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CITRIX SYSTEMS INC Patents: Active, 2021, Page 3

CITRIX SYSTEMS INC Active Patents

280 granted patents the USPTO still lists as patented, newest filing first, as the USPTO Open Data Portal records them; the company is the first-named applicant. The application number opens the full record at Patent Center.

  • 2021-04-30: Application 17245857; Invention SECURE IN-BAND SERVICE DETECTION; Applicant CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.; Status Patented Case.
  • 2021-04-30: Application 17245546; Invention INTELLIGENT COLLECTION OF MEETING BACKGROUND INFORMATION; Applicant Citrix Systems, Inc.; Status Patented Case.
  • 2021-04-30: Application 17245152; Invention FILE TRANSFER CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS; Applicant Citrix Systems, Inc.; Status Patented Case.
  • 2021-04-28: Application 17243110; Invention Change Delivery and Performance of Applications Based on Displayed Image Quality; Applicant Citrix Systems, Inc.; Status Patented Case.
FiledApplicationInventionApplicantStatusGrantedPatentPublished asInventor nameInventor countryExaminer
2021-04-3017245857SECURE IN-BAND SERVICE DETECTIONCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2023-09-0511750709US20210329078A1
David Alessandro Penry Lloyd
Christopher Morgan Mayers
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
JEAN GILLES, JUDE
2021-04-3017245546INTELLIGENT COLLECTION OF MEETING BACKGROUND INFORMATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-05-2811997063US20220329555A1
Ke Xu
Zhipan Liu
Zongpeng Qiao
China
China
China
BUKHARI, SIBTE H
2021-04-3017245152FILE TRANSFER CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-03-2911290522US20210258367A1
Praveen Raja Dhanabalan
Anuj Magazine
Anudeep Athlur
India
India
India
CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B
2021-04-2817243110Change Delivery and Performance of Applications Based on Displayed Image QualityCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-02-0611892931US20220365859A1
Vipin Borkar
Santosh Sampath
Muhammad Dawood
Vibha Satyanarayana
India
India
United Kingdom
India
WU, BENJAMIN C
2021-04-2717241560SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLISENSE FOR SAAS APPLICATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-01-1011550448US20210247879A1
Abhishek Chauhan
United States
CHEN, CAI Y
2021-04-2617240418Blocking Routine RedirectionCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2025-02-1112223040US20210319097A1
David Linde
United States
NAGHDALI, KHALIL
2021-04-2617239811PASSING LOCAL CREDENTIALS TO A SECURE BROWSER SESSIONCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2023-10-3111803635US20220342981A1
DANIEL WING
MANBINDER PAL SINGH
United States
United States
SHEHNI, GHAZAL B
2021-04-2317238410COMPUTING SYSTEM PROVIDING METADATA MODIFICATION POLICY ENFORCEMENT AND RELATED METHODSCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2022-10-1811475164US20210303730A1
MARCOS ALEJANDRO DI PIETRO
THIERRY DUCHASTEL
ANJANEYA PADMAKAR AKONDI
PHILIP WIEBE
RAJA MUMMIDI
JACOB MAYNARD
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
TRAN, VU V
2021-04-2217237320SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURELY MANAGING BROWSER PLUGINS VIA EMBEDDED BROWSERCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-08-2211736489US20210243196A1
Vipin Borkar
Santosh Sampath
Deepak Sharma
Arvind SankaraSubramanian
India
India
India
India
FAROOQUI, QUAZI
2021-04-2117236233DETECTING ATTACKS USING HANDSHAKE REQUESTS SYSTEMS AND METHODSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2025-01-0712192237US20210243227A1
Andrew Penner
Tushar Kanekar
United States
United States
LOUIE, HOWARD H
2021-04-2117236075FORM TEMPLATE MATCHING TO POPULATE FORMS DISPLAYED BY CLIENT DEVICESCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2022-11-0111487934US20210240920A1
Jeroen Mattijs Van Rotterdam
United States
LEVEL, BARBARA HENRY
2021-04-2017234941LOCATION/THINGS AWARE CLOUD SERVICES DELIVERY SOLUTIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-05-1611653200US20210314773A1
Hao Wu
China
CHAI, LONGBIT
2021-04-1917233814Secure Offline Streaming of ContentCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-01-0311544398US20210240846A1
Noah Dyvadheenam
Satish Vanahalli
Chirag Agarwal
Arnav Akhoury
India
India
India
India
AVERY, JEREMIAH L
2021-04-1617233181MIGRATION OF CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2022-11-0111487572
Michael Sabin
United States
TANG, KENNETH
2021-04-1617232494MANAGING PERFORMANCE OF ELEMENTS PROVIDING A SESSION VIA A MULTI-HOP NETWORK TOPOLOGYCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-08-2211736337US20220337471A1
Dhawal Patel
Vikramjeet Singh
Mukesh Garg
Vivek Koni Raghuveer
Venkatesh Vellingiri
India
India
India
India
India
GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C
2021-04-1517231618SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHISHING ATTACK PROTECTION BASED ON IDENTITY PROVIDER VERIFICATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2025-01-0712192233US20220337625A1
Manbinder Pal Singh
United States
TO, BAOTRAN N
2021-04-1517231599METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING USER CONFIGURATION DATA BETWEEN DIFFERENT COMPUTING SESSIONSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-09-0511750527US20210234810A1
Leo C. Singleton IV
Ricardo Feijoo
Avijit Gahtori
United States
United States
United States
HLAING, SOE MIN
2021-04-1417230442SERVER FOR DETECTING A PROXY DEVICE IN A COMMUNICATIONS PATH AND RELATED METHODSCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2023-05-2311658941US20210234838A1
Anudeep Athlur
Praveen Raja Dhanabalan
India
India
LANIER, BENJAMIN E
2021-04-1417230334SESSIONLESS VALIDATION OF CLIENT CONNECTIONS WHILE MITIGATING COOKIE HIJACK ATTACKSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-11-0711811760US20220337587A1
Ratnesh Singh Thakur
Raghukrishna Hegde
United States
United States
JACKSON, JENISE E
2021-04-1417230255DATABASE QUERY EXECUTION ON MULTIPLE DATABASESCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-03-2111609924US20220335044A1
R V Shouri Gupta
Subramanian Ramamurti
Amit Kumar Meena
Kunal Naithani
India
India
India
India
GORTAYO, DANGELINO N
2021-04-1317229843PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR PROXY AUTO-CONFIGURATION FILESCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2023-05-1611652873US20210234924A1
Jong Kann
Kenneth Bell
United States
United States
SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R
2021-04-1317228997SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOAD BALANCING AS A SERVICECitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-01-1011553037US20210234920A1
Abhishek Chauhan
United States
JOSHI, SURAJ M
2021-04-0717224422Network Environment-Based Dynamic Application RecommendationCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-06-2811374840US20220200883A1
Xiao Zhang
Ke Xu
Zongpeng Qiao
China
China
China
ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A
2021-04-0517222027Reflection Rendering in Computer Generated EnvironmentsCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-10-0411461960US20210358203A1
Pawan Kumar Dixit
India
MCCULLEY, RYAN D
2021-04-0117220631OFFICE SAFETY CONTROL SYSTEMCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-09-2011450115US20220318556A1
Manbinder Pal Singh
United States
SHAHNAMI, AMIR
2021-04-0117219972DYNAMIC CRYPTO KEY MANAGEMENT FOR MOBILITY IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENTCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-04-1111627120US20210218722A1
Timothy Ray Gaylor
Benjamin Elliot Tucker
United States
United States
MOORTHY, ARAVIND K
2021-03-3017217022CONTEXT-BASED GENERATION OF ACTIVITY FEED NOTIFICATIONSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-04-2611314563
Manbinder Pal Singh
Aikaterini Kalou
United States
Greece
TRUONG, LECHI
2021-03-2917215426DEPLOYMENT ROUTING OF CLIENTS BY ANALYTICSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-11-1912147796US20210216303A1
Timothy Jay Moore
Nicholas Walter Siryk
United States
United States
KENDALL, CHUCK O
2021-03-2917215358ACTIVITY-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION AMONG VIRTUAL-COMPUTING SESSIONSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-07-1811706092US20210218632A1
Shashidhar Ramareddy
Mudit Mehrotra
Siddheshwar Kamatar
India
India
India
KIM, CHONG G
2021-03-2917215113TRIGGERING EVENT NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON MESSAGES TO APPLICATION USERSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-05-1711336606US20210320893A1
Sai Xu
Taodong Lu
Qin Zhang
China
China
China
ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N
2021-03-2617213578TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN COMPUTING SYSTEMSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-06-2011683370US20220311822A1
Joseph Nord
Chris Mayers
United States
United Kingdom
ZAND, DAVOUD AMAN
2021-03-2317209580Virtualizing Device Management Services on a Multi-Session PlatformCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-04-0411622010US20210211505A1
Sandeep Kumar
Terry N. Treder
United States
United States
COX, NATISHA D
2021-03-1917206396ASSESSING RISK FROM USE OF VARIANTS OF CREDENTIALSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-10-2411797686
Manbinder Pal Singh
United States
TURCHEN, JAMES R
2021-03-1917206222SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE LINK FOR ACTIVITY FEED COMMUNICATIONSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-09-2711457337US20210297821A1
Zheng Chai
China
DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E
2021-03-1817205241RESOURCE ACCESS WITH USE OF BLOOM FILTERSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-06-0611669626US20220300630A1
Manbinder Pal Singh
United States
LITTLE, VANCE M
2021-03-1717204614SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING WEBLINKS INSIDE A REMOTE APPLICATION USING AN EMBEDDED BROWSERCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-05-0911645351US20210200831A1
Vipin Borkar
Santosh Sampath
Deepak Sharma
Arvind SankaraSubramanian
India
India
India
India
NGUYEN, KIM T
2021-03-1717204099VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATION USING MULTIPLE, SYNCHRONIZED STREAMS OF STATE DATACITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2024-08-0612056513US20210224100A1
JENNIFER RACHEL HERBERT
United Kingdom
XU, ZUJIA
2021-03-1617203161Subscriber Identity ManagementCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-05-0911647017US20210203652A1
Yuran Ou
Bo Zang
Sai Xu
China
China
China
MURPHY, JOSEPH B
2021-03-1217200006COMPUTER SYSTEM PROVIDING VIRTUAL COMPUTING SESSION LICENSE DISTRIBUTION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODSCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2023-11-1411816192US20210200838A1
Chinmay Dargar
Bruce Fortune
India
United States
XIAO, ZESHENG
2021-03-1217199523Local Mapped Accounts in Virtual DesktopsCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-12-0611522847US20210203654A1
Leo C. Singleton IV
Mukund Ingale
Yuri Kolesnikov
United States
United States
United States
LIN, AMIE CHINYU
2021-03-0417192572SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCREENSHOT MEDIATION BASED ON POLICYCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-02-0611893123US20210192062A1
Abhishek Chauhan
United States
GYORFI, THOMAS A
2021-03-0317190820CONTENT CAPTURE DURING VIRTUAL MEETING DISCONNECTCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-12-2711539542US20220286312A1
Ayush Tiwari
Arnav Akhoury
India
India
LUU, LE HIEN
2021-03-0217189675MANAGING VIRTUAL APPLICATION PERFORMANCE IN A VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-09-0312079099US20220283830A1
Vikramjeet Singh
Mukesh Garg
Rahul Gupta
Rishabh Agarwal
Mahesh Vangapalli
Vivek Koni Raghuveer
Venkatesh Vellingiri
India
India
India
India
India
India
India
WU, QING YUAN
2021-03-0117188601MULTIMODAL MODELLING FOR SYSTEMS USING DISTANCE METRIC LEARNINGCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-10-0112107883US20220201008A1
Asterios Stergioudis
Greece
SU, SARAH
2021-03-0117188167ACTIVE LEARNING VIA A SURROGATE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-10-1512118437US20220230095A1
Asterios Stergioudis
Greece
SPRATT, BEAU D
2021-02-2517184969ENHANCE A MAIL APPLICATION TO FORMAT A LONG EMAIL CONVERSATION FOR EASY CONSUMPTIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-10-1111468107US20210182322A1
Ashish Gujarathi
United States
AMIN, MUSTAFA A
2021-02-2317182575Tracking Image Senders on Client DevicesCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-01-1711557016US20210183000A1
Shuzhen Li
Sai Xu
China
China
LEE, GIL H
2021-02-2317182541Predictive Microservice Systems and MethodsCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-03-2211281511US20210173730A1
Rodney Gallart Acosta
United States
TRUONG, LECHI
2021-02-2317182501AUTOMATICALLY REPLICATE API CALLS TO SEPARATE DATA CENTERSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-02-2111586484US20210182124A1
Jeremy White
United States
HO, ANDY
2021-02-1917180108SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNLOCKING A MOBILE DEVICECitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-12-2711539829US20210203770A1
Sai Xu
Qin Zhang
China
China
GENACK, MATTHEW W
2021-02-1917179558REMOTE DESKTOP MONITORING USING A WEBCAMCITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2023-10-3111805123US20210176243A1
HAO WU
China
NAGHDALI, KHALIL
2021-02-1517176032USING SERVICE GRAPHS TO COMPARE PERFORMANCE OF A PLURALITY OF VERSIONS OF A MICROSERVICECitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-04-1911310133US20210194780A1
Rajiv Sinha
United States
VU, VIET D
2021-02-1517176031SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION SCRIPTS FOR CROSS-DOMAIN APPLICATIONSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-02-1411582131US20210168060A1
Abhishek Chauhan
United States
BAROT, BHARAT
2021-02-1517176011Fast Smart Card LoginCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-07-0411695757US20210168136A1
Hubert Divoux
David Williams
United States
United Kingdom
SCHMIDT, KARI L
2021-02-1117173492RENDERING CONTENT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS VIA WEB PAGE HAVING DYNAMICALLY-LOADED PLUGINSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-05-1411983546US20210165667A1
Feng Huang
Henry Ashman
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
SCOTT, RANDY A
2021-02-1017172454SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CORRELATE END USER EXPERIENCE WITH LOCATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-08-0911411839
Vikramjeet Singh Sandhu
Vivek Koni Raghuveer
Guna Sekhar Pera
Neha Joshi
Mukesh Garg
India
India
India
India
India
MOREAU, AUSTIN J
2021-02-0917171605Management of Remote Access User Application LayoutsCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-06-1311675964US20210165948A1
Craig Alan Hinchliffe
Henry John Ashman
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
KUJUNDZIC, DINO
2021-02-0917171243LOCAL MODEL PROCESSING AND REMOTE VERIFICATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-09-1712093356US20220222326A1
Daniel G. Wing
Asterios Stergioudis
Manbinder Pal Singh
Pratik Shah
United States
Greece
United States
United States
IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O
2021-02-0817170271INTELLIGENT PATH SELECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REDUCE LATENCYCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-12-0611522785US20220255839A1
Praveen Raja Dhanabalan
Vladimir Vysotsky
Saurabh Pant
Srinivasarao Nelluri
India
United States
India
India
NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C
2021-02-0817170175CONFIGURATION OF HEADLESS NETWORK APPLIANCESCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-08-3011431482US20220239473A1
Ioannis Beredimas
Snigdhendu Mukhopadhyay
Adam Phillip Schultz
Greece
United States
United States
PLECHA, THADDEUS J
2021-02-0817170146SECURE COLLABORATION MESSAGINGCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-12-1211841928US20220197979A1
Zongpeng Qiao
Dan Hu
China
China
SHAW, PETER C
2021-02-0817170136SECURE SESSION RESUMECitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-09-2011451635US20220210230A1
Yedong Yu
Shutian Yao
Yajun Yao
China
China
China
NDIAYE, CHEIKH T
2021-01-2817160580CROSS-LANGUAGE SEARCHCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-01-1711556530US20220197905A1
Lin Liu
China
PYO, MONICA M
2021-01-2817160567POLICY BASED PERSISTENCECITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.Patented Case2023-04-2511636228US20210150075A1
CHRISTOPHER W. MIDGLEY
United States
GYORFI, THOMAS A
2021-01-2717159789SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING RESPONSE BASED CACHE REDIRECTIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-04-1111627200US20210152654A1
Mugdha Agarwal
Rama Praveen
Ajay Soni
Minoo Gupta
Ram Goda
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
WILLIAMS, CLAYTON R
2021-01-2517157640SYSTEM AND METHODS TO FILTER OUT NOISY APPLICATION SIGNATURES TO IMPROVE PRECISION OF FIRST PACKET CLASSIFICATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-02-1411582158US20210152481A1
Siddharth G R
Tarun Kumar Hukmichand
India
India
JACOBS-BURTON, LASHONDA T
2021-01-2217156398SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH NESTED SESSIONSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-02-2211258836
YURAN OU
China
RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR
2021-01-2217155694DATA OBJECT DELIVERY FOR DISTRIBUTED CLUSTER COMPUTINGCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-10-1811477281US20220191277A1
Zhuzhang Cheng
Jungang Wei
Pei Wang
United States
United States
China
VU, VIET D
2021-01-2217155404CONTEXTUAL NOTES FOR ONLINE MEETINGSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-09-2711455088US20220206673A1
Tao Zhan
Zongpeng Qiao
Ze Chen
Ke Xu
China
China
China
China
TRAN, TAM T
2021-01-1517150158SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CUSTOMIZED USER GUIDES IN A VIRTUAL CLIENT APPLICATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-06-0611669346US20210132965A1
Lei Liu
China
TRAN, NAM T
2021-01-1417149047VIRTUAL WORKSPACE EXPERIENCE VISUALIZATION AND OPTIMIZATIONCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-04-1211303729US20210194990A1
Xiao Zhang
Ze Chen
Tao Zhan
Bo Chen
China
China
China
China
WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
2021-01-1317148105Providing Files of Variable Sizes Based on Device and Network ConditionsCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-02-0711575949US20210136428A1
Praveen Raja Dhanabalan
India
LI, TRACY Y
2021-01-1217147140SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE APPLICATION PERFORMANCECitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2024-12-1712169727US20220222097A1
Ajay Bukkapattana Lokesharadhya
Prabhjeet Singh Chawla
Syed Mansoor Pasha
India
India
India
CHU JOY, JORGE A
2021-01-1117145622SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAAS OVERLAYS USING EMBEDDED BROWSERCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-02-2811592966US20210208751A1
Vipin Borkar
Santosh Sampath
Deepak Sharma
Arvind SankaraSubramanian
India
India
India
India
TRAN, TAM T
2021-01-0817144862Securely Sharing Files with User Devices Based on LocationCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-10-1011783066US20210133342A1
Praveen Raja Dhanabalan
Saurabh Pant
India
India
SONG, HOSUK
2021-01-0617142743APPLICATION SECURITY THREAT AWARENESSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-02-2811595428US20220217174A1
Preveen Raja Dhanabalan
Anuj Magazine
Anudeep Athlur
India
India
India
DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN
2021-01-0517141633DYNAMIC SCHEDULING OF WEB API CALLSCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-01-0311546346US20220217153A1
Subramanian Krishnan
Guna Sekhar Pera
Madalin Stoica
Saunil Desai
India
India
United States
United States
SARKER, SANCHIT K
2021-01-0517141602VALIDATING SHARED FILESCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2023-06-1311677567US20220217001A1
Praveen Raja Dhanabalan
Aayush Bhala
Shubham Choudhary
India
India
India
TRAN, VU V
2021-01-0417140543INTELLIGENT FILE ACCESS SYSTEMCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2022-08-0211405457US20220182447A1
Jian Ding
Hengbo Wang
Feng Tao
Daowen Wei
China
China
China
China
JAHNIGE, CAROLINE H
2021-01-0417140406INTELLIGENT EVENT TRACKING SYSTEMCitrix Systems, Inc.Patented Case2021-10-2611157882
Yimin Liu
Sai Xu
Xin Liu
China
China
China
KELLER, MICHAEL A