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Research & IP

With our in-house pathology-native AI multimodal foundation model at the core, we continuously invest in algorithm, device and reagent R&D, backing product reliability with patents, publications and certifications.

Granted Patents

51items

Invention 7 · Utility model 39 · Design 5

Academic Publications

6papers

NAACL · EMNLP · ICIC · ICONIP, etc.

Registrations & Filings

6items

Scanner registration certificate, slide preparation device and reagent filings

Research Platform

Postdoctoral workstation, joint laboratory, engineering center

Intellectual Property PortfolioInvention patents 7Utility models 39Design patents 5Software copyright 1Registered trademarks 2

Publications

Selected Publications

Covering pathology image analysis, medical imaging and foundation models. Click a card to view the original paper.

Pathology ImagingICIC 2025

Enhancing H&E-to-IHC Virtual Staining via Multi-Channel Correlation Learning

Jianyu Wu, Hao Yang, Xinhua Zeng*, Zhiyu Chen, et al. (10 authors)

Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications (Springer)

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-9863-9_32Read Paper

Pathology ImagingICVRV 2024

PDA-UNet: A Multiscale Attention UNet for Pathological Image Segmentation

Guibing He, Xinhua Zeng*, Kai Cheng, Jerome Plain, et al. (9 authors)

2024 International Conference on Virtual Reality and Visualization (IEEE), pp. 232–237

DOI: 10.1109/ICVRV62410.2024.00049Read Paper

Medical ImagingICONIP 2024

A Lightweight Multi-Scale Efficient Model for Breast Cancer Detection and Classification in Mammograms

Zhiyu Chen, Xinhua Zeng*, Kai Cheng, Yu Hong, et al. (8 authors)

Neural Information Processing, LNCS 15289 (Springer), pp. 327–339

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-6585-3_23Read Paper

Foundation ModelsEMNLP 2026

Ideation Arena: Evaluating LLM-driven Research Ideation with Battle-style Human Expert Annotation

Zhiyu Chen, Keyu Zhao, Jigao Fu, Dong Liang, et al. (11 authors)

Proceedings of EMNLP 2026 (ACL), pp. 15825–15849

aclanthology.org/2026.emnlp-main.688/Read Paper

Foundation ModelsEMNLP 2026

Stephanie2: Thinking, Waiting, and Making Decisions Like Humans in Step-by-Step AI Social Chat

Hao Yang, Hongyuan Lu, Dingkang Yang, Wenliang Yang, et al. (12 authors)

Proceedings of EMNLP 2026 (ACL), pp. 11505–11522

aclanthology.org/2026.emnlp-main.501/Read Paper

Foundation ModelsNAACL 2025

Stephanie: Step-by-Step Dialogues for Mimicking Human Interactions in Social Conversations

Hao Yang, Hongyuan Lu*, Xinhua Zeng, Yang Liu, et al. (10 authors)

Findings of ACL: NAACL 2025, pp. 153–166

DOI: 10.18653/v1/2025.findings-naacl.8Read Paper

Patents

Proprietary Intellectual Property

Covering core processes including digital pathology scanning and imaging, AI-assisted diagnosis, intelligent slide preparation, staining and coverslipping. Selected items are shown below.

All52 Invention Patent7 Utility Model39 Design Patent5 Software Copyright1

Title	Type	Patent No. / Registration No.	Grant Date
Data processing method and apparatus for image sharpness, and electronic device	Invention Patent	ZL 2024 1 1411521.6	2024-12-27
Image processing method and related device	Invention Patent	ZL 2024 1 1423604.7	2025-01-21
Sampling method for focusing fields of view and related device	Invention Patent	ZL 2025 1 0013675.8	2025-04-15
Field-of-view focus height processing method, system, electronic device and readable medium	Invention Patent	ZL 2025 1 0130579.1	2025-05-16
Cell slide preparation and staining machine	Utility Model	ZL 2024 2 0046382.0	2024-09-06
Four-channel precision pipetting arm	Utility Model	ZL 2023 2 3462256.8	2024-09-13
Multi-station clamping coverslipping mechanism	Utility Model	ZL 2024 2 0783480.2	2024-12-27
Water bath heating mechanism	Utility Model	ZL 2024 2 2325661.3	2025-07-04
Sealed Y-axis linear motion mechanism for a stainer	Utility Model	ZL 2024 2 2362276.6	2025-07-08
Flip drive assembly	Utility Model	ZL 2024 2 1746808.X	2025-08-05
Drying mechanism for a stainer	Utility Model	ZL 2024 2 1990119.3	2025-08-29
180-degree rotary slide pick-up mechanism with identification function	Utility Model	ZL 2024 2 2644356.0	2025-10-17
Z-axis pick-up linear motion mechanism for a stainer	Utility Model	ZL 2024 2 2687496.6	2025-11-14
Feeding mechanism for a coverslipper	Utility Model	ZL 2025 2 0922158.8	2026-09-08
Staining and slide preparation machine	Design Patent	ZL 2024 3 0012037.0	2024-09-27
Automated coverslipper housing	Design Patent	ZL 2024 3 0285228.4	2024-12-27
Sample pipetting assistant housing	Design Patent	ZL 2024 3 0361093.5	2025-03-07
Immersion stainer housing	Design Patent	ZL 2024 3 0731781.6	2026-01-06
XRF Elemental Analysis Software V1.0	Software Copyright	2026SR0310130	2026-02-24