Patents by Inventor Yifan CHENG

Yifan CHENG 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: 20240086719
    Abstract: A computing system including a plurality of processing devices configured to execute a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) layer. The processing devices are configured to execute the MoE layer at least in part by receiving an input tensor including input tokens. Executing the MoE layer further includes computing a gating function output vector based on the input tensor and computing a sparse encoding of the input tensor and the gating function output vector. The sparse encoding indicates one or more destination expert sub-models. Executing the MoE layer further includes dispatching the input tensor for processing at the one or more destination expert sub-models, and further includes computing an expert output tensor. Executing the MoE layer further includes computing an MoE layer output at least in part by computing a sparse decoding of the expert output tensor. Executing the MoE layer further includes conveying the MoE layer output to an additional computing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yifan XIONG, Changho HWANG, Wei CUI, Ziyue YANG, Ze LIU, Han HU, Zilong WANG, Rafael Omar SALAS, Jithin JOSE, Prabhat RAM, Ho-Yuen CHAU, Peng CHENG, Fan YANG, Mao YANG, Yongqiang XIONG
  • Publication number: 20230331851
    Abstract: New antibodies and methods of use are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stephen L. Nishimura, Jianlong Lou, James D. Marks, Jody L. Baron, Yifan Cheng, Shenping Wu, Anthony Cormier, Naoki Takasaka
  • Publication number: 20230289945
    Abstract: A method for positioning tea-bud picking points based on fused thermal images and RGB images is provided and includes: firstly, image pairs of several tea buds are acquired by using an image acquisition device, and are each labeled to obtain a tea-bud object detection database and a tea-bud keypoint detection database; secondly, in order to obtain a trained object detection model and a trained keypoint detection model, the tea-bud object detection database and the tea-bud keypoint detection database are inputted into an object detection model and a keypoint detection model for training, respectively; finally, the trained object detection model and keypoint detection model are used to sequentially process the tea-bud image pairs to obtain tea-bud keypoint positions, and then tea-bud picking point positions are obtained in combination with the tea-bud growth characteristics. The positioning accuracy and efficiency of the tea-bud picking points can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Chunwang DONG, Yang LI, Mei WANG, Jianneng CHEN, Rentian ZHANG, Yifan CHENG, Jiayin JIANG, Muzhe WANG
  • Publication number: 20230279119
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind to ?v?8 are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stephen L. Nishimura, Anthony Cormier, Saburo Ito, Jianlong Lou, James D. Marks, Yifan Cheng, Melody G. Campbell, Jody L. Baron
  • Patent number: 11630228
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a physical embedded deep learning formation pressure prediction method, device, medium and equipment, the present invention characterizes seismic attenuation by logging impedance quality factor Q, based on the Q value and rock physics model of formation pressure, the physical mechanism of this kind of certainty replace Caianiello convolution neurons of the nonlinear activation function, using the convolution neurons, build deep learning convolution neural networks (CCNNs), can greatly increase the stress inversion precision and learning efficiency, get accurate formation pressure prediction results. Compared with the prior art, the present invention uses acoustic attenuation instead of the traditional acoustic velocity to characterize formation pressure, and solves the problem that the traditional pressure prediction method based on velocity has strong multiple solutions due to high gas content and complex structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Liyun Fu, Yifan Cheng, Zhiwei Wang, Shikai Jian, Wubing Deng
  • Patent number: 11608378
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind to ???8 are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Stephen L. Nishimura, Anthony Cormier, Saburo Ito, Jianlong Lou, James D. Marks, Yifan Cheng, Melody G. Campbell, Jody L. Baron
  • Patent number: 11591402
    Abstract: New antibodies and methods of use are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stephen L. Nishimura, Jianlong Lou, James D. Marks, Jody L. Baron, Yifan Cheng, Shenping Wu, Anthony Cormier, Naoki Takasaka
  • Publication number: 20220251261
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions including lipids and copolymers in the form of a nanodisc assembly. The subject copolymers include monomer units of styrene and monomer units selected from acrylic acid and an acrylic acid derivative. In certain cases, the copolymer is a copolymer of styrene and acrylic acid. Also provided herein, is an aqueous solution comprising the subject composition. Also provided herein, are methods for producing a nanodisc assembly, including incubation of a lipid and a subject copolymer. Further provided herein, are methods for solubilizing a membrane protein in an aqueous solution, wherein the method includes forming a nanodisc assembly of a lipid bilayer having one or more membrane proteins embedded therein, and a subject copolymer. Also provided are methods of solubilizing a hydrophobic constituent in an aqueous solution, including forming a nanodisc assembly of a lipid, a hydrophobic constituent, and a subject copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Eric A. Appel, Anton Smith, Henriette E. Autzen, Yifan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20210310910
    Abstract: Herein are innovations that enable facile cryo-EM analysis of diverse samples. Methods of functionalizing sample grids for cryo-EM are described, including methods of creating high quality graphene oxide films on cryo-EM substrates. The cryo-EM sample substrates are functionalized with affinity molecules that efficiently concentrate sample molecules and other specimen types on the grid, away from the air-water interface. Affinity groups include amines and proteins such as tagging system proteins and peptides that can be used to capture diverse sample types with high affinity. Optionally, spacers such as PEG chains are used to place sample particles away from the substrate surface, reducing substrate-induced artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Feng Wang, David Agard, Yifan Cheng, Eugene Palovcak
  • Publication number: 20210277125
    Abstract: Antibodies that bind to ?v?8 are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen L. Nishimura, Anthony Cormier, Saburo Ito, Jianlong Lou, James D. Marks, Yifan Cheng, Melody G. Campbell, Jody L. Baron
  • Publication number: 20210230279
    Abstract: New antibodies and methods of use are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen L. Nishimura, Jianlong Lou, James D. Marks, Jody L. Baron, Yifan Cheng, Shenping Wu, Anthony Cormier, Naoki Takasaka
  • Patent number: 10954304
    Abstract: Provided is an antibody that specifically binds human ?v?? and blocks binding of TGFp peptide to ?v?8, wherein the antibody binds to the specificity determining loop (SDL) of human ?8. In some embodiments, the antibody further binds to one, two, or all three of the human av-head domain, the al helix of human ?8, or the al helix of human ?8. In some embodiments, the antibody is humanized or chimeric. In some embodiments, the antibody is linked to a detectable label. Also provided is a method of enhancing an immune response in a human individual, comprising administering a sufficient amount of the antibody to the individual, thereby enhancing an immune response. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-?v?? antibodies or antigen-binding molecules thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Stephen L. Nishimura, Jianlong Lou, James D. Marks, Jody L. Baron, Yifan Cheng, Shenping Wu, Anthony Cormier, Naoki Takasaka
  • Publication number: 20190218298
    Abstract: Provided is an antibody that specifically binds human ?v?? and blocks binding of TGFp peptide to ?v?8, wherein the antibody binds to the specificity determining loop (SDL) of human ?8. In some embodiments, the antibody further binds to one, two, or all three of the human av-head domain, the al helix of human ?8, or the al helix of human ?8. In some embodiments, the antibody is humanized or chimeric. In some embodiments, the antibody is linked to a detectable label. Also provided is a method of enhancing an immune response in a human individual, comprising administering a sufficient amount of the antibody to the individual, thereby enhancing an immune response. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-?v?? antibodies or antigen-binding molecules thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen L. NISHIMURA, Jianlong LOU, James D. MARKS, Jody L. BARON, Yifan CHENG, Shenping WU, Anthony CORMIER, Naoki TAKASAKA