Zhou, TX
Bill Zhou, The Woodlands, TX US
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| 20130029883 | GAS GENERATING SYSTEM FOR STIMULATION AND DELIQUIFICATION - A gas generating system for use in stimulation or in deliquification/dewatering includes a foam generating agent, a foam enhancing agent and a gas generating additive. The foam generating agent is absorbed or adsorbed on a first plurality of substrates and the foam boosting agent is absorbed or adsorbed on a second plurality of substrates. The gas generating additive preferably includes an acidic component contained within a releasing mechanism container and a carbonate or bicarbonate contained within a releasing mechanism container. The use of encapsulated substrate permits the staged and targeted delivery of treatment chemicals in fractures extending from the wellbore or in the wellbore itself. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20140299325 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF PRODUCTION OF LIQUID AND GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS - A well treatment composition is well-designed for the simultaneous enhancement of the production of both liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons from the same reservoir on a non-selective basis. The well treatment composition includes a first surfactant and a second surfactant, wherein the second surfactant is selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated alkylene amines, ethoxylated alkyl amines, propoxylated alkylene amines, propoxylated alkyl amines, ethoxylated-propoxylated alkylene amines and ethoxylated-propoxylated alkyl amines. The well treatment composition also includes a first solvent, a second solvent and water. Methods for using the well treatment composition include the steps of emplacing the well treatment composition into wells having high and low gas-to-oil ratios. | 10-09-2014 |
Bin-Bing Stephen Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20100111971 | ANTI-NOTCH3 AGONIST ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF NOTCH3-RELATED DISEASES - The present invention relates to agonist antibodies that specifically bind to Notch 3 and activate signaling. The present invention includes antibodies binding to an epitope comprising the first Lin12 domain. The present invention also includes uses of these antibodies to treat or prevent Notch 3 related diseases or disorders. | 05-06-2010 |
Carl Z. Zhou, Plano, TX US
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| 20090033335 | METHOD OF DIGITAL EXTRACTION FOR ACCURATE FAILURE DIAGNOSIS - A method for testing VLSI circuits comprises a two-pass diagnostic method for testing a circuit wherein a first pass comprises a conventional test flow wherein an ATPG tool generates a set of test patterns and identifies possible faulty nets within the circuit. A second pass focuses on a designated critical subset of the circuit extracted using a method for extracting a subset for failure diagnosis of the tested circuit. A second pass utilizes an extraction algorithm which extracts one or more critical subsets of the circuit in order to obtain more accurate failure diagnosis. | 02-05-2009 |
Changxi Zhou, Katy, TX US
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| 20130201795 | FRACTURE IDENTIFICATION FROM AZIMUTHAL MIGRATED SEISMIC DATA - A method is described for identifying anisotropic regions in unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs, such as in shale formations. Anisotropy can be indicative of a zone of fracturing, which may represent a “sweet spot” for drilling a productive well. Seismic amplitude data from receivers is recorded along two orthogonal lines radiating from a seismic source. After time-migration, the equations for each orthogonal direction may be summed to obtain values for A and (B | 08-08-2013 |
Chaoguang Zhou, Spring, TX US
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| 20110292761 | Method for building velocity models for imaging in multi-azimuth marine seismic surveys - A programmable computer is used to perform the following. 3D seismic data sets, corresponding to each azimuth in seismic data obtained from a multi-azimuth marine seismic survey, are migrated in grids oriented with the corresponding azimuth. Acquisition geometry is stored for each trace in the seismic data sets for each azimuth. Residual analysis, based on the corresponding azimuth, is performed on each of the migrated data sets, generating residuals and reflectors for each azimuth. The residuals and reflectors generated for each azimuth are rotated and merged on a master grid. Reflection tomographic inversion is applied iteratively to the rotated and merged residuals and reflectors to update a velocity model using the acquisition geometry as based on the master grid. The earth's subsurface is imaged using the updated velocity model. | 12-01-2011 |
Cheng Zhou, Austin, TX US
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| 20110125635 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTOR INFORMATION - An embodiment of the invention provides a system that enables financial services companies to manage and track information about a sales force. The system includes components for managing distributors information, for validating and tracking licenses and credentials, for creating customized contracts, and for maintaining compensation structures. The system allows for configuring compensations, providing financial services companies a toolkit for creating and modeling their complex commission schedules used to compensate their sales force. The system also provides modeling tools for agreements and contracts between a financial services company or provider and the distributors who sell products. The system has a multi-component architecture comprising multiple modules, multiple data processing engines, a backbone and multiple data sources. The processing modules carry out information processing using one or more data processing engines. The data processing provides the tools to fetch data from the databases and process it. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110231197 | FRAMEWORK FOR PROCESSING SALES TRANSACTION DATA - A framework that enables financial services companies to manage and track information about a sales force is provided. The framework includes object models for managing distributors information, for validating and tracking licenses and credentials, for creating customized contracts, and for maintaining compensation structures. The framework allows for configuring compensations, providing financial services companies a toolkit for creating and modeling their complex commission schedules used to compensate their sales force. The framework also provides modeling tools for agreements and contracts between a financial services company or provider and the distributors who sell their products. The framework has a multi-component architecture comprising multiple modules, multiple data processing engines, a backbone and multiple data sources. The processing modules carry out information processing using one or more data processing engines. The data processing provides the tools to fetch data from the databases and process it. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120130877 | Method And Apparatus For Processing Sales Transaction Data - A system provides a way to manage agreements that institutions such as financial services companies have with distributors who sell their products. Each distributor has a plurality of sales representatives that earn commissions for selling such products. The commissions earned and any other constraints imposed on the sales representatives may be defined within a selling agreement. The system can generate each selling agreement utilizing a set of components representative of the type of agreement formed between the institutions and the distributor. The components of each selling agreement contain an associated rule set that enables a configuration engine to generate an appropriate document. The system also contains a set of regulatory conditions for each sale made by the sales representatives. The system may be utilized to process sales transaction data to ensure that selling agreement terms are followed and that regulations for each sale are satisfied. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20130013467 | Method And Apparatus For Net-Pay And Debt Consolidation - A method and apparatus for consolidating net-pay and debt management of a sales representative or sales team is presented. A party associated with the sales representatives may obtain debts and specify rules on payment of those debts which can be tracked back to the domain (e.g., agreements, rules, sale item, etc.). The ledger items created for that distributor by the commission engine are typically processed to distribute payments into accounts specified by the distributor and to pay debts obtained by the distributor. Available money may be split into various methods of payments for a distributor. These splits can be tracked by adding various constraints. The system allows the user to model the payment rule/constraints. Payment splits support pay-outs to alternate payee from funds of a distributor. The distributor may specify deduction rules which can be applied to the distributors earning to facilitate deductions for items. | 01-10-2013 |
Dapeng Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20120021050 | NANOPARTICLE FORMULATED GLYCOLIPID ANTIGENS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY - A composition for stimulating NKT cells to produce anti-cancer and anti-viral cytokines without causing anergy of NKT cells includes a glycolipid antigen and a nanoparticle conjugated with the glycolipid antigen. The glycolipid antigen and the nanoparticle are not antigenic in mouse and human being. The composition can further include covalent or non-covalent connection between the glycolipid antigen and the nanoparticle. The glycolipid antigen is alpha-galactosylceramide or an analog of that. The nanoparticle can be a polymer. A production method of the composition includes preparing a nanoparticle and a glycolipid antigen and loading the glycolipid antigen to the nanoparticle. The glycolipid antigen can be coated onto the surface of the nanoparticle or encapsulated within the nanoparticle. A method of stimulating NKT cells to produce anti-cancer and anti-viral cytokines without causing anergy of NKT cells is also provided. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120309691 | TUMOR TARGETED DELIVERY OF IMMUNOMODULATORS BY NANOPOLYMERS - Nanoconstructs having three components: (1) biodegradable nanopolymers and nanoparticles, (2) immunodrugs such as CpG, and a (3) tumor binding device, which are actively targeted to tumor cells such as melanoma cells through receptor-mediated uptake and methods of using the same are described. Antitumor immunity is further enhanced by combination of PG-CpG nanoconstructs with agonists of positive costimulatory signals and inhibitors of negative immune regulatory signals. | 12-06-2012 |
Dayong Zhou, Austin, TX US
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| 20120140943 | OVERSIGHT CONTROL OF AN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELER IN A PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICE - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone is also provided proximate the speaker to measure the ambient sounds and transducer output near the transducer, thus providing an indication of the effectiveness of the noise canceling. A processing circuit uses the reference and/or error microphone, optionally along with a microphone provided for capturing near-end speech, to determine whether the ANC circuit is incorrectly adapting or may incorrectly adapt to the instant acoustic environment and/or whether the anti-noise signal may be incorrect and/or disruptive and then take action in the processing circuit to prevent or remedy such conditions. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130301846 | FREQUENCY AND DIRECTION-DEPENDENT AMBIENT SOUND HANDLING IN PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICES HAVING ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION (ANC) - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes noise canceling circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone may also be provided proximate the speaker to measure the output of the transducer in order to control the adaptation of the anti-noise signal and to estimate an electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer. A processing circuit that performs the adaptive noise canceling (ANC) function also detects frequency-dependent characteristics in and/or direction of the ambient sounds and alters adaptation of the noise canceling circuit in response to the detection. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130301847 | SEQUENCED ADAPTATION OF ANTI-NOISE GENERATOR RESPONSE AND SECONDARY PATH RESPONSE IN AN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELING SYSTEM - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone is also provided proximate to the speaker to provide an error signal indicative of the effectiveness of the noise cancellation. A secondary path estimating adaptive filter is used to estimate the electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer so that source audio can be removed from the error signal. Adaptation of adaptive filters is sequenced so that update of their coefficients does not cause instability or error in the update. A level of the source audio with respect to the ambient audio can be determined to determine whether the system may generate erroneous anti-noise and/or become unstable. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130301848 | DOWNLINK TONE DETECTION AND ADAPTATION OF A SECONDARY PATH RESPONSE MODEL IN AN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELING SYSTEM - An adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal that is injected into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone proximate the speaker provides an error signal. A secondary path estimating adaptive filter estimates the electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer so that source audio can be removed from the error signal. Tones in the source audio, such as remote ringtones, present in downlink audio during initiation of a telephone call, are detected by a tone detector using accumulated tone persistence and non-silence hangover counting, and adaptation of the secondary path estimating adaptive filter is halted to prevent adapting to the tones. Adaptation of the adaptive filters is then sequenced so any disruption of the secondary path adaptive filter response is removed before allowing the anti-noise generating filter to adapt. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140270222 | LOW-LATENCY MULTI-DRIVER ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELING (ANC) SYSTEM FOR A PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICE - A personal audio device including multiple output transducers for reproducing different frequency bands of a source audio signal, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal for each of the transducers from at least one microphone signal that measures the ambient audio to generate anti-noise signals. The anti-noise signals are generated by separate adaptive filters such that the anti-noise signals cause substantial cancellation of the ambient audio at their corresponding transducers. The use of separate adaptive filters provides low-latency operation, since a crossover is not needed to split the anti-noise into the appropriate frequency bands. The adaptive filters can be implemented or biased to generate anti-noise only in the frequency band corresponding to the particular adaptive filter. The anti-noise signals are combined with source audio of the appropriate frequency band to provide outputs for the corresponding transducers. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140270224 | AMBIENT NOISE-BASED ADAPTATION OF SECONDARY PATH ADAPTIVE RESPONSE IN NOISE-CANCELING PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICES - An adaptive noise canceller adapts a secondary path modeling response using ambient noise, rather than using another noise source or source audio as a training source. Anti-noise generated from a reference microphone signal using a first adaptive filter is used as the training signal for training the secondary path response. Ambient noise at the error microphone is removed from an error microphone signal, so that only anti-noise remains. A primary path modeling adaptive filter is used to modify the reference microphone signal to generate a source of ambient noise that is correlated with the ambient noise present at the error microphone, which is then subtracted from the error microphone signal to generate the error signal. The primary path modeling adaptive filter is previously adapted by minimizing components of the error microphone signal appearing in an output of the primary path adaptive filter while the anti-noise signal is muted. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140307888 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-MODE ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION FOR AUDIO HEADSETS - In accordance with the present disclosure, an integrated circuit for implementing at least a portion of a personal audio device may include an output and a processing circuit. The output may provide an output signal to a transducer including both a source audio signal for playback to a listener and an anti-noise signal for countering the effect of ambient audio sounds in an acoustic output of the transducer. The processing circuit may implement an adaptive noise cancellation system that generates the anti-noise signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener by adapting, based on a presence of the source audio signal, a response of the adaptive noise cancellation system to minimize the ambient audio sounds at the acoustic output of the transducer, wherein the adaptive noise cancellation system is configured to adapt both in the presence and the absence of the source audio signal. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307890 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION INCLUDING SECONDARY PATH ESTIMATE MONITORING - In accordance with methods and systems of the present disclosure, a processing circuit may implement at least one of: a feedback filter having a response that generates at least a portion of an anti-noise component from a playback corrected error, the playback corrected error based on a difference between the error microphone signal and a secondary path estimate; and a feedforward filter having a response that generates at least a portion of the anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal. The processing circuit may also implement a secondary path estimate filter configured to model an electro-acoustic path of a source audio signal and have a response that generates a secondary path estimate from the source audio signal and a secondary path estimate performance monitor for monitoring performance of the secondary path estimate filter in modeling the electro-acoustic path. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140369517 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND CANCELLATION OF NARROW-BAND NOISE - In accordance with methods and systems of the present disclosure, an integrated circuit for implementing at least a portion of a personal audio device may include an output including an anti-noise signal, a reference microphone input, an error microphone input, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may implement an adaptive filter having a response that generates the anti-noise signal from the reference microphone signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener, wherein the processing circuit may implement a coefficient control block that shapes the response of the adaptive filter in conformity with the error microphone signal and the reference microphone signal by adapting the response of the adaptive filter in accordance with a calculated narrow-band-to-full-band ratio, wherein the narrow-band-to-full-band ratio is a function of a narrow-band power of the reference microphone signal divided by a full-band power of the reference microphone signal. | 12-18-2014 |
Deming Zhou, Allen, TX US
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| 20120205247 | Vertical slice gel electrophoresis cell - In the present innovated vertical slice gel electrophoresis cell, at least one piece of large diameter screw urging ring is held to face to one U-shaped side opening of an upper buffer chamber, but an interval is left therebetween. After inserting a gel cassette into the interval, turning tight the screw urging ring can force at least one piece of gel cassette to join the upper buffer chamber tightly, no matter how thick the cassette is. In addition, some other materials are found also suitable for absorbing the Joule-heat after sealing them into dielectric shells respectively. | 08-16-2012 |
Dengen Zhou, Sugarland, TX US
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| 20120125644 | ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY IN LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS - A method for enhancing hydrocarbon recovery in low permeability reservoirs comprises first providing a subterranean reservoir comprising one or more hydrocarbons and water therewithin and a wellbore in fluid communication with the subterranean reservoir. Next, a substantially anhydrous composition is injected into the reservoir through the wellbore. The substantially anhydrous composition comprises carbon dioxide and one or more surfactants. The composition is suitable to form a foam upon contact with the water within the reservoir. The method often results in reduced wellbore corrosion and hydrate formation, reduced reservoir fingering, and enhanced carbon dioxide sweep efficiency over conventional methods. | 05-24-2012 |
Dengen Zhou, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20100071897 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING WELL PRODUCTION IN RESERVOIRS HAVING FLOW BARRIERS - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for optimizing hydrocarbon recovery from subsurface formations, including subsurface formations having bottom water or edgewater. A system and method can be configured to receive data indicative of by-pass oil areas in the subsurface formation from reservoir simulation, identify flow barriers in the subsurface formation based on the by-pass oil areas identified by the reservoir simulation, and predict the lateral extension of the identified flow barriers in the subsurface formation. Infill horizontal wells can be placed at areas of the subsurface formation relative to the flow barriers such that production from a horizontal well in the subsurface formation optimizes hydrocarbon recovery. | 03-25-2010 |
Fuping Zhou, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20130153296 | Systems and Methods to Inhibit Packoff Formation During Drilling Assembly Removal from a Wellbore - Systems and methods to inhibit packoff during drilling assembly removal from a wellbore, utilizing a drilling assembly that includes a transition region between a first section having a first cross-sectional area and a second section having a second cross-sectional area, wherein the second cross-sectional area is greater than the first cross-sectional area. The transition region includes a fluidizing assembly configured to partially fluidize a portion of the cuttings bed that is proximal to the transition region, and/or be in fluid communication with a flow control assembly configured to control flow rate of a fluidizing stream from the fluidizing assembly and to the portion of cuttings bed. | 06-20-2013 |
Gan Zhou, Plano, TX US
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| 20080229837 | Ultrasonic Pressure Sensor and Method of Operating the Same - An ultrasonic pressure sensor and a method of detecting ultrasonic pressure. In one embodiment, the ultrasonic pressure sensor includes: (1) an interferometer having a reference arm and a signal arm that includes a probing fiber, the probing fiber having a reflective coating at a distal end thereof and configured to couple to ultrasonic waves proximate the distal end, the interferometer configured to receive laser light and produce two output beams based on the ultrasonic waves and (2) a photodetector coupled to the interferometer and configured to generate electronic signals based on the two output beams. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090270850 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE ABLATION OF TISSUE IN THE LATERAL DIRECTION - Various devices for ablating tissue in a lateral direction and methods of operation thereof. One embodiment of such a device includes: (1) an elongated body configured to carry ablative energy from an ablative energy source associated with a proximal end to a distal end and (2) a distal tip located at the distal end, the distal tip configured to deliver the ablative energy in a direction substantially lateral to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100199773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOISE REDUCTION IN ULTRASOUND DETECTION - Method and apparatus for noise reduction in ultrasound detection with the steps of: an optical interferometer having a reference arm and a signal arm that includes a polarization-maintaining probing fiber having a reflective coating at a distal end, a way to couple the probing fiber to ultrasound, a way to generate two output beams from the interferometer, a device to modulate the polarization state of the light in the probing fiber, and a detection mechanism responsive to the ultrasonic signals at the distal tip of the probing fiber. | 08-12-2010 |
Gan Zhou, City Of Plano, TX US
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| 20110144502 | IMAGING GUIDEWIRE - An imaging guidewire that, in one embodiment, includes: (1) a hypotube forming an elongated main body having a distal end, (2) at least one multimode optical fiber integral with the hypotube and configured to carry laser light for ultrasonic excitation, (3) a single-mode optical fiber integral with the hypotube, having a reflective coating located on a distal end thereof and at the distal end of the elongated main body and configured to carry laser light for ultrasonic detection and (4) an imaging cap coupled to the elongated main body at the distal end and including a photoacoustic layer configured to receive the laser light from the at least one multimode optical fiber. | 06-16-2011 |
Guisheng Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20100273862 | Phosphatases which activate map kinase pathways - The present invention provides novel JNK activating phosphatase polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, antibodies and methods for producing JNK activating phosphatase polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with JNK activating phosphatase polypeptides. | 10-28-2010 |
Hong Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20130031338 | ENABLING PORTIONS OF PROGRAMS TO BE EXECUTED ON SYSTEM z INTEGRATED INFORMATION PROCESSOR (zIIP) WITHOUT REQUIRING PROGRAMS TO BE ENTIRELY RESTRUCTURED - A method, system and computer program product for allowing portions of programs to be executed on a System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP). A service call is inserted at the beginning of the zIIP eligible code to enable enclave Service Request Block (SRB)-mode execution on the zIIP processor. An additional service call is inserted at the end of the zIIP eligible code to disable the enclave SRB-mode execution. A module in the operating system, referred to herein as the “zIIP shifter module,” is configured to detect these service calls thereby implementing and terminating the SRB-mode execution so that the zIIP processor executes the zIIP eligible code for the appropriate duration of time. In this manner, only a portion of the programs that contain eligible zIIP executable code is executed on the zIIP processor without requiring the programs to be entirely restructured thereby reducing development cost and improving software development productivity. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031352 | ENABLING PORTIONS OF PROGRAMS TO BE EXECUTED ON SYSTEM z INTEGRATED INFORMATION PROCESSOR (zIIP) WITHOUT REQUIRING PROGRAMS TO BE ENTIRELY RESTRUCTURED - A method for allowing portions of programs to be executed on a System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP). A service call is inserted at the beginning of the zIIP eligible code to enable enclave Service Request Block (SRB)-mode execution on the zIIP processor. An additional service call is inserted at the end of the zIIP eligible code to disable the enclave SRB-mode execution. A module in the operating system, referred to herein as the “zIIP shifter module,” is configured to detect these service calls thereby implementing and terminating the SRB-mode execution so that the zIIP processor executes the zIIP eligible code for the appropriate duration of time. In this manner, only a portion of the programs that contain eligible zIIP executable code is executed on the zIIP processor without requiring the programs to be entirely restructured thereby reducing development cost and improving software development productivity. | 01-31-2013 |
Hong-Cai Zhou, College Station, TX US
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| 20100170393 | MESH-ADJUSTABLE MOLECULAR SIEVE - A metal-organic framework-based mesh-adjustable molecular sieve (MAMS) exhibiting a temperature-dependent mesh size. The MAMS comprises a plurality of metal clusters bound with a plurality of amphiphilic ligands, each ligand comprising a hydrophobic moiety and a functionalized hydrophilic moiety, and wherein the metal clusters and amphiphilic ligand functionalized hydrophilic moieties form a metal cluster layer, the metal cluster layer forming at least one hydrophilic pore. On each side of the metal cluster layer, a plurality of associated amphiphilic ligand hydrophobic moieties cooperate with the metal cluster layer to form a tri-layer and a plurality of tri-layers are packed in a facing-spaced apart relationship to form at least one hydrophobic pore. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20150071845 | Porous Materials Containing Built-In Single Molecule Traps for Small Molecule Capture - Provided herein are porous single-molecule trap materials with fixed pore sizes that are capable of trapping one molecule per cavity. | 03-12-2015 |
Hongjun Zhou, Austin, TX US
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| 20100129286 | Methods of controlling the morphology of perovskite submicron-sized particles - The present invention includes a method of making a plurality of nanoparticles comprising single crystalline spherical BaZrO | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100278720 | Methods of Making Binary Metal Oxide Nanostructures and Methods of Controlling Morphology of Same - The present invention includes a method of producing a crystalline metal oxide nanostructure. The method comprises providing a metal salt solution and providing a basic solution; placing a porous membrane between the metal salt solution and the basic solution, wherein metal cations of the metal salt solution and hydroxide ions of the basic solution react, thereby producing a crystalline metal oxide nanostructure. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20120043225 | Method and Apparatus for Electrocatalytic Amplification on Pre-Oxidized Measuring Electrode - The present invention includes methods and compositions having at least one nanoparticle for analyzing a chemical analyte. The device includes an electrochemical cell connected to a measuring apparatus, wherein the electrochemical cell comprises a container and at least one electrode comprising a surface modification; a solution within the container comprising one or more chemical analytes and one or more metal nanoparticles in the solution, wherein one or more electrocatalytic properties are generated by the one or more metal nanoparticles at the at least one electrode and the contact of individual nanoparticles can be measured. | 02-23-2012 |
Hongyu Zhou, Richardson, TX US
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| 20130300602 | ANTENNA ARRAYS WITH CONFIGURABLE POLARIZATIONS AND DEVICES INCLUDING SUCH ANTENNA ARRAYS - An apparatus includes an antenna array having multiple antenna elements arranged in multiple sub-arrays. The antenna elements are arranged in at least two different types of sub-arrays. The at least two different types of sub-arrays have substantially orthogonal electric field (E-field) orientations. The antenna elements can be arranged in multiple patch sub-arrays and multiple substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) sub-arrays, and the patch sub-arrays can be interleaved with the SIW sub-arrays. Each patch sub-array can include at least two patch antenna elements coupled in series, and each SIW sub-array can include a conductive plate and multiple slots in the conductive plate. The SIW sub-arrays can resonate at substantially a same frequency as the patch sub-arrays. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130321214 | CIRCULARLY POLARIZED PATCH ANTENNAS, ANTENNA ARRAYS, AND DEVICES INCLUDING SUCH ANTENNAS AND ARRAYS - For use in a wireless network, an apparatus for use in a wireless network includes an antenna having (i) a first patch element with two opposite corners truncated and (ii) a first microstrip line connected to a first side of the first patch element and configured to feed the first patch element. The first microstrip line forms an angle of substantially 45° with the first side of the first patch element. The antenna could also include (i) a second patch element with two opposite corners truncated and (ii) a second microstrip line connected to a side of the second patch element. The second microstrip line could form an angle of substantially 45° with the side of the second patch element. The patch elements could be series-coupled and form an antenna array. One patch element could represent a host patch element, and another patch element could represent a parasitic patch element. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140240186 | OPEN END ANTENNA, ANTENNA ARRAY, AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes an antenna array and a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly via the antenna array. The antenna array includes a substrate having first and second ground plates. The antenna array also includes multiple substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) antenna elements located along an edge of the substrate. The antenna array further includes feed lines configured to provide signals to the antenna elements and receive signals from the antenna elements. Each antenna element includes a waveguide between the first and second ground plates and enclosed by vias through the substrate, where the waveguide has one open edge along the edge of the substrate. The system could include multiple antenna arrays, where each antenna array includes multiple SIW antenna elements and the antenna arrays are located along different edges of the substrate. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150035714 | PHASED ARRAY FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE MOBILE HANDSETS AND OTHER DEVICES - An apparatus includes an antenna element. The antenna element includes a first portion of a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) and a cap covering at least part of the first portion of the multi-layer PCB. The multi-layer PCB includes multiple substrates, and the first portion of the multi-layer PCB includes a first slot through the multiple substrates. The cap includes a second slot and defines a space between the first portion of the multi-layer PCB and the cap. The cap and a conductive layer of the multi-layer PCB form a waveguide structure through which wireless signals radiate from the antenna element. | 02-05-2015 |
Huaijin Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20130309741 | MICROORGANISMS AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOPRENE - The present invention provides a novel biosynthetic pathway for the production of isoprene from 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol or 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol. Further embodiments provide non-naturally occurring microorganism that have been modified to produce isoprene from 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol or 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol and methods of producing isoprene using said microorganism. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130309742 | MICROORGANISMS AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOPRENE - The present invention provides a novel biosynthetic pathway for the production of isoprene from 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol or 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol. Further embodiments provide non-naturally occurring microorganism that have been modified to produce isoprene from 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol or 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol and methods of producing isoprene using said microorganism. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140349362 | MICROORGANISMS AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOPRENE - The present invention provides a novel biosynthetic pathway for the production of isoprene from 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol or 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol. Further embodiments provide non-naturally occurring microorganism that have been modified to produce isoprene from 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol or 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol and methods of producing isoprene using said microorganism. | 11-27-2014 |
Hui Zhou, The Woodlands, TX US
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| 20140099508 | Water-Based Amine Curing Agents for Curable Resin Systems - The present disclosure relates to a water-based amine curing agent which is a reaction product obtained from the reaction of an aqueous epoxy resin dispersion and a polyamine component. The water-based amine curing agent may be used as part of a two component coating system in the curing of modified or unmodified liquid or pre-dispersed curable resin. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140262228 | Mechanically Degradable Polymers For Wellbore Work Fluid Applications - A composition including a wellbore work fluid and a polymer having mechanically labile chemical bonds is injected downhole, and combines with fluid present downhole to yield a composite fluid. Mechanical energy (e.g., ultrasonic energy) is provided to the composite fluid downhole to cleave the mechanically labile chemical bonds in the polymer. The polymer may be used as a viscosifier, friction reducer, or fluid loss additive. Cleaving the mechanically labile chemical bonds with mechanical energy allows precise degradation downhole. | 09-18-2014 |
Jia Zhou, League City, TX US
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| 20140178374 | BAX AGONIST, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - The disclosure relates to BAX activators and therapeutic uses relates thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer, such as lung cancer, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound disclosed herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salt to a subject in need thereof. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140336375 | ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 2C RECEPTOR (5-HT2CR) - The disclosure is directed to compounds identified as allosteric modulators of 5-HT 2CR, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods using the same. Certain embodiments also include methods of identifying and methods of synthesizing the compounds. Optimization and development of allosteric 5-HT 2CR modulators that bind sites other than the primary ligand binding site generate novel, highly selective, and potent ligands of 5-HT2CR. Such molecules can be used as small molecule probes for the nervous system and as effective therapeutics for a variety of diseases. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150057248 | BIVALENT AMPA RECEPTOR POSITIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to compounds that are positive allosteric modulators of AMPA receptors. | 02-26-2015 |
Jia Zhou, Woodlands, TX US
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| 20140000890 | Fracturing Fluids and Methods For Treating Hydrocarbon-Bearing Formations | 01-02-2014 |
Jianping Zhou, Richardson, TX US
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| 20100321520 | DIGITAL CAMERA AND METHOD - Digital camera contrast enhancement with piecewise-linear transform with lower and upper cutoffs for the transform determined from histogram analysis with a green color conversion approximation for images and IIR parameter filtering for videos. | 12-23-2010 |
Jingjun Zhou, The Woodlands, TX US
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| 20120269707 | USE OF 2-(3-AMINOPROPOXY)ETHAN-1-OL AS AN ABSORBENT TO REMOVE ACIDIC GASES - The present disclosure provides a scrubbing composition containing an aqueous solution of 2-(3-aminopropoxy)ethan-1-ol. The scrubbing composition is especially suited for use in removing acid gases, such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, from gas streams. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130280155 | Sterically Hindered Amines and Associated Methods - Amine compositions comprising sterically hindered amines and associated methods are provided. In some embodiments, amine compositions of the present disclosure may be useful for selective removal of H | 10-24-2013 |
Jinjuan Zhou, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20100204971 | Gamma Ray Tool Response Modeling - Systems and methods which provide modeling or simulation of gamma ray (GR) tool response using a hybrid analytical and numerical technique are shown. Embodiments employ a GR tool simulation technique which provides gamma ray information simulated as a function of only the gamma particles which reach the detector without scattering. Embodiments utilize a discretization function to determine the gamma particles which would reach a point detector from each unit volume source of an investigation domain without scattering. Embodiments further utilize the foregoing discretization function with respect to a plurality of point detectors, wherein the particular number and configuration of point detectors are selected to relatively accurately simulate the results of a particular GR detector configuration, such as line detector or volume detector configurations. Embodiments may be implemented using inexpensive and widely available computing platforms, such as personal computers, thereby facilitating economic and practical GR tool simulation. | 08-12-2010 |
Jinrong Zhou, Austin, TX US
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| 20080296682 | MOS STRUCTURES WITH REMOTE CONTACTS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - MOS structures with remote contacts and methods for fabricating such MOS structures are provided. In one embodiment, a method for fabricating an MOS structure comprises providing a semiconductor layer that is at least partially surrounded by an isolation region and that has an impurity-doped first portion. First and second MOS transistors are formed on and within the first portion. The transistors are substantially parallel and define a space therebetween. An insulating material is deposited overlying the first portion of the semiconductor layer and at least a portion of the isolation region. A contact is formed through the insulating material outside the space such that the contact is in electrical communication with the transistors. | 12-04-2008 |
Kejin Zhou, Dallas, TX US
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| 20130330278 | MULTICOLORED pH-ACTIVATABLE FLUORESCENCE NANOPLATFORM - The present invention relates to pH-tunable, highly activatable multicolored fluorescent nanoplatforms and methods of using the nanoplatforms in a variety of applications including, but not limited to, investigating fundamental cell physiological processes such as pH regulation in endocytic vesicles, endosome/lysosome maturation, and effect of pH on receptor cycling and trafficking of subcellular organelles. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140023590 | NOVEL BLOCK COPOLYMER AND MICELLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided herein are block copolymers comprising a hydrophilic polymer segment and a hydrophobic polymer segment, wherein the hydrophilic polymer segment comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of: poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(methacrylate phosphatidyl choline) (MPC), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), wherein the hydrophobic polymer segment comprises wherein R′ is —H or —CH | 01-23-2014 |
Kiaochun Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20100210478 | MAKE AND USE OF SURFACE MOLECULES OF VARIED DENSITIES - The present invention relates to quantitative and quantity aspects of array synthesis and array uses as a device for high capacity producing synthetic molecules for off-array surface applications and as an assay device for on-array surface applications. | 08-19-2010 |
Ling Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20150045208 | Catalysts For Thermo-Catalytic Conversion Of Biomass, And Methods Of Making and Using - Disclosed are catalyst compositions including zeolite and silica components, methods of making, and processes of using in the thermo-catalytic conversion of biomass. Such disclosed methods of making include treating the zeolite with phosphorous during formation of the catalyst rather than prior to or after catalyst formation. | 02-12-2015 |
Ling Zhou, Austin, TX US
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| 20100168874 | GRAPHICS INTEGRATION INTO A PROCESS CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENT - Graphic elements and graphic displays are provided for use in a process environment to display information to one or more users about the process environment, such as the current state of devices within a process plant. The graphic elements and displays may be associated with various logical and physical elements within the process plant during configuration of the process plant, and may be configured and downloaded to the hardware within the process plant along with other configuration items, such as control routines. In particular, the graphic elements and graphic displays may be created and stored in a library, and may then be configured by being associated with various logical or physical entities within the plant. During the configuration process, the graphic elements and graphic displays may be associated with areas, equipment, process modules, control routines or control strategies of the plant as defined elsewhere in the plant configuration, or may be associated with interfaces or display devices, to define the hardware on which the graphic displays will execute during runtime, as well at to define the process entities to which these displays will be bound for display purposes. Still further, each of the graphic displays may be defined with a role or a functional use, such as an operator view, a maintenance view, etc., and these roles may be used to define the proper access and use of the graphic displays within the runtime environment. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110126142 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DYNAMICALLY DISPLAY DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Example methods and apparatus to dynamically display data associated with a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving in a graphics engine, process control information selected by a user, identifying process data associated with the selected process control information, retrieving the identified process data from a process controller, determining metadata associated with the retrieved process data, generating in the graphics engine a data representation based on the metadata, and displaying the data representation via a user interface. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110230980 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A DATA DRIVEN INTERFACE BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROCESS CONTROL TAGS - Navigation between process control graphics representative of process control entities in an operator display includes a list of relationship value references and process control graphical element identifications associated with each relationship value reference. Each process control graphical element identification uniquely identifies a process control graphical element of the operator display, each relationship is between various physical/logical entities and each relationship value reference uniquely identifies a logical and/or physical relationship between two or more entities within the process plant. One or more relationships are associated with a graphical object. Each relationship value reference is bound to two or more process control graphical elements of the operator display based on associated process control graphical element identifications. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110238780 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ACCESS PROCESS DATA STORED ON A SERVER - Example methods and apparatus to access process data stored on a server are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request to access process data via a web browser, identifying a server that stores at least a portion of the process data, wherein the server is associated with an interoperability data packing format, accessing the server to receive the process data, converting the process data from a format associated with the interoperability data packing format to a web browsing format, and embedding at least a first portion of the converted process data into at least one data field for display via the web browser. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110264440 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DISPLAY LOCALIZED RESOURCES IN PROCESS CONTROL APPLICATIONS - Example methods and apparatus to display localized resources in a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving in a server a locale identifier and a resource identifier from an application, identifying via the server a language file in a database that corresponds to the locale identifier, determining via the server using the language file a resource included within a memory that corresponds to the resource identifier, accessing the resource from the memory via the language file, and sending via the server the resource to the application to display the resource in a format associated with the locale identifier. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120083917 | PREDICTED FAULT ANALYSIS - Example methods, apparatuses and systems to correlate candidate factors to a predicted fault in a process control system are disclosed. Techniques may include obtaining a value associated with a particular factor corresponding to a process, and predicting a fault based on the value. A set of candidate factors corresponding to the predicted fault may be determined, and a correlation between the predicted fault and at least one factor from the set may be displayed. Different sections of the display may respectively correspond to the predicted fault and to the at least one factor, and the correlation may be indicated by time aligning the different sections. Modifications to one displayed section may result in automatic modification of other sections to maintain the correlation. A user may select one or more candidate factors to be displayed, and may indicate a particular point of a particular section to obtain additional details. | 04-05-2012 |
Mi Zhou, Denton, TX US
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| 20140151826 | GRAPHENE MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION SPIN FILTERS AND METHODS OF MAKING - A Tunnel Magnetic Junction of high magnetoresistance is prepared at temperatures and pressure consistent with Si CMOS fabrication and operation. A first metal layer of cobalt or nickel is grown on an interconnect or conductive array line of e.g., copper. The metal layer is formed by electron beam irradiation. Annealing at UHV at temperatures below 700K yields a carbon segregation that forms a few layer thick (average density 3.5 ML) graphene film on the metal layer. Formation of a second layer of metal on top of the graphene barrier layer yields a high performance MTJ. | 06-05-2014 |
Mian Zhou, Dallas, TX US
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| 20090126012 | Risk Scoring System For The Prevention of Malware - A method suitable for detecting malicious files includes several steps. A file that is received into a computer system is analyzed to determine a presence or absence of each of a plurality of predefined properties in the file. A score is calculated based on the presence or absence of the plurality of properties in the file. This score is reflective of the risk that the file is malicious. Once the score is calculated, the file can be further processed based on the score. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090144121 | Pandemic Cross Training Process - The disclosure relates to a process which determines a cross-training plan in order to ensure a company or business unit will be better prepared for a pandemic event by cross-training additional employees in the most critical services or functions. The pandemic cross-training plan is determined by utilizing such criteria such as geography, experience-level, and employee preference to strategically and systematically cross-train an employee in a critical function. This can be completed either manually through a criteria matrix approach or automatically by a computing device and utilizing mathematical formulas. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144216 | INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM ALERTS MECHANISM - A system and method for analyzing Intrusion Detection System (IDS) alert data associated with a computer network is described. The method includes applying first association rules to obtained IDS alert data associated with a computer network and processing the obtained IDS alert data with the first association rules. Analyst feedback data associated with the processed obtained IDS alert data is received, and a training data set from the analyst feedback data is received. New association rules are determined based upon the training data set, and the new association rules are outputted to a display of a computing device. Outputting the new association rules may include outputting patterns within the IDS alert data of false positive alerts. The new association rules may be applied back to the obtained IDS alert data. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100114767 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CARD DISPENSING - Apparatus and methods for providing a card that has a stored value. The apparatus and methods may involve offering the card to a customer, applying branding information to the card, charging a customer account for the value, and dispensing the card. The stored value card may be provided by a machine to a customer. The machine may be a financial institution automated teller machine (ATM). The ATM may transmit instructions to transfer funds from the customer's to one or more of the financial institution's retail partners. The ATM may apply visual information to the card. The visual information may include branding information, a message or any other suitable information. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110185417 | Memory Whitelisting - An enhanced whitelisting module associated within a system whitelists unknown files for execution on the system. The whitelisting module may oversee the computation of a hash of a file loaded into the memory and comparison of the hash to hashes within a hash table generated from clean files located on a clean system. The whitelisting module may communicate to a device internal and/or external to the system to retrieve the hash table of clean files. In certain embodiments, a rolling hash (or other piecewise hash) may be used to determine the location and/or extent of the differences between a modified file and a clean file. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110208677 | INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM ALERTS MECHANISM - A system and method for analyzing Intrusion Detection System (IDS) alert data associated with a computer network is described. The method includes applying first association rules to obtained IDS alert data associated with a computer network and processing the obtained IDS alert data with the first association rules. Analyst feedback data associated with the processed obtained IDS alert data is received, and a training data set from the analyst feedback data is received. New association rules are determined based upon the training data set, and the new association rules are outputted to a display of a computing device. Outputting the new association rules may include outputting patterns within the IDS alert data of false positive alerts. The new association rules may be applied back to the obtained IDS alert data. | 08-25-2011 |
Minhua Zhou, Plano, TX US
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| 20080317134 | Video Coding - A low-complexity method for prevention of H.264 start code emulation by bit-handling routines with additional functionality. The low-complexity is achieved by employing a start code pre-determination scheme, which saves bitstream handling complexity by about 50% and 30% on the encoder and decoder sides, respectively. The start code emulation prevention has been embedded into the low-level bitstream handling routines. By doing so it avoids the use of the second bitstream buffer, maintains the decoder ability of using a circular bitstream buffer, and satisfies the BURST-aligned SDRAM access requirement. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100098166 | VIDEO CODING WITH COMPRESSED REFERENCE FRAMES - A method and apparatus for video coding for reducing memory size and external memory access bandwidth in video coding, wherein the method compresses a reference frame prior to storing the reference frame to memory. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100309976 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING REFERENCE FRAME SELECTION - A method and apparatus for selecting a reference frame for producing an encoded image. The method includes retrieving a histogram for a current frame, determining the difference between the histogram and a previous histogram, and calculating adaptive threshold utilizing the determined difference and encoding the frame as intra frame if it is an intra frame, and selecting a reference frame and encoding the frame as non-intra frame if the frame is a non-intra frame. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110080947 | Line-Based Compression for Digital Image Data - A method of compressing digital image data is provided that includes selecting an entropy code for encoding a line of pixels in the digital image data, wherein the entropy code is selected from a plurality of variable length entropy codes, using spatial prediction to compute a pixel predictor and a pixel residual for a pixel in the line of pixels, and selectively encoding the pixel residual using one of the entropy code or run mode encoding. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080956 | Reducing Memory Bandwidth for Processing Digital Image Data - A method for processing digital image data is provided that includes compressing a block of the digital image data to generate a compressed block, storing the compressed block in an external memory when a number of bits in the compressed block does not exceed a first compression threshold, and storing the block in the external memory when the number of bits in the compressed block exceeds the first compression threshold. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110142135 | Adaptive Use of Quarter-Pel Motion Compensation - A method of encoding a digital video sequence is provided that includes disabling quarter-pel motion compensation for a first sequence of blocks in the digital video sequence, computing an average half-pel cost for the first sequence of blocks, computing an average quarter-pel cost for the first sequence of blocks, and enabling quarter-pel motion compensation for a second sequence of blocks in the digital video sequence based on a comparison of the average half-pel cost and the average quarter-pel cost. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110170594 | Method and System for Intracoding in Video Encoding - A method of intra-coding blocks of pixels in a digital video sequence is provided that includes selecting a block transform of a plurality of block transforms according to a spatial prediction mode used in generating a block of pixel residual values from a block of pixels, wherein the block transform is based on a single directional transform matrix predetermined for the spatial prediction mode and is a same size as the block of pixel values, applying the block transform to the block of pixel residual values to generate transform coefficients of the residual pixel values, and entropy coding the generated transform coefficients. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110206289 | Guaranteed-Rate Tiled Image Data Compression - A method of compressing digital image data is provided that includes, for each image data block in a plurality of image data blocks in the digital image data, transforming image data in the image data block to convert the image data to a low-frequency coefficient and a plurality of high-frequency coefficients, computing a predicted low-frequency coefficient for the image data block based on at least one neighboring image data block in the plurality of image data blocks, computing a residual low-frequency coefficient based on the predicted low-frequency coefficient and the low-frequency coefficient, quantizing the plurality of high-frequency coefficients, and entropy coding the residual low-frequency coefficient and the quantized high-frequency coefficients. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110216834 | Fixed Length Coding Based Image Data Compression - A method of compressing an image data block is provided that includes computing a pixel residual for each pixel in the image data block except a non-residual pixel, computing a compression level for the image data block based on a minimum pixel residual value and a maximum pixel residual value of the pixel residuals, encoding a compression flag for the image data block, wherein the compression flag includes an indicator identifying the compression level and a first portion of bits from the non-residual pixel, and generating a compressed block comprising a second portion of bits from the non-residual pixel and the pixel residuals encoded using fixed length coding based on the compression level. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110274162 | Coding Unit Quantization Parameters in Video Coding - A method is provided that includes receiving a coded largest coding unit in a video decoder, wherein the coded largest coding unit includes a coded coding unit structure and a plurality of coded quantization parameters, and decoding the coded largest coding unit based on the coded coding unit structure and the plurality of coded quantization parameters. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120007992 | Method and Apparatus for Sub-Picture Based Raster Scanning Coding Order - A method and apparatus for sub-picture based raster scanning coding order. The method includes dividing an image into even sub-pictures, and encoding parallel sub-pictures on multi-cores in raster scanning order within sub-pictures, wherein from core to core, coding of the sub-picture is independent around sub-picture boundaries, and wherein within a core, coding of a sub-picture is at least one of dependent or independent around sub-picture boundaries. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120140815 | Quantization Matrix Compression in Video Coding - A method of quantization matrix compression in a video encoder is provided that includes preprocessing a quantization matrix by performing at least one selected from down-sampling the quantization matrix and imposing 135 degree symmetry on the quantization matrix, performing zigzag scanning on the pre-processed quantization matrix to generate a one dimensional (1D) sequence, predicting the 1D sequence to generate a residual 1D sequence, and coding the residual 1D sequence using kth order exp-Golomb coding to generate a compressed quantization matrix, wherein k≧0. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120177104 | Reduced Complexity Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF) for Video Coding - Methods and apparatus for adaptive loop filtering in video coding are provided. The adaptive loop filtering may be largest coding unit (LCU) based, may use adaptive loop filter types in which the vertical size of a filter type is less than the horizontal size, may use a predefined set of filter types in which the vertical size of the largest filter type in the set is less than the horizontal size of the largest filter type in the set, may use a single adaptive loop filter type, and/or may use a filter type that is a cross with a center shape of a size dependent on an aspect ratio of the cross. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120177122 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A MOTION VECTOR - A prediction unit is identified within a picture of a video sequence. The prediction unit is bordered by neighboring prediction units within the picture. The neighboring prediction units include first and second neighboring prediction units that are separated from one another by at least a third neighboring prediction unit. A subset of the neighboring prediction units is scanned to identify an MVP candidate. The subset includes at least the first and second neighboring prediction units and excludes at least the third neighboring prediction unit. An encoder calculates a difference between a motion vector of the MVP candidate and a motion vector of the prediction unit, and encodes the difference and an index to identify the MVP candidate. A decoder decodes the difference, and calculates the motion vector of the prediction unit by adding the difference to the motion vector of the MVP candidate. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120177123 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMPUTING A MOTION VECTOR - A prediction unit is identified within a picture of a video sequence. The prediction unit is bordered by neighboring prediction units within the picture. A match for the prediction unit is located within a first reference picture. At least a subset of the neighboring prediction units is scanned to identify a motion vector predictor (“MVP”) candidate. The MVP candidate of a first type is identified if available, wherein a match for the MVP candidate of the first type is located within the first reference picture. In response to the MVP candidate of the first type being unavailable, the MVP candidate of a second type is identified, wherein a match for the MVP candidate of the second type is located within a second reference picture. An encoder calculates a difference between a motion vector of the MVP candidate and a motion vector of the prediction unit, and encodes the difference and an index to identify the MVP candidate. A decoder decodes the difference, and calculates the motion vector of the prediction unit by adding the difference to the motion vector of the MVP candidate. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120183080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A LOW COMPLEXITY TRANSFORM UNIT PARTITIONING STRUCTURE FOR HEVC - A method and apparatus for a low complexity transform unit partitioning structure for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The method includes determining prediction unit size of a coding unit, and setting the size of transform unit size of Y, U and V according to the prediction unit size of the coding unit. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120230408 | Parsing Friendly and Error Resilient Merge Flag Coding in Video Coding - Methods and apparatus for parsing friendly and error resilient merge flag coding in video coding are provided. In some methods, in contrast to merging candidate list size dependent coding of the merge flag in the prior art, a merge flag is always encoded in the encoded bit stream for each inter-predicted prediction unit (PU) that is not encoded using skip mode. In some methods, in contrast to the prior art that allowed the merging candidate list to be empty, one or more zero motion vector merging candidates formatted according to the prediction type of the slice containing a PU are added to the merging candidate list if needed to ensure that the list is not empty and/or to ensure that the list contains a maximum number of merging candidates. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120257678 | Parallel Motion Estimation in Video Coding - Methods for improved parallel motion estimation are provided that decouple the merging candidate list derivation and motion estimation for merge mode and skip mode and the advanced motion vector predictor (AMVP) candidate list construction from regular motion estimation to increase the coding quality in parallel motion estimation while meeting throughput requirements. This decoupling may be accomplished by modifying the availability rules for spatial motion data (SMD) positions for construction of the candidate lists. As part of the decoupling, largest coding units (LCUs) of a picture may be divided into non-overlapping parallel motion estimation regions (PMER) of equal size. Within a PMER, motion estimation for merge mode, skip mode, and normal inter-prediction mode may be performed in parallel for all the prediction units (PUs) in the PMER. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120263231 | Temporal Motion Data Candidate Derivation in Video Coding - A method for derivation of a temporal motion data (TMD) candidate for a prediction unit (PU) in video encoding or video decoding is provided. The derived TMD candidate is for inclusion in an inter-prediction candidate list for the PU. The method includes determining a primary TMD position relative to a co-located PU in a co-located largest coding unit (LCU), wherein the co-located PU is a block in a reference picture having a same size, shape, and coordinates as the PU, and selecting at least some motion data of a secondary TMD position as the TMD candidate when the primary TMD position is in a bottom neighboring LCU or in a bottom right neighboring LCU of the co-located LCU, wherein the secondary TMD position is determined relative to the co-located PU. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120320984 | Inter-Prediction Candidate Index Coding Independent of Inter-Prediction Candidate List Construction in Video Coding - Methods are provided for inter-prediction candidate index coding independent of the construction of the corresponding inter-prediction candidate list, i.e., a merging candidate list or an advanced motion vector predictor list. A maximum allowed number of inter-prediction candidates for an inter-prediction candidate list is used for encoding the inter-prediction candidate index in an encoded bit stream. The maximum allowed number may be pre-determined or may be selected by the encoder and encoded in the bit stream. A decoder may then decode the index using the maximum allowed number of inter-prediction candidates independent of the construction of the corresponding inter-prediction candidate list. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130010055 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CODING A SEREOSCOPIC NETWORK - In response to a stereoscopic image of first and second views, a maximum positive disparity is computed between the first and second views, and a minimum negative disparity is computed between the first and second views. Within a bit stream, at least the stereoscopic image, the maximum positive disparity, and the minimum negative disparity are encoded. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010069 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR WIRELESSLY CONNECTING A DEVICE TO A NETWORK - From a bit stream, at least the following are decoded: a stereoscopic image of first and second views; a maximum positive disparity between the first and second views; and a minimum negative disparity between the first and second views. In response to the maximum positive disparity violating a limit on positive disparity, a convergence plane of the stereoscopic image is adjusted to comply with the limit on positive disparity. In response to the minimum negative disparity violating a limit on negative disparity, the convergence plane is adjusted to comply with the limit on negative disparity. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130016783 | Method and Apparatus for Coding Unit Partitioning - A method for coding unit partitioning in a video encoder is provided that includes performing intra-prediction on each permitted coding unit (CU) in a CU hierarchy of a largest coding unit (LCU) to determine an intra-prediction coding cost for each permitted CU, storing the intra-prediction coding cost for each intra-predicted CU in memory, and performing inter-prediction, prediction mode selection, and CU partition selection on each permitted CU in the CU hierarchy to determine a CU partitioning for encoding the LCU, wherein the stored intra-prediction coding costs for the CUs are used. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016787 | Fast Motion Estimation For Hierarchical Coding Structures - A method for motion estimation is provided that includes determining a first motion vector for a first child coding unit (CU) of a parent CU and a second motion vector for a second child CU of the parent CU, wherein the first child CU, the second child CU, and the parent CU are in a CU hierarchy, wherein the first and second child CUs are smallest size CUs in the CU hierarchy, and wherein a first motion search type is used to determine the first motion vector and the second motion vector, selecting the first and second motion vectors as candidate predictors for the parent CU, selecting a predictor for a prediction unit (PU) of the first parent CU from the candidate predictors, and refining the predictor using a second motion search type to determine a motion vector for the PU. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130051454 | Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) Parameter Signaling - A method for sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering and SAO parameter signaling in a video encoder is provided that includes determining SAO parameters for largest coding units (LCUs) of a reconstructed picture, wherein the SAO parameters include an indicator of an SAO filter type and a plurality of SAO offsets, applying SAO filtering to the reconstructed picture according to the SAO parameters, and entropy encoding LCU specific SAO information for each LCU of the reconstructed picture in an encoded video bit stream, wherein the entropy encoded LCU specific SAO information for the LCUs is interleaved with entropy encoded data for the LCUs in the encoded video bit stream. Determining SAO parameters may include determining the LCU specific SAO information to be entropy encoded for each LCU according to an SAO prediction protocol. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130077696 | Method and System for Lossless Coding Mode in Video Coding - A method for coding a video sequence is provided that includes encoding a portion of a picture in the video sequence in lossless coding mode, and signaling a lossless coding indicator in a compressed bit stream, wherein the lossless coding indicator corresponds to the portion of a picture and indicates whether or not the portion of the picture is losslessly coded. A method for decoding a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes determining that lossless coding mode is enabled, decoding a lossless coding indicator from the compressed video bit stream, wherein the lossless coding indicator corresponds to a portion of a picture in the compressed video bit stream and indicates whether or not the portion of the picture is losslessly coded, and decoding the portion of the picture in lossless coding mode when the lossless coding indicator indicates the portion of the picture is losslessly coded. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130094592 | Virtual Memory Access Bandwidth Verification (VMBV) in Video Coding - A method is provided that includes determining a target picture virtual memory access (VMA) bandwidth rate, wherein the target picture VMA bandwidth rate indicates a maximum VMA bandwidth rate for motion compensation of a picture, and verifying the target picture VMA bandwidth rate for a compressed video bit stream. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130101036 | Sample-Based Angular Intra-Prediction in Video Coding - A method for processing a prediction unit (PU) to generate predicted samples is provided that includes computing predicted samples for samples of the PU using sample-based angular intra-prediction (SAP) when lossless coding is enabled for the PU, and computing predicted samples for the samples of the PU using block-based angular intra-prediction when lossless coding is not enabled for the PU. Computation of the predicted using SAP includes determining an intra-prediction angle for the PU, and computing a predicted sample for each sample of the samples in the PU based on linear interpolation of two reference samples adjacent to the sample, wherein the two reference samples are selected according to the intra-prediction angle. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130114715 | Delayed Duplicate I-Picture for Video Coding - A method is provided that includes receiving pictures of a video sequence in a video encoder, and encoding the pictures to generate a compressed video bit stream that is transmitted to a video decoder in real-time, wherein encoding the pictures includes selecting a picture to be encoded as a delayed duplicate intra-predicted picture (DDI), wherein the picture would otherwise be encoded as an inter-predicted picture (P-picture), encoding the picture as an intra-predicted picture (I-picture) to generate the DDI, wherein the I-picture is reconstructed and stored for use as a reference picture for a decoder refresh picture, transmitting the DDI to the video decoder in non-real time, selecting a subsequent picture to be encoded as the decoder refresh picture, and encoding the subsequent picture in the compressed bit stream as the decoder refresh picture, wherein the subsequent P-picture is encoded as a P-picture predicted using the reference picture. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130128949 | Early Stage Slice Cap Decision in Video Coding - A method for making a slice cap decision during encoding of a video sequence in a video encoding pipe is provided that includes determining a prediction mode for a macroblock, computing an estimated encoded size of the macroblock based on an adaptive macroblock size estimation model, and making a slice cap decision for a current slice based on the estimated encoded macroblock size, wherein the slice cap decision is made prior to entropy coding the macroblock. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130156097 | Adaptive Loop Filtering (ALF) for Video Coding - A method for adaptive loop filtering of a reconstructed picture in a video encoder is provided that includes determining whether or not sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering is applied to the reconstructed picture, and using adaptive loop filtering with no offset for the reconstructed picture when the SAO filtering is determined to be applied to the reconstructed picture. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130182759 | Method and Apparatus for Sample Adaptive Offset Parameter Estimation in Video Coding - A method for sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering in a video encoder is provided that includes estimating SAO parameters for color components of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a picture, wherein estimating SAO parameters includes using at least some non-deblock-filtered reconstructed pixels of the LCU to estimate the SAO parameters, performing SAO filtering on the reconstructed LCU according to the estimated SAO parameters, and entropy encoding SAO information for the LCU in a compressed video bit stream, wherein the SAO information signals the estimated SAO parameters for the LCU. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130188704 | Scalable Prediction Type Coding - A method for encoding a video sequence is provided that includes signaling in the compressed bit stream that a subset of a plurality of partitioning modes is used for inter-prediction of a portion of the video sequence, using only the subset of partitioning modes for prediction of the portion of the video sequence, and entropy encoding partitioning mode syntax elements corresponding to the portion of the video sequence, wherein at least one partitioning mode syntax element is binarized according to a pre-determined binarization corresponding to the subset of partitioning modes, wherein the pre-determined binarization differs from a pre-determined binarization for the least one partitioning mode syntax element that would be used if the plurality of partitioning modes is used for inter-prediction. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130202051 | Sub-Pictures for Pixel Rate Balancing on Multi-Core Platforms - A method for decoding a compressed video bit stream in a video decoder to recover a video sequence, the video decoder including a plurality of decoder processing cores is provided. The method includes determining that a picture is encoded in the compressed bit stream as a pre-determined number of independently encoded sub-pictures, and dispatching a first encoded sub-picture of the pre-determined number of sub-pictures to a first decoder processing core of the plurality of decoder processing cores and a second encoded sub-picture of the pre-determined number of sub-pictures to a second decoder processing core of the plurality of decoder processing cores, wherein the first encoded sub-picture and the second encoded sub-picture are independently decoded in parallel on the respective first and second decoder processing cores. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130223542 | Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) Parameter Signaling - Techniques for signaling of sample adaptive offset (SAO) information that may reduce the coding rate for signaling such information in the compressed bit stream are provided. More specifically, techniques are provided that allow SAO information common to two or more of the color components to be signaled using one or more syntax elements (flags or indicators) representative of the common information. These techniques reduce the need to signal SAO information separately for each color component. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130272415 | Memory Bandwidth Reduction for Motion Compensation in Video Coding - Motion compensation requires a significant amount of memory bandwidth, especially for smaller prediction unit sizes. The worst case bandwidth requirements can occur when bi-predicted 4×8 or 8×4 PUs are used. To reduce the memory bandwidth requirements for such smaller PUs, methods are provided for restricting inter-coded PUs of small block sizes to be coded only in a uni-predictive mode, i.e., forward prediction or backward prediction. More specifically, PUs of specified restricted sizes in bi-predicted slices (B slices) are forced to be uni-predicted. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130329790 | Method and System for Reducing Slice Header Parsing Overhead in Video Coding - A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that reduces slice header parsing overhead is provided. The method includes determining weighting factors that may be used for weighted prediction in encoding at least one slice of the picture, wherein a total number of the weighting factors is constrained to not exceed a predetermined threshold number of weighting factors, wherein the threshold number is less than a maximum possible number of weighting factors, and signaling weighted prediction parameters including the weighting factors in a slice header in the bit stream. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140044193 | A GUARANTEED-RATE TILED MEMORY-DATA COMPRESSION - A method of compressing digital image data is provided that includes, for each image data block in a plurality of image data blocks in the digital image data, transforming image data in the image data block to convert the image data to a low-frequency coefficient and a plurality of high-frequency coefficients, computing a predicted low-frequency coefficient for the image data block based on at least one neighboring image data block in the plurality of image data blocks, computing a residual low-frequency coefficient based on the predicted low-frequency coefficient and the low-frequency coefficient, quantizing the plurality of high-frequency coefficients, and entropy coding the residual low-frequency coefficient and the quantized high-frequency coefficients. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140185676 | LINE-BASED COMPRESSION FOR DIGITAL IMAGE DATA - A method of compressing digital image data is provided that includes selecting an entropy code for encoding a line of pixels in the digital image data, wherein the entropy code is selected from a plurality of variable length entropy codes, using spatial prediction to compute a pixel predictor and a pixel residual for a pixel in the line of pixels, and selectively encoding the pixel residual using one of the entropy code or run mode encoding. | 07-03-2014 |
Niam Zhou, College Station, TX US
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| 20140314878 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG-SENSITIZATION OR INHIBITION OF A CANCER CELL - The disclosure provides rifamycin and rifamycin derivative compositions, including rifabutin and rifabutin derivative compositions able to cause drug-sensitization in a cancer cell or inhibition of a cancer cell. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to cancer cells to sensitize them to drugs, such as chemotherapeutics, or directly inhibit them. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly superoxides, in cancer cells. The disclosure further provides methods of determining whether a cancer will respond to chemotherapeutics and whether to administer rifamycin or a rifamycin derivative based on ROS levels in cancer cells of a patient. | 10-23-2014 |
Qiong Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20120240603 | Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle System with Vapor Absorption Chilling - The present application and the resultant patent provide an integrated gasification combined cycle system. The integrated gasification combined cycle system may include a gas turbine engine, one or more power plant components, one or more carbon dioxide compressors, and a vapor absorption chiller. The vapor absorption chiller is driven by a waste heat source flow from the carbon dioxide compressors to produce a chilling medium flow to cool the power plant components. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130255916 | Gasifier Cooling System with Convective Syngas Cooler and Quench Chamber - The present application thus provides a gasifier cooling system for cooling a flow of hot syngas from a gasifier. The gasifier cooling system may include a radiant syngas cooler, a quench chamber, and a convective syngas cooler such that the flow of syngas flows through the quench chamber or the convective syngas cooler. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130318969 | HEAT RECOVERY USING ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE - A system includes a heat exchanger and an organic Rankine cycle system. The heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between extraction air from a power block and nitrogen from an air separation unit. The organic Rankine cycle system is coupled to the heat exchanger. In addition, the organic Rankine cycle system is configured to convert heat from the extraction air into work. | 12-05-2013 |
Quming Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20120227963 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FILLING TANKS WITH NO BACKFLOW FROM THE BOREHOLE EXIT - A method for sampling fluid from a subsurface formation includes retrieving fluids from the formation using a plurality of pumps, controlling a flow of the retrieved fluids using at least a first valve and a second valve, estimating an operating parameter of at least one pump of the plurality of pumps, and controlling the first valve and the second valve using the estimated operating parameter to initiate a fluid sampling event. | 09-13-2012 |
Tiao Zhou, Irving, TX US
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| 20080290557 | Mold with compensating base - The bottom mold portion for a transfer molding system is covered with a deformable material. During mold clamping, the deformable material contacts the bottom surface of the packaging substrate on which the integrated circuit die is mounted. Deformation of this relatively soft covering on the bottom mold portion accommodates thickness variations in the packaging substrate, as well as non-planarity of the adhesive layer between the integrated circuit die and packaging substrate in exposed active area integrated circuits. | 11-27-2008 |
Tiao Zhou, Carrollton, TX US
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| 20110108981 | REDISTRIBUTION LAYER ENHANCEMENT TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY OF WAFER LEVEL PACKAGING - An enhanced redistribution layer is provided that geometrically expands redistribution layer (RDL) pads associated with a ball grid array of a wafer level package (WLP) to provide tensile stress relief during temperature cycle and/or drop testing of the WLP. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110317385 | WAFER LEVEL PACKAGE (WLP) DEVICE HAVING BUMP ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING A BARRIER METAL - WLP semiconductor devices include bump assemblies that have a barrier layer for inhibiting electromigration within the bump assemblies. In an implementation, the bump assemblies include copper posts formed on the integrated circuit chips of the WLP devices. Barrier layers formed of a metal such as nickel (Ni) are provided on the outer surface of the copper posts to inhibit electromigration in the bump assembly. Oxidation prevention caps formed of a metal such as tin (Sn) are provided over the barrier layer. Solder bumps are formed over the oxidation prevention caps. The oxidation prevention caps inhibit oxidation of the barrier layer during fabrication of the bump assemblies. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20140131859 | SOLDER FATIGUE ARREST FOR WAFER LEVEL PACKAGE - A wafer level package includes a wafer, a lead disposed of the wafer for connecting the wafer to an electrical circuit, and a core disposed of the lead. In some embodiments, the lead disposed of the wafer is a copper pillar, and the core is plated onto the copper pillar. In some embodiments, the core is polymer screen-plated onto the lead. In some embodiments, the core extends between at least approximately thirty-five micrometers (35 μm) and fifty micrometers (50 μm) from the lead. In some embodiments, the core covers between at least approximately one-third (⅓) and one-half (½) of the surface area of the lead. In some embodiments, the core comprises a stud-shape extending from the lead. In some embodiments, the core extends perpendicularly across the lead. In some embodiments, the core extends longitudinally along the lead. Further, a portion of the core can extend perpendicularly from a longitudinal core. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140167252 | LOW-COST LOW-PROFILE SOLDER BUMP PROCESS FOR ENABLING ULTRA-THIN WAFER-LEVEL PACKAGING (WLP) PACKAGES - Techniques are described herein for a dip soldering process which provides a low-profile, low-cost solder bump formation process which may be implemented to promote package thickness scaling (e.g., reduce the overall package thickness). For example, the dip soldering process disclosed herein may enable ultra-thin wafer-level packages (WLP), ultra-thin wafer level quad-flat no-leads (WQFN) packages, or the like. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140252571 | WAFER-LEVEL PACKAGE MITIGATED UNDERCUT - A wafer-level package device and techniques are described that include utilizing a dry-etch process for mitigating metal seed layer undercut. In an implementation, a process for fabricating the wafer-level package device that employs the techniques of the present disclosure includes processing a substrate, depositing a metal seed layer on the substrate, depositing and patterning a resist layer, depositing a redistribution layer structure, removing the photoresist layer, and dry-etching the metal seed layer. In implementations, the wafer-level package device that employs example techniques in accordance with the present disclosure includes a substrate, a metal seed layer disposed on the substrate, and a redistribution layer structure formed on the metal seed layer. The metal seed layer is dry-etched so that undercut is mitigated. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140252592 | PAD DEFINED CONTACT FOR WAFER LEVEL PACKAGE - A device and fabrication techniques are described that employ wafer-level packaging techniques for fabricating semiconductor devices that include a pad defined contact. In implementations, the wafer-level package device that employs the techniques of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a passivation layer, a top metal contact pad, a thin film with a via formed therein, a redistribution layer structure configured to contact the top metal contact pad, and a dielectric layer on the thin film and the redistribution layer structure. In implementations, a process for fabricating the wafer-level package device that employs the techniques of the present disclosure includes processing a substrate, forming a passivation layer, depositing a top metal contact pad, forming a thin film with a via formed therein, forming a redistribution layer structure in the via formed in the thin film, and forming a dielectric layer on the thin film and the redistribution layer structure. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150049498 | GLASS BASED MULTICHIP PACKAGE - In implementations, a glass-based multichip package includes a photodefinable glass-based substrate, at least one electronic component disposed on the photodefinable glass-based substrate, and a portion of the photodefinable glass-based substrate that has been exposed to ultraviolet light, where the portion of the photodefinable glass-based substrate includes ceramic. Additionally, the sensor package may include additional electronic components, a glass touch panel, and/or a printed circuit board. In implementations, fabricating the sensor package device includes receiving a photodefinable glass-based substrate, etching the photodefinable glass-based substrate, and forming a ceramic portion of the photodefinable glass-based substrate. | 02-19-2015 |
Tiecheng Zhou, Pearland, TX US
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| 20110251109 | Fluidic methods for devices for parallel chemical reactions - Fluidic methods and devices for conducting parallel chemical reactions are disclosed. The methods are based on the use of in situ photogenerated reagents such as photogenerated acids, photogenerated bases, or any other suitable chemical compounds that produce active reagents upon light radiation. The present invention describes devices and methods for performing a large number of parallel chemical reactions without the use of a large number of valves, pumps, and other complicated fluidic components. The present invention provides microfluidic devices that contain a plurality of microscopic vessels for carrying out discrete chemical reactions. Other applications may include the preparation of microarrays of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides, peptides, oligosaccharides, phospholipids and other biopolymers on a substrate surface for assessing gene sequence information, screening for biological and chemical activities, identifying intermolecular complex formations, and determining structural features of molecular complexes. | 10-13-2011 |
Tingdong Zhou, Austin, TX US
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| 20080295041 | System and Method for Power Domain Optimization - A method for electronic circuit power plane design includes analyzing direct current (DC) properties of a power plane of an electronic circuit. The method includes analyzing power net inductance (PNI) properties of the power plane and identifying victim areas of the power plane having predetermined current density properties based on the DC properties and the PNI properties of the power plane. The method further includes replacing the identified victim areas with ground (GND) shapes to form a modified power plane. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090193383 | Auto-Router Performing Simultaneous Placement of Signal and Return Paths - An auto routing method and system provides optimized circuit routing while maintaining proper reference return paths for critical signals. Critical signal paths are auto-routed simultaneously with corresponding reference return paths, and the reference return paths can be merged into reference planes if they are adjacent to regions connected to the same reference net. The reference return paths may be in a plane adjacent to the signal path plane in the same channel, or the reference returns may be routed in adjacent channels in the same plane as the signal path. A check may be performed on endpoints of each critical signal path to determine whether a reference return via is present within a proximity tolerance of the signal path endpoints, and a reference return via placed if not. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100155888 | SILICON INTERPOSER TESTING FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL CHIP STACK - A testing method for a silicon interposer employs a test probe and an electrically conductive glass handler. The silicon interposer includes multiple interconnects that extend between the opposed major surfaces of the interposer, namely from a test side of the interposer to a conductive glass handler side of the interposer. On the glass handler side, the interposer includes a layer of patterned insulative resist with open regions at some interconnects on the glass handler side and remaining resist regions at other interconnects on the glass handler side. The interposer may include a conductive adhesive layer that couples together interconnects at the open regions on the glass handler side. In this manner, a probe may send a test signal from a first interconnect at one location on the test side of the interposer, through the first interconnect, through the conductive adhesive, through a second interconnect to another probe on the test side of the interposer. The method thus provides same-sided probe testing of the interposer. The method also provides for loading or power application to the conductive glass handler and testing of circuits and interconnects on the test side of the silicon interposer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110031627 | Reducing Crosstalk In The Design Of Module Nets - A method, a system and a computer program product for reducing coupling noise in low loss on-module wires used for connecting module components in electrical circuits/devices. During the design stage, an Enhanced Crosstalk Reduction (ECR) utility identifies interconnect wires as driven/aggressor traces or receiver traces. The ECR utility substantially avoids forward crosstalk in a victim trace by specially arranging driver traces adjacent to the receiver victim trace in order to provide a lower level and saturated level of backward crosstalk. In particular, the ECR utility provided a configuration of wire/trace layers based on one or more of: (a) the crosstalk impact of a trace when positioned in a particular location; (b) the crosstalk impact of the trace upon remaining components based on placement in the particular location; and (c) system component specifications. In addition, the ECR utility reduces crosstalk by providing a configuration of receiver wires and transmitter wires without the use of isolation layers. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110132650 | High-Speed Ceramic Modules with Hybrid Referencing Scheme for Improved Performance and Reduced Cost - A multi-layered ceramic package comprises: a signal layer with identified chip/device area(s)/site(s) that require a supply of power; and a voltage power (Vdd) layer and a ground (Gnd) layer disposed on opposite sides directly above or below (adjacent to) the signal layer and providing a first reference mesh plane and a second reference mesh plane configured utilizing a hybrid mesh scheme. The hybrid mesh scheme comprises different mesh configurations from among: a full dense mesh in a first area directly above or below the identified chip/device area(s); a half dense mesh in a second area that is above or below the edge(s) of the chip/device area; and a wider mesh pitch in all other areas, and the Vdd traces are aligned to run parallel and adjacent to signal lines in those other areas. Wider traces are provided within the mesh areas that run parallel and adjacent to signal lines. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120081859 | ELECTRONIC MODULE POWER SUPPLY - Power may be supplied to an electronic module according to various techniques. In one general implementation, for example, a system for supping power to an electronic module may include a printed circuit board, the electronic module, and a conductive foil. The board may include a number of contact locations on a first side, with at least one of the contact locations electrically coupled to a via to a second side of the board. The electronic module may be electrically coupled to the contact locations on the first side of the board and receive electrical power through the at least one contact location electrically coupled to a via. The foil may be adapted to convey electrical power for the electronic module and electrically coupled on the second side of circuit board to at least the via electrically coupled to a contact location that receives electrical power for the electronic module. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20130252379 | METHOD FOR MAKING HIGH-SPEED CERAMIC MODULES WITH HYBRID REFERENCING SCHEME FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND REDUCED COST - A multi-layered ceramic package comprises: a signal layer with identified chip/device area(s) that require a supply of power; and a voltage power (Vdd) layer and a ground (Gnd) layer disposed on opposite sides directly above or below and adjacent to the signal layer and providing a first reference mesh plane and a second reference mesh plane configured utilizing a hybrid mesh scheme. The hybrid mesh scheme comprises: a full dense mesh in a first area directly above or below the identified chip/device area(s); a half dense mesh in a second area that is above or below the edge(s) of the chip/device area; and a wider mesh pitch in all other areas The Vdd traces are aligned to run parallel and adjacent to signal lines in those other areas. Wider traces are provided within the mesh areas that run parallel and adjacent to signal lines. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140029221 | ELECTRONIC MODULE POWER SUPPLY - Power may be supplied to an electronic module according to various techniques. In one general implementation, for example, a system for supplying power to an electronic module may include a printed circuit board, the electronic module, and a conductive foil. The board may include a number of contact locations on a first side, with at least one of the contact locations electrically coupled to a via to a second side of the board. The electronic module may be electrically coupled to the contact locations on the first side of the board and receive electrical power through the at least one contact location electrically coupled to a via. The foil may be adapted to convey electrical power for the electronic module and electrically coupled on the second side of circuit board to at least the via electrically coupled to a contact location that receives electrical power for the electronic module. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140157033 | REDUCING POWER GRID NOISE IN A PROCESSOR WHILE MINIMIZING PERFORMANCE LOSS - In the management of a processor, logical operation activity is monitored for increases from a low level to a high level during a sampling window across multiple cores sharing a common supply rail, with at least one decoupling capacitor along the common supply rail. Responsive to detecting the increase in logical operation activity from the low level to the high level during the sampling window, the processor limits the logical operations executed on the cores during a lower activity period to a level of logical operations set between the low level and a medium level, where the medium level is an amount between the low level and the high level. Responsive to the lower activity period ending, the processor gradually decreases the limit on the logical operations to resume normal operations. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140157277 | REDUCING POWER GRID NOISE IN A PROCESSOR WHILE MINIMIZING PERFORMANCE LOSS - In the management of a processor, logical operation activity is monitored for increases from a low level to a high level during a sampling window across multiple cores sharing a common supply rail, with at least one decoupling capacitor along the common supply rail. Responsive to detecting the increase in logical operation activity from the low level to the high level during the sampling window, the processor limits the logical operations executed on the cores during a lower activity period to a level of logical operations set between the low level and a medium level, where the medium level is an amount between the low level and the high level. Responsive to the lower activity period ending, the processor gradually decreases the limit on the logical operations to resume normal operations. | 06-05-2014 |
Weijun Zhou, Lake Jackson, TX US
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| 20100067258 | BULK LIGHT DIFFUSER COMPOSITION - The present invention is a bulk light diffuser material based upon a hydrogenated block copolymer, but including a particulate light diffusing component. The material may be in the form of a film, a sheet or a molded article. When present as a sheet having a thickness of 2 millimeters, the sheet has a percent total transmittance of at least 50% and a haze of at least 70%, measured according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D 1003. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100271702 | LOW BIREFRINGENT THERMOPLASTIC LENSES AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN PREPARING SUCH LENSES - A lens-forming thermoplastic composition of matter has a crystallinity, as determined in accord with differential scanning calorimetry of from 0 percent to less than 1 percent when the composition comprises a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/isoprene block copolymer or a crystallinity, as determined in accord with differential scanning calorimetry of from more than 0 percent to less than 1 percent when the composition comprises a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/butadiene block copolymer. The composition has a birefringence, measured at a wavelength of 633 nanometers, within a range of from 0 to less than 6×10. Molding a melt of these compositions occurs at temperatures within a range from the hydrogenated block copolymer's glass transition minus 20° C. to the glass transition temperature minus 90° C. The compositions suitably form lenses such as an optical pick-up lens, which may be aspherical or have at least one of an irregular surface configuration, a non-uniform thickness or an irregular and non-uniform cross-section. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100290117 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM - Optically clear polymeric films, especially films fabricated from a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic block copolymer, that have a birefringence of from 0.001 to 0.05 and a retardation of from 25 nanometers to 500 nanometers, either as fabricated or as oriented post fabrication, function as, for example, optical compensation films or a layer in a multilayer film as an optical compensator for a display. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110038045 | NEAR-ZERO OPTICAL RETARDATION FILM - An optical film, suitable or use in, or as a component of, an image display device or apparatus (for example, a LCD device or a polarizer assembly), comprises a hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block copolymer that has a near zero optical retardation at all light incidence angles (measured using incident light at a wavelength of 633 nanometers). | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110115109 | Method of manufacturing a reflective polarizer - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a diffusely reflecting polarizer, comprising: extruding and stretching a film containing a first polymer having a birefringence of less than 0.02, with said first polymer being a substantially amorphous nano-composite material, and a second polymer, the first polymer being a major phase, and the second polymer being a dispersed minor phase, wherein said first and second polymers taken together along a first axis for one polarization state of electromagnetic radiation exhibit a diffuse reflectivity R | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116167 | Diffusely-reflecting polarizer having substantially amorphous nano-composite major phase - The present invention provides a diffusely reflecting polarizer comprising a layer containing: a first polymer being a substantially amorphous nano-composite material and being a major phase having a birefringence of less than about 0.02, and a second polymer being a dispersed minor phase within the first polymer major phase, the major and minor phases differing in index of refraction by more than about 0.05 along a first axis and by less than about 0.05 along a second axis orthogonal to said first axis; wherein the major phase comprises a continuous amorphous phase and at least one additional phase dispersed into domains within said continuous amorphous phase, the domains having characteristic dimensions smaller than the wavelength of light such that these domains do not contribute to scattering of light passing through the first polymer; wherein the diffuse reflectivity of said first and second polymers taken together along at least one axis for at least one polarization state of electromagnetic radiation is at least about 50%. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110133245 | MELT-PROCESSABLE, INJECTION-MOLDABLE THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION AND SEMI-CONDUCTIVE DEVICES FABRICATED THEREWITH - A thermoplastic, hydrogenated vinyl aromatic/conjugated diene block polymer composition, especially a hydrogenated styrene/butadiene triblock composition, functions well as a LED encapsulating material in that it provides one or more of optical clarity, thermal stability, ultraviolet light resistance, melt-processability and injection-moldability. The resulting LED resists deformation after setting or hardening under typical solder reflow conditions. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110146792 | COMPOSITE LAMINATES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention generally relates to composite laminates and uses thereof in articles in need of protection from mechanical damage and water or oxygen based degradation. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120243842 | Plastic Optical Fiber Comprising Cyclic Block Copolymer - Plastic optical fibers or plastic optical fiber cores with good high temperature resistance to optical attenuation loss are prepared from a cyclic block copolymer characterized by a: A. Weight ratio of hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer block to hydrogenated vinyl aromatic polymer block of 35:65 to 10:90; B. Number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 40,000 to 150,000, grams per mole (g/mol); and C. Hydrogenation level such that each hydrogenated vinyl aromatic polymer block and each hydrogenated conjugated diene polymer block has a hydrogenation level of at least 95 percent. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130012664 | POLYURETHANE COMPOSITIONS HAVING IMPROVED IMPACT RESISTANCE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES - A thermoset polyurethane composition having excellent impact and optical properties is prepared from a formulation comprising at least a prepolymer and a chain extender. The prepolymer includes an isocyanate component, containing 1,3-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane and at least (20) percent by weight of 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane, and an isocyanate-reactive component, containing hydroxyl, amine or thiol functionality. The isocyanate-reactive component includes from (70) to (95) percent by weight of a compound having a molecular weight from 150 to less than 950 Daltons, and from (5) to (30) percent by weight of a compound having a molecular weight from 2,000 to 4,500 Daltons. The chain extender is an aromatic, aliphatic, or cycloaliphatic polyamine compound containing at least one hydroxyl and/or thiol group. Articles that may be prepared include ophthalmic lenses, vehicle glazings, aircraft canopies, and the like. | 01-10-2013 |
Weijun Zhou, Freerport, TX US
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| 20100151221 | CLEAR AND FLAME RETARDANT POLYCARBONATE RESIN FILM - A polycarbonate resin film, which is prepared by molding a resin composition, which comprises 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin (A), 0.10 to 0.18 parts by weight of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt compound (B) of a perfluoroalkane sulfonic acid and 0.05 to 0.35 parts by weight of a silicone compound (C), wherein a main chain of the silicone compound (C) is branched and the film has: | 06-17-2010 |
Weijun Zhou, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20120161345 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DIFFUSELY-REFLECTING POLARIZER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY AMORPHOUS NANO-COMPOSITE CONTINUOUS PHASE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a diffusely reflecting polarizer, comprising the steps of: coextruding first and second polymers through a chaotic mixer and a sheeting die to produce a cast sheet with a desired blend morphology and stretching said cast sheet to produce a composite film containing a first polymer having a birefringence of less than 0.02, with said first polymer being a substantially amorphous nano-composite material, and a second polymer, the first polymer being a major phase, and the second polymer being a dispersed minor phase, wherein said first and second polymers taken together along a first axis for one polarization state of electromagnetic radiation exhibit a diffuse reflectivity R | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130045292 | Curable liquid composite light emitting diode encapsulant - A curable liquid polysiloxane/TiO | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130045552 | Light emitting diode manufacturing method - A method of making a light emitting diode (LED) having an optical element is provided, comprising: providing a curable liquid polysiloxane/TiO | 02-21-2013 |
| 20140168771 | OPTICAL RETARDATION FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - Cellulose derivative optical retardation film with suitable birefringent characteristics to enhance wide view performance upon use in liquid crystal devices (LCD), especially in vertically aligned (VA) type LCDs. Method of manufacturing such a cellulose derivative optical retardation film and its use in a liquid crystal display or an imaging device. | 06-19-2014 |
Weijun Zhou, Freeport, TX US
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| 20100148136 | Light Diffusing Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Light Diffusion Sheet Thereof - The present invention provides a light diffusing thermoplastic resin composition comprising polycaprolactone, specific silicone rubber particles, and, when desired, a fluorescent brightening agent, an antioxidant and/or an ultraviolet light absorber. A light diffusion sheet can be obtained by molding the light diffusing thermoplastic resin composition, which has superior light diffusion properties, luminance, mechanical strength, thermal stability and light resistance. | 06-17-2010 |
Wenli Zhou, Austin, TX US
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| 20080268437 | Method of Targeted and Comprehensive Sequencing Using High-Density Oligonucleotide Array - A method for targeted and comprehensive sequencing using high-density oligonucleotide array, comprising the steps of hybridizing nucleic acid from an investigative species with high-density oligonucleotide arrays of a related species, identifying the oligonucleotide probes that generate high hybridization signals, using the probes sequences to make PCR primers, amplifying heterologous genes by PCR with the gene specific PCR primers and an anchoring primer, and sequencing the PCR products. | 10-30-2008 |
Xiachuan Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20110143964 | FLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLEX CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS - The present invention describes microfluidic devices that provide novel fluidic structures to facilitate the separation of fluids into isolated, pico-liter sized compartments for performing multiplexing chemical and biological reactions. Applications of the novel devices including biomolecule synthesis, polynucleotide amplification, and binding assays are also disclosed. | 06-16-2011 |
Xiaobo Zhou, Bellaire, TX US
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| 20100119033 | INTENSITY-MODULATED, CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, METHODS, AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are methods for reconstructing a three-dimensional image of an object's volume of interest using computed tomography that employs conical-beam, intensity-modulated projections of this object. In one embodiment, a plurality of collimating devices serves to modulate the aperture of the radiation source thereby acting to modulate the intensity of the source upon the object. Also provided are image processing devices, examination apparatus, as well as a computer-readable medium and a program element adapted and configured to perform aspects of the methods disclosed herein. | 05-13-2010 |
Xiaochuan Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20080318806 | DEVICE FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS USING PHOTO-GENERATED REAGENTS - This invention provides method and apparatus for performing chemical and biochemical reactions in solution using in situ generated photo-products as reagent or co-reagent. In particular, the present invention provides methods and devices for generating a photogenerated reaction in solution on a substrate comprising generating a light beam using an optical device system comprising a light source and a computer-controlled spatial optical modulator comprising a digital micromirror device and using the spatial optical modulator to direct light to fluidly isolated reaction sites under conditions such that a photogenerated reaction takes place. The method and apparatus of the present invention have applications in parallel synthesis of molecular sequence arrays on solid surfaces. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100047875 | Making nucleic acid sequences in parallel and use - The present invention relates generally to the fields of genomics, synthetic biology and genetic engineering. More particularly, the present invention concerns the methods that enable parallel multiplex ligation and amplification on surface for making assemblies of nucleic acids of various biological applications and for analysis of biological samples such as DNA, RNA, and proteins. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100093974 | Linkers and Co-Coupling Agents for Optimization of Oligonucleotide Synthesis and Purification on Solid Supports - A method of modulation of synthesis capacity on and cleavage properties of synthetic oligomers from solid support is described. The method utilizes linker molecules attached to a solid surface and co-coupling agents that have similar reactivities to the coupling compounds with the surface functional groups. The preferred linker molecules provide an increased density of polymers and more resistance to cleavage from the support surface. The method is particularly useful for synthesis of oligonucleotides, oligonucleotides microarrays, peptides, and peptide microarrays. The stable linkers are also coupled to anchor molecules for synthesis of DNA oligonucleotides using on support purification, eliminating time-consuming chromatography and metal cation presence. Oligonucleotides thus obtained can be directly used for mass analysis, DNA amplification and ligation, hybridization, and many other applications. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100112558 | Probe Bead Synthesis and Use - The present invention relates to the field of methods and devices of miniaturized synthesis. More specifically, the present invention relates to the parallel synthesis of large number of different types of molecules and oligomers, such as oligonucleotides (oligos), peptides, lipids, carbohydrates, small ligand molecules, and other organic and inorganic molecules as probes for multiplexing assays. The probes may be synthesized from and/or attached to nanobeads to microbeads. The present invention provides for assays of multiplexing large scale biology, such as analysis of genomic DNAs and RNAs and proteomic proteins or peptides performed simultaneously on the synthetic beads. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110008775 | SEQUENCING OF NUCLEIC ACIDS - The present invention relates to the field of analysis of nucleic acid sequences. More specifically, the present invention relates to the method and instrument for high throughput parallel DNA sequencing. The present invention also provides method for selection of sequences from analyte samples for enrichment of the target sequences or depletion of the selected molecules and in particular undesirable sequence templates from sequencing samples. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110097762 | LINKERS AND CO-COUPLING AGENTS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS AND PURIFICATION ON SOLID SUPPORTS - A method of modulation of synthesis capacity on and cleavage properties of synthetic oligomers from solid support is described. The method utilizes linker molecules attached to a solid surface and co-coupling agents that have similar reactivities to the coupling compounds with the surface functional groups. The preferred linker molecules provide an increased density of polymers and more resistance to cleavage from the support surface. The method is particularly useful for synthesis of oligonucleotides, oligonucleotides microarrays, peptides, and peptide microarrays. The stable linkers are also coupled to anchor molecules for synthesis of DNA oligonucleotides using on support purification, eliminating time-consuming chromatography and metal cation presence. Oligonucleotides thus obtained can be directly used for mass analysis, DNA amplification and ligation, hybridization, and many other applications. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110170075 | DEVICE FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS USING PHOTO-GENERATED REAGENTS - This invention provides method and apparatus for performing chemical and biochemical reactions in solution using in situ generated photo-products as reagent or co-reagent. Specifically, the method and apparatus of the present invention have applications in parallel synthesis of molecular sequence arrays on solid surfaces. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110251109 | Fluidic methods for devices for parallel chemical reactions - Fluidic methods and devices for conducting parallel chemical reactions are disclosed. The methods are based on the use of in situ photogenerated reagents such as photogenerated acids, photogenerated bases, or any other suitable chemical compounds that produce active reagents upon light radiation. The present invention describes devices and methods for performing a large number of parallel chemical reactions without the use of a large number of valves, pumps, and other complicated fluidic components. The present invention provides microfluidic devices that contain a plurality of microscopic vessels for carrying out discrete chemical reactions. Other applications may include the preparation of microarrays of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides, peptides, oligosaccharides, phospholipids and other biopolymers on a substrate surface for assessing gene sequence information, screening for biological and chemical activities, identifying intermolecular complex formations, and determining structural features of molecular complexes. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120029166 | LINKERS AND CO-COUPLING AGENTS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS AND PURIFICATION ON SOLID SUPPORTS - A method of modulation of synthesis capacity on and cleavage properties of synthetic oligomers from solid support is described. The method utilizes linker molecules attached to a solid surface and co-coupling agents that have similar reactivities to the coupling compounds with the surface functional groups. The preferred linker molecules provide an increased density of polymers and more resistance to cleavage from the support surface. The method is particularly useful for synthesis of oligonucleotides, oligonucleotides microarrays, peptides, and peptide microarrays. The stable linkers are also coupled to anchor molecules for synthesis of DNA oligonucleotides using on support purification, eliminating time-consuming chromatography and metal cation presence. Oligonucleotides thus obtained can be directly used for mass analysis, DNA amplification and ligation, hybridization, and many other applications. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120071358 | Fluidic devices and methods for multiplex chemical and biochemical reactions - The present invention describes microfluidic devices that provide novel fluidic structures to facilitate the separation of fluids into isolated, pico-liter sized compartments for performing multiplexing chemical and biological reactions. Applications of the novel devices including biomolecule synthesis, polynucleotide amplification, and binding assays are also disclosed. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20130261026 | LINKERS AND CO-COUPLING AGENTS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS AND PURIFICATION ON SOLID SUPPORTS - A method of modulation of synthesis capacity on and cleavage properties of synthetic oligomers from solid support is described. The method utilizes linker molecules attached to a solid surface and co-coupling agents that have similar reactivities to the coupling compounds with the surface functional groups. The preferred linker molecules provide an increased density of polymers and more resistance to cleavage from the support surface. The method is particularly useful for synthesis of oligonucleotides, oligonucleotides microarrays, peptides, and peptide microarrays. The stable linkers are also coupled to anchor molecules for synthesis of DNA oligonucleotides using on support purification, eliminating time-consuming chromatography and metal cation presence. Oligonucleotides thus obtained can be directly used for mass analysis, DNA amplification and ligation, hybridization, and many other applications. | 10-03-2013 |
Xiaogang Zhou, Plano, TX US
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| 20080239994 | Multimedia Conference Resource Sharing System and Method - A multimedia conference system is provided that includes a conference server, a file server, an organizer system, and one or more participant systems. The conference server is configured to promote participants conferencing. The file server is configured to maintain conference related multimedia content. The organizer system is used by an organizer to arrange a conference using the conference server. The organizer uses the organizer system to promote storing conference related multimedia content to the file server. The one or more participant systems are used by participants to join the conference and retrieve separate instances of the conference related multimedia content. A method for multimedia conferencing is also provided. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080280600 | Geographic Mobile Address Book - A mobile device is provided that comprises a processor and an address book configured to provide a display to display a current geographic location of a contact associated with an entry in the address book. | 11-13-2008 |
Xiaoping Zhou, Plano, TX US
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| 20110210952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SIGNAGE SYSTEM OF A TRANSIT VEHICLE - A sign-monitoring system includes at least one electronic sign and a controller comprising a processor and memory. The electronic sign includes a pixel array, the pixel array including a plurality of pixels. The electronic sign further includes an embedded controller coupled to the at least one electronic sign. The embedded controller develops diagnostic information for the at least one electronic sign, the diagnostic information including information related to a number of malfunctioning pixels in the plurality of pixels. The controller is communicably coupled to the embedded controller and receives at least a portion of the diagnostic information from the embedded controller. In addition, the controller assesses the at least a portion of the diagnostic information to develop health information. The assessment involves evaluating the information related to the number of malfunctioning pixels. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120324771 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE - Disclosed is a displayed device having a top and bottom elongate rail and a display module for displaying alpha numeric information to passengers on a mass transit vehicle. The display modules may be mounted along a top and bottom edge directly to the top and bottom elongate rails. End caps are mounted to the ends of the elongate rail forming a structurally sound frame about the display module. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20140022792 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE - Disclosed is a displayed device having a top and bottom elongate rail and a display module for displaying alpha numeric information to passengers on a mass transit vehicle. The display modules may be mounted along a top and bottom edge directly to the top and bottom elongate rails. End caps are mounted to the ends of the elongate rail forming a structurally sound frame about the display module. | 01-23-2014 |
Xiaoqing Zhou, Richardson, TX US
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| 20090037132 | Parallel Test System - A method and a system for defining groups of tests that may be concurrently performed or overlapped are provided. Channel-independent test groups are determined such that each group includes tests that the input/output channels may be utilized simultaneously without conflicts. The channel-independent test groups are divided into block-under-test (BUT) conflict test groups and total-independence test groups. The total-independence test groups may be performed concurrently. Performance of the BUT-conflict test groups may be overlapped such that the input/output channels are used concurrently, but the execution of the tests by the blocks of the device-under-test (DUT) is performed sequentially. | 02-05-2009 |
Xinliang Zhou, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20080226541 | Recovery of Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide in Auto-Oxidation H2O2 Production - Hydrogen peroxide produced in an auto-oxidation process is recovered from H | 09-18-2008 |
Yaping Zhou, Austin, TX US
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| 20090126983 | Method and Apparatus to Reduce Impedance Discontinuity in Packages - A method, system and apparatus for coating plated through holes (PTHs) to reduce impedance discontinuity in electronic packages. PTH vias are imbedded in the core of a printed circuit board comprising a core layer, a plurality of buildup layers, a plurality of micro-vias, and a plurality of traces. Traces electrically interconnect each of the micro-vias to PTH vias, forming an electrically conductive path. PTHs are coated with a magnetic metal material, such as nickel, to increase the internal and external conductance of the PTHs, thereby providing decreased impedance discontinuity of the signals in electronic packages. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090189713 | Voltage Controlled On-Chip Decoupling Capacitance to Mitigate Power Supply Noise - A method and system for reducing the noise level of a power supply system with the implementation of a voltage controlled decoupling capacitor in an electrical circuit. Voltage variations of the power supply caused by switching currents are detected by a voltage sensor control circuit. The voltage sensor circuit compares a stable reference voltage with the varying voltage level of the power supply in order to generate a sensor control voltage. When applied to the decoupling capacitor, the control voltage adjusts the capacitance of the voltage controlled capacitor. The adjusted capacitance allows the voltage controlled decoupling capacitor to compensate for the effects of the voltage variations by supplying an increased quantity of charge to various circuit components. Thus, the voltage controlled capacitor is able to efficiently reduce noise within the power supply system. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090302874 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL PROBE CONTACT WITH CIRCUIT BOARD VIAS - A method and apparatus for probing a circuit board, is provided. One implementation involves a signal probe including a tip having a plurality of strands of flexible conductive material surrounding the tip, the strands extending out from the tip to provide multiple points of contact with the rim of a via or a conductive barrel of the via when the tip is inserted into the via, the probe tip and probe strands being made of same conductive material; such that aligning the signal probe with the via for engaging the probe tip strands with the via, and inserting the tip into the via, causes bending and flexing of the strands for making contact with a conductor on a top rim of the barrel and inside an inner wall of the barrel. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100017158 | GENERATING WORST CASE BIT PATTERNS FOR SIMULTANEOUS SWITCHING NOISE (SSN) IN DIGITAL SYSTEMS - A methodology to determine a bit pattern that may excite a worse case or near worse case simultaneous switching noise on a memory or input/output (IO) interface of a digital system is provided. This methodology involves determining an impedance profile of the IO interface of the digital system. The amplitude response of signal X | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110147044 | SYSTEM TO IMPROVE CORELESS PACKAGE CONNECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system to improve core package connections may include ball grid array pads, and a ball grid array. The system may also include connection members of the ball grid array conductively connected to respective ball grid array pads. The system may further include magnetic underfill positioned adjacent at least some of the connection members and respective ball grid array pads to increase respective connection members' inductance. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120138349 | SYSTEM TO IMPROVE CORELESS PACKAGE CONNECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system to improve core package connections may include ball grid array pads, and a ball grid array. The system may also include connection members of the ball grid array conductively connected to respective ball grid array pads. The system may further include magnetic underfill positioned adjacent at least some of the connection members and respective ball grid array pads to increase respective connection members' inductance. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130075148 | Method and Apparatus to Reduce Impedance Discontinuity in Packages - A device and/or apparatus having plated through holes (PTHs) which are coated to reduce impedance discontinuity in electronic packages. PTH vias are imbedded in the core of a printed circuit board comprising a core layer, a plurality of buildup layers, a plurality of micro-vias, and a plurality of traces. Traces electrically interconnect each of the micro-vias to PTH vias, forming an electrically conductive path. PTHs are coated with a magnetic metal material, such as nickel, to increase the internal and external conductance of the PTHs, thereby providing decreased impedance discontinuity of the signals in electronic packages. | 03-28-2013 |
Zhe Zhou, Lake Jackson, TX US
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| 20140011927 | Process to Produce Enhanced Melt Strength Ethylene/Alpha-Olefin Copolymers and Articles Thereof - An ethylene/α-olefin copolymer comprising units derived from ethylene; and units derived from at least one α-olefin; wherein the ethylene/α-olefin copolymer has a density in the range of from 0.90 to 0.94 g/cc; a melt index (I | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140090453 | CHROMATOGRAPHY OF POLYMERS - The invention provides an apparatus for polymer chromatography, comprising at least one column that comprises a first stationary phase comprising one of the following: A) a material comprising at least one non-carbon atom, excluding glass or a metal, selected from molybdenum sulfide MoS2, tungsten sulfide WS2, silicon carbide SiC, boron nitride BN, or combinations thereof, or B) glass, or a metal, or combinations thereof, and a material comprising at least one non-carbon atom selected from molybdenum sulfide MoS2, tungsten sulfide WS2, silicon carbide SiC, boron nitride BN, or combinations thereof. The invention also provides a method for polymer chromatography, comprising introducing a solution, comprising a polymer, into a liquid flowing through a first stationary phase, and wherein the first stationary phase comprises one of foregoing materials (A) or (B). | 04-03-2014 |
Zhengquan Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20120195690 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SECTIONAL TRUSS SPAR HULL FOR OFFSHORE FLOATING STRUCTURE - The present disclosure provides an improved design for a multi-sectional truss spar hull platform having a truss and a spar hull. One or more sections can be transported to a designated location and off-loaded into water from an available transport vessel. The truss includes a skirt tank at the upper end of truss that can be coupled to the lower end of the hull. The skirt tank can provide buoyancy during float-off and mating operations to the hull. The skirt tank is designed to allow the portion above the water to be coupled to the hull in a first orientation, the truss with the skirt tank rotated with the hull in the water to a second orientation to expose the previously underwater portion, and then the previously underwater portion can be coupled together above the water. The integral skirt tank will be flooded after the spar hull is up-ended. | 08-02-2012 |
Zhenhua Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20120149949 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL USING A STACKED BED REACTOR - The present invention produces ethanol in a stacked bed reactor that comprises a first catalyst comprising platinum and tin and a second catalyst comprising copper or an oxide thereof. The crude ethanol product may be separated and ethanol recovered. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120157721 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL USING MULTIPLE BEDS EACH HAVING DIFFERENT CATALYSTS - The present invention produces ethanol in a stacked bed reactor that comprises a first catalyst and a second catalyst, wherein the first and second catalysts comprise at least one group VIII metal, and wherein the second catalyst is substantially free of copper. The crude ethanol product may be separated and ethanol recovered. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120178975 | Process for Production of Ethanol Using a Mixed Feed Using Copper Containing Catalyst - The present invention produces ethanol in a reactor that comprises a catalyst comprising from 40 to 70 wt. % copper and 15 to 40 wt. % zinc and a support material. The crude ethanol product may be separated and ethanol recovered. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120209034 | Process for Producing Ethanol over Catalysts Containing Platinum and Palladium - The present invention relates to a process for producing product comprising ethanol which comprises contacting a feedstock comprising acetic acid and hydrogen in a reaction zone at hydrogenation conditions with a catalyst composition comprising platinum, palladium and tin on a support, wherein the catalyst has an excess amount of platinum relative to the amount of palladium based on weight. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120238785 | Process For The Production of Ethanol From An Acetic Acid Feed and A Recycled Ethyl Acetate Feed - The present invention produces ethanol in a reactor that comprises a catalyst composition and a feed stream comprising acetic acid and a recycled liquid stream comprising ethyl acetate. The catalyst composition comprises a first catalyst comprising platinum, cobalt, and/or tin and a second catalyst comprising copper. The crude ethanol product may be separated and ethanol recovered. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120238786 | Reduction of Acid Within Column Through Esterification During the Production of Alcohols - Purifying and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In addition, the process involves the esterification of acetic acid in a column used for recovering the ethanol. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120245395 | Reduced Energy Alcohol Separation Process Having Water Removal - The present invention relates to the recovery of alcohols, in particular ethanol, from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid using a reduced energy process. The crude ethanol product may be fed to a distillation column in which a substantial portion of the water is removed with the acetic acid in the residue. Additional water may be removed by using a pressure swing adsorption unit, molecular sieve, and/or membrane. Ethanol extraction may also be used to reduce the ethanol concentration in the recycle streams. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245396 | Recovering Ethanol Sidedraw By Separating Crude Product From Hydrogenation Process - A process for producing ethanol is disclosed, comprising the steps of hydrogenating acetic acid in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst to form a crude ethanol product, separating at least a portion of the crude ethanol product in a column into a first distillate comprising ethanol and a first residue comprising acetic acid and water, wherein a substantial portion of the water in the crude ethanol product that is fed to the column is removed in the first residue, and separating a portion of the ethanol mixture stream to the second distillation column to yield an ethanol product sidedraw, second residue comprising water and a second distillate comprising ethyl acetate. The water content of the ethanol product sidedraw may be further reduced to yield a stream having reduced water content. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120277491 | REDUCING ETHYL ACETATE CONCENTRATION IN RECYCLE STREAMS FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESSES - Recycle streams in an ethanol production process are hydrolyzed to reduce ethyl acetate concentration. In the process, acetic acid is hydrogenated to form a crude ethanol product, which undergoes a separation or purification process. Ethyl acetate is formed as a byproduct of the hydrogenation of acetic acid. The hydrolysis of recycle steams from the separation process can reduce the concentration of ethyl acetate, converting some or all of the ethyl acetate to acetic acid and ethanol. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130090500 | PROCESSES FOR HYDROGENATING ALKANOIC ACIDS USING CATALYST COMPRISING TUNGSTEN - A process hydrogenating alkanoic acids in the presence of a catalyst that comprises supports, one or more metals, tungsten oxide, and at least one alkaline earth metal oxide or metasilicate. The molar ratio of the at least one alkaline earth metal oxide or metasilicate to tungsten oxide, based on the metals, is from 1:3 to 5:1. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130131400 | Hydrogenating Acetic Acid to Produce Ethyl Acetate and Reducing Ethyl Acetate to Ethanol - Disclosed herein are processes for alcohol production by reducing an ethyl acetate produced by hydrogenating acetic acid in the presence of a suitable catalyst. The ethyl acetate is reduced with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a crude reaction mixture comprising the alcohol, in particular ethanol, which may be separated from the crude reaction mixture. Thus, ethanol may be produced from acetic acid through an ethyl acetate intermediate without an esterification step. This may reduce the recycle of ethanol in the hydrogenolysis process and improve ethanol productivity. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130137906 | Treatment of Recycle Gas from Acid Hydrogenation - In a process for producing ethanol, acetic acid is contacted with hydrogen in a reaction zone in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to form a crude ethanol product comprising ethanol, hydrogen and carbon monoxide. At least a portion of the crude ethanol product is separated to yield a vapor stream and a liquid stream, wherein the vapor stream comprises hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and wherein the liquid stream comprises ethanol. At least a portion of the vapor stream is contacted with a methanation catalyst under conditions such that carbon monoxide reacts with hydrogen in the vapor stream portion to produce a treated stream comprising methane, hydrogen and less carbon monoxide than the vapor stream. At least a portion of the treated stream is returned directly or indirectly to the reaction zone and ethanol is recovered from the liquid stream. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130158297 | ESTERIFYING AN ETHANOL AND ACETIC ACID MIXTURE TO PRODUCE AN ESTER FEED FOR HYDROGENOLYSIS - Disclosed herein are processes for alcohol production by hydrogenating acetic acid to obtain a mixture of ethanol and acetic acid, esterifying the mixture to produce an esterification product and reducing the esterification product. The mixture may provide a sufficient amount of ethanol and acetic acid for esterification and reduces the need for additional acetic acid and/or ethanol. This may reduce the recycle of ethanol in the hydrogenolysis process and improve ethanol productivity. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130158300 | Process For Producing Ethanol By Hydrogenating Mixed Feeds Comprising Water - The processes of the current invention relate to the production of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid and ethyl acetate. Conversion of ethyl acetate may be improved by controlling the water content that may be fed to the vaporizer to form a feed stream that may be fed to the hydrogenation reactor. At least 0.01 wt. % water is fed to the vaporizer. The crude ethanol product is separated two or more columns to yield an ethanol product. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130158302 | Phasing Reactor Product from Hydrogenating Acetic Acid Into Ethyl Acetate Feed to Produce Ethanol - Disclosed herein are processes for alcohol production by reducing ethyl acetate produced by hydrogenating acetic acid in the presence of a suitable catalyst. The product of the acetic acid hydrogenation is fed directly to a decanter to separate the hydrogenation product into an aqueous phase comprising water and ethanol and an organic phase comprising ethyl acetate. The organic phase is reduced with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a crude reaction mixture comprising the alcohol, in particular ethanol, which may be separated from the crude reaction mixture. Thus, ethanol may be produced from acetic acid through an ethyl acetate intermediate without an esterification step. This may reduce the recycle of ethanol in the hydrogenolysis process and improve ethanol productivity. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130165700 | Catalysts Comprising Secondary Noble Metals and Process for Producing Ethanol - The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising platinum, tin and a secondary noble metal selected from the group consisting of rhodium, palladium, gold and iridium. The catalyst may be on a support. In some embodiments, the support may comprise calcium. The catalyst is used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130165701 | Catalysts Having Promoter Metals and Process for Producing Ethanol - The present invention relates to a catalyst. The catalyst is used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises platinum, tin, a base metal selected from calcium and/or tungsten and a promoter metal selected from barium, potassium and/or cesium. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130165702 | Calcination of Modified Support to Prepare Hydrogenation Catalysts - The present invention relates to a catalyst having an amorphous support and one or more active metals. The amorphous support may comprise a support material and an amorphous support modifier, which adjusts the acidity of the support material. In preparing the amorphous catalyst, post-synthesis treatment, i.e. calcination, may be used to adjust the catalyst performance while converting acetic acid to ethanol. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130165703 | Hydrogenation Catalysts Having An Amorphous Support - The present invention relates to a catalyst having an amorphous support and one or more active metals. The amorphous support may comprise a support material and an amorphous support modifier, which adjusts the acidity of the support material. In preparing the amorphous catalyst, post-synthesis treatment, i.e. calcination, may be used to adjust the catalyst performance while converting acetic acid to ethanol. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130165704 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL IN A REACTOR HAVING A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE - The present invention, in one embodiment, relates to a process for producing ethanol. The process comprises the step of reacting acetic acid and hydrogen in a shell and tube reactor and in the presence of a catalyst under conditions effective to form a crude ethanol product. The crude ethanol product comprises ethanol, acetic acid, ethyl acetate, and water. The process further comprises the step of recovering ethanol from the crude ethanol product. The shell and tube reactor comprises one or more tubes, each containing a heat transfer medium, and a shell comprising the catalyst. Preferably, the shell and tube reactor has an inlet temperature and an outlet temperature and the inlet temperature is substantially similar to or less than the outlet temperature. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130172632 | Process for Promoting Catalyst Activity for Ethyl Acetate Conversion - The process of the current invention relates to the production of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid and ethyl acetate in the presence of a catalyst. Conversion of ethyl acetate may be improved by adding water to the reactor. At least 0.01 wt. % water may be added to the reactor. The crude ethanol product is separated in one or more columns to yield an ethanol product. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130178661 | Hydrogenation Catalysts with Cobalt-Modified Supports - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises a precious metal and one or more active metals on a modified support that comprises cobalt. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178662 | Modified Catalyst Supports - The present invention relates to modified catalyst supports, to processes for making modified catalyst supports, and to chemical processes employing catalysts that comprise such modified catalyst supports. The modified catalyst support comprises a first metal, a second metal and a support modifier on a support, wherein the support modifier comprises a support modifier metal selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, niobium, and tantalum. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178663 | COBALT-CONTAINING HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises cobalt, precious metal and one or more active metals on a modified support. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178664 | Hydrogenation Catalysts - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises a precious metal and one or more active metals on a modified support. The modified support may comprise cobalt tungstate. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178665 | Processes For Making Catalysts With Acidic Precursors - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts with acidic precursors and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises a precious metal and one or more active metals on a support, optionally a modified support. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178666 | Processes for Making Catalysts With Metal Halide Precursors - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts with halide containing precursors and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises a precious metal and one or more active metals on a support, optionally a modified support. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178667 | Processes for Making Catalysts - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises a precious metal and one or more active metals on a support, optionally a modified support. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178668 | Multifunctional Hydrogenation Catalysts - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The multifunctional catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid and ethyl acetate to ethanol. The catalyst is effective for providing an acetic acid conversion greater than 20% and an ethyl acetate conversion greater than 0%. The catalyst comprises a precious metal and one or more active metals on a modified support. The modified support includes a metal selected from the group consisting of tungsten, vanadium, and tantalum, provided that the modified support does not contain phosphorous. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178669 | Cobalt and Tin Hydrogenation Catalysts - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid and ethyl acetate to ethanol. The catalyst comprises a precious metal, tin and cobalt, wherein molar ratio of cobalt to tin is at least 11:1. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178670 | HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS WITH BULK MULTIPLE OXIDATED SUPPORTS - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid and ethyl acetate to ethanol. The catalyst comprises an extruded modified support, and a precious metal. The processes for making the catalysts comprises modifying the catalyst, extruding the catalyst, and impregnating the precious metal onto the catalyst. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130184500 | Process for Acetal Removal In the Purification of a Crude Ethanol Product - Recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of the crude ethanol products are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and hydrolyze acetal impurities by the addition of an acid stream. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130184501 | HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS WITH ACIDIC SITES - The present invention relates to catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises acidic sites and two or more metals. The catalyst has acidic sites on the surface and the balance favors Lewis acid sites. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130184502 | REDUCED WATER CONTENT PREPARATION PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS - The present invention relates to processes for making catalysts, to catalyst prepared by a specific process, and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises less than 20% solvent prior to calcining. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130190527 | Bismuth Catalyst Composition and Process For Manufacturing Ethanol Mixture - The present invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising at least one Group VIII metal and bismuth on a support, and to a process for manufacturing a product comprising ethanol and ethyl acetate from a feedstock comprising acetic acid over the catalyst composition under hydrogenation conditions, including a temperature of greater than about 290° C. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130197278 | Process For Manufacturing Ethanol Using A Metallic Catalyst Supported on Titania - The present invention relates to a process for producing ethanol by contacting a feedstock comprising acetic acid and hydrogen in a reaction zone at hydrogenation conditions including a temperature from 125° C. to 350° C. with a catalyst composition, wherein the catalyst composition comprises from 1.5 wt. % to 3 wt. % active metals on a titania support, said active metals comprising at least one Group VIII metal and an excess molar amount of tin, relative to the at least one Group VIII metal. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130204049 | Process for Producing Ethanol Using a Molar Excess of Hydrogen - The present invention relates to a process for the production of ethanol using a molar excess of hydrogen. A mixed feed of acetic acid and ethyl acetate is fed to a reactor to be converted to ethanol. Hydrogen flow is increased to avoid a negative conversion of ethyl acetate. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204050 | Hydrogenation Process with Reduced Residence Time for Vapor Phase Reactants - The present invention is directed to the separation of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the vaporization and hydrogenation of acetic acid using reduced residence time for the vapor phase reactants between exiting the vaporizer and entering the reactor. The crude ethanol product is separated in at least one column to recover an ethanol product. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130210936 | Catalysts for Converting Acetic Acid to Acetone - The present invention relates to a process for the formation of acetone from acetic acid. The process is conducted at an elevated temperature of above 225° C. by contacting a feed stream containing acetic acid, and an optional carrier gas, with a catalyst. The catalyst comprises a support that is favorable for the production of acetone. The support may comprise titania, zirconia, ceria, silica, iron oxide, and carbon, but preferably is titania, zirconia, and ceria. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211150 | Chemisorption of Ethyl Acetate During Hydrogenation of Acetic Acid to Ethanol - A hydrogenation catalyst and process using the catalyst for converting a mixture comprising acetic acid and ethyl acetate to ethanol at a first temperature, and the catalyst desorbs ethyl acetate, in the absence of hydrogen, at a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature. The catalyst has a suitable chemisorption of ethyl acetate at the first temperature in the absence of hydrogen. In one embodiment, the first temperature ranges from 125° C. to 350° C. and the second temperature ranges from 300° C. to 600° C. The catalyst comprises one or more active metals or oxide thereof on a support that comprises tungsten or an oxide thereof. The one or more active metals are selected from the group consisting of cobalt, copper, gold, iron, nickel, palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, tin, zinc, lanthanum, cerium, manganese, chromium, vanadium, and molybdenum. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130211152 | Ethanol Manufacturing Process Over Catalyst with Cesium and Support Comprising Tungsten or Oxides Thereof - The present invention relates to a process for producing product comprising ethanol which comprises contacting a feedstock comprising acetic acid and hydrogen in a reaction zone at hydrogenation conditions with a catalyst composition comprising at least one active metal that may include a Group VIII metal and tin and from 0.01 to 0.5 wt. % cesium on a support comprising tungsten or oxides thereof. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130225876 | Hydrogenation Catalyst Using Multiple Impregnations of an Active Metal Solution - A process for producing a catalyst that results in improved yields and productivity to ethanol. The process involves the steps of preparing a solution comprising one or more precursors to an active metal and impregnating a first portion of the solution on a support to form a first impregnated support. The first impregnated support is calcined to form a first calcined support and a second portion of the solution is impregnated on the first calcined support. The catalyst is useful for hydrogenating alkanoic acids to ethanol. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130225877 | Catalyst Having Support Containing Tin and Process for Manufacturing Ethanol - The present invention relates to a catalyst composition having a support that contains tin. The catalyst is used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst may also comprise one or more active metals and a support modifier. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130225878 | Cobalt/ Tin Catalyst for Producing Ethanol - The present invention relates to a process for the formation of alcohols from alkanoic acids, the steps of the process comprising: contacting a feed stream containing the alkanoic acid and hydrogen at an elevated temperature with a hydrogenating catalyst comprising from 3 to 25 wt. % of active metals on a support, wherein the active metals comprise cobalt and tin. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130245131 | Hydrogenation of Mixed Oxygenate Stream to Produce Alcohol - The present invention relates to processes for the recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of a mixed oxygenate stream comprising ethyl acetate and acetaldehyde. The crude ethanol product is separated in at least one distillation column to product ethanol. The mixed oxygenate stream may be obtained from syngas. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245332 | Promoters for Cobalt-Tin Catalysts for Reducing Alkanoic Acids - The present invention relates to a process for the formation of an alcohol from an alkanoic acid, the steps of the process comprising: contacting a feed stream containing the alkanoic acid and hydrogen at an elevated temperature with a hydrogenating catalyst comprising from 3 to 25 wt. % of active metals comprising tin and cobalt and a metal promoter selected from the group consisting of noble metals or first metal, the first metal selected from the group of barium, cesium and potassium. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245333 | Ethanol Manufacturing Process Over Catalyst Having Improved Radial Crush Strength - Acetic acid is hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst comprising one or more active metals on a silica support, wherein the catalyst has a radial crush strength of at least 4 N/mm. The one or more active metals may include cobalt, copper, gold, iron, nickel, palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, tin, zinc, lanthanum, cerium, manganese, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum and mixtures thereof. Radial crush strength may be improved by steam treating the catalyst support prior to the loading of the one or more active metals. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245334 | Stacked Bed Reactor with Diluents for Producing Ethanol - The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol using a stacked bed reactor comprising a first bed comprising a first hydrogenation catalyst and a second bed comprising a second hydrogenation catalyst and one or more diluents. The diluents may be selected from the group consisting of silica, silica-alumina and mixtures thereof. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245335 | Acetic Acid Hydrogenation over a Group VIII Metal Calcined Catalyst Having a Secondary Promoter - The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating feedstock comprising acetic acid in the presence of hydrogen to product comprising ethanol in a reaction zone under hydrogenation conditions over a catalyst composition promoted with cobalt, rhodium, cesium or a combination thereof on a previously calcined composition comprising at least one Group VIII metal and tin on a support material. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245336 | Rhodium/ Tin Catalysts and Processes for Producing Ethanol - The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol using a catalyst comprising rhodium and tin on a support. The rhodium and tin may be present in a molar ratio of 20:80 to 80:20. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245337 | Hydrogenation Catalysts Prepared from Polyoxometalate Precursors and Process for Using Same to Produce Ethanol While Minimizing Diethyl Ether Formation - The present invention relates to hydrogenation catalysts prepared from polyoxometalate precursors. The polyoxometalate precursors introduce a support modifier to the catalyst. The catalysts are used for hydrogenating alkanoic acids and/or esters thereof to alcohols with relatively low ether formation, preferably with conversion of the ester coproduct. The catalyst may also comprise one or more active metals. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130245338 | Hydrogenation Catalysts Prepared from Polyoxometalate Precursors and Process for Using Same to Produce Ethanol - The present invention relates to hydrogenation catalysts prepared from polyoxometalate precursors. The polyoxometalate precursors introduce a support modifier to the catalyst. The catalysts are used for hydrogenating alkanoic acids and/or esters thereof to alcohols, preferably with conversion of the ester coproduct. The catalyst may also comprise one or more active metals. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130261347 | Process for Producing Ethanol by Hydrocarbon Oxidation and Hydrogenation or Hydration - Hydrocarbons are oxidized to ethylene and/or oxygenates that comprise acetic acid. The acetic acid may be converted to ethanol by hydrogenation. The ethylene may be converted to ethanol by hydration. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130261348 | Process for Producing Ethanol by Alkane Oxidation and Hydrogenation or Hydration - Ethane is oxidized to ethylene and/or oxygenates that comprise acetic acid. The acetic acid may be converted to ethanol by hydrogenation. The ethylene may be converted to ethanol by hydration. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130261349 | Hydrogenation Catalysts and Processes for Making Same - A catalyst composition comprising tin and optionally a second metal for use in the production of alcohols such as ethanol from carboxylic acids such as acetic acid. An acidic solution such as nitric acid is utilized in the preparation of the catalyst according to one embodiment of the present invention to better solubilize an organometallic tin precursor resulting in the formation of catalysts having particularly high selectivity to ethanol. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140051894 | Silica Enhanced Support for Hydrogenation Catalysts and Processes for Producing Ethanol - The present invention relates to a catalyst. The catalyst is used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises one or more active metals on an alkali metal silicate support or on an alkaline earth metal silicate support, wherein the support further comprises a silica enhancer and a support modifier. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140142351 | Combined Column for Separating Products of Different Hydrogenation Reactors - Recovery of ethanol from a crude product comprising ethyl acetate obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. The crude product is separated to form an organic stream that may be subjected to hydrogenolysis to form ethanol. The organic phase may comprise ethyl acetate is reacted via hydrogenolysis form ethanol that may be directly or indirectly fed to the separation zone or the hydrogenation reactor. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140163263 | Group VIII Metal Hydrogenolysis Catalysts Having Low Selectivity to Ethers - Group VIII metal containing catalysts used in processes for producing ethanol from ethyl acetate by reacting the ethyl acetate with hydrogenation. The Group VIII metal containing catalyst has a selectivity to ether, especially diethyl ether, that is very low. The process may be integrated with an ethyl acetate production process, such as esterification, hydrogenation, or dehydrogenation. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20150024927 | CHEMISORPTION OF ETHYL ACETATE DURING HYDROGENATION OF ACETIC ACID TO ETHANOL - A hydrogenation catalyst and process using the catalyst for converting a mixture comprising acetic acid and ethyl acetate to ethanol at a first temperature, and the catalyst desorbs ethyl acetate, in the absence of hydrogen, at a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature. The catalyst has a suitable chemisorption of ethyl acetate at the first temperature in the absence of hydrogen. In one embodiment, the first temperature ranges from 125° C. to 350° C. and the second temperature ranges from 300° C. to 600° C. The catalyst comprises one or more active metals or oxide thereof on a support that comprises tungsten or an oxide thereof. The one or more active metals are selected from the group consisting of cobalt, copper, gold, iron, nickel, palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, tin, zinc, lanthanum, cerium, manganese, chromium, vanadium, and molybdenum. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150024928 | Ethanol Manufacturing Process Over Catalyst Having Improved Radial Crush Strength - Acetic acid is hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst comprising one or more active metals on a silica support, wherein the catalyst has a radial crush strength of at least 4 N/mm. The one or more active metals may include cobalt, copper, gold, iron, nickel, palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, rhenium, rhodium, ruthenium, tin, zinc, lanthanum, cerium, manganese, chromium, vanadium, molybdenum and mixtures thereof. Radial crush strength may be improved by steam treating the catalyst support prior to the loading of the one or more active metals. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150025281 | Process for Producing Ethanol Using Hydrogenation Catalysts - The present invention relates to catalysts, to processes for making catalysts and to chemical processes employing such catalysts. The catalysts are preferably used for converting acetic acid to ethanol. The catalyst comprises a precious metal and one or more active metals on a modified support. The modified support may comprise cobalt tungstate. | 01-22-2015 |
Zhiqiang Zhou, Houston, TX US
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| 20130035862 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING TEMPERATURE EFFECTS FOR AZIMUTHAL DIRECTIONAL RESISTIVITY TOOLS - An apparatus and method for estimating a resistivity property of an earth formation involving electric current induced in an earth formation. The method may include reducing an error in a voltage received by a receiver coil due to excitation of a transmitter coil due to temperature effects. The voltage may include amplitude and/or phase errors. The method may modify the measured voltage by multiplying/dividing the voltage by a reduction factor. The reduction factor may be determined using polynomic curve fitting. The apparatus may be configured to perform the method. The apparatus may include at least one transmitter coil, at least one receiver coil, and at least one processes configured to perform the error reduction. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130338924 | PROCESSING AZIMUTHAL MEASUREMENT DATA - A method of processing azimuthal measurement data includes: receiving a plurality of data values generated by a rotating measurement tool, the measurement tool including at least one measurement sensor and configured to rotate and measure a signal at each of a plurality of azimuthal orientations; associating each received data value with an azimuthal orientation; selecting one or more data values that provide sufficient information regarding a measured signal, each of the selected data values having an associated azimuthal orientation; disregarding azimuthal orientations associated with one or more data values that provide insufficient information regarding a measured signal; and fitting only the selected data values to a sinusoidal curve. | 12-19-2013 |