi, Ramachandra Dhanalakshmi, G. Ramamohan, Thomas G. Ruff, Rick A. Sanders, Sangeetha Singh, Thomas J. Savage, Beth Savidge, Char Shobha, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah, Padmini Sudarshana, Sreekanta Navarathna Suma, Jindong Sun, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Dale L. Val, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tymagondlu V. Venkatesh, Kammaradi Vidya, Jingrui Wu, Zhidong Xie, Nanfei Xu, Wei Zheng, Rajani Monnanda Somaiah
  • Mobile communications system providing enhanced out of band (OOB) bluetooth pairing and related methods
    Patent number: 8995908
    Abstract: A communications system may include a communications device including a first Bluetooth transceiver. The first Bluetooth transceiver may comprise a clock. The first Bluetooth transceiver may be capable of scanning a plurality of different operating frequencies for a pairing request based upon the clock. The communications device may further include an output device coupled with the Bluetooth transceiver and capable of outputting data associated with the clock via a communications path different than Bluetooth. The system may also include a mobile communications device including an input device capable of receiving the clock data from the output device via the communications path, and a second Bluetooth transceiver coupled with the input device and capable of generating the pairing request based upon the received clock data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Justin Manuel Pedro, Marin Blazevic, Xianfeng Chen, Dong Duc Hai Nguyen
  • PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20150068673
    Abstract: A pattern formation method includes forming an electromagnetic wave blocking structure having a region on a one side of a support substrate, a reflectance of an electromagnetic wave in the region being lower than a reflectance in an area outside the region; forming a mask layer provided with an opening corresponding to the region and configured to be thermally decomposed at a predetermined temperature on an other side of the support substrate; forming a first heated layer in the opening; and shedding an electromagnetic wave from the one side of the support substrate on the electromagnetic wave blocking structure, wherein an intensity of the electromagnetic wave is determined such that a temperature of the mask layer is less than the predetermined temperature and a temperature of the first heated layer being heated is greater than or equal to the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Xianfeng Chen