Patents by Inventor Yan Poon

Yan Poon 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).

  • Publication number: 20150249344
    Abstract: Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. In some embodiments, the implantable devices can include power management schemes that have one or more AC-DC conversion chains arranged and configured to rectify the induced alternating current or voltage into one or more energy domains. Methods of use are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan POON, Alexander J. YEH
  • Publication number: 20150132829
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing flocculation moieties in photosynthetic organisms. The photosynthetic organisms are genetically modified to effect production, secretion, or both, of the flocculation moieties. Also provided are methods of flocculating organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SAPPHIRE ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael MENDEZ, Craig BEHNKE, Yan POON, Philip LEE
  • Patent number: 8969066
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing flocculation moieties in photosynthetic organisms. The photosynthetic organisms are genetically modified to effect production, secretion, or both, of the flocculation moieties. Also provided are methods of flocculating organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sapphire Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mendez, Craig Behnke, Yan Poon, Philip Lee
  • Publication number: 20140350348
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to pressure sensing. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, an external energy field is applied to a resonant circuit having inductive conductors separated by a compressible dielectric, for wirelessly detecting pressure. Specifically, the resonant circuit is responsive to the energy field and applied pressures by operating in respective states exhibiting different resonant frequencies that are based upon pressure-related compression of the compressible dielectric. These resonant frequencies, or a change in the resonant frequencies, can be used as an indication of the pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Chee-Keong Tee, Lisa Chen, Zhenan Bao, Darren Lipomi, Michael V. McConnell, H.S. Philip Wong, Ada Shuk Yan Poon
  • Publication number: 20140350327
    Abstract: Provided herein are a device and method for attenuating posttraumatic stress syndrome, menopause symptoms, dysautonomia and pain by interfering with sympathetic chain signaling, particularly by blocking stellate ganglion conduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Vijaykumar Rajasekhar, Kathryn Hammond Rosenbluth, Xiang Mackey Qian, Scott Delp, John Paderi, Tahel Altman
  • Publication number: 20140335562
    Abstract: Algae transformed with one or more polynucleotides encoding proteins that confer herbicide resistance are provided. The algae can be grown in small or large scale cultures that include one or more herbicides for the production and isolation of various products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: SAPPHIRE ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Su-Chiung FANG, Yan POON, Michael MENDEZ
  • Publication number: 20140212360
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of pharmaceuticals and chemical industries. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for labeling, imaging and detecting the beta-amyloid (A?) peptides, oligomers, and fibrils in vitro by using carbazole-based fluorophores. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of reducing and preventing aggregation of beta-amyloid peptides for Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as of treating and/or preventing Alzheimer's disease by using carbazole-based fluorophores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Hong Kong Baptist University
    Inventors: Lei GUO, Di XU, See-Lok HO, Chung-Yan POON, Olivia T. W. NG, Hung Wing LI, Ken K. L. YUNG, Daniel W. J. KWONG, Ricky M. S. WONG
  • Publication number: 20140213614
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of pharmaceuticals and chemical industries. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for labeling, imaging and detecting the beta-amyloid (A?) peptides, oligomers, and fibrils in vitro by using carbazole-based fluorophores. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of reducing and preventing aggregation of beta-amyloid peptides for Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as of treating and/or preventing Alzheimer's disease by using carbazole-based fluorophores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Hong Kong Baptist University
    Inventors: Lei GUO, Di XU, See-Lok HO, Chung-Yan POON, Olivia T. W. NG, Hung Wing LI, Ken K. L. YUNG, Daniel W. J. KWONG, Ricky M. S. WONG
  • Patent number: 8669059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and compositions for high throughput screening of genetically modified photosynthetic organisms for plasmic state. The present invention provides methods of producing one or more proteins, including biomass degrading enzymes in a plant. Also provided are the methods of producing biomass degradation pathways in alga cells, particularly in the chloroplast. Single enzymes or multiple enzymes may be produced by the methods disclosed. The methods disclosed herein allow for the production of biofuel, including ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignees: The Scripps Research Institute, Sapphire Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Mayfield, Bryan O'Neill, Michael Mendez, Kari Mikkelson, Yan Poon
  • Patent number: 8634928
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus and method for increasing a gain of a transmitted power signal in a wireless link when operating in a mid field wavelength that is within a range between wavelength/100 to 100*wavelength and within a medium having a complex impedance between a transmit antenna and a receive antenna. The apparatus and method maximize the gain in the wireless link using simultaneous conjugate matching, to increase power transfer within the transmitted power signal, wherein the simultaneous conjugate matching accounts for interaction between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, including the complex impedance of the medium between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Stephen O'Driscoll, Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Teresa H. Meng
  • Publication number: 20130304727
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method for social network management that includes receiving first network connectivity data associated with one or more posting user profiles, receiving posting content associated with one or more of the posting user profiles, receiving posing criteria associated with the posting content and at least one of the posting user profiles, generating a selective posting for at least one of the one or more posting user profiles, the selective posting having access or distribution properties different than a default posting and generated based on the posting criteria and the first network connectivity data and implementing the selective posting on at least one of the posting user profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Shu Yan Poon
  • Patent number: 8504138
    Abstract: The present inventions provide a locomotive implant for usage within a predetermined magnetic field that includes a capsule body; a wireless power receiver disposed within the capsule body; a plurality of switchable conductors having a predetermined pattern within the capsule body, each of the switchable conductors adapted to pass a current along a forward path to thereby create, in the presence of the predetermined magnetic field, a force and assist in moving the locomotive implant; and a controller adapted to receive directional control signals to control the switchable current wires or conductors. Methods of using the same are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Daniel Michael Pivonka, Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Teresa H. Meng
  • Publication number: 20130053767
    Abstract: Described is a locomotive implant for usage within a predetermined magnetic field. In one embodiment magnetohydrodynamics is used to generate thrust with a plurality of electrodes. In another embodiment, asymmetric drag forces are used to generate thrust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Michael Pivonka, Anatoly Anatolievich Yakoviev, Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Teresa H. Meng
  • Publication number: 20120322102
    Abstract: Algae transformed with one or more polynucleotides encoding proteins that confer herbicide resistance are provided. The algae can be grown in small or large scale cultures that include one or more herbicides for the production and isolation of various products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SAPPHIRE ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Su-Chiung Fang, Yan Poon, Michael Mendez
  • Publication number: 20120309014
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and compositions for high throughput screening of genetically modified photosynthetic organisms for plasmic state. The present invention provides methods of producing one or more proteins, including biomass degrading enzymes in a plant. Also provided are the methods of producing biomass degradation pathways in alga cells, particularly in the chloroplast. Single enzymes or multiple enzymes may be produced by the methods disclosed. The methods disclosed herein allow for the production of biofuel, including ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: The Scripps Research Institute, Sapphire Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Mayfield, Bryan O'Neill, Michael Mendez, Kari Mikkelson, Yan Poon
  • Patent number: 8318436
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and compositions for high throughput screening of genetically modified photosynthetic organisms for plasmic state. The present invention provides methods of producing one or more proteins, including biomass degrading enzymes in a plant. Also provided are the methods of producing biomass degradation pathways in alga cells, particularly in the chloroplast. Single enzymes or multiple enzymes may be produced by the methods disclosed. The methods disclosed herein allow for the production of biofuel, including ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Sapphire Energy, Inc., The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Stephen Mayfield, Bryan O'Neill, Michael Mendez, Yan Poon
  • Publication number: 20120288918
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organisms that are salt tolerant, nucleotides and vectors useful in conducting such transformations, and transformed strains produced by such transformations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Sapphire Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Edward Hopkins, Tanya Joy Shin, Melisa C. Low, Yan Poon, Alvin Aram Cho
  • Patent number: 8268553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and compositions for high throughput screening of genetically modified photosynthetic organisms for plasmic state. The present invention provides methods of producing one or more proteins, including biomass degrading enzymes in a plant. Also provided are the methods of producing biomass degradation pathways in alga cells, particularly in the chloroplast. Single enzymes or multiple enzymes may be produced by the methods disclosed. The methods disclosed herein allow for the production of biofuel, including ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Sapphire Energy, Inc., The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Stephen Mayfield, Bryan O'Neill, Michael Mendez, Kari Mikkelson, Yan Poon
  • Publication number: 20120220021
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organisms that are herbicide resistant, nucleotides and vectors useful in conducting such transformations, and transformed strains produced by such transformations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SAPPHIRE ENERGY ,INC.
    Inventors: Tanya Joy Shin, Yan Poon, Melisa C. Low, Shane Edward Hopkins, Alvin Aram Cho
  • Publication number: 20120107853
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and compositions for high throughput screening of genetically modified photosynthetic organisms for plasmic state. The present invention provides methods of producing one or more proteins, including biomass degrading enzymes in a plant. Also provided are the methods of producing biomass degradation pathways in alga cells, particularly in the chloroplast. Single enzymes or multiple enzymes may be produced by the methods disclosed. The methods disclosed herein allow for the production of biofuel, including ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SAPPHIRE ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Mayfield, Bryan O'Neill, Michael Mendez, Yan Poon