Patents by Inventor Yang Zhou

Yang Zhou 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: 20150020223
    Abstract: The invention provides for delivery, engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are delivery systems and tissues or organ which are targeted as sites for delivery. Also provided are vectors and vector systems some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells to ensure enhanced specificity for target recognition and avoidance of toxicity and to edit or modify a target site in a genomic locus of interest to alter or improve the status of a disease or a condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Feng Zhang, Randall Jeffrey Platt, Guoping Feng, Yang Zhou
  • Patent number: 8899997
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and a number of receiving holes penetrated the top surface and the bottom surface, a number of terminals receiving in the receiving holes and a number of solder balls assembled to the receiving holes from a bottom surface thereof and contacting with the corresponding terminals. The receiving hole includes an inner wall and a core, the inner wall has a pair of ribs extending toward to the core and the movement of the solder ball in a vertical direction is limited by the pair of ribs in a vertical direction and the solder ball is positioned by the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie-Feng Zhang, Yang Zhou, Fu-Jin Peng
  • Publication number: 20140337010
    Abstract: A natural language specification of at least one high level information technology services requirement is obtained from a user, via a conversational interface; the same is parsed into first pre-defined semi-structured data, using a conversation parser. Based on the first pre-defined semi-structured data, a subset of candidate information technology services is identified, with a dialog engine, from a plurality of candidate information technology services provided by a plurality of vendors, the dialog engine is used to formulate a response including second pre-defined semi-structured data. The response is reverse-parsed into a natural language response, using the conversation parser. The natural language response includes a question for the user to assist in further refining the subset of candidate information technology services; the natural language response is presented to the user via the conversational interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Thomas E. Chefalas, Yexi Jiang, Jim A. Laredo, Chang-Shing Perng, Anca Sailer, Frank A. Schaffa, Alla Segal, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, Tao Tao, Yang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140317569
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for Chinese language input to a touch screen. A method can include displaying pinyin “initials” on the touch screen and sensing a touch input at a first position of the touch screen. If the touch input is continuously sensed at the first position for a predetermined period of time, the method can include determining a pinyin “initial” and then discontinuing displaying the pinyin “initials” and displaying pinyin “finals” on the touch screen. By sensing a removal of the touch input from the touch screen at a second position, a selected “final” is determined. The method can also include displaying at least one Chinese character on the touch screen based upon the selected “initial” and the selected “final.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Tian-Yang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140248305
    Abstract: This disclosure provides replication-incompetent adenoviral vectors useful in vaccine development and gene therapy. The disclosed vectors comprise a selective deletion of E3 and are particularly useful for preparation of vaccines development and for gene therapy using toxic transgene products that result in vector instability that occurs when the entire E3 domain is deleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Wistar Institute
    Inventors: Hildegund C. J. ERTL, Xiang Yang Zhou
  • Patent number: 8745396
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for implement real time data service and a real time data service system. After starting to forward data messages to an accessed user terminal, an access point (AP) of the real time data service system verifies the user terminal, and continues forwarding the data messages to the user terminal after the verification is successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Hui, Yang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140145267
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of fabricating the semiconductor device are disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of gate electrodes at a predetermined interval on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, forming spacers on sidewalls of the gate electrodes, depositing an interconnection layer conformally on the surface of the semiconductor substrate over the gate electrodes and the spacers, selectively etching the interconnection layer, wherein at least a portion of the interconnection layer that is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate and sidewalls of the spacers and located between adjacent gate electrodes remains after the selective etch, and forming an electrical contact on the etched interconnection layer located between the adjacent gate electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: GuoHao CAO, Guangli YANG, Yang ZHOU, GangNing WANG
  • Patent number: 8705030
    Abstract: An optical sample detection system is provided, including a light source; a convergence projection component for converging light rays emitted by the light source; a sample accommodation component for accommodating a detected sample; a light beam collection component for receiving light rays carrying sample characteristic information and transmitted from the sample accommodation component; a light splitting component for splitting polychromatic lights collected by the light beam collection component into independent spectrums or spectral bands; and a photoelectric detection component for receiving optical signals of different wavelengths separated through the light splitting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Zhou, Zefei Jiang, Jinhong Qiu
  • Publication number: 20130346182
    Abstract: Multimedia features extracted from display advertisements may be integrated into a click prediction model for improving click prediction accuracy. Multimedia features may help capture the attractiveness of ads with similar contents or aesthetics. Numerous multimedia features (in addition to user, advertiser and publisher features) may be utilized for the purposes of improving click prediction in ads with limited or no history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Haibin Cheng, Roelof van Zwol, Javad Azimi, Eren Manavoglu, Ruofei Zhang, Yang Zhou, Vidhya Navalpakkam
  • Publication number: 20130185170
    Abstract: Embodiments for recommending gifts to users for their gift recipients over a network are described. The gift recommendation system may retrieve gender and age information of a gift recipient, for example, via a graphical user interface, and then may automatically present to the user a list of predetermined number of gift categories selected based on the gender and age information of the gift recipient. Once a gift category is selected from the presented list of predetermined amount of gift categories, the gift recommendation system may automatically present to the user a list of gift items belonging to the respective selected gift categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Wu, Qian Sun, Qiang Wang, Yang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130104954
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device is disclosed, which includes a transparent substrate, a set of photovoltaic cells and at least one bypass diode device. The photovoltaic cells are connected to each other in series and include a plurality of front electrode segments formed on the transparent substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion segments of semiconductor material formed on the front electrode segments, and a plurality of first back electrode segments of metal formed on the photoelectric conversion segments respectively. The bypass diode device is formed on the transparent substrate and substantially equal in layer construction to each of the photovoltaic cells, where the bypass diode and the photovoltaic cells share two or more of the front electrode segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Du Pont Apollo Limited
    Inventors: Yang-Yang ZHOU, Hsieh-Hsin Yeh, Jia-Wei Ma
  • Publication number: 20130085865
    Abstract: An advertising exchange server for context-contingent targeting of online advertisements may include a processor, memory, a communication interface, and a database saved in system storage to store advertisements saved in relation to advertising attributes. The processor may be configured to work with the communication interface to provide an option for an advertiser to express a targeting profile using a freeform mixture of logical operations including a plurality of targeting attributes, the freeform mixture of logical operations excluding solely a series of conjunctive combinations. The processor may receive, and store in memory, the expressed targeting profile and at least one associated advertisement from the advertiser. The processor may receive and match an advertising opportunity with one or more targeting attributes of the targeting profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Zhou, Ruofei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130045639
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and a number of receiving holes penetrated the top surface and the bottom surface, a number of terminals receiving in the receiving holes and a number of solder balls assembled to the receiving holes from a bottom surface thereof and contacting with the corresponding terminals. The receiving hole includes an inner wall and a core, the inner wall has a pair of ribs extending toward to the core and the movement of the solder ball in a vertical direction is limited by the pair of ribs in a vertical direction and the solder ball is positioned by the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JIE-FENG ZHANG, YANG ZHOU, FU-JIN PENG
  • Publication number: 20130025645
    Abstract: A thin film photovoltaic module having a plurality of interconnected submodules and a manufacturing method thereof have been disclosed in the present invention. Each submodule has a front electrode layer, a semiconductor layer, and a back electrode layer which have separating lines in each case for forming series-connected photovoltaic cells. The outer cells of two adjacent submodules are united into a single common tap cell for current collection. The separating lines of the two adjacent submodules are disposed mirror-asymmetrically with respect to a perpendicular bisector of the common tap cell. According to the present invention, the thin film photovoltaic module can prevent leakage current and power drop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Yang-Yang Zhou, Jia-Wei Ma
  • Publication number: 20130014131
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for managing an application program, in which a scene program module or an application management module of a mobile terminal saves a state of the application program by calling a Save function with a return value, and restores the state of the application program by calling a Startup function, so that the state of the application program in the current running application program list can be saved by the application program, and the state of the application program can be restored by the application program. The disclosure also discloses a device for managing an application program. By adopting the method and the device provided by the disclosure, the application programs can be saved and restored in batches, and it is advantageous to enhance user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Narisong Bao, Yang Zhou, Zhuan Yin
  • Publication number: 20130008481
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrically connecting element, which comprises a thin-film photovoltaic cells and an electrically connecting element disposed on a back surface of the film photovoltaic cells. The electrically connecting element comprises a conductive wire and an insulating wrapper wrapped around the conductive wire. The conductive wire has two ends and a bonding portion positioned therebetween. The insulating wrapper has a notch exposing the bonding portion. The two ends extend out of the insulating wrapper. At least one of the two ends is in contact with a bus electrode of the film photovoltaic cells, and the bonding portion is in contact with another bus electrode of the film photovoltaic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Du Pont Apollo Limited
    Inventors: Chi-Kin CHOW, Yang-Yang Zhou, Hsieh-Hsin Yeh
  • Publication number: 20130000380
    Abstract: A method for detecting the high-pressure sealing performance of a gas system after an impact test of a compressed natural gas vehicle, including installing a high-pressure sensor with a characteristic curve on an air inlet pipe of a pressure reducer, and inflating a high-pressure pipeline with compressed gas under a safe pressure; inflating the gas system with compressed gas to a normal working pressure before the impact test of the compressed natural gas vehicle; collecting a voltage value by the high-pressure sensor within 1-3 hours, and determining that the sealing performance of the gas system of the compressed natural gas vehicle is satisfactory when a detected voltage drop value is smaller than a preset value; otherwise, determining that the sealing performance of the gas system of the compressed natural gas vehicle is unsatisfactory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: DONGFENG PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Yang ZHOU, Huijun ZHENG, Henghui LI
  • Patent number: 8202109
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative base, a cover mounted on the base, a number of conductive terminals secured to the base, and a cam actuator extending through said cover and base to actuate the cover to slide on the base. The cam actuator includes a retention disk, a central disk, a cam disk, a transition disk, and a driving disk from down to up. The retention disk and the central disk are coaxial and located in the base. The cam disk, the transition disk, and the driving disk are coaxial and located in the cover. The cam actuator rotates on axis of the central disk. The axis of the cam disk is parallel to but offset from the axis of the central disk. The diameter of the transition disk is less than the diameter of the driving disk and more than the diameter of the cam disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Zhou, Hui Ye
  • Publication number: 20120150626
    Abstract: A system and method for recommending targeting attributes for advertising campaigns are provided. The system and method comprise receiving at least one advertizing campaign, receiving historical targeting data and historical click-through data, selecting a machine learning model, and determining recommended targeting attributes for the advertising campaign using the machine learning model and the received data. The machine learning model may be a collaborative filtering model or a performance oriented model. The collaborative filtering model may rely on matrix factorization or Boltzmann Machines. The performance-oriented model may rely on a local regression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Ruofei (Bruce) Zhang, Yang Zhou, Xuerui Wang
  • Publication number: 20120138228
    Abstract: A deep-trench silicon etching apparatus, including a reaction chamber and a gas source cabinet, the gas source cabinet is connected to the reaction chamber via two independently controlled gas paths; wherein, a first gas path is used to introduce process gas for etch step from the gas source cabinet into the reaction chamber; a second gas path is used to introduce process gas for deposition step from the gas source cabinet into the reaction chamber. The present invention is used to solve the problems of gas mixture and gas delay occurring when process steps are switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Beijing NMC Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yang Zhou