Inventor

Johnny Chen

Inventor

Taipei, TW

Overview

1987–2020

Patent span

Mechanical engineering

Primary field (CPC F)

Patents· 152 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

F21Vprimary

F21VFunctional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof12%

F21SNon-portable lighting devices12%

A47GHousehold or table equipment10%

F21WIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to uses or applications of lighting devices or systems9%

H01RElectrically-conductive connections9%

F21YIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to the form or the kind of the light sources or of the colour of the light emitted7%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification7%

G06FElectric digital data processing6%

A41GArtificial flowers6%

H05BElectric heating3%

PatentTitleYear

10,845,036Dual-color light strings2020 10,726,840Conversational agent response determined using a sentiment2020 10,721,981Modular lighted tree with trunk electrical connectors2020 10,718,475Tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly2020 10,711,954Tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly2020 10,697,598Light string and light string circuits2020 10,683,974Decorative lighting control2020 10,655,802Tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly2020 10,609,974Modular artificial lighted tree with decorative light string2020 10,578,260Decorative sculptures with LED-based lighting systems2020 10,578,289Decorative lighting with reinforced wiring2020 10,571,984Communication node with digital plane interface2020 10,512,354Modular tree with electrical connector2019 10,506,690Control of modular lighted artificial trees2019 10,488,026Conformal power adapter for lighted artificial tree2019 10,441,014Artificial tree having multiple tree portions with electrical connectors secured therein2019 10,433,604Modular tree with rotation-lock electrical connectors2019 10,426,208Modular lighted tree2019 10,373,123Event scheduling2019 10,366,037Method for managing docking device and docking device2019 10,362,822Multi-positional, locking artificial tree trunk2019 10,357,071Combustion-resistant artificial tree2019 10,337,711Dual-voltage lighted artificial tree2019 10,325,595Conversational agent response determined using a sentiment2019 10,288,236Shapeable light string and methods for tree decoration2019 10,285,526Modular tree with locking trunk and locking electrical connectors2019 10,288,235Refractive decorative lighting string2019 10,267,464Tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly2019 10,222,037Decorative lighting with reinforced wiring2019 10,206,530Modular tree with locking trunk2019 10,194,764Modular tree with trunk connectors2019 10,184,654Lighted decorative sculpture2019 10,178,887Lighted artificial tree with distributed lighting power and control2019 10,140,595Event scheduling2018 10,119,664Tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly2018 10,119,689Conformal power adapter for lighted artificial tree2018 10,098,491Modular tree with locking trunk and locking electrical connectors2018 10,085,504Modular tree with rotation-lock electrical connectors2018 10,070,675Modular lighted tree with internal electrical connection system2018 10,036,542Dual-voltage lighted artificial tree2018 10,028,607Modular tree with electrical connector2018 10,028,360Selective control of decorative lighting with control option indication2018 10,010,208Modular tree with electrical connector2018 9,997,158Conversational agent response determined using a sentiment or user profile data2018 9,965,748Event scheduling2018 9,959,024Method for launching applications of handheld computer through personal computer2018 9,894,949'Lighted artificial tree with improved electrical connections'2018 9,883,706'Multi-positional, locking artificial tree trunk'2018 9,887,501'Modular artificial lighted tree with decorative light string'2018 9,883,566'Control of modular lighted artificial trees'2018 9,861,147'Modular lighted tree'2018 9,845,925Tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly2017 9,812,815'Combinatorial light string plug and receptacle'2017 9,677,748'Dual-voltage lighted artificial tree'2017 9,677,749'Conformal power adapter for lighted artificial tree'2017 9,671,097'Decorative lighting with reinforced wiring'2017 9,671,074'Modular tree with trunk connectors'2017 9,664,362'Lighted artificial tree with multi-terminal electrical connectors for power distribution and control'2017 9,648,919'Modular tree with rotation-lock electrical connectors'2017 9,640,180'Conversational agent with a particular style of expression'2017 9,601,115'Conversational agent with a particular spoken style of speech'2017 9,572,446'Modular tree with locking trunk and locking electrical connectors'2017 9,569,550'Custom search index'2017 9,526,286'Modular tree with electrical connector'2016 9,489,170'Audio control of multimedia objects'2016 9,484,687'Modular lighted tree'2016 9,441,823'Modular lighted artificial tree'2016 9,441,800'Modular lighted artificial tree'2016 9,439,528'Modular tree with locking trunk and locking electrical connectors'2016 9,418,663'Conversational agent with a particular spoken style of speech'2016 9,418,567'Selecting questions for a challenge-response test'2016 9,413,835'Event scheduling'2016 9,383,772'Docking station with KVM switch'2016 9,367,524'Systems and methods for selecting web page layouts including content slots for displaying content items based on predicted click likelihood'2016 9,342,609'Ranking custom search results'2016 9,310,838'Power management method for switching power mode of a computer system based on detection of a human interface device'2016 9,243,788'Decorative lighting with reinforced wiring'2016 9,237,217'Docking station for simultaneously establishing connections from a smartphone to an external display and USB device'2016 9,222,656'Conformal power adapter for lighted artificial tree'2015 9,220,361'Dual-voltage lighted artificial tree'2015 9,209,581'Circuit member with enhanced performance'2015 9,179,793'Modular tree with rotation-lock electrical connectors'2015 9,164,987'Translating a search query into multiple languages'2015 9,157,588'Decorative lighting with reinforced wiring'2015 9,157,587'Conformal power adapter for lighted artificial tree'2015 9,153,897'Mag-jack module'2015 9,140,438'Decorative lighting with reinforced wiring'2015 9,130,315'Circuit member with enhanced performance'2015 9,066,617'Multi-positional, locking artificial tree trunk'2015 9,055,777'Modular artificial lighted tree with decorative light string'2015 9,044,056'Modular tree with electrical connector'2015 8,992,248'Modular jack with enhanced port isolation'2015 8,974,072'Modular lighted tree with trunk electrical connectors'2015 8,936,379'Modular lighted tree'2015 8,930,359'Ranking custom search results'2015 8,920,002'Wire-clasping light-emitting diode lights'2014 8,876,321'Modular lighted artificial tree'2014 8,870,404'Dual-voltage lighted artificial tree'2014 8,853,721'Light-emitting diode with wire-piercing lead frame'2014 8,849,817'Ranking custom search results'2014 8,825,467'Translation game'2014 D0710800'Cylindrical transformer'2014 8,774,955'Audio control of multimedia objects'2014 8,751,427'Location-centric recommendation service for users'2014 8,747,167'LED lamp assembly and light strings including a lamp assembly'2014 8,719,003'Translation access'2014 8,666,811'Systems and methods for determining advertising activity'2014 D0696153'Artificial tree trunk'2013 8,608,342'Wire-piercing light-emitting diode light strings'2013 8,592,845'Wire-piercing light-emitting diode lamps'2013 8,568,015'Decorative light string for artificial lighted tree'2013 8,569,960'Conformal power adapter for lighted artificial tree'2013 8,562,175'Wire-piercing light-emitting diode illumination assemblies'2013 8,550,832'Connector with wire module actuated by a crimp tab'2013 8,545,274'Filtering assembly and modular jack using same'2013 D0686523'Artificial tree trunk'2013 8,469,750'LED lamp assembly and light strings including a lamp assembly'2013 8,454,187'Modular lighted tree'2013 8,458,376'USB peripheral device with automatic mode switch'2013 8,454,186'Modular lighted tree with trunk electical connectors'2013 8,449,332'Filtering assembly and modular jack using same'2013 8,442,994'Custom search index data security'2013 D0678211'Electrical connector'2013 8,332,260'Automatically adaptive pricing for digital goods'2012 8,312,010'Local business ranking using mapping information'2012 8,298,633'Multi-positional, locking artificial tree trunk'2012 8,280,541'Audio control of multimedia objects'2012 8,225,532'Shoe and removably securable shoe insert'2012 8,195,861'Hub apparatus with OTG function'2012 8,121,268'Web page creation by telephone'2012 8,082,242'Custom search'2011 8,015,615'Determining advertising activity'2011 7,991,772'Providing history and transaction volume information of a content source to users'2011 7,987,185'Ranking custom search results'2011 7,943,211'Three dimensional displays having deformable constructions'2011 7,890,493'Translating a search query into multiple languages'2011 7,725,453'Custom search index'2010 7,712,141'Determining advertising activity'2010 7,657,520'Providing history and transaction volume information of a content source to users'2010 D0605508'Roll up bag carrier'2009 D0601784'Clog with rocker bottom'2009 7,555,588'Computers having USB buses, methods of operation thereof and programs and information for use therewith'2009 7,530,933'Resistance generating device for a training bicycle'2009 7,329,995'Serial lamp set having security warning functions'2008 6,217,191'Multiple lamp socket device'2001 D0439579'Memory card reader'2001 6,135,614'Lamp holder for three-wire Christmas flashing control lamp'2000 6,107,746'Three-wire Christmas flashing control lamp'2000 6,091,204'Control circuit for controlling decorative light string'2000 5,605,081'Structure of wrench'1997 5,288,104'Buffering safe device in vehicles'1994 4,646,269'Multiple programmable initialize words in a programmable read only memory'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1994–2017Patents assigned to CHEN JOHNNY (45)· patent assignee history

1994–2020Based in Taipei, TW· patent location history

2008–2020Patents assigned to WILLIS ELECTRIC CO LTD (85)· patent assignee history

2010–2017Patents assigned to GOOGLE INC (30)· patent assignee history

2010–2017Based in Mountain View, CA, US· patent location history

2010–2020Based in Sunnyvale, CA, US· patent location history

2012–2015Based in Jhubei City, TW· patent location history

2013–2015Patents assigned to MOLEX INC (5)· patent assignee history

2013–2020Based in Danville, CA, US· patent location history

2018–2020Patents assigned to GOOGLE LLC (6)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
WILLIS ELECTRIC CO LTD	85	2008–2020
CHEN JOHNNYself	45	1994–2017
GOOGLE INC	30	2010–2017
GOOGLE LLC	6	2018–2020
MOLEX INC	5	2013–2015

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Taipei, TW	77	1994–2020
Mountain View, California, US	18	2010–2017
Sunnyvale, California, US	17	2010–2020
Jhubei City, TW	16	2012–2015
Danville, California, US	9	2013–2020