Patents by Inventor Zhen Qi
Zhen Qi 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).
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Publication number: 20250260021Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an energy storage medium apparatus having an electrically conductive anode having a plurality of randomly extending anode portions propagating in three dimensions, and an electrically conductive cathode having a plurality of randomly extending cathode portions propagating in three dimensions. The randomly extending anode portions and the randomly extending cathode portions are interpenetrating in three dimensions while maintaining a separation therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2024Publication date: August 14, 2025Inventors: Cheng ZHU, Zhen QI, Longsheng FENG
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Patent number: 12164597Abstract: System and methods for generating synthetic data according to a plurality of options are provided. According to a first option, synthetic data is generated based on an indication of one or more target distributions. According to a second option, a one or more target distributions are determined based on a sample data set, and synthetic data is generated based on the determined target distribution(s). According to a third option, a temporary synthetic data set is generated based on an indication of one or more target distributions, matches between the temporary synthetic data set and a sample data set are then identified, and a synthetic data set is then generated based on the identified matches. A system may automatically determine which option to leverage based on whether a user provides a sample data set, one or more target distributions, or both.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: PwC Product Sales LLCInventors: Zhen Qi, Mansi Arora, Bo Li, Yifeng Wang, Samuel Pierce Burns, Joseph David Voyles, Anand Srinivasa Rao
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Publication number: 20240160698Abstract: System and methods for generating synthetic data according to a plurality of options are provided. According to a first option, synthetic data is generated based on an indication of one or more target distributions. According to a second option, a one or more target distributions are determined based on a sample data set, and synthetic data is generated based on the determined target distribution(s). According to a third option, a temporary synthetic data set is generated based on an indication of one or more target distributions, matches between the temporary synthetic data set and a sample data set are then identified, and a synthetic data set is then generated based on the identified matches. A system may automatically determine which option to leverage based on whether a user provides a sample data set, one or more target distributions, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: PwC Product Sales LLCInventors: Zhen QI, Mansi ARORA, Bo LI, Yifeng WANG, Samuel Pierce BURNS, Joseph David VOYLES, Anand Srinivasa RAO
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Patent number: 11959183Abstract: A product includes a dilute alloy catalyst for carbon dioxide reduction. The catalyst has a majority component and at least one minority component. The majority component is present in a concentration of greater than 90 atomic percent of the catalyst. The majority component is copper, and each minority component is selected from the group consisting of: a transition metal, a main group metal, a lanthanide, and a semimetal. A method includes forming a product on a cathode. The product includes a dilute alloy catalyst for carbon dioxide reduction. The catalyst has a majority component and at least one minority component. The majority component is present in a concentration of greater than 90 atomic percent of the catalyst. The majority component is copper, and each minority component is selected from the group consisting of: a transition metal, a main group metal, a lanthanide, and a semimetal.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Juergen Biener, Sneha Akhade, Monika Biener, Zhen Qi, Joel Varley, Stephen Weitzner, Vedasri Vedharathinam
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Publication number: 20240118867Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for generating a merged dataset, comprising: accessing data comprising a core dataset and an additional dataset; identifying a plurality of common attributes between the core dataset and the additional dataset; determining a plurality of similarity scores between an inquiring entity in the core dataset and a plurality of candidate entities in the additional dataset, including, for each candidate entity of the plurality of candidate entities: calculating a similarity score for the candidate entity based at least in part on a distance-based score and a weight influence score; selecting one or more matches for the inquiring entity in the core dataset from the plurality of candidate entities in the additional dataset based at least in part on the plurality of similarity scores; and generating the merged dataset by adding the one or more selected matches for the inquiring entity to the core dataset.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPInventors: Zhen QI, Xingyi YU, Samuel Pierce BURNS, Sierra HAWTHORNE, Shannon SMITH, Joseph David VOYLES, Anand Srinivasa RAO
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Patent number: 11919076Abstract: The production of a porous copper-zinc structure includes providing copper ink, creating a 3D model of the porous copper-zinc structure, 3D printing the copper ink into a porous copper lattice structure using the 3D model, heat treatment of the porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure, surface modification of the heat treated porous copper lattice structure by nanowires growth on the heat treated porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires, and electrodeposition of zinc onto the heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires to produce the porous copper-zinc structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Cheng Zhu, Eric B. Duoss, Zhen Qi, Anthony W. Van Buuren, Marcus A. Worsley
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Publication number: 20230373005Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for creating a powder for use in a selective laser sintering additive manufacturing (AM) application to form a battery component. In one aspect the method may comprise providing a battery component active material, a carbon material and a binder material. The active material and the binder material are mixed together in a first ratio in a mixer for a first time period, to carry out a first mixing operation, to produce a first mixture of active material and binder material. Carbon material may then be added to the first mixture of active material and binder material in a second ratio. The carbon material and the first mixture of active material and binder material may then be mixed for a second time period in a second mixing operation to form a homogeneously mixed powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Jianchao YE, Yiran XIAO, Zhen QI, Erika Paola RAMOS GUZMAN
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Publication number: 20230173579Abstract: The production of a porous copper-zinc structure includes providing copper ink, creating a 3D model of the porous copper-zinc structure, 3D printing the copper ink into a porous copper lattice structure using the 3D model, heat treatment of the porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure, surface modification of the heat treated porous copper lattice structure by nanowires growth on the heat treated porous copper lattice structure producing a heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires, and electrodeposition of zinc onto the heat treated porous copper lattice structure with nanowires to produce the porous copper-zinc structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Cheng Zhu, Eric B. Duoss, Zhen Qi, Anthony W. Van Buuren, Marcus A. Worsley
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Publication number: 20230132546Abstract: Freeform fabrication of architected porous zinc via 3D printing. Ink including zinc powders, solvents and binders is created with printability. At least one 3D model is created with microarchitectures. Extrusion-based direct-writing is used to manufacture free-standing 3D zinc structures. Post-processing conditions generate final architected porous zinc products.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Cheng Zhu, Eric B. Duoss, Zhen Qi, Tony W. Van Buuren, Marcus A. Worsley
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Patent number: 11542613Abstract: A flow-through electrolysis cell includes a hierarchical nanoporous metal cathode. A method of reducing CO2 includes flowing the CO2 through the hierarchical nanoporous metal cathode of the flow-through electrolysis cell.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Monika M. Biener, Juergen Biener, Siwei Liang, Zhen Qi, Michael Stadermann, Vedasri Vedharathinam
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Publication number: 20220032369Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for using a feedstock to form a three dimensional, hierarchical, porous metal structure with deterministically controlled 3D multiscale porous architectures. The system may have a reservoir for holding the feedstock, the feedstock including a rheologically tuned alloy ink. A printing stage may be used for receiving the feedstock. A processor may be incorporated which has a memory, and which is configured to help carry out an additive manufacturing printing process to produce a three dimensional (3D) structure using the feedstock in a layer-by-layer fashion, on the printing stage. A nozzle may be included for applying the feedstock therethrough onto the printing stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Zhen QI, Juergen BIENER, Wen CHEN, Eric DUOSS, Christopher SPADACCINI, Marcus A. WORSLEY, Jianchao YE, Cheng ZHU
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Publication number: 20210361706Abstract: Combined therapy of cancer (e.g., breast cancer) involving a cyclophosphamide compound and natural killer (NK) cells. Also provided herein are methods for inducing immune memory and/or reducing the risk of tumor recurrence using the combined therapy of a cyclophosphamide compound and NK cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: ACADEMIA SINICAInventors: Nan-Shih LIAO, Shih-Wen HUANG, Zhen-Qi WU, Yein-Gei LAI, Yae-Huei LIOU
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Patent number: 11173545Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a three dimensional, hierarchical, porous metal structure with deterministically controlled 3D multiscale pore architectures. The method may involve providing a feedstock able to be applied in an additive manufacturing process, and using an additive manufacturing process to produce a three dimensional (3D) structure using the feedstock. The method may involve further processing the 3D structure through at least a de-alloying operation to form a metallic 3D structure having an engineered, digitally controlled macropore morphology with integrated nanoporosity.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Zhen Qi, Juergen Biener, Wen Chen, Eric Duoss, Christopher Spadaccini, Marcus A. Worsley, Jianchao Ye, Cheng Zhu
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Publication number: 20210317587Abstract: A flow-through electrolysis cell includes a hierarchical nanoporous metal cathode. A method of reducing CO2 includes flowing the CO2 through the hierarchical nanoporous metal cathode of the flow-through electrolysis cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Monika M. Biener, Juergen Biener, Siwei Liang, Zhen Qi, Michael Stadermann, Vedasri Vedharathinam
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Patent number: 11053597Abstract: A flow-through electrolysis cell includes a hierarchical nanoporous metal cathode. A method of reducing CO2 includes flowing the CO2 through the hierarchical nanoporous metal cathode of the flow-through electrolysis cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Monika M. Biener, Juergen Biener, Siwei Liang, Zhen Qi, Michael Stadermann, Vedasri Vedharathinam
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Publication number: 20210147989Abstract: A product includes a dilute alloy catalyst for carbon dioxide reduction. The catalyst has a majority component and at least one minority component. The majority component is present in a concentration of greater than 90 atomic percent of the catalyst. The majority component is copper, and each minority component is selected from the group consisting of: a transition metal, a main group metal, a lanthanide, and a semimetal. A method includes forming a product on a cathode. The product includes a dilute alloy catalyst for carbon dioxide reduction. The catalyst has a majority component and at least one minority component. The majority component is present in a concentration of greater than 90 atomic percent of the catalyst. The majority component is copper, and each minority component is selected from the group consisting of: a transition metal, a main group metal, a lanthanide, and a semimetal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Juergen Biener, Sneha Akhade, Monika Biener, Zhen Qi, Joel Varley, Stephen Weitzner, Vedasri Vedharathinam
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Patent number: 10558492Abstract: A system and method for planning radar missions. The system includes a processing unit and a display. The method includes estimating the execution time of a plurality of radar tasks to be executed periodically at respective planned repetition rates, and assessing, using rate monotonic scheduling, whether the tasks can be executed at their respective planned repetition rates. The display may be employed to display a graphical representation of a path to be flown repeatedly by the aircraft, and, superimposed on the displayed path, symbols indicating whether at any point on the path the radar will be able to execute each task at its respective planned repetition rate, and whether each of a plurality of areas to be surveyed by the radar, each corresponding to a respective radar task, is in the field of view pattern of the radar.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Jeffrey A. Rights, Zhen-Qi Gan, Darwin H. Easter, Ryan P. Ropp, Matthew A. Bennett, John M. Bartlett
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Publication number: 20190309425Abstract: A flow-through electrolysis cell includes a hierarchical nanoporous metal cathode. A method of reducing CO2 includes flowing the CO2 through the hierarchical nanoporous metal cathode of the flow-through electrolysis cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Monika M. Biener, Juergen Biener, Siwei Liang, Zhen Qi, Michael Stadermann, Vedasri Vedharathinam
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Patent number: 10284392Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to virtual private network (“VPN”) resiliency over multiple transports. According to one aspect, a customer premises equipment can select, from a transport preference database, a transport from a plurality of transports available to support a VPN tunnel. The transport selected is associated with a highest priority value of the plurality of transports in the transport preference database. The customer premises equipment can initiate setup of the VPN tunnel through the transport and can determine whether setup of the VPN tunnel was successful. If setup was not successful, the customer premises equipment can select a further transport from the plurality of transports available to support the VPN tunnel. Additional details are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Lalitha Parameswaran, Zhen Qi Dong, Michael Satterlee, John Medamana
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Publication number: 20190118264Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a three dimensional, hierarchical, porous metal structure with deterministically controlled 3D multiscale pore architectures. The method may involve providing a feedstock able to be applied in an additive manufacturing process, and using an additive manufacturing process to produce a three dimensional (3D) structure using the feedstock. The method may involve further processing the 3D structure through at least a de-alloying operation to form a metallic 3D structure having an engineered, digitally controlled macropore morphology with integrated nanoporosity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Zhen QI, Juergen BIENER, Wen CHEN, Eric DUOSS, Christopher SPADACCINI, Marcus A. WORSLEY, Jianchao YE, Cheng ZHU